About the Authors

Salit Kark

s.kark@uq.edu.au

Affiliations The Biodiversity Research Group, The School of Biological Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia, The Biodiversity Research Group, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

William J. Sutherland

Affiliation Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom

Uri Shanas

Affiliation Dept. of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon, 36006, Israel

Keren Klass

Affiliations The Biodiversity Research Group, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, HaMa’arag – The Israel National Program for Ecosystem Assessment, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Albert Einstein Square, Jerusalem, 91040, Israel

Hila Achisar

Affiliation The Biodiversity Research Group, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

Tamar Dayan

Affiliation Dept. of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel

Yael Gavrieli

Affiliation Nature Campus, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

Ronit Justo-Hanani

Affiliation Dept. of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel

Yael Mandelik

Affiliation Dept. of Entomology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 012, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

Nir Orion

Affiliation Earth and Environmental Sciences group, Dept. of Science Teaching, The Weizmann Institute of Science, P.O. Box 26, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

David Pargament

Affiliation Yarqon River Authority, PO Box 6297, Tel Aviv, 61067, Israel

Michelle Portman

Affiliation Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel

Orna Reisman-Berman

Affiliation French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Sede Boqer, 84990, Israel

Uriel N. Safriel

Affiliation Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

Gad Schaffer

Affiliation Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel

Noa Steiner

Affiliation Open Landscapes and Biodiversity Division, The Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection, Jerusalem, Israel

Israel Tauber

Current address: Thema, 1 Palmer Gate St. POB 33189, Haifa, 31331, Israel

Affiliation Forest Management, Monitoring and GIS, KKL – Land Development Authority – Forest Department, The Jewish National Fund, Eshtaol, Israel

Noam Levin

Affiliation Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK NL WJS US. Performed the experiments: SK US WJS KK HA TD YG RJH YM NO DP MP ORB UNS GS NS IT NL. Analyzed the data: SK NL KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK NL US KK. Wrote the paper: SK NL WJS KK MP GS RJH TD DP ORB NS. Chaired the workshop that led to this publication: SK. Participated in the workshop in which the top questions and horizon scanning topics presented in this paper for Israel were selected: HA TD YG RJH YM NO DP MP ORB UNS GS NS IT NL. Provided comments and input on the manuscript: SK WJS US KK HA TD YG RJH YM NO DP MP ORB UNS GS NS IT NL.