MEDPINE
International Workshop on Mediterranean pines Beit-Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel
7-12 February 1999

PROGRAMME



Monday Feb. 8

07:00-08:00  Breakfast
09:00-09:30  G. Ne’eman, Dr. M. Sachs, Prof. G. Gilbar, Prof. Y. Karo Formal opening

Session I: Genetics & Reproduction
Chairman: Prof. Zeev Naveh

09:30-10:10  Z. Naveh

The future of Mediterranean forests, threatened by multiple stress: the  choice between extinction or evolution

10:10-10:30  G. Schiller

Intra-specific diversity in range-wide P. halepensis (Mill.) and P. brutia (Ten.) ssp. brutia (Nahal 1983)

10:30-10:50  A. Madmoni & R. Joseph

Characteristics of hybrids of Pinus halepensis x Pinus brutia

10:50-11:10  Coffee

Chairman: Prof. Jon Keeley

11:10-11:50  J. E. Keeley

A synthetic view of pine life histories

11:50-12:10  V. Leone, A. Logiurato & A. Saracino

Serotiny in P. halepensis Mill. recent issues

12:10-12:30  A. Shmida & S. Lev-Yadun

Spatial and temporal patterns of sexual allocation in conifers

12:30-12:50  S. Goubitz, G. Ne’eman & A. Shmida

Production and distribution of male and female cones

12:50-14:00  Lunch

Session II:  Ecophysiology
Chairman: Prof. Costas Thanos

14:00-14:40  C. A. Thanos

Germination ecology of Mediterranean pines, an overview

14:40-15:00  G. Schiller & Y. Cohen

The water regime of Aleppo pine forests under Mediterranean and arid climate

15:00-15:20  L. Balaguer, E. Martinez-Ferri, F. Valladares, J. M. Chico & E. Manrique

Energy dissipation in drought-avoiding and drought –tolerant tree species at midday during the Mediterranean summer

15:20-15:40  R. Calamassi, S. Strati & E. Paoletti

Frost hardening in Aleppo pine

15:40-16:00  S. Lev-Yadun

Wood and periderm structure and the ecology of annual growth ring formation in P. halepensis and P. Brutia
16:00-16:30  Coffee

Session III:  Autoecology & Ecosystem
Chairman:Prof. Dave Richardson

16:30-17:10  D. Richardson

Mediterranean pines as invaders in the southern hemisphere

17:10-17:30  P. Kutiel

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of species richness and species diversity in Mediterranean pine forests

17:30-17:50  A. Eshel & G. Katz

Do P. halepensis and C. salviifolius compete during post-fire succession in east Mediterranean pine forest?

17:50-18:10  A. Virzo De Santo, F. A. Rutigliano & A. R. Fierro

Decomposition of organic matter in P. pinea L. stand at M. Vesuvius (Campania, Italy)

18:10-18:30  M. Weinstein- Evron & S. Lev-Yadun

Pallinology of Pinus halepensis in Israel in the light of archeobotanical data

18:30-18:50  J. Garty

Establishment of pioneer lithobiontic cyanobacteria, green algae, microfungi and lichens subsequent to a severe forest fire in a natural pine forest in Israel

19:00  Dinner
20:00  Get together evenning
 

Tuesday, Feb. 9

07:00-08:00  Breakfast

Session IV:  Pine-Animal Interactions
Chairman: Dr. Zvi Mendel

08:20-09:00  Z. Mendel, N. Saphir, A. Zehavi & E. Dunkelblum

Tritrophic interactions in pine bast scale ecosystem

09:00-09:20  A. Kalil

Annual population trends of Matsucoccus josephi and its predator Elatophilus hebraicus in two pine species in Israel

09:20-09:40  M. Inbar & D. Wool

Post-fire colonization of Pistacia trees by gall-forming aphids in a Mediterranean pine forest

09:40-10:00  M. R. Warburg

Some non-insectan soil arthropod taxa inhabiting pine forest as compared  to those from oak woodland in the lower Galilee
10:00-10:30  Coffee

Chairman: Prof. Abraham Haim

10:30-11:10  A. Haim

Small mammals in Mediterranean pine forests

11:10-11:30  R. Aisner

The black rat (Rattus rattus) in the pine-tree habitat: population dynamics and feeding behavior

11:30-11:50  M. Broza

Soil arthropods of the Mediterranean pine forest

11:50-12:10  A. Dafni & G. Ne’eman

Fire and the threat to solitary bee diversity in a pine forest

12:10-12:30  I. Izhaki

Passerine birds in Mediterranean pine forests

12:30-14:00  Lunch

14:00-21:00  Excursion to Mt. Carmel forest (two hours walking) & Druse Dinner
 

Wednesday Feb. 10
07:00-08:00  Breakfast

Session V: Fire Ecology
Chairman: Prof. Margarita Arianoutsou

08:20-09:00  M. Arianoutsou

Post-fire regeneration of Pinus halepensis Mill. forests in the east Mediterranean: patterns of resilience

