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Ofer Ovadia 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 Ofer Ovadia sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 117 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ofer Ovadia 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 Ofer Ovadia sits on this spectrum.

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5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ofer Ovadia is a researcher affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their work primarily spans fields related to environmental science and the agricultural and biological sciences.

Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and insect science.

Main topics in Ovadia's studies include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Ovadia has contributed to various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Mycorrhiza
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Ovadia include:

  • "Mutant C. elegans mitofusin leads to selective removal of mtDNA heteroplasmic deletions across generations to maintain fitness" (2022) in BMC Biology
  • "Direct and indirect effects of fragmentation on seed dispersal traits in a fragmented agricultural landscape" (2020) in Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • "High resilience of the mycorrhizal community to prescribed seasonal burnings in eastern Mediterranean woodlands" (2021) in Mycorrhiza
  • "Ecological insights into the resilience of marine plastisphere throughout a storm disturbance" (2022) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Optimal stopover model: A state-dependent habitat selection model for staging passerines" (2021) in Journal of Animal Ecology

Ovadia has frequently collaborated with a number of co-authors in their research endeavors, including:

  • Eyal Shochat
  • Hagai Shemesh
  • Yagil Osem
  • Yohay Carmel
  • Anat Tsafrir

Best Publications

  • Trophic cascades : the primacy of trait-mediated indirect interactions

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Vlastimil Krivan;Ofer Ovadia

  • Factors Influencing Site Abandonment and Site Selection in a Sit-and-Wait Predator: A Review of Pit-Building Antlion Larvae

    Inon Scharf;Ofer Ovadia

  • Core gut microbial communities are maintained by beneficial interactions and strain variability in fish.

    Fotini Kokou;Fotini Kokou;Goor Sasson;Jonathan Friedman;Stav Eyal

  • Foraging decisions and behavioural flexibility in trap-building predators: a review.

    Inon Scharf;Yael Lubin;Ofer Ovadia

  • Efficiency Evaluation of Two Competing Foraging Modes under Different Conditions

    Inon Scharf;Einat Nulman;Ofer Ovadia;Amos Bouskila

  • Linking individuals with ecosystems: Experimentally identifying the relevant organizational scale for predicting trophic abundances

    Ofer Ovadia;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Foraging behaviour and habitat selection in pit-building antlion larvae in constant light or dark conditions

    Inon Scharf;Aziz Subach;Ofer Ovadia

  • Plastic bet-hedging in an amphicarpic annual: an integrated strategy under variable conditions

    Asaf Sadeh;Hagai Guterman;Mordechai Gersani;Ofer Ovadia

  • The Effects of Nutrient Dynamics on Root Patch Choice

    Hagai Shemesh;Adi Arbiv;Mordechai Gersani;Ofer Ovadia

  • Weather variation and trophic interaction strength: sorting the signal from the noise.

    Ofer Ovadia;Ofer Ovadia;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • The effect of sand depth, feeding regime, density, and body mass on the foraging behaviour of a pit‐building antlion

    Inon Scharf;Boaz Golan;Ofer Ovadia

  • The shape of a Gerbillus pyramidum (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) isocline: An experimental field study

    Z. Abramsky;O. Ovadia;M. L. Rosenzweig

  • Jack of all trades, master of all: a positive association between habitat niche breadth and foraging performance in pit-building antlion larvae.

    Erez David Barkae;Inon Scharf;Inon Scharf;Zvika Abramsky;Ofer Ovadia

  • A trade-off between growth and starvation endurance in a pit-building antlion

    Inon Scharf;Ido Filin;Ido Filin;Ofer Ovadia

  • Density-Dependent Habitat Selection: Evaluation of the Isodar Method

    O. Ovadia;Z. Abramsky

  • Effect of spatial pattern and microhabitat on pit construction and relocation in Myrmeleon hyalinus (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) larvae

    Inon Scharf;Yael Hollender;Aziz Subach;Ofer Ovadia

  • Anticipating future conditions via trajectory sensitivity.

    Hagai Shemesh;Ofer Ovadia;Ariel Novoplansky

  • Differences in mtDNA haplogroup distribution among 3 Jewish populations alter susceptibility to T2DM complications.

    Jeanette Feder;Ilana Blech;Ofer Ovadia;Shirly Amar

  • Selective responses of benthic foraminifera to thermal pollution

    Danna Titelboim;Ahuva Almogi-Labin;Barak Herut;Michal Kucera

  • Harvest rates and foraging strategies in Negev Desert gerbils

    Ofer Ovadia;Yaron Ziv;Zvika Abramsky;Berry Pinshow

  • Phenotypic plasticity and variation in morphological and life-history traits of antlion adults across a climatic gradient.

    Inon Scharf;Ido Filin;Dafna Ben-Yehoshua;Ofer Ovadia

Frequent Co-Authors

Inon Scharf
Inon Scharf Tel Aviv University
Zvika Abramsky
Zvika Abramsky Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Oswald J. Schmitz
Oswald J. Schmitz Yale University
Benjamin Glaser
Benjamin Glaser Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Burt P. Kotler
Burt P. Kotler Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Thomas D. Bruns
Thomas D. Bruns University of California, Berkeley
Amir Sagi
Amir Sagi Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ahuva Almogi-Labin
Ahuva Almogi-Labin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Richard P. Ebstein
Richard P. Ebstein Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Berry Pinshow
Berry Pinshow Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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