A global initiative to understand gypsum ecosystem ecology

Deliverables

Website to showcase the project and its participants actions and main results

Descriptive manuscript on gypsum plant communities and vegetation worldwide

Manuscript describing the main characteristics of gypsum plant communities and vegetation in the different regions of the world analyzed in the project

Check-list manuscript of world gypsum plants

First checklist manuscript of world gypsum plants summarizing the species found in the different gypsum areas and their putative specificity to gypsum soils

Handbook of best practices on gypsum ecosystem restoration

Document summarizing the best practices to restore gypsum ecosystems after degradation by mining or other human actions

Database on available sequences from the literature and GenBank

Database including all available DNA sequences from the literature and GenBank for the gypsum lineages included in WP2.

GYPWORLD DNA sequences and phylogenetic trees databases

Databases containing DNA sequences of all species included in WP2 of the study (deposited in GenBank) and the phylogenetic trees obtained for the main gypsum lineages included in WP2 (deposited in TreeBASE).

Publications

When disturbances favour species adapted to stressful soils: grazing may benefit soil specialists in gypsum plant communities

Author(s): Cera, Andreu; Montserrat-Martí, Gabriel; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.; Pueyo, Yolanda; Palacio, Sara
Published in: Peer J, Issue 10, 2022, Page(s) e14222, ISSN 2167-8359
Publisher: PeerJ
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14222

Rainy years counteract negative effects of drought on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity: Resilience in annual plant communities

Author(s): Roberto López Rubio; Adrián Escudero; Ana M. Sánchez; David S. Pescador
Published in: Journal of Ecology, Issue 110, 2022, ISSN 0022-0477
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13948

Changes in rainfall amount and seasonality modulate taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in a gypsophilous plant community in the Chihuahuan Desert

Author(s): Vargas-Colin, A; Flores, J; Romo-Campos, R; Douterlungne, D; Yáñez-Espinosa, L; González, J.M.; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.
Published in: Plant Ecology and Diversity, Issue 15 (5-6), 2022, ISSN 1755-0874
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2022.2130017

Climate change and biocrust disturbance synergistically decreased taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in annual communities on gypsiferous soils

Author(s): Sánchez, A.M.; Peralta, Ana M.L.; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.; Prieto, María; Escudero, Adrián
Published in: Oikos, Issue 2022, 2022, ISSN 0030-1299
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08809

Recent and ancient evolutionary events shaped plant elemental composition of edaphic endemics: a phylogeny‐wide analysis of Iberian gypsum plants

Author(s): Sara Palacio; Andreu Cera; Adrián Escudero; Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga; Ana M. Sánchez; Juan Francisco Mota; María Pérez‐Serrano Serrano; M. Encarnación Merlo; Fabián Martínez‐Hernández; Esteban Salmerón‐Sánchez; Antonio Jesús Mendoza‐Fernández; Francisco J. Pérez‐García; Gabriel Montserrat‐Martí; Pablo Tejero
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 235, 2022, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18309

Artemisia sieberi dominated landscapes of Northeastern Iran host great diversity in lichen and annual plant species

Author(s): Ahmadian, N.; Abedi, M.; Escudero, A.; Sohrabi, M; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.
Published in: Flora, Issue Vol. 288, 2022, ISSN 0367-2530
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2022.152019

Ecohydrological niche segregation among desert shrubs in a gypsum-calcareous formation, north-western Iran

Author(s): Rudov, Alexander; De la Puente, Laura; Palacio, Sara; Sharifi, Arash; Querejeta, José I.; Ferrio, Juan Pedro; Rahmaninia, Hossein; Akhani, Hossein
Published in: Plant Ecology & Diversity, Issue 16:1-2, 2023, Page(s) 61-75, ISSN 1755-0874
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2023.2255985

Calcium sulphate biomineralisation: Artefact of sample preparation?

Author(s): Andreu Cera; Cristóbal Verdugo‐Escamilla; Juan A. Marín; Sara Palacio
Published in: Physiologia Plantarum, Issue 175 (5), 2023, ISSN 0031-9317
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14017

Homogeneous microenvironmental conditions under nurses promote facilitation

Author(s): Sánchez-Martín, Ricardo; Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia; Ochoterena, Helga; Pisanty, Irene; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Mariana; Verdú, Miguel; Flores-Olvera, Hilda
Published in: Functional Ecology, 2023, ISSN 0269-8463
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14486

Typification and an emended description of Astragalus moussavii (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae)

Author(s): Ghahremaninejad, F; Nejad-Falatoury, A; Memariani, F.
Published in: Phytotaxa, Issue 441(1), 2020, Page(s) 60-68, ISSN 1179-3155
Publisher: Magnolia Press
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.441.1.5

