Zvika Abramsky, Ph.D. - Publications

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Ben Gurion University, Safed, North District, Israel 

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2019 Balaban-Feld J, Mitchell WA, Kotler BP, Vijayan S, Tov Elem LT, Rosenzweig ML, Abramsky Z. Individual willingness to leave a safe refuge and the trade-off between food and safety: a test with social fish. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 286: 20190826. PMID 31311474 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2019.0826  0.408
2019 Vijayan S, Lee JK, Balaban-Feld J, Mitchell WA, Kotler BP, Rosenzweig ML, Lotan TT, Abramsky Z. Time to revisit? A predator's previous successes and failures in prey capture determine its return time to patches. Oecologia. PMID 31147778 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-019-04425-W  0.451
2019 Balaban-Feld J, Mitchell WA, Kotler BP, Vijayan S, Tov Elem LT, Abramsky Z. State-dependent foraging among social fish in a risky environment. Oecologia. PMID 30929073 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-019-04395-Z  0.388
2019 Abramsky Z, Strauss E, Subach A, Riechman A, Kotler BP. The effect of barn owls (Tyto alba) on the activity and microhabitat selection of Gerbillus allenbyi and G. pyramidum. Oecologia. 105: 313-319. PMID 28307103 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00328733  0.439
2019 Vijayan S, Elem LTT, Vardi R, Pyakurel A, Abramsky Z. Foraging innovation in an artificial environment: a case of little egret luring prey goldfish through beak dipping Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 65: 147-151. DOI: 10.1163/22244662-20191069  0.393
2019 Silberbush A, Gertler N, Ovadia O, Abramsky Z, Tsurim I. Kairomone-induced changes in mosquito life history: effects across a food gradient Aquatic Sciences. 81. DOI: 10.1007/S00027-019-0649-9  0.403
2018 Vijayan S, Kotler BP, Tamar Tov-Elem L, Mitchell WA, Abramsky Z. Binary Patch Assessment by Goldfish Under Safe and Dangerous Conditions. Behavioural Processes. PMID 30056079 DOI: 10.1016/J.Beproc.2018.07.007  0.389
2018 Vijayan S, Kotler BP, Tamar Tov-Elem L, Abramsky Z. Effect of predation risk on microhabitat use by goldfish Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 31: 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2018.1477837  0.453
2018 Balaban-Feld J, Mitchell WA, Kotler BP, Vijayan S, Tov Elem LT, Abramsky Z. Influence of predation risk on individual spatial positioning and willingness to leave a safe refuge in a social benthic fish Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-018-2499-1  0.375
2017 Vardi R, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Altstein O, Rosenzweig ML. How does the presence of a conspecific individual change the behavioral game that a predator plays with its prey? Oecologia. PMID 28516320 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-017-3884-6  0.415
2017 Vijayan S, Kotler BP, Abramsky Z. A predator equalizes rate of capture of a schooling prey in a patchy environment. Behavioural Processes. PMID 28232233 DOI: 10.1016/J.Beproc.2017.02.016  0.438
2016 Garrido M, Adler VH, Pnini M, Abramsky Z, Krasnov BR, Gutman R, Kronfeld-Schor N, Hawlena H. Time budget, oxygen consumption and body mass responses to parasites in juvenile and adult wild rodents. Parasites & Vectors. 9: 120. PMID 26932152 DOI: 10.1186/S13071-016-1407-7  0.328
2016 Wacht Katz M, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Rosenzweig ML, Altstein O, Roth I, Klimovitsky C. Comparing the non-lethal and lethal effects of predation risk ‬on goldfish anti-predatory behavior Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 62: 121-127. DOI: 10.1080/15659801.2015.1059720  0.4
2015 Silberbush A, Abramsky Z, Tsurim I. Effects of fish cues on mosquito larvae development. Acta Tropica. 150: 196-199. PMID 26259816 DOI: 10.1016/J.Actatropica.2015.08.001  0.376
2014 Katz MW, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Rosenzweig ML, Alteshtein O. All that glitters is not gold: different anti-predatory behavior of two color morphs of goldfish (Carassius auratus) Environmental Biology of Fishes. 98: 377-383. DOI: 10.1007/S10641-014-0268-1  0.411
