By Dr David John Eldridge

Books

Eldridge DJ; Stafford M, 1999, Rangeland health in the Western Riverina: 1990-1997, Department of Land and Water Conservation, Centre, Sydney

, 1999, State Taxation: Repeal, Reform or Resignations, Conference Series No 21, Australian Tax Research Foundation, Pierce ; Fitzgerald V; Crowe M; Murphy C; Gabbitas O; Eldridge DJ; Anderson P; Robinson M; Egan M; Broadway R; Langoulant J; Stockdale A, (eds.), Australian Tax Research Foundation, Sydney

Book Chapters

Dadzie FA; Egidi E; Stewart J; Eldridge DJ; Molesworth A; Singh BK; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2023, 'Agricultural Soil Degradation in Australia', in Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2023_966

Whitford WG; Eldridge DJ, 2022, 'Effects of Ants and Termites on Soil and Geomorphological Processes', in Treatise on Geomorphology, pp. 103 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.30007-4

He H; Eldridge DJ; Lambers H, 2018, 'Mineral nutrition of plants in Australia’s arid zone', in Lambers H (ed.), On the Ecology of Australia's Arid Zone, Springer, pp. 77 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93943-8_4

Eldridge DJ; Beecham G, 2017, 'The impact of climate variability on land use and livelihoods in Australia's rangelands', in Climate Variability Impacts on Land Use and Livelihoods in Drylands, Springer, pp. 293 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56681-8_14

Bowker MA; Büdel B; Maestre FT; Antoninka AJ; Eldridge DJ, 2017, 'Bryophyte and lichen diversity on arid soils: Determinants and consequences', in The Biology of Arid Soils, De Gruyter, pp. 73 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110419047-005

Maestre FT; Bowker MA; Eldridge DJ; Cortina J; Lázaro R; Gallardo A; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Berdugo M; Castillo-Monroy AP; Valencia E, 2016, 'Biological Soil Crusts as a Model System in Ecology', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 407 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_20

Bowker MA; Belnap J; Büdel B; Sannier C; Pietrasiak N; Eldridge DJ; Rivera-Aguilar V, 2016, 'Controls on Distribution Patterns of Biological Soil Crusts at Micro- to Global Scales', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 173 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_10

Zaady E; Eldridge DJ; Bowker MA, 2016, 'Effects of Local-Scale Disturbance on Biocrusts', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 429 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_21

Rosentreter R; Eldridge DJ; Westberg M; Williams L; Grube M, 2016, 'Structure, Composition, and Function of Biocrust Lichen Communities', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 121 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_7

Chamizo S; Belnap J; Eldridge DJ; Cantón Y; Malam Issa O, 2016, 'The Role of Biocrusts in Arid Land Hydrology', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 321 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_17

Manning AD; Eldridge DJ; Jones CG, 2015, 'Policy implications of ecosystem engineering for multiple ecosystem benefits', in Armstrong DP; Hayward MW; Moro D; Seddon PJ (ed.), Advances in Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 167 - 184

Whitford WG; Eldridge DJ, 2013, 'Effects of Ants and Termites on Soil and Geomorphological Processes', in Treatise on Geomorphology Volume 1 14, pp. 281 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00335-3

Whitford W; Eldridge DJ, 2013, 'Effects of Ants and Termites on Soil and Geomorphological Processes', in Schroder JF (ed.), A Treatise on Geomophology, Volume 14: Methods in Geomorphology, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 281 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00335-3

Eldridge DJ; Greene RSB; Dean C, 2011, 'Climate Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Rangelands', in Singh BP; Cowie AL; Chan KY (ed.), SOIL HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, pp. 237 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20256-8_11

Eldridge DJ; Greene RSB; Dean C, 2011, 'Climate change impacts on soil processes in rangelands', in Singh B; Cowie AL; Yin Chan K (ed.), Soil Health and Climate Change. Soil Biology Series, Springer, London, pp. 237 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20256-8

Rosentreter RR; Eldridge DJ, 2002, 'Monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem function: grasslands, deserts and steppe', in Nimis P; Scheudegger C; Wolsley P (ed.), Monitoring with Lichens- Monitoring Lichens, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 223 - 238

Warren SD; Eldridge DJ, 2001, 'Biological soil crusts and livestock in arid ecosystems: are they compatible', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 401 - 416

Eldridge DJ, 2001, 'Biological soil crusts and water relations in Australian deserts', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 315 - 326

Eldridge DJ, 2001, 'Biological soil crusts of Australia', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 119 - 132

Benlap J; Eldridge DJ, 2001, 'Disturbance and recovery of biological soil crusts', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 363 - 384

Rosentreter RR; Eldridge DJ; Kaltenecker JH, 2001, 'Monitoring and management of biological soil crusts', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 457 - 470

