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Soliveres, S. and Eldridge, D. J. (2013) Do changes in grazing pressure and the degree of shrub encroachment alter the effects of individual shrubs on understorey plant communities and soil function? Functional Ecology, (in press).

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F.T., Gallardo, A., Bowker, M.A., Wallenstein, M.D., Quero, J.L., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., Garcia-Gomez, M., Soliveres, S., Garcia-Palacios, P., Berdugo, M., Valencia, E., Escolar, C., Arredondo, T., Barraza-Zepeda, C., Bran, D., Carreira, J.A., Chaieb, M., Conceicao, A.A., Derak, M., Eldridge, D.J., Escudero, A., Espinosa, C.I., Gaitan, J., Gatica, M.G., Gomez-Gonzalez, S., Guzman, E., Gutierrez, J.R., Florentino, A., Hepper, E., Hernandez, R.M., Huber-Sannwald, E., Jankju, M., Liu, J., Mau, R.L., Miriti, M., Monerris, J., Naseri, K., Noumi, Z., Polo, V., Prina, A., Pucheta, E., Ramirez, E., Ramirez-Collantes, D.A., Romao, R., Tighe, M., Torres, D., Torres-Diaz, C., Ungar, E.D., Val, J., Wamiti, W., Wang, D., and Zaady, E. (2013) Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands. Nature. 502, 672-676.

Travers, S.K. and Eldridge, D.J. (2013) Increased rainfall frequency triggers an increase in litter fall rates of reproductive structures in an arid eucalypt woodland. Austral Ecology. 38, 820-830.

Daryanto, S., Eldridge, D.J., and Wang, L.X. (2013) Spatial patterns of infiltration vary with disturbance in a shrub-encroached woodland. Geomorphology. 194, 57-64.

Daryanto, S., Eldridge, D.J., and Wang, L.X. (2013) Ploughing and grazing alter the spatial patterning of surface soils in a shrub-encroached woodland. Geoderma. 200, 67-76.

Eldridge, D.J., Soliveres, S., Bowker, M.A., and Val, J. (2013) Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland. Journal of Applied Ecology. 50, 1028-1038.

Serpe M. D., Roberts E., Eldridge D. J. and Rosentreter R. (2013). Bromus tectorum litter alters photosynthetic characteristics of biological soil crusts from a semiarid shrubland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 60, 220-30.

Ruiz-Colmenero M., Bienes R., Eldridge D. J. and Marques M. J. (2013). Vegetation cover reduces erosion and enhances soil organic carbon in a vineyard in the central Spain. Catena. 104, 153-60.

Bowker M. A., Eldridge D. J., Val J. and Soliveres S. (2013). Hydrology in a patterned landscape is co-engineered by soil-disturbing animals and biological crusts. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 61, 14-22.

Daryanto S., Eldridge D. J. and Wang L. (2013). Spatial patterns of infiltration vary with disturbance in a shrub-encroached woodland. Geomorphology. 194, 57-64.

Daryanto S., Eldridge D. J. and Throop H. L. (2013). Managing semi-arid woodlands for carbon storage: Grazing and shrub effects on above- and belowground carbon. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 169, 1-11.

Eldridge, D.J., Maestre, F.T., Moro, S., and Bowker, M.A. (2012) A global database of woody encroachment effects on ecosystem structure and functioning. Ecology. 93, 2499.

Eldridge, D.J., Huang, N., Bentley, J., Hayward, M.W. (2012). Soil disturbance by invertebrates in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland: effects of grazing exclusion, faunal reintroductions, landscape and patch characteristics. Journal of the Linnean Society of NSW 134, 11-18.

Moles A. T., Flores-Moreno H., Bonser S. P., Warton D. I., Helm A., Warman L., Eldridge D. J., Jurado E., Hemmings F. A., Reich P. B., Cavender-Bares J., Seabloom E. W., Mayfield M. M., Sheil D., Djietror J. C., Peri P. L., Enrico L., Cabido M. R., Setterfield S. A., Lehmann C. E. R. and Thomson F. J. (2012). Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea. Journal of Ecology. 100, 116-27.

