Keasar Tamar

Keasar Tamar

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<div tabindex="0" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;">CURRICULUM VITAE(short version, updated June 2018) Name (last, first): Keasar, Tamar Date of Birth: 24.4.1965 A. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND <div align="left" dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="104%" style="width: 104.72%; margin-left: 5.4pt; border-collapse: collapse;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Date: From-To </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Institute </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Degree </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Area of specialization </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 1992-1997 </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Hebrew University </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Ph.D. </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Insect Behavioral Ecology </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 1989-1991 </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Hebrew University </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> M. Sc. </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Behavioral Ecology </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 1985-1988 </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Hebrew University </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> B. Sc. </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Biology </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div> B. PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT - begin with present position (do not include students' tutoring, memberships in scientific associations or guest lectures) <div align="left" dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="104%" style="width: 104.72%; margin-left: 5.4pt; border-collapse: collapse;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Date: From-To </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Institute </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Title </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Research area </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2014-present </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> University of Haifa - Oranim </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Associate Professor </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Insect ecology & behavior </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2008-2014 </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> University of Haifa - Oranim </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Senior Lecturer </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Insect ecology & behavior </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2003-2008 </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Achva College </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Senior Lecturer </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Insect ecology & behavior </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2001-2002 </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Achva College </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Senior Lecturer (proposed) </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Insect ecology & behavior </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 14.95pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.95pt;"> 1998-2000 </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.95pt;"> Hebrew University </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.95pt;"> Research Associate </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.95pt;"> Insect ecology & behavior </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 14.95pt;"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width: 20.82%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.95pt;"> 1997-1998 </td> <td width="37%" valign="top" style="width: 37.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.95pt;"> UC Santa Cruz </td> <td width="14%" valign="top" style="width: 14.28%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.95pt;"> Post-doctoral Fellow </td> <td width="26%" valign="top" style="width: 26.98%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.95pt;"> Insect ecology & behavior </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div> C. LIST OF PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS, last 10 years (total of 72) 1.  Keasar T, Steinberg S, 2008. Evaluation of the parasitoid Copidosoma koehleri for biological control of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, in Israeli potato fields. Biocontrol Science and Technology 18:325-336. 2.  Keasar T, Sadeh A, Shmida A, 2008. Variability in nectar production and yield, and their relation to pollinator visits, in a Mediterranean shrub. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2: 117-123. <h1 dir="LTR" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 115%;">3.  Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T., 2009. Developmental patterns in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma koehleri. Arthropod Structure and Development, 38: 84-90.</h1><h1 dir="LTR" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 115%;">4.  Keasar T, Shmida A, 2009. An evaluation of Israeli forestry trees and shrubs as potential forage plants for bees. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 57: 49-64. </h1>5.  Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T, 2009. Brood size in a polyembryonic parasitoid wasp is affected by the relatedness among competing larvae. Behavioral Ecology 20:761-767. 6.  Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T, 2009. Host handling time in a polyembryonic wasp is affected both by previous experience and by host state (parasitized or not). Journal of Insect Behavior 22: 501-510. 7.  Arnon R, Keasar T, Hempel De Ibarra N, Cohen D, Shmida A, 2009. Learning of colored targets with vertical and horizontal components by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.). Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 57: 193-201. 8.  Keasar T, Sadeh A, Gerchman Y, Shmida A, 2009. The signaling function of an extra-floral display: what selects for signal development? Oikos 118: 1752-1759. 9.  Segoli M, Keasar T, Harari A, Bouskila A, 2009. Limited kin discrimination abilities mediate tolerance toward relatives in polyembryonic wasps. Behavioral Ecology 20: 1262-1267. 10.  Keasar T, 2009. A foreword by the guest editor. Special issue on plant-pollination interactions, Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 57: I. 11.  Segoli M, Keasar T, Bouskila A, Harari A, 2010. Host choice decisions in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma koehleri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Physiological Entomology 35: 40-45. 12.  Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T, 2010. The effect of host starvation on parasitoid brood size in a polyembryonic wasp. Evolutionary Ecology Research 12: 1-9. 13.  Keasar T, Harari AR, Sabatinelli G, Keith D, Dafni A, Shavit O, Zylbertal A, Shmida A, 2010. Red anemone guild flowers as focal places for mating and feeding of Mediterranean glaphyrid beetles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 808-817. 14.  Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Rosenheim J, Keasar T., 2010. Review: The evolution of polyembryony in parasitoid wasps. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1807-1819. 15.  Keasar T. Invited review: Large carpenter bees as agricultural pollinators. 2010. Psyche special issue: Foraging Behavior of Neglected Social Pollinators (ed. by JC Nieh, JC Biesmeijer, C Rasmussen). Available: <a href="http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2010/927463.pdf">http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2010/927463.pdf</a> 16.  Leshem Y, Keasar T, Shmida A, 2011. Female-biased nectar production in the protandrous, hermaphroditic shrub Salvia hierosolymitana: possible reasons and consequences. Australian Journal of Botany 59: 18-25. 17.  Bar-Shai N, Keasar T, Shmida A, 2011. The use of numerical information by bees in foraging tasks. Behavioral Ecology, 22: 317-325. 18.  Morag N, Keasar T, Harari A, Bouskila A, 2011. Trans-generational epigenetic effects of maternal rearing density on offspring development time in a parasitoid wasp. Physiological Entomology 36: 294-298. 19.  Morag N, Bouskila A, Segoli M, Rapp O, Keasar T, Harari AR, 2011. The mating status of mothers, and offspring sex, affect clutch size in a polyembryonic parasitoid wasp. Animal Behaviour, 81: 865-870. 20.  Morag N, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T, 2011. Low maternal host-encounter rate enhances offspring proliferation in a polyembryonic parasitoid. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65: 2287-2296. <h3 dir="LTR" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 115%; background: white;">21.  Bar-Shai N, Keasar T, Shmida A, 2011. <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347211004015">How do solitary bees forage in patches with a fixed number of food items? ‏</a> Animal Behaviour, 82: 1367-1372. </h3>22.  Gerchman Y, Yerushalmi Y, Dodek I, Petichov R, Lerner A, Keasar T, 2012. Beyond pollinator attraction: Extra-floral displays deter herbivores in a Mediterranean annual plant. Evolutionary Ecology, 26: 499-512. 23.  