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Santiago Soliveres

Santiago Soliveres

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
14234
World Ranking
3563
National Ranking
110

Overview

Santiago Soliveres is affiliated with the University of Alicante in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

The main subfields of their work include:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Soil Science
  • Ecology

Major topics addressed in their research are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Recent publications by Soliveres include:

  • "Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity," 2020, published in Science
  • "Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Biogeography of global drylands," 2021, published in New Phytologist
  • "Decomposition disentangled: A test of the multiple mechanisms by which nitrogen enrichment alters litter decomposition," 2020, published in Functional Ecology
  • "Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world," 2024, published in Nature

Frequent co-authors associated with Santiago Soliveres include:

  • Eric Allan
  • Miguel Berdugo
  • Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
  • Hugo Sáiz
  • Nicolas Gross

They publish regularly in several scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Functional Ecology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Science
  • Ecology Letters

Best Publications

  • Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

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

  • Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

    Miguel Berdugo;Miguel Berdugo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Santiago Soliveres;Rocío Hernández-Clemente

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

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

  • Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality.

    Peter Manning;Fons van der Plas;Santiago Soliveres;Eric Allan

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Fons van der Plas;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati

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

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

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

    Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;María D. Puche;M. Belén Hinojosa;M. Belén Hinojosa

  • Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services.

    María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Markus Fischer

  • 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

  • Phylogenetic, functional, and taxonomic richness have both positive and negative effects on ecosystem multifunctionality.

    Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet;Santiago Soliveres;Nicolas Gross;Rubén Torices

  • Biogeography of global drylands

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

  • Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services

    María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Peter Manning

  • Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

    Fons van der Plas;Pete Manning;Santiago Soliveres;Eric Allan

  • Moving forward on facilitation research: response to changing environments and effects on the diversity, functioning and evolution of plant communities.

    Santiago Soliveres;Christian Smit;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Plant spatial patterns identify alternative ecosystem multifunctionality states in global drylands.

    Miguel Berdugo;Sonia Kéfi;Santiago Soliveres;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Intransitive competition is widespread in plant communities and maintains their species richness

    Santiago Soliveres;Fernando T. Maestre;Werner Ulrich;Peter Manning

  • 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

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

    Santiago Soliveres;Santiago Soliveres;David J. Eldridge;Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Plant-plant interactions, environmental gradients and plant diversity: a global synthesis of community-level studies.

    Santiago Soliveres;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Biological Soil Crust Microsites Are the Main Contributor to Soil Respiration in a Semiarid Ecosystem

    Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy;Fernando T. Maestre;Ana Rey;Santiago Soliveres;Santiago Soliveres

  • Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in abiotic factors modulate multiple ontogenetic shifts between competition and facilitation

    S. Soliveres;S. Soliveres;L. DeSoto;F.T. Maestre;J.M. Olano

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando T. Maestre
Fernando T. Maestre King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David J. Eldridge
David J. Eldridge University of New South Wales
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Pablo García-Palacios
Pablo García-Palacios Spanish National Research Council
Matthew A. Bowker
Matthew A. Bowker Northern Arizona University
Eric Allan
Eric Allan University of Bern
José Luis Quero
José Luis Quero University of Córdoba
Adrián Escudero
Adrián Escudero King Juan Carlos University
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Sonia Kéfi
Sonia Kéfi University of Montpellier

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