Great work led by Soroor Rahmanian from @idiv-research.bsky.social from our global biodiversity survey #biodesert #dryland @ftmaestre.bsky.social @urep.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social

Another great outcome from the #BIODESERT dryland survey publishedin @journalofecology.bsky.social !

Congrats to Kaarina for leading this one!

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Another outcomes of #biodesert survey and the #DRY plant trait database!

This work has been led by @LucioBiancari at the @ftmaestre.bsky.social lab!

Congrats to all coauthors

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Just published in @journalofecology.bsky.social Using data from 1,854 plant species coming from the @erc.europa.eu funded #BIODESERT survey, we show how climate & grazing jointly shape leaf phenolics—key defence compounds—across global drylands. Great work led by PhD student Kaarina Shilula

Plant Trait Matching Occurs in Facilitative Interactions Across Global Drylands Aim Plant functional traits can influence interaction outcomes between nurse and target plants through a “functional trait match”, which occurs when the traits of nurse plants ameliorate their envir.....

New paper out today from our global #Biodesert survey!

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We found a global a conservative-acquisitive functional trait match between dominant and target plants that promoted facilitation worldwide 🌐🧪🌎🌾

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Happy to share our new paper from the @erc.europa.eu funded #BIODESERT global survey! Brilliantly led by MSc student Imke Smit, we show that plant facilitation in drylands is driven by a consistent trait match between dominant and target species Out in Global Ecol Biog dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....

The Relationship Between Grazing Pressure and Environmental Factors Drives Vegetation Fragmentation Across Global Drylands Aim To evaluate how grazing pressure, a key land-use factor, interacts with climatic, vegetation, and soil variables to shape the fragmentation of perennial vegetation across drylands globally. Lo...

Mitigating vegetation fragmentation in drylands requires promoting plant–soil facilitation, especially under high grazing pressure.

For more see our new paper in #GEB 🌐

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Another great outcomes from the #biodesert survey led by
Yanchuang Zhao!