Publications
Articles in reviewed journals
Henkin, Z., Ungar, E.D., Perevolotsky, A., Gutman, M., Yehuda, Y., Dolev, A., Landau, S.Y., Sternberg, M. and Seligman, N.G. (2015) Long-term Trade-Offs Between Herbage Growth, Animal Production and Supplementary Feeding in Heavily Grazed Mediterranean Grassland. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 68:332-340.
Sternberg, M., Golodets, C., Gutman, M., Perevolotsky, A., Ungar, E.D., Kigel, J. and Henkin, Z. (2015) Testing the limits of resistance: a 19-yr study of Mediterranean grassland response to grazing regimes. Global Change Biology, 21:1939-1950.
Golodets, C., Sternberg, M., Kigel, J., Boeken B., Henkin, Z., Seligman, N.G. and Ungar, E.D. (2015) Climate change scenarios of herbaceous production along an aridity gradient: vulnerability increases with aridity. Oecologia 177:971-979.
Ruppert, J. C., Harmoney, K., Henkin, Z., Snyman, H.A., Sternberg, M., Willms, W. and Linstadter, A. (2015) Quantifying drylands' drought resistance and recovery: The importance of drought intensity, dominant life history and grazing regime. Global Change Biology 21:1258-1270.
Segre, H., Ron, R., De-Malach, N., Henkin, Z., Mandel, M. and Kadmon, R. (2014) Competitive Exclusion, Beta Diversity, and Deterministic vs. Stochastic Drivers of Community Assembly. Ecology Letters 17:1400-1408.
Shang, Z., Cao, J., Guo, R., Henkin, Z., Ding, L., Long, R. and Deng, B. (2014) Effect of enclosure on soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus of alpine desert rangeland. Land degradation and development, DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2283.
Dolev, A., Henkin, Z., Brosh, A., Yehuda, Y., Ungar, E.D., Shabtay, A. and. Aharoni, Y. (2014) Foraging behavior of two cattle breeds, a whole-year study: II. Spatial distribution by breed and season. Journal of animal Science 92:758-766.
Golodets, C., Sternberg, M., Kigel, J., Boeken, B., Henkin, Z., Seligman, N.G. and Ungar, E.D. (2013) From desert to Mediterranean rangelands: will increasing drought and inter-annual rainfall variability affect herbaceous annual primary productivity? Climatic Change 119:785-798.
Aharoni, Y., Dolev, A., Henkin, Z., Yehuda, Y., Ezra, A., Ungar, E.D., Shabtay, A. and Brosh, A. (2013) Foraging behavior of two cattle breeds, a whole-year study: I. Heat production, activity, and energy costs. Journal of animal Science 91:1381-1390.
Henkin, Z., Ungar, E. D. and Dolev, A. (2012) Foraging behaviour of beef cattle in the hilly terrain of a Mediterranean grassland. The Rangeland Journal 34:163-172.
Henkin, Z., Walczak, M. and Kaplan, D. (2011) Dynamics of vegetation development on drained peat soils of the Hula Valley, Israel. Mires and Peat, 9: Article 02, 1-11.
Henkin, Z. (2011) Cattle grazing and vegetation management for Multiple-Use of Mediterranean Shrubland in Israel. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 57:43-51.
Henkin, Z., Ungar, E.D., Dvash, L., Perevolotsky, A., Yehuda, Y., Sternberg, M., Voet, H. and Landau, S.Y. (2011) Effects of cattle grazing on herbage quality in an herbaceous Mediterranean rangeland. Grass and Forage Science 66:516-525.
Henkin, Z., and Seligman, N.G. (2011) The role of management on the rate of secondary succession in Mediterranean shrubland after fire. Plant Biosystems 145:708-714.
Ungar, E.D., Schoenbaum, I., Henkin, Z., Dolev, A., Yehuda, Y. and Brosh, A. (2011) Inference of the activity timeline of cattle foraging on a Mediterranean woodland using GPS and pedometry. Sensors 11:362-383.
Henkin, Z., Seligman, N.G. and Noy-Meir, I. (2010) Long-term productivity of Mediterranean herbaceous vegetation after a single phosphorus application. Journal of Vegetation Science 21:979-991.
Henkin, Z., Perevolotsky, A. and Sternberg, M. (2010) Vulnerability of Mediterranean grasslands to climate change: What can we learn from a long-term experiment? Options Méditerranéennes 92:167-174.
Brosh, A., Henkin, Z., Ungar, E.D., Dolev, A., Shabtay, A., Orlov, A., Yehuda, Y. and Aharoni, Y. (2010) Energy cost of activities and locomotion of grazing cows: a repeated study in larger plots. Journal of animal Science 88:315-323.
