Dr. Ella Tsahar
I. CURRICULUMVITAE
| Name: | Ella Tsahar |
| Place and Date of Birth: | Israel, October 13, 1972 |
| Citizenship: Identity Card Number: | Israeli 028632081 |
| Permanent Home Address: | Sde Yaakov, 30080, Israel |
| Home Telephone Number: | 04-9532104 |
| Electronic Address: | ella@ellarnon.com |
Education
| B.Sc. (magna cum laude) | Department of Biology, University of Haifa at Oranim | 1995-1998 |
| Education, Teaching certificate | University of Haifa at Oranim | 1995-1998 |
| M.Sc. (summa cum laude)* | The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science. Department of Plant Science, Tel-Aviv University | 1999-2001 |
| Ph.D.** | Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Biology | 2002-2007 |
| Post Doctoral Research*** | Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa | 2007-2009 |
*Thesis entitled “The impact of the secondarymetabolite emodin in Rhamnus alaternus fruits on fruit removal and seedpredation”. Supervisors: Prof. Jacob Friedman, Tel Aviv University and Prof.Ido Izhaki, University of Haifa at Oranim.
**Thesis entitled “Protein balance in birds:physiological mechanisms and ecological consequences” Supervisors: Prof. ZeevArad, The Technion, Prof. Ido Izhaki University of Haifa at Oranim and Prof.Carlos Martinez del-Rio University of Wyoming USA.
***Research topic: The ecological history of domesticlivestock management in the southern Levant and its impact on Mediterraneanlandscape. With Prof. G. Bar-Oz and Prof. Ido Izhaki.
Professional honors, awards and fellowships
| February 1995 | Amnon Yadin award for excellence in research for B.Sc. students |
| June 1997 | University of Haifa Fellowship for research projects of B.Sc. students |
| 1999-2001 | M.Sc. fellowship, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science. Department of Plant Science, Tel-Aviv University |
| August 2000 | Shalom Edesman Travel Fellowship (Tel-Aviv University) for participation in the 3rd International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal. Brazil. |
| 2002-2006 | Ph.D. fellowship, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Biology. |
| June 2005 | Katzir Travel Fellowship, for participation in the 4rd International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal. Australia. |
| January-December 2008 | Post doctoral fellowship, Planning & Budgeting committee Council for Higher Education. |
Professional activities
1990-1992- Nature & History guide during themilitary service, Education Corps,
Teacher Unit, IDF.
1992-1993- Nature guide in Ein-Gedi Field SchoolCenter, Judean Desert, The
Society for theProtection of Nature in Israel.
1990-1998- Supervision of high school ecologicalprojects in Ein Gedi and Mt.
Carmel Field SchoolCenter, The Society for the Protection of Nature in
Israel.
1996-2010- Teaching science education to children at Oranim College of
Education.
2009- todate - Highschool Biology teacher in “Ha’amakim-Tavor” high school.
2010-2011- Teaching the course- "Nature atits season", Oranim Academic College
of Education, for kindergarten teachers.
Courses taught
1999-2000- Teaching assistant in the course “Medical Plants” By Prof. Jacob Freidman,The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science. Department of Plant Science,Tel-Aviv University.
2002-2003- Teaching assistant in the course “Biology 1, laboratory” By Dr. BenjaminPodbilewicz, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Biology.
2004-2006- Teaching assistant in the course “The Fauna and Flora of Israel“ By Dr. ZeevArad and Dr. Jacob Koach, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Departmentof Biology.
2007- Teachingassistant in the course “Methods in Quantitative Ecology“ by Prof. Ido Izhakiand Prof. Gidi Neeman, Department of Biology, Oranim,
2010-2011- Teaching the course- "Nature at its season", Oranim AcademicCollege of Education, for kindergarten teachers.
Referee for the Following Scientific Journals:
Emu
Physiologicaland Biochemical Zoology
Workshops and Conferences
| Presentation Title | Place and Dates | Conference |
| The different abilities of rodent species to use feces as a water source | Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 1999 | The 36th annual meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel |
| Habitat response to grazing: the different abilities of rodent species to use feces as a water source | Jerusalem, Israel 1999 | The 7th International Conference of The Israel Society for Ecology and Environment Quality Sciences |
| The impact of the secondary metabolite emodin in Rhamnus alaternus fruit on frit removal and seed predation. | Sao-Pedro, Brazil Aug, 2000 | The 3rd international symposium-workshop on frugivores and seed dispersal |
| Emodin in the fruit pulp of Rhamnus alaternus affects fruit removal and seed predation | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2001 | The 37th annual meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel |
| Uric acid as an antioxidant in passerine birds | Haifa University, Israel, 2004 | The 41st annual meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel |
| Can birds be ammonolelic? Nitrogen balance and excretion in fruit and nectar feeding birds | Brisbane, Australia June, 2005 | The 4th international symposium-workshop on frugivores and seed dispersal |
| Archaeology and historical ecology in Israel: spatial and temporal changes in species abundance | Weizmann Institute, Israel June, 2007 | The 35th Conference of The Israel Society for Ecology and Environment Quality Sciences |
II. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Articles in refereed journals
1.Tsahar E. and A. Haim 2001.Habitat response to grazing: the different abilities of rodent species to usefeces as a water source. Mammalia 65:91-96.
