Publications by the researcher in collaboration with Adrián Escudero Alcántara (31)

2015

  1. Plant life on gypsum: A review of its multiple facets

    Biological Reviews, Vol. 90, Núm. 1, pp. 1-18

2014

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

    Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 41, Núm. 12, pp. 2307-2319

2013

  1. 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

    Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 91, pp. 104-112

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

    Nature, Vol. 502, Núm. 7473, pp. 672-676

2012

  1. Assemblage of a semi-arid annual plant community: Abiotic and biotic filters act hierarchically

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 7, Núm. 7

  2. Impact of simulated changes in rainfall regime and nutrient deposition on the relative dominance and isotopic composition of ruderal plants in anthropogenic grasslands

    Plant and Soil, Vol. 352, Núm. 1-2, pp. 303-319

  3. Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands

    Science, Vol. 335, Núm. 6065, pp. 214-218

2011

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

    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 43, Núm. 6, pp. 1245-1253

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

    Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 75, Núm. 12, pp. 1282-1291

  3. Ecosystem development in roadside grasslands: Biotic control, plant-soil interactions, and dispersal limitations

    Ecological Applications, Vol. 21, Núm. 7, pp. 2806-2821

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

    Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Vol. 13, Núm. 4, pp. 247-258

  5. Shrub encroachment does not reduce the activity of some soil enzymes in Mediterranean semiarid grasslands

    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 43, Núm. 8, pp. 1746-1749

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

    Oikos, Vol. 120, Núm. 5, pp. 710-719

2010

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

    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 365, Núm. 1549, pp. 2057-2070

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

    Ecological Engineering, Vol. 36, Núm. 10, pp. 1290-1298

  3. Interactive effects of three ecosystem engineers on infiltration in a semi-arid Mediterranean grassland

    Ecosystems, Vol. 13, Núm. 4, pp. 499-510

  4. Is the patch size distribution of vegetation a suitable indicator of desertification processes? Reply

    Ecology

2009

  1. Is the patch size distribution of vegetation a suitable indicator of desertification processes?

    Ecology, Vol. 90, Núm. 7, pp. 1729-1735

  2. On the relationship between abiotic stress and co-occurrence patterns: An assessment at the community level using soil lichen communities and multiple stress gradients

    Oikos, Vol. 118, Núm. 7, pp. 1015-1022

  3. Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

    Ecology Letters, Vol. 12, Núm. 9, pp. 930-941