2014 Barkae ED, Abramsky Z, Ovadia O. Can models of density-dependent habitat selection be applied for trap-building predators? Population Ecology. 56: 175-184. DOI: 10.1007/S10144-013-0401-6  0.432
2013 Katz MW, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Rosenzweig ML, Alteshtein O, Vasserman G. Optimal foraging of little egrets and their prey in a foraging game in a patchy environment. The American Naturalist. 181: 381-95. PMID 23448887 DOI: 10.1086/669156  0.431
2012 Barkae ED, Scharf I, Abramsky Z, Ovadia O. Jack of all trades, master of all: a positive association between habitat niche breadth and foraging performance in pit-building antlion larvae. Plos One. 7: e33506. PMID 22438939 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0033506  0.371
2011 Raveh A, Kotler BP, Abramsky Z, Krasnov BR. Driven to distraction: detecting the hidden costs of flea parasitism through foraging behaviour in gerbils. Ecology Letters. 14: 47-51. PMID 21070560 DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2010.01549.X  0.373
2010 Rotkopf R, Abramsky Z, Ovadia O. Conservation genetics of a rare Gerbil species: a comparison of the population genetic structures and demographic histories of the locally rare Pygmy Gerbil and the common Anderson's Gerbil. Bmc Ecology. 10: 15. PMID 20525191 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-10-15  0.353
2010 Tsurim I, Kotler BP, Gilad A, Elazary S, Abramsky Z. Foraging behavior of an urban bird species: molt gaps, distance to shelter, and predation risk. Ecology. 91: 233-41. PMID 20380212 DOI: 10.1890/08-1818.1  0.394
2010 Hawlena D, Saltz D, Abramsky Z, Bouskila A. Ecological trap for desert lizards caused by anthropogenic changes in habitat structure that favor predator activity. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 24: 803-9. PMID 20337674 DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2010.01477.X  0.441
2010 Hawlena D, Abramsky Z, Bouskila A. Bird predation alters infestation of desert lizards by parasitic mites Oikos. 119: 730-736. DOI: 10.1111/J.1600-0706.2009.17804.X  0.444
2009 Tsurim I, Abramsky Z, Kotler B. Differences in patch use behavior between an urban and rural species: Effects of distance from shelter and wing molt-gaps Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 55: 345-357. DOI: 10.1560/Ijee.55.4.345  0.438
2009 Tsurim I, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP. The structure of winter bird communities in the northern Negev shrub-steppes: Relating species composition to habitat structure Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 55: 41-61. DOI: 10.1560/Ijee.55.1.41  0.419
2008 Hawlena H, Krasnov BR, Abramsky Z, Khokhlova IS, De Bellocq JG, Pinshow B. Effects of food abundance, age, and flea infestation on the body condition and immunological variables of a rodent host, and their consequences for flea survival. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part a, Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 150: 66-74. PMID 18424206 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cbpa.2008.03.004  0.334
2008 China V, Kotler BP, Shefer N, Brown JS, Abramsky Z. Density-dependent habitat and patch use in gerbils: Consequences of safety in numbers? Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 54: 373-388. DOI: 10.1560/Ijee.54.3-4.373  0.442
2008 Tsurim I, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP. Foraging behavior of urban birds: Are human commensals less sensitive to predation risk than their nonurban counterparts? Condor. 110: 772-776. DOI: 10.1525/Cond.2008.8572  0.455
2008 Hawlena H, Bashary D, Abramsky Z, Khokhlova IS, Krasnov BR. Programmed versus stimulus-driven antiparasitic grooming in a desert rodent Behavioral Ecology. 19: 929-935. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arn046  0.331
2007 Hawlena H, Abramsky Z, Krasnov BR. Ultimate mechanisms of age-biased flea parasitism. Oecologia. 154: 601-9. PMID 17828558 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-007-0851-7  0.333
