Refereed papers and book chapters in press
Soliveres and Eldridge Functional Ecology 2013
Eldridge D.J., Soliveres S., Bowker M.A. and Val J. (2013). Grazing dampens the positive effects of
shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland. Journal of Applied Ecology 50,
1028-1038.
Travers, S.K. and Eldridge, D.J. (2013). Increased rainfall frequency triggers an increase in litter fall
rates of reproductive structures in an arid eucalypt woodland. Austral Ecology (in press).
Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F.T, Gallardo, A., Matthew A. Bowker, Matthew D. Wallenstein,
José L. Quero, Victoria Ochoa , Beatriz Gozalo, Miguel García-Gómez, Santiago Soliveres , Pablo
García-Palacios, Miguel Berdugo, Enrique Valencia, Cristina Escolar, Tulio Arredondo, Claudia
Barraza-Zepeda, Donaldo Bran, José Antonio Carreira, Mohamed Chaieb, Abel A. Conceição, Mchich
Derak, David J. Eldridge, Adrián Escudero, Carlos I. Espinosa, Juan Gaitán, M. Gabriel Gatica, Susana
Gómez-González, Elizabeth Guzman, Julio R. Gutiérrez, Adriana Florentino, Estela Hepper, Rosa M.
Hernández, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Mohammad Jankju, Jushan Liu, Rebecca L. Mau, Maria Miriti,
Jorge Monerris, Kamal Naseri, Zouhaier Noumi, Vicente Polo, Aníbal Prina, Eduardo Pucheta,
Elizabeth Ramírez, David A. Ramírez-Collantes, Roberto Romão, Matthew Tighe, Duilio Torres,
Cristian Torres-Díaz, Eugene D. Ungar, James Val, Wanyoike Wamiti, Deli Wang and Eli Zaady (2013).
Aridity decouples soil C, N and P biogeochemical cycles in drylands worldwide. Nature (in press)
Bowker, M.A., Eldridge, D.J., Val, J. and Soliveres, S. (2013). Hydrology in a patterned landscape is coengineered by soil-disturbing animals and biological crusts. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 61, 14-21.
Daryanto, S., Eldridge, D.J. and Throop, H.L. (2013). Managing semi-arid woodlands for carbon
storage: Grazing and shrub effects on above- and below-ground carbon. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 169, 1-11.
Daryanto, S., Eldridge, D.J. and Wang, L. (2013b). Ploughing and grazing alter the spatial patterning of
surface soils in a shrub-encroached woodland. Geoderma. 200-201, 67-76.
Daryanto, S., Eldridge, D.J. and Wang, L. (2013a). Spatial patterns of infiltration vary with disturbance
in a shrub-encroached woodland. Geomorphology 194, 57-64.
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Whitford, W.G. and Eldridge, D.J. (2013). Termites and ants, In: Butler, D. and Hupp, C. (eds.) A
Treatise on Geomorphology, Volume 1: The Foundations of Geomorphology. Elsevier, Kiddlington,
UK.
Eldridge, D.J., Maestre, F.T., Moro, S., and Bowker, M.A. (2012) A global database of woody
encroachment effects on ecosystem structure and functioning. Ecology 93, 2499.
Ruiz-Colmenero, M., Bienes, R., Eldridge, D.J. and Marqués, M.J. (2013). Vegetation cover reduces
erosion and enhances soil organic carbon in a vineyard in the central Spain. Catena 104, 153-160.
Serpe, M.D., Roberts, E., Eldridge, D.J. and Rosentreter, R. (2013). Bromus tectorum litter alters
photosynthetic characteristics of biological soil crusts from a semiarid shrubland. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 60, 220-230.
Borchard, P.A., Eldridge, D.J. and Wright, I.A. (2012). Sarcoptes mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) increases
diurnal activity of bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) in an agricultural riparian environment.
Mammalian Biology 77, 244-248.
Daryanto, S., Eldridge, D.J. and Koen, T.B. (2012). Soil nutrients under shrub hummocks and debris
mounds two decades after ploughing. Plant and Soil 351, 405-419.
Dean, C., Roxburgh, S.H., Harper, R.J., Eldridge, D.J., Watson, I.W. and Wardell-Johnson, G.W. (2012)
Accounting for space and time in soil carbon dynamics in timbered rangelands. Ecological
Engineering 38, 51-64.
