Peer-Reviewed Articles:
1. Scharf I, Ovadia O (2006) Factors influencing site abandonment and site selection in a sit and-wait predator: A review of pit-building antlion larvae. Journal of Insect Behavior 19:197-218.
2. Scharf I, Nulman E, Ovadia O, Bouskila A (2006) Efficiency evaluation of two competing foraging modes under different conditions. American Naturalist 168:350-357.
3. Scharf I, Filin I, Golan M, Buchshtav M, Subach A, Ovadia O (2008) A comparison between desert and Mediterranean antlion populations: Differences in life history and morphology. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:162-172.
4. Scharf I, Hollender Y, Subach A, Ovadia O (2008) Effect of spatial pattern and microhabitat on pit construction and relocation in Myrmeleon hyalinus (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) larvae. Ecological Entomology 33:337-345.
5. Loria R, Scharf I, Subach A, Ovadia O (2008) The interplay between foraging mode, habitat structure and predator presence in antlions. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 62:1185-1192.
6. Scharf I, Filin I, Ovadia O (2008) An experimental design and a statistical analysis separating interference from exploitation competition. Population Ecology 50:319-324.
7. Scharf I, Ovadia O, Bouskila A (2008) Prey encounter rate by predators: Discussing the realism of grid-based models and how to model the predator's foraging mode: A reply to Avgar et al. American Naturalist 172:596-598.
8. Scharf I, Subach A, Ovadia O (2008) Foraging behaviour and habitat selection in pit-building antlion larvae in constant light or dark conditions. Animal Behaviour 76:2049-2057.
9. Scharf I, Golan B, Ovadia O (2009) The effect of sand depth, feeding regime, density and body mass on the foraging behavior of a pit-building antlion. Ecological Entomology 34:26-33.
10. Scharf I, Kotler B, Ovadia O (2009) Consequences of food distribution for optimal searching behavior: an evolutionary model. Evolutionary Ecology 23:245-259.
11. Scharf I, Filin I, Ben-Yehoshua D, Ovadia O (2009) Phenotypic plasticity and variation in morphological and life history traits of antlion adults across a climatic gradient. Zoology 112:139-150.
12. Scharf I, Filin I, Ovadia O (2009) A trade-off between growth and starvation endurance in a pit-building antlion. Oecologia 160:453-460.
13. Subach A, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2009) Foraging behavior and predation success of the sand viper (Cerastes vipera). Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:520-528.
14. Scharf I, Filin I, Subach A, Ovadia O (2009) A morphological and life history comparison between desert populations of a sit-and-pursue antlion, in reference to a co-occurring pit-building antlion. Naturwissenschaften 96:1147-1156.
15. Scharf I, Barkae ED, Ovadia O (2010) Response of pit-building antlions to repeated unsuccessful encounters with prey. Animal Behaviour 79:153-158.
16. Scharf I, Bauerfeind SS, Blanckenhorn WU, Schäfer MA (2010) Effects of maternal and offspring environmental conditions on growth, development and diapause in latitudinal yellow dung fly populations. Climate Research 43:115-125.
17. Barkae ED, Scharf I, Subach A, Ovadia O (2010) The involvement of sand disturbance, cannibalism and intra-guild predation in competitive interactions among pit-building antlion larvae. Zoology 113:308-315.
18. Pamminger T, Scharf I, Pennings P, Foitzik S (2011) Increased host aggression as an induced defense against slave-making ants. Behavioral Ecology 22:255-260.
19. Scharf I, Fischer-Blass B, Foitzik S (2011) Spatial structure and nest demography reveal the influence of competition, parasitism and habitat quality on slavemaking ants and their hosts. BMC Ecology 11:9.
20. Scharf I, Bauer S, Fischer-Blass B, Foitzik S (2011) Impact of a social parasite on ant host populations depends on host species, habitat and year. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103:559-570.
21. Scharf I, Pamminger T, Foitzik S (2011) Differential response of ant colonies to intruders: attack strategies correlate with potential threat. Ethology 117:731-739.
Covered by BBC Nature
22. Scharf I, Lubin Y, Ovadia O (2011) Foraging decisions and behavioural flexibility in trap-building predators: a review. Biological Reviews 86:626-639.
23. Scharf I, Ovadia O, Foitzik S (2012) The advantage of alternative tactics of prey and predators depends on the spatial pattern of prey and social interactions among predators. Population Ecology 54:187-196.