Martinez-Harms J, Vorobyev M, Schorn J, Shmida A, Keasar T, Homberg U, Schmeling F, Menzel R, 2012. Evidence of red sensitive photoreceptors in Pygopleurus israelitus (Glaphyridae: Coleoptera) and its implications for beetle pollination in the southeast Mediterranean. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 198: 451-463. 24.  Lev-Yadun S, Keasar T, 2012. Prerequisites for evolution: variation and selection in yellow autumn birch leaves. New Phytologist, 195: 282–284. 25.  Keinan Y, Kishinevsky M, Segoli M, Keasar T, 2012. Repeated probing of hosts: an important component of superparasitism. Behavioral Ecology, 23: 1263-1268. 26.  B?gler M, Rempoulakis C, Shacham R, Keasar T, Thuijsman F, 2013. Sex allocation in a polyembryonic parasitoid with female soldiers: An evolutionary simulation and an experimental test. PLoS One, 8(6): e64780. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064780. <h1 dir="LTR" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 115%; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">27.  Keasar T, Motro U, Shmida A, 2013. Temporal reward variability promotes sampling of a new flower type by bumblebees. Animal Behaviour, 86 : 747-753. (3.1, 3.4, 7/151, Zoology, 0). </h1><h1 dir="LTR" style="margin: 9pt 0in 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 115%; background: white;">28.  Keasar T, Kishinevsky M, Shmida A, Gerchman Y, Chinkov N, Koplovich A, Katzir G., 2013. Plant-derived visual signals may protect beetle herbivores from bird predators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67 : 1613-1622. (2.8, 2.9, 13/151, Zoology, 0).</h1>29.  Maskato Y, Talal S, Keasar T, Gefen E, 2014. Red foliage color reliably indicates low host quality for development of an herbivorous insect. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 8:285-292. (1.6, 1.7, 27/87, Entomology). 30.  Muth F, Keasar T, Dornhaus A, 2015. Trading off short-term costs for long-term gains: How to bumblebees decide to learn morphologically complex flowers? Animal Behaviour, 101:191-199. 31.  Kishinevsky M, Keasar T, 2015. State-dependent host discrimination in a parasitoid: the effect of intervals between host encounters. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69: 543-549. 32.  Shaham R, Ben Shlomo R, Motro U, Keasar T., 2016. Genome methylation patterns across castes and generations in a parasitoid wasp. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 7943-7953.33.  Keasar T, Gerchman Y, Lev-Yadun S., 2016 A seven-year study of flower-color polymorphism in a Mediterranean annual plant. Basic and Applied Ecology, 17: 741-750. 34.  Kishinevsky M, Keasar T, Bar Massada A., 2017. Parasitoid abundance on plants: complex effects of host abundance, plant species and plant flowering state. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 11: 155-161. 35.  Teschner N, Orenstein D, Shapira I, Keasar T, 2017. The potential of socio-ecological research to contribute to the transition toward sustainable agricultural practices. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1294841">http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1294841</a>. 36.  Shapira I, Rosenfeld A, Rothschild A, Ackerman M, Eshel G, Keasar T., 2017. Herbaceous vegetation enhancement increases biodiversity in a wine-producing vineyard in Israel, promoting shifts in agricultural practices in other vineyards. Conservation Evidence 14: 10-15. 37.  Keinan Y, Kishinevsky M, Keasar T, 2017. Intra-specific variability in egg maturation patterns and associated life-history tradeoffs in a parasitoid wasp. Ecological Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/een.12422. 38.  Kishinevsky M, Keasar T, Harari A, Chiel E, 2017. A comparison of naturally growing vegetation vs. border-planted companion plants for sustaining parasitoids in pomegranate orchards. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 246: 117-123. 39.  Kishinevsky M, Cohen N, Wajnberg E, Chiel E, Keasar T, 2018. Sugar feeding of parasitoids in an agroecosystem: effects of community composition, habitat and vegetation. Insect Conservation and Diversity 11: 50-57. 40.  Lev-Yadun S, Ne'eman G, Keasar T, 2018. Differences in flower colors between spiny and non-spiny Asteraceae species: a possible case of aposematism? Flora 239: 98-103.41.  Shapira I, Keasar T, Harari I, Gavish-Regev E, Kishinevsky M, Steinitz H, Sofer-Arad C, Tomer M, Sharon R, 2018. Does mating disruption of Lobesia botrana and Planococcus ficus affect the diversity, abundance and composition of natural enemies in Mediterranean vineyards? Pest Management Science, DOI 10.1002/ps.4883. <h1 dir="LTR" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 115%; background: white;">42.  Ode P, Keasar T, Segoli M, 2018. Lessons from the multitude: insights from polyembryonic wasps for behavioral ecology. Current Opinion in Insect Science 27: 32–37 (Invited review) </h1>43.  Keinan Y, Braun R, Keasar T, 2018. Phenotypic plasticity in pre-adult egg maturation in a parasitoid: effects of host-starvation and brood size. PLoS One, 13(4): e0195767. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195767">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195767</a>.44.  Krishna S, Keasar T., 2018. Morphological complexity as a floral signal: from perception by insect pollinators to co-evolutionary implications. Invited review, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, 1681; doi:10.3390/ijms19061681. 45.  Karp DS and numerous authors, including Keasar T, Kishinevsky M., 2018. A framework for predicting pest abundance and biological control across agricultural landscapes. PNAS, in press. D. GRANTS AND AWARDS received within the past five years <div align="left" dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="104%" style="width: 104.72%; margin-left: 5.4pt; border-collapse: collapse;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Research Topics </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Funding Agency </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Total grant ($) </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2012-2013 Conservation biocontrol of vineyard pests via growing of nectariferous plants (co-PI with Ally Harari, Rakefet Sharon, Tirtza Zahavi) </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Nekudat Chen </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 12,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2013-2015 Conservation of parasitoid biodiversity in pomegrenates by growing nectar-producing plants (co-PI with Ally Harari) </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Ministry of Environmental Protection </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 40,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2013-2016 Bioindicators for pollination services in the Mt. 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border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Ministry of Agriculture </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 190,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2014-2016 Biodiversity in agroecosystems – monitoring and implications (Consortium of several researchers) </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Ministry of Agriculture and MAARAG </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 355,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2014-2018 Novel Concept for Dryland Afforestation: Maintaining Ecosystem Integrity and Supporting Community Livelihoods (co-PI with Noemi Tel-Zur, Orna Resiman-Berman, Nizar Haddad) </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> USAID-MERC </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 450,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2014-2015 Advancing wineyards that support biodiversity (co-PI with Alon Rothschild, Arik Rosenfeld, Eran Harcavi, Gil Sapir) </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Nekudat Chen </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 11,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2015-2017 Agro-ecological effects of weed management practices in vineyards (co-PI with Idan Shapira, Michal Ackerman) </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Tabor Winery </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 24,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 2016-2017 Managing vineyards to promote local vegetation: Policy analysis and agro-ecological ramifications (co_PI with Idan Shapira, Michal Ackerman, Daniel Orenstein, Na'ama Teshner) </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Nekudat Chen </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 13,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> <pre dir="LTR" style="line-height: 115%; background: white;">2016-2019 Overcoming the frustration of learning: how do bees learn to handle complex flowers?</pre> </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Israel Science Foundation </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 165,000 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt;"> <td width="47%" valign="top" style="width: 47.62%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> <pre dir="LTR" style="line-height: 115%; background: white;">2017-2018 Advancing wineyards that support biodiversity (co-PI with Idan Shapira)</pre> </td> <td width="34%" valign="top" style="width: 34.92%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> Israel Lands Authority </td> <td width="17%" valign="top" style="width: 17.46%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.75pt;"> 50,000 </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div> </div>

