Publications

2023

Maisnam, P., Jeffries, T. C., Szejgis, J., Bristol, D., Singh, B. K., Eldridge, D. J., . . . Nielsen, U. N. (2023). Severe Prolonged Drought Favours Stress-Tolerant Microbes in Australian Drylands. Microbial Ecology. doi:10.1007/s00248-023-02303-w

Sáez-Sandino, T., Gallardo, A., Eldridge, D. J., Berhe, A. A., Doetterl, S., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). Plant footprint decreases the functional diversity of molecules in topsoil organic matter after millions of years of ecosystem development. Global Ecology and Biogeography. doi:10.1111/geb.13770

Rahimi, F., Farzam, M., Dastorani, M. T., Ahmadpur, A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2023). Effects of soil mulches and conditioners on seedling emergence and survival of Astragalus nigricans Barneby in an arid steppe rangeland. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.14009

Dorrough, J., Val, J., Travers, S. K., Wilson, B., Eldridge, D. J., Carrillo, Y., . . . Oliver, I. (2023). Integrated analysis of aboveground and belowground indicators support a comprehensive evaluation of ecosystem recovery. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.13987

Mallen-Cooper, M., Cornwell, W. K., Slavich, E., Sabot, M. E. B., Xirocostas, Z. A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2023). Limited range shifting in biocrusts despite climate warming: A 25-year resurvey. Journal of Ecology, 111(10), 2194-2207. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14169

Tian, C., Ju, M., Eldridge, D. J., Bu, C., Bai, X., Li, Y., & Guo, Q. (2023). Exogenous microorganisms promote moss biocrust restoration and shape microbiomes in a sandy desert. Plant and Soil, 491(1-2), 421-437. doi:10.1007/s11104-023-06124-1

Conti, L., Valencia, E., Galland, T., Götzenberger, L., Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, A., . . . De Bello, F. (2023). Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(2001). doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.0344

Flores-Moreno, H., Dalrymple, R. L., Cornwell, W. K., Popovic, G., Nakagawa, S., Atkinson, J., . . . Moles, A. T. (2023). Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1073842

Eldridge, D. J., & Ding, J. (2023). Pitting fails to sustain increases in ecosystem structure in arid rangelands. Restoration Ecology, 31(6). doi:10.1111/rec.13929

Eldridge, D. J., Guirado, E., Reich, P. B., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Berdugo, M., Sáez-Sandino, T., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services. Nature Geoscience, 16(5), 430-438. doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01170-x

Liu, Y. R., van der Heijden, M. G. A., Riedo, J., Sanz-Lazaro, C., Eldridge, D. J., Bastida, F., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). Publisher Correction: Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide (Nature Communications, (2023), 14, 1, (1706), 10.1038/s41467-023-37428-6). Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37920-z

Eldridge, D. J., & Soliveres, S. (2023). Rewilding soil-disturbing vertebrates to rehabilitate degraded landscapes: benefits and risks. Biology Letters, 19(4). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2022.0544

Liu, Y. R., van der Heijden, M. G. A., Riedo, J., Sanz-Lazaro, C., Eldridge, D. J., Bastida, F., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide. Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37428-6

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., García-Palacios, P., Bradford, M. A., Eldridge, D. J., Berdugo, M., Sáez-Sandino, T., . . . Plaza, C. (2023). Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide. Nature Climate Change, 13(5), 450-455. doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01646-z

Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., & Val, J. (2023). Foraging pit location provides valuable insights into critical habitat requirements of soil engineers. Landscape Ecology, 38(5), 1209-1220. doi:10.1007/s10980-023-01610-4

Fan, K., Chu, H., Eldridge, D. J., Gaitan, J. J., Liu, Y. R., Sokoya, B., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7(1), 113-126. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01935-4

Jouquet, P., Harit, A., Bottinelli, N., & Eldridge, D. J. (2023). Termite bioturbation: Fungal versus non-fungal building strategies lead to different soil sheeting stability. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 176. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108868

2022

Mallen-Cooper, M., Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Contrasting effects of vegetation cover and site condition on biocrust communities in subhumid drylands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33(6). doi:10.1111/jvs.13161

Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. (2023). The success of woody plant removal depends on encroachment stage and plant traits. Nature Plants, 9(1), 58-67. doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01307-7

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Hu, H. W., Maestre, F. T., Guerra, C. A., Eisenhauer, N., Eldridge, D. J., . . . He, J. Z. (2022). The global distribution and environmental drivers of the soil antibiotic resistome. Microbiome, 10(1). doi:10.1186/s40168-022-01405-w

