Conservation and Ecological Genetics Lab
Our lab
Our lab focuses on spatial ecology and spatial genetics and their implications for wildlife biology and wildlife management. Specifically, we study spatial and genetic structure of populations, factors affecting range expansion following reintroduction, and movement patterns of individuals under differnet landscape scenarios.
The lab is part of Mitrany Department of Desert Ecology (MDDE) at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR), located in Midreshet-Ben Gurion.
Current projects
- Resource distribution effect on genetic diversity in a fission-fusion population of Asiatic Wild ass through mechanisms of sociality and reproduction.
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Characterizing territories of Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus) breeding males:
habitat factors and presence of conspecifics
Latest publications
Tichon J., Freiman E., Spiegel O., Baruchi E., Atar A., Lapid R., King R., Bar-David S. and Saltz D. 2024. Species behavioural characteristics lead to unique fragmentation threats: The Nubian ibex as a case study. The Journal of Wildlife Management.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22698
Kan-Lingwood N.Y., Sagi L., Mazie S., Shahar N., Zecherle Bitton L., Templeton A.R, Rubenstein D., Bouskila A. and Bar-David S. 2024. Genotyping Error Detection and Customised Filtration for SNP Datasets. Molecular Ecology Resources.
