@BioFunLab

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Lab. The BioFunLab, led by @ManuDelBaq, aims to advance our understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

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irnas.csic.es/en/laboratorio-de-biodiversidad-y-funcionamiento-ecosistemico-biofunlab/
Joined May 2023
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Great news!! @biofunlab alumni @TadeoSaez just received the award for the best doctoral thesis @pablodeolavide !! @IRNAS_CSIC
Tadeo Saez@TadeoSaez17 Dec 2025
I am thrilled to receive the award for the best doctoral thesis @pablodeolavide. I could not be there in person, but there is no one better than my mother to receive it🙌🏻 And many thanks to my supervisors #AntonioGallardo and @ManuDelBaq, the best anyone could have!
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🌱 Delve deeper into the ecology of soil with "The Ecology of Soil: From communities to ecosystems", a fascinating new book release from our Executive Editor Richard Bardgett! 🪱 Read more: buff.ly/6A4abeW
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New @NatureComms @BioFunLab Global-scale prevalence of low nutrient use efficiency across major crops nature.com/articles/s41467-0… Led by Ji Liu w/ @biofunlab @GuiyaoZhou @JosepPenuelas and more! @IRNAS_CSIC
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Congrats @Prof_Braj_Singh !!
Prof Brajesh Singh@Prof_Braj_Singh9 Dec 2025
A productive meeting today with NSW Premier Hon. @ChrisMinnsMP . I thank him for awarding me a Premier science prize. Also discussed opportunities for NSW to lead Australia & globally in Bioeconomy & food industries. Thank you Premier for supporting research & innovations in NSW!
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New paper from lab in @SoilBiolBiochem on 'Plant functional groups shape microbial colonization and decomposition dynamics in grassland soils' led by @Ramesha_HJ With this, Ramesha has published all four chapters of his PhD thesis. Congratulations sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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New art in @BioFunLab Coexistence of biocrusts with vascular plants shapes semiarid dryland multifunctionality sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Led by Weiqiang Dou & Bo Xiao w/@biofunlab @GuiyaoZhou #CameliaAlgora @IRNAS_CSIC
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🚨📰🌾🌍 Important new analysis @Ecology_Letters led by Luna Medrano, with many @BioFunLab members @mrillig @ManuDelBaq +more! We highlight the value of synergistic practices for promoting both food security and ecosystem resilience in agroecosystems. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Multiple Sustainable Practices Are Crucial for Enhancing the Provisioning of Agroecosystem Services...

We compiled 1570 observations from 57 countries to assess how the number of sustainable practices affects ecosystem services in cereal systems. We found that multiple practices are essential for...

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New @Ecology_Letters @BioFunLab Multiple Sustainable Practices Are Crucial for Enhancing the Provisioning of Agroecosystem Services Worldwide onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Led by @biofunlab PhD Luna Medrano w/@mrillig @GuiyaoZhou @SOILBIO_suelos @FBiodiversidad @IRNAS_CSIC
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New @CommsBio @BioFunLab The role of extremophile microbiomes in terraforming Mars nature.com/articles/s42003-0… Led by @ClaudiaColeine! @IRNAS_CSIC @CSICAndalExtrem
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New @GlobalChangeBio in the @BioFunLab Warming Amplifies Responses of Soil Organic Carbon to Multiple Global Change Drivers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Led by Yuan Sun w/ Honghua Ruan, @c_terrer & +! @IRNAS_CSIC
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New @NatRevBiodiv in the @Biofunlab! Building on monitoring and conservation policies for global soil biodiversity nature.com/articles/s44358-0… Led by @Prof_Braj_Singh w/@TadeoSaez, @PankajTri29 and +! @csic @IRNAS_CSIC @CSICAndalExtrem
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New @NewPhyt in the @BioFunLab Tree evenness sustains multiple ecosystem services in boreal–temperate ecotone nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/… Led by CSC @BioFunLab student Tao Zhou w/ Zhenghu Zhou, Peter Reich @GuiyaoZhou and +! @IRNAS_CSIC
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New article in the @BioFunLab @IRNAS_CSIC @Geoderma_Jrnl Our study highlights mycorrhizal-associated belowground economic spectrum mediate microbial life-history strategies. sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Led by Ruiqiang Liu/with @KaiyanZhai @frewecologist
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New @OneEarth_CP in the @BioFunLab ! Long-term climate warming substantially reduces global soil microbial richness cell.com/one-earth/abstract/… Link authors.elsevier.com/c/1m0x9… @IRNAS_CSIC @CSICAndalExtrem @CSIC w/ Pengfei Dang, Ji Chen, @EisenhauerLab, @tedersoo and +!
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New in the @BioFunLab Native earthworms maintain their environmental functionality following deforestation sciencedirect.com/science/ar… authors.elsevier.com/c/1m0Wh… Led by Tangjun Xu & long-term collaborator Honghua Ruan @IRNAS_CSIC
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New @Ecology_Letters in the @BioFunLab Neighbourhood Tree Competition Promotes Microbial Diversity in Phyllosphere onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Led Anqi Lu and former @BioFunLab CSC student @LiuShengen ! w/@GuiyaoZhou and +! @IRNAS_CSIC @CSICAndalExtrem
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Thrilled & honored to be included in the @Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher List 2025! 🚀 Huge thanks to my collaborators and the present & past members of the @BioFunLab #HighlyCited2025 Proud to contribute to the international visibility of @IRNAS_CSIC & @csic
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New @NaturePlants! @BioFunLab Highly protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands nature.com/articles/s41477-0… w/@DJ_Eldridge @Guirado_e Youzhi Feng & Jianwei Zhang @IRNAS_CSIC @CSIC @CSICAndalExtrem
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El @BioFunLab @IRNAS_CSIC dentro del marco del proyecto @SOILBIO_suelos -@Upa_Federal- de la @FBiodiversidad participa en la elaboración de: LA GUÍA PRÁCTICA SOBRE LA GESTIÓN DEL SUELO Y SU SALUD de @UPA_Federal upa.es/upa/noticias-upa/soil… @IRNAS_CSIC @CSICAndalExtrem
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ManuDelgadoBaquerizo@ManuDelBaq17 Sep 2025
NEW @GlobalChangeBio @BioFunLab Aboveground Productivity Shapes the Active Soil Microbiome Across China onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Led by @biofunlab PhD student Jieying Wang; & Fazhu Zhao w/ @GuiyaoZhou Chengjie Ren & more!
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