Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands.

Eldridge, DJ; Ding, J; Dorrough, J; Delgado-Baquerizo, M; Sala, O; Gross, N; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y; Mallen-Cooper, M; Saiz, H; Asensio, S; Ochoa, V; Kaseke, KF; Köbel, M; Lehmann, A; Liancourt, P; Linstädter, A; Louw, MA; Ma, Q; Mabaso, M; Maggs-Kölling, G; Makhalanyane, TP; Oliva, G; Issa, OM; Marais, E; McClaran, M; Mendoza, B; Mokoka, V; Mora, JP; Moreno, G; Munson, S; Nunes, A; Oñatibia, GR; Osborne, B; Peter, G; Pierre, M; Pueyo, Y; Emiliano Quiroga, R; Reed, S; Rey, A; Rey, P; Stephens, C; Gómez, VMR; Rolo, V; Rillig, MC; le Roux, PC; Ruppert, JC; Salah, A; Sebei, PJ; Sharkhuu, A; Stavi, I; Teixido, AL; Thomas, AD; Tielbörger, K; Robles, ST; Travers, S; Valkó, O; van den Brink, L; Velbert, F; von Heßberg, A; Gozalo, B; Wamiti, W; Wang, D; Wang, L; Wardle, GM; Yahdjian, L; Zaady, E; Zhang, Y; Zhou, X; Maestre, FT; Guirado, E; García-Gómez, M; Valencia, E; Martínez-Valderrama, J; Plaza, C; Abedi, M; Ahmadian, N; Ahumada, RJ; Alcántara, JM; Amghar, F; Azevedo, L; Ben Salem, F; Berdugo, M; Blaum, N; Boldgiv, B; Bowker, M; Bran, D; Bu, C; Canessa, R; Castillo-Monroy, AP; Castro, I; Castro-Quezada, P; Cesarz, S; Chibani, R; Conceição, AA; Darrouzet-Nardi, A; Davila, YC; Deák, B; Díaz-Martínez, P; Donoso, DA; Dougill, AD; Durán, J; Eisenhauer, N; Ejtehadi, H; Espinosa, CI; Fajardo, A; Farzam, M; Foronda, A; Franzese, J; Fraser, LH; Gaitán, J; Geissler, K; Gonzalez, SL; Gusman-Montalvan, E; Hernández, RM; Hölzel, N; Hughes, FM; Jadan, O; Jentsch, A; Ju, M

Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands.

Eldridge, DJ Ding, J Dorrough, J Delgado-Baquerizo, M Sala, O Gross, N Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y Mallen-Cooper, M Saiz, H Asensio, S Ochoa, V Kaseke, KF Köbel, M Lehmann, A Liancourt, P Linstädter, A Louw, MA Ma, Q Mabaso, M Maggs-Kölling, G Makhalanyane, TP Oliva, G Issa, OM Marais, E McClaran, M Mendoza, B Mokoka, V Mora, JP Moreno, G Munson, S Nunes, A Oñatibia, GR Osborne, B Peter, G Pierre, M Pueyo, Y Emiliano Quiroga, R Reed, S Rey, A Rey, P Stephens, C Gómez, VMR Rolo, V Rillig, MC le Roux, PC Ruppert, JC Salah, A Sebei, PJ Sharkhuu, A Stavi, I Teixido, AL Thomas, AD Tielbörger, K Robles, ST Travers, S Valkó, O van den Brink, L Velbert, F von Heßberg, A Gozalo, B Wamiti, W Wang, D Wang, L Wardle, GM Yahdjian, L Zaady, E Zhang, Y Zhou, X Maestre, FT Guirado, E García-Gómez, M Valencia, E Martínez-Valderrama, J Plaza, C Abedi, M Ahmadian, N Ahumada, RJ Alcántara, JM Amghar, F Azevedo, L Ben Salem, F Berdugo, M Blaum, N Boldgiv, B Bowker, M Bran, D Bu, C Canessa, R Castillo-Monroy, AP Castro, I Castro-Quezada, P Cesarz, S Chibani, R Conceição, AA Darrouzet-Nardi, A Davila, YC Deák, B Díaz-Martínez, P Donoso, DA Dougill, AD Durán, J Eisenhauer, N Ejtehadi, H Espinosa, CI Fajardo, A Farzam, M Foronda, A Franzese, J Fraser, LH Gaitán, J Geissler, K Gonzalez, SL Gusman-Montalvan, E Hernández, RM Hölzel, N Hughes, FM Jadan, O Jentsch, A Ju, M

