Zalmen Henkin, ph.D

E-mail: henkin@migal.org.il

Tel: + 972-6-6953534

Fax: + 972-6-6944980

MIGAL, Galilee Technological Center

South industrial Zone, Kiryat Shmona

P.O. Box 90000, Rosh-Pina 12100, Israel

University Education

1974 - 1976 B.Sc. in Geology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1984 - 1986 M.Sc. in Environmental Biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Title of thesis: The relation between soil phosphorus, pasture yield and grazing in thinned out shrub land.

Supervision by: I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi and N. Seligman.

1991 - 1994 Ph.D. in Evolution, Systematics and Ecology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Thesis: The influence of phosphorus fertilization, herbicide spraying and fire upon the dynamics of batha vegetation in the Galilee.

Supervision by: I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi and N. Seligman.

Positions Held and Academic Status:

1983 - 1987 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Research in range management and soil phosphorus fertility in Mediterranean woodland.

1988 - 1999 Galilee Technological Center (MIGAL),

Head of research in range management in Mediterranean woodland.

1993 - 1998 Galilee Technological Center (MIGAL),

Member of research team on Hula projects.

1999 Head Scientist of animal and rangelands. Northern Research and Development

Committee Membership

1999 Member, Natural Resources Scientific Review Panal

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  2. Member, Sub-committee for beef production for the cattle industry Board.

Research Topics

  1. Beef-cattle grazing in a Mediterranean-type woodland.
  2. Multi-species grazing (cattle + Mamber black goats).
  3. Determination of diet composition of natural vegetation for goats and cattle in a Mediterranean-type woodland
  4. Acclimatization of Boer Goats in the Galilee, Israel.
  5. Animal behavior in rangelands.
  6. Vegetation dynamics.
  7. Secondary succession after fire in a Mediterranean dwarf-shrub community.
  8. Rehabilitation of Mediterranean Dwarf-shrub Rangeland with herbicides, fertilizer and fire.
  9. Phosphate fertilizer application on natural pasture in the Galilee.
  10. Establishment of natural trees in rangelands.
  11. Establishment of pastural vegetation and trees on peatland in reflooded area of the Hula.
  12. Ecological utilization of desiccated Hula swamp.

List of Publications

Articles in reviewed journals

1. Perevolotsky A., A. Brosh, O. Ehrlich, M. Gutman, Z. Henkin and Z. Holzer, (1993). Nutritional value of common oak (Quecus calliprinos) browse as fodder for goats: Experimental results in ecological perspective. Small Ruminant Research, 11:95 - 106.

2. Henkin Z., I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi, N. Seligman and M. Gutman, (1994). Soil phosphorus in a managed Mediterranean woodland ecosystem: herbage response and cattle grazing effect. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 47: 299 - 311.

3. Ne'eman G., A. Perevolotsky, Z. Henkin and R. Jonathan. (1995). Vegetation response to shrub control, fire and fertilization in a batha on chalky foothills in the lower Galilee. Hassadeh, 75: 64 - 69 (in Hebrew).

4. Henkin Z. , I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi, M. Gutman, and N. Seligman, (1996). Phosphate fertilization primes production of rangeland on brown rendzina soils in the Galilee, Israel. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 59:43 - 53.

5. Henkin Z., N.G. Seligman, I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi and M. Gutman, (1998). Rehabilitation of Mediterranean Dwarf-shrub Rangeland with herbicides, fertilizer and fire. Journal of Range Management 51:193 - 199.

6. Henkin Z., N.G. Seligman, I. Noy-Meir, and U. Kafkafi, (1998). 'Effective growing days': a simple predictive model of the response of herbaceous plant growth in a mediterranean ecosystem to variation in rainfall and phosphorus availability. Journal of Ecology 86:137 - 148.

7. Atzmon N., and Z. Henkin, (1998). Establishing forest tree species on peatland in reflooded area of the Huleh Valley, Israel. Forestry 71(2):141 - 146.

8. Henkin Z., N.G. Seligman, U. Kafkafi and D. Prinz, (1998). End-of-soil water depletion in relation to growth of herbaceous vegetation in a sub-humid Mediterranean dwarf-shrub community on two contrasting soils. Plant and soil 202:317 - 326.

9. Henkin Z., N.G. Seligman, U. Noy-Meir, Kafkafi and T. Cohen. (1998). Control of Sarcopoteriun spinosum and Calycotome villosa in the Western Galilee. Hassadeh, 79: 734 -737 (in Hebrew).

10. Henkin, Z., N. Seligman, I. Noy-Meir, and U. Kafkafi. (1999). Secondary succession after fire in a Mediterranean dwarf-shrub community. Journal of Vegetation Science 10: 503 - 514.

11. Gutman M., Z. Henkin, Z. Holzer, I. Noy-Meir and N.G. Seligman, (1999). A case study of beef-cattle grazing in a Mediterranean-type woodland. Agroforestry Systems (in press).

12. Seligman N.G., and Z. Henkin, (2000). Regeneration of a dominant Mediterranean dwarf-shrub after fire. Journal of Vegetation Science. (excepted).

13. Perevolotsky A., G. Ne'eman, R. Jonathan and Z. Henkin, (2000). Resilience of the dwarf shrub prickly burnet to management in East Mediterranean rangelands. Journal of Range Management (excepted).

Articles in non-reviewed journals

1. Henkin Z., I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi, and N. Seligman, (1987). The effect of grazing, thinning and spraying in natural brush pasture, on the phosphorus in the soil. Hassadeh, 68: 149 - 152 (in Hebrew).

