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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
8918
World Ranking
6342
National Ranking
176

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Juan Puigdefábregas is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple domains within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work covers several main research domains including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these domains, Puigdefábregas focuses on specific subfields such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Recent publications by Juan Puigdefábregas include:

  • Land degradation means a loss of management options, 2021, Journal of Arid Environments
  • Biocrusts and catchment asymmetry in Tabernas Desert (Almeria, Spain), 2021, Geoderma
  • Animal releasing devices for deep-sea ecological studies, 2025, Restoration Ecology

Frequent coauthors contributing to Puigdefábregas's research are:

  • Gabriel del Barrio
  • María Eugenia González Sanjuán
  • Jaime Martínez-Valderrama
  • A. Ruiz-Jimeno
  • Roberto Lázaro

Publications by Juan Puigdefábregas appear primarily in these venues:

  • Journal of Arid Environments
  • Geoderma
  • Restoration Ecology

Best Publications

  • The effect of land use on runoff and soil erosion rates under Mediterranean conditions

    C. Kosmas;N. Danalatos;L.H. Cammeraat;M. Chabart

  • The role of vegetation patterns in structuring runoff and sediment fluxes in drylands

    Juan Puigdefábregas

  • Facilitation between Higher Plant Species in a Semiarid Environment

    Francisco I. Pugnaire;Peter Haase;Juan Puigdefabregas

  • Scales and processes of water and sediment redistribution in drylands: results from the Rambla Honda field site in Southeast Spain

    J Puigdefabregas;A Sole;L Gutierrez;G del Barrio

  • Facilitation and succession under the canopy of a leguminous shrub, Retama sphaerocarpa, in a semi-arid environment in south-east Spain

    F. I. Pugnaire;P. Haase;J. Puigdefabregas;M. Cueto

  • Analysis of a 30-year rainfall record (1967-1997) in semi-arid SE Spain for implications on vegetation

    R. Lázaro;F.S. Rodrigo;L. Gutiérrez;F. Domingo

  • Perspectives on desertification : western Mediterranean

    Juan Puigdefábregas;Teresa Mendizabal

  • 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

  • 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

  • Mechanisms of interaction between a leguminous shrub and its understorey in a semi-arid environment

    M. J. Moro;F. I. Pugnaire;P. Haase;J. Puigdefábregas

  • Effect of the canopy of Retama sphaerocarpa on its understorey in a semiarid environment

    M. J. Moro;F. I. Pugnaire;P. Haase;J. Puigdefábregas

  • Effects of Spatially Structured Vegetation Patterns on Hillslope Erosion in a Semiarid Mediterranean Environment: A Simulation Study

    Matthias M Boer;Juan Puigdefábregas

  • Measurement and modelling of rainfall interception by three semi-arid canopies

    F. Domingo;G. Sánchez;M.J. Moro;A.J. Brenner

  • 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

  • Evapotranspiration model for semi-arid shrub-lands tested against data from SE Spain

    F. Domingo;L. Villagarcı́a;A.J. Brenner;J. Puigdefábregas

  • Interactions of plant growth and sediment movement on slopes in a semi-arid environment

    Gerardo Sanchez;Juan Puigdefabregas

  • 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

  • An investigation of rooting depth of the semiarid shrub Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss. by labelling of ground water with a chemical tracer

    Peter Haase;Francisco I. Pugnaire;Eva María Fernández;Juan Puigdefábregas

  • Differential responses of hillslope and channel elements to rainfall events in a semi-arid area

    Juan Puigdefabregas;Gabriel del Barrio;Matthias M Boer;Leonardo Gutiérrez

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Domingo
Francisco Domingo Spanish National Research Council
Albert Solé-Benet
Albert Solé-Benet Spanish National Research Council
Yolanda Cantón
Yolanda Cantón University of Almería
Matthias M. Boer
Matthias M. Boer Western Sydney University
Francisco I. Pugnaire
Francisco I. Pugnaire Spanish National Research Council
José María García-Ruiz
José María García-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Joachim Hill
Joachim Hill University of Trier
Lucas Alados-Arboledas
Lucas Alados-Arboledas University of Granada
Inge Sandholt
Inge Sandholt University of Copenhagen

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