קורות חיים

השכלה אקדמית

התואר	חוג/מחלקה/פקולטה	מוסד אקדמי	שנת קבלת תואר
Ph.D. / D.Sc. (דוקטור)	אבולוציה, סיסטמטיקה ואקולוגיה	א. עברית	1998
M.A. / M.Ed. / M.Sc. (מוסמך)	אבולוציה, סיסטמטיקה ואקולוגיה	א. עברית	1991
B.A. / B.Ed. / B.Sc.	ביולוגיה	א. עברית	1988
תעודת הוראה	הוראת המדעים	א. עברית	1989

מומחיות אקדמית

אקולוגיה, דבוראים, האבקה, הדברה ביולוגית, חרקים

Ecology, Hymenoptera, Pollination, Biological Control, Insects

הוראה

במכללת אורנים

אקולוגיה (שנה ב'), יחסי טפיל-פונדקאי (שנה ג'), אבולוציה מתקדמים (שנה ג'), עבודות גמר (שנה ג'), סדנת האבקה (שנה ג'), במסגרת החוג לביולוגיה וסביבה של אוניברסיטת חיפה.

רשימת פרסומים

נושאי תיזה

עבודת הדוקטורט ( .Ph.D. / D.Sc) - בעברית ובאנגלית

דגימה של מקורות מזון חדשים על ידי דבורי בומבוס.

Sampling effort in foraging bumblebees

עבודת תיזה למאסטר (.M.Sc. / M.A) - בעברית ובאנגלית

עיצוב גודל שטח המחיה בחלזון ימי

The shaping of the home range in a marine gastropod

ספרים - כתיבה או עריכה

2009: עורכת-אורחת של גיליון מיוחד של כתב העת Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, בנושא "חידושים במחקרי יחסי צמח-מאביק".

