Lea Wittenberg
February 12, 2013
CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATION
1. CURRICULUM VITAE
1. PERSONAL DETAILS
Office Address and Phone:
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,
University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel; (972)-4-8249609
Fax Number
(972)-4-8249605
Electronic Address:
leaw@geo.haifa.ac.il; lea.wittenberg@gmail.com
2. HIGHER EDUCATION
University of Haifa, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. 1989-1992, B.A.
(Suma cum Lauda).
University of Haifa, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. 1992-1995, M.A.
(Cum Lauda).
University of Newcastle upon Tyne. School of Geography. Physical Geography. 1996-2002
Ph.D
3. ACADEMIC RANKS AND TENURE IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
2002-2003
University of Haifa
Geography and
Environmental Studies
Instructor
2004-2009
University of Haifa
Geography and
Environmental Studies
Lecturer
2009 -
University of Haifa
Geography and
Environmental Studies
Senior lecturer
4. ACTIVE PARTICIPAPTION IN SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
a. Active Participation
Date
Name of Conference
1991
Annual meeting of the Israel
Geological Society
Fifth International
Conference of the Israel
Society for Ecology and
1991
Place of
Conference
Akko, Israel
The Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem
1
Subject of Lecture
Forest fire effects on runoff and
erosion
Runoff and erosion processes
after forest fire in Mt. Carmel, A
Mediterranean area.
Lea Wittenberg
1991
1994
1995
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Environmental: Quality
Environmental Quality and
Ecosystem stability
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
Geomorphology and
Environmental problems.
The Second Israel
Geomorphological Research
Group (IGRG) conference
Israel River Conference
International Conference on
Geomorphic Response of
Mediterranean and Arid
Areas to Climate Change
The third Israel
Geomorphological Research
Group (IGRG) conference
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 28th annual
conference
LIS/GIS 98 conference,
Israel Cartographical
Association
February 12, 2013
Bar Ilan
University
University of
Haifa
The hydrological regime
following forest fires.
The hydrological regime of
karstic slopes.
Tel Aviv
University
Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem and
Bar-Ilan
University
Eilat, Israel
Chanel Microtopography of
gravel bed streams.
Surface runoff over karstic slopes
after forest fire - morphological
and climatic factors.
Congress Center,
Haifa
Flow development in Mt. Carmel
Streams – geomorphological and
climatological conditions.
University of
Haifa
Classification of the
sedimentlogical characteristics of
a point bar using picture analysis.
The South Tyne River, UK.
The geomorphological effects of
the 30-31.12.1999 rainstorm.
Hof Hacarmel 1999 flood.
Annual meeting of the Israel
Geological Society
3rd Carmel Research
Meeting
MEDPINE – International
workshop on Mediterranean
Pines
Dead Sea, Israel
1999
International conference on
drainage basin dynamics and
morphology
The Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem
2000
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA).
4th Carmel Research
Meeting
University of
Haifa
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA).
The Mediterranean:
Problems and Challenges at
the Beginning of the 21st
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev
University of
Haifa
1999
1999
2000
2002
2004
University of
Haifa
Beit Oren, Mt.
Carmel, Israel
University of
Haifa
2
Spatial and temporal distribution
of clusters in gravel bed rivers.
The effects of wildfire on the
hydrological and the
sedimentological regime of a
burnt natural pine forest.
Structural patterns of coarse
gravel riverbeds: typology
assessment of the roles of grain
size and river regime.
Cluster formation in gravel bed
rivers – the role of grain size and
river regime.
1) The paleogeography and the
stratigraphy of Nahal Galim, Mt.
Carmel - preliminary results.
2) Rainfall-runoff relationships in
the Nahal Oren watershed.
Experimental basin for runoff and
sediment measurements
Filed Laboratory for the study of
floods in Mediterranean Mt.
Streams results from 2001-2003.
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2005
Century.
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
February 12, 2013
2006
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
Tel Aviv
University
2006
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 14th annual
conference
The Congress
Center, Haifa
2006
Israel Water Association 3rd annual conference
2007
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 13th annual
conference
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev
Weitzman
Institute of
Science
2008
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
Bar-Ilan
University
2008
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 16th annual
conference
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 17th annual
conference
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
Weitzman
Institute of
Science
1) Flow routing and transmission
losses processes in a mountainous
bedrock channel – Nahal Oren,
Israel.
