F. T. Maestre

Mycorrhizal fungi modulate tree diversity effects on nutrient dynamics

The paper examines how tree species diversity and mycorrhizal associations affect nutrient dynamics in forest ecosystems, finding that mycorrhizal strategies mediate diversity effects on nutrient storage.

Complementary effects of above- and belowground biodiversity on ecosystem functions across global grasslands

The paper investigates how plant and soil microbial diversity contribute to ecosystem functions in grasslands, finding they have unique and interactive effects under different aridity conditions.

The global distribution and environmental drivers of the soil antibiotic resistome

This study maps the global distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in soils and identifies key environmental drivers influencing their prevalence.

Towards understanding diversity, endemicity and global change vulnerability of soil fungi

The paper identifies unknown soil fungi using PacBio sequencing and evaluates standardization methods to analyze global diversity, endemicity, and vulnerability patterns.

Vegetation structure determines cyanobacterial communities during soil development across global biomes

The paper investigates how vegetation structure influences soil cyanobacterial communities across soil development in global biomes, finding stable communities in most cases but shifts during vegetation transitions.

Temperature increases soil respiration across ecosystem types and soil development, but soil properties determine the magnitude of this effect

The paper investigates how soil properties and development stage influence the temperature response of soil heterotrophic respiration across different ecosystems.

Relative humidity predominantly determines long-term biocrust-forming lichen survival under climate change

This study shows that decreasing relative humidity, not temperature, is key to lichen survival under climate change, with CO2 benefits offset by reduced non-rainfall water inputs.

Litter decomposition rates of biocrust-forming lichens are similar to that of vascular plants and are affected by warming in a semiarid grassland

This study investigates the decomposition rates of biocrust-forming lichens in a semiarid grassland, finding they decompose as fast as vascular plants and are affected by warming.

Ecological niche differentiation in soil cyanobacterial communities across the globe

This study identifies three major soil cyanobacterial clusters with distinct environmental preferences across global ecosystems and constructs the first global atlas of soil cyanobacteria.

Simulated Climate Change Affects How Biocrusts Modulate Infiltration And Desiccation Dynamics

This study examines how simulated climate change impacts biocrusts' ability to modulate soil infiltration and desiccation dynamics in drylands.

The interplay between facilitation and habitat type drive spatial vegetation patterns in global drylands

The paper analyzes global dryland plant patch size distributions to determine how facilitation and habitat type influence spatial vegetation patterns.

Diversity Of Biocrust-Forming Cyanobacteria In A Semiarid Gypsiferous Site From Central Spain

The paper studies cyanobacteria diversity in a semiarid gypsiferous site in Central Spain using morphological and genetic methods, identifying new genera and phylotypes.