מאמרים

כתבי עת מדעיים ומקצועיים או פרקים בספרים

<div tabindex="0" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;">1. Safriel UN, Erez N, Keasar T, 1993. Long-term effects of transplanted limpets on an experimental marine biofouling community. Biofouling 6:261-278. 2. Safriel UN, Cohen Y, Erez N, Gateno D, Keasar T, Dolev Y, 1993. Biological control of marine biofouling. Oebalia 19S:193-199. 3. Keasar T, Safriel UN, 1994. The moulding of a territory - effects of food and competitors on movement patterns in Patella caerulea. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 6:103-115. 4. Safriel UN, Erez N, Keasar T, 1994. How do limpets maintain barnacle-free submerged artificial surfaces? Bulletin of Marine Science 54:17-23.5. Shkedy Y, Safriel UN, Keasar T, 1995. Life-history of Balanus amphitrite and Chthamalus stellatus in an intertidal fouling community in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology (currently: Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution) 41:147-161. 6. Keasar T, Motro U, Shur Y, Shmida A, 1996. Overnight memory retention of foraging bumblebees in imperfect. Animal Behavior 52:95-104. 7. Keasar T, Shmida A, Motro U, 1996. Innate movement rules in foraging bees: flight distances are affected by recent rewards and are correlated with choice of flower type. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 39:381-388. 8. Keasar T, Bilu Y, Motro U, Shmida A, 1997. Foraging choices of bumblebees on equally-rewarding artificial flowers of different colors. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 45:219-229.9. Keasar T, 2000. The spatial distribution of non-rewarding artificial flowers affects pollinator attraction. Animal Behaviour 60:639-646. 10. Keasar T, Ney-Nifle M, Mangel M, 2000. Evidence for learning of visual host-associated cues in the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma thalense. Israel Journal of Zoology (currently: Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution) 46:24-247. 11. Keasar T, Ney-Nifle M, Mangel M, Swezey S, 2001. Early oviposition experience affects patch residence time in a foraging parasitoid. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 98:123-132. 12. Ney-Nifle M, Keasar T, Shmida A, 2001. Location and color learning in bumblebees in a two-phase conditioning experiment. Journal of Insect Behavior 14:697-711. 13. Keasar T, 2001. Conservation of native pollinators via honeybee conservation. Ecology and Society 5(2): r5. [online] http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss2/resp5/ 14. Blarer A, Keasar T, Shmida A., 2002 Possible mechanisms for the formation of flower size preferences by foraging bumblebees. Ethology 108:341-351.15. Keasar T, Rashkovich E, Cohen D, Shmida A., 2002. Bees in two-armed bandit situations: experiments and possible decision mechanis. Behavioral Ecology 13:757-765. 16. Bar Shai, N, Samuels R, Keasar T, Motro U, Shmida A., 2004. Flight durations in bumblebees under manipulation of feeding choices. Journal of Insect Behavior, 17:155-168. 17. Gottlieb D, Keasar T, Shmida A, Motro U, 2005. Possible foraging benefits of bimodal daily activity in Proxylocopa olivieri (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Environmental Entomology 34:417-424. 18. Keasar T, Kalish A, Becher O, Steinberg S, 2005. Spatial and temporal dynamics of potato tuber moth infestation in field-stored potatoes. Journal of Economic Entomology 98:222-228. 19. Keasar T, Baruch R, Grobgeld E., 2005. Web-enhanced instruction in college-level biology courses: student attitudes, usage patterns and achievements. Australasian Journal of Distance Education, 21:533-545. 20. Keasar T, Segoli M, Barak R, Steinberg S, Giron D, Strand MR, Bouskila A, Harari AR, 2006. Costs and consequences of superparasitism in the polyembryonic parasitoid Copidosoma koehleri. Ecological Entomology 31:277-283. 21. Keasar T, Sheffer N, Glusman G, Libersat F, 2006. Host handling: an innate component of foraging behavior in the parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa. Ethology 112:699-706. 22. Arnon R, Keasar T, Pollak G, Cohen D, Shmida A, 2006. Honesty of signaling and pollinator attraction: the case of flag-like bracts. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54:119-128. 23. Keasar T, Goubitz S, Shmida A, 2007. Age-related sampling of food sources by unsuccessful foraging bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Entomologia Generalis 29: 201-211. 24. Keasar T, Fershtman I, Forotan R, Shmida A, 2007. Learning performance of foraging bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) under manipulation of inter-visit time intervals. Entomologia Generalis, 29: 213-224. 25. Keasar T, Sadeh A, Shilo M, Ziv Y, 2007. Social organization and pollination efficiency in the carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Anthophoridae). Entomologia Generalis 29:225-236. 26. Keasar T, Sadeh A, 2007. The parasitoid Copidosoma koehleri provides limited control of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, in stored potatoes. Biological Control 42: 55-60. 27. Keasar T, Shihadeh S, Shmida S, Majali N, Weil D, Reuven N, 2007. An evaluation of mini-nucleus honeybee hives for pollination of honeydew melons in enclosures. Journal of Apicultural Research 46: 264-268. 