2) Spatial and temporal patterns
of soil and vegetation recovery
following forest fires.
1) The effect of post-fire
vegetation re growth on runoff
and erosion.
2) hydrologic and sedimentologic
responses to small check dams
drawdowns in a spring-dominated
wetland-river ecosystem, En Afeq
nature reserve, NW Israel
1) Short and long term recovery
processes in the top soil layers
following sequential forest fires at
the Carmel Mountain, Israel.
2) The relationship between
vegetation regeneration and
runoff and sediment yield
following a wildfire - a case study
from the Carmel Mountain, Israel
Using artificial floods for river
restoration and reclamation – En
Afeq case study.
1) Assessing long term fire effects
using "historical fire" – Mt.
Carmel case study.
2) The relationship between
vegetation regeneration and
runoff and sediment yield
following a wildfire - a case study
from the Carmel Mountain, Israel
1) Assessing soil erosion potential
in Mediterranean region - the role
of physiographic conditions.
2) Long term effects of forest fires
on soil-vegetation rehabilitation
dynamics.
Spatial distribution of forest fires
in Israel – implications for forest
sustainable management
Technion
Israel Institute of
technology
Spatio-temporal changes in fire
regime and vegetation cover
1945-2007
The Hebrew
University
Jerusalem
1) Temporal changes in the
chemical attributes of the erosion
and runoff following forest fires Biriya 2006
2009
2010
The Hebrew
University
Jerusalem
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2010
2011
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 18th annual
conference
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 19th annual
conference
Date
Name of Conference
1991
European Society for Soil
Conservation – Soil
Erosion and Degradation
as a Consequence of
Forest Fires
International association
of Geomorphologists
(IAG) Third International
Geomorphology
Conference.
British Geomorphological
Research Group, annual
conference of the RGSIBG. University of
Strathclyde
Gravel-Bed Rivers 2000
Workshop
1993
1996
2000
2004
2004
International Conference
on River/Catchment
Dynamics: Natural
Processes and Human
Impacts
The 30th Congress of the
International Geographical
Union/Incorporating Joint
International
Geomorphology
February 12, 2013
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev
Megiddo
Regional
Council
2) Spatio-temporal changes in fire
regime and vegetation cover
1945-2007
Changes in vegetation richness
diversity and coverage following
recurrent fires
1) The interplay between Pinus
halepensis and Forest Fire
Regime of Mt. Carmel.
2) vegetation structure and
diversity following recurrent fires.
3) Changes in water and sediment
regimes after recurrent fires.
4) characterizing revegetation
processes in areas affected by
Construction waste.
Place of
Conference
BarcelonaValencia, Spain
Subject of Lecture
Hamilton Canada
Runoff and erosion field studies
after forest fire in Mount Carmel,
a Mediterranean area
Glasgow UK
Soil moisture and runoff
generation in disturbed
Mediterranean forests
Canterbury
University, New
Zealand
Bed clusters in humid perennial
and Mediterranean ephemeral
streams: the effect of bed material
sorting and clast size
Flow regime, large floods and bed
structure morphology, along
Mediterranean ephemeral streams
– Mt. Carmel, Israel
Solsona,
Catalonia, Spain
Glasgow, UK
4
Runoff and erosion processes
after forest fire in Mt. Carmel, a
Mediterranean area.
Trends in the pattern of the large
hydrologically-effective
rainstorms in the Eastern
Mediterranean – Nahal Oren, Mt.
Carmel, Israel
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2005
2005
2005
Conference
Soil Science Society of
America Annual
Conference
Sixth International
Conference on
Geomorphology –
Geomorphology in Region
of Environmental Contrast
4th USGS Wildland Fire
Science Workshop
2007
International Meeting of
fire Effects on Soil
Properties
2007
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
4th International Wildland
Fire Conference
2007
2007
American Geophysical
Union Fall Meeting
2008
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
2009
International Meeting of
Fire Effects on Soil
Properties – 2nd edition
February 12, 2013
Salt Lake City
Utah, USA
A Multi-Country Assessment of
Vegetation Dynamics, Soil
Erosion, and Watershed
Degradation after Wildfires
Arizona
Zaragoza, Spain
Spatial and temporal patterns of
vegetation recovery following
sequences of forest fires in a
Mediterranean landscape, Mt.
