A5102953885- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
Alzheimer's Association of Israel
2021-2025
University of Haifa
2021-2025
Agricultural Research Organization
2006-2012
Institute of Crop Sciences
2011
Millions of wild animals are killed annually on roads worldwide. During spring 2020, the volume road traffic was reduced globally as a consequence COVID-19 pandemic. We gathered data wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC) from Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and for Scotland England within United Kingdom. In all studied countries WVC statistics tend to be dominated by large mammals (various deer species boar), while information smaller well birds less...
ABSTRACT A major side effect of urbanization is the increased availability food for wildlife in peri‐urban areas. Most research has focused on highly adaptive exploiter species that thrive under such conditions, overlooking avoider species, which are often predated upon by exploiters. Moreover, areas grazed livestock, mainly to reduce frequency and intensity fires, a practice can also adversely affect vulnerable species. We examined long‐term effects excess provided discourage namely golden...
Sustainable management of heterogeneous grazing systems requires better understanding the spatial dimension ecology. We deployed animal-borne GPS devices to map daily foraging excursions a shepherded flock 200 goats under traditional Bedouin management, on study site in semiarid region northern Negev, Israel. A total 88 were mapped during herbaceous growing seasons 2002 and 2003, was analyzed with GIS tools. typical excursion lasted 5.5 h, which moved across landscape at an average speed 0.3...
Ecosystems of mixed woody and herbaceous vegetation are under increasing pressure threat from human activity global climate changes. Many processes that shape these ecosystems remain poorly understood despite their large geographic extent, the services they provide, importance for wildlife livestock. Some occur simultaneously on small scales; therefore study requires methodologies combine high spatial resolution with extent. In this study, we explored phenomenon rings—circlets—of relatively...
The re-introduction paradigm is that Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) herds adjust the size of their home ranges depending on availability vegetation, which directly related to rainfall. In Israel, oryx were released in two hyper-arid sites: Arava Valley and Paran wilderness, belonging Sudanese Saharo–Arabian biogeographic zones, respectively. While post-release survival was similar both, reproductive success wilderness reintroduction site extremely low, resulting an acute decline reintroduced...
Abstract The European Observatory of Wildlife EOW, as part the ENETWILD project, represents a collaborative network that has been operating since 2021 to develop and implement standardized protocols obtain harmonized data on distribution density target mammal species. In so doing, EOW aims at contributing improving quality are available for wildlife management risk assessment scale. This report describes activities carried out during 2023 campaign, which was joined by total 30 organizations...
Abstract People's recreational activities in nature are essential to promote wildlife conservation. The interplay between humans and the environment is complex, as presence of may impact both directly by altering species interactions. Thus, conservation management protected areas where people frequently interact with challenging. We investigated combined different varying intensity, along environmental temporal factors, on activity endangered mountain gazelle ( Gazella gazella ) its...
Abstract Describing vocalisations of species in the wild is an important step to understanding their function. A wild-living population mountain gazelles ( Gazella gazella ) was monitored Israel, using camera traps, thereby providing a first detailed description acoustic repertoire. We described six acoustical signals that were either reported by previous authors or hitherto not reported. Acoustic categorised according behavioural context as alarm calls, courtship calls threat and — if...
The populations of the endangered mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella), which inhabit large parts Israel, across various ecosystems and climatic conditions, shrunk drastically over last decades. To date, data on nutrition, how these relate with individual characteristics respond to seasonal environmental changes, have not been available. We analyzed 110 samples from rumen contents collected throughout country occasional fatalities, mainly roadkills, tested feasibility using them for...
Spatio-temporal dynamics of the association between woody and herbaceous vegetation in a grazed, semi-arid ecosystem