28. Sadeh A, Keasar T, Shmida A, 2007 The carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens (L.) as an agricultural pollinator in greenhouses. Apidologie 38: 508-517. 29. Keasar T, Steinberg S, 2008. Evaluation of the parasitoid Copidosoma koehleri for biological control of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, in Israeli potato fields. Biocontrol Science and Technology 18:325-336. 30. Keasar T, Sadeh A, Shmida A, 2008. Variability in nectar production and yield, and their relation to pollinator visits, in a Mediterranean shrub. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2: 117-123. <h1 style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;">31. Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T., 2009. Developmental patterns in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma koehleri. Arthropod Structure and Development, 38: 84-90. </h1>32. Keasar T, Shmida A, 2009. An evaluation of Israeli forestry trees and shrubs as potential forage plants for bees. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 57: 49-64. 33. Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T, 2009. Brood size in a polyembryonic parasitoid wasp is affected by the relatedness among competing larvae. Behavioral Ecology 20:761-767. 34. Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T, 2009. Host handling time in a polyembryonic wasp is affected both by previous experience and by host state (parasitized or not). Journal of Insect Behavior 22: 501-510. 35. Arnon R, Keasar T, Hempel De Ibarra N, Cohen D, Shmida A, 2009. Learning of colored targets with vertical and horizontal components by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.). Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 57: 193-201. 36. Keasar T, Sadeh A, Gerchman Y, Shmida A, 2009. The signaling function of an extra-floral display: what selects for signal development? Oikos 118: 1752-1759. 37. Segoli M, Keasar T, Harari A, Bouskila A, 2009. Limited kin discrimination abilities mediate tolerance toward relatives in polyembryonic wasps. Behavioral Ecology 20: 1262-1267. 38 Keasar T, 2009. A foreword by the guest editor. Special issue on plant-pollination interactions, Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 57: I. 39. Segoli M, Keasar T, Bouskila A, Harari A, 2010. Host choice decisions in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma koehleri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Physiological Entomology 35: 40-45. 40. Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T, 2010. The effect of host starvation on parasitoid brood size in a polyembryonic wasp. Evolutionary Ecology Research 12: 1-9. 41. Keasar T, Harari AR, Sabatinelli G, Keith D, Dafni A, Shavit O, Zylbertal A, Shmida A, 2010. Red anemone guild flowers as focal places for mating and feeding of Mediterranean glaphyrid beetles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 808-817. 42. Segoli M, Bouskila A, Harari A, Rosenheim J, Keasar T., 2010. Review: The evolution of polyembryony in parasitoid wasps. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1807-1819. 43. Keasar T. Invited review: Large carpenter bees as agricultural pollinators. 2010. Psyche special issue: Foraging Behavior of Neglected Social Pollinators (ed. by JC Nieh, JC Biesmeijer, C Rasmussen). Available: <a href="http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2010/927463.pdf">http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2010/927463.pdf</a> 44. Leshem Y, Keasar T, Shmida A, 2011. Female-biased nectar production in the protandrous, hermaphroditic shrub Salvia hierosolymitana: possible reasons and consequences. Australian Journal of Botany 59: 18-25. 45. Bar-Shai N, Keasar T, Shmida A, 2011. The use of numerical information by bees in foraging tasks. Behavioral Ecology, 22: 317-325. 46. Morag N, Keasar T, Harari A, Bouskila A, 2011. Trans-generational epigenetic effects of maternal rearing density on offspring development time in a parasitoid wasp. Physiological Entomology 36: 294-298. 47. Morag N, Bouskila A, Segoli M, Rapp O, Keasar T, Harari AR, 2011. The mating status of mothers, and offspring sex, affect clutch size in a polyembryonic parasitoid wasp. Animal Behaviour, 81: 865-870. 48. Morag N, Bouskila A, Harari A, Keasar T, 2011. Low maternal host-encounter rate enhances offspring proliferation in a polyembryonic parasitoid. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65: 2287-2296. <h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background: white;">49. Bar-Shai N, Keasar T, Shmida A, 2011. How do solitary bees forage in patches with a fixed number of food items? ‏ Animal Behaviour, 82: 1367-1372. </h3>50. Gerchman Y, Yerushalmi Y, Dodek I, Petichov R, Lerner A, Keasar T, 2012. Beyond pollinator attraction: Extra-floral displays deter herbivores in a Mediterranean annual plant. Evolutionary Ecology, 26: 499-512. 51. Martinez-Harms J, Vorobyev M, Schorn J, Shmida A, Keasar T, Homberg U, Schmeling F, Menzel R, 2012. Evidence of red sensitive photoreceptors in Pygopleurus israelitus (Glaphyridae: Coleoptera) and its implications for beetle pollination in the southeast Mediterranean. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 198: 451-463. 