Plant populations, plant community dynamics and ecosystem functioning

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Plant populations, plant community dynamics and
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Dr. Marcelo Sternberg ?"? ????? ???????
Britannia, Room 612, Tel [phone] Fax
03-6409159 E-mail MarceloS_at_tauex.tau.ac.il
http//www.tau.ac.il/life_sci/USR/marcelos/
Our research interests focus on plant ecology
topics in general. The key areas of our research
deals with the role of plant functional types in
community and ecosystem processes. We study the
effects of grazing on plant traits, soil seed
bank and plant community dynamics in
Mediterranean grasslands. Moreover, we are
studying the effects of global climate change on
the structure and function of Mediterranean to
desert plant populations, plant communities and
ecosystems using experimental field manipulations
in study areas along the North-South climatic
gradient in Israel. Recent publications Sternberg
, M., Gutman, M., Perevolotsky, A., Ungar, E.D.
Kigel, J. (2000) Vegetation response to grazing
management in a Mediterranean herbaceous
community a functional group approach. Journal
of Applied Ecology, 37224-237.


Sternberg, M., Gutman, M, Perevolotsky, A.
Kigel, J. (2003) Effects of grazing on soil seed
bank dynamics in a Mediterranean grassland a
functional group approach. Journal of Vegetation
Science (in press).
Dr. Marcelo Sternberg
Dr. Claus Holzapfel, Research Associate
Dr. Azaria Lupo, Research Associate
Foreign Students Martina Petru (Germany)
Cristina Cardiel (Spain)
Ofri Gabay
Yael Navon
Netta Gishri