Eldridge DJ; Lepage M; Bryannah MA; Ouedraogo P, 2001, 'Soil Biota in Banded Landscapes', in Tonway DJ; Valentin C; Seghieri J (ed.), Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments, Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 105 - 131

Journal articles

Macintosh A; Evans MC; Butler D; Larraondo P; Waschka M; Eldridge D; Lindenmayer D; Gibbons P; Fensham R; Ansell D, 2025, 'Reply to: National-scale datasets underestimate vegetation recovery in Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon sequestration projects', Communications Earth and Environment, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02726-y

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ; Feng Y; Zhang J; Guirado E, 2025, 'Highly protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands', Nature Plants, 11, pp. 2041 - 2049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02099-2

Kempel A; Adamidis GC; Anadón JD; Atkinson J; Auge H; Avtzis D; Bachelot B; Bashirzadeh M; Bota JL; Classen A; Constantinou I; Crawley M; de Bellis T; Dostal P; Ebeling A; Eisenhauer N; Eldridge DJ; Encina G; Estrada C; Everingham S; Fanin N; Feng Y; Gaspar M; Gooriah L; Graff P; Montalván EG; Montalván PG; Hartke TR; Huang L; Jochum M; Kaljund K; Karmiris I; Koorem K; Korell L; Laine AL; le Provost G; Lessard JP; Liu M; Liu X; Liu Y; Llancabure J; Loïez S; Loydi A; Marrero H; Gockel S; Montoya A; Münzbergová Z; Niu Y; Ott D; Oyarzabal M; Panitsa M; Papatheodorou E; Piper FI; Püssa K; Rand K; Saiz H; Sanders NJ; Schädler M; Scherber C; Semchenko M; Sepp SK; Shah MA; Shaheen I; Stein C; Stewart J; Tang Z; Tschan G; van Nouhuys S; Vandegehuchte ML; Vernon M; Sonali VR; Wang J; Xiao Y; Xystrakis F; Yang J; Yang S; Zografou K; Allan E, 2025, 'The Bug-Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems', Ecology and Evolution, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72111

Zhao Y; Kéfi S; Guirado E; Berdugo M; Eldridge DJ; Gross N; Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y; Saiz H; Asensio S; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Martínez-Valderrama J; Plaza C; Valencia E; Maestre FT, 2025, 'The Relationship Between Grazing Pressure and Environmental Factors Drives Vegetation Fragmentation Across Global Drylands', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.70098

Pichon B; Kéfi S; Gounand I; Gross N; Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y; Guerber J; Eldridge D; Valencia E; Plaza C; Martínez-Valderrama J; Saiz H; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Guirado E; García-Gómez M; Gaitán JJ; Asensio S; Mendoza BJ; Donnet S; Maestre FT, 2025, 'Grazing Modulates the Multiscale Spatial Structure of Dryland Vegetation', Global Change Biology, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70345

Luo Y; Guo Z; Chen J; Ruan W; Xu X; Li L; Bao Y; Xu N; Xin X; Yi K; Eldridge DJ; Yan Y, 2025, 'Hygroscopic stem reshaping promotes long-distance plant dispersal', New Phytologist, 247, pp. 916 - 928, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.70225

Sutton A; Fisher AG; Eldridge DJ; Metternicht G, 2025, 'Multi-temporal remote sensing of ground cover reveals beneficial effects of soil carbon farming in a semi-arid landscape', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 234, pp. 110278 - 110278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.110278

Wei Y; Ju M; Zou Y; Wu S; Eldridge D; Bu C, 2025, 'Regional-scale environmental drivers and thresholds of under-canopy biocrusts in the Sandland', Plant and Soil, 512, pp. 1047 - 1065, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-07131-6

Doyle CAT; Hemmings F; Le Breton TD; Taseski GM; Eldridge DJ; Ooi MKJ, 2025, 'We Need a Process for Managing and Reassessing Rediscovered Species: A Case Study With the ‘Extinct’ Atriplex acutiloba', Austral Ecology, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.70101

Stewart J; Francis RJ; Eldridge DJ; Kingsford RT; de Lima NM, 2025, 'Advancing remote sensing of biocrusts with drone imagery and machine learning', Geoderma, 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117315

Malavasi V; Beltran-Sanz N; Catelan-Carphio E; Grapputo A; Eldridge DJ; Travers S; Maestre FT; Grande FD, 2025, 'De novo assembly and annotation of Tetradesmus sp. strain 198, a green algal from dryland soil', Microbiology Resource Announcements, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.01015-24

Stewart J; de Lima NM; Eldridge DJ; West R; Kingsford RT, 2025, 'Restoring aboveground trophic diversity contributes to belowground microbial diversity in drylands', Biological Conservation, 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111056

