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Leon Blaustein

Leon Blaustein

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
6098
World Ranking
5155
National Ranking
30

Leon Blaustein publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leon Blaustein sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 132 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Leon Blaustein D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leon Blaustein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Leon Blaustein was affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel. Their research focused broadly within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific engagement in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work addressed several key topics, including Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Fire effects on ecosystems, and Genetic diversity and population structure.

Leon Blaustein published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Journal for Nature Conservation
  • Amphibia-Reptilia
  • Journal of Green Building

Their recent papers included:

  • Effects of a fire retardant on the Near Eastern Fire Salamander Salamandra infraimmaculata and aquatic community structure: an experimental approach, 2021, Hydrobiologia
  • Relationships among breeding site characteristics and adult population size of the fire salamander, Salamandra infraimmaculata, 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • Estimating the effects of road-kills on the Fire Salamander population along a river, 2020, Journal for Nature Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and gene flow decline with elevation in the Near Eastern fire salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata) at Mount Hermon, Golan Heights, 2020, Amphibia-Reptilia
  • LEAF COLOR SEGMENTATION AND POT VOLUME INFLUENCE ON THE CO2 ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY IN TWO COMMON GREEN-WALL PLANTS, 2021, Journal of Green Building

Leon Blaustein collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Lior Blank
  • Rael Horwitz
  • Iftah Sinai
  • Avi Koplovich
  • Alan R. Templeton

Their work spanned experimental ecology, population studies, and environmental interventions related to amphibian species, particularly studying the fire salamander Salamandra infraimmaculata.

This body of research involved assessments of environmental impacts such as fire retardants, road-kill mortality effects, genetic diversity influenced by elevation, and aspects of breeding site ecology. Additionally, their work included investigations into plant ecology related to CO2 absorption efficiency.

Best Publications

  • Oviposition habitat selection in response to risk of predation in temporary pools: mode of detection and consistency across experimental venue

    Leon Blaustein;Moshe Kiflawi;Avi Eitam;Marc Mangel

  • Titrating food and safety in a heterogeneous environment: when are the risky and safe patches of equal value?

    B. P. Kotler;L. Blaustein

  • Interactions Between Mosquito Larvae and Species that Share the Same Trophic Level

    Leon Blaustein;Jonathan M. Chase

  • OVIPOSITION HABITAT SELECTION BY MOSQUITOES (CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA) AND CONSEQUENCES FOR POPULATION SIZE

    Matthew Spencer;Leon Blaustein;Joel E. Cohen

  • Priority effects in temporary pools : nature and outcome of mosquito larva toad tadpole interactions depend on order of entrance

    Leon Blaustein;Joel Margalit

  • Oviposition habitat selection by the mosquito, Culiseta longiareolata: effects of conspecifics, food and green toad tadpoles

    Leon Blaustein;Burt P. Kotler

  • WHY STUDY ECOLOGY IN TEMPORARY POOLS

    Leon Blaustein;Steven S. Schwartz

  • Oviposition habitat selection by the mosquito Culiseta longiareolata in response to risk of predation and conspecific larval density

    Moshe Kiflawi;Leon Blaustein;Marc Mangel

  • Experimental evidence for predation risk sensitive oviposition by a mosquito, Culiseta longiareolata

    Gil. Stav;Leon. Blaustein;Joel. Margalith

  • Direct and indirect effects of a predatory backswimmer (Notonecta maculata) on community structure of desert temporary pools

    Leon Blaustein;Leon Blaustein;Burt P. Kotler;David Ward

  • Directions in green roof research: A bibliometric study

    Lior Blank;Amiel Vasl;Shay Levy;Gary Grant

  • Syntactic structure and geographical dialects in the songs of male rock hyraxes

    Arik Kershenbaum;Amiyaal Ilany;Leon Blaustein;Eli Geffen

  • Influence of nymphal Anax imperator (Odonata: Aeshnidae) on oviposition by the mosquito Culiseta longiareolata (Diptera: Culicidae) and community structure in temporary pools.

    Gil Stav;Leon Blaustein;Yoel Margalit

  • Non-consumptive effects of larval Salamandra on crustacean prey: can eggs detect predators?

    Leon Blaustein

  • Effects of Anisops sardea (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) on oviposition habitat selection by mosquitoes and other dipterans and on community structure in artificial pools

    Avi Eitam;Leon Blaustein;Marc Mangel

  • Density and intercohort priority effects on larval Salamandra salamandra in temporary pools.

    Avi Eitam;Avi Eitam;Leon Blaustein;Marc Mangel

  • PREDATOR-INDUCED SHIFTS IN MOSQUITO OVIPOSITION SITE SELECTION: A META-ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VECTOR CONTROL

    James R. Vonesh;Leon Blaustein

  • Oviposition Site Selection in Response to Risk of Predation: Evidence from Aquatic Habitats and Consequences for Population Dynamics and Community Structure

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  • Crustacean species richness in temporary pools: relationships with habitat traits

    Avi Eitam;Avi Eitam;Leon Blaustein;Kay Van Damme;Henri J. Dumont

  • Oviposition habitat selection by mosquitoes in response to predator (Notonecta maculata) density

    Avi Eitam;Leon Blaustein

  • Species richness and the proportion of predatory animal species in temporary freshwater pools: relationships with habitat size and permanence

    M. Spencer;L. Blaustein;S.S. Schwartz;J.E. Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan R. Templeton
Alan R. Templeton Washington University in St. Louis
Marc Mangel
Marc Mangel University of Bergen
Burt P. Kotler
Burt P. Kotler Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Joel E. Cohen
Joel E. Cohen Rockefeller University
Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Sebastian Steinfartz
Sebastian Steinfartz Leipzig University
Koen Martens
Koen Martens Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Eviatar Nevo
Eviatar Nevo University of Haifa
Tamir Klein
Tamir Klein Weizmann Institute of Science
Janine Altmüller
Janine Altmüller University of Cologne

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