09:00-09:20  L. Trabaud

Post-fire regeneration in Pinus halepensis forests in the west Mediterranean

09:20-09:40  G. Ne’eman

Temporal and spatial aspects of post-fire regeneration of natural Aleppo pine forests

09:40-10:00  R.Tapias-Martin, L. Gil, P. Fuentes-Utrilla & J. A. Pardos

Aerial seed bank in populations of Pinus halepensis Mill. in eastern Spain: comparison to P. pilaster Aiton, P. nigra Arn., P. pinea L.
10:00-10:30  Coffee

Chairman: Prof. Amram Eshel

10:30-10:50  M. Inbar, L. Wittemberg & M. Tamir

The effects of wildfire on the hydrological and sedimentological regime of a burned pine forest

10:50-11:10  L. Hermanin & G. Cottignoli

Effects of a forest fire on Pinus stands (Pinus pinea, P. halepensis, P. pinaster & P. radiata) on calcareous slopes

11:10-11:30  A. Eshel, Y. Navon, D. Simon & Y. Zohar

The ecological impact of prescribed burning on the flora and fauna of pine forest floor and understory

11:30-11:50  A. Perevolotski

Pine  forests  in  Israel - afforestation  and  conservation

11:50-12:10  U. N. Safriel

Mount Carmel Biosphere Reserve

12:10-14:00  Lunch

Session VI: Management & Human interaction
Chairman: Dr. Omri Boneh

14:00-14:40  O. Boneh

Pine management in planted forests in Israel: past, present and future

14:40-15:00  M. Etienne

Pine agroforestry in the west-Mediterranean basin

15:00-15:20  Y. Reves

Revitalizing the cycle of the pine forests in Israel (Pinus halepensis, Pinus brutia & Pinus pinea)

15:20-15:40  A. Zehavi, N. Saphir & Z. Mendel

Impact of insect pests on species selection of pine for afforestation in Israel

15:40-16:00  R. Tarchov, G. Sapir & Z. Litmanovich

Volume tables of Pinus brutia Ten. in Israel

16:00-16:30  Coffee

Chairman: Prof. Luis Trabaud

16:30-17:10  J. D. Barnes, B. S. Gimeno, F. Bussotti, D. Velissariou & D. Gerant

Air pollution impacts on Mediterranean pine forests

17:10-17:50  L. Trabaud

Perspectives of Mediterranean pine forests: what is known and what should be studied

17:50-18:00  Break

18:00-18:50  L. Trabaud

General round table discussion

19:00  Dinner
 

Thursday Feb. 11

07:00-08:00  Breakfast

08:30-22:00  Excursion to:

Nazareth, KKL afforestation areas, Sea of Galilee, Mt. Meiron Nature Reserve and farewell dinner.


Friday Feb. 12
07:00-08:00  Breakfast
08:30  Departure to post-workshop excursion:

  Rift Valley, Dead Sea, Ein Gedi oasis, Judean Desert, Jerusalem (Saturday evening)


Posters:

M. A. Doussi & C. A. Thanos
Cone opening in serotinous Mediterranean pines

P. Gagari, G. Lyrintzis, G. Baloutsos & G. Xanthopoulos
Contribution of log erosion barriers to soil protection and vegetation recovery after wildfire in a Pinus halepensis forest, in Greece

N. Henig-Sever, A. Eshel & G. Ne’eman
Heat and ash - key factors in post-fire regeneration in an east Mediterranean Pinus halepensis forest

P. Kutiel
Post-fire soil minerals

S. Lev-Yadun, G. Schiller & A. Perevolotski
Towards sustainable forestry in the east Mediterranean, or from non-forest to sustainable forest: the Israeli case

R. Nathan, U. N. Safriel & I. Noy-Meir
Is tree seed dispersal by wind predictable in time and space? A test for Pinus halepensis Mill.

D. Poliakov, N. Henig-Sever & M. Broza Recovery of soil microarthropods and pH of ash under burned pine trees as indicators of fire intensity

M. Sternberg, A. Danin & I. Noy-Meir
Effects of clearing and herbicide treatments on coniferous seedling establishment and growth in newly planted Mediterranean forests

D. Roitemberg & G. Ne’eman
Post-fire seed dispersal in Pinus halepensis

I. Saracino & V. Leone
Factors affecting post-fire regeneration under big Pinus halepensis trees

G. G. Vendramin, M. Anzidei & A. Madaghiele
Genetic diversity in Mediterranean Pinus species as revealed by chloroplast microsatellite markers
 
 
 

Dr. Gidi Ne’eman
Dr. Ido Izhaki

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E mail: gneeman@research.haifa.ac.il