Eldridge, D.J., Huang, N., Bentley, J., Hayward, M.W. (2012). Soil disturbance by invertebrates in a
semi-arid eucalypt woodland: effects of grazing exclusion, faunal reintroductions, landscape and
patch characteristics. Journal of the Linnean Society of NSW 134, 11-18.
Eldridge, D.J., Koen, T.B., Huang, N, Killgore, A. and Whitford, W.G. (2112). Animal foraging as a
mechanism for sediment movement and soil nutrient development: evidence from the semi-arid
Australian woodlands and the Chihuahuan Desert. Geomorphology 157/158, 131-141.
Howard, K., Eldridge, D.J. and Soliveres, S. (2012). Positive effects of shrubs on plant species diversity
do not change along a gradient in grazing pressure in an arid shrubland. Basic and Applied Ecology
13, 159-168.
Maestre, F.T., Quero, H.L., Gotelli, N.J., …Eldridge, D.J. et al. (2012). Plant species richness and
ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands Science 335, 214-218.
Smith, J., Eldridge, D.J. and Throop, H.L. (2012). Landform and vegetation patch type moderate the
effects of grazing-induced disturbance on carbon and nitrogen pools in a semi-arid woodland. Plant
and Soil 360, 405-419.
Soliveres, S., Eldridge, D.J., Hemmings, F., and Maestre, F.T. (2012). Nurse plant effects on plant
species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity. Perspectives in Plant
Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14, 402-414.
Travers, S.K. and Eldridge, D.J. (2012). Landscape modulators and resource accumulation in a postfire eucalypt woodland. Forest Ecology and Management 285, 11-19.
Travers, S.K., Eldridge, D.J., Koen, S.B. and Soliveres, S. (2012). Animal foraging pit soil affects the
growth of a native grass. Plant and Soil 352, 341-351.
James, A.I., Eldridge, D.J., Koen, T.B. and Moseby, K.E. (2011) Can the invasive European rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus) assume the soil engineering role of locally-extinct natives? Biological
Invasions 13, 3027-3038.
Borchard, P. and Eldridge, D.J. (2011). The geomorphic signature of bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus
ursinus) and cattle (Bos taurus) in an agricultural riparian ecosystem. Geomorphology 130, 365-373.
Borchard, P.B. and Eldridge, D.J. (2011). Vegetation changes associated with cattle (Bos taurus) and
wombat (Vombatus ursinus) activity in a riparian forest. Applied Vegetation Science 15,62-70.
Eldridge, D.J. (2011). The resource coupling role of animal foraging pits in semi-arid woodlands.
Ecohydrology 4, 623-630.
Eldridge, D.J., Bowker, M.A., Maestre, F.M., Roger, E., Reynolds, J.F. and Whitford, W.G. (2011).
Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis.
Ecology Letters 14, 709-722.
Kwok, A.B.C., Eldridge, D.J. and Oliver, I.A. (2011). Do landscape health indices reflect arthropod
biodiversity status in the eucalypt woodlands of eastern Australia? Austral Ecology 36, 800-813.
Lichner, L., Eldridge, D.J., Schacht, K., Zhukova, N., Holmo, L, Si R, M. and Pecho, J. (2011). Grass cover
influences hydrophysical parameters and heterogeneity of water flow in a sandy soil. Pedosphere
21,19-29.
Martin, W.K., Eldridge, D.J. and Murray, P.A. (2011). Bird assemblages in remnant and revegetated
habitats in an extensively cleared landscape, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Pacific Conservation
Biology 17, 110-120.
Moles, A.T., Flores-Moreno, H., Bonser, S.P., Warton, D.I., Helm, A., Warman, L., Eldridge, D.J. et al.
(2011) Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea. Journal of Ecology
100, 116-127.
Soliveres, S., Eldridge, D.J., Maestre, F.T., Bowker, M.A., Tighe, M. and Escudero, A. (2011).
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 13, 247-258.
Williams, W.J. and Eldridge, D.J. (2011). Deposition of sand over a cyanobacterial soil crust increases
nitrogen bioavailability in a semi-arid woodland. Applied Soil Ecology 49, 26-31.
Borchard, P., Wright, I.A. and Eldridge, D.J. (2010). Wombats and domestic livestock as potential
vectors of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in an agricultural riparian area. Australian Journal of Zoology
58: 150-153.
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Daryanto, S. and Eldridge, D.J. (2010). Plant and soil surface responses to a combination of shrub
removal and grazing in a shrub-encroached woodland. Journal of Environmental Management 91:
2639-2648.