2. Henkin Z., I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi, and N. Seligman, (1988). Deficiency of available phosphorus in terra rossa soils in the Galilee limits the development of pasture plants. Hassadeh, 68: 755 - 760 (in Hebrew).

3. Henkin Z., I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi, and M. Gutman, (1988). Phosphate fertilizer effect on natural pasture in the Galilee. Hassadeh, 68: 1803 - 1807 (in Hebrew).

4. Henkin Z., M. Gutman, G. Edelstein and I. Noy-Meir, (1988). Changes in natural vegetative cover induced by thinning, spraying and grazing. Hassadeh, 68: 2016 - 2018 (in Hebrew).

5. Holzer Z., Z. Henkin, A. Brosh, and M. Gutman,(1989). Nutritional value of oak leaves. Rancher News, 66: 26 - 27 (in Hebrew).

6. Holzer Z., U. Erlich, A. Brosh, M. Gutman, Z. Henkin, , and A. Perevolotsky, (1990). Determination of digestibility and nitrogen balance of Quercus cocifera and vetch hay (as reference) in goats. Hassadeh, 71: 124 - 126 (in Hebrew).

7. Henkin Z., I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi, and M. Gutman, (1990). The influence of phosphate fertilizer application on natural pasture in Galilee: Triannual summary. Hassadeh, 71: 283 - 287 (in Hebrew).

8. Henkin Z., E. Musevitch, Y. Hrrari and M. Gutman, (1991). The influence of P and N fertilizer application on natural rangeland of cattle and goats in Galilee. Hassadeh, 71: 1872 - 1873 (in Hebrew).

9. Henkin Z., M. Gutman, N. Seligman, I. Noy-Meir, Z. Holzer, and Z. Choen, (1994). Production of cattle in rangeland of Mediterranean woodland. Rancher News, 84: 45 - 50 (in Hebrew).

10. Henkin Z., M. Gutman, Z. Holzer, N. Seligman and I. Noy-Meir, (1997). Raising cattle in a Mediterranean brush rangeland. Hassadeh, 77: 66 - 68 (in Hebrew).

11. Rothman, S., A. Brosh, Z. Henkin, Y. Aharoni, and M. Gutman. (1998). Determination of diet composition of natural vegetation for goats and cattle by N-alkanes. Rancher News, 98: 35 - 38 (in Hebrew).

12. Henkin Z., N. Seligman, I. Noy-Meir, U. Kafkafi, and Z. Chohen. (1999). Control of Sarcopoterium spinosum and Calicotome villosa in rangelands of the Western Galilee. Rancher News, 100: 19 - 24 (in Hebrew).

Articles of symposia proceedings

1. Gutman M., Z. Henkin, I. Noy-Meir, Z. Holzer and N.G. Seligman, (1990). Plant and animal responses to beef cattle grazing in a mediterranean oak forest in Israel. 6th meeting FAO on Mediterranean pastures and fodder crops. Bari, Italy.

2. Henkin Z., (1993). The effect of thining, Shrub control and grazing on the natural brush in the Galilee. Symposia of Fire Management in the Carmel. Oranim, Kiryat Tivon (in Hebrew).

3. Henkin Z., I. Noy-Meir, M. Gutman and N.G. Seligman, (1995). The effect of phosphorus nutrition, shrub control and fire on the dynamics of Mediterranean batha vegetation in Galilee, Israel. FAO/ CIHEAM Network on Pastures and Fodder Crops, Avignon, France.

4. Henkin Z., M. Walczak and D. Kaplan, (1996). Vegetation changein the terrestrial areas surrounding the newly reflooded Hula swamp. Sixth International Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciencess. Jerusalem, Israel.

5. Atzmon N., and Z. Henkin, (1996). Field performance of four tree species planted on islands in newly flooded area of Hula plain in the upper Jordan valley. Sixth International Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciencess. Jerusalem, Israel.

6. Henkin Z., N.G. Seligman, and I. Noy-Meir, (1998). Inter-annual variation of herbage production in a P-deficient Mediterranean soil. In: The VII International congress of ecology - INTECOl, Florence, 19-25 July,1998 Italy.

7. Henkin Z., N.G. Seligman, U. Kafkafi and I. Noy-Meir, (1999) Predicting productivity of mediterranean herbaceous vegetation growing on a P-deficient soil. Cahiers Options Mediterraneennes, Volume 39, Dynamics and Sustainability of Mediterranean Pastoral Systems.

8. Henkin Z., and N.G. Seligman, (1999). Mid-term limits to the encroachment of prickly burnet (Sarcopoterium spinosum) on P dficient terra rossa soil. (eds: V.P. Papanastasis, J. Frame, and A.S. Nastis) Grasslands and Woody Plants in Europe, Volume 4: 75-78.

9. Gutman M., Z. Henkin, and Z. Holzer, (1999). Comparative performance of beef cattle on herbaceousand woody vegetation. (eds: V.P. Papanastasis, J. Frame, and A.S. Nastis) Grasslands and Woody Plants in Europe, Volume 4: 365-370.

10. Henkin Z., N.G. Seligman, and I. Noy-Meir, (1999) Suppression of shrub encroachment in a typical Mediterranean Sarcopoterium spinosum community. (eds: Eldridge, D. and D. Freudenberger) People and Rangelands Building the Future, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Volume 1: 294-295.

11. Gutman, M., Z. Henkin, Z. Holzer, I. Noy-Meir and N.G. Seligman, (1999). A case study of beef cattle grazing in a Mediterranean-type woodland. (eds: Eldridge, D. and D. Freudenberger) People and Rangelands Building the Future, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Volume 1: 521-522.