LTER

Amir Arnon & Liat Hadar
Road collisions involving animals and vehicles (wildlife-vehicle-collisions; WVC) affect wildlife individuals, populations, and ecosystems. At the same time, they cause economic damage and sometimes even human fatalities.

Ra’aya Rodich
Throughout the world and in Israel, the question has arisen as to whether climate change and global warming are affecting the timing of growth, flowering, and fruit ripening in plants. These changes can impact the entire ecosystem, for example – the impact on sources of food for insects and birds.

In recent years, massive dehydration of oak trees was observed in Ramat Hanadiv. Oaks (Quercus calliprinos) grow only at a few suitable sites in the park

Amir Arnon, Bill Woodley, Hila Shamoon and Liat Hadar
The mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) and the chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) are used as bio-indicators sensitive to changes in the composition of their shrubby (garrigue) environment and the landscape

Yagil Osem, Volcani Center and the Weizmann Institute
The study deals with how the rainfall regime dictates the structure, function, and stability of natural and man-made ecosystems in Israel and the applied implications for management in changing climatic conditions.