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Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications
YOSEF STEINBERGER
A. Curriculum Vitae
1.
Personal Data
Place of Birth
Family Status
Nationality
Work Address
Permanent Address
Work :
Fax:
E-mail:
Home :
2.
Seini, Rumania
Married to Lea Rotman (August 1971); 3 children: Hila
(July 25, 1972); Merav (August 10, 1975); Zvi (June 25, 1978)
Israeli
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences
Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat-Gan 52900
Israel
Hanegev 6, POB 3,
Kochav Yair 44864, Israel
972-3-5318571
972-3-7384058
Yosef. [email protected]
972-9-7493108
Education, Certificates and Degrees
From-To
Institute
Area of Specialty
Degree
1970
Sede-Boker Teacher's College, Israel
Biology
1974
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Biology - Ecology
B.Sc.
1976
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Terrestrial Ecology
M.Sc.
1980
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Desert Ecology
Ph.D.
Doctoral Thesis:
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Some aspects of the ecology of the desert snail, Sphincterochila
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Positions Held
From-To
Institute
1995-present
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty
of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat-Gan, Israel
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Full Professor
1990-1995
Department of Life Sciences,
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Associate Professor
1986-1990
Department of Life Sciences,
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Senior Lecturer and
Researcher
Jan. 1983
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert
Research, Sede-Boqer Campus,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Research Associate
1982-1986
Department of Life Sciences,
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Lecturer and Researcher
Jan. 1981Sept. 1982
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Research Assistant
1980-1981
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Post-Doctoral Fellow
1969-1979
Sede-Boker Field School
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Coordinator of
Ecology Courses
1968-1970
Avdat Agricultural Research Farm
(with Professor M. Evenari)
Terrestrial & Desert
Ecology
Research Assistant
4.
Research Area
Title
Academic Administrative Positions Held
From-To
Position
2009-
Chairman of the Status Committee – Bar-Ilan University
2009-2010
Member of the Permanent Committee – Bar-Ilan University
2007-2010
Member of the Executive Council – Bar-Ilan University
2007-2008
Member of the Promotion Committee (Locum)
2005- 2007
Member of the Permanent Committee – Bar-Ilan University
2000-2002
Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
1997-2000
Chairman of the Faculty Union, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
1998-2000
Department Head, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
5.
Public Scientific Activities Outside the University
From-To
Type of Activity or Appointment
2012-2017
Member of the International Expert Advisory Board of National Energy R&D Center for
Non-food Biomass, CAU China
2012-present
Rapporteur - COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action ES1103:
"Microbial ecology & the earth system: collaborating for insight and success with the new
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Type of Activity or Appointment
generation of sequencing tools".
2011-present
Rapporteur - COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action ES1104:
"Arid Lands Restoration and Combat of Desertification: Setting Up a Drylands and Desert
Restoration Hub".
2010-present
Member of the Editorial Board - Pedosphere
2009-present
Member of the Executive Council - 'Shaarei Mishpat" College
2010- 2012
Board Member, Israel Ecological Society
Dec 2010 –
Jan 2011
Visiting Prof. in the Laboratory of Energy Crops Biomass Engineering Center, China
Agricultural University, P.R. China
Oct-Nov
2010
Visiting Prof. in the Dept. of Life Sci. at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2009
Visiting Prof. in the Laboratory of Energy Crops Biomass Engineering Center, China
Agricultural University, P.R. China
2007-present
Editorial Board Member, Arid Land Research and Management – Journal of Native and
Agricultural Soil Environments
2007-present
Associate Editor-in-Chief – Global Journal of Environmental Research
2007-2009
Chairman, Committee for Evaluation of Regional Scientific Proposals, Ministry of Science,
Culture & Sport, Israel
2006-present
COST Domain Committee – DC-ESSEM Earth System Science and Environmental
Management (European Science Foundation)
2005-present
Member of the Steering Committee for R&D Regional Development of Ministry of Science
Culture & Sport
2005-2008
Member of the Inter-University Institute of Eilat Committee – nominated by PBC (Planning
& Budgeting Committee) for examination academic activity of the Institute
2004-2007
Member of the Intersenate Committee (ISC) Israeli Universities
2004-2005
Member of the Israel-Germany BMBF/MOST Scientific Committee Marine and Geosciences
2004-2006
Member of the European Science Foundation COST Technical Committee on Environment
2003-2009
Member of the Soil Ecological Society (USA) SES Board of Directors as a member at-large
2003-2009
Israeli Representative “Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems“ in the frame
of 6th and 7th EU
2003-2005
Member of Academic Committee, Shenyang Experimental Station of Ecology, the Chinese
Academy of Sciences
2002-2005
Member of the Steering Committee for R&D Regional Development of Ministry of Science
Culture & Sport
2001-2006
Honorary Chairman of Shengruilin Life Sciences Research Center, ShangZhou, China
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Type of Activity or Appointment
2001-2005
Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America
2000-2002
Board Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Arid Land Research and Management
1999-2004
Honorary Prof., Faculty of Land and Environment Shenyang Agricultural University, China
2000-2002
Member, Integrative and Comparative Biology Society
2000
Member Antar XI 2000 - Peruvian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica
1999-2002
Member, Steering Committee for Research and Infrastructure Development – Environmental
and Water Quality
1999-2002
Chairman of the R & D Hameshulash (Israeli Arab Research Center)
1998-2004
Member International Program “Large Scale Facility”
1990-2000
Board Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation
1998-2000
Member R & D Samaria and Jordan Valley Areas
1995-1997
Head, Academic College, Western Galilee College
1993-1995
Chairman of the Israeli Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences
1992-1996
Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of VIth International Conference on “Preservation
of Our World in the Wake of Change” in 1996
1987-1989
Board Member of the Organizing Committee of the IVth International Conference on
Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability
1987-1989
Board Member, Subcommittee for the Lake Kinneret Research
1983-1988
Board Member, Israel Ecological Society
6.
Reviewer for: Pedobiologia; Microbial Ecology; Geoderma; Journal of Arid Environment; Journal of
Nematology; Soil Biology and Biochemistry; Land Degradation and Development; Pedosphere;
European Journal of Soil Biology; Applied Soil Ecology; Ecological Research, FEMS letters
7.
Funding Sources
From-To
Funding Agency
Title
2008-2010
KKL
Fire effect on soil biota community
2007-2010
Israeli Science Foundation (ISF)
Fungal Functional Biodiversity and
Taxonomical Dynamics Along a
Rainfall Gradient
2008-2010
IALC- International Arid Land
Consortium
Fire in Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands:
Effects on Soil Biota & Nutrient
Cycling
2007-2010
ISF
Fungal functional biodiversity and
taxonomical dynamics along a rainfall
gradient
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Amount
174,000 NIS/yr
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Funding Agency
2005-2007
Nisim and Janine Fontermoli -KKL
Improving the productivity of arid and
semi-arid lands
2004-2006
IALC - International Arid Land
Consortium
Faunal pedturbation effect on soil
biodiversity- desert ecosystem
From-To
Funding Agency
2002-2004
IALC - International Arid Land
Consortium
The roles of animal persistence of
desertified ecosystem
$67,500
2000-2002
IALC - International Arid Land
Consortium
The contribution of soil disturbance by
animals to soil genesis and patch
dynamics in desert landscape
comparisons of Chihuahuan Desert and
Judean Desert
$98,000
1999-2002
The Israel Science Foundation
Microfaunal-microfloral interaction
within the rhizosphere: Effect on
primary production and nutrient cycling
113,472 NIS/yr
1998-2000
IALC- International Arid Land
Consortium
1994
DISUM - German-Israel
Foundation
1993
AID - CDR with Kazachstan
1990
DISUM - German-Israel
Foundation
1984
Israel Academy of Sciences and
Humanities
1982
Binational Science Foundation
1977
Nature Reserve Authority, Israel
8.
Title
Amount
Title
50,000 NIS
$80,000
Amount
Supervising Graduate and Post-Graduate Students
Name of Student
Degree,
Years Supervised
Research Subject
M. Halimi
M.Sc.
Dynamics of microarthropods population in the desert
soil of the Negev
G. Muhamed
M.Sc.
The role of invertebrates in the decomposition of
organic matter in soil in a Agro-Ecosystem
H. Leshner
M.Sc.
Species diversity and energy allocation in desert
annual plants. (In collaboration with Dr. A. Shmida,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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Name of Student
Degree,
Years Supervised
Research Subject
R. Degani
(Ben-Benisti)
M.Sc.
Microbial population dynamics and root
decomposition in a soil profile in the Negev Desert
system
Z. Hamadi
M.Sc.
The influence of Avena sterilis decomposition in a
topoclimatic gradient in the Judean Desert area
A. Schvartzboim
M.Sc. 1994
The effect of nitrogen amendments on microbial
biomass and nematode populations in the Negev
Desert soil
Iris Lavian
M.Sc., 1996
The role of stone cover on nutrient cycling on desert
slopes
S. Vishnevetsky
Ph.D., 1997
Metabolic relations and dynamics of microbial
populations in the northern Negev Desert soil
R. Kinsbursky
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
Ecology of the desert system - Soil microbial
population dynamics
A. Fliebach
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
Ecology of the desert system - Carbon and nitrogen
cycle
S. Sarig
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.-
Ecology of the desert system - Carbon and nitrogen
cycle
I. Warburg
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
1996
Ecology of the desert system - spatial distribution of
ant nests and its contribution to organic matter
accumulation and distribution
Wenju Liang
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
1998
Ecology of the desert and agro-ecosystem – nematode
community
A. Schvartzboim
Ph.D. student 1995
Nitrogen amendments on microbial biomass and
nematode populations in the Negev Desert soil
I. Lavian
Ph.D. student 1996
Soil functional biodiversity in the agro-ecosystem
P. Avigad
M.Sc., 1998
Soil protozoa dynamics in a desert system
A. Tauboum
M.Sc., 1999
The effect of “L973” on the root-knob nematode
Meloidogyne javanica
R. Pabel
M.Sc., 1999
Cellulase dynamics in desert soil
Guanghui Xie
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
1999
Ecology of the desert ecosystem – nitrogen fixation
and cycling
Xueli He
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
Ecology of the desert ecosystem – VAM
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Yosef Steinberger, The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences
Name of Student
Degree,
Years Supervised
2000
Research Subject
Yu Zhenliang
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
2000
Decomposition processes in desert system
Salvador RodriguezSaragosa
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
2001-2002
Diversity of soil protozoa in desert system
Y. Pinchasy-Adiv
Ph.D., 2001
The contribution of organic matter and its quality, in
regulating microbial functional diversity in Desert soil
Ecosystem
Bachtiar Rachimbaev
Advanced study -part of
a Postdoc. 2001-2002
Patchines – soil biota distribution in desert system
Einav Mayzlish
M.Sc. 2002
Effects of inhibitors on the dynamics of the protozoa
population in a desert soil
I. Shmueli
M Sc. 2002
The effect of inhibitors on the dynamics of bacterial
and fungal populations in the desert soil
Y. Borovitzky
M.Sc. 2002
Effect of the hormonal profile on the aggression of
Vanellus spinosus
R. Buchnik
M.Sc. 2003
The influence of small mammal distribution on the
diet of nocturnal owl (Strigiformes): the barn owl
(Tyto alba) and little owl (Athene noctua) along a
geographical transect of Israel
Y. Makoza
M.Sc. 2003
The influence of enrichment stimulation devices on the
hierarchical system in troops of babons, lemurs and
chimpanzees in the Safari
Tamar KaffeAvramovich
Ph.D. student 2003
The effect of inhibitors on organic matter
decomposition
Nosir Shukurov
Advanced study - as
part of a Post Doc.
2003-2004
Environmental Geochemistry
D. Shargil
M Sc. 2004
Correlation between social status and sex hormone
levels in the Nubian ibex (Capra ibex nubiana)
R. Farver
M Sc. 2005
Sex identification on the Melopsittacus undulates
before sexual maturity – the female's coupling
selection process criteria
Li Qi
Advanced study - as
part of a Ph.D. 20032004
Soil Ecology
I. Shamir
M.Sc. 2005
Soil biota composition and dynamics in a sandy soil
ecosystem
R. Lavi
M.Sc. 2005
Testosterone and corticosterone hormone levels as
indicators of social hierarchy in male Elands
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Yosef Steinberger, The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences
Name of Student
Degree,
Years Supervised
Research Subject
Taurotragus oryx
N. Berg
M Sc. 2005
Testosterone and corticosterone hormone levels as
indicators of social hierarchy in male Oryx dammah
G.-A. Roth
M.Sc. 2005
The role of animals in desertification: Herbivory patterns,
processes and consequences in degraded ecosystems
N. Ganzer
M.Sc. 2006
Changes in composition and dynamics of soil biota as
response to soil formation
S. Okabi
M.Sc. 2006
The effect of soil above-ground animal activity on soil
microarthropods
E. Mayzlish
Ph.D. 2006
Dynamics of protozoa population in desert soil
G. Alon
M.Sc. 2006
Correlation between levels of sex hormones (testosterone,
estrogen, progesterone) and activity stages in two species of
desert snails in the northern Negev Desert
M. Natan
Ph.D. 2007
Behavioral conflict at breeding colony
H. Strul
M.Sc. 2007
The effect of soil above-ground on soil microbial
community
O. Ginsburg
M.Sc. 2007
The effect of ant nests and its activity on soil microbial
community in a desert system
M. Berkovich
M.Sc. 2007
The effect of plant cover on soil biota activity
N. Glatzer
M.Sc. 2008
Soil microbial community and its functional diversity
in desert soil crust
T. Levy
M.Sc. 2008
Climate gradient effect on soil free-living nematode
composition and diversity
Hu Cheng
Advanced study - as
part of a Ph.D
2003 – 2008/9
Soil free living nematode community dynamics and
diversity
V. Elias
M.Sc. 2007
The contribution of flintstone cover to soil biota
functional diversity in a desert ecosystem.
