Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands

Dryland vegetation is characterized by discrete plant patches that accumulate and capture soil resources under their canopies. These “fertile islands” are major drivers of dryland ecosystem structure and functioning, yet we lack an integrated understanding of the factors controlling their magnitude...

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Main Authors: Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Eldridge, David J., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Soliveres, Santiago, Bowker, Matthew A., Gross, Nicolás, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Quero, José L., García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Arredondo, Tulio, Beinticinco, Laura, Bran, Donaldo Eduardo, Cea, Alex, Coaguila, Daniel, Dougill, Andrew J., Espinosa, Carlos I., Gaitan, Juan Jose, Guuroh, Reginald T., Guzmán, Elizabeth, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Hernández, Rosa M., Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jeffries, Thomas, Linstädter, Anja, Mau, Rebecca L., Monerris, Jorge, Prina, Anibal, Pucheta, Eduardo, Stavi, Ilan, Thomas, Andrew, Zaady, Eli, Singh, Brajesh K., Maestre, Fernando Tomás
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1931
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12871/epdf
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12871
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Summary:Dryland vegetation is characterized by discrete plant patches that accumulate and capture soil resources under their canopies. These “fertile islands” are major drivers of dryland ecosystem structure and functioning, yet we lack an integrated understanding of the factors controlling their magnitude and variability at the global scale.