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EDITED
COMPENDIA: ARTICLES
IN REFEREED JOURNALS Blaustein,
L. 1989. Factors affecting the
efficiency of minnow traps to sample populations of mosquitofish (Gambusia
affinis) and green sunfish (Lepomis
cyanellus). Journal of the
American Mosquito Control Association 5:29-35. Blaustein,
L. 1989. Spatial distributions
of Anopheles freeborni, Gambusia
affinis and Lepomis cyanellus
in experimental rice fields. Journal of the American Mosquito Control
Association 5:254-257. Blaustein,
L. and R. Karban. 1990.
Indirect effects of the mosquitofish, Gambusia
affinis, on the mosquito, Culex tarsalis. Limnology
and Oceanography 35:767-771. Blaustein,
L. and H. Dumont. 1990.
Typhloplanid flatworms: Mechanisms
of predation and evidence that they structure aquatic invertebrate
communities. Hydrobiologia 198:
61-77. Blaustein,
L. and J. Margalit. 1991.
Indirect effects of the fairy shrimp,
Branchipus schaefferi and two ostracod species on Bacillus
thuringiensis israelensis-induced mortality to mosquitoes.
Hydrobiologia 212:67-76. Blaustein,
L. 1992. Larvivorous fishes
fail to control mosquitoes in experimental plots. Hydrobiologia
232:219-232. Kotler,
B.P., L. Blaustein and J.S. Brown. 1992.
Predator facilitation: The
combined effects of two different predators on foraging in gerbils.
Ann. Zool. Fennici. 29:199-206. Blaustein,
L. and B.P. Kotler. 1993.
Oviposition habitat selection by Culiseta
longiareolata: effects of
immature conspecifics, tadpoles and food levels.
Ecological Entomology, 18:104-108. Kotler,
B. P., L. Blaustein and H. Dednam. 1993.
The specter of predation: influence
of vipers on the foraging behavior of two desert gerbils.
Israel Journal of Zoology 39:11-21. Blaustein,
L. and A. Byard. 1993.
Predation by Aphanius mento
on Culex pipiens: The effect of alternative prey and vegetation.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 9:356-358. Blaustein,
L. and J. Margalit. 1994.
Differential prey vulnerability of various mosquito species to the
cyclopoid copepod, Acanthocyclops
viridis. Israel Journal of
Zoology 40:55-60. Blaustein,
L. and J. Margalit. 1994.
Mosquito larvae (Culiseta
longiareolata) compete with and prey upon toad (Bufo viridis) immatures. Journal
of Animal Ecology 63:841-850. Blaustein,
L. 1994. Mosquitoes, malaria
and the Hula wetlands: Will reflooding bring
back old problems? Ecology
and Environment 4:231-238. Ward,
D. and L. Blaustein. 1994. The
overriding influence of flash floods on species:area curves in ephemeral Blaustein,
L. and J. Margalit. 1995. Spatial
distributions of Culiseta
longiareolata and Bufo viridis within
and among desert pools. Journal
of Arid Environments 29:199-211. Blaustein,
L., B. Kotler and D. Ward. 1995.
Direct and indirect effects of a predatory backswimmer (Notonecta
maculata) on community structure of desert temporary pools.
Ecological Entomology 20:311-318 Kotler,
B. P. and L. Blaustein. 1995.
Titrating food and safety in a heterogeneous environment:
When are the risky and safe patches of equal value?
Oikos 74:251-258. Blaustein,
L. and J. Margalit. 1996.
Priority effects in temporary pools: Nature
and outcome of mosquito larva-toad tadpole interactions depend on order of
entrance. Journal of Animal
Ecology 65:77-84. Blaustein,
L., J. Friedman, and T. Fahima. 1996.
Larval Salamandra drive temporary pool community dynamics: evidence from an
artificial pool experiment. Oikos
76:392-402. Blaustein,
L., B.P. Kotler and E. Nevo. 1996.
Biodiversity and microhabitat utilization of the rodent community along
opposing slopes of Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel. Israel Journal of Zoology 42:
327-333 Blaustein,
L. 1997. Nonconsumptive effects of larval Salamandra
on its crustacean prey: can eggs detect predators?
Oecologia 110:212-217 Couch,
L, L. Blaustein, D.W. Duszinski, G. Shenbrot, and E. Nevo.