52. Lev-Yadun S, Keasar T, 2012. Prerequisites for evolution: variation and selection in yellow autumn birch leaves. New Phytologist, 195: 282–284. 53. Keinan Y, Kishinevsky M, Segoli M, Keasar T, 2012. Repeated probing of hosts: an important component of superparasitism. Behavioral Ecology, 23: 1263-1268. 54. Bügler M, Rempoulakis C, Shacham R, Keasar T, Thuijsman F, 2013. Sex allocation in a polyembryonic parasitoid with female soldiers: An evolutionary simulation and an experimental test. PLoS One, 8(6): e64780. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064780. <h1 style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 18pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">55. Keasar T, Motro U, Shmida A, 2013. Temporal reward variability promotes sampling of a new flower type by bumblebees. Animal Behaviour, 86 : 747-753. </h1><h1 style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 18pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">56. Keasar T, Kishinevsky M, Shmida A, Gerchman Y, Chinkov N, Koplovich A, Katzir G., 2013. Plant-derived visual signals may protect beetle herbivores from bird predators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67 : 1613-1622. </h1>57. Maskato Y, Talal S, Keasar T, Gefen E, 2014. Red foliage color reliably indicates low host quality for development of an herbivorous insect. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 8:285-292. 58. Muth F, Keasar T, Dornhaus A, 2015. Trading off short-term costs for long-term gains: How to bumblebees decide to learn morphologically complex flowers? Animal Behaviour, 101:191-199. 59. Kishinevsky M, Keasar T, 2015. State-dependent host discrimination in a parasitoid: the effect of intervals between host encounters. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69: 543-549. 60. Shaham R, Ben Shlomo R, Motro U, Keasar T., 2016. Genome methylation patterns across castes and generations in a parasitoid wasp. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 7943-7953. 61. Keasar T, Gerchman Y, Lev-Yadun S., 2016 A seven-year study of flower-color polymorphism in a Mediterranean annual plant. Basic and Applied Ecology, 17: 741-750. 62. Kishinevsky M, Keasar T, Bar Massada A., 2017. Parasitoid abundance on plants: complex effects of host abundance, plant species and plant flowering state. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 11: 155-161. 63. Teschner N, Orenstein D, Shapira I, Keasar T, 2017. The potential of socio-ecological research to contribute to the transition toward sustainable agricultural practices. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1294841. 64. Shapira I, Rosenfeld A, Rothschild A, Ackerman M, Eshel G, Keasar T., 2017. Herbaceous vegetation enhancement increases biodiversity in a wine-producing vineyard in Israel, promoting shifts in agricultural practices in other vineyards. Conservation Evidence 14: 10-15. 65. Keinan Y, Kishinevsky M, Keasar T, 2017. Intra-specific variability in egg maturation patterns and associated life-history tradeoffs in a parasitoid wasp. Ecological Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/een.12422. 66. Kishinevsky M, Keasar T, Harari A, Chiel E, 2017. A comparison of naturally growing vegetation vs. border-planted companion plants for sustaining parasitoids in pomegranate orchards. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 246: 117-123. 67. Kishinevsky M, Cohen N, Wajnberg E, Chiel E, Keasar T, 2018. Sugar feeding of parasitoids in an agroecosystem: effects of community composition, habitat and vegetation. Insect Conservation and Diversity 11: 50-57. 68. Lev-Yadun S, Ne'eman G, Keasar T, 2018. Differences in flower colors between spiny and non-spiny Asteraceae species: a possible case of aposematism? Flora 239: 98-103 69. Shapira I, Keasar T, Harari I, Gavish-Regev E, Kishinevsky M, Steinitz H, Sofer-Arad C, Tomer M, Sharon R, 2018. Does mating disruption of Lobesia botrana and Planococcus ficus affect the diversity, abundance and composition of natural enemies in Mediterranean vineyards? Pest Management Science, DOI 10.1002/ps.4883. <h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; background: white;">70. Ode P, Keasar T, Segoli M, 2018. Lessons from the multitude: insights from polyembryonic wasps for behavioral ecology. Current Opinion in Insect Science 27: 32–37 </h1>71. Keinan Y, Braun R, Keasar T, 2018. Phenotypic plasticity in pre-adult egg maturation in a parasitoid: effects of host-starvation and brood size. PLoS One, 13(4): e0195767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195767.72. Krishna S, Keasar T., 2018. Morphological complexity as a floral signal: from perception by insect pollinators to co-evolutionary implications. Invited review, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, 1681; doi:10.3390/ijms19061681. 73. Karp DS and numerous authors, including Keasar T, Kishinevsky M., 2018. A framework for predicting pest abundance and biological control across agricultural landscapes. PNAS, in press. 74. Keinan Y, Harari AR, Keasar T. Can mating disruption and augmentation of natural enemies be efficiently combined by conditioning of the parasitoid Trichogramma cacoeciae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)? (accepted as a chapter in Sabater-Munoz B (Ed.). ‘Parasitoids: Biology, Behavior and Ecology’, Nova Science Publishers). </div>