Mallen-Cooper, M., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Eldridge, D. J., Weber, B., Büdel, B., Höhne, H., & Cornwell, W. K. (2023). Towards an understanding of future range shifts in lichens and mosses under climate change. Journal of Biogeography, 50(2), 406-417. doi:10.1111/jbi.14542

Maestre, F. T., Eldridge, D. J., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Saiz, H., Gozalo, B., . . . Gaitán, J. J. (2022). The BIODESERT survey: Assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands. Web Ecology, 22(2), 75-96. doi:10.5194/we-22-75-2022

Maestre, F. T., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Saiz, H., Berdugo, M., . . . Rey, P. J. (2022). Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science, 378(6622), 915-920. doi:10.1126/science.abq4062

Guerra, C. A., Berdugo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Eisenhauer, N., Singh, B. K., Cui, H., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Global hotspots for soil nature conservation. Nature, 610(7933), 693-698. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05292-x

Zhou, G., Lucas-Borja, M. E., Eisenhauer, N., Eldridge, D. J., Liu, S., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Understorey biodiversity supports multiple ecosystem services in mature Mediterranean forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 172. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108774

Weber, B., Belnap, J., Büdel, B., Antoninka, A. J., Barger, N. N., Chaudhary, V. B., . . . Eldridge, D.J. ….. Bowker, M. A. (2022). What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community. Biological Reviews.

Val, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Invasion of an exotic annual forb affects grass-feeding termites in a semi-arid woodland. Austral Ecology.

Mallen-Cooper, M., Atkinson, J., Xirocostas, Z. A., Wijas, B., Chiarenza, G. M., Dadzie, F. A., & Eldridge, D.J. (2022). Global synthesis reveals strong multifaceted effects of eucalypts on soils. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Zhou, G., Zhou, X., Eldridge, D. J., Han, X., Song, Y., Liu, R., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Temperature and rainfall patterns constrain the multidimensional rewilding of global forests. Advanced Science, 9(18) 

Eldridge, D. J., Oliver, I., Powell, J. R., Dorrough, J., Carrillo, Y., Nielsen, U. N., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Temporal dynamics in biotic and functional recovery following mining. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 1632-1643.

Jouquet, P., Harit, A., Hervé, V., Moger, H., Carrijo, T., Donoso, D. A., . . Eldridge, D.J.. . Bottinelli, N. (2022). The impact of termites on soil sheeting properties is better explained by environmental factors than by their feeding and building strategies. Geoderma, 412. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115706

Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Roadside verges support greater ecosystem functions than adjacent agricultural land in a grassy woodland. Journal of Environmental Management, 308. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114625

Neilly, H., Cale, P., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Incubation mound building by the Australian megapode (malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata) creates novel, resource-rich patches in a semi-arid woodland. Journal of Ecology, 110, 1432-1441.  doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13883

Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., & Travers, S. K. (2022). A global synthesis of the effects of livestock activity on hydrological processes. Ecosystems. 

Sperandii, M. G., de Bello, F., Valencia, E., Götzenberger, L., Bazzichetto, M., Galland, T., . . Eldridge, D.J….. Lepš, J. (2022). LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33. doi:10.1111/jvs.13115 

Ding, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Wang, J. T., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Ecosystem functions are related to tree diversity in forests but soil biodiversity in open woodlands and shrublands. Journal of Ecology, 109(12), 4158-4170. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13788

Ding, J. & Eldridge, D.J. (2022). Drivers of soil biodiversity vary with organism type along an extensive aridity gradient. Applied Soil Ecology, 170, 104271

Ding, J., Travers, S.K., & Eldridge, D.J. (2022). Microbial communities are associated with indicators of soil surface condition across a continental gradient. Geoderma, 405, 115439

2021

Cai, Y., Yan, Y., Wang, C., Xu, D., Wang, X., Xin, X., . . . Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Effect of shrubs on soil saturated hydraulic conductivity depends on the grazing regime in a semi-arid shrub-encroached grassland. Catena, 207. 