Camel Israel
Tucson AZ, USA Seasonal assessments of wildfire
effects on land degradation and
vegetation dynamics
University of
1) The development and the break
Barcelona, Spain down of hydrophobic layer after
forest fires in Mt. Carmel, Israel
2) Wildfires effect on soil
properties - a 20-year view, Mt.
Carmel, Israel
Vienna, Austria
(Eco)Systems, complexity and
stability – a theoretical framework
Seville, Spain
Satellite-derived vegetation
dynamics applied to post-fire
vulnerability assessment in
eastern Spain
San Francisco
1) Long term dynamic changes in
CA, USA
soil organic matter following
forest fires
2) Differential Recovery Rates of
Post Fire Runoff and Erosion: The
Effects of Slope, Aspect and
Vegetation
3) The Effects of Repeated Fires
on Vegetation Communities
Structure and Implications for
Geomorphological Processes
Vienna, Austria
1) Post fire induced soil water
repellency – modeling short and
Long-term processes.
2) Soil properties controlling the
effects of fire on water repellency
in Terra Rosa.
3) Fires influence on soil
properties in Mt. Carmel, Israel a long-term view.
Marmaris, Turkey 1) Eco-geomorphic responses of
burned Mediterranean forests on
different soil types.
2) Soil type as a factor controlling
water repellency in fire affected
areas: evidences from field trials
in Mt. Carmel (Israel).
3) Soil-vegetation dynamic
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2010
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
Vienna, Austria
2011
International Meeting of
Fire Effects on Soil
Properties – 3rd edition
Minho University
Portugal
2011
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
Vienna, Austria
2011
MEDPINE 4: 4th
International Conference
on Mediterranean Pines
Petit Louvre,
Avignon, France
changes after forest fires Mt.
Carmel, Israel.
Water repellency in
Mediterranean burned soils. A
comparison between field and
laboratory data
1) The relative importance of soil
water repellency in determining
runoff-infiltration processes in
burned Mediterranean forest soils
2) Soil water repellency after
recurrent fires, Mt. Carmel,
ISRAEL
1) Testing LAPSUS-D, a daily
sediment delivery model, in a
meso-scale Mediterranean
catchment: a case study in Israel.
2) Runoff and sediment yield in
Nahal Oren Basin, Mt. Carmel
Israel - a comparison between pre
and post 2010 forest fire
(preliminary-results)
1) The influence of recurrent
forest fires on the abundance of
Pinus halepensis Mill.
2) The interplay between Pinus
halepensis and Forest Fire
Regime of Mt. Carmel.
b. Organization of Conferences or Sessions
Date
Name of
Conference
Place of
Conference
2007
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 13th annual
conference
Fire Effects on Soil Properties
Weitzman
Institute of
Science
2009
Marmaris,
Turkey
Vienna,
Austria
2009
European Geosciences Union
General Assembly
2009
Scientific Workshop: Water
issues in Dryland Forestry
COST FORMAN (Forest
management and the water
cycle) ACTION (FP0601)
Ben Gurion
University,
Sede-Boqer
Campus
2010
COMLAND (Commission on
Land Degradation) Meeting
and Field Trip International
Haifa
University
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Subject of Conference/
Role at Conference/
Comments
Chairperson of "Open space"
session
Chairperson of opening session
Convener, SSS18/BG2.8/NH8.3
Wildfire in forest landscapes:
desertification, degradation,
debris flows, & damage control
Scientific committee and
program organizer.
Chair person:
Management, runoff and
sedimentation
Scientific committee and
program organizer
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Geographical Union (IGU)
Regional Meeting in Israel
7. COLOQUIM TALKS AND OTHER INVITED ADRESSES
Date
Place of Lecture
Name of Forum
Presentation/Comments
12.2006
The Agriculture
Research
Organization of
Israel, Rehovot
The Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem,
Department of
geography
The Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem, Faculty of
Agriculture
Ministry of
Environmental protection
– special workshop on
forest fires
Physical Geography
Colloquium
Fire effects on soil erosion –
processes and dynamics.
KKL forestry department
– forestry and
development, Annual
Seminar
1) Post-fire soil preservation
US Geological
Survey - Menlo Park,
California
European
Geosciences Union
general assembly
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev, Department
of Geography and
Environmental
Development
Drom Hasharon
Drainage authority –
Neve Yarak
European
Geosciences Union
general assembly
Western Earth Surface
Processes seminar
2.2011
EIN AFEQ
Nature Reserve Authority
SCICOM meeting
3.2011
Technion: The green
Campus
6.2011
Agriculture Research
Organization (ARO)
Volcani Center
Seminar talk: Mt.