1997. A new coccidian from Acomys
cahirinus Desmarest, 1819 from Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel,
Israel. Journal of
Parasitology 83:276-279 Blaustein,
L. and B.P. Kotler. 1997.
Differential development rates of two color morphs of green toad (Bufo
viridis) tadpoles. Israel Journal of Zoology 43:205-207 Chikatunov,
V., M. Lillig, T. Pavliceck, L. Blaustein and E. Nevo.
1997. Biodiversity and local differentiation of insects at
"Evolution Canyon" microsite, Nahal Oren, Mt Carmel, Israel.
I. Tenebrionidae.
Journal of Arid Environments 37:367-377 Blaustein,
L. 1998. Influence of the predatory backswimmer, Notonecta
maculata, on pool community structure.
Ecological Entomology 23: (3) 246-252 Spencer,
M., L. Blaustein, S.S. Schwartz, and J.E. Cohen.
1999. Species richness and the proportion of predatory species in
temporary pools: relationships
with habitat size and permanence. Ecology
Letters 2:157-166 Stav,
G., L. Blaustein, J. Margalit. 1999.
Experimental evidence for predation sensitive oviposition by a mosquito, Culiseta longiareolata. Ecological
Entomology 24:202-207 Blaustein,
L., J. Garb, D. Shebitz and E. Nevo. 1999.
Microclimate and community structure in temporary pools. Hydrobiologia
192: 187-196 Stav,
G., L. Blaustein, and Y. Margalit. 2000.
Influence of nymphal Anax imperator (Odonata: Aeshnidae) on oviposition by the mosquito Culiseta
longiareolata (Diptera:Culicidae)
Journal of Vector Ecology 25:190-202 Blaustein,
L., and S.S. Schwartz. 2001.Why study ecology in temporary pools?
Israel Journal of Zoology 47:303-312 Spencer,
M. and L. Blaustein. 2001. Risk
of predation and hatching of resting eggs in the ostracod Heterocypris
incongruens. Journal of
Crustacean Biology 21: 575-581 Spencer,
M. and L. Blaustein. 2001. Hatching
responses of temporary pool invertebrates in response to environmental
signals. Israel Journal of
Zoology 47:397-418 Spencer,
M., S.S. Schwartz and L. Blaustein. 2002. Are there fine-scale spatial
patterns in community similarity among temporary freshwater pools?
Global Ecology and Biogeography 11:71-78 Spencer,
M., L. Blaustein and J.E. Cohen. 2002. Oviposition habitat selection by
mosquitoes (Culiseta longiareolata) and consequences for population size.
Ecology 83:669-679 Eitam,
A., L. Blaustein. 2002.
Non-invasive individual identification of larval Salamandra
using tail-fin spot patterns.
Amphibia-Reptilia 23: 215-219 Martens,
K., S.S. Schwartz, C. Meisch, and L. Blaustein.
2002. Non-marine
Ostracoda (Crustacea) of Mount Carmel (Israel), with taxonomic notes on
the Eucypridinae and circum-mediterranean Heterocypris.
Israel Journal of Zoology 48:53-70 Eitam,
A., L. Blaustein, M. Mangel. 2002. Effects
of Anisops sardea (Hemiptera:
Notonectidae) on oviposition habitat selection by mosquitoes and other
dipterans and community structure in artificial pools.
Hydrobiologia 485: 183-189 Eitam,
A., Pavlicek, T., Blaustein, L. and
Nevo, E. 2002. Effects of inter- and intra-slope contrasts at ‘ Kiflawi,
M., Blaustein, L, and M. Mangel. 2003. Predation-dependent oviposition
habitat selection by the mosquito Culiseta
longiareolata: a test of
competing hypotheses. Ecology
Letters 6:35-40 Kiflawi,
M., Blaustein, L., and Mangel, M. 2003.
Oviposition habitat selection in a mosquito, Culiseta
longiareolata in response to risk of predation and conspecific
density. Ecological Entomology 28:168-173 Kiflawi,
M., Eitam, A., and Blaustein, L. 2003.
The relative impact of local and regional processes on macro-invertebrate
species richness in temporary ponds. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 447-452 Blaustein,
L., Kiflawi, M., Eitam, A., Mangel, M. and Cohen, J.E. 2004. Oviposition
habitat selection in response to risk of predation: Mode of
detection consistency across experimental venue. Oecologia 138:
300-305 Eitam,
A. Norena, C., and L. Blaustein. 2004. Microturbellarian species
richness and community similarity among temporary pools: relationships
with habitat properties. Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 2107-2117 Eitam,
A., L. Blaustein, K. Van Damme, H. J. Dumont & K. Martens. 2004.
