SDG 15:
LIFE ON LAND

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

University Impact Ranking for SDG 15
U of Haifa 0/100 

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Genome-wide identification, classification, evolutionary analysis and gene expression patterns of the protein kinase gene family in wheat and Aegilops tauschii

By: Yan J., Su P., Wei Z., Nevo E., Kong L.
Published in: Plant Molecular Biology
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Key message: In this study we systematically identified and classified PKs in Triticum aestivum, Triticum urartu and Aeg (more…)

Inland notches: lithological characteristics and climatic implications of subaerial cavernous landforms in Israel

By: Shtober-Zisu N., Amasha H., Frumkin A.
Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Humanities  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Inland notches, are elongated concave-shape indentations that develop on the carbonate rocky cliffs of mountainous zones (more…)

Pigs in space: An agent-based model of wild boar (Sus scrofa) movement into cities

By: Toger M., Benenson I., Wang Y., Czamanski D., Malkinson D.
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Last decades saw a dramatic increase in wildlife populations within urban areas. Policymakers seek to minimize human-wil (more…)

Quaternary sedimentology and prehistory on the Mediterranean coastal plain of Israel

By: Ronen A.
Published in: Quaternary International
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: The coastal plain of Israel is composed primarily of Nile-derived quartz sand carried northward in the Nile Littoral Cel (more…)

National scale mapping of ecosystem services in Israel – Genetic resources, pollination and cultural services

By: Lotan A., Kost R., Mandelik Y., Peled Y., Chakuki D., Shamir S.Z., Ram Y.
Published in: One Ecosystem
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: The Israel – National Ecosystem Assessment (I-NEA) project aims to present a comprehensive picture of the state and tren (more…)

Cattle foraging in Mediterranean oak woodlands – Effects of management practices on the woody vegetation

By: Schoenbaum I., Henkin Z., Yehuda Y., Voet H., Kigel J.
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Vegetation structure and composition of woodlands in the Mediterranean Basin have experienced extensive land-use change (more…)

Home range size and resource use of breeding and non-breeding white storks along a land use gradient

By: Zurell D., von Wehrden H., Rotics S., Kaatz M., Groß H., Schlag L., Schäfer M., Sapir N., Turjeman S., Wikelski M., Nathan R., Jeltsch F.
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Biotelemetry is increasingly used to study animal movement at high spatial and temporal resolution and guide conservatio (more…)

Detection of sand encroachment patterns in desert oases. The case of Erg Chebbi (Morocco)

By: Puy A., Herzog M., Escriche P., Marouche A., Oubana Y., Bubenzer O.
Published in: Science of the Total Environment
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Desert oases are fragile agrarian areas, very vulnerable to sand encroachment by wind. Ensuring their conservation highl (more…)

Applying Geographic Information Systems to ecosystem services valuation and mapping in Trinidad and Tobago

By: Ghermandi A., Agard J., Nunes P.A.L.D.
Published in: Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Consideration of the spatial dimension in the provision of ecosystem services is fundamental for the calculation of the (more…)

Ancient herders enriched and restructured African grasslands

By: Marshall F., Reid R.E.B., Goldstein S., Storozum M., Wreschnig A., Hu L., Kiura P., Shahack-Gross R., Ambrose S.H.
Published in: Nature
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Grasslands are one of the world’s most extensive terrestrial biomes and are central to the survival of herders, their li (more…)

Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

By: Rozendaal D.M.A., Bongers F., Aide T.M., Alvarez-Dávila E., Ascarrunz N., Balvanera P., Becknell J.M., Bentos T.V., Brancalion P.H.S., Cabral G.A.L., Calvo-Rodriguez S., Chave J., César R.G., Chazdon R.L., Condit R., Dallinga J.S., De Almeida-Cortez J.S., De Jong B., De Oliveira A., Denslow J.S., Dent D.H., DeWalt S.J., Dupuy J.M., Durán S.M., Dutrieux L.P., Espírito-Santo M.M., Fandino M.C., Fernandes G.W., Finegan B., García H., Gonzalez N., Moser V.G., Hall J.S., Hernández-Stefanoni J.L., Hubbell S., Jakovac C.C., Hernández A.J., Junqueira A.B., Kennard D., Larpin D., Letcher S.G., Licona J.-C., Lebrija-Trejos E., Marín-Spiotta E., Martínez-Ramos M., Massoca P.E.S., Meave J.A., Mesquita R.C.G., Mora F., Müller S.C., Muñoz R., De Oliveira Neto S.N., Norden N., Nunes Y.R.F., Ochoa-Gaona S., Ortiz-Malavassi E., Ostertag R., Peña-Claros M., Pérez-García E.A., Piotto D., Powers J.S., Aguilar-Cano J., Rodriguez-Buritica S., Rodríguez-Velázquez J., Romero-Romero M.A., Ruíz J., Sanchez-Azofeifa A., De Almeida A.S., Silver W.L., Schwartz N.B., Thomas W.W., Toledo M., Uriarte M., De Sá Sampaio E.V., Van Breugel M., Van Der Wal H., Martins S.V., Veloso M.D.M., Vester H.F.M., Vicentini A., Vieira I.C.G., Villa P., Williamson G.B., Zanini K.J., Zimmerman J., Poorter L.
Published in: Science Advances
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Old-growth tropical forests harbor an immense diversity of tree species but are rapidly being cleared, while secondary f (more…)

A mathematical partitioning of the effects of habitat loss and habitat degradation on species abundance

By: Bar-Massada A., Ives A.R., Butsic V.
Published in: Landscape Ecology
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Context: Worldwide, anthropogenic habitat loss and degradation have led to substantial biodiversity declines. Preserving (more…)

Algae diversity and ecology during a summer assessment of water quality in the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, USA

By: Barinova S., Smith T.
Published in: Diversity
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: There were 88 species of algae and cyanobacteria observed from seven sites in the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Hi (more…)

Bioindication of the influence of oil production on Sphagnum Bogs in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Russia

By: Skorobogatova O., Yumagulova E., Storchak T., Barinova S.
Published in: Diversity
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Algal diversity in the bogs of the Ershov oil field of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra (KMAO-Yugra) with the (more…)

Haifa fire restoration project-urban forest management: A case study

By: Tessler N., Borger H., Rave E., Argaman E., Kopel D., Brook A., Elkabets E., Wittenberg L.
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: On 24 November 2016, extreme hot and dry weather led to more than 1000 fires in Israel. One of the largest fires (120 ha (more…)

The effects of post-fire forest management on soil erosion rates 3 and 4 years after a wildfire, demonstrated on the 2010 Mount Carmel fire

By: Zituni R., Wittenberg L., Malkinson D.
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: During 2-5 December 2010, an area of 2500 ha in the Carmel forests was consumed by a severe wildfire, causing soil erosi (more…)

Evolution of chloroplast retrograde signaling facilitates green plant adaptation to land

By: Zhao C., Wang Y., Chan K.X., Marchant D.B., Franks P.J., Randall D., Tee E.E., Chen G., Ramesh S., Phua S.Y., Zhang B., Hills A., Dai F., Xue D., Gilliham M., Tyerman S., Nevo E., Wu F., Zhang G., Wong G.K.-S., Leebens-Mack J.H., Melkonian M., Blatt M.R., Soltis P.S., Soltis D.E., Pogson B.J., Chen Z.-H.
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Chloroplast retrograde signaling networks are vital for chloroplast biogenesis, operation, and signaling, including exce (more…)

A checklist of Israeli land vertebrates

By: Meiri S., Belmaker A., Berkowic D., Kazes K., Maza E., Bar-Oz G., Dor R.
Published in: Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Humanities  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Faunal lists are important tools in ecology, biogeography, and conservation planning. Such lists can identify gaps in ou (more…)

Using the ecosystem services framework for defining diverse human-nature relationships in a multi-ethnic biosphere reserve

By: Negev M., Sagie H., Orenstein D.E., Zemah Shamir S., Hassan Y., Amasha H., Raviv O., Fares N., Lotan A., Peled Y., Wittenberg L., Izhaki I.
Published in: Ecosystem Services
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Biosphere reserves are promoted as models for sustainable development, but face challenges in meeting their objectives, (more…)

The agricultural landscape matters: spider diversity and abundance in pomegranate orchards as a case study

By: Salman I.N.A., Gavish-Regev E., Saltz D., Lubin Y.
Published in: BioControl
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Spiders are effective biological control agents in some agroecosystems. Their ability to control pest insects depends on (more…)