Carmel: Restoration
policy following
December 2010 fire
Seminar talk: Forest fires
in Israel: Ecology and
Management
1.2007
6.2007
Soil erosion risk maps
following the 2006 fires
methods – preliminary
results from Biriya Forest.
2) Forestry management
following forest fires,
implications to soil erosion.
9.2007
4.2008
7.2008
2.2009
5.2010
Wild Fire Effects on Soil
Properties – a long term view,
Mt. Carmel, Israel
Keynote (solicited)
speaker
Soil erosion and land
degradation in
Mediterranean ecosystems
Departmental Colloquium The role of recurrent fires on
soil-vegetation dynamics in
Mediterranean ecosystems.
Soil conservation and
runoff management
professional workshop
Keynote (solicited)
speaker
7
Soil erosion in forested basin,
vegetation and organic matter
effects.
The relative importance of
hydrophobicity in determining
runoff-infiltration processes in
burned forest soils.
Post fire soil properties and
erosional processes – processes
and implications.
Fire Effects on soil properties
and geo-system dynamics
Fire effects on soil-ecology
dynamics.
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8. RESEARCH GRANTED
a. Grants Awarded
1998
The structure of clusters in coarse river beds as a geo-indicator of spatial and
temporal environmental impact
University of Haifa Research Authority Award, NIS 15,000
2000
Forest fire effects on Urban watersheds
Haifa Municipal, NIS 10,000
2002-2005
The hydrological and sedimentological regime of small Mediterranean
watersheds – Mt. Carmel, Israel. (with N. Greenbaum)
Ministry of Agriculture, NIS 100,000
2004-2006
Dryland Vegetation Dynamics and Landscape Vulnerability to Wildfire.
International Arid Land Consortium (IALC) University of Arizona,
$15,000
2004-2008
Contribution of rainfall, runoff and transmission losses volumes in the streams
of Mt. Carmel to the recharge of the Carmel aquifer (with N. Greenbaum)
Israel Water Authority, Ministry of Infrastructure. NIS 350,000
2005-2008
Groundwater Artificial recharge Based on Alternative sources of wateR:
aDvanced INtegrated technologies and management (GABARDINE) (with H.
Kutiel and S. Paz).
Specific targeted Research Project, EU FP6, EURO 129,000
2006-2008
disturbance effects on the runoff/erosion processes and
vegetation dynamics interrelationships (with D. Malkinson)
Israel Science Foundation. NIS 160,000
2006
Temporal changes in soil properties following forest fires – Mt. Carmel case
study
KKL- forestry department, NIS 8,000
2007
Assessing land degradation risks (with Prof. H. Kutiel and D. Malkinson)
Ministry of environmental Protection, NIS 50,000.
2007
Soil erosion risk maps following 2006 forest fires (with D. Malkinson)
Israel Water Authority NIS 15,000
2007-2010
2008
2008-2011
Effects of Forest Fire and Vegetation Regeneration on Stream Hydrology and
Sediment Yield (with D. Malkinson and the Soil Erosion Station – Ministry of
Agriculture)
KKL and Israel Water Authority, NIS 300,000
Research Authority University of Haifa. 4,000 NIS. Research Grant for Pilot
Study
Reduction of suspended solids of the Jordan River sources and it streams
(with N. Greenbaum and D. Malkinson and in collaboration with the Soil
Erosion Station – Ministry of Agriculture)
Israel Water authority NIS 370,000.
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2008-2010
Evaluación de los efectos del fuego en el suelo en ambiente Mediterráneo.
Investigación conjunta entre España e Israel
Evaluation of fire effects on soils under Mediterranean environment, joint
research between Spain and Israel
Spanish Science and Education Ministry Euro 15,000
2009-2012
Post fire vegetation recovery: Impacts of restoration and environment (with D.
Malkinson).
International Arid Land Consortium, 100,000$
2009-2012
Plant stand architecture and the hydrological cycle in planted forests –
implication on water use and supply. (with D. Malkinson). Ministry of
Science, 350,000 NIS
2009
2011-2014
Research Authority University of Haifa. 4,000 NIS. Research Grant
A dynamic graph theory based model for the analysis of movement and
connectivity as a basis for sustainable management in the Biriya Forest (with
D. Malkinson and D. Gasul). Ministry of Agriculture - KKL. 400,000 NIS
Research proposals rejected but ranked highly
12/2007
Complex natural systems: stability, resilience and quantitative predictions
(Joint PI's: M.Shechter, Haifa University, M. Sterenberg and T.Dayan - Tel
Aviv University; L. Wittenberg, N. Greenbaum and D. Malkinson –
University of Haifa).