Ding, J., Travers, S. K., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Occurrence of Australian woody species is driven by soil moisture and available phosphorus across a climatic gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32  doi:10.1111/jvs.13095

Kakeh, J., Gorji, M., Mohammadi, M. H., Asadi, H., Khormali, F., Sohrabi, M., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Biocrust islands enhance infiltration, and reduce runoff and sediment yield on a heavily salinized dryland soil. Geoderma, 404, 115329

Eldridge, D. J., Mallen-Cooper, M., & Ding, J. (2021). Biocrust functional traits reinforce runon-runoff patchiness in drylands. Geoderma, 400, 115152.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D.J., Liu, Y.R., Sokoya, B., Wang, J.T. et al. (2021) Global homogenisation of the structure and function in the soil microbiome of urban greenspaces. Science Advances 7 (28), eabg5809

Bastida, F., Jehmlich, N., Starke, R., Schallert, K., Benndorf, D., López-Mondéjar, R., Plaza, C., Freixino, Z., Ramírez-Ortuño, C., Ruiz-Navarro, A., Díaz-López, M., Vera, A., Moreno, J. L., Eldridge, D. J., García, C., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2021). Structure and function of bacterial metaproteomes across biomes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 108331.

Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Climate and plants regulate the spatial variation in soil multifunctionality across a climatic gradient. Catena 201, 105233.

Zhu, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Shan, D., Yang, X., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Grazing impacts on ecosystem functions exceed those from mowing. Plant and Soil, 1-13.

Liu, Y. R., Eldridge, D. J., Zeng, X. M., Wang, J., Singh, B. K., & Delgado‐Baquerizo, M. (2021). Global diversity and ecological drivers of lichenized soil fungi. New Phytologist.

Maestre, F. T., Benito, B. M., Berdugo, M., Concostrina‐Zubiri, L., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., … & Soliveres, S. (2021). Biogeography of global drylands. New Phytologist.

Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S. K., Val, J., Ding, J., Wang, J. T., Singh, B. K., & Delgado‐Baquerizo, M. (2021). Experimental evidence of strong relationships between soil microbial communities and plant germination. Journal of Ecology.

Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Community‐level responses to increasing dryness vary with plant growth form across an extensive aridity gradient. Journal of Biogeography.

Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., & Travers, S. K. (2021). Low‐intensity kangaroo grazing has largely benign effects on soil health. Ecological Management & Restoration.

Eldridge, D. J., & Koen, T. B. (2021). Temporal changes in soil function in a wooded dryland following simulated disturbance by a vertebrate engineer. Catena 200, 105166.

Eldridge, D. J., Benham, M., Singh, B. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2021). Ecosystem properties in urban areas vary with habitat type and settlement age. Plant and Soil, 1-12.

Gibb, H., Silvey, C. J., Robinson, C., L’Hotellier, F. A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Experimental evidence for ecological cascades following threatened mammal reintroduction. Ecology, 102, e03191.

Bastida, F., Eldridge, D. J., García, C., Png, G. K., Bardgett, Richard. D., & Delgado-Baquerizo M. (2021). Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes. ISME J. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0.

Ding, J., Travers, S. K., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Grow wider canopies or thicker stems: variable response of woody plants to increasing dryness. Global Ecology and Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13212

Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). The fertile island effect varies with aridity and plant patch type across an extensive continental gradient. Plant and Soil, 1-11.

Eldridge, D. J., & Ding, J. (2020). Remove or retain: ecosystem effects of woody encroachment and removal are linked to plant structural and functional traits. New Phytologist. Accepted

Cano‐Díaz, C., Maestre, F. T., Eldridge, D. J., Singh, B. K., Bardgett, R. D., Fierer, N., & Delgado‐Baquerizo, M. (2020). Contrasting environmental preferences of photosynthetic and non‐photosynthetic soil cyanobacteria across the globe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(11), 2025-2038.

Eldridge, D. J., Oliver, I., Val, J., Travers, S. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2020). Grazing and aridity have contrasting effects on the functional and taxonomic diversity of ants. Basic and Applied Ecology, 48, 73-82.

Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J. (2020). Limited long-term effectiveness of roller-chopping for managing woody encroachment. Restoration Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/rec.13274

Eldridge, D. J., Oliver, I., Val, J., & Travers, S. K. (2020). Limited evidence for the use of livestock for the conservation management of exotic plant cover. Australian Journal of Botany, 68, 137-145.

Eldridge, D. J.,  Reed, S.,  Travers, S. K., Bowker, M. A., Maestre F. T., Ding, J… Zhao, Y. (2020). The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world’s drylands. Global Change Biology.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15232

Eldridge, D. J., Oliver, I., Val, J., Travers, S. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2020). Grazing and aridity have contrasting effects on the functional and taxonomic diversity of ants. Basic and Applied Ecology.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2020.07.003 

Eldridge, D. J., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Quero, J. L., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., García‐Palacios, P., … & Bran, D. E. (2020). Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(2), 424-435.

Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020) Biotic and abiotic effects on biocrust cover vary with microsite along an extensive aridity gradient. Plant and Soil, 450, 429-441.

Travers, S. K., Eldridge, D. J., Koen, T. B., Val, J., & Oliver, I. (2020). Livestock and kangaroo grazing have little effect on biomass and fuel hazard in semi-arid woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management, 467, 118165.

Zhu, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Shan, D., Yang, X., Liu, Y., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Diversity-productivity relationships vary in response to increasing land-use intensity. Plant and Soil. 450, 511–520.

Soliveres, S., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Dual community assembly processes in dryland biocrust communities. Functional Ecology, 34(4), 877-887.

Marquart, A., Eldridge, D. J., Geissler, K., Lobas, C., & Blaum, N. (2020). Interconnected effects of shrubs, invertebrate‐derived macropores and soil texture on water infiltration in a semi‐arid savanna rangeland. Land Degradation & Development.

Val, J., Travers, S. K., Oliver, I., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Perennial plant patches are sinks for seeds in semi‐arid woodlands in varying condition. Applied Vegetation Science. in press.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Reich, P. B., Trivedi, C., Eldridge, D. J., Abades, S., Alfaro, F. D., … & García-Velázquez, L. (2020). Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(2), 210-220.

Cai, Y., Yan, Y., Xu, D., Xu, X., Wang, C., Wang, X., … & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). The fertile island effect collapses under extreme overgrazing: evidence from a shrub-encroached grassland. Plant and Soil, 1-12.

Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., & Travers, S. K. (2020). Feral horse activity reduces environmental quality in ecosystems globally. Biological Conservation, 241, 108367.

Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Doulcier, G., Eldridge, D. J., Stouffer, D. B., Maestre, F. T., Wang, J., … & Singh, B. K. (2019). Increases in aridity lead to drastic shifts in the assembly of dryland complex microbial networks. Land Degradation & Development. in press.

Bastida, F., Eldridge, D. J., Abades, S., Alfaro, F. D., Gallardo, A., García‐Velázquez, L., … & Trivedi, P. (2019). Climatic vulnerabilities and ecological preferences of soil invertebrates across biomes. Molecular ecology. in press.

Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S. K., Val, J., Wang, J. T., Liu, H., Singh, B. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2019). Grazing Regulates the Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Microbial Communities Within Ecological Networks. Ecosystems, 1-11.

Havrilla CA, Chaudhary VB, Ferrenberg S, Antoninka AJ, Belnap J, Bowker MA, Eldridge DJ, Faist AM, Huber‐Sannwald E, Leslie AD, Rodriguez‐Caballero E. (2019). Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Ecology. 107, 2789-2807

Ding, J., Travers, S. K., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., & Eldridge, D. J. (2019). Multiple trade‐offs regulate the effects of woody plant removal on biodiversity and ecosystem functions in global rangelands. Global Change Biology. in press

Liu, Y., Shi, Z., Liyan, G., Richun, C., Xiaohui, Y., & Eldridge, D. J. Is the removal of aboveground shrub biomass an effective technique to restore a shrub‐encroached grassland?. Restoration Ecology. in press 

Bastida, F., García, C., Fierer, N., Eldridge, D. J., Bowker, M. A., Abades, S., … & García-Velázquez, L. (2019). Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1-9.

Yan Y. C., Xu D. W., Xu, X. L., Wang D. L., Wang X., Cai Y. R., Chen J. Q., Xin, X. P., & Eldridge, D. J. (2019). Shrub patches capture tumble plants: potential evidence for a self-reinforcing pattern in a semiarid shrub encroached grassland. Plant Soil. in press.

Marquart, A., Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S. K., Val, J., & Blaum, N. (2019). Large shrubs partly compensate negative effects of grazing on hydrological function in a semi-arid savanna. Basic and Applied Ecology. 

Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2019). Contrasting global effects of woody plant removal on ecosystem structure, function and composition. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 125460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2019.125460.

Egidi, E., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Plett, J. M., Wang, J., Eldridge, D. J., Bardgett, R. D., … & Singh, B. K. (2019). A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide. Nature communications, 10(1), 2369.

Mallen‐Cooper, M., Bowker, M. A., Antoninka, A. J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2019). A practical guide to measuring functional indicators and traits in biocrusts. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12974.