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dc.contributor.author	Eldridge, DJ
dc.contributor.author	Ding, J
dc.contributor.author	Dorrough, J
dc.contributor.author	Delgado-Baquerizo, M
dc.contributor.author	Sala, O
dc.contributor.author	Gross, N
dc.contributor.author	Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y
dc.contributor.author	Mallen-Cooper, M
dc.contributor.author	Saiz, H
dc.contributor.author	Asensio, S
dc.contributor.author	Ochoa, V
dc.contributor.author	Kaseke, KF
dc.contributor.author	Köbel, M
dc.contributor.author	Lehmann, A
dc.contributor.author	Liancourt, P
dc.contributor.author	Linstädter, A
dc.contributor.author	Louw, MA
dc.contributor.author	Ma, Q
dc.contributor.author	Mabaso, M
dc.contributor.author	Maggs-Kölling, G
dc.contributor.author	Makhalanyane, TP
dc.contributor.author	Oliva, G
dc.contributor.author	Issa, OM
dc.contributor.author	Marais, E
dc.contributor.author	McClaran, M
dc.contributor.author	Mendoza, B
dc.contributor.author	Mokoka, V
dc.contributor.author	Mora, JP
dc.contributor.author	Moreno, G
dc.contributor.author	Munson, S
dc.contributor.author	Nunes, A
dc.contributor.author	Oñatibia, GR
dc.contributor.author	Osborne, B
dc.contributor.author	Peter, G
dc.contributor.author	Pierre, M
dc.contributor.author	Pueyo, Y
dc.contributor.author	Emiliano Quiroga, R
dc.contributor.author	Reed, S
dc.contributor.author	Rey, A
dc.contributor.author	Rey, P
dc.contributor.author	Stephens, C
dc.contributor.author	Gómez, VMR
dc.contributor.author	Rolo, V
dc.contributor.author	Rillig, MC
dc.contributor.author	le Roux, PC
dc.contributor.author	Ruppert, JC
dc.contributor.author	Salah, A
dc.contributor.author	Sebei, PJ
dc.contributor.author	Sharkhuu, A
dc.contributor.author	Stavi, I
dc.contributor.author	Teixido, AL
dc.contributor.author	Thomas, AD
dc.contributor.author	Tielbörger, K
dc.contributor.author	Robles, ST
dc.contributor.author	Travers, S
dc.contributor.author	Valkó, O
dc.contributor.author	van den Brink, L
dc.contributor.author	Velbert, F
dc.contributor.author	von Heßberg, A
dc.contributor.author	Gozalo, B
dc.contributor.author	Wamiti, W
dc.contributor.author	Wang, D
dc.contributor.author	Wang, L
dc.contributor.author	Wardle, GM
dc.contributor.author	Yahdjian, L
dc.contributor.author	Zaady, E
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, Y
dc.contributor.author	Zhou, X
dc.contributor.author	Maestre, FT
dc.contributor.author	Guirado, E
dc.contributor.author	García-Gómez, M
dc.contributor.author	Valencia, E
dc.contributor.author	Martínez-Valderrama, J
dc.contributor.author	Plaza, C
dc.contributor.author	Abedi, M
dc.contributor.author	Ahmadian, N
dc.contributor.author	Ahumada, RJ
dc.contributor.author	Alcántara, JM
dc.contributor.author	Amghar, F
dc.contributor.author	Azevedo, L
dc.contributor.author	Ben Salem, F
dc.contributor.author	Berdugo, M
dc.contributor.author	Blaum, N
dc.contributor.author	Boldgiv, B
dc.contributor.author	Bowker, M
dc.contributor.author	Bran, D
dc.contributor.author	Bu, C
dc.contributor.author	Canessa, R
dc.contributor.author	Castillo-Monroy, AP
dc.contributor.author	Castro, I
dc.contributor.author	Castro-Quezada, P
dc.contributor.author	Cesarz, S
dc.contributor.author	Chibani, R
dc.contributor.author	Conceição, AA
dc.contributor.author	Darrouzet-Nardi, A
dc.contributor.author	Davila, YC
dc.contributor.author	Deák, B
dc.contributor.author	Díaz-Martínez, P
dc.contributor.author	Donoso, DA
dc.contributor.author	Dougill, AD
dc.contributor.author	Durán, J
dc.contributor.author	Eisenhauer, N
dc.contributor.author	Ejtehadi, H
dc.contributor.author	Espinosa, CI
dc.contributor.author	Fajardo, A
dc.contributor.author	Farzam, M
dc.contributor.author	Foronda, A
dc.contributor.author	Franzese, J
dc.contributor.author	Fraser, LH
dc.contributor.author	Gaitán, J
dc.contributor.author	Geissler, K
dc.contributor.author	Gonzalez, SL
dc.contributor.author	Gusman-Montalvan, E
dc.contributor.author	Hernández, RM
dc.contributor.author	Hölzel, N
dc.contributor.author	Hughes, FM
dc.contributor.author	Jadan, O
dc.contributor.author	Jentsch, A
dc.contributor.author	Ju, M
dc.date.accessioned	2024-11-12T13:58:11Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-14
dc.date.available	2024-11-12T13:58:11Z
dc.date.issued	2024-05
dc.identifier.citation	Nat Plants, 2024, 10, (5), pp. 760-770