*Eldridge, D.J., Bowker, M.A, Maestre, F.T., Alonso, P., Mau, R.L., Papadopoulos, J. and Escudero, A.
(2010). Interactive effects of three ecosystem engineers on infiltration in a semi-arid Mediterranean
grassland. Ecosystems 13: 495-510.
*Eldridge, D.J., Val, J. and James, A.I. (2011). Abiotic effects predominate under prolonged livestock–
induced disturbance. Austral Ecology 36, 367-377.
*Eldridge, D.J., Greene, R.S.B. and Dean, C. (2011). Climate change in the rangelands: implications for
soil health and management. In: Singh, B., Cowie, A.L. and Yin Chan, K. (eds.) Chapter 13. Soil Health
and Climate Change. Soil Biology Series, Springer, London. Pp. 237-255.
Eldridge, D.J. and Lunt, I.D. (2010). Resilience of soil seed banks to site degradation in intermittently
flooded riverine woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 21, 157-166
James, A.I., Eldridge, D.J. and Moseby K.E. (2010). Foraging pits, litter, and plant germination in an
arid shrubland. Journal of Arid Environments 74, 516-520.
Eldridge, D.J. (2009). Badger (Taxidea taxus) mounds affect soil hydrological properties in a degraded
shrub-steppe. American Midland Naturalist 161, 350-358.
Eldridge, D.J. and Whitford, W.G. (2009). Badger (Taxidea taxus) disturbances increase soil
heterogeneity in a degraded shrub-steppe ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 73, 66-73.
Eldridge, D.J., Whitford, W.G. and Duval, B.D. (2009). Animal disturbances promote shrub
maintenance in a desertified grassland. Journal of Ecology 97, 1302-1310.
Eldridge, D.J. and Whitford, W.G. (2009). Soil disturbance by native animals along grazing gradients in
an arid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 73, 1144-1148.
Eldridge, D.J., and James, A.I. (2009). Soil-disturbance by native animals plays a critical role in
maintaining healthy Australian landscapes. Ecological Management and Restoration 10, S27-S34.
James, A.I., Eldridge, D.J., and Hill, B.M. (2009). Foraging animals create fertile patches in an
Australian desert shrubland. Ecography 32, 723-732.
O'Bryan, K., Prober, S., Lunt, I. and Eldridge, D.J. (2009). Frequent fire promotes diversity and cover of
biological soil crusts in a derived temperate grassland. Oecologia 159, 827-838.
Eldridge, D.J. and Koen, T.B. (2008). Formation of nutrient-poor soil patches in a semi-arid woodland
by the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.). Austral Ecology 33, 88-98.
Eldridge, D.J. and Kwok, A.B.C. (2008). Soil disturbance by animals at varying spatial scales in a semiarid Australian woodland. The Rangeland Journal 30, 327-337.
James, A.I., Eldridge, D.J., Koen, T.K. and Whitford, W.G. (2008). Landscape position moderates how
ant nests affect hydrology and soil chemistry across a Chihuahuan Desert watershed. Landscape
Ecology 23, 961–975.
Zaady, E., Eldridge, D.J. and Shachak, M. (2008). Biogenic soil crusts enhance runoff production in the
northern Negev Desert. In: Hare, P. (ed.), Transfer of Technology. Biblio Books Publisher. Chapter
14a, pp. 273-282.
Williams, W.J., Eldridge, D.J. and Alchin, B.M. (2008). Grazing and drought reduce cyanobacterial soil
crusts in an Australian Acacia woodland. Journal of Arid Environments 72, 1064-1075.
Deines, L., Rosentreter, R., Eldridge, D.J. and Serpe, M.D. (2007). Germination and seedling
establishment of two annual grasses on lichen-dominated biological soil crusts. Plant and Soil 295,
23-35.
Eldridge, D.J., Koen, T.B. and Harrison, L. (2007). Plant composition of three woodland communities
of variable condition in the western Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. Cunninghamia 10, 189198.
James, A.I. and Eldridge, D.J. (2007). Reintroduction of fossorial native mammals potential impacts on
ecosystem processes in an Australian desert landscape. Biological Conservation 138, 351–359.
Lunt, I.D., Eldridge, D.J., Morgan, J.W. and Will, G.B. (2007). A framework to predict the effects of
livestock grazing and grazing exclusion on conservation values in natural ecosystems in Australia.
