Students supervised




Doctoral students:
1984 S. Ashkenazi Comparative biology and management of night herons and little egrets in the Hula Valley.
1989 A. Barnea Coevolution of fruits and their animal dispersers (in cooperation with Prof. Jacob Friedman, Botany Dept., Tel Aviv Univ.)
1989 T. Dayan Community structure of Pleistocene and recent predators (Carnivora) in Israel. (In coop. with Prof. Eitan Tchernov, Hebrew Univ.)
1994 Y. Leshem Raptor migration over Israel.
2001 R. Zilberman Extra-pair copulation in the orange-tufted sunbird Nectarinia osea. (in cooperation with Prof. Boaz Moav).
2002 N. Leader The reliability of vocal signaling in the orange-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia osea. (in cooperation with Dr. Johnathan Wright).
2003 J. Shamoun-Baranes Development of a soaring bird migration model for Israel and the Middle East. (in cooperation with Prof. Peter Berthold and Dr. Yossi Leshem).
Present H. Steinitz Species and Community Level Investigation of the Environmental Factors (and Global Warming) Which Affect Mammal Distributions in Israel
Present E. Levin Ecophysiology of free-tailed bats (Rhinopoma) (in cooperation with Dr. Noga Kronfeld-Schor).
Present S. Barkan Memory of resident and migratory birds. (in cooperation with Dr. Anat Barnea).
M.Sc. Students:
1979 O. Hasson The social behaviour of the bulbul Pycnonotus capensis.
1979 R. Ben-Yaakov The social behaviour of the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon.
1981 L. Cohen The biology of the field vole Microtus socialis.
1983 A. Barnea Damage prevention and the biology of the Syrian woodpecker Dendrocopus syriacus.
1983 T. Talmi Paleoecology of the Southern Sinai. (in cooperation with Prof. Eitan Tchernov, The Hebrew University).
1984 M. Schoenfeld The biology of two sympatric species of hedgehogs in the Coastal Plain of Israel.
1984 M. Ilan The biology of the jird Psammomys obesus in the Negev Desert.
1984 R. Zinger The biology of the house sparrow Passer domesticus.
1987 H. Goldstein The breeding biology of the orange-tufted sunbird, Nectarinia osea. (in coop. with Prof. Dan Eisikovitz, Dept. of Botany, Tel Aviv Univ.)
1989 Y. Barak The biology of Pipistrellus kuhli (Microchiroptera) in Israel.
1989 E. Gorni The difference between autumn and spring migration of the buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus.
1990 A. Erez Behavioral ecology of the hooded crow Corvus corone.
1990 D. Greenberg-Cohen The social behaviour of the Nubian ibex (Capra ibex nubiana) in the Negev. (in coop. with Dr. Philip Alkon, Ben Gurion Univ.).
1992 R. Zilberman Social behaviour of the orange-tufted sunbird Nectarinia osea. (in cooperation with Dr. Boaz Moav).
1993 A. Yogev Factors determining clutch size in spur-winged plover Vanellus spinosus.
1994 Y. Vaknin The relationship between the orange-tuffted sunbird Nectarinia osea. and misletoes flowers. (in cooperation with Prof. Dan Eisikovitz).
1995 S. Markman Parental behaviour in the orange-tufted sunbird Nectarinia osea.
1995 H. Geffen The autecology of the mountain gazelle Gazella gazella.
1995 J. Shamoun The microscopic structure of birds feathers.
1996 N. Leader The breeding biology of Cercomela melanura.
1997 C. Mersten Incubation physiology of the Syrian woodpecker Dendrocopus syriacus. (in cooperation with Prof. Amos Ar).
1998 R. Feldman Community structure of insectivorous bats in the Dead Sea area.
1999 A. Dolev Reintroduction of the fallow deer Dama dama mesopotamica to the Galilee. (in cooperation with Dr. David Saltz, Ben Gurion University).
1999 A. Gal Nocturnal bird migration over Israel. (in cooperation with Dr. Yossi Leshem).
2000 A. Perlberg Habitat selection of introduced fallow deer Dama dama mesopotamica. (in cooperation with Dr. David Saltz, Ben Gurion University ).
2001 D. Alon Social structure of the crane (Grus grus) wintering in Israel.(in cooperation with Dr. Yossi Leshem).
2001 Y. Shulman Foraging in the lesser kestrel Falco naumanni. (in cooperation with Dr. Y. Leshem).
2002 M. Toress Diet selection in the barn owl Tyto alba (in cooperation with Prof. U. Motro, The Hebrew University).
2003 A. Shainin Ecological and genetic characterization of the bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncates along the Israeli coastline. (in cooperation with Dr. D. Kerem, Haifa University, and Dr. O Mokadi).
2003 S. Shainin Behaviour of the red fox Vulpes vulpes. (in cooperation with Prof U. Motro, The Hebrew University and Dr. Eli Geffen).
2005 E. Levin The diet of some insectivorous bats in northern Israel (in cooperation with Dr. Anat Barnea).
2005 Z. Leader The diet of the long-eared owl (Asio otus) and the barn owl (Tyto alba) in the Negev. (In cooperation with Prof. Uriel Safriel).
2005 I. Brickner The effect of feral cats on wildlife in Israel. (in cooperation with Dr. Eli Gefen).
2006 N. Angelister The effect of human disturbance on rodents community in the southern coastal plain (in cooperation with Prof. Uzi Motro).
Present G. Gingold TThe effect of dogs on gazelles in the Golan Heights. (in cooperation with Dr. Eli Geffen).
Present O. Shneor The origin and timing of some migratory birds passing through Israel. (in cooperation with Dr. Dorothee Huschon).
Present K. Yoktan Phylogeography of the orange-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia osea.
Post-doctoral candidates
1979/1980 Nadav Nur
1985/1986 David Mindell
1991 Eli Gefen
1993/1995 Rob Slotow
1998/2000 Edna Gorney
2001 Michelle Frankel
2004- Noam Leader