2.Izhaki I., Tsahar E., PaluyI. and J. Friedman. 2002. Within population variation and interrelationshipsbetween morphology, nutritional content, and secondary compounds of Rhamnusalaternus fruits. New Phytologist 156:217-223.
3.Tsahar E., Friedman J. andI. Izhaki. 2002. Impact on fruit removal and seed predation of a secondarymetabolite, emodin, in Rhamnus alaternus fruit pulp. Oikos99:291-300.
4.Tsahar E., Friedman J. andI. Izhaki. 2003. The secondary metabolite emodin increases food assimilationefficiency of fruit-eating bulbuls (Pycnonotus xanthopygos). The Auk120:411-417.
5.Bakken B.H., McWhorter T.J., TsaharE. and C. Mart?nez del Rio. 2004. Hummingbirds arrest their kidneys atnight: diel variation in glomerular filtration rate in Selasphorusplatycercus. Journal of Experimental Biology 207:4383-4391.
6.Tsahar E., Mart?nez del RioC., Arad Z., Joy J.P. and I. Izhaki. 2005 Are the low protein requirements of nectarivorousbirds the consequence of their sugary and watery diet? - A test with an omnivore.Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78:239-245.
7.Tsahar E., Mart?nez del RioC., Izhaki I. and Z. Arad. 2005. Can birds be ammonotelic? Nitrogen balance andexcretion in two frugivores. Journal of Experimental Biology 208:1025-1034.
8.Tsahar E., Arad Z., IzhakiI. and C. Mart?nez del Rio. 2006. Do nectar- and fruit-eating birds have lowernitrogen requirements? An allometric test. The Auk 123:1004-1012.
9.Tsahar E., Izhaki I., AradZ. and C.G. Guglielmo. 2006. The relationship between uric acid and itsoxidative product allantoin: a potential indicator for the evaluation ofoxidative stress in birds. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 176:653-661.
10. Tsahar E., Wolf N., Izhaki I., Arad Z. and C. Mart?nezdel Rio. 2008. Dietary protein influences the rate of 15N incorporation inblood cells and plasma of Yellow-vented bulbuls (Pycnonotus xanthopygos).Journal of Experimental Biology 211:459-465.
11. Tsahar E.,Izhaki I.,Lev-Yadun S.and G. Bar-Oz. 2009.Distribution and extinction of ungulates during the Holocene of the southernLevant. PLoS ONE. 4:e5316.
12. Bar-Oz G., Weissbrod L. and E. Tsahar. 2014. Cats inrecent Chinese study on cat domestication are commensal, not domesticated. ProcNatl Acad Sci USA 10.1073/pnas.1324177111.
13. Bar-Oz G., Tsahar E., Izhaki I. and S. Lev-Yadun. 2015.Mammalian extinction in ancient Egypt, similarities with the southern Levant. ProcNatl Acad Sci USA 10.1073/pnas.1422133112.
Chapter in refereed book
LeveyD.J., Izhaki I., Tewksbury J., Haak D.C. and Tsahar E. 2006. Why fruitsecondary compounds are of primary importance. In: Dennis A., Green R., SchuppE. and Westcott D. (Eds.), Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in aChanging World. CAB International Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK,
Abstracts
TsaharE. and Haim A. 1999. Habitat response to grazing: the different abilitiesof rodent species to use feces as a water source. The 7thInternational Conference of The Israel Society for Ecology and EnvironmentQuality Sciences. Jerusalem. p.117.
TsaharE., Afik D., Friedman J., Izhaki I. 2000. The impact of the secondarymetabolite emodin in Rhamnus alaternus fruit on fruit removal and seedpredation. 3rd international symposium-workshop on frugivores and seeddispersal. Aug 2000 Brazil.
TsaharE., Friedman J., Izhaki I. 2001. Emodin in the fruit pulp of Rhamnusalaternus affects fruit removal and seed predation. Israel Journal ofZoology 47:196.
Tsahar E., Mart?nez del Rio C., Izhaki I., Arad Z., GuglielmoC.G. 2005. Uric acid as an antioxidant in passerine birds. Israel Journal ofZoology 51:84.