2007 Tsurim I, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP. The effect of food and shelter on habitat selection by granivorous birds over-wintering in shrub steppes of the northern Negev, Israel Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 53: 59-79. DOI: 10.1560/Ijee_53_1_59  0.435
2007 Hawlena H, Bashary D, Abramsky Z, Krasnov BR. Benefits, costs and constraints of anti-parasitic grooming in adult and juvenile rodents Ethology. 113: 394-402. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.2007.01332.X  0.344
2006 Hawlena H, Khokhlova IS, Abramsky Z, Krasnov BR. Age, intensity of infestation by flea parasites and body mass loss in a rodent host. Parasitology. 133: 187-93. PMID 16677443 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000308  0.315
2006 Wasserberg G, Kotler BP, Morris DW, Abramsky Z. A specter of coexistence: Is centrifugal community organization haunted by the ghost of competition? Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 52: 123-140. DOI: 10.1560/Ijee_52_2_123  0.419
2006 Hawlena H, Krasnov BR, Abramsky Z, Khokhlova IS, Saltz D, Kam M, Tamir A, Degen AA. Flea infestation and energy requirements of rodent hosts: Are there general rules? Functional Ecology. 20: 1028-1036. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2435.2006.01190.X  0.325
2006 Wasserberg G, Kotler BP, Abramsky Z. The role of site, habitat, seasonality and competition in determining the nightly activity patterns of psammophilic gerbils in a centrifugally organized community Oikos. 112: 573-579. DOI: 10.1111/J.0030-1299.2006.14302.X  0.419
2006 Hawlena D, Boochnik R, Abramsky Z, Bouskila A. Blue tail and striped body: Why do lizards change their infant costume when growing up? Behavioral Ecology. 17: 889-896. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arl023  0.364
2005 Hawlena H, Abramsky Z, Krasnov BR. Age-biased parasitism and density-dependent distribution of fleas (Siphonaptera) on a desert rodent. Oecologia. 146: 200-8. PMID 16025351 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-005-0187-0  0.324
2005 Ovadia O, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Pinshow B. Inter-specific competitors reduce inter-gender competition in Negev Desert gerbils. Oecologia. 142: 480-8. PMID 15655694 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-004-1726-9  0.401
2005 Wasserberg G, Abramsky Z, Valdivia N, Kotler BP. The role of vegetation characteristics and foraging substrate in organizing a centrifugal gerbil community Journal of Mammalogy. 86: 1009-1014. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[1009:Trovca]2.0.Co;2  0.453
2005 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Elbaz M, Ziv Y. Does interspecific competition from congeners cause the scarcity of Gerbillus henleyi in productive sandy desert habitats? Journal of Animal Ecology. 74: 567-578. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2656.2005.00956.X  0.365
2004 Sapir N, Abramsky Z, Shochat E, Izhaki I. Scale-dependent habitat selection in migratory frugivorous passerines. Die Naturwissenschaften. 91: 544-7. PMID 15455207 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-004-0564-2  0.694
2004 Tsurim I, Abramsky Z. The effect of travel costs on food hoarding in gerbils Journal of Mammalogy. 85: 67-71. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0067:Teotco>2.0.Co;2  0.364
2004 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Belmaker J, Bar A. The impact of long-term continuous risk of predation on two species of gerbils Canadian Journal of Zoology. 82: 464-474. DOI: 10.1139/Z04-007  0.366
2004 Sapir N, Tsurim I, Gal B, Abramsky Z. The effect of water availability on fuel deposition of two staging Sylvia warblers Journal of Avian Biology. 35: 25-32. DOI: 10.1111/J.0908-8857.2004.03212.X  0.634
2004 Ben-Natan G, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Brown JS. Seeds redistribution in sand dunes: A basis for coexistence of two rodent species Oikos. 105: 325-335. DOI: 10.1111/J.0030-1299.2004.12948.X  0.427