Maestre F. T., Quero J. L., Gotelli N. J., Escudero A., Ochoa V., Delgado-Baquerizo M., Garcia-Gomez M., Bowker M. A., Soliveres S., Escolar C., Garcia-Palacios P., Berdugo M., Valencia E., Gozalo B., Gallardo A., Aguilera L., Arredondo T., Blones J., Boeken B., Bran D., Conceicao A. A., Cabrera O., Chaieb M., Derak M., Eldridge D. J., Espinosa C. I., Florentino A., Gaitan J., Gatica M. G., Ghiloufi W., Gomez-Gonzalez S., Gutierrez J. R., Hernandez R. M., Huang X., Huber-Sannwald E., Jankju M., Miriti M., Monerris J., Mau R. L., Morici E., Naseri K., Ospina A., Polo V., Prina A., Pucheta E., Ramirez-Collantes D. A., Romao R., Tighe M., Torres-Diaz C., Val J., Veiga J. P., Wang D. and Zaady E. (2012). Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands. Science. 335, 214-8.

Daryanto S. and Eldridge D. J. (2012). Shrub hummocks as foci for small animal disturbances in an encroached shrubland. Journal of Arid Environments. 80, 35-9.

Smith J. G., Eldridge D. J. and Throop H. L. (2012). Landform and vegetation patch type moderate the effects of grazing-induced disturbance on carbon and nitrogen pools in a semi-arid woodland. Plant and Soil. 360, 405-19.

Howard K. S. C., Eldridge D. J. and Soliveres S. (2012). Positive effects of shrubs on plant species diversity do not change along a gradient in grazing pressure in an arid shrubland. Basic and Applied Ecology. 13, 159-68.

Soliveres S., Eldridge D. J., Hemmings F. and Maestre F. T. (2012). Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 14, 402-10.

Wang L., D'Odorico P., Evans J. P., Eldridge D. J., McCabe M. F., Caylor K. K. and King E. G. (2012). Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 16, 2585-603.

Travers S. K. and Eldridge D. J. (2012). Landscape modulators and resource accumulation in a post-fire eucalypt woodland. Forest Ecology and Management. 285, 11-9.

Dean C., Roxburgh S. H., Harper R. J., Eldridge D. J., Watson I. W. and Wardell-Johnson G. W. (2012). Accounting for space and time in soil carbon dynamics in timbered rangelands. Ecological Engineering. 38, 51-64.

Borchard P., Eldridge D. J. and Wright I. A. (2012). Sarcoptes mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) increases diurnal activity of bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) in an agricultural riparian environment. Mammalian Biology. 77, 244-8.

Daryanto, S., Eldridge, D.J. and Koen, T.B. (2012). Soil nutrients under shrub hummocks and debris mounds two decades after ploughing. Plant and Soil. 351, 405-419.

Travers, S.K., Eldridge, D.J., Koen, S.B. and Soliveres, S. (2012). Animal foraging pit soil enhances the performance of a native grass under stressful conditions. Plant and Soil. 352, 341-351.

Eldridge, D.J., Koen, T.B., Huang, N, Killgore, A. and Whitford, W.G. (2012). Animal foraging as a mechanism for sediment movement and soil nutrient development: evidence from the semi-arid Australian woodlands and the Chihuahuan Desert. Geomorphology. 157/158, 131-141.

Borchard, P.B. and Eldridge, D.J. (2011). Vegetation changes associated with cattle (Bos taurus) and wombat (Vombatus ursinus) activity in a riparian forest. Applied Vegetation Science 15, 62-70.

James, A.I., Eldridge, D.J., Koen, T.B. and Moseby, K.E. (2011) Can the invasive European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) assume the soil engineering role of locally-extinct natives? Biological Invasions 13, 3027-3038.

Soliveres, S., Eldridge, D.J., Maestre, F.T., Bowker, M.A., Tighe, M. and Escudero, A. (2011). Microhabitat amelioration and reduced competition among understorey plants as drivers of facilitation across environmental gradients: Towards a unifying framework. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 13, 247-258.

Maestre, F.T.,  Quero, H.L., Gotelli, N.J., …Eldridge, D.J. et al. (2012). Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands Science 335, 214-218.

Lichner, L., Eldridge, D.J., Schacht, K., Zhukova, N., Holmo, L, Si R, M. and Pecho, J. (2011). Grass cover influences hydrophysical parameters and heterogeneity of water flow in a sandy soil. Pedosphere 21,19-29.

Moles, A.T., Flores-Moreno, H., Bonser, S.P., Warton, D.I., Helm, A., Warman, L., Eldridge, D.J. et al. (2011) Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea. Journal of Ecology 100, 116-127.

Eldridge, D.J., Val, J. and James, A.I. (2011). Abiotic effects predominate under prolonged livestock–induced disturbance. Austral Ecology 36, 367-377.

