Dr. Amos Bouskila: Publications

Authored Books

  1. Bouskila, A. and P. Amitai, 2001. A Handbook of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Israel, Keter Publishing House (in Hebrew, 345 pp.).

Chapters in collective volumes

  1. Bouskila. A., 2002, Reptiles, in: Dolev, A. and Perevolotsky, A. (eds.), Red Data Book of Vertebrates in Israel, Yefeh Nof, Jerusalem, Israel (in Hebrew).

  2. Bouskila. A., 2004, Reptiles, in: Dolev, A. and Perevolotsky, A. (eds.), Red Data Book of Vertebrates in Israel, Yefeh Nof, Jerusalem, Israel. (in English, revised edition)

Articles

  1. Bouskila, A., 1985, A trapping technique for capturing large active lizards, J. Herp. Assoc. Africa 31:2-4. [PDF]

  2. Bouskila, A., D. Ehrlich, Y. Gershman, I. Lampl, U. Motro, E. Shani, U. Werner, and Y. L. Werner, 1992, Activity of a nocturnal lizard (Stenodactylus doriae) during a lunar eclipse at Hazeva (Israel), Acta Zoologica Lilloana 41:271-275. [PDF]

  3. Foley, W. J., A. Bouskila, A. Shkolnik and I. Choshniak, 1992, Microbial digestion in the herbivorous lizard Uromastyx aegyptius (Agamidae), Journal of Zoology 226:387-398. [PDF]

  4. Bouskila, A., and D.T. Blumstein, 1992, Rules of thumb for predation hazard assessment: predictions from a dynamic model, The American Naturalist 139:161-176. [PDF]

  5. Yuval, B., and A. Bouskila, 1993, Temporal dynamics of mating and predation in mosquito swarms, Oecologia  95:65-69. [PDF]

  6. Nonacs, P., P. E. Smith, A. Bouskila, and B. Luttbeg, 1994, Modeling the behavior of the northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax, as a schooling predator exploiting patchy prey, Deep Sea Research II, 41:147-169. [PDF]

  7. Bouskila, A. 1995. Interactions between predation risk and competition: a field study of kangaroo-rats and snakes, Ecology 76:165-178. [PDF]

  8. Bouskila, A., I. C. Robertson, M. E. Robinson, B. D. Roitberg, B. Tenhumberg, A. J. Tyre, and E. vanRanden. 1995. Submaximal oviposition rates in a mymarid parasitoid: choosiness should not be ignored. Ecology: 76:1990-1993.  [PDF]

  9. Bouskila, A., D. T. Blumstein, and M. Mangel, 1995, Prey under stochastic conditions should probably overestimate predation risk: a reply to Abrams, The American Naturalist 145:1015-1019. [PDF]

  10. Blumstein, D. T. and A. Bouskila. 1996. Assessment and decision making in animals: a mechanistic model underlying behavioral flexibility can prevent ambiguity. Oikos 77(3):569-576. [PDF]

  11. Werner, Y. L., A. Bouskila, S. J. J. F. Davis, and N. Werner. 1997. Observations and comments on active foraging in geckos. Russ. J. Herp. 4(1): 34-39.

  12. Bouskila, A., M. E. Robinson, B. D. Roitberg, and B. Tenhumberg. 1998. Life-history decisions under predation risk: Importance of a game perspective. Evolutionary Ecology 12(6):701-715. [PDF]

  13. Bouskila, A., 2001. A habitat selection game for interactions between rodents and their predators. Ann. Zool. Fennici 38(1):55-70. [PDF]

  14. Brown, J. S., B.P. Kotler and A. Bouskila. 2001. The ecology of fear and foraging games between owls and rodents.  Ann. Zool. Fennici 38(1):71-87.[PDF]

  15. Dall, S., B.P. Kotler and A. Bouskila. 2001. Attention, apprehension and gerbils searching in patches.  Ann. Zool. Fennici 38(1):15-23.[PDF]

  16. Zaady, E. and Bouskila, A. 2002. Lizard burrows association with successional stages of biological soil crusts in an arid sandy region, Journal of Arid Environments, 50:235-246. [PDF]

  17. Kotler, B. P., Brown, J., Dall, S., Gresser, S., Ganey, D. and Bouskila, A. 2002, Foraging games between gerbils and their predators: temporal dynamics of resource depletion and apprehension, Evolutionary Ecology Research, 4:495-518. [PDF]

  18. Tsairi, H. and Bouskila, A. 2004. Ambush site selection of a desert snake (Echis coloratus)at an oasis, Herpetologica, 60(1): 13-23. [PDF]

  19. Kotler B. P., Brown J. S. and Bouskila, A. 2004. Apprehension and time allocation in gerbils: The effects of predatory risk and energetic state, Ecology 85:917-922. [PDF]

  20. Kotler, B.P., J.S. Brown, A. Bouskila, S. Mukherjee, and T. Goldberg. 2004. Foraging games between gerbils and their predators: seasonal changes in schedules of activity and apprehension. Israel Journal of Zoology 50:255-272. [PDF]

  21. Charter, M., Y. Leshem, A. Bouskila, and S. Aviel, 2005. First record of Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) parasitism by the Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) in Israel, The Wilson Bulletin 117(2):201-204. [PDF]

  22. Charter, M., A, Bouskila and Y. Leshem, 2005, Second clutches by Common Kestrels Falco tinnunculus breeding on buildings in Israel, Sandgrouse 27(2):165-167. [PDF]

  23. Keren-Rotem, T., A. Bouskila and E. Geffen, 2006. Ontogenetic habitat shift and risk of cannibalism in the common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59: 723–731. (Article featured in the American Scientists, July-Aug 2006, 94(4). [PDF]

  24. Hawlena, D. and A. Bouskila, 2006. Land management practices for combating desertification cause species replacement of desert lizards. Journal of Applied Ecology, 43:701-709. [PDF]

  25. Keasar, T., M. Segoli, R. Barak, S. Steinberg, D. Giron, M. R. Strand, A. Bouskila, A. R. Harari, 2006. Costs and consequences of superparasitism in the polyembryonic parasitoid Copidosoma koehleri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), Ecological Entomology, 31:277-283. [PDF]

  26. Scharf, I, E. Nolman, O. Ovadia and A. Bouskila, 2006, Efficiency evaluation of two competing foraging modes under different conditions. The American Naturalists, 168:350–357. [PDF]

  27. Hawlena, D., R. Boochnik, Z. Abramsky and A. Bouskila, 2006. Blue tail and striped body: why do lizards change their infant costume when growing up? Behavioral Ecology, 17: 889-896. [PDF]

  28. Johnston, G. and A. Bouskila. 2007. Sexual dimorphism and ecology of the gecko, Ptyodactylus guttatus. Journal of Herpetology. 41(3): 506-513. [PDF]

  29. Charter M., Izhaki I., Bouskila, A., and Y. Leshem. 2007. Breeding success of the Eurasian Kestrel (Falcotinnunculus) nesting on buildings in Israel. J. Raptor Res. 41( 2):139-143. [PDF]

  30. Charter M., Izhaki I., Bouskila, A., and Y. Leshem. 2007. The effect of different nest types on the breeding uccess of Eurasian Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) in a rural ecosystem. J. Raptor Res. 4l(2):143-14. [PDF]

Last Updated: 14/11/2006