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Our lab consists of
evolutionary ecologists investigating how properties at the individual level
translate into population and community dynamics. Our model systems include
various taxons, such as insects, reptiles, small mammals and plants. We use
genetic tools, evolutionary experiments and modeling to better understand the
processes affecting the structure and function of natural ecological
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| Consequences of variation in morphological and life history traits on population demography | |
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| Myrmeleon hyalinus larvae | ||
| Foraging behavior and habitat selection in pit-building antlions |
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| The effect of landscape heterogeneity on beetle genetic structure along productivity gradient | |
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| Southern Judean Lowland, Israel | ||
| Interactions among forager searching patterns, environmental conditions and food spatial distribution | |
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| Searching in clumped pattern | ||
| Developmental decision making in annual plants | |
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Click on the projects for more
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Mor
Buchshtav 2007-2008 |
Genetic variation within and among Myrmeleon hyalinus populations across a climatic gradient |
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Dafna Ben-Yehoshua 2007-2008 |
Phenotypic variation and plasticity of flight morphology in Myrmeleon hyalinus as a function of climatic conditions |
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Erez
Barkae 2007-2008 |
The effect of beetle movement pattern on their ability to disperse to neighboring patches |
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Inbal
Atias 2007-2008 |
Molecular phylogeny of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) |
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Adi
Arbiv 2007-2008 |
Resource gradients as predictors of future growing conditions in plants |
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Dror
Kapota 2007-2008 |
Using mark-recapture study and theoretical modeling to investigate the dispersal ability of darkling beetles in the fragmented landscape of southern Judea lowland |
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Boaz
Golan 2007-2008 |
The effect of sand depth, feeding regime, density and body mass on the foraging behavior of a pit-building ant-lion |
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Hagai
Guterman |
Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive investment in the amphicarpic plant Emex spinosa. [pdf] |
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Asaf
Sadeh |
Plastic
bet-hedging in the amphicarpic annual, Emex spinosa, and its
reaction norms from two natural populations.
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Reut
Loria |
The behavioral response of antlion species adopting different foraging modes to direct predation risk and habitat structure. |
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Yael
Hollender |
The effect of spatial distribution and microhabitat on pit construction and relocation in Myrmeleon hyalines. |
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Olga
Sapoznikov |
Molecular phylogeny of antlions: Using 18s and 28s to investigate the phylogeny of antlion species across 6 different phylons. |
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Lavut
Anna |
Molecular phylogeny of antlions: Using 18s and 28s to study the phylogeny of antlion species belonging to the phylon Distoleonini. |
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Ovadia
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Department
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