List of works - Matthew A. Bowker

A practical guide to measuring functional indicators and traits in biocrusts

scientific article published on 13 May 2019

Adapting mechanized vascular plant seed dispersal technologies to biocrust moss restoration

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Addressing barriers to improve biocrust colonization and establishment in dryland restoration

Scientific article published in November 2019

Altering biocrusts for an altered climate

scientific article published in April 2016

Applying Threshold Concepts to Conservation Management of Dryland Ecosystems: Case Studies on the Colorado Plateau

scientific article published in 2014

Applying community ecological theory to maximize productivity of cultivated biocrusts

scientific article

Aspects of soil lichen biodiversity and aggregation interact to influence subsurface microbial function

Biocrust and the soil surface: Influence of climate, disturbance, and biocrust recovery on soil surface roughness

scientific article

Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the impact of aridity on soil microbial communities in drylands: observational evidence from three continents

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the negative impacts of increasing aridity on ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands

scientific article

Biocrusts: Engineers and architects of surface soil properties, functions, and processes in dryland ecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

Biocrusts: the living skin of the earth

Biogeochemical indicators of elevated nitrogen deposition in semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems

scientific article

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

article

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

article

Broader Impacts for Ecologists: Biological Soil Crust as a Model System for Education

scientific article

Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Chronic nitrogen addition induces a cascade of plant community responses with both seasonal and progressive dynamics.

scientific article

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

scientific article

Climatic conditions, soil fertility and atmospheric nitrogen deposition largely determine the structure and functioning of microbial communities in biocrust-dominated Mediterranean drylands

article by Raúl Ochoa-Hueso et al published 6 October 2015 in Plant and Soil

Community composition influences ecosystem resistance and production more than species richness or intraspecific diversity

scientific article published on 21 June 2021

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

article

Controls on Distribution Patterns of Biological Soil Crusts at Micro- to Global Scales

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

scientific article

Developing climate-smart restoration: Can plant microbiomes be hardened against heat waves?

scientific article published on 10 July 2018

Diversity and Patch-Size Distributions of Biological Soil Crusts Regulate Dryland Ecosystem Multifunctionality

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

scientific article

Do soil inoculants accelerate dryland restoration? A simultaneous assessment of biocrusts and mycorrhizal fungi

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands

scientific article published on 11 October 2024

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

article

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

scientific article published on December 2011

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

scientific article

Elevated Rocky Mountain elk numbers prevent positive effects of fire on quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides ) recruitment

scientific article published in 2016

From patterns to causal understanding: Structural equation modeling (SEM) in soil ecology

article

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

scientific article published in 2011

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

scientific article published in August 2014

Genotypic confirmation of a biased phenotypic sex ratio in a dryland moss using restriction fragment length polymorphisms

scientific article published in 2022

Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

scientific article published on 25 November 2022

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

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

scientific article

Improving field success of biocrust rehabilitation materials: hardening the organisms or softening the environment?

scientific article published on 08 May 2019

Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

scientific article

Inferring local competition intensity from patch size distributions: a test using biological soil crusts

article

Inoculation and habitat amelioration efforts in biological soil crust recovery vary by desert and soil texture

scholarly article

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

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

scientific article published on June 2015

Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

Maximizing establishment and survivorship of field-collected and greenhouse-cultivated biocrusts in a semi-cold desert

Microclimate and Propagule Availability are Equally Important for Rehabilitation of Dryland N-Fixing Lichens

scientific article published on 25 September 2009

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

scientific article

Morphological and physiological traits in relation to carbon balance in a diverse clade of dryland mosses

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Mortality gradients within and among dominant plant populations as barometers of ecosystem change during extreme drought

scientific article published on October 2006

Moss-biocrusts strongly decrease soil surface albedo, altering land-surface energy balance in a dryland ecosystem

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Mycorrhizal phenotypes and the Law of the Minimum

scientific article published on 21 November 2014

Pelletized inoculation of fire mosses in severely burned conifer forests overcomes initial barriers to Bryum argenteum establishment but does not increase cover

scientific article published in 2022

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

scientific article published on December 2014

Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands

scientific article published in January 2012

Post-fire land treatments and wind erosion – Lessons from the Milford Flat Fire, UT, USA

article published in 2012

Priorities for research in soil ecology.

scientific article

Prioritizing conservation effort through the use of biological soil crusts as ecosystem function indicators in an arid region

scientific article

Producing moss-colonized burlap fabric in a fog chamber for restoration of biocrust

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

Production of greenhouse-grown biocrust mosses and associated cyanobacteria to rehabilitate dryland soil function

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Rapidly restoring biological soil crusts and ecosystem functions in a severely disturbed desert ecosystem

scientific article published on June 2016

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

Resource limitation is a driver of local adaptation in mycorrhizal symbioses

scientific article

Responses of Biocrust and Associated Soil Bacteria to Novel Climates Are Not Tightly Coupled

scientific article published on 28 April 2022

Responses of Ecosystem Carbon Cycling to Climate Change Treatments Along an Elevation Gradient

article

Revisiting classic water erosion models in drylands: The strong impact of biological soil crusts

article

Shifts in the importance of the species pool and environmental controls of epiphytic bryophyte richness across multiple scales

