Avi Shmida - Publications

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Evolution, Systematics & Ecology Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel 

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2020 Martínez-Harms J, Hadar R, Márquez N, Menzel R, Shmida A, Stavenga DG, Vorobyev M. Enhanced UV-Reflection Facilitated a Shift in the Pollination System of the Red Poppy, (Papaveraceae). Plants (Basel, Switzerland). 9. PMID 32708009 DOI: 10.3390/plants9080927  0.312
2018 Coals P, Shmida A, Vasl A, Duguny NM, Gilbert F. Elevation patterns of plant diversity and recent altitudinal range shifts in Sinai’s high mountain flora Journal of Vegetation Science. 29: 255-264. DOI: 10.1111/Jvs.12618  0.429
2015 Vasl A, Shmida A. The adaptive role of nectarial appendages in Colchicum Plant Systematics and Evolution. 301: 1713-1723. DOI: 10.1007/S00606-014-1188-4  0.487
2013 Aronson JA, Kigel J, Shmida A. Comparative Plant Sizes And Reproductive Strategies In Desert And Mediterranean Populations Of Ephemeral Plants Israel Journal of Botany. 39: 413-430. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1990.10677165  0.534
2013 Shmida A. Whittaker's plant diversity sampling method Israel Journal of Botany. 33: 41-46. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1984.10676984  0.43
2013 Ellner SP, Shmida A. Seed Dispersal In Relation To Habitat In The Genus Picris (Compositae) In Mediterranean And Arid Regions Israel Journal of Botany. 33: 25-39. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1984.10676983  0.397
2013 Shmida A, Ellner S. Seed Dispersal On Pastoral Grazers In Open Mediterranean Chaparral, Israel Israel Journal of Botany. 32: 147-159. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1983.10676970  0.372
2013 Shmida A. Mediterranean Vegetation In California And Israel: Similarities And Differences Israel Journal of Botany. 30: 105-123. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1981.10676914  0.417
2013 Keasar T, Motro U, Shmida A. Temporal reward variability promotes sampling of a new flower type by bumblebees Animal Behaviour. 86: 747-753. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2013.07.010  0.356
2013 Keasar T, Kishinevsky M, Shmida A, Gerchman Y, Chinkov N, Koplovich A, Katzir G. Plant-derived visual signals may protect beetle herbivores from bird predators Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 67: 1613-1622. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-013-1572-Z  0.392
2012 Martínez-Harms J, Vorobyev M, Schorn J, Shmida A, Keasar T, Homberg U, Schmeling F, Menzel R. 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, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 198: 451-63. PMID 22526111 DOI: 10.1007/S00359-012-0722-5  0.378
2011 Ne'eman G, Goubitz S, Werger MJ, Shmida A. Relationships between tree size, crown shape, gender segregation and sex allocation in Pinus halepensis, a Mediterranean pine tree. Annals of Botany. 108: 197-206. PMID 21586528 DOI: 10.1093/Aob/Mcr104  0.742
2011 Bar-Shai N, Keasar T, Shmida A. The use of numerical information by bees in foraging tasks Behavioral Ecology. 22: 317-325. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arq206  0.353
2011 Leshem Y, Keasar T, Shmida A. Female-biased nectar production in the protandrous, hermaphroditic shrub Salvia hierosolymitana (Lamiaceae) Australian Journal of Botany. 59: 18-25. DOI: 10.1071/Bt10176  0.363
2011 Bar-Shai N, Keasar T, Shmida A. How do solitary bees forage in patches with a fixed number of food items Animal Behaviour. 82: 1367-1372. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2011.09.020  0.352
2010 Keasar T, Harari AR, Sabatinelli G, Keith D, Dafni A, Shavit O, Zylbertal A, Shmida A. Red anemone guild flowers as focal places for mating and feeding by Levant glaphyrid beetles Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 99: 808-817. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2010.01384.X  0.436
2009 Arnon R, Keasar T, Ibarra NHd, Cohen D, Shmida A. Learning of colored targets with vertical and horizontal components by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.) Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 57: 193-201. DOI: 10.1560/Ijps.57.3.193  0.337
2009 Keasar T, Shmida A. An evaluation of Israeli forestry trees and shrubs as potential forage plants for bees Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 57: 49-64. DOI: 10.1560/Ijps.57.1-2.49  0.485
2009 Melamed Y, Plitmann U, Shmida A, Golan O. Lathyrus clymenum L. in Israel: A "revival" of an ancient species Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 57: 125-130. DOI: 10.1560/Ijps.57.1-2.125  0.466