Henkin, Z., Perevolotsky, A., Rosenfeld, A., Brosh, A., Provenza, F. and Silanikove, N. (2009) The effect of Polyethylene glycol on browsing behaviour of beef cattle in a tanniferous shrubby Mediterranean range. Livestock Science 126:245-251.
Aharoni, Y., Henkin, Z., Ezra, A., Dolev, A., Shabtay, A., Orlov, A., Yehuda, Y. and Brosh, A. (2009) Grazing behavior and energy costs of activity: A comparison between two types of cattle. Journal of Animal Science 87:2719-2731.
Svoray, T., Shafran-Nathan, R., Henkin, Z. and Perevolotsky, A. (2008) Spatially and temporally explicit modeling of conditions for primary production of annuals in dry environments. Ecological Modelling, 218:339-353.
Reisman-Berman, O. and Henkin, Z. (2007) Sarcopoterium spinosum: revisiting shrub development and its relationship to space occupation with time. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 55:53-61.
Henkin, Z. and Seligman, N. G. (2007) Survival of Sarcopoteriun spinosum seedlings growing on Terra rossa soil. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 55:45-51.
Henkin, Z., Seligman, N. G. and Noy-Meir, I. (2007) Successional transitions and management of a phosphorus-limited shrubland ecosystem. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 60:453-463.
Degani, G., Sela, E., Henkin, Z., Korem, S., Goldberg, T. and Warburg, R. (2007) Movement to rock pool hole breeding sites of Salamandra infraimmaculata during colonization of new breeding places in xeric habitats. Salamandra, 43:71-76.
Henkin, Z., Hadar, L. and Noy-Meir, I. (2007) Human-scale structural heterogeneity induced by grazing in a Mediterranean woodland landscape. Landscape Ecology, 22:577-587.
Aharon, H., Henkin, Z., Ungar, E. D., Kababya, D., Baram, H. and Perevolotsky, A. (2007) Foraging behaviour of the newly-introduced Boer goat breed in a Mediterranean Woodland: a research observation. Small Ruminant Research, 69:144-153.
Brosh, A., Henkin, Z., Ungar, E.D., Dolev, A., Orlov, A., Yehuda, Y. and Aharoni, Y. (2006) Energy cost of cows' grazing activity: The use of heart rate GPS methods for direct field estimation. Journal of Animal Science, 84:1951-1967.
Brosh, A., Henkin, Z., Orlov, A. and Aharoni, Y. (2006) Diet composition and energy balance of cows grazing on Mediterranean woodland. Livestock Science, 102:11-22.
Henkin, Z., Sternberg, M., Seligman, N. G. and Noy-Meir, I. (2006) Species richness in relation to phosphorus and competition in a Mediterranean dwarf-shrub community. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 113:277-283.
Henkin, Z., Gutman, M., Aharon, H., Perevolotsky, A. Ungar, E.D. and Seligman, N.G. (2005) Suitability of Mediterranean oak woodland for beef herd husbandry. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 109: 255-261.
Ungar, E. D., Henkin, Z., Gutman, M., Dolev, A., Genizi A., and Ganskopp, D. (2005) Inference of animal activity from GPS collar data on free-ranging cattle. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 58:256-266.
Svoray, T., Bar-Yamin Gancharski, S., Henkin, Z. and Gutman, M. (2004) Assessment of herbaceous plant habitats in water-constrained environments: predicting indirect effects with fuzzy logic. Ecological Modeling, 180:537-556.
Brosh, A., Henkin, Z., Rothman, S. J., Aharoni, Y., Orlov, A. and Arieli, A. (2003) Effects of faecal recovery rates of n-alkanes in estimates of diet composition. Journal of Agricultural Science, 140:93-100.
Seligman N.G., and Z. Henkin (2002) Persistence in Sarcopoterium spinosum dwarf-shrub communities. Plant Ecology, 164:95-107.
Henkin, Z., and N.G. Seligman (2002) Encroachment rates of individual Sarcopoterium spinosum dwarf-shrubs in a subhumid Mediterranean environment. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology, 3:15-21.
Perevolotsky A., G. Ne'eman, R. Jonathan and Z. Henkin (2001) Resilience of the dwarf shrub prickly burnet to management in East Mediterranean rangelands. Journal of Range Management, 54:561-566.
Henkin Z., and N.G. Seligman (2000) Long term dominance of annual legume species after P application in a Mediterranean rangeland. Cahier Options Mediterraneennes, 45:137-140.
Seligman N.G., and Z. Henkin (2000) Regeneration of a dominant Mediterranean dwarf-shrub after fire. Journal of Vegetation Science, 11:893-902.
Gutman M., Z. Henkin, Z. Holzer, I. Noy-Meir and N.G. Seligman (2000) A case study of beef-cattle grazing in a Mediterranean-type woodland. Agroforestry Systems, 48:119-140.
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, 39:175-177.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.