David J. Eldridge

28.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
264 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

David J. Eldridge is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Eldridge has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 124 papers in Ecology and 84 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in David J. Eldridge's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (139 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (63 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (60 papers). David J. Eldridge is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (139 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (63 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (60 papers). David J. Eldridge collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Spain. David J. Eldridge's co-authors include Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Fernando T. Maestre, Matthew A. Bowker, Brajesh K. Singh, Santiago Soliveres, Richard D. Bardgett, Walter G. Whitford, Jingyi Ding, Samantha K. Travers and Noah Fierer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

David J. Eldridge

253 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2018 2011 2019 2016 2021 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil
    2018 1.5k citations Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, David J. Eldridge et al. profile →
  2. Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis
    2011 967 citations David J. Eldridge, Matthew A. Bowker et al. profile →
  3. A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide
    2019 463 citations Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Juntao Wang et al. profile →
  4. Structure and Functioning of Dryland Ecosystems in a Changing World
    2016 386 citations Fernando T. Maestre, David J. Eldridge et al. profile →
  5. Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes
    2021 371 citations David J. Eldridge, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  6. Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing
    2016 290 citations David J. Eldridge, Mike Letnic et al. profile →
  7. Biogeography of global drylands
    2021 224 citations Fernando T. Maestre, Miguel Berdugo et al. New Phytologist profile →
  8. The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands
    2020 193 citations David J. Eldridge, Sasha C. Reed et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David J. Eldridge Australia 54 5.6k 4.1k 3.8k 3.3k 2.9k 264 13.1k
W. Stanley Harpole United States 39 5.8k 1.0× 5.9k 1.4× 2.9k 0.8× 4.2k 1.2× 2.9k 1.0× 83 15.0k
Eric W. Seabloom United States 56 7.9k 1.4× 6.6k 1.6× 3.7k 1.0× 3.6k 1.1× 2.9k 1.0× 176 17.5k
Forest Isbell United States 51 4.6k 0.8× 6.6k 1.6× 3.2k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 4.4k 1.5× 99 13.0k
Peter C. de Ruiter Netherlands 53 5.4k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 3.1k 1.1× 106 13.1k
Johannes M. H. Knops United States 54 7.7k 1.4× 8.7k 2.1× 5.2k 1.4× 4.2k 1.3× 4.4k 1.5× 161 18.3k
Yongfei Bai China 58 5.3k 0.9× 4.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 5.6k 1.7× 3.4k 1.2× 228 12.9k
David A. Wedin United States 40 5.0k 0.9× 7.1k 1.7× 3.1k 0.8× 4.0k 1.2× 4.0k 1.4× 85 14.4k
Nico Eisenhauer Germany 67 6.3k 1.1× 5.7k 1.4× 4.4k 1.1× 7.2k 2.1× 3.3k 1.1× 435 18.5k
Martı́n Oesterheld Argentina 41 6.1k 1.1× 5.9k 1.4× 2.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 4.2k 1.4× 103 13.1k
Mark E. Ritchie United States 43 5.5k 1.0× 6.0k 1.5× 3.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 2.6k 0.9× 103 11.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Macintosh, Andrew, Megan Evans, Don Butler, et al.. (2025). Reply to: National-scale datasets underestimate vegetation recovery in Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon sequestration projects. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Eldridge, David J., Tadeo Sáez‐Sandino, Fernando T. Maestre, et al.. (2025). Dung predicts the global distribution of herbivore grazing pressure in drylands. Nature Food. 6(3). 253–259. 4 indexed citations
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Ding, Jingyi, et al.. (2024). Global effects of livestock grazing on ecosystem functions vary with grazing management and environment. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 378. 109296–109296. 10 indexed citations
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Ding, Jingyi & David J. Eldridge. (2024). Trees support functional soils in a dryland agricultural area. Geography and sustainability. 5(4). 588–596. 1 indexed citations
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Török, Péter, Regina Lindborg, David J. Eldridge, & Robin J. Pakeman. (2024). Grazing effects on vegetation: Biodiversity, management, and restoration. Applied Vegetation Science. 27(3). 12 indexed citations
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Zhou, Guiyao, Nico Eisenhauer, César Terrer, et al.. (2024). Resistance of ecosystem services to global change weakened by increasing number of environmental stressors. Nature Geoscience. 17(9). 882–888. 27 indexed citations
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Mallen‐Cooper, Max, Jingyi Ding, & David J. Eldridge. (2022). Contrasting effects of vegetation cover and site condition on biocrust communities in subhumid drylands. Journal of Vegetation Science. 33(6). 4 indexed citations
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Ding, Jingyi, Samantha K. Travers, & David J. Eldridge. (2021). Occurrence of Australian woody species is driven by soil moisture and available phosphorus across a climatic gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science. 32(6). 8 indexed citations
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Ding, Jingyi, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Juntao Wang, & David J. Eldridge. (2021). Ecosystem functions are related to tree diversity in forests but soil biodiversity in open woodlands and shrublands. Journal of Ecology. 109(12). 4158–4170. 20 indexed citations
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Val, James, Samantha K. Travers, Ian Oliver, & David J. Eldridge. (2020). Perennial plant patches are sinks for seeds in semi‐arid woodlands in varying condition. Applied Vegetation Science. 23(3). 377–385. 11 indexed citations
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Eldridge, David J., Sasha C. Reed, Samantha K. Travers, et al.. (2020). The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands. Global Change Biology. 26(10). 6003–6014. 193 indexed citations breakdown →
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Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, David J. Eldridge, Kelly Hamonts, & Brajesh K. Singh. (2019). Ant colonies promote the diversity of soil microbial communities. The ISME Journal. 13(4). 1114–1118. 23 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanshu, et al.. (2019). Is the removal of aboveground shrub biomass an effective technique to restore a shrub‐encroached grassland?. Restoration Ecology. 27(6). 1348–1356. 6 indexed citations
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Eldridge, David J., Samantha K. Travers, James Val, et al.. (2019). Grazing Regulates the Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Microbial Communities Within Ecological Networks. Ecosystems. 23(5). 932–942. 35 indexed citations
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Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Fernando T. Maestre, David J. Eldridge, et al.. (2018). Biocrust‐forming mosses mitigate the impact of aridity on soil microbial communities in drylands: observational evidence from three continents. New Phytologist. 220(3). 824–835. 51 indexed citations
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Eldridge, David J. & Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo. (2018). The influence of climatic legacies on the distribution of dryland biocrust communities. Global Change Biology. 25(1). 327–336. 23 indexed citations
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Val, James, David J. Eldridge, Samantha K. Travers, & Ian Oliver. (2017). Livestock grazing reinforces the competitive exclusion of small‐bodied birds by large aggressive birds. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55(4). 1919–1929. 30 indexed citations
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Gordon, Christopher E., David J. Eldridge, William J. Ripple, et al.. (2016). Shrub encroachment is linked to extirpation of an apex predator. Journal of Animal Ecology. 86(1). 147–157. 45 indexed citations
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Eldridge, David J., et al.. (2014). Surface destabilisation by the invasive burrowing engineer Mus musculus on a sub-Antarctic island. Geomorphology. 223. 61–66. 27 indexed citations
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Byl, Oleg, David J. Eldridge, R.E. Kaim, et al.. (2008). Development of “Static” In-Situ Implanter Chamber Cleaning. AIP conference proceedings. 376–379. 1 indexed citations

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