V. Saul
Ph.D., 2009
Microbial community in a desert soil system
A. Oren
Ph.D. 2009
Diversity and taxonomy of soil fungi along a rainfall
gradient
N. Berg
Ph.D., 2009
Contribution of plant cover to soil biota community
and nutrient cycle
I. Shamir
Ph.D. 2010
Soil biota composition and dynamics on a rainfall
gradient
G. Alon
Ph.D. 2012
Correlation between levels of sex hormones
(testosterone, estrogen, progesterone) soil biota
O. Ginsburg
Ph.D. 2012
The effect of fire event on soil biota community and
nutrient cycle in a forest ecosystem
C. Sherman
Ph.D. 2012
Water amendments and soil biota diversity relation
V. Kleiman
M.Sc. 2008
Fungal population diversity along a climatic gradient
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Yosef Steinberger, The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences
Name of Student
Degree,
Years Supervised
Research Subject
Angadayhu Fantay
M.Sc. 2008
Plant litter contribution to bellow canopy microbial
functional diversity
H. Givon
M.Sc. 2009
Plant rhizosphere contribution to soil microbial
community composition and diversity in a
agroecosystem
A. Berger
M.Sc. 2009
Annual plant – soil microbial relation in a desert
system
S. Ukabi
PhD 2012
Ecophysiology of Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) species from
Israeli Mediderranean Shore
Dr. Jun Yu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Soil ecology; microbial community, diversity – plant relation
Haggai Wasserstrom
M.Sc. 2010
M. Cohen
M.Sc 2010
Regulation and activity of strigolactone molecules as
rhysosphere and plant signals
Students currently under supervision
Haggai Wasserstrom
Ph.D. 2012
Nathalia Fithousi
M.Sc 2012
Racheli Erlich
M.Sc 2012
Varsik Martirosyan
Reseacher traine 2012
Soil Ecology (Armenia)
9. Invited Seminars and Lectures
Location of Seminar/Lecture
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Shenyang, China
Workshop – Sino-Danish Workshop On Biomass & Bioenergy – Aarhus Univ. Denmark, Beijing Academy
of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Research &Development Center for Grass and Environment,
Beijing, China
Center for Agriculture Resources Research Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China
Workshop – invited lecture on "Soil Sustainability" – on Progress and Prospects in Biomass Feedstock on
Soil Sustainability, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Turpan Research Institute of XinJiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Turpan, Xinjiang, China
College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Workshop EU-China project workshop: feasibility of using cassava stems for bioenergy combine-Beijing,
China
Workshop on INTAS Programmes supporting Young Scientists in the EECA countries and future
perspectives, Tomsk, Russia
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Location of Seminar/Lecture
College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094 China
Institute of Biodiversity Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR. China
GSF Natural Research Center, Munich, Germany
Universidad Nacional Autonoma deMexico Facultad de Estudios Superiores IZTACAL, Mexico
Faculty of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, China
Shengruilin Life Sciences Research Center, Shang Zhou, Shaanxi Province, China
AERC Workshop Kiel, Germany
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Arizona State University, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Bodenbiologie Institute, Braunschweig, Germany
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Clemson University, S.C. College of Agricultural Sciences, USA
Utah State University, Department of Range Sci. Logan, USA
Ifrane University, Ifrane, Morocco
10. Miscellaneous
Date
Honors and Achievements
1989
Quinney Visiting Scholar Award from the College of Natural Resources, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah
1993
DAAD Scholarship Award – Germany
1993-1994
NRC Research Associateship Award
2011
Soil Ecology Society Professional Achievement Award
Membership in Societies
British Ecological Society
Israel Ecological Society
Ecological Society of America
Acarological Society of America
Society of Sigma XI
Society of Nematologists
European Society of Nematologists
Soil Ecology Society
American Society for Microbiology
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Current Research Interests
Ecological Systems
Mass and Energy Flow through Trophic Levels
Physiological Ecology
Mineral Cycling and Decomposition Processes
Soil Ecology
Teaching Interests
Ecology
Physiological Ecology
Soil Ecology
Desert Ecology
Courses taken
1980
Acarology Summer Institute, Ohio State University
1989
Nematode-Identification Course, Clemston University, South Carolina
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B. List of Publications
Books
Co-editor: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (1986), Vol. 3/A/3B Bar-Ilan University Press,
Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Co-editor: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (1989) Jerusalem ISEEQS, Israel, Vol. IV A:
Environmental Quality.
Co-editor: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (1989) Jerusalem ISEEQS, Israel, Vol. IV B:
Ecosystem Stability.
Co-editor: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (1992) Jerusalem ISEEQS, Israel, Vol. V B:
Ecosystem Stability.
Co-editor: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (1993) IAWQ Pergamon Press, Oxford, New
York, Seoul, Tokyo.
Editor: Preservation of Our World in the Wake of Change (1996) Jerusalem ISEEQS, Israel,
Vol. VI A. Air and Law, Policy & Management.
Editor: Preservation of Our World in the Wake of Change (1996) Jerusalem ISEEQS, Israel,
Vol. VI B. Ecology & Environment
Papers Presented at Meetings
1.
Schachak, M., Mayne, S., and Steinberger, Y. The effect of temperature on the activity of the desert
woodlouse Hemilepistus reaumuri, and its ecological significance. Presented at the 5th Annual
Symposium on Desert Physiology, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 1973.
2.
Shachak, M. and Steinberger, Y. Feeding, energy and water flow in a population of the desert snail,
Sphincterochila zonata. Presented at the 2nd Internat. Cong. Ecology, Jerusalem, Sept. 1978.
3.
Steinberger, Y., Grossman, S. and Dubinsky, Z. Energy balances in the desert woodlouse
Hemilepistus reaumuri. Presented at the 2nd Internat. Cong. Ecology, Jerusalem, Sept. 1978.
4.
Sharon, D., Shachak, M. and Steinberger, Y. The unpredictable desert rainfall as a factor in
ecosystem modeling. Presented at the 2nd Internat. Cong. Ecology, Jerusalem, Sept. 1978.
5.
Steinberger, Y. Some aspects of the ecology of the desert snail Sphincterochila zonata. Presented at
SWAN (Southwestern Association of Naturalists) 27th Ann. Meet., New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces, April, 1980.
6.
Steinberger, Y. and Whitford W.G. Contribution of mammals to litter desert processes in desert
ecosystems. Presented at Mammal Soc. Meet., Univ. of Rhode Island, June 1980.
7.
Whitford, W.G., Schaefer D., Parker, L.W. and Steinberger, Y. Contribution of desert subterranean
termites to nitrogen budgets in a desert. Presented at the Symposium: Nitrogen as an Ecological
Factor, Univ. of Oxford, England, March 1981.
8.
Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. Desert soil ecosystems. Presented at the 57th Ann. Meet.
Southwestern & Rocky Mountain Division, A.A.A.S, Colorado-Wyoming, April, 1981.
9.
Whitford, W.G., Parker, L.W., Steinberger, Y. and Freckman, D.W. Effects of simulated rainfall and
litter quantities on desert soil biota. (1) Nematodes. Presented at the 32 nd AIBS Meet., Ecological Soc.
Amer., Bloomington, Indiana, Aug., 1981.
10.
Steinberger, Y., Parker, L.W. and Whitford, W.G. Effects of simulated rainfall and litter quantities
on desert soil biota. (2) Microarthropods. Presented at the 32nd AIBS Meet., Ecological Soc. Amer.,
Bloomington, Indiana, Aug., 1981.
11.
Parker, L.W., Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. Effects of simulated rainfall and litter quantities
on desert soil biota. (3) Soil respiration bacteria and protozoa. Presented at the 32 nd AIBS Meet.,
Ecological Soc. Amer., Bloomington, Indiana, Aug., 1981.
12.
Parker, L.W., Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. Soil respiration in a Chihuahuan Desert rangeland.
Presented at the 58th Ann. Meet. Southwestern & Rocky Mountain Division, A.A.A.S, El Paso, Texas,
April, 1982.
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Brown, Michael F. and Steinberger, Y. Desert isopod survival. Presented at the 58th Ann. Meet.
Southwestern & Rocky Mountain Division, A.A.A.S, El Paso, Texas, April 1982.
14.
Whitford, W.G., Parker, L.W., Steinberger, Y., Weems, D., Wallwork, J.A. and Freckman, D.
Effects of rainfall pattern of decomposition processes in a desert ecosystem. Presented at the 8th
Internat. Colloq. Soil Zoology, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique, August 1982.
15.
Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. Influence of topography and season on the density and diversity
of microarthropods on a Chihuahuan Desert watershed. Presented at the VI Internat. Cong. Acarology,
Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland, September 1982.
16.
Whitford, W.G., Parker, L.W., Steinberger, Y., Weems, D., Wallwork, J.A. and Freckman, D.
Effects of rainfall pattern of decomposition processes in a desert ecosystem. Presented at the 33rd
AIBS Meet., Ecological Soc. Amer., Pennsylvania, August 1982.
17.
Glazer, A., Steinberger, Y. and Dubinsky, Z. Soil fungi as a component in the diet of the desert
isopod Hemilepistus reaumuri - a preliminary study. Presented at the 2nd Internat. Conf. Ecol.
Environ. Quality, Jerusalem, Israel, May 1983.
18.
Steinberger, Y. and Levy, Y. Carbon transfer of a desert algae - herbivore system using C14 as a
tracer. Presented at the 2nd Internat. Conf. Ecol. Environ. Quality, Jerusalem, Israel, May 1983.
19.
Levy, Y. and Steinberger, Y. Light and shade adaptation in desert algae. Presented at the 34 th AIBS
Meet., Ecol. Soc. Amer., N. Dakota, August 1983.
20.
Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. Decomposition processes in the Negev Desert. Presented at the
35th AIBS Meet., Ecological Soc. Amer., Ft. Collins, 5-9 August 1984.
21.
Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. The long-term effects of habitat modification on a desert rodent
community. Presented at the IV Internat. Theriological Cong., Edmonton, August 1985.
22.
Steinberger, Y. and Gara, M. Effect of Acarine treatment on wheat straw decomposition. Presented
at Third Internat. Conf. Environ. Quality & Ecosystem Stability, Jerusalem, Israel June 1986.
23.
Levy, Y., Steinberger, Y. and Tal, K. Carbon transfer of an algae-herbivore system using C14 as a
tracer: A comparative study of three desert snails. Presented at Third Internat. Conf. Environ. Quality
& Ecosystem Stability, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1986.
24.
Gara, M., Ben-Izhak, N. and Steinberger, Y. Decomposition of Avicennia marina in the mangle of
Sinai. Presented at Third Internat. Conf. Environ. Quality & Ecosystem Stability, Jerusalem, Israel
June 1986.
25.
Halimi, M. and Steinberger, Y. Decomposition of Zygophyllum dumosum in the Negev Desert
ecosystem. Accepted for presentation at the 4th Internat. Cong. Ecology, Syracuse, New York August
1986.
26.
Steinberger, Y., Cojocaru, M.M. and Even-Ram, S.C. A common Acarin 18,5 EC (MITIGAN)
residue degradation in treated wheat straw. Presented at the 4 th Internat. Conf. Ecol. Environ. Quality.
Jerusalem, Israel, June 1989.
27.
Rosen, S. and Steinberger, Y. The occurrence of prostigmatic mites on the fan-footed lizard
(Pydodactylus hasselguistu gutatus-Gekkonidae). Presented at the 4th Internat. Conf. Ecol. Environ
Quality. Jerusalem, Israel, June 1989.
28.
Steinberger, Y. Abundance and distribution of nematodes in the root rhizosphere of a desert shrub
Zygophyllum dumosum. Presented at the 28th Annual Meeting, Society of Nematologists, Davis,
California, August 1989.
29.
Steinberger, Y. Vertical distribution patterns of nematodes in the desert soil. Presented at the AIBS
Meet., Ecological Soc. Amer., Toronto, Canada, August 1989.
30.
Degani, R., Kinsbursky, R. and Steinberger, Y. Root decomposition and microbial dynamics in
Negev Desert ecosystem. Presented at the Ecological Soc. Amer., 75 th Anniversary Meeting
Snowbird, Utah, August 1990.
31.
Liran, N., Glazer, I. and Steinberger, Y. Isolation and characterization of entomopathogenic
nematodes (Rhabditide) from arid regions in Israel. Presented at the S.I.P. (Soc. Invert. Pathol.)
Meeting Flagstagg AZ, USA 4-9 August 1991.
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32.
Sarig, S. and Steinberger, Y. Immediate effect of wetting event on microbial biomass and
carbohydrate production mediated aggregation in desert soil. Presented at the International Workshop
on methods of research on soil structure/soil biota interrelationships. Wageningen, November 1991.
33.
Steinberger, Y., Maor, N., and Sarig, S. The immediate wetting of soil on nematode population in the
Negev Desert. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting Society of Nematologists, Vancouver, British
Columbia, August 1992.
34.
Sarig, S., Fliebach, A. and Steinberger, Y. Response of microbial biomass and activity to soil
salinity under the canopy of desert halophyte shrubs. Presented at the Sixth Int. Symposium on
Microbial Ecology, Barcelona, 6-11 Sept., 1992.
35.
Sarig, S. and Steinberger, Y. Microbial pools of N and P under desert halophyte shrubs: Response to
soil salinity. Beyond the Biomass: Compositional and Functional Analysis of Soil Microbial
Communities. Wye College, Kent, U.K., March 1993.
36.
Steinberger, Y., Donegan, K., Palm, C., Fieland, V. and Seidler, R.J. Influence of transgenic plant
tissue decomposition on soil organisms and activities. Presented at the 94 th A.S.M. American Society
for Microbiology, Las-Vegas, U.S.A., May 1994.
37.
Steinberger, Y., Donegan, K., Palm, C., Fieland, V. and Seidler, R.J. Influence of transgenic plant
tissue on nematodes, microarthropods and microbial population dynamics. Presented at the 22 nd
International Nematology Symposium, Gent, Belgium, August 1994.
38.
Steinberger, Y., Donegan, K., Palm, C., Fieland, V. and Seidler, R.J. Influence of transgenic plant
tissue decomposition on soil biota population dynamics. Presented at the VI Int. Congress of Ecology,
INTECOL, Manchester, United Kingdom, August 1994.
39.
Steinberger, Y., Donegan, K., Harris, D., Fieland, V., Palm, C. and Seidler, R.J. Evaluating the safety
of pesticidal transgenic plants. Presented at the International Conference on Modern Agriculture and
the Environment, Rehovot, Israel, October 1994.
40.
Donegan, K, Fieland, V., Schaller, D., Palm, C., Steinberger, Y. and Seidler, R.J. Effects of
transgenic plants on soil ecosystem. Presented at the Soil Ecolog. Meeting, Colorado, USA, March
1995.
41.
Lavian, I. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of stone cover and facing slope on chlorophyll “A”
and microbial activity in the Negev Desert. Presented at the Sixth International Conference of the
Israeli Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, July 1996.
42.
