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Five-Year Monitoring of a Desert Burrow-Dwelling Spider Following an Environmental Disaster Indicates Long-Term Impacts

Authors: Igor Armiach Steinpress, Ibrahim N. A. Salman, Nitzan Segev, Assaf Uzan, Yebin Byun, Tanya Levy, Shlomi Aharon, Yoram Zvik, Raisa

Provisioning ecosystem services related with oak (Quercus) systems: a review of challenges and opportunities

Authors: Ilan Stavi, Niels Thevs, Martin Welp, Pandi Zdruli Published in: Agroforestry Systems More information: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-021-00718-3 Abstract: Natural, semi-natural, and extensively managed

Multidimensional food security nexus in drylands under the slow onset effects of climate change

Authors: Stavi, I., Paschalidou, A., Kyriazopoulos, A.P., Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, R., Siad, S.M., Suska-Malawska, M., Savic, D., de Pinho, J., Thalheimer, L.,

Anti-Herpes Simplex 1 Activity of Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba) Wax

Authors: Zipora Tietel,. Sarit Melamed,. Noy Eretz-Kdosha,. Ami Guetta,. Raanan Gvirtz. Navit Ogen-Shtern,. Arnon Dag,. Guy Cohen Published in: Molecules More

Positive impacts of livestock and wild ungulate routes on functioning of dryland ecosystems

Authors: Stavi, I., Yizhaq, H., Osem, Y., Argaman, E. Published in: Ecology and Evolution (2021), in press More information: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.8147

Soil salinity and sodicity in drylands: A review of causes, effects, monitoring, and restoration measures

Authors: Ilan Stavi, Niels Thevs, Simone Priori Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science (2021) 9, 712831 More information: LINK Abstract Soil

Dead shrub patches as ecosystem engineers in degraded drylands

Authors: Ilan Stavi, Eli Zaady, Alexander Gusarov, Hezi Yizhaq Published in: Journal of Geographical Sciences 2021, 31, 1187–1204 More information:

A Synthetic SOD/Catalase Mimic Compound for the Treatment of ALS

Authors: Soll M, Goldshtein H, Rotkopf R, Russek-Blum N, Gross Z. Published in: Antioxidants DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10060827 KEYWORDS: catalytic antioxidant; ALS; zebrafish; mSod1 model; corroles; therapeutics Abstract

Copper Ions Ameliorated Thermal Burn-Induced Damage in ex vivo Human Skin Organ Culture

Authors: Ogen-Shtern N., Chumin K., Silberstein E., Borkow. G Published in: Skin Pharmacology and Physiology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000517194 KEYWORDS: Burn, Stasis area, Ex

The Desert’s Role in the Formation of Early Israel and the Origin of Yhwh

Author: UZI AVNER Published in: Entangled Religions 12.2 (2021) er.ceres.rub.de Full text KEYWORDS: Se‘ir, Negev, Sinai, Paran, Shasu, Israel, Yhwh,

Patch-scale to hillslope-scale geodiversity alleviates susceptibility of dryland ecosystems to climate change: insights from the Israeli Negev

Authors: Stavi, I., Yizhaq, H., Szitenberg, A., Zaady, E. Published in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 50, 129–137. More information:

Silicon in the Soil–Plant Continuum: Intricate Feedback Mechanisms within Ecosystems

Authors: Ofir Katz 1,2,*, Daniel Puppe 3, Danuta Kaczorek 3,4, Nagabovanalli B. Prakash 5 and Jörg Schaller 3 1Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Mt. Masada, Tamar Regional

Food security among dryland pastoralists and agropastoralists: The climate, land-use change, and population dynamics nexus

Authors: Ilan Stavi, Joana Roque de Pinho, Anastasia K. Paschalidou, Susana B. Adamo, Kathleen Galvin, Alex de Sherbinin, Trevor Even,

Ancient to recent-past runoff harvesting agriculture in the hyper-arid Arava Valley: OSL dating and insights

Authors: Ilan Stavi, Gidon Ragolsky, Mordechai Haiman, Naomi Porat Published in: Holocene More information: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683621994641 Abstract Runoff harvesting agriculture was

The effects of biostimulation and bioaugmentation on crude oil biodegradation in two adjacent terrestrial oil spills of different age, in a hyper-arid region

Authors: G.Banet, A.K.Turaani, R.Farber, R.Armoza- Zvuloni, N.Rotem, I.Stavi, R.Cahan Published in: Science Direct Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112248 Abstract This study deals with

Spatial modeling of landscape values: Discovering the boundaries of conflicts and identifying mutual benefits as a basis for land management

Authors: Noa Avriel-Avnia, Yodan Rofeb, and Fabio Scheinkman-Shachara,b a Ramon, Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Neve Zohar, Israel; b