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Overview

Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald is affiliated with the Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica in Mexico. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on understanding ecological dynamics and conservation in dryland ecosystems.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broad fields, Huber-Sannwald has contributed extensively to subfields such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Environmental Chemistry

Their primary research topics cover a range of ecological and environmental concerns, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Huber-Sannwald has authored or coauthored numerous scientific papers, including recent publications such as:

  • "What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community" (2022), published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands" (2022), published in Science
  • "The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands" (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world" (2024), published in Nature
  • "Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands" (2024), published in Nature Climate Change

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Huber-Sannwald include:

  • Osvaldo E. Sala
  • Sasha C. Reed
  • Matthew A. Bowker
  • David J. Eldridge
  • Oumarou Malam Issa

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several journals, particularly:

  • Ecological Applications
  • Nature
  • Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
  • Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

    James F. Reynolds;D. Mark Stafford Smith;Eric F. Lambin;B. L. Turner

  • Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

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

  • 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

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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

    David J. Eldridge;Sasha Reed;Samantha K. Travers;Matthew A. Bowker

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

    Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso;David J. Eldridge;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Santiago Soliveres

  • Global biodiversity in a changing environment : scenarios for the 21st century

    F. Stuart Chapin;Osvaldo E. Sala;Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald

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

    Caroline A. Havrilla;Caroline A. Havrilla;V. Bala Chaudhary;Scott Ferrenberg;Anita J. Antoninka

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

    Werner Ulrich;Santiago Soliveres;Fernando T. Maestre;Nicholas J. Gotelli

  • Biological soil crusts greatly contribute to small-scale soil heterogeneity along a grazing gradient

    L. Concostrina-Zubiri;L. Concostrina-Zubiri;E. Huber-Sannwald;I. Martínez;J.L. Flores Flores

  • Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment

    F. Stuart Chapin;Osvaldo E. Sala;Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald

  • Landscape diversity in a rural territory: Emerging land use mosaics coupled to livelihood diversification

    Mónica Ribeiro Palacios;Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald;Luis Enrique García Barrios;Francisco J. Peña de Paz

  • Navigating challenges and opportunities of land degradation and sustainable livelihood development in dryland social-ecological systems: a case study from Mexico.

    Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald;Mónica Ribeiro Palacios;José Tulio Arredondo Moreno;Marco Braasch

  • Biological soil crusts exhibit a dynamic response to seasonal rain and release from grazing with implications for soil stability

    A. Jimenez Aguilar;E. Huber-Sannwald;J. Belnap;D.R. Smart

  • Aspectos socioeconómicos y biofísicos de la desertificación

    James F. Reynolds;Fernando T. Maestre;Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald;Jeffrey Herrick

  • Production and quality of senesced and green litterfall in a pine–oak forest in central-northwest Mexico

    M. Pérez-Suárez;J.T. Arredondo-Moreno;E. Huber-Sannwald;J.J. Vargas-Hernández

  • Establishing Native Grasses in a Big Sagebrush–Dominated Site: An Intermediate Restoration Step

    Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald;Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald;David A. Pyke

  • Morphological plasticity following species‐specific recognition and competition in two perennial grasses

    Elisabeth Huber‐Sannwald;David A. Pyke;Martyn M. Caldwell

  • Grazing effects on fungal root symbionts and carbon and nitrogen storage in a shortgrass steppe in Central Mexico

    E. Medina-Roldán;J.T. Arredondo;E. Huber-Sannwald;L. Chapa-Vargas

  • Ecohydrological feedbacks and linkages associated with land degradation: a case study from Mexico

    Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald;Fernando T. Maestre;Fernando T. Maestre;Jeffrey E. Herrick;James F. Reynolds

  • Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the 21st Century@@@Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century

    Ye Qi;Stuart F. Chapin;Osvaldo E. Sala;Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando T. Maestre
Fernando T. Maestre King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Matthew A. Bowker
Matthew A. Bowker Northern Arizona University
David J. Eldridge
David J. Eldridge University of New South Wales
Julio R. Gutiérrez
Julio R. Gutiérrez University of La Serena
José Luis Quero
José Luis Quero University of Córdoba
Adrián Escudero
Adrián Escudero King Juan Carlos University
Santiago Soliveres
Santiago Soliveres University of Alicante
Henry W. Loescher
Henry W. Loescher National Ecological Observatory Network
Eli Zaady
Eli Zaady Agricultural Research Organization

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