Submitted to the CENTERS OF EXELLENC Israel Science Foundation,
$1.4M; Ranked very good
II. PUBLICATIONS
A. Ph.D. DISSERTATION
Structural patterns and bed stability of humid-temperate, Mediterranean and semi-arid gravelbed
rivers. English, 245 pp. 2003. Supervisor: Prof. M.D. Newson. Department of Geography,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
B. ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Published
1. Inbar, M., Tamir, M. and Wittenberg, L. (1992) Runoff and erosion processes after
forest fire in Mount Carmel, a Mediterranean area. Horizons in Geography 35-36: 43-59.
(Hebrew with an English abstract). (equal contribution).
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2. Inbar, M., Wittenberg, L. and Tamir, M. (1996) Runoff and erosion processes – the
affect of forest management following forest fire. Ecology and Environment 1-2: 25-33.
(Hebrew with an English abstract).
3. Inbar, M., Wittenberg, L. and Tamir, M. (1997) Soil Erosion and forestry management
ter wildfire in a Mediterranean woodland, Mt. Carmel, Israel. International Journal of
Wildland Fire 7(4): 285-294.
4. Inbar, M., Wittenberg, L. and Tamir, M. (1998) Runoff and erosion processes after
forest fire in Mount Carmel, a Mediterranean area. Geomorphology, 24: 17-33.
5. Wittenberg, L. (1001) Structural patterns of coarse gravel riverbeds: typology, survey
and assessment of the role of grain size and river regime. Geografiska Annaler 84 A: 2537.
6. Wittenberg L. and Inbar, M. (2003) The role of soil moisture variability as determining
overland runoff in a burnt Mediterranean forest. Geo-Oek 24 (1-2): 107-121.
7. Wittenberg, L. Greenbaum, N., Paz, S. And Kutiel, H. (2004) Frequency of Large floods
in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a comparison between two 12-year periods – Nahal
Oren Mt. Carmel, Israel. Special Issue of Horizons in Geography 60-61: 129-138.
8. Wittenberg, L. and Newson, M.D. (2005) particle clusters in gravel bed rivers – an
experimental morphological approach to bed material transport and stability concept.
Earth Surface landform and Processes 30(11): 1351-1368.
9. Wittenberg, L. and Greenbaum, N. (2005) Channel morphology and sedimentology in
mountainous channel: a comparison between disturbed and undisturbed reaches.
International Association of Hydrologists, IAHS Publication 299: 231-242.
10. Wittenberg, L., Greenbaum, N. and Inbar, M. (2005) Flow regime and sediment yield in
ephemeral mountainous streams – experimental catchment – Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel.
Special Issue of Horizons in Geography 64-65: 171-181. (Hebrew with an English
abstract).
11. Malkinson, D., Wittenberg, L. and Sabag, V. (2005) The relationship between riparian
vegetation patterns and channel morphology - Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel. Special Issue of
Horizons in Geography 64-65: 171-181. (Hebrew with an English abstract).
12. Wittenberg, L, Kutiel, H., Greenbaum, N. and ,Inbar, M. (2007) Short-term changes in
the magnitude, frequency and temporal distribution of floods in the Eastern
Mediterranean region during the last 45 years - Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel.
Geomorphology 84: 181-191.
13. Malkinson, D. and Wittenberg, L. (2007) Scaling the effects of riparian vegetation on
cross-sectional characteristics of ephemeral mountain streams—a case study of Nahal
Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel. Catena 69: 103-110. (equal contribution)
14. Wittenberg, L., Laronne, J.B. and Newson, M.D. (2007) Bed clusters in humid
perennial and Mediterranean ephemeral gravel-bed streams: the effect of clast size and
bed material sorting. Journal of Hydrology 334 (3-4): 312-318.
15. Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D., Beeri, O., Tesler, N. and Halutzy, A. (2007) Spatial and
temporal patterns of vegetation recovery following sequences of forest fires in a
Mediterranean landscape, Mt. Camel Israel. Catena 71: 76-83.