Travers, S. K., Eldridge, D. J., Val, J., & Oliver, I. (2019). Rabbits and livestock grazing alter the structure and composition of mid-storey plants in a wooded dryland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 277, 53-60.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Bardgett, R. D., Vitousek, P. M., Maestre, F. T., Williams, M. A., Eldridge, D. J., … & Sala, O. E. (2019). Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201818400.

Decker, O., Eldridge, D. J., & Gibb, H. (2019). Restoration potential of threatened ecosystem engineers increases with aridity: broad scale effects on soil nutrients and function. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04259. 

Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S. K., Val, J. Zaja, A., Veblen, K. E. (2019). Horse activity is associated with degraded subalpine grassland structure and reduced habitat for a threatened rodent. Rangeland Ecology and Management. in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2018.12.008.

Nolan, R. H., Sinclair, J., Waters, C. M., Mitchell, P. J., Eldridge, D. J., Paul, K. I., … & Ramp, D. (2019). Risks to carbon dynamics in semi-arid woodlands of eastern Australia under current and future climates. Journal of Environmental Management, 235, 500-510.

Mallen‐Cooper, M., Nakagawa, S., & Eldridge, D. J. (2019). Global meta‐analysis of soil‐disturbing vertebrates reveals strong effects on ecosystem patterns and processes. Global Ecology and Biogeography. in press.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Hamonts, K., & Singh, B. K. (2019). Ant colonies promote the diversity of soil microbial communities. The ISME journal, 1.

Val, J., Travers, S. K., Oliver, I., Koen, T. B., & Eldridge, D. J. (2018). Recent grazing reduces reptile richness but historic grazing filters reptiles based on their functional traits. Journal of Applied Ecology. in press. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13324.

Eldridge, D. J., Maestre, F. T., Koen, T. B., & Delgado‐Baquerizo, M. (2018). Australian dryland soils are acidic and nutrient‐depleted, and have unique microbial communities compared with other drylands. Journal of Biogeography, 45, 2803-2814.

Eldridge, D. J., & Delgado‐Baquerizo, M. (2018). The influence of climatic legacies on the distribution of dryland biocrust communities. Global change biology, 25, 327-336.

Koerner, S. E., Smith, M. D., Burkepile, D. E., …David J. Eldridge, … & Thompson, D. I. (2018). Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1

Eldridge, D. J., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Travers, S. K., Val, J., & Oliver, I. (2018). Livestock grazing and forest structure regulate the assembly of ecological clusters within plant networks in eastern Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29, 788-797.

Glasier, J. R. N., Poore, A. G. B., & Eldridge, D. J. (2018). Do mutualistic associations have broader host ranges than neutral or antagonistic associations? A test using myrmecophiles as model organisms. Insectes Sociaux, 1-10.

Bowker, M. A., Reed, S. C., Maestre, F. T., & Eldridge, D. J. (2018). Biocrusts: the living skin of the earth. Plant and Soil, 429: 1-7.

Yan, Y., Yan, R., Chen, J., Xin, X., Eldridge, D.J., Shao, C., Wang, X., Lv, S., Jin, D., Chen, J. and Guo, Z. (2018). Grazing modulates soil temperature and moisture in a Eurasian steppe. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 262, 157-165.

Val, J., Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S. K., & Oliver, I. (2018). Livestock grazing reinforces the competitive exclusion of small‐bodied birds by large aggressive birds. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 1919-1929.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Hamonts, K., Reich, P. B., & Singh, B. K. (2018). Experimentally testing the species-habitat size relationship on soil bacteria: A proof of concept. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 123, 200-206.

Eldridge, D. J., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2018). Grazing reduces the capacity of Landscape Function Analysis to predict regional-scale nutrient availability or decomposition, but not total nutrient pools. Ecological Indicators, 90, 494-501.

Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S. K., Val, J., Oliver, I., & Bissett, A. (2018). Effects of climate legacies on above‐and below‐ground community assembly. Global change biology.(in press)

Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Fry, E. L., Eldridge, D. J., de Vries, F. T., Manning, P., Hamonts, K., … & Bardgett, R. D. (2018). Plant attributes explain the distribution of soil microbial communities in two contrasting regions of the globe. New Phytologist.

Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F. T., Eldridge, D. J., Bowker, M. A., Jeffries, T. C., & Singh, B. K. (2018). Biocrust‐forming mosses mitigate the impact of aridity on soil microbial communities in drylands: observational evidence from three continents. New Phytologist.

