Jaime Kigel

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(54), Plant and animal studies(25), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis(17), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies(16), Seed Germination and Physiology(15)

Publications163 total

Dataset - Thermal variability and atmospheric water demand constrain herbaceous biomass production beyond rainfall totals in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Figshare·2026Open Access
Dataset - Thermal variability and atmospheric water demand constrain herbaceous biomass production beyond rainfall totals in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Figshare·2026Open Access
Plant production decreases more than litter decomposition with rising aridity in drylands
Functional Ecology·2025Open Access
Simulating Climate Future: Long-Term Drought Impacts on Mediterranean Ecosystem Structure and Function
2025Open Access
Increasing aridity reduces carbon sequestration in drylands by markedly lowering production but maintaining high rates of decomposition
2023Open Access
Contrasting dynamics of seed banks and standing vegetation of annuals and perennials along a rainfall gradient
Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics·2023· 10 cited
Contrasting dynamics of seed banks and standing vegetation of annuals and perennials along a rainfall gradient
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Understory plant diversity under variable overstory cover in Mediterranean forests at different spatial scales
Forest Ecology and Management·2021· 17 cited
Temporal stability of biomass in annual plant communities is driven by species diversity and asynchrony, but not dominance
Journal of Vegetation Science·2021· 22 cited
Ant foraging strategies vary along a natural resource gradient
Oikos·2020· 12 cited
Abandoned corrals: colonization and vegetation recovery of ephemeral habitats in silvo-pastoral systems
Journal of Plant Ecology·2020· 5 cited
The soil seed bank buffers long-term compositional changes in annual plant communities
2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Nurse plants promote taxonomic and functional diversity in an arid Mediterranean annual plant community
Journal of Vegetation Science·2020· 20 cited
Rainfall manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: Where do we stand?
Global Change Biology·2020· 91 citedOpen Access
Monitoring Cattle Utilization and Behavior in a Mediterranean Oak Woodland
UKnowledge (University of Kentucky)·2020Open Access
The soil seed bank can buffer long-term compositional changes in annual plant communities
Figshare·2020Open Access
Volatiles and Tannins in Pistacia lentiscus and Their Role in Browsing Behavior of Goats (Capra hircus)
Journal of Chemical Ecology·2019· 10 cited
Portulaca Oleracea
2019
Cyperus Rotundus and C. Esculentus
2019
Cynodon Dactylon
2019
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Frequent Co-authors

Marcelo Sternberg(17), Avi Perevolotsky(10), Carly Golodets(9), Yaacov Okon(9), Eugene D. Ungar(5), Mario Gutman(4), Yagil Osem(4), Katja Tielbörger(4), Micha Ofir(4), Yoram Kapulnik(4), Israel Nur(4), Y. Henis(4), Zalmen Henkin(4), Éric Garnier(3), Sandra Lavorel(3), Helena Castro(3), Pablo Cruz(3), Jiří Doležal(3), Ove Eriksson(3), Helena Freitas(3)