Australian Journal of Botany 55, 401-415.
Eldridge, D.J, and Mensinga, A. (2007). Foraging pits of the Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus
aculeatus) as small-scale patches in a semi-arid Australian box woodland. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 39, 1055-1065.
Semple, W.S., Koen, T.B., Eldridge, D.J., Düttmer, K.M. and Parker, B. (2006). Variation in soil
properties on two partially revegetated saline scalds. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
46, 1279-1289.
Thompson, W.S., Eldridge, D.J. and Bonser, S.B. (2006). Structure of biological soil crust communities
in Callitris glaucophylla woodlands of New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science 17,
271-280.
Eldridge, D.J., Costantinides, C. and Vine, A. (2006). Short-term vegetation and soil responses to
mechanical destruction of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) warrens in an Australian box woodland.
Restoration Ecology 14, 50-59.
Thompson, W.A. and Eldridge, D.J. (2005b). Plant cover and composition in relation to density of
Callitris glaucophylla (white cypress pine) along a rainfall gradient in eastern Australia. Australian
Journal of Botany 53, 545-554.
Thompson, W.A. and Eldridge, D.J. (2005a) White cypress pine (Callitris glaucophylla): a review of its
roles in landscape and ecological processes in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 53, 555570.
Eldridge, D.J., Freudenberger, D. and Koen, T.B. (2005). Diversity and abundance of biological soil
crust taxa in relation to fine- and coarse-scale disturbances in a grassy eucalypt woodland in eastern
Australia. Plant and Soil 281, 255-268.
*Eldridge, D.J. and Wong, V.N.L. (2005). Clumped and isolated trees influence soil nutrient levels in
an Australian temperate box woodland. Plant and Soil 270, 331-342.
Eldridge, D.J. and Freudenberger, D. (2005). Ecosystem wicks: woodland trees enhance water
infiltration in a fragmented agricultural landscape in eastern Australia. Austral Ecology 30, 336-347.
Eldridge, D.J. (2004). Mounds of the American badger (Taxidea taxus): significant geomorphic
features of North American shrub-steppe ecosystems. Journal of Mammalogy 85, 1060-1067.
Eldridge, D.J., Harrison, L., Parker, L. and Milligan, A. (2003). Condition and biodiversity of vegetation
remnants: MIA. Natural Resource Management June 2003, 63-66.
Hilty, J., Eldridge, D.J., Rosentreter, R., Wicklow-Howard, M. and Pellant, M. (2004). Recovery of
biological soil crusts following wildfire on the western Snake River Plain, U.S.A. Journal of Range
Management 57, 89-96
Hilty, J., Eldridge, D.J., Rosentreter, R. and Wicklow-Howard, M. (2003). Burning and seeding
influence soil surface morphology in an Artemisia shrubland in southern Idaho. Arid Land Research
and Management 17, 1-11.
Eldridge, D.J. and Koen, T.B. (2003). Detecting environmental change in eastern Australia: rangeland
health in the semi-arid woodlands. Science of the Total Environment 310, 211-219.
Eldridge, D.J. and Leys, J.F. (2003). Exploring some relationship between biological soil crusts, soil
aggregation and wind erosion. Journal of Arid Environments 53, 457-466.
Eldridge, D.J. and Wilson, B.R. (2003). Storage of carbon in soil and vegetation in paired roadside sites
in the box woodlands of eastern Australia. Australian Forestry 65, 268-272.
Eldridge, D.J. (2003). Biological soil crusts: nature’s natural soil healers. In: Brown, C.L., Hall, F. and
Mill, J. (eds). Plant Conservation: Approaches and Techniques from an Australian Perspective.
Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra.
Eldridge, D.J., Zaady, E. and Shachak, M. (2002). The impact of disturbance on runoff and sediment
production and its implications for the management of desert ecosystems. Landscape Ecology 17,
587-597.
Rosentreter, R. and Eldridge, D.J. (2002). Monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem function: grasslands,
deserts and steppe. In: P.L. Nimis, C. Scheidegger and P.A. Wolseley (eds.) Monitoring with Lichens –
Monitoring Lichens. pp. 223-237. Kluwer, Netherlands.
Eldridge, D.J. and Squires, V.R. (2002). Estimating pastoral productivity of semi-arid rangeland in
northern Shaanxi Province China using an Environmental Resource Assessment System. Land
Degradation and Management 16, 37-45.