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

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

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

article

Stand-structural effects on Heterobasidion abietinum-related mortality following drought events in Abies pinsapo.

scientific article

Strategies of desiccation tolerance vary across life phases in the moss Syntrichia caninervis

scientific article published on 29 November 2020

Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world

scientific article

Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands

scientific article

Sympatric pairings of dryland grass populations, mycorrhizal fungi and associated soil biota enhance mutualism and ameliorate drought stress

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Temporal and abiotic fluctuations may be preventing successful rehabilitation of soil‐stabilizing biocrust communities

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis

scientific article

Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semiarid shrublands

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

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

scientific article

What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community

scientific article published on 18 May 2022

List of works by Matthew A. Bowker

A practical guide to measuring functional indicators and traits in biocrusts

Adapting mechanized vascular plant seed dispersal technologies to biocrust moss restoration

Addressing barriers to improve biocrust colonization and establishment in dryland restoration

Altering biocrusts for an altered climate

Applying Threshold Concepts to Conservation Management of Dryland Ecosystems: Case Studies on the Colorado Plateau

Applying community ecological theory to maximize productivity of cultivated biocrusts

Aspects of soil lichen biodiversity and aggregation interact to influence subsurface microbial function

Biocrust and the soil surface: Influence of climate, disturbance, and biocrust recovery on soil surface roughness

Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the impact of aridity on soil microbial communities in drylands: observational evidence from three continents

Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the negative impacts of increasing aridity on ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands

Biocrusts: Engineers and architects of surface soil properties, functions, and processes in dryland ecosystems

Biocrusts: the living skin of the earth

Biogeochemical indicators of elevated nitrogen deposition in semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems

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

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

Broader Impacts for Ecologists: Biological Soil Crust as a Model System for Education

Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development

Chronic nitrogen addition induces a cascade of plant community responses with both seasonal and progressive dynamics.

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

Climatic conditions, soil fertility and atmospheric nitrogen deposition largely determine the structure and functioning of microbial communities in biocrust-dominated Mediterranean drylands

Community composition influences ecosystem resistance and production more than species richness or intraspecific diversity

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

Controls on Distribution Patterns of Biological Soil Crusts at Micro- to Global Scales

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

Developing climate-smart restoration: Can plant microbiomes be hardened against heat waves?

Diversity and Patch-Size Distributions of Biological Soil Crusts Regulate Dryland Ecosystem Multifunctionality

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

Do soil inoculants accelerate dryland restoration? A simultaneous assessment of biocrusts and mycorrhizal fungi

Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands

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

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

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

Elevated Rocky Mountain elk numbers prevent positive effects of fire on quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides ) recruitment

From patterns to causal understanding: Structural equation modeling (SEM) in soil ecology

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

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

Genotypic confirmation of a biased phenotypic sex ratio in a dryland moss using restriction fragment length polymorphisms

Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect

Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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

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

Improving field success of biocrust rehabilitation materials: hardening the organisms or softening the environment?

Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

Inferring local competition intensity from patch size distributions: a test using biological soil crusts

Inoculation and habitat amelioration efforts in biological soil crust recovery vary by desert and soil texture

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

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

Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

Maximizing establishment and survivorship of field-collected and greenhouse-cultivated biocrusts in a semi-cold desert

Microclimate and Propagule Availability are Equally Important for Rehabilitation of Dryland N-Fixing Lichens

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

Morphological and physiological traits in relation to carbon balance in a diverse clade of dryland mosses

Mortality gradients within and among dominant plant populations as barometers of ecosystem change during extreme drought

Moss-biocrusts strongly decrease soil surface albedo, altering land-surface energy balance in a dryland ecosystem

Mycorrhizal phenotypes and the Law of the Minimum

Pelletized inoculation of fire mosses in severely burned conifer forests overcomes initial barriers to Bryum argenteum establishment but does not increase cover

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

Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands

Post-fire land treatments and wind erosion – Lessons from the Milford Flat Fire, UT, USA

Priorities for research in soil ecology.

Prioritizing conservation effort through the use of biological soil crusts as ecosystem function indicators in an arid region

Producing moss-colonized burlap fabric in a fog chamber for restoration of biocrust

Production of greenhouse-grown biocrust mosses and associated cyanobacteria to rehabilitate dryland soil function

Rapidly restoring biological soil crusts and ecosystem functions in a severely disturbed desert ecosystem

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

Resource limitation is a driver of local adaptation in mycorrhizal symbioses

Responses of Biocrust and Associated Soil Bacteria to Novel Climates Are Not Tightly Coupled

Responses of Ecosystem Carbon Cycling to Climate Change Treatments Along an Elevation Gradient

Revisiting classic water erosion models in drylands: The strong impact of biological soil crusts

Shifts in the importance of the species pool and environmental controls of epiphytic bryophyte richness across multiple scales

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

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

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

Stand-structural effects on Heterobasidion abietinum-related mortality following drought events in Abies pinsapo.

Strategies of desiccation tolerance vary across life phases in the moss Syntrichia caninervis

Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world

Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands

Sympatric pairings of dryland grass populations, mycorrhizal fungi and associated soil biota enhance mutualism and ameliorate drought stress