Kwok, A.B.C., Eldridge, D.J. and Oliver, I.A. (2011). Do landscape health indices reflect arthropod biodiversity status in the eucalypt woodlands of eastern Australia? Austral Ecology 36, 800-813.

Williams, W.J. and Eldridge, D.J. (2011). Deposition of sand over a cyanobacterial soil crust increases nitrogen bioavailability in a semi-arid woodland. Applied Soil Ecology 49, 26-31.

Borchard, P. and Eldridge, D.J. (2011). The geomorphic signature of bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) and cattle (Bos taurus) in an agricultural riparian ecosystem. Geomorphology 130, 365-373.

Eldridge, D.J., Bowker, M.A., Maestre, F.M., Roger, E., Reynolds, J.F. and Whitford, W.G. (2011). Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis. Ecology Letters 14, 709-722.   

Eldridge, D.J. (2011). The resource coupling role of animal foraging pits in semi-arid woodlands. Ecohydrology 4, 623-630.

Martin, W.K., Eldridge, D.J. and Murray, P.A. (2011). Bird assemblages in remnant and revegetated habitats in an extensively cleared landscape, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Pacific Conservation Biology 17, 110-120

Borchard, P., Wright, I.A. and Eldridge, D.J. (2010). Wombats and domestic livestock as potential vectors of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in an agricultural riparian area. Australian Journal of Zoology 58, 150-153.

Daryanto, S. and Eldridge, D.J. (2010). Plant and soil surface responses to a combination of shrub removal and grazing in a shrub-encroached woodland. Journal of Environmental Management 91, 2639-2648.

Eldridge, D.J., Bowker, M.A, Maestre, F.T., Alonso, P., Mau, R.L., Papadopoulos, J. and Escudero, A. (2010). Interactive effects of three ecosystem engineers on infiltration in a semi-arid Mediterranean grassland. Ecosystems 13, 495-510.

James, A.I., Eldridge, D.J. and Moseby K.E. (2010). Foraging pits, litter, and plant germination in an arid shrubland. Journal of Arid Environments 74, 516-520.

Eldridge, D.J. and Lunt, I.D. (2010). Resilience of soil seed banks to site degradation in intermittently flooded riverine woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 21, 157-166

Leary, T., Kwok, A., Khan, B., Ibbetson, P. (2010) Yuppy bandicoots of inner west Sydney—in hiding or urban renewal? In: The natural history of Sydney eds. D. Lunney, P. Hutchings and D. Hochuli. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman, Australia. pp. 415-425.

Eldridge, D.J., Whitford, W.G. and Duval, B.D. (2009). Animal disturbances promote shrub maintenance in a desertified grassland Journal of Ecology 97, 1302-1307.

James, A.I., Eldridge, D.J. and Hill, B. (2009) Foraging animals create fertile patches in an Australian desert shrubland. Ecography 32, 723-732.

Eldridge, D.J. and Whitford, W.G. (2009). Soil disturbance by native animals along grazing gradients in an arid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 73, 1144-1148.

Eldridge, D.J. and James, A.I. (2009). Soil-disturbance by native animals plays a critical role in maintaining healthy Australian landscapes. Ecological Management and Restoration 10, S27-S34.

Eldridge, D.J. and Whitford, W.G. (2009). Badger (Taxidea taxus) disturbances increase soil heterogeneity in a degraded shrub-steppe ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 73, 66-73.

O'Bryan, K.E., Prober, S.M., Lunt, I.D. and Eldridge, D.J. (2009). Frequent fire promotes diversity and cover of biological soil crusts in a derived temperate grassland. Oecologia 159, 827-838.

Eldridge, D.J. (2009) Badger (Taxidea taxus) mounds affect soil hydrological properties in a degraded shrub-steppe. American Midland Naturalist 161, 350-358.

Eldridge, D.J. and Koen, T.B. (2008). Formation of nutrient-poor soil patches in a semi-arid woodland by the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.). Austral Ecology. 33, 88-98.

Eldridge, D.J. and Kwok, A.B.C. (2008). Soil disturbance by animals at varying spatial scales in a semi-arid Australian woodland. The Rangeland Journal 30, 327-337.

James, A.I., Eldridge, D.J., Koen, T.B. and Whitford, W.G. (2008). Landscape position moderates how ant nests affect hydrology and soil chemistry across a Chihuahuan Desert watershed. Landscape Ecology 23, 961-975.