Shwartzbaoum, A. and Steinberger, Y. The effect of nitrogen amendments on microbial biomass in
the Negev Desert soil. Presented at the Sixth International Conference of the Israeli Society for
Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, July 1996.
43.
Vishnevetsky, S., Cojocaru, M. and Steinberger, Y. Use GC-MS analysis for determination of soil
microbial community structure in the Negev Desert system. Presented at the Sixth International
Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, July
1996.
44.
Steinberger, Y. Soil degradation: The role of different community components. Presented at the
International Symposium on Environmental Pollution and Impact Assessment - SECOTOX,
Mohammedia, Morocco, October 1996
45.
Vishnevetsky, S., Cojocaru, M. and Steinberger, Y. Determination of soil microbial community
structure by GC-MS measurements in the Negev Desert soil. Presented at the SUBMECO - Substrate
Use for Characterization of Microbial Communities in Terrestrial Ecosystems, Innsbruck - Austria,
October 1996
46.
Lavian, I. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of stone cover to biological activity in the Negev
Desert. Presented at the 28th Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology & Environment Quality
Sciences, Haifa, July 1997
47.
Lavian, I. and Steinberger, Y. Bacterial community composition and functional diversity associated
with depth and distance in relation to plants in the Negev Desert soil system. Presented at the 29 th
Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology & Environment Quality Sciences, Beer-Sheva, June
1998.
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48.
Lavian, I. and Steinberger, Y. Dynamics of soil microbial functional biodiversity in a agroecosystem. Presented at the VII International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL) Florence, Italy, July
1998
49.
Steinberger, Y. The influence of organic fertilizers on nematode community. Presented at the VII
International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL) Florence, Italy, July 1998.
50.
Lavian, I. and Steinberger, Y. Bacterial community composition and diversity associated with stone
cover in the Negev Desert soil system. Presented at the VII International Congress of Ecology
(INTECOL) Florence, Italy, July 1998
51.
Steinberger, Y. The importance of Soil Biota in Preventing Dryland Degradation. The Annual
Meeting or the Israeli Geographical Society, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, December 1998
52.
Wenju, L., Lavian, I. and Steinberger, Y. Influence of agricultural management on nematode
communities in an agroecosystem. The 1st Academic Symposium of Chinese Students & Scholars in
Israel. The Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel, December 1998
53.
Pinhasi-Adiv, Y and Steinberger, Y. Are plants community determine microbial function diversity?
British Ecological Society, Winter and Annual General Meeting, University of Leicester, England,
January 1999.
54.
Lahav (Lavian), I. and Steinberger, Y. Bacterial functional diversity in an agro-ecosystem. British
Ecological Society, Winter and Annual General Meeting, University of Leicester, England, January
1999
55.
Lahav (Lavian), I. and Steinberger, Y. Bacterial community composition and functional diversity
under peanuts management agroecosystem. The Soil Ecology Society International Conference, The
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 23-26, 1999
56.
Avigad, P. and Steinberger, Y. The effect of seasonal changes on the protozoa population dynamic in
a desert ecosystem. The Soil Ecology Society International Conference, The Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 23-26, 1999
57.
Liang, W.J. and Steinberger, Y. Changes in nematode community structure in a sandy desert
ecosystem. The Soil Ecology Society International Conference, The Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 23-26, 1999
58.
Steinberger, Y. and Liang, W.J. Nematode community composition associated with a topoclimatic
transect. The Soil Ecology Society International Conference, The Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 23-26, 1999
59.
Liang, W.J., Lavian (Lahav), I. and Steinberger, Y. Nematode dynamics and diversity in a
Mediterranean agroecosystem. The 7th International Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology and
Environmental Quality Sciences on - Environmental Challenges for the Next Millennium. Jerusalem,
Israel, June 13-16, 1999
60.
Avigad, P. and Steinberger, Y. Protozoa population dynamics in a desert ecosystem. The 7th
International Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences on Environmental Challenges for the Next Millennium. Jerusalem, Israel, June 13-16, 1999
61.
Lahav (Lavian), I. and Steinberger, Y. Bacterial community composition and functional diversity
under peanuts management agro-ecosystem. The 7th International Conference of the Israel Society for
Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences on - Environmental Challenges for the Next
Millennium. Jerusalem, Israel, June 13-16, 1999
62.
Pavel. R. and Steinberger, Y. Cellulase dynamics in desert soil. The 7th International Conference of
the Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences on - Environmental Challenges for
the Next Millennium. Jerusalem, Israel, June 13-16, 1999
63.
Pinhasi-Adiv, Y. and Steinberger, Y. Plant community as determining microbial functional diversity.
The 7th International Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality
Sciences on - Environmental Challenges for the Next Millennium. Jerusalem, Israel, June 13-16, 1999
64.
Steinberger, Y. and Wenju, L. Nematode community composition and diversity associated with a
topoclimatic transect in a rain shadow desert. XIII International Colloquium on Soil Zoology. Czech
Republic, 14-18 August, 2000
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65.
Mouratov S. and Steinberger Y. The effect of Zygophyllum dumosum rhizosphere on soil nematode
community in a Negev Desert system. The 2001 Soil Ecology Society Conference, May 20-23, 2001.
Atlanta, USA
66.
Pinhasi, Y. and Steinberger Y. Bacterial functional diversity dynamics during decomposition of
Rebudia pinnata and Stipa capensis in the Negev Desert Ecosystem. The 2001 Soil Ecology Society
Conference, May 20-23, 2001. Atlanta, USA
67.
Steinberger, Y., Lahav, I., Mouratov, S. and Barness, G. Preliminary study on soil microbial
community and nematode population at Machu Picchu station, King George Island, Antarctica. The
2001 Soil Ecology Society Conference, May 20-23, 2001. Atlanta, USA
68.
Kaffe-Abramovich, T. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of soil biota components to
decomposition of Zygophyllum dumosum plant litter in a desert system. The 2001 Soil Ecology
Society Conference, May 20-23, 2001. Atlanta, USA
69.
Steinberger, Y., Lahav, I., Mouratov, S. and Barness, G. Microbial community and nematode
population activity at Machu Picchu station, King George Island, Antarctica. Interaction in the
microbial world – 9th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. 26-31 August 2001,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
70.
Ojalvo-Mayzlish, E and Steinberger, Y. Effect of chemical inhibitors on size and dynamics of ciliate
and flagellate population in a Negev Desert system. The 3rd Federation of Israel Societies for
Experimental Biology Congress (FISEB). 4-7 February 2002, Eilat, Israel.
71.
Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S. and Steinberger, Y. Seasonal Dynamics of Amoebae Community in
Zygophyllum dumosum Rhizosphere - Negev Desert System. The 3rd Federation of Israel Societies for
Experimental Biology Congress (FISEB). 4-7 February 2002, Eilat, Israel.
72.
Kaffe-Abramovich, T. and Steinberger, Y. Microbial Functional Diversity Associated with
Zygophyllum dumosum Plant Litter Decomposition in a Desert System. The 3rd Federation of Israel
Societies for Experimental Biology Congress (FISEB). 4-7 February 2002, Eilat, Israel.
73.
Steinberger, Y., K. Laska, S. Mouratov and Lahav, I. Pseudogradient effect on soil biota in a cold
desert ecosystem – Antarctica. The 3rd Federation of Israel Societies for Experimental Biology
Congress (FISEB). 4-7 February 2002, Eilat, Israel.
74.
Zhen Liang Yu and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of soil biota to rood and stem litter
decomposition in a desert ecosystem. . The 3rd Federation of Israel Societies for Experimental Biology
Congress (FISEB). 4-7 February 2002, Eilat, Israel
75.
Rahimabev, M., Y. Steinberger and Mouratov, S. Seasonal and Spatial Distribution of Nitrogen and
Organic Matter under Halophytes in Negev Desert Soil. The 3rd Federation of Israel Societies for
Experimental Biology Congress (FISEB). 4-7 February 2002, Eilat, Israel
76.
Pinchasi-Adiv, Y. and Steinberger, Y. Microbial Community Composition during Decomposition of
Reubudia pinnata and Stipa capensis in the Negev Desert Ecosystem. X. International Congress of
Bacteriology. Paris, France, 27 July – 1 August, 2002
77.
S. Rodriguez-Zaragoza and Steinberger, Y. Zygophyllum dumosum Rhizosphere effect on Species
richness of soil Amoebae in the Negev Desert, Israel. X. International Congress of Bacteriology.
Paris, France, 27 July – 1 August, 2002.
78.
Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Spatial distribution of nematode population along a temperature
gradient in the Negev Desert ecosystem. Ecological Soc. Amer., 87th Annual Meeting, Tucson
Arizona, 4-9 August 2002.
79.
Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S., Ojalvo-Mayzlish, E. and Steinberger, Y. Seasonal dynamics of amoebae
population in the Zygophyllum dumosum rhizosphere – Negev Desert, Israel. Ecological Soc. Amer.,
87th Annual Meeting, Tucson Arizona, 4-9 August 2002.
80.
Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Chemical anthropogenic effects on soil free-living nematodes
population in a desert ecosystem. Annual Scientific Meeting on: Ecological problems and ways to
resolve them. Kazan, Russia, 15-19 March, 2003
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81.
Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Trophic diversity of nematode population under Acacia
raddiana along a temperature gradient in a Desert ecosystem. BES Annual Symposium: Soil
Biodiversity and Function. Lancaster, UK. 25-27 March 2003.
82.
E. Ojalvo-Mayzlish, S. Rodrigez Zaragosa and Y. Steinberger. Soil Amoeba Biodiversity in the
Zygophyllum dumosum Rhizosphere in a Desert Ecosystem. BES Annual Symposium: Soil
Biodiversity and Function. Lancaster, UK. 25-27 March 2003.
83.
Kaffe-Abramovich, T. and Y. Steinberger. The effect of soil biota on the rate of Zygophyllum
dumosum leaf weight loss in a desert soil ecosystem. Ninth Biennial Conference SES, 11-14 May,
2003, Palm Springs, California, USA.
84.
Rodriguez-Zaragoza S. Ojalvo-Mayzlish E. and Steinberger Y. Seasonal dynamics of amoebae
population under Hammada scoparia and Atriplex halimus at the 0-50 cm soil layer, Negev desert,
Israel. Ninth Biennial Conference SES, 11-14 May, 2003, Palm Springs, California, USA.
85.
Ojalvo-Mayzlish E. and Steinberger Y. Effects of inhibitors on the dynamics of the protozoa
population in a desert soil ecosystem. Ninth Biennial Conference SES, 11-14 May, 2003, Palm
Springs, California, USA.
86.
Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Pesticides effect on soil free living nematode community
structure and diversity. Ninth Biennial Conference SES, 11-14 May, 2003, Palm Springs, California,
USA.
87.
Kaffe-Abramovich, T., Y. Zhenliang, and Y. Steinberger. The Effect of Plant Parts on Microbial
Functional Diversity during Decomposition in a Desert Ecosystem. The 103rd Meeting of American
Society for Microbiology, Washington D.C., 18-23 May 2003.
88.
Pinhasi-Adiv, Y. and Steinberger Y.. Decomposition of Reubudia pinnata and Stipa capensis as
Regulating Microbial Functional Diversity in the Negev Desert Ecosystem. The 103rd Meeting of
American Society for Microbiology, Washington D.C., 18-23 May 2003.
89.
Gur-Arye Roth, Walter G. Whitford, Yosef Steinberger. The Role of Animals in Landscape Shaping
in Desertified Ecosystems. Presented at the 40th Zoological Society of Israel, December 2003.
90.
Dorit Shargil, Yehuda Zurovsky, Noah Rotary, Laurence Shore, Mordechai Shemesh, Amelia Terkel
and Yosef Steinberger. Endocrine Correlates of Rank and Reproductive Status in Male and Female
Nubian Ibexes (Capra ibex nubiana). Presented at the 40th Zoological Society of Israel, December
2003.
91.
Buchnick, R., Dayan, T., Steinberger, Y. The diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) and the little owl
(Athene noctua) in the north and south of Israel Presented at the 40 th Zoological Society of Israel,
December 2003.
92.
Mayzlish, E. and Steinberger, Y. Protozoan community dynamics and biodiversity in a desert
ecosystem. International Symposium of Impacts of Soil Biodiversity on Biogeochemical Processes in
Ecosystems: Int. Workshop on Molecular Methods in Soil Biological and Biochemical Diversity in
Terrestrial Ecosystems Taipei, April 18-24, 2004.
93.
Mayzlish, E., Pen-Mouratov, S., Li, Q., Shamir, I. and Steinberger, Y. Plant Allelopathic effect on
Soil Biota Community. Presented at the First Chinese Allelophaty Conference, Institute of Applied
Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, China, May 18-21, 2004.
94.
Roth, G. A., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. The role of animals in desertification: Herbivory
patterns in degraded grassland. 89th meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 1-6 2004,
Portland, Oregon, USA.
95.
Shamir, I., Mayzlish, E. and Steinberger, Y. The effect of Tamarix aphylla on spatial-temporal
activity of soil protozoa, CO2 evolution, and microbial biomass in a sandy desert ecosystem. 10th
International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME –10; Microbial Planet: Sub-Surface to Space,
Cancun, Mexico, August 22-27, 2004.
96.
Mayzlish, E., Li, Q., Shamir, I., Sterenberg, M. and Steinberger, Y. The Effect of Cattle Grazing on
Soil Microbial Community. 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME –10;
Microbial Planet: Sub-Surface to Space, Cancun, Mexico, August 22-27, 2004.
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97.
Shukurov, N., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Effect of heavy metals on soil chemical and
biological activity in the vicinity of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex, Uzbekistan.
XIVth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology and Ecology, "Soil Animals and Ecosystem
Services" University de ROUEN, 30 August - 9 September 2004, Mont Saint Aignan, France.
98.
Shamir, I. and Steinberger, Y. Microbial biomass dynamics under a Tamarix aphylla tree in a sandy
desert soil. XIVth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology and Ecology, "Soil Animals and
Ecosystem Services" University de ROUEN, 30 August - 9 September 2004, Mont Saint Aignan,
France.
99.
Li, Q., Liang, W., Jiao, X. and Steinberger, Y. The impact of urea fertilizer on soil free-living
nematode population in a spring-wheat field, China. XIVth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology
and Ecology, "Soil Animals and Ecosystem Services" University de ROUEN, 30 August - 9
September 2004, Mont Saint Aignan, France.
100. Mayzlish, E., Sterenberg, M. and Steinberger, Y. The response of soil amoeba biodiversity to
different types of grazing management in a Mediterranean herbaceous community. XIVth
International Colloquium on Soil Zoology and Ecology, "Soil Animals and Ecosystem Services"
University de ROUEN, 30 August - 9 September 2004, Mont Saint Aignan, France.