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16. Tessler, N., Wittenberg, L., Malkinson D., and Greenbaum, N., 2008. Fire effects and
short-term changes in soil water repellency – Mt. Carmel, Israel. Catena 74: 185-191.
17. Mataix-Solera, J., V. Arcenegui, C. Guerrero, M.M. Jordán, P. Dlapa, N. Tessler, L.
Wittenberg. (2008) Can terra rossa become water repellent by burning? A laboratory
approach. Geoderma 147: 178-184.
18. Czamanski, D., Benenson, I., Malkinson, D., Marinov, M., Roth, R. and Wittenberg, L.
(2008) Urban Sprawl and Ecosystems—Can Nature Survive? International Review of
Environmental and Resource Economics 2: 1-45.
19. Tessler, N., Greenbaum, N. and Wittenberg L. (2008) Rehabilitation processes of soil
chemical properties after forest fires in Israel, Mt. Carmel 1983-2006. Horizons in
Geography 71: 118-137. (Hebrew with an English abstract)
20. Wittenberg, L. and Inbar, M. (2009) The role of Fire Disturbance on Runoff and Erosion
Processes – a Long-Term Approach, Mt. Carmel Case Study, Israel. Geographical
Research 47(1): 46-56.
21. Wittenberg, L. and Malkinson, D. (2009) Spatio-temporal perspectives of forest fires
regimes in a maturing Mediterranean mixed pine landscape. European Journal of Forest
research 128: 297-304.
22. Arbel, Y., Greenbaum, N., Lange, J., Shtober-Zisu, N., Grodekd, T., Wittenberg, L. and
Inbar, M. (2009) Hydrologic classification of cave drips in Mediterranean climate based
on hydrograph separation and infiltration mechanisms. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences
57: 291-301.
23. Van Leeuwen, W.J.D., Casady, G., Neary, D., Bautista Aguilar, S., Alloza, J.A., Carmel,
Y., Wittenberg, L. and Malkinson, D. and Orr, B. (2010) Monitoring post wildfire
vegetation recovery with remotely sensed time-series data in Spain, USA and Israel.
International Journal of Wildland Fires 19:75-93.
24. Tessler, N., Malkinson, D., Wittenberg, L. and Greenbaum, N. (2010) wildfires of the
Mt. Carmel and Jerusalem mountains: documentation and temporal analysis. Horizons in
Geography 76: 157-165. (Hebrew with an English abstract).
25. Malkinson, D. and Wittenberg, L. (2011) Post fire induced soil water repellency –
modeling short and long-term processes. Geomorphology 125:186-192.
26. Malkinson, D. and Wittenberg, L., Beeri, O. and Barzilai, R. (2011) Effects of repeated
fires on the structure, composition, and dynamics of Mediterranean maquis: Short- and
long-term perspectives. Ecosystems 14(3):578-488.
27. Mataix-Solera, J., Arcenegui, V., Tessler, N., Zornoza, R., Wittenberg, L., Martínez, C.,
Caselles, P., Pérez-Bejarano, A., Malkinson, D., Jordán, M.M. Soil properties as key
factors controlling water repellency in fire-affected areas: evidences from burned sites in
Spain and Israel. Accepted for publication in Catena
28. Wittenberg, L. Post fire soil ecology: properties and erosinal dynamics. Accepted for
publication in Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution.
Submitted
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1. Tessler, N., Greenbaum, N. and Wittenberg, L. Long-term effects of fire on soil
properties in Mediterranean ecosystems, Mt. Carmel, Israel. Submitted to Geoderma.
D. ARTICLES OR CHAPTER IN BOOKS WHICH ARE NOT CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
1. Markel, D., Reichman, O., Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D., Glazman, H. and Zuk, A.
(2007) Forest fires after the II Lebanon war and their effect on the dissolved load
transported to Lake Kinneret. Agamit 180: 8-12 (in Hebrew).
2. Tessler, N., Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D. and Halutzy, A. (2007) Spatial and temporal
distribution of Mt. Carmel forest fires 1978-2006 – Development of a GIS based archive.
Forest. Journal of Forests, Woodlands and Environment 9: 4-14 (in Hebrew with
English summary).
3. Hamze, S., Wittenberg, L., Markel, D. and Malkinson, D. (2012) Changes in the
chemical features of runoff and erosion after a forest fire. Water and Irrigation 512: 3239 (in Hebrew).
E. ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. Wittenberg, L., Laronne, J.B. and Newson, M.D. (2000) Bed clusters in humid perennial
and Mediterranean ephemeral gravel – bed streams: the effect of bed material sorting and
clast size. 5th Gravel bed River Workshop, New Zealand, Christchurch (available on CD
format from New Zealand Hydrological Society).
2. Neary, D.G., Orr, B.J., Leeuwen, W., Bautista Aguilar, S., Wittenberg, L. and Carmel,
Y. (2005) A multi-country assessment of vegetation dynamics, soil erosion, and
watershed degradation after wildfires. In: Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona
and the Southwest: Proceedings of the 2005 Meetings of the Arizona Nevada Academy of
Science. April 9, 2005, Las Vegas, NV, Vol. 35: 37-46.
3. Van Leeuwen, W., B.J. Orr, G. Casady, D.G. Neary, S. Bautista Aguilar, Y. Carmel, and
L. Wittenberg. 2005. Seasonal assessments of wildfire effects on land degradation and
vegetation dynamics (poster). 4th USGS Wildland Fire Science Workshop. December 69, 2005, Tucson, AZ.
4. Orr, B.J., Bautista, S., Alloza, J.A., van Leeuwen, W.J.D., Casady, G.M., Davison, J.E.,
Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D., Carmel, Y., Neary D.G. (2007) Satellite-derived
Vegetation Dynamics Applied to Post-fire Vulnerability Assessment in Eastern Spain. 4th
International Wildland Fire Conference. Seville Spain 13-17 May 2007.
5. Tessler, N, Wittenberg, L., Greenbaum, N. (2011) Soil water repellency after recurrent
fires, Mt. Carmel, ISRAEL. 3rd International meeting on Fire Effects on Soil Properties.
15-19 March 2011, University of Minho, Portugal.
6. Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D., Voogt, A., Leska, D., Argaman, E., Keesstra, S. (2011)
The relative importance of soil water repellency in determining runoff-infiltration
processes in burned Mediterranean forest soils. 3rd International meeting on Fire Effects
on Soil Properties. 15-19 March 2011, University of Minho, Portugal.
H. Other Scientific Publications
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1. Malkinson, D. and Wittenberg, L. 2006. WAter, VEgetation and Soil (WAVES)
responses to variable fire regimes – A hierarchical model. Final scientific report for
the period 2006-2006, GRANT NO. 882/06, submitted to ISRAEL SCEINCE
FOUNDATION.
2. Orr, B., Bautista, S., Carmel, Y., Neary, D., Van Leeuwen, W., and Wittenberg L.
(2006). Dryland Vegetation Dynamics and Landscape Vulnerability to Wildfire.
Project number: 04R-02. International Arid Land Consortium.
3. Tessler, N., Wittenberg, L., Greenbaum, N. and Malkinson, D. 2006. Temporal
variations in soil properties following forest fires – Mt. Carmel case study. Submitted
to the Jewish National Fund (KKL). 25 pp.
4. Tessler, N., Greenbaum, N. and Wittenberg, L. (2010). Forest fire hazard in the
biosphere reserve of Mt. Carmel. Final report submitted to UNESCO ISRAEL.
5. Aviad, Y., Wittenberg, L., Milgrom, T., Malkinson, D. and Kutiel, H. (2010).
Impact of climate change on soil erosion and land degradation. Report 6.102. The
ministry of Environmental Protection. 44 pp.
6. Van Lueven W., Allan, C., Bautista, S., Casady, G., Malkinson, D., Neary, D., Orr,
B. and Wittenberg, L. (2011). Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery: Impacts of
Restoration and Environment. Project number: 08R-01. International Arid Land
Consortium.
7. Wittenberg, L., and Malkinson, D. (2011) Forest fires effects on the hydrological
and sedimentological regimes and nutrient fluxes in alternating spatial scales – Biriya
forest. Final report submitted to the JNA and the Israel river authority. 53 pp.
Website
Hertzfeld, M., B.J. Orr, W.J.D. van Leeuwen, G. Casady, D.G. Neary, S. Bautista, L.
Wittenberg, Y. Carmel, and D. Malkinson. 2004-2006. Dryland Vegetation Dynamics
and Landscape Vulnerability to Wildfire. Tucson, AZ: Arizona Remote Sensing
Center, University of Arizona. Online: http://wildfire.arid.arizona.edu/.
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