Radnan, G. N., & Eldridge, D. J. (2018). Ants respond more strongly to grazing than changes in shrub cover. Land Degradation & Development, 29, 907-915.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Maestre, F. T., Karunaratne, S. B., Trivedi, P., Reich, P. B., & Singh, B. K. (2018). Response to comment on “Climate legacies drive global soil carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystem”. Science advances, 4, eaat1296.

Nolan, R.H., Sinclair, J., Eldridge, D.J. & Ramp, D. (2018) Biophysical risks to carbon sequestration and storage in Australian drylands. Journal of environmental management, 208, 102-111.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Oliverio, A.M., Brewer, T.E., Benavent-González, A., Eldridge, D.J., Bardgett, R.D., Maestre, F.T., Singh, B.K. & Fierer, N. (2018) A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil. Science, 359, 320-325.

Eldridge, D.J. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2018) Functional groups of soil fungi decline under grazing. Plant and Soil, 1-10.

Radnan, G.N., Gibb, H. & Eldridge, D.J. (2018) Soil surface complexity has a larger effect on food exploitation by ants than a change from grassland to shrubland. Ecological Entomology, doi: 10.1111/een.12510

Ochoa‐Hueso, R., Eldridge, D.J., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Soliveres, S., Bowker, M.A., Gross, N., Bagousse‐Pinguet, L., Quero, J.L., García‐Gómez, M. & Valencia, E. (2018) Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands. Journal of Ecology, 106, 242-253.

Travers, S.K., Eldridge, D.J., Dorrough, J., Val, J. & Oliver, I. (2018) Introduced and native herbivores have different effects on plant composition in low productivity ecosystems. Applied Vegetation Science, 21, 45-54.

Synodinos, A.D., Eldridge, D., Geißler, K., Jeltsch, F., Lohmann, D., Midgley, G. & Blaum, N. (2018) Remotely sensed canopy height reveals three pantropical ecosystem states: a comment. Ecology, 99, 231-234.

Eldridge, D.J., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Travers, S.K., Val, J., Oliver, I., Dorrough, J.W. & Soliveres, S. (2018) Livestock activity increases exotic plant richness, but wildlife increases native richness, with stronger effects under low productivity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 766-776.

Radnan, G.N. & Eldridge, D.J. (2017) Does the morphology of animal foraging pits influence secondary seed dispersal by ants? Austral Ecology, 42, 920-928.

Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Trivedi, P., Trivedi, C., Eldridge, D.J., Reich, P.B., Jeffries, T.C. & Singh, B.K. (2017) Microbial richness and composition independently drive soil multifunctionality. Functional Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12924

Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D.J., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., Singh, B.K. & Maestre, F.T. (2017) Soil microbial communities drive the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to global change in drylands across the globe. Ecology letters, 20, 1295-1305.

Vandandorj, S., Eldridge, D.J., Travers, S.K. & Delgado‐Baquerizo, M. (2017) Contrasting Effects of Aridity and Grazing Intensity on Multiple Ecosystem Functions and Services in Australian Woodlands. Land Degradation & Development, 28, 2098-2108.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Bissett, A., Eldridge, D.J., Maestre, F.T., He, J.-Z., Wang, J.-T., Hamonts, K., Liu, Y.-R., Singh, B.K. & Fierer, N. (2017) Palaeoclimate explains a unique proportion of the global variation in soil bacterial communities. Nature ecology & evolution, 1, 1339.

Eldridge, D.J., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Travers, S.K., Val, J., Oliver, I., Hamonts, K. & Singh, B.K. (2017) Competition drives the response of soil microbial diversity to increased grazing by vertebrate herbivores. Ecology, doi: 10.1002/ecy.1879

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D.J., Maestre, F.T., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., Reich, P.B. & Singh, B.K. (2017) Aridity Decouples C: N: P Stoichiometry Across Multiple Trophic Levels in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Ecosystems, 1-10.

Vandandorj, S., Eldridge, D.J., Travers, S.K., Val, J. & Oliver, I. (2017) Microsite and grazing intensity drive infiltration in a semiarid woodland. Ecohydrology, 10: e1831.

Eldridge, D.J., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Travers, S.K., Val, J. & Oliver, I. (2017) Do grazing intensity and herbivore type affect soil health? Insights from a semi‐arid productivity gradient. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54, 976-985.

Eldridge, D.J. & Delgado‐Baquerizo, M. (2017) Continental‐scale Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Ecosystem Supporting and Regulating Services. Land Degradation & Development, 28, 1473-1481.