Eldridge, D.J. and Simpson, R. (2002). Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) impacts on vegetation and
soils, and implications for management of wooded rangelands. Basic and Applied Ecology 3, 19-29.
Eldridge, D.J. and Rath, D. (2002). Hip holes: kangaroo resting sites enhance the physical and
chemical environment of woodland soils. Austral Ecology 27, 527-536.
Eldridge, D.J. (2002). Assessing catchment health. In: K. Kent, G. Earl., B. Mullins, I. Lunt and R.
Webster (eds.) Native Vegetation Guide for the Riverina: Notes for Land Managers on its
Management and Restoration. pp. 20-24. Charles Sturt University, Albury.
Warren, S.D. and Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Biological soil crusts and livestock in arid regions: are they
compatible? In: J. Belnap and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Management and
Function. Ecological Studies 150, pp. 401-416. Springer-Verlag Berlin.
Rosentreter, R., Eldridge, D.J. and Kaltenecker, J.H. (2001). Monitoring and management of biological
soil crusts. In: J. Belnap and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Ecology and Function. Ecological
Studies 150, pp. 457-470. Springer-Verlag Berlin.
Eldridge, D.J., Lepage, M., Bryannah, M.A. and Ouedraogo, P. (2001). Soil Biota. In: Valentin, C.,
Tongway, D.J., d’Herb, J.M. and Sergieri, J. (eds.) Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semi-Arid
Environments: Ecological Processes and Consequences for Management. Ecological Studies 149, pp.
105-131. Springer-Verlag, Amsterdam.
Belnap, J. and Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Disturbance and recovery of biological soil crusts. In: J. Belnap
and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Management and Function. Ecological Studies
150, pp. 363-384. Springer-Verlag Berlin.
Belnap, J., Hilty, J., Rosentreter, R., Williams, J., Leonard, S. and Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Biological Soil
Crusts: Ecology and Management. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Technical Publication No. 1730-2
Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Biological soil crusts and water relations in of Australian deserts. In: J. Belnap
and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Management and Function. Ecological Studies
150, pp. 315-326. Springer-Verlag Berlin.
Eldridge, D.J. (2001). Biological soil crusts of Australia. In: J. Belnap and O. Lange (eds.) Biological Soil
Crusts: Structure, Management and Function. Ecological Studies 150, pp. 119-132. Springer-Verlag
Berlin.
Stafford, M.J. and Eldridge, D.J. (2000). Vegetation, soils and management of ‘Zara’: a sandhill
remnant on the Riverine Plain. Cunninghamia 6, 717-746.
Eldridge, D.J., Zaady, E., Shachak, M. (2000). Infiltration through three contrasting biological soil
crusts in patterned landscapes in the Negev, Israel. Catena 40, 323-336.
Eldridge, D.J. and Myers, C.A. (2000). The impact of warrens of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus
cuniculus L.) on soil and ecological processes in a semi-arid Australian woodland. Journal of Arid
Environments 47, 325-337.
Eldridge, D.J. (2000). Ecology and management of biological soil crusts: recent developments and
future challenges. Bryologist 103, 742-747.
Murphy, B.W., Eldridge, D.J., McKane, D.J. and Gray, J.M. (2000). Soils landscapes of New South
Wales. In: Soils - their properties and management (eds. Charman, P.E.V. and Murphy, B.W.). Oxford
University Press, South Melbourne. pp. 150-165.
Murphy, B.W., Eldridge, D.J., Chapman, G.A. and McKane, D.J. (2000). Soils of New South Wales. In:
Soils - their properties and management (eds. Charman, P.E.V. and Murphy, B.W.). Oxford University
Press, South Melbourne. pp. 133-149.
Eldridge, D.J. (2000). Soils and rangeland management. In: Soils - their properties and management
(eds. Charman, P.E.V. and Murphy, B.W.). Oxford University Press, South Melbourne. pp. 318-327.
Eldridge, D.J., Semple, W.S. and Koen, T.B. (2000). Dynamics of cryptogamic soil crusts in a derived
grassland in south-eastern Australia. Austral Ecology 25, 235-240.
Leys, J.F. and Eldridge, D.J. (1999). Influence of cryptogamic crust disturbance to wind erosion on
sand and loam rangeland soils. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 23, 963-974.
Eldridge, D.J. and Semple, W.S. (1999). Growth rates of Xanthoparmelia reptans in a mesic grassland
in eastern Australia. Australian Lichenology 45, 36-37.