2009 Keasar T, Sadeh A, Gerchman Y, Shmida A. The signaling function of an extra‐floral display: what selects for signal development? Oikos. 118: 1752-1759. DOI: 10.1111/J.1600-0706.2009.17626.X  0.447
2008 Keasar T, Sadeh A, Shmida A. Variability in nectar production and standing crop, and their relation to pollinator visits in a Mediterranean shrub Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 2: 117-123. DOI: 10.1007/S11829-008-9040-9  0.402
2007 Levin N, Shmida A. Determining Conservation Hotspots Across Biogeographic Regions Using Rainfall Belts: Israel as a Case Study Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution. 53: 33-58. DOI: 10.1560/Ijee_53_1_33  0.43
2007 Keasar T, Fershtman I, Forotan R, Shmida A. Learning Performance of Foraging Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) under Manipulation of Inter-visit Time Intervals (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Entomologia Generalis. 29: 213-224. DOI: 10.1127/Entom.Gen/29/2007/213  0.303
2007 Levin N, Shmida A, Levanoni O, Tamari H, Kark S. Predicting mountain plant richness and rarity from space using satellite-derived vegetation indices Diversity and Distributions. 13: 692-703. DOI: 10.1111/J.1472-4642.2007.00372.X  0.413
2007 Keasar T, Shihadeh S, Shmida A, Majali N, Weil D, Reuven N. An evaluation of mini-nucleus honey bee hives for the pollination of honeydew melons in enclosures. Journal of Apicultural Research. 46: 264-268. DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2007.11101406  0.394
2007 Sadeh A, Shmida A, Keasar T. The Carpenter Bee Xylocopa pubescens as an Agricultural Pollinator in Greenhouses Apidologie. 38: 508-517. DOI: 10.1051/Apido:2007036  0.434
2006 Sapir Y, Shmida A, Ne'eman G. Morning floral heat as a reward to the pollinators of the Oncocyclus irises. Oecologia. 147: 53-9. PMID 16205954 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-005-0246-6  0.717
2006 Keasar T, Pollak G, Arnon R, Cohen D, Shmida A. Honesty of signaling and pollinator attraction: The case of flag-like bracts Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 54: 119-128. DOI: 10.1560/Ijps_54_2_119  0.383
2006 Ne’eman G, Shavit O, Shaltiel L, Shmida A. Foraging by Male and Female Solitary Bees with Implications for Pollination Journal of Insect Behavior. 19: 383-401. DOI: 10.1007/S10905-006-9030-7  0.391
2005 Sapir Y, Shmida A, Ne'eman G. Pollination of Oncocyclus irises (Iris: Iridaceae) by night-sheltering male bees. Plant Biology (Stuttgart, Germany). 7: 417-24. PMID 16025415 DOI: 10.1055/S-2005-837709  0.709
2005 Gottlieb D, Keasar T, Shmida A, Motro U. Possible Foraging Benefits of Bimodal Daily Activity in Proxylocopa olivieri (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) Environmental Entomology. 34: 417-424. DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.2.417  0.338
2004 Goubitz S, Nathan R, Roitemberg R, Shmida A, Ne’eman G. Canopy seed bank structure in relation to: fire, tree size and density Plant Ecology. 173: 191-201. DOI: 10.1023/B:Vege.0000029324.40801.74  0.352
2004 Bar-Shai N, Samuels R, Keasar T, Motro U, Shmida A. Flight Durations in Bumblebees Under Manipulation of Feeding Choices Journal of Insect Behavior. 17: 155-168. DOI: 10.1023/B:Joir.0000028566.23206.Aa  0.347
2003 Sapir Y, Shmida A, Fragman O. Constructing Red Numbers for setting conservation priorities of endangered plant species: Israeli flora as a test case Journal For Nature Conservation. 11: 91-107. DOI: 10.1078/1617-1381-00041  0.716
2002 Arafeh RM, Sapir Y, Shmida A, Iraki N, Fragman O, Comes HP. Patterns of genetic and phenotypic variation in Iris haynei and I. atrofusca (Iris sect. Oncocyclus = the royal irises) along an ecogeographical gradient in Israel and the West Bank. Molecular Ecology. 11: 39-53. PMID 11903903 DOI: 10.1046/J.0962-1083.2001.01417.X  0.681
2002 Shmida A, Fragman O, Nathan R, Shamir Z, Sapir Y. The Red Plants of Israël : a proposal of updated and revised list of plant species protected by the law Ecologia Mediterranea. 28: 55-64. DOI: 10.3406/ECMED.2002.1918  0.683
2002 Dafni A, Shmida A. Andromonecy in Colchicum stevenii C. Koch (Liliaceae)-frequency, phenology, and reserve allocation Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 50: 51-57. DOI: 10.1560/Eeac-G6A6-Pcy8-8Nnw  0.497
2002 Sapir Y, Shmida A. Species concepts and ecogeographical divergence of Oncocyclus irises Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 50: 119-127. DOI: 10.1560/Djxh-Qx0M-5P0H-Dlmw  0.699
2002 Keasar T, Rashkovich E, Cohen D, Shmida A. Bees in two-armed bandit situations: foraging choices and possible decision mechanisms Behavioral Ecology. 13: 757-765. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/13.6.757  0.33
