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Albert Solé-Benet is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on agricultural and biological sciences, environmental science, and earth and planetary sciences. Within these areas, their work addresses important subfields such as soil science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, environmental chemistry, and geology.

The scientist's main research topics include soil erosion and sediment transport, biocrusts and microbial ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, lichen and fungal ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, geotourism and geoheritage conservation, and aeolian processes and effects.

Albert Solé-Benet has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers in various recognized scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Water Regulation in Cyanobacterial Biocrusts from Drylands: Negative Impacts of Anthropogenic Disturbance," 2020, Water
  • "Long-term effects of two organic amendments on bacterial communities of calcareous mediterranean soils degraded by mining," 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Importance of microbial communities at the root-soil interface for extracellular polymeric substances and soil aggregation in semiarid grasslands," 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Prokaryotic Community Composition and Extracellular Polymeric Substances Affect Soil Microaggregation in Carbonate Containing Semiarid Grasslands," 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin," 2020, Atmosphere

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Water
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Atmosphere

Collaborative research has involved several frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Roberto Lázaro
  • Yolanda Cantón
  • Lourdes Luna
  • Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero
  • Isabel Miralles

Best Publications

  • A review of runoff generation and soil erosion across scales in semiarid south-eastern Spain

    Y. Cantón;A. Solé-Benet;J. de Vente;C. Boix-Fayos

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of soil moisture in semiarid badlands of SE Spain

    Y. Cantón;A. Solé-Benet;F. Domingo

  • European small portable rainfall simulators: A comparison of rainfall characteristics

    T. Iserloh;J.B. Ries;J. Arnáez;C. Boix-Fayos

  • Crust Composition and Disturbance Drive Infiltration Through Biological Soil Crusts in Semiarid Ecosystems

    Sonia Chamizo;Yolanda Cantón;Roberto Lázaro;Albert Solé-Benet

  • Effects of biological soil crusts on surface roughness and implications for runoff and erosion

    Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero;Yolanda Cantón;Sonia Chamizo;Ashraf Afana

  • Hydrological and erosion response of a badlands system in semiarid SE Spain

    Y Cantón;F Domingo;A Solé-Benet;J Puigdefábregas

  • Aggregate stability in range sandy loam soils Relationships with runoff and erosion

    Yolanda Cantón;Albert Solé-Benet;C. Asensio;Sonia Chamizo

  • Topographic controls on the spatial distribution of ground cover in the Tabernas badlands of SE Spain

    Y Cantón;G Del Barrio;A Solé-Benet;R Lázaro

  • The influence of competition between lichen colonization and erosion on the evolution of soil surfaces in the Tabernas badlands (SE Spain) and its landscape effects

    R. Lázaro;Y. Cantón;A. Solé-Benet;J. Bevan

  • Controls of infiltration–runoff processes in Mediterranean karst rangelands in SE Spain

    Xiao Yan Li;Xiao Yan Li;Sergio Contreras;Albert Solé-Benet;Yolanda Cantón

  • Effects of soil and vegetation on runoff along a catena in semi-arid Spain

    J.M. Nicolau;A. Solé-Benet;J. Puigdefábregas;L. Gutiérrez

  • Soil–geomorphology relations in gypsiferous materials of the Tabernas Desert (Almerı́a, SE Spain)

    Y. Cantón;A. Solé-Benet;R. Lázaro

  • Evaluation and selection of indicators for land degradation and desertification monitoring: methodological approach.

    C. Kosmas;Or. Kairis;Ch. Karavitis;C. Ritsema

  • Weathering of a gypsum-calcareous mudstone under semi-arid environment at Tabernas, SE Spain: laboratory and field-based experimental approaches

    Yolanda Cantón;Albert Solé-Benet;Ignasi Queralt;Roberto Pini

  • Restoration techniques affect soil organic carbon, glomalin and aggregate stability in degraded soils of a semiarid Mediterranean region

    Lourdes Luna;Isabel Miralles;Isabel Miralles;Maria Costanza Andrenelli;Maria Gispert

  • Two‐Dimensional Porosity of Crusted Silty Soils: Indicators of Soil Quality in Semiarid Rangelands?

    I. Miralles-Mellado;Y. Cantón;A. Solé-Benet

  • Evaluation and Selection of Indicators for Land Degradation and Desertification Monitoring: Types of Degradation, Causes, and Implications for Management

    Or. Kairis;C. Kosmas;Ch. Karavitis;C. Ritsema

  • ORGANIC AMENDMENTS AND MULCHES MODIFY SOIL POROSITY AND INFILTRATION IN SEMIARID MINE SOILS

    Lourdes Luna;Nadia Vignozzi;Isabel Miralles;Isabel Miralles;Albert Solé-Benet

  • Influence of soil-surface types on the overall runoff of the Tabernas badlands (south-east Spain): field data and model approaches

    Y. Cantón;F. Domingo;A. Solé-Benet;J. Puigdefábregas

  • Natural and anthropogenic controls on soil erosion in the Internal Betic Cordillera (southeast Spain)

    N. Bellin;V. Vanacker;B. van Wesemael;A. Solé-Benet

  • The combination of quarry restoration strategies in semiarid climate induces different responses in biochemical and microbiological soil properties

    Lourdes Luna;Roberta Pastorelli;Felipe Bastida;Teresa Hernández

Frequent Co-Authors

Yolanda Cantón
Yolanda Cantón University of Almería
Juan Puigdefábregas
Juan Puigdefábregas Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Domingo
Francisco Domingo Spanish National Research Council
Carolina Boix-Fayos
Carolina Boix-Fayos Spanish National Research Council
Estela Nadal-Romero
Estela Nadal-Romero Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Coen J. Ritsema
Coen J. Ritsema Wageningen University & Research
María Martínez-Mena
María Martínez-Mena Spanish National Research Council
Luca Salvati
Luca Salvati Sapienza University of Rome
Candan Gokceoglu
Candan Gokceoglu Cappadocia University

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