24. Scharf I, Modlmeier AP, Fries S, Tirard C, Foitzik S (2012) Characterizing the collective personality of ant societies: Aggressive colonies do not abandon their home. PLoS One 7:e33314.
25. Barkae ED, Scharf I, Abramsky Z, Ovadia O (2012) Jack of all trades, master of all: A positive association between habitat niche breadth and foraging performance in pit-building antlion larvae. PLoS One 7:e33506.
26. Modlmeier AP, Pamminger T, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2012) Cold resistance depends on acclimation and behavioral caste in a temperate ant. Naturwissenschaften 99:811-819.
27. Scharf I, Modlmeier A, Beros S, Foitzik S (2012) Ant societies buffer severe effects of parasite infection on the individual level. American Naturalist 180:671-683.
Covered by Science
28. Modlmeier AP, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2013) Starvation endurance in the ant Temnothorax nylanderi depends on group size, body size and access to larvae. Physiological Entomology 38:89-94.
29. Scharf I, Peter F, Martin OY (2013) Reproductive trade-offs and direct costs for males in arthropods. Evolutionary Biology 40:169-184.
30. Scharf I, Martin OY (2013) Same-sex sexual behavior in insects and arachnids: ethology, prevalence, causes and consequences. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67:1719-1730.
Covered by LiveScience, American Friends of TAU
31. Scharf I, Meiri S (2013) Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: different approaches to "being large" in female and male lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110:665-674.
32. Kramer BH, Scharf I, Foitzik S (2014) The role of per-capita productivity in the evolution of small colony sizes in ants. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 68:41-53.
33. Alcalay Y, Barkae ED, Ovadia O, Scharf I (2014) Consequences of the instar stage for behaviour in a pit-building antlion. Behavioural Processes 103:105-111.
34. Scharf I, Sbilordo SH, Martin OY (2014) Cold tolerance in flour beetle species differing in body size and selection temperature. Physiological Entomology 39:80-87.
35. Dor R, Rosenstein S, Scharf I (2014) Foraging behaviour of a neglected pit-building predator: The wormlion. Animal Behaviour 93:69-76.
36. Alcalay Y, Ovadia O, Scharf I (2014) Behavioral repeatability and personality in pit-building antlion larvae under differing environmental contexts. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 68:1985-1993.
37. Scharf I, Galkin N, Halle S (2015) Disentangling the consequences of growth temperature and adult acclimation temperature on starvation and thermal tolerance in the red flour beetle. Evolutionary Biology 42:54-62.
38. Scharf I, Feldman A, Novosolov M, Pincheira-Donoso D, Das I, Bohm M, Uetz P, Torres-Carvajal O, Bauer A, Roll U, Meiri S (2015) Late bloomers and baby boomers: ecological drivers of longevity in squamates and the tuatara. Global Ecology & Biogeography 24:396-405.
39. Halle, Nowizki A, Scharf I (2015) The consequences of parental age for development, body mass and resistance to stress in the red flour beetle. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115:305-314.
40. Scharf I, Dor R (2015) The effects of starvation and repeated disturbance on mass loss, pit construction, and spatial pattern in a trap-building predator. Ecological Entomology 40:381-389.
41. Alcalay Y, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2015) Foraging syndromes and trait variation in antlions along a climatic gradient. Oecologia 178:1093-1103.
42. Scharf I, Braf H, Ifrach N, Rosenstein S, Subach A (2015) The effects of temperature and diet during development, adulthood, and mating on reproduction in the red flour beetle. PLoS One 10:e0136924.
43. Scharf I, Wexler Y, MacMillan HA, Presman S, Simson E, Rosenstein S (2016) The negative effect of starvation and the positive effect of mild thermal stress on thermal tolerance of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Science of Nature 103:20.
44. Wexler Y, Subach A, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2016) Behavioral repeatability of flour beetles before and after metamorphosis and throughout aging. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 70:745-753.
45. Adar S, Dor R, Scharf I (2016) Habitat choice and complex decision making in a trap-building predator. Behavioral Ecology 27:1491-1498.
46. Adar S, Scharf I, Dor R (2016) The effect of previous experience on trap construction and movement distance in a pit-building predator. Science of Nature 103:83.