2003 Wasserberg G, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Ostfeld RS, Yarom I, Warburg A. Anthropogenic disturbances enhance occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Israel deserts: Patterns and mechanisms Ecological Applications. 13: 868-881. DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0868:Adeooc]2.0.Co;2  0.391
2002 Wasserberg G, Abramsky Z, Anders G, El-Fari M, Schoenian G, Schnur L, Kotler BP, Kabalo I, Warburg A. The ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nizzana, Israel: infection patterns in the reservoir host, and epidemiological implications. International Journal For Parasitology. 32: 133-43. PMID 11812490 DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00326-5  0.354
2002 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Subach A. The costs of apprehensive foraging Ecology. 83: 1330-1340. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1330:Tcoaf]2.0.Co;2  0.348
2002 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Subach A. Measuring the benefit of habitat selection Behavioral Ecology. 13: 497-502. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/13.4.497  0.466
2002 Shochat E, Abramsky Z, Pinshow B, Whitehouse MEA. Density-dependent habitat selection in migratory passerines during stopover: What causes the deviation from IFD? Evolutionary Ecology. 16: 469-488. DOI: 10.1023/A:1020851801732  0.453
2001 Shochat E, Abramsky Z, Pinshow B. Breeding bird species diversity in the Negev: Effects of scrub fragmentation by planted forests Journal of Applied Ecology. 38: 1135-1147. DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2664.2001.00667.X  0.447
2001 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Subach A. The cost of interspecific competition in two gerbil species Journal of Animal Ecology. 70: 561-567. DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2656.2001.00520.X  0.382
1998 Abramsky Z, Rosenweig ML, Subach A. Do gerbils care more about competition or predation? Oikos. 83: 75-84. DOI: 10.2307/3546548  0.388
1997 Rosenzweig ML, Abramsky Z, Subach A. Safety in numbers: sophisticated vigilance by Allenby's gerbil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94: 5713-5. PMID 9159138 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.94.11.5713  0.331
1997 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Subach A. Gerbils under threat of owl predation: Isoclines and isodars Oikos. 78: 81-90. DOI: 10.2307/3545803  0.381
1997 Rosenzweig ML, Abramsky Z. Two gerbils of the Negev: A long-term investigation of optimal habitat selection and its consequences Evolutionary Ecology. 11: 733-756. DOI: 10.1023/A:1018490419885  0.354
1995 Ziv Y, Kotler BP, Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML. Foraging efficiencies of competing rodents: Why do gerbils exhibit shared-preference habitat selection? Oikos. 73: 260-268. DOI: 10.2307/3545916  0.502
1995 Ovadia O, Abramsky Z. Density-dependent habitat selection: Evaluation of the isodar method Oikos. 73: 86-94. DOI: 10.2307/3545729  0.452
1994 Abramsky Z, Ovadia O, Rosenzweig ML. The shape of a Gerbillus pyramidum (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) isocline: An experimental field study Oikos. 69: 318-326. DOI: 10.2307/3546153  0.405
1993 Ziv Y, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Subach A. Interference competition and temporal and habitat partitioning in two gerbil species Oikos. 66: 237-246. DOI: 10.2307/3544810  0.429
1992 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Zubach A. The shape of a gerbil isocline: an experimental field study Oikos. 63: 193-199. DOI: 10.2307/3545378  0.403
1992 Hermony T, Shachak M, Abramsky Z. Habitat distribution in the desert snail Trochoidea seetzenii Oikos. 64: 516-522. DOI: 10.2307/3545169  0.368
1992 Abramsky Z, Shachak M, Subach A, Brand S, Alfia H. Predator-prey relationships: rodent-snail interactions in the central Negev Desert of Israel Oikos. 65: 128-133. DOI: 10.2307/3544895  0.414
1992 Brown JS, Arel Y, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP. Patch use by gerbils (Gerbillus allenbyi) in sandy and rocky habitats Journal of Mammalogy. 73: 821-829. DOI: 10.2307/1382202  0.432