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border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Are parasitoid wasps limited by sugar sources in agricultural areas? Pomegranate orchards as a case study </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="84" valign="top" style="width: 63pt; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: 1pt solid black; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> 11/2017<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="156" valign="top" style="width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Drylands, Deserts and Desertification<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="102" valign="top" style="width: 76.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Sde Boqer, Israel<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="199" valign="top" style="width: 149.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Flowering phenology and pollinator visits in Ziziphus spina-christi, a desert forest tree <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="84" valign="top" style="width: 63pt; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: 1pt solid black; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> 7/2018<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="156" valign="top" style="width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> European Congress of Entomology<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="102" valign="top" style="width: 76.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Naples, Italy<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="199" valign="top" style="width: 149.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Environmental variables at multiple spatial scales shape parasitoid assemblages in agroecosystems <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="84" valign="top" style="width: 63pt; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: 1pt solid black; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> 7/2018<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="156" valign="top" style="width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> European Congress of Entomology<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="102" valign="top" style="width: 76.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Naples, Italy<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="199" valign="top" style="width: 149.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> How do bumblebees learn to handle morphologically complex flowers? <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="84" valign="top" style="width: 63pt; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: 1pt solid black; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> 7/2018<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="156" valign="top" style="width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> European Congress of Entomology<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="102" valign="top" style="width: 76.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Naples, Italy<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="199" valign="top" style="width: 149.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Habitat use by crop pests and natural enemies in a Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystem </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="84" valign="top" style="width: 63pt; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: 1pt solid black; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> 7/2018<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="156" valign="top" style="width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> European Congress of Entomology<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="102" valign="top" style="width: 76.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Naples, Italy<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="199" valign="top" style="width: 149.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"> Effect of non-crop vegetation on parasitoid diversity in vineyards of Israel <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div>