101. Genzer, N., Plakht, J. and Steinberger, Y. The effect of soil formation on biological activity in the
Makhtesh Ramon Crater, Negev, Israel. XIVth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology and
Ecology, "Soil Animals and Ecosystem Services" University de ROUEN, 30 August - 9 September
2004, Mont Saint Aignan, France.
102. Pen-Muratov, S., Shukurov, N. and Steinberger, Y. Effect of Almalyk Industrial Complex
contamination on soil free-living nematode population. XIVth International Colloquium on Soil
Zoology and Ecology, "Soil Animals and Ecosystem Services" University de ROUEN, 30 August - 9
September 2004, Mont Saint Aignan, France.
103. Shukurov N., Pen-Mouratov, S., Steinberger, Y. The impact of soil pollution on nematode
community structure and soil microbial biomass in the industrial area of Navoiy, Uzbekistan.
International Scientific and Technical Conference «Istiqlol». Modern Technics and Technology of
Mining-Metallurgical Branch and a Way of Their Development. September 23-25, 2004.
104. Pen-Mouratov, S., Steinberger, Y., Shukurov N. The response of soil biota to heavy metal industrial
pollution. International Scientific and Technical Conference «Istiqlol». Modern Techniques and
Technology of Mining-Metallurgical Branch and a Way of Their Development. September 23-25,
2004.
105. Roth, G.A., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. The role of animals in desertification: Herbivoreinduced vegetation change. The Wildlife Society's 11th Annual Conference. September 18-22, 2004.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
106.
Roth, G. A., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. The role of animals in desertification: Herbivory
patterns in degraded grassland. 89th meeting of the Ecological Society of America. August 1-6 2004,
Portland, Oregon, USA.
107. Berg N., Zurovsky, Y., Shore, L.S., Turkel, A. and Steinberger, Y. Correlation between social
hierarchy and levels of testosterone and corticosterone in male oryxes (Oryx dammah) (Hebrew).
Meetings of the Israel Zoological Society, December 2004.
108. Steinberger, Y., Mayzlish, E., Pen-Mouratov, S., Barness, G. and Shamir, I. Desert Biota
Community: Diversity and Dynamics. The 4th Congress of the Federation of the Israel Societies for
Experimental Biology, February 7-10, 2005, Eilat, Israel.
109. Steinberger, Y., Barness, G., Ganzer, N., Mayzlish, E., Pen-Mouratov, S., Shamir, I., Shmueli, I.,
and Saul-Charkas, V. Soil Biota Community - Diversity and Dynamics in a Desert Ecosystem. Asian
Section of the Society for Conservation Biology Meeting on Biodiversity Conservation in Asia:
Current Status and Future Perspectives, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 17-20, 2005.
110. Genzer, N., Shukurov, N., Pen-Mouratov, S., Plakht, J. and Steinberger, Y. Distribution of soil
microbial biomass and soil free-living nematode population in terrace chronosequences of the
Makhtesh-Ramon crater. The 4th Congress of the Federation of the Israel Societies for Experimental
Biology, February 7-10, 2005, Eilat, Israel.
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111. Kaffe-Abramovich T. and Steinberger, Y. Dynamics of microbial functional diversity under
Zygophyllum dumosum in an arid climate. The 4th Congress of the Federation of the Israel Societies
for Experimental Biology, February 7-10, 2005, Eilat, Israel.
112. Shamir I. and Y. Steinberger. Microbial biomass dynamics under Tamarix aphylla tree in a sandy
desert soil system. The 4th Congress of the Federation of the Israel Societies for Experimental
Biology, February 7-10, 2005, Eilat, Israel.
113. Mayzlish E. and Y. Steinberger. Desert shrub ecophysiological adaptations affecting soil free-living
amoebae. The 4th Congress of the Federation of the Israel Societies for Experimental Biology,
February 7-10, 2005, Eilat, Israel.
114. Mayzlish, E. and Steinberger, Y. Soil amoeba ecophysiological adaptation as a tool in differentiation
between geographical regions. May 22-25, 2005. 10th Biennial International Conference. Soil
Ecology Society. Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
115. Shamir, I., E. Zahavy and Steinberger Y.. Active soil bacterial dynamics in the vicinity of a Tamarix
aphylla tree in a sandy desert system. May 22-25, 2005. 10th Biennial International Conference. Soil
Ecology Society. Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
116. Steinberger, Y., Barness, G., Ganzer, N. Mayzlish, E., Pen-Mouratov, S., Shamir, I., and Shmueli, I.
Diversity and Dynamics of Soil Biota Community in a Desert Ecosystem. May 22-25, 2005. 10th
Biennial International Conference. Soil Ecology Society. Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
117. Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S., Gonzales, T., Lozada, A. and Steinberger, Y. Vertical distribution of soil
microbial community beneath two desert shrubs, Propsis laevigata and Parkinsonia praecox, in the
Tehuacan desert, Mexico. May 22-25, 2005. 10th Biennial International Conference. Soil Ecology
Society. Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
118. Mayzlish, E. and Steinberger, Y. The response of the soil amoeba community to slope orientation in
the “Nahal-Oren” canyon, Mount Carmel, Israel. May 29, 2005. Fifth Annual Conference on Active
Research by Environmental Science Students. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
119. Mayzlish, E., Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S., González-Lozano, E and Steinberger, Y. Vertical distribution
and diversity of soil free-living amoebae under two different shrubs in the Tehuacan desert, Mexico.
Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences 2005 International Conference
Weizmann Institute of Science May 30 - June 1, 2005, Israel.
120. Shamir, I., E. Zahavy and Steinberger Y.. Soil bacterial populations dynamics in a salty sandy desert
system. Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences 2005 International
Conference Weizmann Institute of Science May 30 - June 1, 2005, Israel.
121. Pen-Mouratov, S., Berg, N., Genzer, N., Sherman, C., Ukabi, S., Shargil, D., Natan, M., Ben Shabat
R., and Steinberger., Y. (2005) Nematode community on north and south slopes of "Evolution
Canyon" in Israel. Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences 2005 International
Conference Weizmann Institute of Science May 30 - June 1, 2005, Israel.
122. Genzer, N., Plakht, J., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Dynamics of soil free-living nematode
population in alluvial chronosequence terraces in the Maqkhtesh Ramon Crater, Israel. VIth
International Symposium of the Russian Society of Nematologists, Moscow, 13-17 June, 2005,
Russia.
123. Genzer, N., Plakht, J., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Distribution of soil biota communities
on an alluvial chronosequences in the Makhtesh Ramon Crater, Israel. The Joint International
Symposia for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM 2005) and Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB
XVII) Jackson Hole, Wyoming - August 14-19, 2005, the USA.
124. Steinberger, Y. Terrestrial Ecosystems in Extreme Environments. European Science Foundation
(ESF) Workshop on Investigating Life in Extreme Environments. San Feliu de Guixols, Spain,
5-8 November 2005.
125. Berg, N., Shor, L. and Steinberger, Y. The Correlation between Social Hierarchy and Hormone
Levels in Oryx dammah: An Indicator for Reintroduction into the Environment. The Israeli
Society of Zoology, Agricultural Faculty, Hebrew University, Rehovot, January, 2006.
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126. Steinberger, Y., Barness, G. and Pen-Mouratov, S. Desert plant ecophysiological effect on soil freeliving nematode diversity. "Modeling approaches in biodiversity 2006" International Conference,
Sede Boqer, Israel, March 19-23, 2006.
127. Mayzlish-Gati, E. and Steinberger, Y. Microbial Functional Diversity Affected by Plant
Ecophysiological Adaptation in the Negev Desert, Israel. "Modeling approaches in biodiversity 2006"
International Conference, Sede Boqer, Israel, March 19-23, 2006.
128. Pen-Mouratov, S., Berg, N., Genzer, N., Sherman, C., Ukabi, S., Shargil, D., Natan, M., Ben Shabat,
R. and Steinberger, Y. Effect of slope orientation on soil free-living nematode community. 28th ESN
Symposium to be held 5-9 June 2006 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
129. Ginzburg, O. and Steinberger, Y. The effect of harvester ant (Messor spp.) nest activity on soil
microbial biomass and functional diversity in a desert system. The 34th Annual ISEEQS Conference,
26-27 June 2006, Haifa, Israel.
130. Mayzlish-Gati, E. and Steinberger, Y. Soil microbial functional diversity and the community level
physiological profile in a desert ecosystem. The 34th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 26-27 June 2006,
Haifa, Israel.
131. Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of perennial plants to the primary production and
microbial community in a desert ecosystem. The 34th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 26-27 June
2006, Haifa, Israel.
132. Strul, H., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Effect of faunalpedturbation on a soil freeliving nematode community in a desert system. The 34th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 26-27
June 2006, Haifa, Israel.
133. Berkovich, M., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of perennial shrubs to
the density and trophic structure of free-living nematode population in a desert system. The 34th
Annual ISEEQS Conference, 26-27 June 2006, Haifa, Israel.
134. Shamir, I. and Steinberger, Y. Direct enumeration of live/dead total soil bacteria in the vicinity
of a Tamarix aphylla tree in a sandy desert ecosystem. The 34th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 2627 June 2006, Haifa, Israel.
135. Alon, G., Steinberger, Y. and Shore, L. Correlation between levels of sex hormones
(testosterone, estrogen, progesterone) and activity stages in two species of desert snails in the
northern Negev Desert. The 34th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 26-27 June 2006, Haifa, Israel.
136. Oren, A., Shamir, I. and Steinberger, Y. Application of selective inhibitors as a tool for
fungi/bacteria ratio determination in soils along a temperature-rainfall gradient. The 34th Annual
ISEEQS Conference, 26-27 June 2006, Haifa, Israel.
137. Ginzburg, O. and Steinberger, Y. The effect of harvester ants (Messor spp.) nests activity on soil
microbial biomass and functional diversity in a desert system. The Israeli Society of Zoology,
Haifa University, December, 2006.
138. Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Adaptation of soil nematode community to the
ecophysiological individuality of desert plants. 11th Biennial Soil Ecology Society Meeting.
Moab, 29 April – 3 May, 2007, Utah, USA.
139. Shi, C.J., Li, Q., Liang, W.J., Jiang, Y., Jiang, D.M., and Steinberger, Y. Spatiotemporal
distribution of soil nematode communities in meliorated grasslands of Horqin Sand Land. 11th
Biennial Soil Ecology Society Meeting. Moab, 29 April – 3 May, 2007, Utah, USA.
140. Ginzburg, O. and Steinberger, Y. Changes in soil microbial biomass and functional diversity as
resulted of harvester ants (Messor spp.) nest activity, in the Negev desert, Israel. 11th Biennial
Soil Ecology Society Meeting. Moab, 29 April – 3 May, 2007, Utah, USA.
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141. Berg, N., and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of perennial plants to microbial activity in Negev
Desert soil - functional aspects. 11th Biennial Soil Ecology Society Meeting. Moab, 29 April – 3
May, 2007, Utah, USA.
142. Shamir, I., and Steinberger, Y. Changes in soil microbial community and its functional diversity
along a climatic gradient: from a Mediterranean to an arid ecosystem. 11th Biennial Soil Ecology
Society Meeting. Moab, 29 April – 3 May, 2007, Utah, USA.
143. Oren, A., and Steinberger, Y. Activity of soil microfungal populations along a climatic gradient
in Israel. 11th Biennial Soil Ecology Society Meeting. Moab, 29 April – 3 May, 2007, Utah,
USA.
144. Whitford, W.G., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Effect of ant nests on the abundance and
structure of soil free-living nematode communities in an arid ecosystem. Moab, 29 April – 3
May, 2007, Utah, USA.
145.
Oren, A.. and Steinberger, Y. Functional profiles of soil microfungal populations under various
climatic conditions in Israel. The 35th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 June 2007, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Israel.
146. Shamir, I. and Steinberger, Y. Soil microbial population dynamics along an arid climate
gradient. The 35th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 June 2007, Weizmann Institute of Science,
Israel.
147. Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of perennial plants to the function of microbial
community in Negev Desert soil. The 35th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 June 2007,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
148. Ginzburg, O. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of harvester ant (Messor spp.) nest activity to
soil microbial biomass and functional diversity in the Negev Desert, Israel. The 35th Annual
ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 June 2007, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
149. Levy, T., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. The Effect of Climate Gradient on Soil FreeLiving Nematodes and their Species Diversity. The 35th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 June
2007, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
150. Berkovich, M., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Maya Spatial and temporal changes in
trophic structure of free-living nematodes in the vicinity of Hamadan scoparia shrubs in the
Negev Desert. The 35th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 June 2007, Weizmann Institute of
Science, Israel.
151. Saul, V. and Steinberger, Y. The effect of plant ecophysiological adaptation, on soil microbial
diversity in the Negev desert. The 35th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 June 2007, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Israel.
152. Pen-Mouratov, S., Shukurov, N. and Steinberger Y. Effect of industrial pollution on the
structure of soil free-living nematode communities in Central Asia. 3rd International Symposium
on Environment, 11-15 May 2008, Greece.
153. Shukurov, N., Wilcke, W., Kersten, M., Steinberger, Y., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Talipov R.
Heavy metals in soils of Angren-Almalik mining industrial area: distribution, forms,
bioavailability, and their impacts on nematode and microbial biomass. 33rd International
Geological Congress, August 6-14, 2008, Oslo Norway.
154.
Oren, A. and Steinberger, Y. Soil fungal communities: A functional diversity approach along a
geographic climatic gradient. 2nd Annual Biodiversity Conference July 29-August 3, 2008 Banos
Ecuador.
155. Shukurov, N., Kersten, M., Pen-Mouratov, S., Steinberger, Y. and Wilcke, W. Heavy metals in
soils: Distribution, forms, bioavailability and their impacts on soil biota (Uzbekistan, AngrenAlmalik mining industrial area). Goldschmidt Conference 13-18 July, 2008, Vancouver, Canada.
Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, Vol.72, No 12S, Page A-864.
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156. Oren, A. and Steinberger, Y. Functional diversity of soil fungi communities along a rainfall
gradient. "Complex Systems and Changes: Water and Life" Event, 2008, European Science
Foundation (ESF), Taormina, Sicily, Italy.
157. Elias, V. and Steinberger, Y. The influence of flintstone on a soil microbial community in the
northern Negev Desert. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 May, 2009, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Israel.