Eldridge, D.J. and Rosentreter, R.R. (1999). Morphological groups: a framework for monitoring
microphytic crusts in arid landscapes. Journal of Arid Environments 41, 11-25.
Eldridge, D.J. and Leys, J.F. (1999). Dispersal of the vagant lichen Chondropsis semiviridis in southwestern NSW. Australian Journal of Botany 47, 157-164.
Eldridge, D.J. and Ferris, J.M. (1999). Recovery of populations of the soil lichen Psora crenata after
disturbance in arid South Australia. Rangeland Journal 21, 194-198
Eldridge, D.J. and Myers, C.A. (1998). Some evidence that the ants Aphaenogaster barbigula
(Myrmicinae) enhance soil nutrients around their nest entrances in semi-arid eastern Australia.
Australian Journal of Soil Research 36, 1009-1017.
Eldridge, D.J. and Koen, T.B. (1998). Cover and floristics of microphytic soil crusts in relation to indices
of landscape health. Plant Ecology 137, 101-114
Eldridge, D.J. (1998). Trampling of microphytic crusts on calcareous soils and its impact on erosion
under rain-impacted flow. Catena 33, 221-239
Eldridge, D.J. (1998). Dynamics of moss- and lichen-dominated soil crusts in a patterned Callitris
glaucophylla woodland in eastern Australia. Acta-Oecologica 20, 159-170.
Eldridge, D.J. (1998) Soil crust lichens and mosses on calcrete-dominant soils at Maralinga. Journal of
the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 18, 9-24
Eldridge, D.J., Tozer, M.E. and Slangen, S. (1997) Soil hydrology is independent of microphytic crust
cover: further evidence from the semi-arid woodlands of eastern Australia. Arid Soil Research and
Rehabilitation 11, 113-126
Eldridge, D.J. and Tozer, M.E. (1997). A Practical Guide to Soil Lichens and Bryophytes of Australia’s
Dry Country. Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney.
Eldridge, D.J. and Tozer, M.E. (1997) Environmental factors relating to the distribution of terricolous
bryophytes and lichens in semi-arid eastern Australia. Bryologist 100, 28-39.
Eldridge, D.J. and Rosentreter, R.R. (1997). Soil crust Aspicilia: how many species are there?
Australasian Lichenology 41, 18-19.
Eldridge, D.J. and Robson, A.D. (1997). Bladeploughing and exclosure influence soil properties in a
semi-arid Australian woodland. Journal of Range Management 50, 191-198.
Eldridge, D.J. and Kinnell, P.I.A. (1997) Assessment of erosion rates from microphyte-dominated
monoliths under rain-impacted flow. Australian Journal of Soil Research 35, 475-489.
Eldridge, D.J. (1997). Caretakers of the Desert. Nature Australia. Spring 1997.
Eldridge, D.J. (1996). Dispersal of microphytes by water erosion in an Australian semi-arid woodland.
Lichenologist 28, 97-100.
Eldridge, D.J. & Tozer, M.E. (1996) Distribution and floristics of bryophytes in soil crusts in semi-arid
and arid eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 44, 223-247.
Eldridge, D.J. (1996) Distribution and floristics of terricolous lichens in soil crusts in arid and semi-arid
New South Wales, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 44, 581-599.
Eldridge, D.J. and Pickard, J. (1994). The effect of ants on sandy soils in semi-arid eastern Australia. II.
Nest turnover and consequences for bioturbation. Australian Journal of Soil Research 32, 323-333.
Eldridge, D.J. and Greene, R.S.B. (1994). Assessment of sediment yield from a semi-arid red earth
with varying cover of cryptogams. Journal of Arid Environments 26, 221-232.
Eldridge, D.J. and Greene, R.S.B. (1994). Microbiotic soil crusts: a review of their roles in soil and
ecological processes in the rangelands of Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 32, 389-415.
Eldridge, D.J. and Bradstock, R.A. (1994). The effect of time since fire on the cover and composition of
cryptogamic soil crusts on a Eucalyptus shrubland soil. Cunninghamia 3, 521-7.
Eldridge, D.J. (1994). Nests of ants and termites influence infiltration in a semi-arid woodland.
Pedobiologia 38, 481-492.
Wood, M.K. and Eldridge, D.J. (1993). Ode to Green and Ampt's R. Rangelands 15, 228-32.