Fallah, M., Farzam, M., Hosseini, V., Moravej, G. & Eldridge, D. (2017) Termite effects on soils and plants are generally consistent along a gradient in livestock grazing. Arid land research and management, 31, 159-168.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D.J., Maestre, F.T., Karunaratne, S.B., Trivedi, P., Reich, P.B. & Singh, B.K. (2017a) Climate legacies drive global soil carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems. Science advances, 3, e1602008.

Prober, S.M., Colloff, M.J., Abel, N., Crimp, S., Doherty, M.D., Dunlop, M., Eldridge, D.J., Gorddard, R., Lavorel, S. & Metcalfe, D.J. (2017) Informing climate adaptation pathways in multi-use woodland landscapes using the values-rules-knowledge framework. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 241, 39-53.

Chilton, A.M., Neilan, B.A. & Eldridge, D.J. (2017) Biocrust morphology is linked to marked differences in microbial community composition. Plant and Soil, 1-11.

Mallen-Cooper, M., Eldridge, D.J. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2017) Livestock grazing and aridity reduce the functional diversity of biocrusts. Plant and Soil, 1-11.

Gordon, C.E., Eldridge, D.J., Ripple, W.J., Crowther, M.S., Moore, B.D. & Letnic, M. (2017) Shrub encroachment is linked to extirpation of an apex predator. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, 147-157.

Eldridge, D.J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Woodhouse, J.N., and Neilan, B.A (2017). Contrasting effects of two mammalian soil engineers on microbial communities. Austral Ecology, 42, 380-384.

Eldridge, D.J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Woodhouse, J.N., and Neilan, B.A. (2016). Mammalian engineers drive soil microbial communities and ecosystem functions across a disturbance gradient. Journal of Animal Ecology 85, 1636–1646. 

Maestre, F.T., Eldridge, D.J., Soliveres, S., Kéfi, S., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Bowker, M.A., García-Palacios, P., Gaitán, J., Gallardo, A., Lázaro, R. and Berdugo M. (2016).  Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world. Annual Review in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 47, 215-237.

Kwok, A.B.C. and Eldridge, D.J. (2016). The influence of shrub species and fine-scale plant density on arthropods in a semi-arid shrubland. The Rangeland Journal 38, 381-189. 

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F.T., Gallardo, A., Eldridge, D.J., Soliveres, S., Bowker, M.A., . . . Zaady, E. (2016). Human impacts and aridity differentially alter soil N availability in drylands worldwide. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25, 36-45. 

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F.T., Eldridge, D.J. and Singh, B.K., (2016) Microsite differentiation drives the abundance of soil ammonia oxidizing bacteria along aridity gradients. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, Article no. 505.  

Eldridge, D.J., Poore, A.G.B., Ruiz-Colmenero, M., Letnic, M. and Soliveres, S. (2016). Ecosystem structure, function and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing. Ecological Applications 36, 1273-1283. 

Maestre, F.T., Eldridge, D.J. and Soliveres, S. (2016). A multifaceted view on the impacts of shrub encroachment. Applied Vegetation Science 19, 369–370. 

Mallen-Cooper, M. and Eldridge, D.J. (2016). Laboratory-based techniques for assessing the functional traits of biocrusts. Plant and Soil, 406. 131-143. 

Travers, S.K. and Eldridge, D.J. (2016). Does litter decomposition vary between the foraging pits of two soil-disturbing mammal species?. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 41, 669-676.

Zhang, J., Eldridge, D.J. and Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2016). Biotic communities cannot mitigate the negative effects of grazing on multiple ecosystem functions and services in an arid shrubland. Plant and Soil, 401, 381-395.

Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F.T., Eldridge, D.J., Bowker, M.A., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., Berdugo M, Val J. and Singh, B.K. (2015). Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the negative impacts of increasing aridity on ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands. New Phytologist 209, 1540-1552.

Eldridge, D.J., Beecham, G. and Grace, J.B. (2015). Do shrubs reduce the adverse effects of grazing on soil properties?. Ecohydrology, 8, 1503-1513.

Eldridge, D.J., Woodhouse, J.N., Curlevski, N.J.A., Hayward, M., Brown, M.V. and Neilan, B.A. (2015). Soil-foraging animals alter the composition and co-occurrence of microbial communities in a desert shrubland. ISME Journal 9, 2671-2681.

Kwok, A.B.C. and Eldridge, D.J. (2015). Does fire affect the ground-dwelling arthropod community through changes to fine-scale resource patches?. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24, 550-559.