Eldridge DJ; Sáez-Sandino T; Maestre FT; Ding J; Guirado E; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2025, 'Dung predicts the global distribution of herbivore grazing pressure in drylands', Nature Food, 6, pp. 253 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01112-9

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ; Liu YR; Liu ZW; Coleine C; Trivedi P, 2025, 'Soil biodiversity and function under global change', Plos Biology, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003093

Niu W; Ding J; Fu B; Zhao W; Eldridge D, 2025, 'Global effects of livestock grazing on ecosystem functions vary with grazing management and environment', Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109296

Eldridge DJ; Soliveres S; Gibb H; Wang JT, 2025, 'Limited impacts of simulated soil disturbance by rewilded vertebrates on above- and below-ground biodiversity', Oikos, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oik.11320

Luxton SJ; Dorrough J; Eldridge D; Furlaud J; Richards AE; Szetey K; Taws N; Williams KJ; Prober SM, 2025, 'State-and-transition models as a contextual framework for leading indicators of restoration trajectories', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70164

Rosentreter R; Eldridge DJ, 2025, 'Biocrust research in North America with a focus on drylands: history, insights and opportunities', Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dry.2025.3

Eldridge DJ; Sala O, 2025, 'Prisms Drylands: Synthesising multiple disciplines, themes and management practices across Earth’s drylands', Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dry.2024.3

Macintosh A; Butler D; Larraondo P; Evans MC; Ansell D; Waschka M; Fensham R; Eldridge D; Lindenmayer D; Gibbons P; Summerfield P, 2024, 'Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon offset projects have limited impact on changes in woody vegetation cover and carbon removals', Communications Earth and Environment, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01313-x

Feng J; Liu YR; Eldridge D; Huang Q; Tan W; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2024, 'Geologically younger ecosystems are more dependent on soil biodiversity for supporting function', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48289-y

Liao H; Liu C; Zhou S; Liu C; Eldridge DJ; Ai C; Wilhelm SW; Singh BK; Liang X; Radosevich M; Yang QE; Tang X; Wei Z; Friman VP; Gillings M; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Zhu YG, 2024, 'Prophage-encoded antibiotic resistance genes are enriched in human-impacted environments', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52450-y

Ding J; Eldridge DJ, 2024, 'Trees support functional soils in a dryland agricultural area', Geography and Sustainability, 5, pp. 588 - 596, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.08.001

Eldridge DJ; Cui H; Ding J; Berdugo M; Sáez-Sandino T; Duran J; Gaitan J; Blanco-Pastor JL; Rodríguez A; Plaza C; Alfaro F; Teixido AL; Abades S; Bamigboye AR; Peñaloza-Bojacá GF; Grebenc T; Nahberger TU; Illán JG; Liu YR; Makhalanyane TP; Rey A; Siebe C; Sun W; Trivedi P; Verma JP; Wang L; Wang J; Wang T; Zaady E; Zhou X; Zhou XQ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2024, 'Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services', Npj Urban Sustainability, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z

Ding J; Eldridge DJ, 2024, 'Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management', Biological Reviews, 99, pp. 1909 - 1926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.13104

Biancari L; Aguiar MR; Eldridge DJ; Oñatibia GR; Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y; Saiz H; Gross N; Austin AT; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Asensio S; Guirado E; Valencia E; Berdugo M; Plaza C; Martínez-Valderrama J; Mendoza BJ; García-Gómez M; Abedi M; Ahumada RJ; Alcántara JM; Amghar F; Anadón JD; Aramayo V; Arredondo T; Bader MY; Bahalkeh K; Salem FB; Blaum N; Boldgiv B; Bowker M; Branquinho C; Bu C; Byambatsogt B; Calvo DA; Castillo Monroy AP; Castro H; Castro-Quezada P; Chibani R; Conceição AA; Currier CM; Donoso DA; Dougill A; Ejtehadi H; Espinosa CI; Fajardo A; Farzam M; Ferrante D; Fraser LH; Gaitán JJ; Gherardi LA; Gusmán-Montalván E; Hernández-Hernández RM; Hölzel N; Huber-Sannwald E; Hughes FM; Jadán O; Jeltsch F; Jentsch A; Ju M; Kaseke KF; Kindermann L; Köbel M; le Roux PC; Liancourt P; Linstädter A; Liu J; Louw MA; Maggs-Kölling G; Issa OM; Marais E; Margerie P; Messeder JVS; Mora JP; Moreno G; Munson SM; Oliva G; Pueyo Y; Emiliano Quiroga R; Reed SC; Rey PJ; Rodríguez A; Rodríguez LB; Rolo V; Ruppert JC; Sala O; Salah A; Stavi I; Stephens CRA; Swemmer AM; Teixido AL; Thomas AD; Throop HL; Tielbörger K; Travers SK; van den Brink L; Wagner V; Wamiti W; Wang D; Wang L, 2024, 'Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands', Science Advances, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adn6007

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