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85
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30636
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632
National Ranking
55

David J. Eldridge publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David J. Eldridge sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 304 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

David J. Eldridge D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David J. Eldridge sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 85 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David J. Eldridge is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, reflecting a focus on ecosystem processes and soil ecology.

Their areas of study include several specialized subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Soil Science. Prominent topics in their research comprise Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Lichen and fungal ecology, Plant and animal studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

David J. Eldridge has contributed to numerous academic publications with frequent venues including:

  • Plant and Soil
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Communications
  • Geoderma

Notable recent publications by Eldridge include:

  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Soil microbial diversity-biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • Biogeography of global drylands, 2021, New Phytologist
  • What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community, 2022, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands, 2022, Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Jingyi Ding, Miguel Berdugo, César Plaza, and Fernando T. Maestre. These collaborations highlight an interdisciplinary approach within their research community.

Best Publications

  • A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Angela M. Oliverio;Angela M. Oliverio;Tess E. Brewer;Tess E. Brewer;Alberto Benavent-González

  • Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;José L. Quero;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Adrián Escudero

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

    David J. Eldridge;Matthew A. Bowker;Fernando T. Maestre;Erin Roger

  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes.

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Chanda Trivedi;David J. Eldridge

  • Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Thomas C. Jeffries;David J. Eldridge

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

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Fernando T. Maestre;Antonio Gallardo;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Microbiotic soil crusts: a review of their roles in soil and ecological processes in the rangelands of Australia

    D. J. Eldridge;R. S. B. Greene

  • A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide

    Eleonora Egidi;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Jonathan M. Plett;Juntao Wang;Juntao Wang

  • Soil microbial diversity-biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes.

    Felipe Bastida;David J. Eldridge;Carlos García;G. Kenny Png;G. Kenny Png

  • Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world.

    Fernando T. Maestre;David J. Eldridge;Santiago Soliveres;Sonia Kéfi

  • Soil microbial communities drive the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to global change in drylands across the globe.

    Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;David J. Eldridge;Victoria Ochoa;Beatriz Gozalo

  • Disturbance and Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts

    J. Belnap;D. Eldridge

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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

    David J. Eldridge;Alistair G. B. Poore;Marta Ruiz-Colmenero;Mike Letnic

  • Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances

    Lixin Wang;Lixin Wang;P. D'Odorico;J. P. Evans;D. J. Eldridge

  • Biogeography of global drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;Blas M. Benito;Miguel Berdugo;Laura Concostrina-Zubiri

  • Infiltration through three contrasting biological soil crusts in patterned landscapes in the Negev, Israel

    D.J Eldridge;Eli Zaady;Moshe Shachak

  • Vegetation cover reduces erosion and enhances soil organic carbon in a vineyard in the central Spain

    M. Ruiz-Colmenero;R. Bienes;D.J. Eldridge;M.J. Marques

  • Exploring some relationships between biological soil crusts, soil aggregation and wind erosion

    David J Eldridge;John F Leys

  • Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect

    Felipe Bastida;Carlos García;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer;David J. Eldridge

  • A framework to predict the effects of livestock grazing and grazing exclusion on conservation values in natural ecosystems in Australia.

    Ian D. Lunt;David J. Eldridge;John W. Morgan;G. Bradd Witt

  • Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea

    Angela T Moles;Habacuc Flores-Moreno;Stephen P Bonser;David I Warton

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Fernando T. Maestre
Fernando T. Maestre King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Matthew A. Bowker
Matthew A. Bowker Northern Arizona University
Santiago Soliveres
Santiago Soliveres University of Alicante
Brajesh K. Singh
Brajesh K. Singh Western Sydney University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
José Luis Quero
José Luis Quero University of Córdoba
Antonio Gallardo
Antonio Gallardo Pablo de Olavide University
Julio R. Gutiérrez
Julio R. Gutiérrez University of La Serena
Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder

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