158. Cheng Hu, Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Soil free-living nematode community in a
playa habitat area. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 May, 2009, Weizmann Institute
of Science, Israel.
159. Shamir, I. and Steinberger, Y. Soil microbial community and its functional diversity alteration
along a climatic transect. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 May, 2009, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Israel.
160. Sherman, C. and Steinberger, Y. Microbial biomass and carbon source utilization in a
Mediterranean and semi-arid ecosystems. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 May,
2009, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
161. Pen-Mouratov, S., Myblat, T. and Steinberger, Y. Soil biota diversity in a hypersaline
environment - Arava valley desert ecosystem. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 May,
2009, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
162. Kleiman, V., Grishkan, I. and Steinberger, Y. Seasonal effect on soil fungal community and its
functional diversity along a climate gradient. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 May,
2009, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
163. Saul-Tcherkas, V. and Steinberger, Y. Soil microbial diversity in the vicinity of different shrubs
in the Negev arid region. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 May, 2009, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Israel.
164. Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. Perennial plants and rainfall as moderators of annual plant
communities in desert ecosystems. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference, 12-13 May, 2009,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
165. Ukabi, S., Alvaro, I., Dubinsky, Z. and Steinberger, Y. Ecophysiology of Caulerpa
(Chlorophyta) species from Israeli Mediterranean shores. The 37th Annual ISEEQS Conference,
12-13 May, 2009, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
166. Hermann, G., Shore, L. and Steinberger, Y. The effect of sex hormones added to soil on a soil
microbial community – a field study of an agro-ecosystem. The 37th Annual ISEEQS
Conference, 12-13 May, 2009, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
167. Cheng Hu, Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. Vertical distribution of soil free-living
nematode community inhabitants in a playa area of the NorthWestern Negev Desert, Israel. Soil
Ecology Scociety Meeting, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont, July 12-15, 2009, USA.
168. Pen-Mouratov, S., Hu, C., Hindin, E., and Steinberger, Y. Spatial and temporal dynamics of soil
free-living nematode communities in the Nizzana sand dune eocosystem, North-Western Negev,
Israel. Soil Ecology Scociety Meeting, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont, July 12-15,
2009, USA.
169. Oren, A., and Steinberger, Y. (2009) Activity of soil microfungal populations along a climatic
gradient in Israel. Soil Ecology Society Meeting, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont,
USA, July 12-15, 2009.
170. Hermann, G. and Steinberger, Y. A soil microbial community is affected by sex-hormones
originated from cattle manure - a vertical profile study. 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological
Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2-7, 2009.
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171. Sherman, C. and Steinberger, Y. Water and plant litter inputs as key factors controlling soil
microbial biomass and carbon source utilization in a Mediterranean and a semi-arid regions. 94th
Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2-7,
2009.
172. Ginzburg, O. and Steinberger, Y. Effect of fire, and post-fire forest management, on soil
microbial community activity, and diversity in a coniferous forest. 94th Annual Meeting of the
Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2-7, 2009.
173. Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of perennial plants to the annual community, in a
desert ecosystem. 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, August 2-7, 2009.
174. Levy, T., Sherman, C., Pen-Mouratov, S., Steinberger, Y. Moisture availability as a trigger of
soil free-living nematode community activity. The 38th Annual Israel Society of Ecology and
Environmental Sciences Conference, ISEEQS, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, June 21-22, 2010.
175. Hermann, G., Shore, L. and Steinberger, Y. Effect of steroid hormones on a soil-microbial
community in a Mediterranean agroecosystem in Israel. The 38th Annual Israel Society of
Ecology and Environmental Sciences Conference,
176. Berger, A. and Steinberger, Y. The impact of the annual plant’s rhizosphere on soil microbial
biomass and functional diversity, in the desert soil. The 38th Annual Israel Society of Ecology
and Environmental Sciences Conference, ISEEQS, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, June 21-22,
2010.
177. Givon, H. and Steinberger, Y. The rhizosphere as a regulator of the microbial community in an
agricultural system. The 38th Annual Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Conference, ISEEQS, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, June 21-22, 2010.
178. Angdaihu, F. and Steinberger, Y. The contribution of perennial plants foliage to soil microbial
functional diversity and dynamics in the Negev desert ecosystem. The 37th Annual Israel Society
of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Conference, ISEEQS, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, June
21-22, 2010.
179. Pen-Mouratov, S., Ginzburg, O., Whitford, W., Steinberger, Y. (2010) Effect of forest fire on the
soil free-living nematode communities in the Mediterranean area. The 37th Annual Israel Society
of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Conference, ISEEQS, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, June
21-22, 2010.
180. Kleiman, V., Grishkan, I. and Steinberger, Y. Fungal communities and functional diversity –
seasonal effect along a climate gradient. The 37th Annual Israel Society of Ecology and
Environmental Sciences Conference, ISEEQS, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, June 21-22, 2010.
181. Ginzburg, O. and Steinberger, Y. Time-dependent changes in activity and diversity of soil
microbial communities after forest wildfire: salvage logging verses natural regeneration. The 37th
Annual Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Conference, ISEEQS, Ben-Gurion
University, Israel, June 21-22, 2010.
182. Sherman, C. and Steinberger, Y. Water manipulation effects on a soil microbial community in a
Mediterranean and Semi-arid region. The 37th Annual Israel Society of Ecology and
Environmental Sciences Conference, ISEEQS, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, June 21-22, 2010.
183. Pen-Mouratov, S., Myblat, T., Steinberger, Y. Soil communities in a hypersaline environment –
Dead Sea-Red Sea transect. International conference: Deserts, Drylands & Desertification, Sede
Boqer, Israel, Nov 8-11, 2010.
184. Sherman C., and Steinberger Y. Effects of rainfall manipulations on soil microbial
community at a semiarid and Mediterranean ecosystem. The International Conference on
Dry lands, Deserts and Desertification, Nov.8-11, 2010, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel.
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185. Pen-Mouratov, S., Shukurov, N., Steinberger, Y. Effect of industrial pollution and livestock
activity on a soil free-living nematode community. International conference: Deserts, Drylands &
Desertification, Sede Boqer, Israel, Nov 8-11, 2010, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede
Boqer Campus, Israel.
186. Hermann, G., Shore, L., Steinberger, Y. Sex hormones – soil-microbial community interaction in
a Mediterranean agroecosystem. Ecology of Soil Microorganisms", Prague, April 27-May 1, 2011.
187. Saul-Tcherkas, V. and Steinberger, Y. The impact of desert shrubs on soilmicrobial diversity.
Ecology of Soil Microorganisms, Prague April 27-May 1, 2011.
188. Sherman C., and Steinberger Y. Litter decomposition–microbial-community associations along a
rainfall gradient. Eology of Soil Microorganisms, April 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.
189. Sherman C., and Steinberger Y. Microbial community associated with plant-litter
decomposition along a climatic gradient. The Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental
Sciences, The 39th conference, June 2011, Megido, Israel.
190. Ginzburg O., and Steinberger Y. Effect of fire and post fire forest management on soil
microbial community activity and diversity in the coniferous Byria forest. The Israel
Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, The 39th conference, June 2011, Megido,
Israel.
191. Stanislav Pen-Mouratov, Nosir Shukurov, Michael Kersten, and Yosef Steinberger. Soil
Free-living Nematodes as Indicators of Soil Contamination in Central Asian Industrial
Areas. ICOBTE 11th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements,
July 3-7, 2011
192. Yu Jun and Yosef Steinberger. Environmental severity determines soil microbial
functional diversity and its spatio-temporal activity in a playa system. CAREX Conference
on Life in Extreme Environments, Dublin, 18-20 October, 2011
193. Stanislav Pen-Mouratov and Yosef Steinberger. Short in distance – extreme in
environmental conditions, determine composition, dynamics, and diversity in soil freeliving nematode community. CAREX Conference on Life in Extreme Environments,
Dublin, 18-20 October, 2011.
194. Yu, J., Kidron, G.J., Pen-Mouratov, S., Wasserstrom, H., Barness, G., Steinberger Y.
Semi-stabilized sand-dune habitat effects on biological soil-crust microbial functional
diversity. 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2011), Auckland,
New Zealand, December 5-9, 2011.
195. Sherman, C., Grishkan, I., Barness, G., Yu, J., Steinberger, Y. Spatial and temporal
composition and dynamics of a litter saprotrophic fungal community along a natural
climate gradient. Planet Under Pressure – New Knowledge Towards Solutions, London,
UK, March 26-29, 2012.
196. Y. Steinberger, Jun Yu, G.J. Kidron, S. Pen-Mouratov, H. Wasserstrom, G. Barness.
Are Biota Composition and Trophic Complexity Enhanced with the Development of
Biological Soil Crusts? BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Biodiversity ' Today Ecocivilization, Tomorrow Happiness' Xi'an, China 25-28, 2012.
197. Saul-Tcherkas, V., Unc, A., Y. Steinberger. Do plant species induce divergence in soil
microbial diversities ? A case study from the Negev Desert. Eurosoil The 4th Congress of
ECSSS, Bari, Italy , 2-6 July, 2012
198. Jun Yu and Yosef Steinberger. Spatiotemporal changes in activity and functional
diversity of microbial communities under the canopies of Zygophyllum dumosum and
Hammada scoparia in the Negev Desert, Israel. Eurosoil The 4th Congress of ECSSS,
Bari, Italy , 2-6 July, 2012
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199. Galit Herman, Laurence Shore and Yosef Steinberger. The effects of cow manure, as a
source of sex hormones on a soil microbial – community. The Israel Society of Ecology
and Environmental Sciences, The 40th conference, October 2012, Tel Aviv, Israel.
200. Guang Hui Xie, Fan Fan and Yosef Steinberger. Sweet Sorghum for Bioethanol in
China. 21st EUROPEAN BIOMASS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION Bella Center June 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark.
201. Adi Oren and Y. Steinberger. A climate gradient approach elucidates mechanisms in the
regulation of soil organic matter turnover in the Eastern Mediterranean. 98th Annual
Meeting of the Ecological Minneapolis, Minnesota, Society of America, August 4-9, 2013
202. Solano, Thomas, Trojan, Steinberger, and Hanson. Assessment of soil nematode
biodiversity using partial 18S rDNA gene sequences of DESS-preserved nematodes from
Israel. American Phytopathological Society, August 10-14, 2013, Austin, Texas
203. Varsik Martirosyan and Yosef Steinberger. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF A
MICROBIAL COMMUNITY IN SANDY SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AS A TILLAGE
MEDIATOR. 2nd Scientific Conference of CROSTRO (Croatia Soil Tillage Research
Organization) branch of ISTRO (International Soil Tillage Research Organization) in
Osijek in September26-28, 2013.
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Articles in Reviewed Journals
1.
Shachak, M., Mayne, S. and Steinberger, Y. (1973) The effect of temperature on the activity of
desert woodlouse Hemilepistus reaumuri, and its ecological significance. Isr. J. Med. Sci.
2.
Shachak, M., Orr, Y. and Steinberger, Y. (1975) Field observation on the natural history of
Sphincterochila (s) zonata (Bourguignat, 1853) (S. Boissiere Charpentier, 1847). Argamon, Isr. J.
Malac. 5(1-4): 20-46.
3.
Shachak, M., Chapman, E.A. and Steinberger, Y. (1976) Feeding, energy flow and soil turnover in
the desert isopod, Hemilepistus reaumuri. Oecologia (Berl.) 24: 57-59.
4.
Dubinsky, Z., Steinberger, Y. and Shachak, M. (1979) The survival of the desert isopod,
Hemilepistus reaumuri (Audouin) in relation to temperature (Isopoda, Oniscoidea). Crustaceana
36(2).
5.
Orr, Y., Shachak, M. and Steinberger, Y. (1979) Ecology of the small spotted lizard, Eremias
guttulata, in the Negev Desert (Israel). Journal of Arid Environments 2: 151-161.
6.
Shachak, M., Steinberger, Y. and Orr, Y. (1979) Phenology, activity and regulation of radiation load
in the desert isopod, Hemilepistus reaumuri. Oecologia (Berl.) 40: 133-140.
7.
Orr, Y., Shachak, M. and Steinberger, Y. (1979) Eremias guttulata - A story of an ecological
success. Land and Nature (in Hebrew) 21(3): 107-114.
8.
Shachak, M. and Steinberger, Y. (1980) An algae - desert snail food chain: Energy flow and snail
turnover. Oecologia (Berl.) 146: 402-411.
9.
Steinberger, Y., Grossman, S. and Dubinsky, Z. (1981) Some aspects of the ecology of the desert
snail, Sphincterochila prophetarum in relation to energy and water flow. Oecologia (Berl.) 50: 103108.
10.
Steinberger, Y., Grossman, S. and Dubinsky, Z. (1982) Changes in organic storage compounds
during the active and inactive periods in a desert snail, Sphincterochila prophetarum. Comp. Biochem.
Physiol. 71A: 41-46.
11.
Elkins, N.Z., Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1982) Factors affecting the applicability of AET
model for decomposition in arid environments. Ecology 63(2): 579-580.
12.
Whitford, W.G., Steinberger, Y. and Ettershank, G. (1982) Contributions of subterranean termites to
the "economy" of Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems. Oecologia 55: 298-302.
13.
Steinberger, Y., Grossman, S. Dubinsky, Z. and Shachak, M. (1983) Stone microhabitat and the
movement and activity of desert snails, Sphincterochila prophetarum. Malacological Review 16: 6370.
14.
Parker, L.W., Miller, J. Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1983) Soil respiration in a Chihuahuan
Desert Rangeland. Soil Biol. Biochem. 15: 303-310.
15.
Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1983) The contribution of rodents to decomposition processes
in a desert ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 6: 177-181.
16.
Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1983) The contribution of jackrabbits and rodents to
decomposition processes in a desert ecosystem. J. Arid Environ. 6: 183-187.
17.
Glazer, A., Steinberger, Y. and Dubinsky, Z. (1983) Soil fungi as a component in the diet of the
desert isopod Hemilepistus reaumuri - a preliminary study. In: Developments in Ecology and
Environmental Quality, Vol. 2, Balaban. International Science Service - Rehovot/Philadelphia.
18.
Parker, L.W., Freckman, D.W., Steinberger, Y., Riggers, L.D. and Whitford, W.G. (1983) The
effects of simulated rainfall and litter quantities desert soil biota: soil respiration, microflora, and
protozoa. Pedobiologia 27(3): 185-196.
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19.