Nutritional strategies underlying plant specialization to gypsum soils

Author(s): Cera, Andreu; Montserrat-Martí, Gabriel; Palacio, Sara
Published in: AoB Plants, Issue 15(4), 2023, Page(s) plad041, ISSN 2041-2851
Publisher: Oxford Academic
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plad041

Smartphone-based tension disc infiltrometer for soil hydraulic characterisation

Author(s): Borja Latorre; David Moret-Fernández; M.N. Lyons; S. Palacio
Published in: Journal of Hydrology, Issue Volume 600, September 2021, 2021, ISSN 0022-1694
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126551

Diverse phylogenetic neighborhoods enhance community resistance to drought in experimental assemblages.

Author(s): Rocío Chaves; Pablo Ferrandis; Adrián Escudero; Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue Vol 11, Iss 1, 2021, 2021, Page(s) 22499, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01991-z

Do soil features condition seed germination of gypsophiles and gypsovags? An analysis of the effect of different natural soils along an alkalinity gradient

Author(s): Heiden, Nathaniel; Cera, Andreu; Palacio, Sara
Published in: Journal of Arid Environments, Issue 196, 2022, ISSN 0140-1963
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104638

Plant-soil interactions in response to grazing intensity in a semi-arid ecosystem from NE Spain

Author(s): Manuel Navarro-Perea; Yolanda Pueyo; David Moret; Ángel Valverde; José Mariano Igual; Concepción L. Alados
Published in: Arid Land Research and Management, Issue 37:2, 2023, ISSN 1532-4982
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2022.2119901

Checklist of gypsophilous vascular flora in Italy

Author(s): Carmelo Maria Musarella, Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández, Juan Francisco Mota, Alessandro Alessandrini, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Salvatore Brullo, Orazio Caldarella, Giampiero Ciaschetti, Fabio Conti, Luciano Di Martino, Amedeo Falci, Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Riccardo Guarino, Aurelio Manzi, Pietro Minissale, Sergio Montanari, Salvatore Pasta, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Lina Podda, Saverio Sciandrello, Leonardo Scu
Published in: PhytoKeys, Issue 103, 2018, Page(s) 61-82, ISSN 1314-2011
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.103.25690

Spectral Response Analysis: An Indirect and Non-Destructive Methodology for the Chlorophyll Quantification of Biocrusts

Author(s): José Raúl Román, Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero, Borja Rodríguez-Lozano, Beatriz Roncero-Ramos, Sonia Chamizo, Pilar Águila-Carricondo, Yolanda Cantón
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 11/11, 2019, Page(s) 1350, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs11111350

The elemental composition of halophytes correlates with key morphological adaptations and taxonomic groups

Author(s): Zeinab Matinzadeh, Hossein Akhani, Mehdi Abedi, Sara Palacio
Published in: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Issue 141, 2019, Page(s) 259-278, ISSN 0981-9428
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.05.023

Evidence of functional species sorting by rainfall and biotic interactions: A community monolith experimental approach

Author(s): Ana M. L. Peralta, Ana M. Sánchez, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, Francesco Bello, Adrián Escudero
Published in: Journal of Ecology, Issue 107/6, 2019, Page(s) 2772-2788, ISSN 0022-0477
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13210

Unassisted establishment of biological soil crusts on dryland road slopes

Author(s): Laura Concostrina-Zubiri, Juan M. Arenas, Isabel Martínez, Adrián Escudero
Published in: Web Ecology, Issue 19/1, 2019, Page(s) 39-51, ISSN 1399-1183
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.5194/we-19-39-2019

Plant functional structure along salinity gradients in Iranian salt marshes

Author(s): Matinzadeh, Zeinab; López-Angulo, Jesús; Escudero, Adrián; Palacio, Sara; Abedi, Mehdi; Akhani, Hossein
Published in: Plant-Environment Interactions, Issue Vol. 3, 2022, Page(s) 16–27, ISSN 2575-6265
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10070

Spontaneous Primary Succession and Vascular Plant Recovery in the Iberian Gypsum Quarries: Insights for Ecological Restoration in an EU Priority Habitat

Author(s): Juan Francisco Mota; Fabián Martínez-Hernández; Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez; Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández; Francisco Javier Pérez-García; M. Encarna Merlo
Published in: Plants, Issue 2023, 12, 2023, Page(s) 1162, ISSN 2223-7747
Publisher: MPDI
DOI: 10.3390/plants12051162

Functional traits explain both seedling and adult plant spatial patterns in gypsum annual species

Author(s): Peralta, Ana L.; Escudero, Adrián; De la Cruz, Marcelino; Sánchez, Ana M.; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.
Published in: Functional Ecology, Issue 37, 2023, Page(s) 1170–1180, ISSN 0269-8463
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14304

Phylogeography of a gypsum endemic plant across its entire distribution range in the western Mediterranean.