47. Scharf I (2016) The multifaceted effects of starvation on arthropod behaviour. Animal Behaviour 119:37-48.
48. Ingley SJ, Pruitt JN, Scharf I, Purcell J (2016) Social context, but not individual personality, alters immigrant viability in a spider with mixed social structure. Animal Behaviour 120:153-161.
49. Goulet CT, Ingley SJ, Scharf I, Pruitt JN (2016) Thermal effects on survival and reproductive performance vary according to personality type. Behavioral Ecology 27:1635-1641.
50. Katz N, Subach A, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2016) Habitat preference of wormlions and their behavioural repeatability under illumination/shade conditions. Ecological Entomology 41:716-726.
51. Barkae ED, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2017) A stranger is tastier than a neighbor: cannibalism in Mediterranean and desert antlion populations. Behavioral Ecology 28:69-76.
52. Scharf I, Daniel A, MacMillan HA, Katz N (2017) The effect of fasting and body reserves on cold tolerance in two pit-building insect predators. Current Zoology 63:287-294.
53. Katz N, Shavit R, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2017) Group dynamics and relocation decisions of a trap-building predator are differentially affected by biotic and abiotic factors. Current Zoology 63:647-655.
54. Baruch O, Mendel Z, Scharf I, Harari AR (2017) The interplay among the mating system, mate choice and parental care in a bark beetle and its contribution for reproduction success. Bulletin of Entomological Research 107:611-619.
55. Wexler Y, Wertheimer KO, Subach A, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2017) Mating alters the link between movement activity and pattern in the red flour beetle. Physiological Entomology 42:299-306.
56. Barkae ED, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2017) Differential effect of variance in prey arrival on foraging success and growth rate of two pit-building antlion species. Journal of Zoology 303:254-260.
57. Katz N, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2017) The complex effect of illumination, temperature, and thermal acclimation on habitat choice and foraging behavior of a pit-building wormlion. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 71:137.
58. Saar M, Gilad T, Kilon-Kallner T, Rosenfeld A, Subach A, Scharf I (2017) The interplay between maze complexity, colony size, learning and memory in ants while solving a maze: a test at the colony level. PLoS One 12:e0183753.
59. Wexler Y, Scharf I (2017) The distinct effect of two stressors on behavior in the red flour beetle. Behavioural Processes 145:86-92.
60. Keiser CN, Ingley S, Toscano B, Scharf I, Pruitt JN (2018) Habitat complexity dampens selection on prey activity level. Ethology 124:25-32.
61. Baar Y, Friedman ALL, Meiri S, Scharf I (2018) Little effect of climate on body size of herbivorous beetles. Insect Science 25:309-316.
62. Saar M, Subach A, Reato I, Liber T, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2018) Consistent differences in foraging behavior in two sympatric ant species may facilitate coexistence. Current Zoology 64:653-661.
63. Katz N, Scharf I (2018) Habitat geometry and limited perceptual range affect habitat choice of a trap-building predator. Behavioral Ecology 29:958-964.
64. Bar-Ziv MA, Scharf I (2018) Thermal acclimation is not induced by habitat-of-origin, maintenance temperature, or acute exposure to low or high temperatures in a pit-building wormlion (Vermileo sp.). Journal of Thermal Biology 74:181-186.
65. Gilad T, Koren R, Moalem Y, Subach A, Scharf I (2018) Effect of continuous and alternating episodes of starvation on behavior and reproduction in the red flour beetle. Journal of Zoology 305:213-222.
Chosen for the issue cover
66. Scharf I, Gilad T, Bar-Ziv MA, Katz N, Gregorian E, Pruitt JN, Subach A (2018) The contribution of shelter from rain to the success of pit-building predators in urban habitats. Animal Behaviour 142:139-145.
67. Doering G, Scharf I, Moeller H, Pruitt JN (2018) Social tipping points in animal societies in response to heat stress. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2:1298-1305.
68. Bar-Ziv MA, Subach A, Hirsch-Ionescu A, Belmaker J, Zweifler A, Scharf I (2018) Comparisons of wormlions and their immediate habitat under man-made shelters in caves: suggesting factors making wormlions successful in cities. Zoology 130:38-46.
69. Saar M, Eyer PA, Kilon-Kallner T, Hefetz A, Scharf I (2018) Within-colony genetic diversity differentially affects foraging, nest maintenance, and aggression in two species of harvester ants. Scientific Reports 8:13868.
