Dr. Orna Reisman-Berman
Born: Israel
Academic Qualifications:
    Ph.D. 2004 Ben-Gurion University
    2006 Post.Doc. Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota at St. Paul.
Academic Positions:
Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture - Researcher
Research Interests:
Research Projects:
1. The regeneration of native woodland species within man-planted conifer forests:
Dispersal versus establishment limitations (Reisman-Berman).

2. Fire severity and cattle grazing effects on Tabor Oak-Park recovery and regeneration following wildfires: silvicultural activities for regeneration encouragement (Reisman-Berman, Kaplan & Henkin).


3. The recovery and regeneration of native woodlands from wildfires (Reisman-Berman, Kaplan & Henkin).

4. Transitions between the states of closed and open woodland: The shaping forces of fire in temperate Oak Savanna (Reisman-Berman & Reich).

5. The effect of planted northern-Negev forest structure on understory development: implications for designing forests as ecosystem service providers (Boeken & Reisman-Berman).

Publications:
  • Reisman-Berman, O. Henkin, Z. . Sarcopoterium Spinosum: Revisiting Shrub Development and its Relationship to Space Occupation with Time. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 55: 53-61 (2007)
  • Reisman-Berman, O. . Age Related Canopy Traits Shift Facilitation to Interference in Semi-arid Shrubland. Ecography 30: 459-470 (2007)
  • Reisman-Berman, O.; Kadmon, R.; Shachak, M. . Spatio-Temporal Scales of Dispersal Limitation in the Recolonization of a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Old-Field. Ecography 29 (3): 418-426 (2006)
  • Reisman-Berman, O.; R. Kadmon, Z. Henkin and M. Shachak. . From seedling to landscape: an integrated study of spatio-temporal dynamics of Sarcopoterium spinosum. M. Arianoutsou (Ed.) MEDECOS X, The 10th International Conference on Mediterranean Climate Ecosyst : (2004)
  • Reisman-Berman, O.; J. Kigel and B. Rubin. . Short Soaking in Water Inhibits Germination of Datura ferox L. and D. stramonium L. Seeds. Weed Research 29: 357-363. (1990)
  • Reisman-Berman, O.; J. Kigel and B. Rubin. Canadian . Dormancy Patterns in Buried Seeds of Datura ferox and D. stramonium. Journal of Botany 69: 173-179. (1989)
Keywords:Plant Ecology, Forestry, Vegetation science, Botany, Ecosystem sustainability, Agriculture.
Phones:
  1. Phone: 6563427
Email:oreisman@bgu.ac.il
Last Time Updated: 06/07/2008