2002 Blarer A, Keasar T, Shmida A. Possible Mechanisms for the Formation of Flower Size Preferences by Foraging Bumblebees Ethology. 108: 341-351. DOI: 10.1046/J.1439-0310.2002.00778.X  0.321
2002 Sapir Y, Shmida A, Fragman O, Comes HP. Morphological variation of the Oncocyclus irises (Iris: Iridaceae) in the southern Levant Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 139: 369-382. DOI: 10.1046/J.1095-8339.2002.00067.X  0.701
2002 Goubitz S, Werger MJA, Shmida A, Ne'eman G. Cone abortion in Pinus halepensis: the role of pollen quantity, tree size and cone location Oikos. 97: 125-133. DOI: 10.1034/J.1600-0706.2002.970113.X  0.384
2001 Sapir Y, Shmida A, Comes HP. Iris bismarckiana in Israel and Jordan—New findings and taxonomic remarks Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 49: 229-236. DOI: 10.1092/Fd4U-Ywek-Xeca-N6Gh  0.69
2001 Ney-Nifle M, Keasar T, Shmida A. Location and Color Learning in Bumblebees in a Two-Phase Conditioning Experiment Journal of Insect Behavior. 14: 697-711. DOI: 10.1023/A:1012235519976  0.31
1997 Wolfe LM, Shmida A. The Ecology Of Sex Expression In A Gynodioecious Israeli Desert Shrub (Ochradenus Baccatus) Ecology. 78: 101-110. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0101:Teosei]2.0.Co;2  0.386
1997 Keasar T, Bilu Y, Motro U, Shmida A. Foraging Choices Of Bumblebees On Equally Rewarding Artificial Flowers Of Different Colors Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 45: 223-233. DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676686  0.326
1997 Menzel R, Gumbert A, Kunze J, Shmida A, Vorobyev M. POLLINATORS' STRATEGIES IN FINDING FLOWERS Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 45: 141-156. DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676680  0.339
1997 Kunin WE, Shmida A. Plant Reproductive Traits as a Function of Local, Regional, and Global Abundance Conservation Biology. 11: 183-192. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.1997.95469.X  0.493
1996 Keasar T, Shmida A, Motro U. 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. DOI: 10.1007/S002650050304  0.358
1995 Wolfe LM, Shmida A. Regulation of Gender and Flowering Behavior in a Sexually Dimorphic Desert Shrub (Ochradenus Baccatvs Delile [Resedaceae]) Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 43: 325-337. DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1995.10676619  0.44
1995 Friedman JW, Shmida A. Pollination, gathering nectar and the distribution of flower species Journal of Theoretical Biology. 175: 127-138. DOI: 10.1006/Jtbi.1995.0125  0.475
1995 Motro U, Shmida A. Near-Far Search : An Evolutionarily Stable Foraging Strategy Journal of Theoretical Biology. 173: 15-22. DOI: 10.1006/Jtbi.1995.0038  0.356
1994 Chittka L, Shmida A, Troje N, Menzel R. Ultraviolet as a component of flower reflections, and the colour perception of Hymenoptera. Vision Research. 34: 1489-508. PMID 8023461 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)90151-1  0.313
1993 Aronson J, Kigel J, Shmida A. Reproductive allocation strategies in desert and Mediterranean populations of annual plants grown with and without water stress. Oecologia. 93: 336-342. PMID 28313432 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00317875  0.452
1993 Auerbach M, Shmida A. Vegetation change along an altitudinal gradient on Mt Hermon, Israel-no evidence for discrete communities Journal of Ecology. 81: 25-33. DOI: 10.2307/2261221  0.4
1993 MENZEL R, SHMIDA A. THE ECOLOGY OF FLOWER COLOURS AND THE NATURAL COLOUR VISION OF INSECT POLLINATORS: THE ISRAELI FLORA AS A STUDY CASE Biological Reviews. 68: 81-120. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-185X.1993.Tb00732.X  0.37
1993 Cohen D, Shmida A. The evolution of flower display and reward Evolutionary Biology-New York. 27: 197-243. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2878-4_6  0.379
1992 Aronson J, Kigel J, Shmida A, Klein J. Adaptive phenology of desert and Mediterranean populations of annual plants grown with and without water stress. Oecologia. 89: 17-26. PMID 28313390 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00319010  0.424
1992 Steinberger Y, Leschner H, Shmida A. Activity pattern of harvester ants (Messor spp.) in the Negev desert ecosystem Journal of Arid Environments. 23: 169-176. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30528-7  0.394
1992 Aronson J, Shmida A. Plant species diversity along a Mediterranean-desert gradient and its correlation with interannual rainfall fluctuations Journal of Arid Environments. 23: 235-247. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30513-5  0.372
1992 Peleg B, Shmida A. Short-rune stable matchings between bees and flowers Games and Economic Behavior. 4: 232-251. DOI: 10.1016/0899-8256(92)90017-M  0.4
