| Dryland photoautotrophic soil surface communities endangered by global change E Rodriguez-Caballero, J Belnap, B Büdel, PJ Crutzen, MO Andreae, ... Nature Geoscience 11 (3), 185-189, 2018 | 452 | 2018 |
| Effects of biological soil crusts on surface roughness and implications for runoff and erosion E Rodríguez-Caballero, Y Cantón, S Chamizo, A Afana, A Solé-Benet Geomorphology 145, 81-89, 2012 | 275 | 2012 |
| Biological soil crusts accelerate the nitrogen cycle through large NO and HONO emissions in drylands B Weber, D Wu, A Tamm, N Ruckteschler, E Rodriguez-Caballero, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (50), 15384-15389, 2015 | 211 | 2015 |
| Biocrusts positively affect the soil water balance in semiarid ecosystems S Chamizo, Y Cantón, E Rodríguez‐Caballero, F Domingo Ecohydrology 9 (7), 1208-1221, 2016 | 201 | 2016 |
| The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands DJ Eldridge, S Reed, SK Travers, MA Bowker, FT Maestre, J Ding, ... Global Change Biology 26 (10), 6003-6014, 2020 | 185 | 2020 |
| Effects of biocrust on soil erosion and organic carbon losses under natural rainfall S Chamizo, E Rodríguez-Caballero, JR Román, Y Cantón Catena 148, 117-125, 2017 | 183 | 2017 |
| What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community B Weber, J Belnap, B Büdel, AJ Antoninka, NN Barger, VB Chaudhary, ... Biological Reviews 97 (5), 1768-1785, 2022 | 179 | 2022 |
| Soil loss and runoff in semiarid ecosystems: a complex interaction between biological soil crusts, micro-topography, and hydrological drivers E Rodríguez-Caballero, Y Cantón, S Chamizo, R Lázaro, A Escudero Ecosystems 16, 529-546, 2013 | 142 | 2013 |
| Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis CA Havrilla, VB Chaudhary, S Ferrenberg, AJ Antoninka, J Belnap, ... Journal of Ecology 107 (6), 2789-2807, 2019 | 133 | 2019 |
| Ecosystem services provided by biocrusts: From ecosystem functions to social values E Rodríguez-Caballero, AJ Castro, S Chamizo, C Quintas-Soriano, ... Journal of Arid environments 159, 45-53, 2018 | 131 | 2018 |
| Restoring soil functions by means of cyanobacteria inoculation: importance of soil conditions and species selection JR Román, B Roncero‐Ramos, S Chamizo, E Rodríguez‐Caballero, ... Land Degradation & Development 29 (9), 3184-3193, 2018 | 125 | 2018 |
| Runoff at contrasting scales in a semiarid ecosystem: a complex balance between biological soil crust features and rainfall characteristics S Chamizo, Y Cantón, E Rodríguez-Caballero, F Domingo, A Escudero Journal of Hydrology 452, 130-138, 2012 | 118 | 2012 |
| Biological soil crusts in ecological restoration: emerging research and perspectives A Antoninka, A Faist, E Rodriguez‐Caballero, KE Young, VB Chaudhary, ... Restoration Ecology 28, S3-S8, 2020 | 94 | 2020 |
| Penetration resistance of biological soil crusts and its dynamics after crust removal: relationships with runoff and soil detachment S Chamizo, E Rodríguez-Caballero, Y Cantón, C Asensio, F Domingo Catena 126, 164-172, 2015 | 78 | 2015 |
| Dynamics of organic carbon losses by water erosion after biocrust removal MJ Cantón, Y., Román, J.R., Chamizo, S., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Moro Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 62 (4), 258-268, 2014 | 68 | 2014 |
| Cross-scale interactions between surface components and rainfall properties. Non-linearities in the hydrological and erosive behavior of semiarid catchments E Rodríguez-Caballero, Y Cantón, R Lazaro, A Solé-Benet Journal of Hydrology 517, 815-825, 2014 | 63 | 2014 |
| Global cycling and climate effects of aeolian dust controlled by biological soil crusts E Rodriguez-Caballero, T Stanelle, S Egerer, Y Cheng, H Su, Y Canton, ... Nature Geoscience 15 (6), 458-463, 2022 | 62 | 2022 |
| Water regulation in cyanobacterial biocrusts from drylands: negative impacts of anthropogenic disturbance Y Cantón, S Chamizo, E Rodriguez-Caballero, R Lázaro, ... Water 12 (3), 720, 2020 | 58 | 2020 |
| Land cover and its transformation in the backward trajectory footprint region of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory C Pöhlker, D Walter, H Paulsen, T Könemann, E Rodríguez-Caballero, ... Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (13), 8425-8470, 2019 | 58 | 2019 |
| Importance of biocrusts in dryland monitoring using spectral indices E Rodríguez-Caballero, T Knerr, B Weber Remote Sensing of Environment 170, 32-39, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
