List of Publications

Marcelo Sternberg

   Reviewed Articles (English):

1.      Gutman, M., Perevolotsky, A., Ungar, E.D., Sternberg, M. & Kigel, J. (1999) Mediterranean herbaceous vegetation response to high animal density and grazing deferment: implications for management and conservation. Cahiers Options Mediterraneenes 39: 161-164.

2.      Osem, Y., Sternberg, M., Perevolotsky, A. & Kigel, J. (1999) Species composition and abundance of annual plants in the seed bank and in the vegetation in a semiarid region in the northern Negev as affected by sheep grazing. Ecology & Environment 5:180-189

3.      Sternberg, M., Brown, V. K., Masters, G. & Clarke, I. (1999) Plant community dynamics in a calcareous grassland under climate change manipulations. Plant Ecology 143: 29-37.
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4.      Sternberg, M.; Danin, A. & Noy-Meir, I. (1999) Dynamics of Mediterranean vegetation following clearing and herbicide treatments in newly planted forests. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology 1: 65-76.

5.      Noy-Meir, I. & Sternberg, M. (1999) Grazing and fire response and plant functional types in Mediterranean grasslands. Proceedings of the VI International Rangelands Congress, Australia (eds. D. Eldridge & D. Freudenberger) Vol 2: 916-921.

6.      Gutman, M., Sternberg, M., Perevolotsky, A., Ungar, E.D. & Kigel, J. (1999). Key species as indicators of stocking rates and grazing regimes effect on Mediterranean vegetation. Proceedings of the VI International Rangelands Congress, Australia (eds. D. Eldridge & D. Freudenberger), Vol 1: 523-524.

7.      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
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8.      Sternberg, M. (2000) Terrestrial gastropods and global climate change: an experimental study in a calcareous grassland. Ecological Research, 15: 73-82
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9.      Gutman, M., Perevolotsky, A. & Sternberg, M (2000) Grazing effects on a perennial legume, Bituminaria bituminosa (L) Stirton, in a Mediterranean rangeland. Cahiers Options Mediterraneenes, 45: 299-303.

10.  Sternberg, M.; Danin, A. & Noy-Meir, I. (2001) Effects of clearing and herbicide treatments on coniferous seedling establishment and growth in newly planted Mediterranean forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 148: 179-184.
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11.  Sternberg, M. & Shoshany, M. (2001) Influence of slope aspect on Mediterranean woody formations: a comparison of a semiarid and an arid site in Israel. Ecological Research, 16: 335-345
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12.  Gutman, M., Sternberg, M & Perevolotsky, A. (2001) Effects of cattle grazing on a perennial legume, bitumen trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) Stirton), in a Mediterranean grassland. Proceedings of the XIX International Grasslands Congress, Brazil.

13.  Sternberg, M. & Shoshany, M.(2001) Aboveground biomass allocation and water content relationships in Mediterranean trees and shrubs at two climatological regions in Israel. Plant Ecology 157: 171-179.
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14.  Gutman, M., Noy-Meir, I., Pluda, D., Seligman, N. G., Rothman, S. & Sternberg, M. (2001) Biomass partitioning following defoliation of annual and perennial Mediterranean grasses Conservation Ecology
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   Articles submitted for publication

15.  Henkin, Z., Sternberg, M., Seligman, N.G. & Noy-Meir, I. Phosphorus and herbicide effects on species richness of plant functional types in a Mediterranean dwarf-shrub community (submitted to: Journal of Vegetation Science).

16.  Sternberg, M., Gutman, M, Perevolotsky, A. & Kigel, J. Effects of cattle grazing on soil seed bank dynamics in a Mediterranean herbaceous community: a functional group approach. (submitted to: Journal of Vegetation Science).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

17.  Sternberg, M. (1988) Environmental studies for the typification of a natural urban area. Study case: San Martin Park. Cordoba. M.Sc. Thesis. National University of Cordoba. Argentina (Spanish).

18.  Sternberg, M. (1995) Early successional pathways after disturbance with herbicide in herbaceous communities in young planted forests in the Judean Mountains, Israel. Ph.D. Thesis. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Israel

19.  Parry, J.; Brown, V.K. & Sternberg, M. (1996) The impact of mollusc and insect herbivory on seedling recruitment under different climate change scenarios. Nuffield Undergraduate Research Bursary AT/100/96/0187 report.

20.  Osem, Y., Sternberg, M., Perevolotsky, A. & Kigel, J. (1998) Effects of grazing to seed bank abundance and composition of annual vegetation in the Negev. Yedihot Labokrim, 98: 39-40. (Hebrew)