Curriculum vitae

Mario Gutman

Education and Additional Training:

1960 - 1966 Agricultural Engineer. University of Buenos Aires

1977 - Ph.D. in Botany.

1977 - Postdoctoral position, Dep. Agron. and Range Sci., UCA, Davis, USA

1986 - Sabbatical fellowship, Dep. Range Sci., Texas A & M Univ., USA.

1995 - Sabbatical fellowships, Dep. Wildl. and Ecol., CSIRO, Australia; and

Dep. Range Sci. and Ecol., Texas A & M Univ., USA.

Professional Experience:

1966 - 1967 Farm work at Kibbutz Ramot Menashe, Israel.

1967 - Range Researcher, Div. of Natural Resources, ARO, Israel.

1967 - Migda Experimental Station. Sheep grazing trials in a semi-arid environment.

1967- 98 Director and Range Sci., the Karei Deshe Range Station, Galilee, Israel.

1981- 98 Director and Range Sci., Hatal Range Station , Western Galilee Israel.

1988- 98 Coordinator, Ruminant Manag. Res., Northern R & D Project, Israel.

Publications:

Wallach, D., and M. Gutman. 1976. Environment dependent logistic equations applied to natural pasture growth curves. Agric. Meterol. 16:389-404.

Gutman, M., and N. Seligman. 1979. Grazing management of herbaceous Mediterranean foothill range in the Upper Jordan River Valley and its effect on cattle and vegetation. J. Range Manage. 32: 86-92.

Noy-Meir,I., M. Gutman, and Y. Kaplan. 1989. Responses of Mediterranean grassland plants to grazing and protection. J. Ecol. 77:554-575.

Seligman, N. G., M. Gutman, Z. Holzer, I. Noy-Meir, and H. Baram. 1989. Stocking density of cattle and herbage production on Mediterranean grassland. J.Agric. Sci.(Camb.) 113:51-58.

Seligman, N. G., I. Noy-Meir, and M. Gutman. 1989. Bioeconomic evaluation of stocking rate and supplementary feeding in a beef herd. J. Range Manage. 42:346-349.

Holzer, Z., R. Benjamin, M. Gutman, D. Levy, and N. Seligman. 1990. The precision and logistic of the tritium dilution technique for measuring forage intake in the free ranging animals. World Rev. Anim. Prod. 25:125-131.

Gutman, M., N.G. Seligman, and I. Noy-Meir, I. 1990. Herbage production of Mediterranean grassland under yearlong and seasonal grazing systems. J. Range Manage. 43:535-538.

Gutman, M., Z. Holzer, N. Seligman, and I. Noy-Meir. 1990. Stocking density and production of a supplemented beef herd grazing yearlong on Mediterranean grassland. J. Range Manage. 43:64-68.

Silanicove, N., and M. Gutman. 1992. Interrelationship between lack of shading shelter and poultry litter supplementation: food intake, live weight, water metabolism and embryo lost in beef cows grazing dry Mediterranean pasture. Anim Prod. 55: 371-376.

Bartolome, J., J.Franch, M.Gutman, and N.G. Seligman. 1995. Physical factors that influence fecal analysis estimates of herbivory diets. J. Range Manage. 48:267-68.

Holzer,Z., M. Gutman, N.G. Seligman, R.W. Benjamin, and E. Bogin. 1995. Metabolic characteristics of the beef cow under environmental and nutritional stress. J Anim Sci. 73: 260 - 265.

Kaplan, D., and M.Gutman. Effect of thinning and grazing on tree development and the visual aspect of an oak forest on the Golan Heights. Israel J. Plant Sci. 44: 381- 386.

Gutman, M., Z. Holzer, H. Baram, I. Noy-Meir, and N.G. Seligman. 1998. Heavy stocking of beef cattle and early season deferment of grazing on Mediterranean - type grassland. J Range Manage. (In Press).