1991 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Pinshow B. The shape of a gerbil isocline measured using principles of optimal habitat selection Ecology. 72: 329-340. DOI: 10.2307/1938926  0.432
1990 Abramsky Z, Alfia H, Schachak M, Brand S. Predation by rodents and the distribution and abundance of the snail Trochoidea seetzenii in the Central Negev Desert of Israel Oikos. 59: 225-234. DOI: 10.2307/3545538  0.399
1990 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML, Pinshow B, Brown JS, Kotler B, Mitchell WA. Habitat selection: an experimental field test with two gerbil species Ecology. 71: 2358-2369. DOI: 10.2307/1938646  0.448
1990 Mitchell WA, Abramsky Z, Kotler BP, Pinshow B, Brown JS. The effect of competition on foraging activity in desert rodents: theory and experiments Ecology. 71: 844-854. DOI: 10.2307/1937356  0.396
1989 Abramsky Z, Pinshow B. Changes in foraging effort in two gerbil species correlate with habitat type and intra- and interspecific activity Oikos. 56: 43-53. DOI: 10.2307/3566086  0.385
1988 Abramsky Z. The role of habitat and productivity in structuring desert rodent communities Oikos. 52: 107-114. DOI: 10.2307/3565989  0.372
1986 Abramsky Z, Bowers MA, Rosenzweig ML. Detecting Interspecific Competition in the Field: Testing the Regression Method Oikos. 47: 199. DOI: 10.2307/3566046  0.382
1986 Rosenzweig ML, Abramsky Z. Centrifugal community organization. Oikos. 46: 339-348. DOI: 10.2307/3565832  0.385
1985 Rosenzweig ML, Abramsky Z, Kotler B, Mitchell W. Can interaction coefficients be determined from cencus data? Oecologia. 66: 194-198. PMID 28311589 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00379854  0.401
1985 Abramsky Z, Brand S, Rosenzweig M. Geographical ecology of gerbilline rodents in sand dune habitats of Israel. Journal of Biogeography. 12: 363-372. DOI: 10.2307/2844867  0.457
1985 Rosenzweig ML, Abramsky Z. Detecting density-dependent habitat selection. American Naturalist. 126: 405-417. DOI: 10.1086/284426  0.374
1984 Abramsky Z, Rosenzweig ML. Tilman's predicted productivity-diversity relationship shown by desert rodents. Nature. 309: 150-1. PMID 6717592 DOI: 10.1038/309150A0  0.45
1983 Abramsky Z. Experiments on seed predation by rodents and ants in the Israeli desert. Oecologia. 57: 328-332. PMID 28309359 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00377176  0.321
1981 Abramsky Z. Habitat Relationships and Competition in Two Mediterranean Apodemus spp. Oikos. 36: 219. DOI: 10.2307/3544450  0.437
1980 Abramsky Z, Safriel U. Seasonal Patterns in a Mediterranean Bird Community Composed of Transient, Wintering and Resident Passerines Ornis Scandinavica. 11: 201. DOI: 10.2307/3676125  0.341
1980 Abramsky Z, Dyne GMV. Field studies and a simulation model of small mammals inhabiting a patchy environment Oikos. 35: 80. DOI: 10.2307/3544729  0.461
1980 Abramsky Z, Tracy CR. Relation between Home Range Size and Regulation of Population Size in Microtus ochrogaster Oikos. 34: 347. DOI: 10.2307/3544294  0.305
1980 Rosenzweig ML, Abramsky Z. Microtine Cycles: The Role of Habitat Heterogeneity Oikos. 34: 141. DOI: 10.2307/3544174  0.395
1980 Abramsky Z. Ecological similarity of Gerbillus allenbyi and Meriones tristrami Journal of Arid Environments. 3: 153-160. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(18)31663-X  0.464
1979 Anderson RV, Tracy CR, Abramsky Z. Habitat selection in two species of short-horned grasshoppers : The role of thermal and hydric stresses. Oecologia. 38: 359-374. PMID 28309494 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00345194  0.371
1979 Abramsky Z, Tracy CR. Population Biology of a "Noncycling" Population of Prairie Voles and a Hypothesis on the Role of Migration in Regulating Microtine Cycles Ecology. 60: 349-361. DOI: 10.2307/1937664  0.312
1979 Abramsky Z, Dyer MI, Harrison PD. Competition among Small Mammals in Experimentally Perturbed Areas of the Shortgrass Prairie Ecology. 60: 530-536. DOI: 10.2307/1936073  0.41
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