Fernando T. Maestre

The paper identifies translationally active bacteria in biocrusts after simulated rainfall, showing functional decoupling from community composition and highlighting mature crusts' higher activity.

The paper shows that diverse crop rotations reduce yield-scaled nitrogen losses through denitrification by improving microbial biomass and functional guilds involved in nitrogen cycling.

The paper confirms the robustness of findings from a large dryland plant trait database, showing arid regions host high phenotypic diversity despite harsh conditions.

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.

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

This study identifies facilitation and aridity as major drivers of plant community assembly in drylands, with competition becoming significant under extreme aridity.