List of works - Fernando T. Maestre

Global desertification: building a science for dryland development

scientific article published in May 2007

Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands

scientific article published in January 2012

Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

article

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis.

scientific article

Is the change of plant-plant interactions with abiotic stress predictable? A meta-analysis of field results in arid environments

article

A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil

scientific article published in January 2018

Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands.

scientific article

Do positive interactions increase with abiotic stress? A test from a semi-arid steppe

scientific article

Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

scientific article

It is getting hotter in here: determining and projecting the impacts of global environmental change on drylands

scientific article published on November 2012

Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

scientific article

Do biotic interactions modulate ecosystem functioning along stress gradients? Insights from semi-arid plant and biological soil crust communities

scientific article

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

scientific article published on 23 July 2009

Microhabitat amelioration and reduced competition among understorey plants as drivers of facilitation across environmental gradients: Towards a unifying framework

scientific article published on November 20, 2011

Biological crusts as a model system for examining the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship in soils

article

Moving forward on facilitation research: response to changing environments and effects on the diversity, functioning and evolution of plant communities

scientific article published on April 29, 2014

Shifting species interactions in terrestrial dryland ecosystems under altered water availability and climate change

scientific article

Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future

article

Is the patch size distribution of vegetation a suitable indicator of desertification processes?

scientific article published on July 2009

Species richness effects on ecosystem multifunctionality depend on evenness, composition and spatial pattern

article

Changes in biocrust cover drive carbon cycle responses to climate change in drylands

scientific article

Warming reduces the growth and diversity of biological soil crusts in a semi-arid environment: implications for ecosystem structure and functioning

scientific article

Competition increases with abiotic stress and regulates the diversity of biological soil crusts

article

Biological soil crusts modulate nitrogen availability in semi-arid ecosystems: insights from a Mediterranean grassland

Experimental and observational studies find contrasting responses of soil nutrients to climate change

scientific article

Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in abiotic factors modulate multiple ontogenetic shifts between competition and facilitation

article

Are Pinus halepensis plantations useful as a restoration tool in semiarid Mediterranean areas?

scientific article published in 2004

The stress-gradient hypothesis does not fit all relationships between plant-plant interactions and abiotic stress: further insights from arid environments

article

Ecology and functional roles of biological soil crusts in semi-arid ecosystems of Spain

scientific article published on December 2011

Amount or pattern? Grassland responses to the heterogeneity and availability of two key resources

scientific article published in February 2007

Balance between facilitation and resource competition determines biomass-density relationships in plant populations

scientific article published on 4 August 2008

Functional profiles reveal unique ecological roles of various biological soil crust organisms

scientific article published in 2011

Small-scale Environmental Heterogeneity and Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Seedling Establishment in a Semiarid Degraded Ecosystem

article

Uncovering multiscale effects of aridity and biotic interactions on the functional structure of Mediterranean shrublands

scientific article published in 2013

Functional trait diversity maximizes ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article

Plant responses to soil heterogeneity and global environmental change

scientific article

Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in Mediterranean drylands

scientific article published on 23 January 2015

Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world

scientific article

Relationships between biological soil crusts, bacterial diversity and abundance, and ecosystem functioning: Insights from a semi-arid Mediterranean environment

Plant–plant interactions, environmental gradients and plant diversity: A global synthesis of community-level studies

scientific article published on August 20, 2014

Soil nutrient heterogeneity interacts with elevated CO2 and nutrient availability to determine species and assemblage responses in a model grassland community

article

Facilitation and Inhibition of Seedlings of an Invasive Tree (Acer platanoides) by Different Tree Species in a Mountain Ecosystem

article

Positive plant interactions in the Iberian Southeast: Mechanisms, environmental gradients, and ecosystem function

article

Interactive Effects of Three Ecosystem Engineers on Infiltration in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Grassland

Biological Soil Crust Microsites Are the Main Contributor to Soil Respiration in a Semiarid Ecosystem

Intransitive competition is widespread in plant communities and maintains their species richness

scientific article published on June 2015

Plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality peak at intermediate levels of woody cover in global drylands

scientific article published on December 2014

List of works by Fernando T. Maestre

Global desertification: building a science for dryland development

Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands

Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis.

Is the change of plant-plant interactions with abiotic stress predictable? A meta-analysis of field results in arid environments

A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil

Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems

Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands.

Do positive interactions increase with abiotic stress? A test from a semi-arid steppe

Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

It is getting hotter in here: determining and projecting the impacts of global environmental change on drylands

Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

Do biotic interactions modulate ecosystem functioning along stress gradients? Insights from semi-arid plant and biological soil crust communities

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

Microhabitat amelioration and reduced competition among understorey plants as drivers of facilitation across environmental gradients: Towards a unifying framework

Biological crusts as a model system for examining the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship in soils

Moving forward on facilitation research: response to changing environments and effects on the diversity, functioning and evolution of plant communities

Shifting species interactions in terrestrial dryland ecosystems under altered water availability and climate change

Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future

Is the patch size distribution of vegetation a suitable indicator of desertification processes?

Species richness effects on ecosystem multifunctionality depend on evenness, composition and spatial pattern

Changes in biocrust cover drive carbon cycle responses to climate change in drylands

Warming reduces the growth and diversity of biological soil crusts in a semi-arid environment: implications for ecosystem structure and functioning

Competition increases with abiotic stress and regulates the diversity of biological soil crusts

Biological soil crusts modulate nitrogen availability in semi-arid ecosystems: insights from a Mediterranean grassland

Experimental and observational studies find contrasting responses of soil nutrients to climate change

Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in abiotic factors modulate multiple ontogenetic shifts between competition and facilitation

Are Pinus halepensis plantations useful as a restoration tool in semiarid Mediterranean areas?

The stress-gradient hypothesis does not fit all relationships between plant-plant interactions and abiotic stress: further insights from arid environments

Ecology and functional roles of biological soil crusts in semi-arid ecosystems of Spain

Amount or pattern? Grassland responses to the heterogeneity and availability of two key resources

Balance between facilitation and resource competition determines biomass-density relationships in plant populations

Functional profiles reveal unique ecological roles of various biological soil crust organisms

Small-scale Environmental Heterogeneity and Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Seedling Establishment in a Semiarid Degraded Ecosystem

Uncovering multiscale effects of aridity and biotic interactions on the functional structure of Mediterranean shrublands

Functional trait diversity maximizes ecosystem multifunctionality

Plant responses to soil heterogeneity and global environmental change

Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in Mediterranean drylands

Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world

Relationships between biological soil crusts, bacterial diversity and abundance, and ecosystem functioning: Insights from a semi-arid Mediterranean environment

Plant–plant interactions, environmental gradients and plant diversity: A global synthesis of community-level studies

Soil nutrient heterogeneity interacts with elevated CO2 and nutrient availability to determine species and assemblage responses in a model grassland community

Facilitation and Inhibition of Seedlings of an Invasive Tree (Acer platanoides) by Different Tree Species in a Mountain Ecosystem

Positive plant interactions in the Iberian Southeast: Mechanisms, environmental gradients, and ecosystem function

Interactive Effects of Three Ecosystem Engineers on Infiltration in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Grassland

Biological Soil Crust Microsites Are the Main Contributor to Soil Respiration in a Semiarid Ecosystem

Intransitive competition is widespread in plant communities and maintains their species richness

Plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality peak at intermediate levels of woody cover in global drylands

Spatial patterns of surface soil properties and vegetation in a Mediterranean semi-arid steppe