1992 Kadmon R, Shmida A. Departure rules used by bees foraging for nectar: A field test Evolutionary Ecology. 6: 142-151. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02270708  0.432
1992 Shmida A, Werger MJA. Growth form diversity on the Canary Islands Plant Ecology. 102: 183-199. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00044733  0.393
1991 Kadmon R, Shmida A, Selten R. Within-Plant Foraging Behavior Of Bees And Its Relationship To Nectar Distribution In Anchusa Strigosa Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 40: 283-294. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1991.10677206  0.467
1991 Steinberger Y, Leschner H, Shmida A. Chaff piles of harvester ant (Messor spp.) nests in a desert ecosystem Insectes Sociaux. 38: 241-250. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01314910  0.431
1991 Shmida A, Kadmon R. Within-plant patchiness in nectar standing crop in Anchusa strigosa Plant Ecology. 94: 95-99. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00032623  0.442
1990 Kadmon R, Shmida A. Patterns and causes of spatial variation in the reproductive success of a desert annual. Oecologia. 83: 139-144. PMID 28313254 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00324645  0.353
1990 Kadmon R, Shmida A. Spatiotemporal Demographic Processes in Plant Populations: An Approach and a Case Study The American Naturalist. 135: 382-397. DOI: 10.1086/285052  0.401
1990 Steinberger Y, Shmida A, Leschner H. Correlation of lignin with dissemination strategy among annual desert plants Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation. 4: 149-155. DOI: 10.1080/15324989009381243  0.44
1990 Kadmon R, Shmida A. Competition In A Variable Environment: An Experimental Study In A Desert Annual Plant Population Israel Journal of Botany. 39: 403-412. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1990.10677164  0.424
1990 Shmida A, Dukas R. Progressive Reduction In The Mean Body Sizes Of Solitary Bees Active During The Flowering Season And Its Correlation With The Sizes Of Bee Flowers Of The Mint Family (Lamiaceae) Israel Journal of Botany. 39: 133-141. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1990.10677138  0.397
1990 Dafni A, Bernhardt P, Shmida A, Ivri Y, Greenbaum S, O'Toole C, Losito L. Red Bowl-Shaped Flowers: Convergence For Beetle Pollination In The Mediterranean Region Israel Journal of Botany. 39: 81-92. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1990.10677134  0.47
1989 Dukas R, Shmida A. Correlation between the Color, Size and Shape of Israeli Crucifer Flowers and Relationships to Pollinators Oikos. 54: 281-286. DOI: 10.2307/3565286  0.459
1987 Auerbach M, Shmida A. Spatial scale and the determinants of plant species richness Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2: 238-242. PMID 21227857 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(87)90005-X  0.424
1987 Auerbach M, Shmida A. Patch formation among israeli crucifers: how do they get away with it? Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 74: 583-594. DOI: 10.2307/2399326  0.475
1986 Shmida A, Aronson JA. Sudanian elements in the Flora of Israel Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 73: 1-28. DOI: 10.2307/2399138  0.395
1985 Shmida A, Wilson MV. Biological determinants of species diversity Journal of Biogeography. 12: 1-20. DOI: 10.2307/2845026  0.398
1985 Shmida A, Ellner S. Coexistence of plant species with similar niches Plant Ecology. 58: 275-301. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-5526-4_19  0.463
1981 Fllner S, Shmida A. Why are adaptations for long-range seed dispersal rare in desert plants? Oecologia. 51: 133-144. PMID 28310320 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00344663  0.476
1981 Shmida A, Whittaker RH. Pattern And Biological Microsite Effects In Two Shrub Communities, Southern California' Ecology. 62: 234-251. DOI: 10.2307/1936684  0.401
1981 Barbour MG, Shmida A, Johnson AF, Holton B. Comparison of coastal dune scrub in israel and california: Physiognomy, association patterns, species richness, phytogeography Israel Journal of Botany. 30: 181-198. DOI: 10.1080/0021213X.1981.10676919  0.352
1981 Dafni A, Shmida A, Avishai M. Leafless autumnal-flowering geophytes in the Mediterranean region — phytogeographical, ecological and evolutionary aspects Plant Systematics and Evolution. 137: 181-193. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00989872  0.369
1978 Shmida A. Relationships between Paracaryum intermedium and P. boissieri on Sinai, and the generic separation of Paracaryum and Mattiastrum ( Boraginaceae ) Plant Systematics and Evolution. 129: 323-326. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00982758  0.401
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