Maestre, F.T., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Jeffries, T. C., Eldridge, D.J., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., . . . Singh, B. K. (2015). Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, 15684-15689.

Travers SK, Eldridge DJ (2015). Evidence for the self-organisation of litter patches in semi-arid woodland. Ecosystems 18, 958-970. 

Soliveres S, Maestre FT, Bowker MA, Torices R, Quero JL, García-Gómez M, Cabrera O, Cea A, Coaguila D, Eldridge DJ, Espinosa CI, Hemmings F, Monerris JJ, Tighe M, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Escolar C, García-Palacios P, Gozalo B, Ochoa V, Blones J, Derak M, Ghiloufi W, Gutiérrez JR, Hernández RM, Noumi Z (2015) Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 16, 164-173. 

Soliveres S, Eldridge DJ, Mueller, JD, Hemmings F, Throop HL (2015). On the interaction between tree canopy position and environmental effects on soil attributes and plant communities. Journal of Vegetation Science DOI: 10.1111/ JVS.12312 

Dean CD, Kirkpatrick JB, Harper RJ, Eldridge DJ. (2015). Optimising carbon sequestration in arid and semiarid rangelands. Ecological Engineering, 74, 148-163. 

Eldridge DJ, Soliveres S. (2014). Are shrubs really a sign of ecosystem degradation? Disentangling the myths and truths of woody encroachment in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany , 62, 594–608.

Eldridge DJ, Wang L, Ruiz-Colmenero M. (2014). Shrub encroachment alters the spatial patterns of infiltration. Ecohydrology. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1490 

Kwok, ABC, Eldridge DJ (2014). Does fire affect the ground-dwelling arthropod community through changes to fine-scale resource patches? International Journal of Wildland Fire 24, 550-559. 

Ulrich W, Santiago S, Maestre FT, Gotelli NJ, Quero JL, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Bowker MA, Eldridge DJ (and 45 other authors) (2014). Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands. Journal of Biogeography 41, 2307-2319. 

Erikson B, Eldridge DJ. 2014. Surface destabilisation by the invasive burrowing engineer Mus musculus on a sub-Antarctic island. Geomorphology 223, 61-66. 

Soliveres S, Maestre F, Eldridge DJ, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Quero JL, Bowker MA, Gallardo A (2014). Plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality peak at intermediate levels of woody cover in global drylands. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23, 1408-1416 

Soliveres S, Maestre FT, Bowker MA, Torices R, Quero JL, García-Gómez M, Cabrera O, Cea A, Coaguila D, Eldridge DJ, Espinosa CI, Hemmings F, Monerris JJ, Tighe M, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Escolar C, García-Palacios P, Gozalo B, Ochoa V, Blones J, Derak M, Ghiloufi W, Gutiérrez JR, Hernández RM, Noumi Z (2015) Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 16, 164-173.

Eldridge D.J. and Whitford W.G. (2014). Disturbances by desert rodents are more strongly associated with spatial changes in soil texture than woody encroachment. Plant and Soil. 1-10. DOI 10.1007/s11104-014-2142-5

Eldridge D.J., Wang L. and Ruiz‐Colmenero M. (2014). Shrub encroachment alters the spatial patterns of infiltration. Ecohydrology. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1490.

Bowker M.A., Maestre F.T., Eldridge D. J., Belnap J., Castillo-Monroy A., Escolar C. and Soliveres S. (2014) Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) as a model system in community, landscape and ecosystem ecology. Biodiversity and Conservation. 23, 1619-1637.

Soliveres S., Maestre F.T., Bowker M.A., Torices R., Quero J.L., García-Gómez M., Cabrera O., Cea A.P., Coaguila D., Eldridge D.J., Espinosa C.I., Hemmings F., Monerris J.J., Tighe M., Delgado-Baquerizo M., Escolar C., García-Palacios P., Gozalo B., Ochoa V., Blones J., Derak M., Ghiloufi W., Gutiérrez J.R., Hernández R.M. and Noumi Z. (2014). Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 16, 164-173.

Oliver, I., Eldridge, D.J.,  Nadolny, C. and Martin, W. K. (2014) What do site condition multi-metrics tell us about species biodiversity? Ecological Indicators. 38, 262-271.

Borchard, P. and  Eldridge, D. J. (2014) Does artificial light influence the activity of vertebrates beneath rural buildings? Australian Journal of Zoology. 61, 424-429.

Soliveres, S. and Eldridge, D. J. (2014) 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, 28, 530-537.

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.