Williamson, H.D. and Eldridge, D.J. (1993). Pasture status in a semi-arid grassland. International
Journal of Remote Sensing 14, 2535-2546.
Eldridge, D.J. and Koen, T.B. (1993). Runoff and sediment removal on a semi-arid soil in eastern
Australia. II. Some variations in hydrological properties along a gradient in soil surface condition.
Rangeland Journal 15, 234-46.
Eldridge, D.J. (1993). Effect of ants on sandy soils in semi-arid eastern Australia. Local distribution of
nest entrances and their effect on infiltration of water. Australian Journal of Soil Research 31, 509-18.
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Current honours students
Thomas Pogson – facilitation in arid zone shrubs
Rebecca Ellice-Flint – herbivory in shrublands
Past honours students
Deb + Title!!
Jing Zhang ? – her profile
Meta-analysis of the effects of biological soil crusts on soil moisture and infiltration
Effects of disturbance on respiration in soil crusts
Add Fowlers Gap in collaborators
Matt Bowker http://geodermatophilia.blogspot.com.au/ - COLOUR
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Jing Zhang
Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresources in Arid Lands
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography
Chinese Academy of Sciences
818 South Beijing Road
URUMQI, CHINA
Tel: + 86 991 7823149
Fax: + 86 991 7823149
E-mail: zhangjing@ms.xjb.ac.cn
Education
BSc (Environmental Education)
Ph.D. Ecology
Xinjiang Normal University
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and
Geography
2002 - 2004
2004 - 2010
Professional appointments
2010 to present: Assistant researcher, Department of Biogeography and Bioresources, Xinjiang Institute of
Ecology and Geography, Academica Sinica
Research interests
Since 2004, I have been mainly engaged in research on the ecological roles of biological soil crusts in the
Gurbantunggut Desert, Xinjiang. In particular, I have examined the ecohydrological functions of biological soil
crusts, and the chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics of the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis in response to
environmental variations such as dehydration and rehydration processes, freezing and thawing processes.
In 2012 I received a total of Yuan 0.4 million from the West Light Foundation (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
for a project titled “The ecophysiological responses of the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis to dehydration and
rehydration processes’. In addition, I participated in the International Science and Technology Cooperation
Program of China (2010DFA92720) and National Natural Science Foundation Project of China (41001067).
Over the past five years, I have published 20 peer-reviewed papers in Chinese and English journals, such as
Journal of Hydrology, Photosynthetica, Biology and Fertility of Soils and Journal of Arid Environment.
Significant publications
Zhang B.C., Zhang B.C., Su Y.G., Wang J.Z. and Zhang J. (2013) Responses of Microalgal-Microbial Biomass
and Enzyme Activities of Biological Soil Crusts to Moisture and Inoculated Microcoleus vaginatus Gradients.
Arid Land Research and Management. 27(3): 216-230
Wu N., Zhang B.C., Downing A, Zhang J., Yang C.H. (2012) Membrane stability of the desert moss Syntrichia
caninervis Mitt. during desiccation and rehydration. Journal of Bryology. 34, 1-8.
Zhang, J., Zhang Y.M., Downing A, Wu N., Zhang B.C. (2011) Photosynthetic and cytological recovery on
remoistening Syntrichia caninervis Mitt., a desiccation-tolerant moss from Northwestern China.
Photosynthetica. 49, 13-20.
Wu N., Zhang Y. M., Pan H.X., Zhang J. (2010) The Role of Nonphotosynthetic Microbes in the Recovery of
Biological Soil Crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Arid Land Research and
Management., 24, 42-56.
Zhang Y. M., Wu N., Zhang B. C., Zhang Jing. (2010) Species composition, distribution patterns and
ecological functions of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert. Journal of Arid Land. 2,180-189.
Zhang J. , Zhang Y.M., Downing A,, Cheng J.H., Zhou X.B., Zhang B. C. (2009) The influence of biological
soil crusts on dew deposition in Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Journal of Hydrology. 379 (1-4):
220-228.
Chen R.Y., Zhang Y. M., Li Y., Wei W.S, Zhang J., Wu N. (2009) The variation of morphological features and
mineralogical components of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert of Northwestern China.
Environmental Geology, 57, 1135-1143.
Zhang B.C., Zhang Y. M., Zhao J.C., Wu N., Chen R.Y., Zhang J. (2009) Microalgal species variation at
different successional stages in biological soil crusts of the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Biology
and Fertility of Soil., 45, 539-547.