Williams, W.J., Eldridge, D.J. and Alchin, B.M. (2008). Grazing and drought reduce cyanobacterial soil crusts in an Australian Acacia woodland. Journal of Arid Environments 72, 1062-1071.

Deines, L., Rosentreter, R., Eldridge, D.J. and Serpe, M.D. (2007). Germination and seedling establishment of two annual grasses on lichen-dominated biological soil crusts. Plant and Soil 295, 23-35.

Eldridge, D.J, and Mensinga, A. (2007). Foraging pits of the Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) as small-scale patches in a semi-arid Australian box woodland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39, 1055-1065.

James, A.I. and Eldridge, D.J. (2007). Reintroduction of fossorial native mammals and potential impacts on ecosystem processes in an Australian desert landscape. Biological Conservation 138, 351-359.

Lunt, I.D., Eldridge, D.J., Morgan, J.W. and Will, G.B. (2007). A framework to predict the effects of livestock grazing and grazing exclusion on conservation values in natural ecosystems in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 55, 401-415.

Semple, W.S., Koen, T.B., Eldridge, D.J., Düttmer, K.M. and Parker, B. (2006). Variation in soil properties on two partially revegetated saline scalds in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46, 1279-1289.

Eldridge, D.J., Freudenberger, D. and Koen, T.B. (2006). Diversity and abundance of biological soil crust taxa in relation to fine and coarse-scale disturbances in a grassy eucalypt woodland in eastern Australia. Plant and Soil 281, 255-268.

Thompson, W.A., Eldridge, D.J. and Bonser, S.R. (2006). Structure of biological soil crust communities in Callitris glaucophylla woodlands of New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science 17, 271-280.

Eldridge, D.J., Constantinides, C. and Vine, A. (2006). Short-term vegetation and soil responses to mechanical destruction of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) warrens in an Australian box woodland. Restoration Ecology 14, 50-59.

Thompson, W.A. and Eldridge, D.J. (2005). Plant cover and composition in relation to density of Callitris glaucophylla (white cypress pine) along a rainfall gradient in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 53, 545-554.

Thompson, W.A. and Eldridge, D.J. (2005). White cypress pine (Callitris glaucophylla): a review of its roles in landscape and ecological processes in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 53, 555-570.

Eldridge, D.J. and Wong, V.N.L. (2005). Clumped and isolated trees influence soil nutrient levels in an Australian temperate box woodland. Plant and Soil 270, 331-342.

Eldridge, D.J. and Freudenberger, D. (2005). Ecosystem wicks: woodland trees enhance water flow in a fragmented agricultural landscape in eastern Australia. Austral Ecology 30, 336-347.

Eldridge, D.J. (2004). Mounds of the American badger (Taxidea taxus): significant geomorphic features of North American shrub-steppe ecosystems. Journal of Mammalogy  85, 1060-1067.

Eldridge, D.J. and Rosentreter, R.R. (2004). Shrub mounds enhance water flow in a shrub-steppe community in southwestern Idaho, USA. In: Hild, A.L., Shaw, N.L., Meyer, S., Booth, D.T., McArthur, E.D. (Compilers). Seed and soil dynamics in shrubland ecosystems. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-31, Ogden, Utah.

Hilty, J., Eldridge, D.J., Rosentreter, R., Wicklow-Howard, M. and Pellant, M. (2004). Recovery of biological soil crusts following wildfire in Idaho. Journal of Range Management 57, 89-96

Eldridge, D.J., Harrison, L., Parker, L. and Milligan, A. (2003). Condition and biodiversity of vegetation remnants: MIA. Natural Resource Management June 2003, 63-66.

Hilty, J., Eldridge, D.J., Rosentreter, R. and Wicklow-Howard, M. (2003). Burning and seeding influence soil surface morphology in an Artemisia shrubland in southern Idaho. Arid Land Research and Management 17, 1-11.

Eldridge, D.J. and Koen, T.B. (2003). Detecting environmental change in eastern Australia: rangeland health in the semi-arid woodlands. Science of the Total Environment 310, 211-219.

Eldridge, D.J. and Leys, J.F. (2003). Exploring some relationship between biological soil crusts, soil aggregation and wind erosion. Journal of Arid Environments 53, 457-466.

Eldridge, D.J. and Wilson, B.R. (2003). Storage of carbon in soil and vegetation in paired roadside sites in the box woodlands of eastern Australia. Australian Forestry 65, 268-272.