Steinberger, Y. and Levy, Y. (1983) Carbon transfer of a desert algae - herbivore system using C14 as
a tracer. A preliminary study. In: Developments in Ecology and Environmental Quality, Vol. 2,
Balaban. International Science Service - Rehovot/Philadelphia, 11-15.
20.
Brown, M.F. and Steinberger, Y. (1983) The importance of geological formation and slope aspect to
desert isopod survival. Journal of Arid Environments 6: 373-384.
21.
Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1984) Spatial and temporal relationship on soil
microarthropods on a desert watershed. Pedobiologia 26: 275-284.
22.
Steinberger, Y., Freckman, D.W., Parker, L.W. and Whitford, W.G. (1984) Effects of simulated
rainfall and litter quantities on desert soil biota: nematodes and microarthropods. Pedobiologia 26:
267-274.
23.
Santos, P.F., Elkins, Ned Z. Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1984) A comparison of surface and
buried Larrea tridentata leaf litter decomposition in North American hot deserts. Ecology 65(1): 278284.
24.
Steinberger, Y. (1985) Comparison of energetics in two sympatric species of desert snails
(Sphincterochila prophetarum and Sphincterochila zonata). Comparative Physiology and Ecology 10:
161-166.
25.
Schaefer, D., Steinberger, Y., and Whitford, W.G. (1985) The failure of nitrogen and lignin control
in a North American desert. Oecologie (Berl.) 65: 382-386.
26.
Kamil, B.W., Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1985) Soil microarthropods from the Chihuahuan
Desert of New Mexico. J. Zool. (London) 205: 273-285.
27.
Steinberger, Y. and Wallwork, J.A. (1985) Composition and vertical distribution pattern of the soil
microarthropod fauna in Negev Desert soil. J. Zool. (London) 206: 329-339.
28.
Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1985) Microarthropods of a desert tabosa grass (Hilaria
mutica) swale. Amer. Midland Nat. 114: 225-235.
29.
Levy, Y. and Steinberger, Y. (1986) Adaptation of desert soil microalgae to varying light intensities.
Comparative Physiology and Ecology 11 (2): 90-94.
30.
Steinberger, Y., MacQuitty, M. Langsam, J. and Wallwork, J.A. (1986) Observation on the fine
structure of the cuticle of two desert-dwelling orbited mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Israel J. of
Entomology 20: 7-12.
31.
Steinberger, Y. (1986) A soil core for routine soil sampling. Communication in Soil Sciences and
Plant Analysis 17(6): 567-571.
32.
Whitford, W.G., Steinberger, Y., Mackay, W., Parker, Z.W., Freckman, D., Wallwork, J.A. and
Weems, D. (1986) Rainfall and decomposition in the Chihuahuan Desert. Oecologia (Berl.) 68: 512515.
33.
Freckman, D.W., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (1987) Effects of irrigation on nematode
population dynamics and activity in desert soils. Biol. Fert. Soils 3: 3-10.
34.
Steinberger, Y., Orion, D. and Whitford, W.G. (1988) Population dynamics of nematodes in the
Negev Desert soil. Pedobiologia. 31: 223-228.
35.
Steinberger, Y. and Whitford, W.G. (1988) Decomposition process in Negev ecosystems. Oecologia
(Berl.) 75: 61-66.
36.
Whitford, W.G., Stinnets, K. and Steinberger, Y. (1988) Effects of rainfall supplementation on
microarthropods on decomposition roots in the Chihuahuan Desert. Pedobiologia. 31: 147-156.
37.
Whitford, W.G., Aldon, E.F., Freckman, D.W., Steinberger, Y. and Parker, L.W. (1989) The effects
of organic amendments on soil biota on a degraded rangeland. J. Range Management. 42(1): 56-60.
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38.
Steinberger, Y., Loboda, I. and Garner, W. (1989) The influence of autumn dewfall on spatial and
temporal distribution of nematodes in the desert ecosystem. J. Arid Environ. 16: 177-183.
39.
Steinberger, Y. (1989) Energy and protein budget in the desert isopod Hemilepistus reaumuri.
Oecologia Generalis. Vol. 10(2): 117-134.
40.
Garner W. and Steinberger, Y. (1989) A proposed mechanism for the formation of "Fertile Islands"
in the desert ecosystem. J. Arid Environ. 16: 257-262.
41.
Kinsbursky, R. and Steinberger, Y. (1989) Root and microbial biomass dynamics under the canopy
of the desert shrub Zygophyllum dumosum. Oecologia (Berl.). 80 (4): 498-500.
42.
Steinberger, Y. (1990) Acarofauna of a Negev Desert loess plain. Acarologia. XXXI: 313-319.
43.
Steinberger, Y., Shmida, A. and Whitford, W.G. (1990) Decomposition along a rainfall gradient in
the Judean Desert, Israel. Oecologia (Berl.) 82: 322-324.
44.
Kinsbursky, R., Degani, R., Baranes, G. and Steinberger, Y. (1990) Root - microbial population
dynamics in a soil profile under the canopy of the desert shrub Zygophyllum dumosum. J. Arid
Environ. 19: 261-267.
45.
Steinberger, Y., Wallwork, J.A. and Halimi, M. (1990) Sex ratio and egg production of Zygoribatula
Spp (Acari, Cryptostigmata) in the Negev Desert of Southern Israel. Acarologia. XXXI: 85-92.
46.
Steinberger, Y. and Ben-Ythak, N. (1990) Water effect on Rebudia pinata decomposition and
microarthropods population in Negev Desert. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation. 4: 117-130.
47.
Steinberger, Y., Leshner, H. and Shmida, A. (1991) Chaff piles of harvester ants (Messor spp.) nests
in desert ecosystem. Insects Sociaux 38: 241-250.
48.
Steinberger, Y., Shmida, A. and Leschner, H. (1990) Correlation of lignin with dissemination
strategy among annual desert plants. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation. 3: 149-155.
49.
Steinberger, Y. Aldon, E.F. and Whitford, W.G. (1990) The soil microarthropod fauna of four
habitats of the Rio Puerco Watershed, New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist. 35(3): 279-284.
50.
Steinberger, Y. (1991) Litterfall and nitrogen reabsorption in Zygophyllum dumosum in the Negev
Desert. Israel Journal of Botany. 40: 33-39.
51.
Steinberger, Y. and West, N.E. (1991) Effects of Polyacrylamide on some biological and physical
features of soil: Preliminary results from a greenhouse study. Arid Soil and Rehabilitation. 5: 77-81.
52.
Steinberger, Y. and Loboda, I. (1991) Nematode population dynamics and trophic structure in a soil
profile under the canopy of the desert shrub Zygophyllum dumosum. Pedobiologia 35: 191-197.
53.
Steinberger, Y., Aldon, E.F. and Whitford, W.G. (1991) Ground-dwelling arthropods of the RioPuerco Watershed, New Mexico. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation. 5: 147-153.
54.
Glazer, I., Liran, N. and Steinberger, Y. (1991) Survey of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida)
in arid regions of Israel. Phytoparasitico 19(4): 291-300.
55.
Steinberger, Y., Leschner, H. and Shmida, A. (1992). Activity pattern of harvester ants (Messor sp.)
in the Negev Desert Ecosystem. J. Arid Environ. 23: 169-176.
56.
Sarig, S. and Steinberger, Y. (1993) Immediate effect of wetting event on microbial biomass and
carbohydrates production mediated aggregation in desert soil. Geodorma 56: 599-607.
57.
Nadler, A. and Steinberger, Y. (1993) Trends in structure, plant growth and microorganism in the
soil. Soil Sciences 155(2): 114-122.
58.
Steinberger, Y., Sarig, S., Nadler, A. and Barness, G. (1993) The effect of synthetic soil conditioners
on microbial biomass. Arid Soil Res. Rehab. 7: 303-306.
59.
Steinberger Y. and. Sarig, S. (1993) Interrelations between nematode populations and soil microbial
biomass as affected by rain episode in the hot, dry Negev Desert. Biol. Fert. Soils. 16: 188-192.
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Steinberger, Y. (1994) Soil fauna in arid ecosystems: their role and functions in organic matter
cycling. Advances in GeoEcology 28.
61.
Sarig, S., Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (1994) Annual plant growth under desert halophyte
canopy: Role of microbial biomass. Acta Oecologia. 15(5): 521-527.
62.
Sarig, S. and Steinberger, Y. (1994) Microbial biomass response to seasonal fluctuation in soil
salinity under the canopy of desert halophytes. Soil Biol. Biochem. 26: 1405-1408.
63.
Fliebach, A., Sarig, S. and Steinberger, Y. (1994) Effects of water pulses and climatic conditions
on microbial biomass kinetics and microbial activity in a yermosol of the central Negev. Arid Soil
Research and Rehabilitation 8: 353-362.
64.
Steinberger, Y., Degani, R. and Barness, G. (1995) Decomposition of root litter and related microbial
population dynamics of a Negev Desert shrub, Zygophyllum dumosum. J. Arid Env. 31: 383-399.
65.
Offer, Z. and Steinberger, Y. (1995) Some data on elemental composition of airborne particulate
matter in the Northern Negev Desert, Israel. Environmental Conservation 342-346.
66.
Garty, J., Harel, Y. and Steinberger, Y. (1995) The role of lichens in the cycling of Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu
and Pb in the Negev Desert. Archiv. of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 29: 247-253.
67.
Fliebach, A., Sarig, S., Walenzik, G., Steinberger, Y and Martens, R. (1995) Mineralization and
assimilation processes of 14C-labeled shoots of Stipa capensis in a Negev Desert soil. Applied Soil
Ecology 2: 155-164.
68.
Sarig, S., Fliebach, A. and Steinberger, Y. (1996) Microbial biomass reflects the nitrogen and
phosphorous economy of halophytes grown in salty desert soil. Biol. & Fertility of Soil 21:128-130.
69.
Offer, Z., Sarig, S. and Steinberger, Y. (1996) Dynamics of nitrogen and carbon content of aeolin dry
deposition in an arid region. Arid Soil Res. & Rehabilitation 193-199.
70.
Garty, J., Steinberger, Y. and Harel, Y. (1996) Spatial and temporal changes in the concentration of
K, Na, Mg and Ca in epiliptic and in decomposing detached thalli of the lichen Ramalina maciformis
and its potential role in the cycling of these elements in the Negev Desert. Environmental and
Experimental Botany 36: 83-97.
71.
Vishnevetsky, S. and Steinberger, Y. (1996) Desert system microbial biomass determination by
phospholipid phosphate and muramic acid measurement. Land Degradation & Rehabilitation 7: 257267.
72.
Donegan, K., Seidler, R.J., Fieland, V., Schaller, D., Palm, C., Ganio, L., Cardwell, D.M. and
Steinberger, Y. (1997) Decomposition of genetically engineered tobacco under field conditions:
Persistence of the proteinase inhibitor I product and effects on soil microbial respiration and protozoa,
nematode and microarthropod populations. J. Appl. Ecol. 34: 767-777.
73.
Vishnevetsky, S. and Steinberger, Y. (1997) Bacterial and fungal dynamics and their contribution to
microbial biomass in desert soil. J. Arid Environ. 37: 83-90.
74.
Warburg, I. and Steinberger, Y. (1997) On the spatial distribution of nests of the ants: Messor
arenarius and Messor ebeninus. J. Arid Environ. 36: 671-676.
75.
Steinberger, Y., Vishnevetsky, S., Barness, G. and Lavee, H. (1998). The effects of a topoclimatic
gradient on soil dehydrogenase activity in a Judean Desert ecosystem. Arid Soil Res. Rehab. 12: 387393.
76.
Steinberger, Y., Zelles, L., Bai, Q.Y., von Litzow, M. and Munch, J.C. (1999). Phospholipid fatty
acid profiles as indicators for the microbial community structure and microbial diversity in soils along
a climatic transect in the Judean Desert. Biol. Fertil. Soils 28: 292-300.
77.
Savkina, Y., Djalankuzov, T. and Steinberger, Y. (1999). The influence of organic fertilizers on the
nematode community in chernozeom soil in North Kazakhstan. Pedobiologia 43: 255-265.
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78.
Alon, A. and Steinberger, Y. (1999) Effect of nitrogen amendments on microbial biomass,
aboveground biomass and nematode population in the Negev Desert of Israel. J. Arid Environ. 41:
429-441.
79.
Sarig, S., Fliebach, A. and Steinberger, Y. (1999) Soil microbial biomass and activity under the
canopy of coastal sand dune shrubs. Arid Soil Res. Rehab. 13: 75-80.
80.
Liang, W., Lavian, I. and Steinberger, Y. (1999). Dynamics of nematode community composition in
a potato field. Pedobiologia 43: 459-469.
81.
Alon, A. and Steinberger, Y. (1999). Response of soil microbial biomass and nematode population to
a wetting event in nitrogen amended Negev Desert plots. Biol. Fertil. Soils 30: 147-152.
82.
Steinberger, Y., Lavee, H., Barness, G. and Davidor, M. (1999). Soil carbohydrates along a
topoclimatic gradient in a Judean Desert ecosystem. Land Degradation & Development 10: 523-530.
83.
Vishnevetsky, S., Cojocaru, M. and Steinberger, Y. (2000). Phospholipid fatty acid (PFLA)
composition and its dynamics in a desert soil system. Arid Soil Res. Rehab. 14(1): 59-68.
84.
Liang, W., Pinhasi-Adiv, Y., Shtultz, H. and Steinberger, Y. (2000). Nematode population dynamics
under the canopy of desert halophytes. Arid Soil Res. Rehab. 14(2): 183-192.
85.
Hamadi, Z., Kutiel, P., Lavee, H., Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2000). Effect of the topoclimatic
gradient on the Avena sterillis decomposition process. J. Arid Environ. 46:281-293.
86.
Lavian (Lahav), I. and Steinberger, Y. (2001). The contribution of stone cover to biological activity
in the Negev Desert, Israel. Land Degradation & Rehabilitation. 12: 35-43.
87.
Xie, G., Lavian, I., Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2001). Dynamics of Soil Nitrogen along a
Topoclimatic Gradient in a Judean Desert Ecosystem. Arid Soil Res. Rehab. 15: 135-146.
88.
Lavian (Lahav), I. and Steinberger, Y. (2001). Soil bacterial functional diversity in a potato field.
Eur. J. Soil Biology. 37: 59-67.
89.
Lahav (Lavian), I., Vishnevetsky, S., Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2001). Soil microbial
community and bacterial functional diversity at Machu Picchy, King George Island, Antarctica. Polar
Biol. 24: 411-416.