Author(s): Mario Blanco-Sánchez; Michael J. Moore; Marina Ramos-Muñoz; Beatriz Pías; Alfredo García-Fernández; María Prieto; Lidia Plaza; Ignacio Isabel; Adrián Escudero; Silvia Matesanz
Published in: American Journal of Botany, Issue 2021 Mar;108(3), 2021, ISSN 0002-9122
Publisher: Botanical Society of America, Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1625

Effect of aridity on species assembly in gypsum drylands: a response mediated by the soil affinity of species

Author(s): Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L., Ferrandis, Pablo, Flores, Joel, Escudero, Adrián
Published in: AoB PLANTS, Issue Volume 12, Issue 3, June 2020, plaa020, 2020, ISSN 2041-2851
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plaa020

Seasonal variation in AMF colonisation, soil and plant nutrient content in gypsum specialist and generalist species growing in P-poor soils

Author(s): Andreu Cera; Andreu Cera; Estephania Duplat; Gabriel Montserrat-Martí; Antonio Gómez-Bolea; Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría; Sara Palacio
Published in: Plant and Soil, Issue Volume 468, 2021, ISSN 0032-079X
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-05140-3

Bryophyte diversity in the gypsum outcrops of Sicily (Italy)

Author(s): Puglisi, Marta; Campisi, Patrizia; Privitera, Maria; Spampinato, Giovanni
Published in: Nova Hedwigia, Issue Vol. 111 (2020), Issue 3 -4, 2020, Page(s) 337– 355, ISSN 0029-5035
Publisher: J Cramer in der Gebruedr Borntreeger Verlagsbuchhandlung
DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2020/0602

Disentangling water sources in a gypsum plant community. Gypsum crystallization water is a key source of water for shallow-rooted plants

Author(s): Dela Puente, Laura; Ferrio, Juan Pedro; Palacio, Sara
Published in: Annals of Botany, Issue mcab107, 2022, ISSN 0305-7364
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab107

GYPWORLD Africa: Setting an agenda for gypsum ecosystem research in southern Africa

Author(s): Siebert, Stefan J.; Palacio, S.; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.; Maggs-Kölling, Gillian; Marais, Eugene; Matesanz, Silvia; Prieto, Maria; Pueyo, Yolanda; Rajakaruna, Nishanta; Sánchez, Ana M.; Claassens, Sarina
Published in: South African Journal of Botany, Issue 119(9/10), 2023, Page(s) "Art. #15308", ISSN 0254-6299
Publisher: National Inquiry Services Centre Ltd.
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/15308

Plant affinity to extreme soils and foliar sulphur mediate species-specific responses to sheep grazing in gypsum systems

Author(s): Cera, Andreu; Montserrat-Martí, Gabriel; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.; Pueyo, Yolanda; Palacio, Sara
Published in: Plant Ecology and Diversity, Issue 15:5-6, 2023, Page(s) 253-263, ISSN 1755-0874
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2022.2155079

Gypsum-exclusive plants accumulate more leaf S than non-exclusive species both in and off gypsum

Author(s): Andreu Cera; Andreu Cera; Gabriel Montserrat-Martí; Juan Pedro Ferrio; Rebecca E. Drenovsky; Sara Palacio
Published in: Environmental and Experimental Botany, Issue Vol. 182, Feb 2021, 2021, ISSN 0098-8472
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104294

Gypsum endemics accumulate excess nutrients in leaves as a potential constitutive strategy to grow in grazed extreme soils

Author(s): Cera, Andreu; Montserrat-Martí, Gabriel; Drenovsky, Rebecca E.; Ourry, Alain; Brunel-Muguet, Sophie; Palacio, Sara
Published in: Physiologia Plantarum, Issue 174(4), 2022, Page(s) e13738, ISSN 0031-9317
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13738

GYPWORLD Conference and workshop presentations

Author(s): Conference and workshop key speakers and presenters
Published in: 2020
Publisher: GYPWORLD Consortium

GYPWORLD: A Global initiative to understand gypsum ecosystem ecology. Book of abstracts and modelling course guide

Author(s): Mota, Juan Francisco; Salmerón-Sánchez, Esteban; Merlo, Encarna
Published in: 2022, ISBN 978-84-1351-174-0
Publisher: EDUAL-Editorial Universidad de Almería
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10396788

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