Crustacean species richness in temporary pools: relationships with habitat
traits. Hydrobiologia 525:125-130 Eitam,
A. and L. Blaustein. 2004. Oviposition habitat selection by mosquitoes in
response to predator (Notonecta
maculata) density. Physiological Entomology 29:
188-191 Stav,
G., Blaustein, L. and Margalit, Y. 2005. Individual and interactive
effects of a predator (Anax
imperator) and species sharing the same trophic level as mosquito
larvae on mosquito populations. Ecological Applications 15:587-598 Silberbush,
A., Blaustein, L. and Margalit, Y. 2005. Influence
of salinity concentration on insect community structure: a mesocosm
experiment in the Dead Sea Basin Region. Hydrobiologia 548:1-10 Blaustein,
L., J. Blaustein and J. Chase. 2005. Chemical detection of the
predator Notonecta irrorata by
ovipositing Culex mosquitoes.
Journal of Vector Ecology 30:299-301 Eitam,
A., L. Blaustein and Marc Mangel. 2005. Density
and intercohort priority effects on larval Salamandra
salamandra in temporary pools. Oecologia
146:36-42 Gallitano,
S., L. Blaustein, and J. Vonesh. 2005.
First occurrence of Ochlerotatus
japonicus in Missouri. Journal
of Vector Ecology 30:347-348 Larsen,
E. and Blaustein, L. 2005. New backswimmer (Heteroptera: Notonectidae)
records for Israel. Zoology in the Middle East 36:114-116. Arav,
D., and L. Blaustein. 2006. Effects
of Pool Depth and Risk of Predation on Oviposition Habitat Selection by
Temporary Pool Dipterans. Journal
of Medical Entomology 43: 443-497 Blaustein,
L. and Chase, J.M. 2007. The
role of species sharing the same trophic level as mosquitoes on mosquito
populations. Annual Review of
Entomology 52:489-507 Stav,
G., Blaustein L., Kotler, B.P. 2007. Direct
and indirect effects of dragonfly (Anax
imperator) nymphs on green toad
(Bufo viridis)
tadpoles. Hydrobiologia 579:85-93 Segev,
O. and L. Blaustein. 2007. Priority effects of the early breeding fire
salamander on the late breeding banded newt. Hydrobiologia 583: 275-28 Bar-David
S, O. Segev, N. Peleg, N. Hill, A.R. Templeton, C. B. Schultz, L.
Blaustein. 2007. Long distance movements by fire salamanders (Salamandra
salamandra infraimmaculata) and implications for habitat
fragmentation. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 53:179-196. Silberbush,
A. and L. Blaustein. 2008. Oviposition habitat selection by a mosquito in
response to a predator: are predator-released kairomones air-borne
cues? Journal of Vector Ecology 33:208-211 Noreña
C., Eitam, A. & Blaustein, L. 2008.
“Microturbellarian” flatworms from freshwater pools: New species
and records from Israel. Zootaxa 1705:1-20 Segev,
O., M. Mangel, and L. Blaustein. 2009. Deleterious effects of
mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) on fire salamander (Salamandra
infraimmaculata) larvae. Animal Conservation 12: 29-37 Markman,
S., Hill, N., Todrank, J, Heth, G. and L. Blaustein. 2009. Differential
aggressiveness covaries with genetic similarity in fire salamander larvae.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:1149–1155 Sadeh, A., Mangel, M. and L. Blaustein (2009) Context-dependent
reproductive habitat selection: the interactive roles of structural
complexity and cannibalistic conspecifics. Ecology Letters,
12:1158-1164
Segev,
O., N. Hill, A.R. Templeton and L. Blaustein (2010) Population size, structure
and phenology of an endangered salamander, Salamandra infraimmaculata,
at temporary and permanent breeding sites. Journal for Nature
Conservation 18:
189–195 Pearlson,
O., L. Blaustein, S. Snir, D. Goldberg, G. Degani. 2010. Molecular
Variation in Triturus vittatus vittatus (Urodela) from Breeding
Sites Near the Southern Extremity of its Distribution Revealed by DNA
Sequencing of Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene and Control Region. Current
Herpetology 29:11-122 Silberbush,
A., S. Markman, E. Lewinsohn, E. Bar, J.E. Cohen, L. Blaustein. 2010.
Mosquitoes use hydrocarbons to detect larval predators when selecting an
oviposition site. Ecology Letters 13:1129-1138 Eitam,
A. and L. Blaustein. 2010. Effects of predator density and duration on
crustacean abundance and diversity in experimental pools. Hydrobiologia
652:269-276. Stav, G., B.P. Kotler and L. Blaustein. 2010. Foraging response to risks of predation and competition in temporary pools. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 56:9-20. Blaustein, L., Ostfeld, R.S., Holt, R.D. 2010. A community-ecology
framework for understanding vector and vector-borne disease dynamics.
Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 56:251-262. Vonesh,
J. and L. Blaustein. 2010. Predator-induced shifts in mosquito oviposition site selection: a meta analysis and implications for vector control. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 56:263-279.
Kershenbaum, A., L. Stone, B.P.
Kotler, L. Blaustein. 2010. Predation risk can drive cycles in zoonotic
disease prevalence. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 56: 281-295 Sadeh,
A., Truskanov, N., Mangel, M. and L. Blaustein. 2011. Compensatory
development and costs of plasticity: larval responses to desiccated
conspecifics. PLoS ONE 6(1): e15602. Segev O, Mangel M, Wolf N, Sadeh A, Kershenbaum A, Blaustein L.
(2011) Spatio-temporal reproductive strategies in the fire salamander: a model and empirical test.
Behavioral Ecology 22:670-678 Silberbush, A. and Blaustein, L. 2011. Mosquito females quantify risk of predation to their progeny when selecting an oviposition site. Functional Ecology 25:1091-1095. Kershenbaum, A., Kershenbaum, A., Blaustein, L. 2011. Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) den site selection: preference for artificial sites. Wildlife Research 38, 244–248. Warburg, A. Faiman, R., Shtern, A., Silberbush, A., Markman, S., Cohen, JE, Blaustein, L. 2011. Oviposition habitat selection by Anopheles gambiae in response to chemical cues by Notonecta maculata. in press
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS Blaustein,
L. 1999. Oviposition habitat
selection in response to risk of predation: Consequences for populations
and community structure. In:
Evolutionary Processes and Theory:
Modern Perspectives. Ed.
by S. P. Wasser, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 441-456. Mitchell,
W.A., Kotler, B.P., J.S. Brown, L. Blaustein, S. Dall. 2004.
Species diversity in relation to habitat structure, environmental
variability and species interactions.
In: Gosz, J., S.
Pickett, M. Shachak, and A. Perevelotsky (eds), Drylands Biodiversity,
Oxford Press. Blaustein,
L. and M. Spencer. 2005.
Sampling Aquatic Insects. In:
Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems:
Methods in Ecology Series.
Leather, S. (ed). Blackwell Science. Pp. 186-220. Blaustein,
L. and D.W. Whitman. 2008. Behavioral Plasticity in response to risk
of predation: Oviposition habitat selection by a mosquito. In:
Whitman D. & TN Ananthakrishnan (ed) Phenotypic Plasticity in Insects:
Mechanisms and Consequences. Science Pub Inc. pp. 263-280. Whitman, D.W. and L. Blaustein. 2008. Natural Enemy-Induced Plasticity in Plants and Animals. In: Whitman D. (ed) Phenotypic Plasticity in Insects: Mechanisms and Consequences. Science Pub Inc. pp. 177-261 ARTICLES
IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Blaustein,
L., N. Engert, E. Steiner, E. Nevo, and M.R. Warburg.
1996. Israel's endangered urodele species:
Preliminary studies on their distribution across Mount Carmel and
their influences on community structure of temporary pools.
Proc. Isr. Soc. Ecol.
Environ. Qual. 6:514-516. POPULAR
SCIENCE MAGAZINES Blaustein,
L. 1991. Duel in the sun:
A mosquito and tadpole compete strongly in temporary pools of the
Negev Desert. Invited paper for Natural History Magazine 7:38-40. 1998. “To hatch or not to hatch?” Nature Australia 26 (2): 8. (Feature on my work in Blaustein 1997 Oecologia) van
der Helm, F. 2009. Vuursalamanders bevoordelen onbekende familie. NRC
Handelsblad Yavelberg
I. 2011. The cost of accelerated development. Galileo
151:58-59 (In Hebrew, featuring the study published in Sadeh et al. PLoS
ONE 2011). DISSERTATIONS: Ph.D.
Thesis: Biological
Interactions in Rice Fields: A
Community-Ecology Approach to Mosquito Control. Ecology Program, M.P.H.
Thesis: Epidemiology of Lyme
disease and babesiosis: a
critical literature review. Advisor:
William C. Reeves, University of California, Berkeley (6/83). M.S. Thesis: Seasonal and spatial distribution of Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis relative to its culicid prey. Major Professor: Fred C. Swift, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (10/78).
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