dc.identifier.issn	2055-0278
dc.identifier.issn	2055-0278
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/181856
dc.description.abstract	Perennial plants create productive and biodiverse hotspots, known as fertile islands, beneath their canopies. These hotspots largely determine the structure and functioning of drylands worldwide. Despite their ubiquity, the factors controlling fertile islands under conditions of contrasting grazing by livestock, the most prevalent land use in drylands, remain virtually unknown. Here we evaluated the relative importance of grazing pressure and herbivore type, climate and plant functional traits on 24 soil physical and chemical attributes that represent proxies of key ecosystem services related to decomposition, soil fertility, and soil and water conservation. To do this, we conducted a standardized global survey of 288 plots at 88 sites in 25 countries worldwide. We show that aridity and plant traits are the major factors associated with the magnitude of plant effects on fertile islands in grazed drylands worldwide. Grazing pressure had little influence on the capacity of plants to support fertile islands. Taller and wider shrubs and grasses supported stronger island effects. Stable and functional soils tended to be linked to species-rich sites with taller plants. Together, our findings dispel the notion that grazing pressure or herbivore type are linked to the formation or intensification of fertile islands in drylands. Rather, our study suggests that changes in aridity, and processes that alter island identity and therefore plant traits, will have marked effects on how perennial plants support and maintain the functioning of drylands in a more arid and grazed world.
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dc.subject	0607 Plant Biology, 0703 Crop and Pasture Production
dc.subject.classification	3103 Ecology
dc.subject.classification	3108 Plant biology
dc.subject.mesh	Herbivory
dc.subject.mesh	Soil
dc.subject.mesh	Plants
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem
dc.subject.mesh	Desert Climate
dc.subject.mesh	Animals
dc.subject.mesh	Animals
dc.subject.mesh	Plants
dc.subject.mesh	Soil
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem
dc.subject.mesh	Desert Climate
dc.subject.mesh	Herbivory
dc.subject.mesh	Herbivory
dc.subject.mesh	Soil
dc.subject.mesh	Plants
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem
dc.subject.mesh	Desert Climate
dc.subject.mesh	Animals
dc.title	Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands.
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
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Abstract:

Perennial plants create productive and biodiverse hotspots, known as fertile islands, beneath their canopies. These hotspots largely determine the structure and functioning of drylands worldwide. Despite their ubiquity, the factors controlling fertile islands under conditions of contrasting grazing by livestock, the most prevalent land use in drylands, remain virtually unknown. Here we evaluated the relative importance of grazing pressure and herbivore type, climate and plant functional traits on 24 soil physical and chemical attributes that represent proxies of key ecosystem services related to decomposition, soil fertility, and soil and water conservation. To do this, we conducted a standardized global survey of 288 plots at 88 sites in 25 countries worldwide. We show that aridity and plant traits are the major factors associated with the magnitude of plant effects on fertile islands in grazed drylands worldwide. Grazing pressure had little influence on the capacity of plants to support fertile islands. Taller and wider shrubs and grasses supported stronger island effects. Stable and functional soils tended to be linked to species-rich sites with taller plants. Together, our findings dispel the notion that grazing pressure or herbivore type are linked to the formation or intensification of fertile islands in drylands. Rather, our study suggests that changes in aridity, and processes that alter island identity and therefore plant traits, will have marked effects on how perennial plants support and maintain the functioning of drylands in a more arid and grazed world.

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