Eldridge, D.J., Zaady, E. and Shachak, M. (2002). Microphytic crusts, shrub patches and water harvesting in the Negev Desert: the Shikim system. Landscape Ecology 17, 587-597.

Eldridge, D.J. and Squires, V.R. (2002). Estimating pastoral productivity of semi-arid rangeland in northern Shaanxi Province China using an Environmental Resource Assessment and management system. Land Degradation and Management 16, 37-45.

Eldridge, D.J. and Simpson, R. (2002). Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) impacts on vegetation and soils, and implications for management of wooded rangelands. Basic and Applied Ecology 3, 19-29.

Eldridge, D.J. and Rath, D. (2002). Hip holes: kangaroo resting sites enhance the physical and chemical environment of woodland soils. Austral Ecology 27, 527-536.

Eldridge, D.J., Semple, W.S. and Koen, T.B. (2000). Dynamics of cryptogamic soil crusts in a derived grassland in south-eastern Australia. Austral Ecology 25, 232-240.

Eldridge, D.J., Zaady, E., Shachak, M. (2000). Infiltration through three contrasting biological soil crusts in patterned landscapes in the Negev, Israel. Catena 40, 323-336.

Stafford, M.J. and Eldridge, D.J. (2000). Vegetation, soils and management of 'Zara': a sandhill remnant on the Riverine Plain. Cunninghamia 6, 717-746.

Eldridge, D.J. (2000). Ecology and management of biological soil crusts: recent developments and future challenges. Bryologist 103, 742-747.

Eldridge, D.J. and Myers, C.A. (2000). The impact of warrens of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) on soil and ecological processes in a semi-arid Australian woodland. Journal of Arid Environments 47, 325-337.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Whitford, W.G. and Eldridge, D.J. (2013). Termites and ants, In: Butler, D. and Hupp, C. (eds.) A Treatise on Geomorphology, Volume 1: The Foundations of Geomorphology. Elsevier, Kiddlington, UK.

Eldridge, D.J., Greene, R.S.B. and Dean, C. (2011). Climate change in the rangelands: implications for soil health and management. In: Singh, B., Cowie, A.L. and Yin Chan, K. (eds.) Chapter 13. Soil Health and Climate Change. Soil Biology Series, Springer, London. Pp. 237-255.

Eldridge, D.J. (2003). Biological soil crusts: nature’s natural soil healers. In: Brown, C.L., Hall, F. and Mill, J. (eds). Plant Conservation: Approaches and Techniques from an Australian Perspective. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra.

Eldridge, D.J. (2002). Assessing catchment health. In: K. Kent, G. Earl., B. Mullins, I. Lunt and R. Webster (eds.) Native Vegetation Guide for the Riverina: Notes for Land Managers on its Management and Restoration. pp. 20-24. Charles Sturt University, Albury.

Rosentreter, R. and Eldridge, D.J. (2002). Monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem function: grasslands, deserts and steppe. In: P.L. Nimis, C. Scheidegger and P.A. Wolseley (eds.) Monitoring with Lichens; Monitoring Lichens. pp. 223-237. Kluwer, Netherlands.

Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Biological soil crusts of Australia. In: J. Belnap and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Management and Function. Ecological Studies 150, pp. 119-132. Springer-Verlag Berlin.

Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Biological soil crusts and water relations in of Australian deserts. In: J. Belnap and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Management and Function. Ecological Studies 150, pp. 315-326. Springer-Verlag Berlin.

Belnap, J. and Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Disturbance and recovery of biological soil crusts. In: J. Belnap and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Management and Function. Ecological Studies 150, pp. 363-384. Springer-Verlag Berlin.

Warren, S.D. and Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Biological soil crusts and livestock in arid regions: are they compatible? In: J. Belnap and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Management and Function. Ecological Studies 150, pp. 401-416. Springer-Verlag Berlin.

Rosentreter, R., Eldridge, D.J. and Kaltenecker, J.H. (2001). Monitoring and manageent of biological soil crusts. In: J. Belnap and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Ecology and Function. Ecological Studies 150, pp. 457-470. Springer-Verlag Berlin.
  
Eldridge, D.J., Lepage, M., Bryannah, M.A. and Ouedraogo, P. (2001). Soil Biota. In: Valentin, C., Tongway, D.J., d'Herb, J.M. and Sergieri, J. (eds.) Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments: Ecological Processes and Consequences for Management. Ecological Studies 149, pp. 105-131. Springer-Verlag, Amsterdam.