90.
Mouratov, S., Lahav, I., Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2001). Preliminary study of the soil
nematode community at Machu Picchu station, King George Island, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 24(7):
545-548.
91.
Xie, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2001). Temporal Patterns of C and N under Shrub Canopy in a Loessial
Soil Desert Ecosystem. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33(10): 1371-1379.
92.
Liang, W., Lavian, I. and Steinberger, Y. (2001). Effects of agricultural management on nematode
communities in a Mediterranean agroecosystem. J. Nematol. 33: 3.
93.
Steinberger Y., Liang W., Savkina, E., Meshi T. and Barness, G. (2001). Nematode community
composition and diversity associated with a topoclimatic transect in a rain shadow desert. European J.
Soil Biol. 37: 315-320.
94.
Liang, W. and Steinberger, Y. (2001). Temporal changes in nematode community structure in a
desert ecosystem. J. Arid Environ. 48(3): 267-280.
95.
Xueli-He, S. Mouratov and Steinberger Y. (2002). Spatial distribution and colonization of
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under the canopies of desert halophytes. Arid Land Res. Management
16: 149-160.
96.
Xie, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2002). Dynamics of the Nitrogen-Efficient Guild and Ist Relationship to
Nitrogen and Carbon Patterns in two Desert Soil Ecosystems. Arid Land Res. Management 16: 69-81.
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97.
Liang, W., Mouratov, S., Pinhasi-Adiv, Y., Avigad, P. and Y. Steinberger. (2002). Seasonal variation
in the nematode communities associated with two halophytes in a desert ecosystem. Pedobiologia
46:63-74.
98.
Pen-Mouratov, S., Rachimbaev, M. and Y. Steinberger. (2003). Seasonal and Spatial Variation in
Nematode Communities in the Negev Desert Ecosystem. Journal of Nematology, 35(2): 157-166.
99.
Xie, G H., Cai, M. Y, Tao ,G C. and Steinberger, Y. 2003. CultivableHeterotrophicN2-Fixing
Bacterial Diversity in Rice Field along Yangtzs River Plain. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 37(1):
29-38.
100. Pen-Mouratov, S., Xueli-He and Steinberger Y. (2004). Spatial distribution and trophic diversity of
nematode populations under Acacia raddiana along a temperature gradient in the Negev Desert
ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 56: 339-355.
101. Pavel R., Doyle J. and Steinberger Y. (2004). Seasonal patterns of cellulase concentration in desert
soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 36/3: 549-554.
102. Pen-Mouratov S., Rakhimbaev M., Barness G. and Steinberger Y. (2004) Spatial and temporal
dynamics of the nematode population under Zygophyllum dumosum in an arid environment. European
Journal of Soil Biology. 40: 31-46.
103. He X., Pen-Mouratov S. and Steinberger Y. (2004) Spatial variation of AM fungal spore under
canopy of Acacia raddiana. Arid Land Research and Management 18: 295-299.
104. Steinberger Y., Pen-Mouratov S. and Whitford W.G. (2004). Soil disturbance by soil animals on a
topoclimatic gradient in Israel. European Journal of Soil Biology 40: 73-76.
105. Rodriguez-Zaragoza and Y. Steinberger. (2004). Seasonal dynamics of amoebae in the root canopy
of Zygophyllum dumosum in the Negev Desert, Israel. Pedobiologia 48: 277-281.
106. Mayzlish, E and Steinberger, Y. (2004). Effects of chemical inhibitors on soil protozoa dynamics in
a desert ecosystem. Biology and Fertility of Soils 39: 415-421.
107. Pen-Mouratov S. and Steinberger Y. (2004) Spatio-temporal dynamic heterogeneity of a nematode
population in a desert ecosystem. Journal of Nematology 37(1): 26-36.
108. Xie G. and Steinberger, Y. (2005). Nitrogen and carbon dynamics under the canopy of sand dune
shrubs in a desert ecosystem. Arid Land Research and Management 19: 147-160.
109. Qi L., Mayzlish E., Shamir I., Pen-Mouratov S., Sternberg M. and Steinberger Y. (2005). Impact of
grazing on soil biota in a Mediterranean grassland. Land Degradation and Development, 16: 581-592.
110. Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S., Mayzlish E. and Steinberger Y. (2005). Seasonal changes in free-living
amoebae species in the root canopy of Zygophyllum dumosum in the Negev Desert, Israel. Microbial
Ecology 49: 134-141.
111. Shukurov N., Pen-Mouratov S., Genzer N., Plakht J. and Steinberger Y. (2005) Distribution of soil
microbial biomass and soil free-living nematode population in terrace chronosequences of MakhteshRamon crater. Arid Land Research and Management 19: 1-17.
112. Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S., Mayzlish E. and Steinberger Y. (2005) Vertical distribution of soil freeliving amoeba population under desert shrubs in the Negev Desert, Israel. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 71: 2053-2060.
113. Shukurov, N., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger Y. (2005) The impact of the Almalyk industrial
complex on soil chemical and biological properties. Environmental Pollution 136: 331-340.
114. Liang, W., Lavian, I., Pen-Muratov, S and Steinberger, Y. (2005) Diversity and dynamics of soil
free-living nematode population in a Mediterranean agroecosystem. Pedosphere 15: 204-215.
115. Pen-Mouratov S. and Steinberger Y. (2005). Responses of nematode population community structure
and diversity to pesticide treatments in arid ecosystem of the Negev Desert. Nematology 7(2): 179191.
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116. Ou W, Liang WJ, Jiang Y, Li Q, Steinberger Y (2005) Vertical distribution of soil nematodes under
different land use types in an aquic brown soil. Pedobiologia 49: 139–148.
117. Doyle J., Pavel R., Barness G. and Steinberger Y. (2006) Cellulase dynamics in desert soil. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 38 (2): 371-376.
118. Shukurov N., Pen-Mouratov S. and Steinberger Y. (2006) The influence of soil pollution on soil
microbial biomass and nematode community structure in Navoiy industrial park, Uzbekistan.
Environmental International 32: 1-11.
119. Pen-Mouratov S., Rakhimbaev M. and Steinberger Y. (2006) Spatio-temporal effect on soil
respiration in fine-scale patches in a desert ecosystem Pedosphere 16(1): 1-9.
120. Xie, G.H, Cui, Z J., Jun Y., Su B.L., Hai, W L., Steinberger Y. (2006) Identification of nif Genes of
N2-Fixing Bacterial Strains Isolated in Rice Field along the Yangtze River Plain. Journal of Basic
Microbiology 6:46(1):56-63.
121. Kaffe-Abramovich T. and Steinberger Y. (2006) Soil microbial functional diversity response
following nematocide and biocide amendments in a desert ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
38: 1966-1976.
122. Xiao Qin Dai, Peng Sui, Guang Hui Xie and Steinberger, Y. (2006) Water Use and Nitrate Nitrogen
Changes in Intensive Farmlands following introduction of Poplar (Populus  euramericana) in a SemiArid Region. Arid Land Research and Management 20: 281-294.
123. Alon, G., Shore, L. and Steinberger, Y. (2007) Correlation between levels of sex hormones
(progesterone, testosterone, estrogen) and ecophysiological behavior stages in two species of desert
snails (Sphincterochila zonata and Sphincterochila prophetarum) in the northern Negev Desert.
Journal of General and Comparative Endocrinology 151: 122-127.
124. Mayzlish, E. and Steinberger, Y. (2007) Amoeba community dynamics and diversity in a desert
ecosystem. Biology and Fertility of Soils 43: 357-366.
125. Zhuag Q., Li Q., Jiang Y., Liang W. and Steinberger Y. (2007) Vertical distribution of soil organic
carbon in agroecosystems of Songliao Plain along a latitudinal gradient. American-Euroasian J.
Agric. & Environ. Sci. 2(1).
126. Shamir, I. and Steinberger, Y. (2007) Vertical distribution and activity of soil microbial population
in a sandy desert ecosystem. Microbial Ecology 53(2): 340-347.
127. Roth, G.A., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2007) Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) herbivory
changes dominance in desertified Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments 70:
418-426.
128. Liu X., Shi C., Liang W., Jiang Y., Jiang D. and Steinberger Y. (2007). Spatial variability of soil
properties related to salinity and alkalinity in meliorated grassland of Horqin sand land, Northeast
China. Agricultural Journal 2(5): 564-569.
129. Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2007). Effect of Temporally Persistent
Ant Nests on Soil Protozoan Communities and the Abundance of Morphological Types of Amoebae.
Applied Soil Ecology 37(1-2): 81-87.
130. Shmueli I., Barness G. and Steinberger Y. (2007). Soil respiration and microbial biomass in the
vicinity of the bean caper Zygophyllum dumosum root zone. Pedosphere 17(6):758-765.
131. Rodríguez-Zaragoza, S., González-Ruíz, T., González-Lozano, E., Lozada-Rojas, A., Mayzlish-Gati,
E. and Steinberger, Y. (2007). Vertical distribution of a microbial community under the canopy of
two legume bushes in the Tehuacán Desert, Mexico European Journal of Soil Biology 44: 373-380.
132. Pen-Mouratov, S. Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). Desert plant ecophysiological adaptation
effect on soil free-living nematode community. European Journal of Soil Biology 44: 298-308.
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133. Dong Daofeng, Chen Yun-Feng, Steinberger Y. and Zhi-Ping Cao (2008). Effect of different soil
management practices on soil free-living nematode community structure, Eastern China. Canadian
Journal of Soil Science 88: 115-127
134. Pen-Mouratov, S., Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S., Mayzlish, E. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). Seasonal effect
on trophical relationship between soil free-living nematode and protozoan populations in a desert
ecosystem Acta Entomologica Sinica 51: 1017-1098.
135. Zhiping Cao, Steinberger, Y., Hang Yang and Yun-Feng Chen (2008). A preliminary study on the
effect of methyl bromide and metham sodium fumigation on the soil protozoan community in a
greenhouse environment. Journal of Environmental Sciences and Engineering 2: 30-40.
136. Berg, N., Lavi, R., Steinberger, Y., Vikinski, Y. and Shore, L. (2008). Hormonal patterns associated
with social rank and season in male oryxes Oryx dammah and elands Taurotragus oryx. Acta
Zoologica Sinica 54: 44-51.
137. Pen-Mouratov, S., Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). The effect of individual plant
phenology on vertical distribution of soil free-living nematode communities in the Tehuacán Desert,
Mexico. Ecological Research 23: 973-982
138. Shargil, D., Zurovsky, Y., Rotary, N., Terkel, A., Shore, L., Shemesh, M. and Steinberger, Y. (2008).
Fecal testosterone is elevated in high ranking female ibexes (Capra Ibex Nubiana) and associated with
increased aggression and a preponderance of male offspring. Theriogenology 69: 673-680.
139. Oren, A. and Steinberger, Y. (2008).Catabolic profiles of soil fungal communities along a
geographic climatic gradient in Israel. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40: 2578-2587.
140. Oren, A. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). Coping with artifacts induced by CaCO3-CO2-H2O equilibria
in substrate utilization profiling of calcareous soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40: 2569-2577.
141. Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). Role of perennial plants in determining the activity of the
microbial community in a Negev Desert ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40: 2686-2695.
142. Yun-feng Chen, Steinberger, Y. and Zhi-Ping Cao. (2008). Effect of alternatives to methyl bromide
on soil free-living nematode community dynamics in a greenhouse study. Journal of Sustainable
Agriculture 31: 95-113.
143. Pen-Mouratov, S., Shukurov, N., Plakht, J. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). Soil microbial activity and
free living nematode population in the upper soil layer of the Makhtesh Ramon erosional cirque,
Israel. European Journal of Soil Biology 44: 71-79.
144. Ginzburg, O., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). Effects of harvester ant (Messor spp.)
activity on soil properties and microbial communities in a Negev Desert ecosystem. Biology and
Fertility of Soils 45: 165-173.
145. Pen-Mouratov, S., Shukurov, N. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). Influence of industrial heavy metal
pollution on soil free-living nematode population Environmental Pollution 152: 172-183.
146. Xiao Qin Dai, Peng Li, Xing Quang Guo, Peng Sui, Steinberger, Y. and Guang Hui Xie (2008).
Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake and yield of wheat and maize intercropped with poplar. Arid Land
Research and Management 22: 296-309.
147. Whitford, W.G., Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2008). Effects of Three Species of Chihuahuan
Desert Ants on Annual Plants and Soil Properties. Journal of Arid Environment 72: 392-400.
148. Chunjian Shi, Xiaoke Zhang, Yong Jiang, Deming Jiang and Yosef Steinberger.(2008) Geostatistical
Analysis of Soil Nematode Communities under Degraded andMeliorated Grasslands in the Horqin
Sand Land. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 4 (1): 55-61
149. Ya Li Zhao, Abdughani Dolat, Steinberger, Y., Xin Wang, Amarjan Osman, Guang Hui Xie. (2009)
Biomass yield and changes in chemical composition of sweet sorghum cultivars grown for biofuel.
Field Crops Research 111: 55-64.
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150. Barness, G., Rodriquez Saragoza, S., Shmueli, I. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Vertical distribution of
soil microbial community as affected by plant ecophysiological adaptation in a desert system.
Microbial Ecology 57: 36-49.
151. Roth, G.-A., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Small mammal herbivory: feedbacks that
help maintain desertified ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments 73: 62-65.
152. Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Fomicidae) discriminate
among artificial seeds with different protein contents. Sociobiology 53: 549-558.
153. Ukabi, S., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Faunal pedturbation effects on soil
microarthropod populations in the Negev Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 73: 907–911.
154. Shukurov, N., Pen-Mouratov, S., Steinberger, Y. and Kersten, M. (2009). Soil biogeochemical
properties of Angren industrial area, Uzbekistan. Journal of Soils Sediments 9: 206–215.
155. Saul-Tcherkas, V. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). The relationship of the soil microbial community with
perennial shrubs in a Negev Desert ecosystem. European Journal of Soil Sciences 60: 871-882.
156. Shamir, I., Zahavy, E. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Bacterial viability assessment by flow cytometry
analysis in soil. Frontiers of Biology in China 4: 424-435.
157. Saul-Tcherkas, V. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Substrate utilization patterns of desert soil microbial
communities in response to xeric and mesic conditions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41: 1882-1893.
158. Zhao, Y.L., Dolat, A., Steinberger, Y., Wang, X., Osman, A. and Xie, G.H.. (2009). Biomass yield
and changes in chemical composition of sweet sorghum cultivars grown for biofuel. Field Crops
Research 111: 55-64.
