Management practices to prevent forest fires in Israel include grazing by livestock, and clearing of forest undergrowth. We tested how these practices affect the diversity of flowering plants and their pollinators, and the structure of pollination networks, on Mt. Carmel. We also looked for indicator species, which would allow reliable and simple evaluation of the effects of forestry activities on plant-pollinator communities.
This project was conducted in collaboration with Prof. Gidi Ne'eman. It was funded by the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection.
This project was conducted in collaboration with Prof. Gidi Ne'eman. It was funded by the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection.
In a second project, we are looking at the potential of planted Ziziphus forests in arid areas to support honeybees. The study is conducted in collaboration with Drs. Noemi Tel-Zur, Orna Reisman-Berman and Nizar Haddad. It is supported by USAID-MERC.