Marcelo Sternberg
Dr. Marcelo Sternberg
Senior Lecturer
Plant Ecology
Department of Plant Sciences
Tel Aviv University
Clausner
Tel Aviv, 69978
Israel
Phone: +972 3 640 5877
Fax: +972 3 640 9159
E-mail:
marcelos(at)tauex.tau.ac.il
Additional functions:
Israeli coordinator for the Natural Ecosystems group within the GLOWA Jordan River Project.
Israeli partner of the EU funded VISTA project - PF5
Key Publications of Marcelo Sternberg (up to ten) :
1) Fleischer, A. & Sternberg, M. (2006) The Economic Impact of Global Climate Change on Mediterranean Rangeland Ecosystems: A Space-for-Time Approach. Ecological Economics 59: 287-295.
2) Henkin, Z., Sternberg, M, Seligman, N.G. & Noy-Meir, I. (2006) Species richness in relation to phosphorus enrichment and competition in a Mediterranean dwarf-shrub community. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 113: 277-283
3)Holzapfel, C. Tielboerger, K. Parag, H. Kigel, J. & Sternberg, M. (2006) Annual plant-shrub interactions along an aridity gradient in Israel. Basic and Applied Ecology 7: 268-3) Petru, M., Tielboerger, K., Belkin, R. & Sternberg, M. (2006) Life history variation in an annual plant under two opposing selective forces along a steep climatic gradient. Ecography 29: 66-74
4)Sternberg, M., Gutman, M., Perevolotsky, A., & Kigel, J. (2003) Effects of grazing on soil seed bank dynamics: An approach with functional groups. Journal of Vegetation Science
5)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, 37:224-237 14: 375-386.
5)Yu, S., Sternberg, M., Kutiel, P. & Chen, H. (2007) Seed mass, shape, and persistence in the soil seed bank of Israeli coastal sand dune flora. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 325-340.
Expertise of Marcelo Sternberg:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Atmosphere | Global Warming |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Precipitation / Runoff |
| Topic Pedosphere | Soil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification |
| Topic Biosphere | Plants |
| Biodiversity |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Integrated Systems and Ecology |
| Carbon Cycle |
| Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain |
| Topic Ecosystems | Ecosystems |
| Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape |
| Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
| Time Frame | Recent / Today |
| Future |
| Statistical Focus | Variability |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Methods | Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Analysis |
Specialties of Marcelo Sternberg:
I am a plant ecologist with expertise on factors regulating the composition and structure of plant communities in Mediterranean and desert ecosystems. Moroever, I am working on factors regulating root and plant litter decomposition processes in the framework of climate change. I am also studying, primary productivity, biodiversity and soil seed bank germination strategies along an aridity gradient. Other areas of interest relates on the effects of grazing on the structure of natural plant communities in Mediterranean and semiarid ecosystems. I am highly interested in searching for common patterns in plant communities when comparing altitudinal vs. longitudinal gradients.
Last update: 11/28/07
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