159. Pen-Mouratov, S., Berg, N., Genzer, N., Ukabi, S., Shargil, D. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Do slope
orientation and sampling location determine soil biota composition? Frontiers of Biology in China 4:
364-375.
160. Pinhasi-Adiv, Y. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Seasonal effect of three desert halophytes on soil
microbial functional diversity. Frontiers of Biology in China 4: 233-240.
161. Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Are biological effects of desert shrubs more important than
physical effects on soil microorganisms? Microbial Ecology 59: 121-129.
162. Kaffe-Abramovich, T., Zurovsky, Y. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Zygophyllum dumosum plant litter
decomposition in a soil biota-inhibited system. Plant Soil and Environment 56: 168-175.
163. Saul-Tcherkas, V. and Steinberger, Y. (2009). Temporal and shrub adaptation effect on soil
microbial functional diversity in a desert system. European Journal of Soil Science 60: 871-882.
164. Pen-Mouratov, S., Myblat, T., Shamir, I., Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2010). Soil biota in the
Arava Valley of Negev Desert. Pedosphere 20: 273-284.
165. Pen-Mouratov, S., Shukurov, N. and Steinberger, Y. (2010). Soil free-living nematodes as indicators
of both industrial pollution and livestock activity in Central Asia. Ecological Indicators 10: 955-967.
166. Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2010) Pack-rats (Neotoma spp.): Keystone ecological
engineers? Journal of Arid Environments 74: 1450-1455.
167. Kaffe Abramovich, T., Zurovsky, Y, and Steinberger, Y. (2010) Effect of inhibitors on Zygophyllum
dumosum plant litter decomposition. Plant Soil and Environment 56: 168-175
168. Berg, N., Steinberger, Y. (2010). Are biological effects of desert shrubs more important than physical
effects on soil microorganisms? Microbial Ecology 59: 121-129.
169. Pen-Mouratov, S., Cheng Hu, Hindin E. and Steinberger, Y. (2010) Effect of sand-dune slope
orientation on soil free-living nematode abundance and diversity. Helmintologia 47: 179-188.
170. Pen-Mouratov, S., Genzer, N., Shukurov, N., Plakht, J. and Steinberger, Y. (2010) Seasonal effect of
geomorphological chronosequence features on soil biota dynamics. Pedosphere 20: 761-770.
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171. Saul-Tcherkas, V. and Steinberger, Y. (2010) Soil microbial diversity in the vicinity of a Negev
Desert shrub – Reaumuria negevensis. Microbial Ecology 61: 64-81.
172. Han, L.P., Steinberger, Y., Zhao, Y.L. and Xie, G.H. (2011) Accumulation and partitioning of
nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in different varieties of sweet sorghum. Field Crops Research
120: 230–240.
173. Pen-Mouratov, S., Hu, C., Hindin, E. and Steinberger, Y. (2011) Soil microbial activity and a freeliving nematode community in the playa and in the sandy biological crust soil formations of the
Negev Desert. Biology and Fertility of Soil 47: 363-375.
174. Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2011) Effects of simulated storm sizes and nitrogen on three
Chihuahuan Desert perennial herbs and a grass. Journal of Arid Environment 75: 861-864.
175. Hu, C., Hermann, G., Pen-Mouratov, S., Shore, L. and Steinberger, Y. (2011) Mammalian steroid
hormones can reduce fecundity and sex ratio of soil nematode communities. Agriculture, Ecosystems
& Environment 142; 275-279
176. Yu, J. and Steinberger, Y. (2011) Vertical distribution of microbial-community functionality under
the canopies of Zygophyllum dumosum and Hammada scoparia in the Negev Desert. Microbial
Ecology, 62; 218-227
177. Zhang, X., Li, Q., Zhu, A., Liang, W., Zhang, J. and Steinberger, Y. (2012) Effects of tillage and
residue management on soil nematode communities in North China. Ecological Indicators 13: 75-81.
178. Han, Li-Pu, Wang, Xiu-Ling, Guo, Xing-Qiang, Rao, M.S., Steinberger, Y., Cheng, Xu, Xie, G.-H.
(2011) Effects of plant growth regulators on growth, yield and lodging of sweet sorghum. Chinese
Agricultural Sciences 12 (2) : 372-382
179. Cao, Z., Han, X., Hu, C., Chen, J., Zhang, D., Steinberger, Y. (2011) Changes in the abundance and
structure of a soil mite (Acari) community under long-term organic and chemical fertilizer treatments
Applied Soil Ecology 49; 131-138
180. Hermann, G., Shore, L.S. and Steinberger, Y. (2011) Effects of cattle-lagoon slurry on a soil
microbial community can be observed until depths of 50 m. Applied Soil Ecology 49: 32-39.
181. Whitford, W.G., Ginzburg, O., Berg, N., Steinberger, Y. (2012). Do long-lived ants affect soil
microbial communities? Soil Biology and Fertility 48: 227-233
182. Yu, J. and Steinberger, Y. 2011. Vertical distribution of microbial community functionality under the
canopies of Zygophyllum dumosum and Hammada scoparia in the Negev Desert, Israel. Microbial
Ecology, 62:218-227
183. Yu, J. and Steinberger, Y. (2012) Soil microbial metabolic profiles in two geomorphological units in
a semistable sand –dune ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 45: 71-78
184. Xue, S., Hana, D.Q., Yu, Y.J., Steinberger, Y., Han, L.P., Xie, G.H. (2012) Dynamics in elongation
and dry weight of internodes in sweet sorghum plants. Field Crops Research 126; 37–44
185. LIU Zu-xin, HAN Li-pu,Yosef Steinberger and XIEGuang—hui. (2011) Genetic Variation and Yield
Performance of Jerusalem Artichoke Germplasm Collected in China. Agricultural Sciences in China
10(5); 668-678
186. Yu, J. and Steinberger, Y. (2012) Spatiotemporal changes in abiotic properties, microbial CO2
evolution, and biomass in playa and crust-covered interdune soils in a sand-dune desert ecosystem.
European Journal of Soil Biology 50: 7-14.
187. Yu, J. and Steinberger, Y. (2012) Vertical distribution of soil microbial biomass and its association
with shrubs from the Negev Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 78: 110-118.
188. Ginzburg, O., Steinberger, Y. (2012) Salvage logging versus natural regeneration post-fire practices
in a forest: Soil chemical and microbial aspects. Open Journal of Ecology 2(1); 29-37
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189. Yu, J., Grishkan, I., Sherman, C., Steinberger, Y. (2012) Spatiotemporal variability of culturable
microfungal communities inhabiting a playa in the western Negev Desert, Israel. Journal of Arid
Environments 81: 9-17.
190. Zhao, Y.L., Steinberger, Y., Shi, M., Han, L.P., Xie, G.H. (2012). Changes in stem composition and
harvested produce of sweet sorghum during the period from maturity to a sequence of delayed harvest
dates. Biomass and Bioenergy 39; 261-273.
191. Whitford, W.G., S. Pen-Mouratov, H. Throop, Y. Steinberger. (2012) The effects of prescribed fire
on soil nematodes in and arid Juniper savanna. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 2 ; 227-233.
192. Whitford, W.G., and Steinberger. Y. (2012) Effects of seasonal grazing, drought, fire and carbon
enrichment on soil microarthropods in a desert grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 83: 10-14.
193. Ukabi, S., Dubinsky, Z., Steinberger, Y. and Israel, A. (2012) Surveying Caulerpa (Chlorophyta)
species along the shores of the Mediterranean. Mediterranean Marine Science 13: 5-11.
194. Levi, T, Sherman, C., Pen-Mouratov, S. and Steinberger, Y. (2012) Changes in soi free-living
nematode communities and their trophic composition along a climate gradient. Open Journal of
Ecologyy 2: 79-89
195. Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. (2012). The role of perennial plants in preserving annual plant
complexity in desert ecosystem. Geoderma (85-186); 6-11
196. Jun YU, Kidron, J., Pen-Mouratov, S., Wasserstrom, H., Barness, G. and Steinberger, Y. (2012) Do
development stages of biological soil crusts determine activity and functional diversity in a sand-dune
ecosystem? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 51; 66-72.
197. Sherman, C. and Steinberger, Y. (2012) Microbial Functional Diversity Associated with Plant-Litter
Decomposition along a Climate Gradient. Microbial Ecology 64; 399-415
198. Sherman C., Sternberg M., and Y. Steinberger (2012). Effects of climate change on soil respiration
and carbon processing in Mediterranean and semi-arid regions: An experimental approach. European
Journal of Soil Biology 52; 48-58
199. Orit Ginzburg, Yosef Steinberger (2012) Effects of forest wildfire on soil microbial-community
activity and chemical components on a temporal-seasonal scale. Plant and Soil 360; 243-257
200. Pen-Mouratov, S., Ginzburg, O. Whitford, W.G., and Steinberger, Y. (2012) Forest fire modifies soil
free-living nematode communities in the Biriya woodland in the northern Israel. Zoological Studies
51(7);1018-1026
201. Yu, J., Grishkan, I., Steinberger Y. (2013) Micro-fungal community diversity in Zygophyllum
dumosum and Hammada scoparia root zone in the northern Negev Desert. Journal of Basic
Microbiology 53; 390-400.
202. Ukabi, S., Dubinsky, Z., Steinberger, Y. and Israel, A. (2013) Temperature and irradiance effects on
growth and photosynthesis rates of three Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) species from the eastern
Mediterranean. Aquatic Botany 104: 106-110
203. Vered Sol, Adrian Unc, Yosef Steinberger (2013) Soil Microbial Diversity in the Vicinity of Desert
Shrubs. Microbial Ecology 64(3).
204. Cohen, M., Prandi, C., Occhiato, E.G., Tabasso, S., Wininger, S., Resnick, N., Steinberger, Y.,
Koltai, H. and Kapulnik, Y. (2013) Structure-Function Relations of Strigolactone Analogues:
Activityas Plant Hormones and Plant Interactions. Molecular Plant 6: 141-152
205. Shuai Xue, Yosef Steinberger, Ji Shi Wang, Gui Ying Li, Xing You Xu, Guang Hui Xie. (2013)
Biodiesel Potential of Nonfood Plant Resources from Tsinling and Zhongtiao Mountains of
China. Bioenergy Research 6; 104-117
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206. Xiaoyu Wang , Lu Yang , Yosef Steinberger, Zuxin Liu, Shuhua Liao, Guanghui Xie (2013) Field crop
residue estimate and availability for biofuel production in China. Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews 27; 864–875
207. Varsik Martirosyan, Racheli Ehrlich, Yaffa Frend, Gineta Barness, Yosef Steinberger (2013) Spatial
heterogeneity of a microbial community in a sandy soil ecosystem. Pedobiologia (Elect. published)
208. Yu, J., Glazer, N., Steinberger, Y. (2013) Desert Soil Crust – A Niche for Microbial-
Community and Functional-Diversity Interplay and Associations. Soil Biology and Fertility
(Elect. published)
209. Galit Herman, Laurence S. Shore, Yosef Steinberger (2013) Soil microbial-community response to
exogenous steroidal sex hormones under field conditions. Applied Soil Ecology (accepted with
revision May. 2013)
210. Stanislav Pen-Mouratov, Nosir Shukurov, Yu Jun, Shakhnoza Rakhmonjulova, Obidjon Kodirov,
Gineata Barness, Michel Kersten, Yosef Steinberger (2013) Successive developments of soil
ecosystems at abandoned coal-ash landfills. Ecotoxicology (revision was submitted 2013)
Chapters in Books
211. Whitford, W.G., Freckman, D.W., Parker, L.W., Santos, P.F. and Steinberger, Y. (1983) The
contributions of soil fauna to nutrient cycles in desert systems. In: Desert Systems, pp. 49-59, Proc.
VIII Internat. Colloq. Soil Zoology. (Eds. Ph. Lebrun, H.M. Andre, A. Medts, C. Gregoire-Wibo and
G. Wauthy. Dieu-Brichart Publ., Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
212. Gara M., Ben-Izhak, N. and Steinberger, Y. (1986) Decomposition of Avicennia marina in the
mangle of Sinai. In: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (Eds. Dubinsky, Z. and
Steinberger, Y.) Pub., Bar-Ilan Univ. Press, Vol. III/A: 63-67.
213. Levy, Y., Steinberger, Y. and Tal, K. (1986) Carbon transfer of a desert algae-herbivore system using
C14 as a tracer: A comparative study of three desert snails. In: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem
Stability (Eds. Z Dubinsky and Steinberger, Y.) Pub., Bar-Ilan Univ. Press. Vol. III/A: 205-209.
214. Steinberger, Y. and Gara, M. (1986) Effect of "Acarine" treatment on wheat straw decomposition.
In: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability (Eds. Dubinsky, Z. and Steinberger, Y.) Pub. BarIlan Univ. Press, Vol. III/A: 129-135.
215. Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (1989) The long-term effects of habitat modification on a desert
rodent community. In: Patterns in the Structure of Mammalian Communities. Ed. D.W. Morris,
Z. Abramsky, B.J. Fox and M.R. Willing. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech. Univ., No. 28, Lubbock,
33-43.
216. Steinberger, Y., Cojocaru, M. and Even-Ram, S.C. (1989) A common Acarin 18,5 E.C. (Mitigan)
residue degradation in treated wheat straw. In: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability
(Eds: Luria, Steinberger and Spanier). Pub. Ecol. Soc. Vol. IV/A: Environmental Quality, 575-580.
217. Rosen, S. and Steinberger, Y. (1989) The occurrence of prostigmatic mites on the fan-footed lizards
(Pyodactylus hasselguisti guttatus - Gekkonidae). In: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability
(Eds: Spanier, Steinberg and Luria). Pub. Ecol. Soc. Vol. IV/B: Ecosystem Stability: 433-437.
218. Steinberger, Y. (1991) Arid soil fauna. In: Semiarid lands and deserts: Soil Resource and
Reclamation. Ed. J. Skujins. Pub. Marcel Dekker Inc., pp. 173-187.
219. Steinberger, Y. and Shore, L. (2009) Soil ecology and factors affecting biomass. In: Hormones and
Pharmaceuticals Generated by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Ed. Laurence S. Shore and
Amy Pruden. Springer pp. 53-62.
220. Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. (2010) Herbivore – Plant interactions and desertification in arid
lands. In: Plant-Animal Interactions. Ed. Joseph Seckbach and Zvi Dubinsky, All flesh is grass
[volume 16 of COLE series] Springer.
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