List of works - Santiago Soliveres

A missing link between facilitation and plant species coexistence: nurses benefit generally rare species more than common ones

article

A multifaceted view on the impacts of shrub encroachment

scientific article published on July 2016

Are shrubs really a sign of declining ecosystem function? Disentangling the myths and truths of woody encroachment in Australia

scientific article published in 2014

Aridity preferences alter the relative importance of abiotic and biotic drivers on plant species abundance in global drylands

scientific article published on 20 May 2018

Author Correction: Plant spatial patterns identify alternative ecosystem multifunctionality states in global drylands

article

Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article

Biogeography of global drylands

scholarly article

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

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) as a model system in community, landscape and ecosystem ecology

article

Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

scientific article

Can we infer plant facilitation from remote sensing? a test across global drylands.

scientific article published on September 2015

Changes in rainfall amount and frequency do not affect the outcome of the interaction between the shrub Retama sphaerocarpa and its neighbouring grasses in two semiarid communities

scientific article

Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands.

scientific article

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

article

Decomposition disentangled: A test of the multiple mechanisms by which nitrogen enrichment alters litter decomposition

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

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

scientific article

Direct and indirect effects of invasion by the alien tree Ailanthus altissima on riparian plant communities and ecosystem multifunctionality

article

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

scientific article

Do changes in grazing pressure and the degree of shrub encroachment alter the effects of individual shrubs on understorey plant communities and soil function?

scientific article published on April 2014

Dominant plant species modulate responses to hydroseeding, irrigation and fertilization during the restoration of semiarid motorway slopes

article

Dual community assembly processes in dryland biocrust communities

scientific article published in 2020

Early-successional vegetation changes after roadside prairie restoration modify processes related with soil functioning by changing microbial functional diversity

article

Ecosystem aridity and atmospheric CO2-Response

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Ecosystem development in roadside grasslands: biotic control, plant-soil interactions, and dispersal limitations

scientific article

Ecosystem structure, function and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing

article

Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing.

scientific article

Environmental conditions and biotic interactions acting together promote phylogenetic randomness in semi-arid plant communities: new methods help to avoid misleading conclusions.

scientific article published on October 2012

Environmental correlates of species rank - abundance distributions in global drylands ⬇️

scientific article published on June 2016

Everything you always wanted to know about intransitive competition but were afraid to ask

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Evolutionary relationships can be more important than abiotic conditions in predicting the outcome of plant-plant interactions

scientific article

Fire Recurrence and Time Since Last Fire Interact to Determine the Supply of Multiple Ecosystem Services by Mediterranean Forests

scientific article published on 20 October 2021

Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands.

scientific article published in August 2014

Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

scientific article published on 13 February 2020

Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland

scientific article published in 2013

Human impacts and aridity differentially alter soil N availability in drylands worldwide

scientific article published in 2015

Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits

article

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

scientific article published on June 2015

Intraspecific leaf shape at local scale determines offspring characteristics

scientific article published on 06 January 2018

Irrigation, organic fertilization and species successional stage modulate the response of woody seedlings to herbaceous competition in a semi-arid quarry restoration

article

Land use determines Mediterranean ecosystems' multifunctionality more than plant richness or habitat composition

scientific article published in 2024

Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

Livestock activity increases exotic plant richness, but wildlife increases native richness, with stronger effects under low productivity

scientific article published on 12 August 2017

Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published in May 2016

Matrix models for quantifying competitive intransitivity.

scientific article published on September 2014

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

scientific article

Moderate pine cover maximizes 10-year survival and growth in late-successional species of contrasting functional strategies

scientific article published on 12 February 2022

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

scientific article

Multifunctionality debt in global drylands linked to past biome and climate

scientific article published on 21 April 2019

Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: the role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity.

scientific article published on December 2012

On the interaction between tree canopy position and environmental effects on soil attributes and plant communities

article

On the relative importance of resource availability and habitat connectivity as drivers of soil biodiversity in Mediterranean ecosystems

scientific article published in 2023

Phylogenetic, functional, and taxonomic richness have both positive and negative effects on ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Plant attributes interact with fungal pathogens and nitrogen addition to drive soil enzymatic activities and their temporal variation

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

scientific article published on December 2014

Plant spatial patterns identify alternative ecosystem multifunctionality states in global drylands

article

Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands

scientific article published in January 2012

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

scientific article

Plant–plant interactions determine taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in severe ecosystems

scientific article published on 17 January 2022

Positive effects of shrubs on plant species diversity do not change along a gradient in grazing pressure in an arid shrubland

scientific article published in 2012

Predicting species abundances in a grassland biodiversity experiment: Trade‐offs between model complexity and generality

scientific article published in 2019

Publisher Correction: Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Pushing the limits of C<sub>3</sub> intrinsic water use efficiency in Mediterranean semiarid steppes: Responses of a drought‐avoider perennial grass to climate aridification

scientific article published in 2024

Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Rewilding soil-disturbing vertebrates to rehabilitate degraded landscapes: benefits and risks

Secondary succession, biotic interactions and the functioning of roadside communities: plant-soil interactions matter more than plant-plant interactions

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

scientific article published on 23 July 2009

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

article

Spatio-temporal responses of drylands to global change, and feedbacks between natural landscapes and human populations. EcoDesert international symposium in tribute to Prof Juan Puigdefábregas

Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

Species interactions and random dispersal rather than habitat filtering drive community assembly during early plant succession

scientific article published on 22 August 2015

Species-specific adaptations determine how aridity and biotic interactions drive the assembly of dryland plant communities

article

Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world

scientific article

Temporal dynamics of herbivory and water availability interactively modulate the outcome of a grass-shrub interaction in a semi-arid ecosystem

article

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

scientific article published on 22 September 2018

Thinning and plantation of resprouting species redirect overstocked pine stands towards more functional communities in the Mediterranean basin

scientific article published on 04 October 2021

Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world

scientific article published on 7 August 2024

Vascular Plants and Biocrusts Modulate How Abiotic Factors Affect Wetting and Drying Events in Drylands

article

List of works by Santiago Soliveres

A missing link between facilitation and plant species coexistence: nurses benefit generally rare species more than common ones

A multifaceted view on the impacts of shrub encroachment

Are shrubs really a sign of declining ecosystem function? Disentangling the myths and truths of woody encroachment in Australia

Aridity preferences alter the relative importance of abiotic and biotic drivers on plant species abundance in global drylands

Author Correction: Plant spatial patterns identify alternative ecosystem multifunctionality states in global drylands

Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

Biogeography of global drylands

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

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) as a model system in community, landscape and ecosystem ecology

Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

Can we infer plant facilitation from remote sensing? a test across global drylands.

Changes in rainfall amount and frequency do not affect the outcome of the interaction between the shrub Retama sphaerocarpa and its neighbouring grasses in two semiarid communities

Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands.

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

Decomposition disentangled: A test of the multiple mechanisms by which nitrogen enrichment alters litter decomposition

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

Direct and indirect effects of invasion by the alien tree Ailanthus altissima on riparian plant communities and ecosystem multifunctionality

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

Do changes in grazing pressure and the degree of shrub encroachment alter the effects of individual shrubs on understorey plant communities and soil function?

Dominant plant species modulate responses to hydroseeding, irrigation and fertilization during the restoration of semiarid motorway slopes

Dual community assembly processes in dryland biocrust communities

Early-successional vegetation changes after roadside prairie restoration modify processes related with soil functioning by changing microbial functional diversity

Ecosystem aridity and atmospheric CO2-Response

Ecosystem development in roadside grasslands: biotic control, plant-soil interactions, and dispersal limitations

Ecosystem structure, function and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing

Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing.

Environmental conditions and biotic interactions acting together promote phylogenetic randomness in semi-arid plant communities: new methods help to avoid misleading conclusions.

Environmental correlates of species rank - abundance distributions in global drylands ⬇️

Everything you always wanted to know about intransitive competition but were afraid to ask

Evolutionary relationships can be more important than abiotic conditions in predicting the outcome of plant-plant interactions

Fire Recurrence and Time Since Last Fire Interact to Determine the Supply of Multiple Ecosystem Services by Mediterranean Forests

Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands.

Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland

Human impacts and aridity differentially alter soil N availability in drylands worldwide

Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits

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

Intraspecific leaf shape at local scale determines offspring characteristics

Irrigation, organic fertilization and species successional stage modulate the response of woody seedlings to herbaceous competition in a semi-arid quarry restoration

Land use determines Mediterranean ecosystems' multifunctionality more than plant richness or habitat composition

Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services

Livestock activity increases exotic plant richness, but wildlife increases native richness, with stronger effects under low productivity

Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality

Matrix models for quantifying competitive intransitivity.

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

Moderate pine cover maximizes 10-year survival and growth in late-successional species of contrasting functional strategies

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

Multifunctionality debt in global drylands linked to past biome and climate

Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services

Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: the role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity.

On the interaction between tree canopy position and environmental effects on soil attributes and plant communities

On the relative importance of resource availability and habitat connectivity as drivers of soil biodiversity in Mediterranean ecosystems

Phylogenetic, functional, and taxonomic richness have both positive and negative effects on ecosystem multifunctionality

Plant attributes interact with fungal pathogens and nitrogen addition to drive soil enzymatic activities and their temporal variation

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

Plant spatial patterns identify alternative ecosystem multifunctionality states in global drylands

Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands

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

Plant–plant interactions determine taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in severe ecosystems

Positive effects of shrubs on plant species diversity do not change along a gradient in grazing pressure in an arid shrubland

Predicting species abundances in a grassland biodiversity experiment: Trade‐offs between model complexity and generality

Publisher Correction: Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

Pushing the limits of C<sub>3</sub> intrinsic water use efficiency in Mediterranean semiarid steppes: Responses of a drought‐avoider perennial grass to climate aridification

Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

Rewilding soil-disturbing vertebrates to rehabilitate degraded landscapes: benefits and risks

Secondary succession, biotic interactions and the functioning of roadside communities: plant-soil interactions matter more than plant-plant interactions

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

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

Spatio-temporal responses of drylands to global change, and feedbacks between natural landscapes and human populations. EcoDesert international symposium in tribute to Prof Juan Puigdefábregas

Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features

Species interactions and random dispersal rather than habitat filtering drive community assembly during early plant succession

Species-specific adaptations determine how aridity and biotic interactions drive the assembly of dryland plant communities

Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world

Temporal dynamics of herbivory and water availability interactively modulate the outcome of a grass-shrub interaction in a semi-arid ecosystem

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

Thinning and plantation of resprouting species redirect overstocked pine stands towards more functional communities in the Mediterranean basin

Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world

Vascular Plants and Biocrusts Modulate How Abiotic Factors Affect Wetting and Drying Events in Drylands