הנחיית סטודנטים לתארים מתקדמים

רחל ארנון, 2001, MSc, משמעות ה"דגל" בתפרחת המרוה הדגולה.

עדי שדה, 2005, MSc, דבורת העץ צהובת החזה כמאביק חקלאי בחממות.

מיכל סגולי, 2009, PhD, בקרה משותפת של הורים ועוברים על גודל התטולה בצרעה טפילית רב-עוברית.

נעמה מורג, MSc , 2010, השפעות אמהיות אפיגנטיות על תכונות צאצאים בצרעה טפילית רב-עוברית.

כרוניס רמפולקיס, 2012, פוסט-דוק, השפעות הוריות בין-דוריות על תכונות מהלך חיים בצרעה טפילית.

יעל קינן, 2013, MSc, שילוב בלבול זכרים והדברה ביולוגית לבקרת מזיקים: עש האשכול כמקרה מבחן.

רועי שחם, 2014, MSc, השפעות אפיגנטיות בין-דוריות על דגמי מתילציה בצרעה טפילית.

אלון אורנאי, 2016, MSc, רשתות האבקה בקווי חיץ נגד שריפות בחורש ים-תיכוני.

עידן שחם, 2017, פוסט-דוק. ממשק עשבייה בכרמים והשפעותיו על מגוון אויבים טבעיים

בהווה:

מרים קישינבסקי, PhD, גיוון צמחייה במטעי רימונים ובסביבתם לשימור פרזיטואידים

יעל קינן, PhD, גורמים המשפיעים על דגם הבשלת הביצים בפרזיטואיד

שיוואני קרישנה, פוסט-דוק, למידה של פרחים בעלי מורפולוגיה מסובכת על ידי דבורים

גבריאלה מולר, MSc, השפעת ממשק עשבייה בכרמים על מגוון פרזיטואידים

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2013-2016 ראש החוג לביולוגיה וסביבה

מחוץ למכללה

2013 - היום נציגת אוניברסיטת חיפה בוועדת אדם וביוספירה של אונסקו

2015 - היום אוצרת עמיתה באוסף פרוקי הרגליים היבשתיים, האוניברסיטה העברית

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