Search Results - "Rotenberg, Eyal"
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Contribution of Semi-Arid Forests to the Climate System
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (22-01-2010)“…Forests both take up CO₂ and enhance absorption of solar radiation, with contrasting effects on global temperature. Based on a 9-year study in the forests' dry…”
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Large-scale semi-arid afforestation can enhance precipitation and carbon sequestration potential
Published in Scientific reports (17-01-2018)“…Afforestation is an important approach to mitigate global warming. Its complex interactions with the climate system, however, makes it controversial…”
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Resilience to seasonal heat wave episodes in a Mediterranean pine forest
Published in The New phytologist (01-04-2016)“…Short‐term, intense heat waves (hamsins) are common in the eastern Mediterranean region and provide an opportunity to study the resilience of forests to such…”
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Assessing canopy performance using carbonyl sulfide measurements
Published in Global change biology (01-08-2018)“…Carbonyl sulfide (COS) is a tracer of ecosystem photosynthesis that can advance carbon cycle research from leaf to global scales; however, a range of newly…”
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Assessing climatic benefits from forestation potential in semi-arid lands
Published in Environmental research letters (01-10-2021)“…Forestation actions are a major tool for both climate-change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. We address two weaknesses in this approach: the little…”
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Association between sap flow‐derived and eddy covariance‐derived measurements of forest canopy CO2 uptake
Published in The New phytologist (2016)“…The carbon sink intensity of the biosphere depends on the balance between gross primary productivity (GPP) of forest canopies and ecosystem respiration. GPP,…”
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Transpiration and annual water balance of Aleppo pine in a semiarid region: Implications for forest management
Published in Forest ecology and management (15-06-2013)“…•We studied Aleppo pine transpiration (T) in a dryland forest during three seasons.•Soil water content (SWC) was the primary determinant of T when…”
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Ecophysiological adjustments of a pine forest to enhance early spring activity in hot and dry climate
Published in Environmental research letters (01-11-2020)“…Climate change can impose large offsets between the seasonal cycle of photosynthesis and that in solar radiation and temperature which drive it…”
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Disentangling Soil, Shade, and Tree Canopy Contributions to Mixed Satellite Vegetation Indices in a Sparse Dry Forest
Published in Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) (01-08-2022)“…Remote sensing (RS) for vegetation monitoring can involve mixed pixels with contributions from vegetation and background surfaces, causing biases in signals…”
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Assessing the ability of MODIS EVI to estimate terrestrial ecosystem gross primary production of multiple land cover types
Published in Ecological indicators (01-01-2017)“…Terrestrial ecosystem gross primary production (GPP) is the largest component in the global carbon cycle. The enhanced vegetation index (EVI) has been proven…”
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Large variations in afforestation-related climate cooling and warming effects across short distances
Published in Communications earth & environment (01-12-2023)“…Abstract Climate-related benefits of afforestation depend on the balance of the often-contrasting effects of biogeochemical (carbon sequestration) and…”
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Ecohydrology of a semi-arid forest: partitioning among water balance components and its implications for predicted precipitation changes
Published in Ecohydrology (01-06-2010)“…The distribution of precipitation inputs into different hydrological components of water‐limited forest ecosystems determines water availability to trees and…”
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Patterns and controls of the variability of radiation use efficiency and primary productivity across terrestrial ecosystems
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-03-2010)“…Aim: The controls of gross radiation use efficiency (RUE), the ratio between gross primary productivity (GPP) and the radiation intercepted by terrestrial…”
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Physiology-phenology interactions in a productive semi-arid pine forest
Published in The New phytologist (01-05-2008)“…This study explored possible advantages conferred by the phase shift between leaf phenology and photosynthesis seasonality in a semi-arid Pinus halepensis…”
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Respiration acclimation contributes to high carbon-use efficiency in a seasonally dry pine forest
Published in Global change biology (01-07-2008)“…Predictions of warming and drying in the Mediterranean and other regions require quantifying of such effects on ecosystem carbon dynamics and respiration…”
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The effect of spatial resolution on the accuracy of leaf area index estimation for a forest planted in the desert transition zone
Published in Remote sensing of environment (30-08-2007)“…An approach is presented for determining leaf area index (LAI) of a forest located at the desert fringe by using high spatial resolution imagery and by…”
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Forest GPP Calculation Using Sap Flow and Water Use Efficiency Measurements
Published in Bio-protocol (20-04-2017)“…This is a protocol to evaluate gross primary productivity (GPP) of a forest stand based on the measurements of tree's sap flow (SF), C derived water use…”
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Water limitation to soil CO2 efflux in a pine forest at the semiarid “timberline”
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences (01-09-2009)“…Warming and drying is predicted for most of the Mediterranean and other regions, and knowledge of this effect on forest carbon dynamics cannot be easily…”
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Limited climate change mitigation potential through forestation of the vast dryland regions
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (23-09-2022)“…Forestation of the vast global drylands has been considered a promising climate change mitigation strategy. However, its actual climatic benefits are uncertain…”
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Distinct patterns of changes in surface energy budget associated with forestation in the semiarid region
Published in Global change biology (01-04-2011)“…Land use and land cover changes greatly influence surface energy balance and consequently climate, and are likely to be associated with the persistent…”
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