70. Alcalay Y, Puzhevsky D, Tsurim I, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2018) Interactive and sex-specific life-history responses of Culex pipiens mosquito larvae to multiple environmental factors. Journal of Zoology 306:268-278.
71. Scharf I, Wertheimer KO, Xin J, Gilad T, Goldenberg I, Subach A (2019) Context-dependent effects of cold stress on behavioral, physiological, and life-history traits of the red flour beetle. Insect Science 26:142-153.
72. Bega D, Samocha Y, Yitzhak N, Saar M, Subach A, Scharf I (2019) The effect of maze complexity on maze-solving time in a desert ant. Behavioural Processes 166:103893.
73. Bar-Ziv MA, Bega D, Subach A, Scharf I (2019) Wormlions prefer both fine and deep sand but only deep sand leads to better performance. Current Zoology 65:393-400.
74. Gilad T, Scharf I (2019) Separation between maternal and paternal effects on offspring following exposure of adult red flour beetles to two stressors. Ecological Entomology 44:494-501.
75. Scharf I (2020) Introduction to the special issue on "The Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior of Sit-and-Wait Predators". Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 66: 1-3.
76. Scharf I, Samocha Y, Katz N (2020) Limited perceptual range and presence of conspecifics both affect the ability of pit-building wormlions to choose favorable microhabitats. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 66: 48-56.
77. Ovadia O, Scharf I, Barkae ED, Levi T, Alcalay Y (2020) Asymmetrical intra-guild predation and niche differentiation in two pit-building antlions. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 66: 82-90.
78. Samocha Y, Scharf I (2020) Comparison of wormlion behavior under man-made and natural shelters: urban wormlions more strongly prefer shaded, fine-sand microhabitats, construct larger pits and respond faster to prey. Current Zoology 66: 91-98.
79. Bega D, Samocha Y, Yitzhak N, Saar M, Subach A, Scharf I (2020) Non-spatial information on the presence of food elevates search intensity in ant workers, leading to faster maze solving in a process parallel to spatial learning. PLoS One 15: e0229709.
80. Keissar O, Scharf I, Sadeh A (2020) Predator modulation of plant pathogen spread through induced changes in vector development rates. Ecological Entomology 45:213-222.
81. Scharf I (2020) Factors that can affect the spatial positioning of large and small individuals in clusters of sit-and-wait predators. American Naturalist 195:649-663.
82. Saar M, Hershkovitz D, Amano O, Bega D, Subach A, Scharf I (2020) The effect of food preference, landmarks, and maze shift on maze-solving time in desert ants. Behaviour 157:629-665.
83. Scharf I, Silberklang A, Avidov B, Subach A (2020) Do pit-building predators prefer or avoid barriers? Wormlions' preference for walls depends on light conditions. Scientific Reports 10:10928.
84. Devetak D, Podlesnik J, Scharf I, Klenovsek T (2020) Fine sand particles enable antlions to build pitfall traps with advanced three-dimensional geometry. Journal of Experimental Biology 223:jeb224626.
85. Scharf I, Stoldt M, Libbrecht R, Hoepfner AL, Jongepier E, Kever M, Foitzik S (2021) Social isolation causes downregulation of immune and stress response genes and behavioural changes in a social insect. Molecular Ecology 30:2378-2389.
86. Beros S, Foitzik S, Scharf I, Lenhart AL, Negroni M, Foitzik S (2021) Extreme lifespan extension in tapeworm-infected ant workers. Royal Society Open Science 8:202118.
87. Scharf I, Hershkovitz Reshef M, Avidov B, Ovadia O (2021) Evidence for competition and cannibalism in wormlions. Scientific Reports 11:12733.
88. Rath A, Benita M, Doron J, Scharf I, Gottlieb D (2021) Social communication activates the circadian gene Tctimeless in Tribolium castaneum. Scientific Reports 11:16152
89. Scharf I, Gilad T, Taichman Y, Subach A (2021) Urban pit-building insects are attracted to walls for multiple reasons. Biology 10:635.
90. Moaraf S, Heiblum R, Okuliarova M, Hefetz A, Scharf I, Zeman M, Barnea A (2021) The effects of artificial light at night on brain plasticity and melatonin in male zebra finches suggest possible sex differences. Biomolecules 716: 134639.
91. Ahronberg A, Scharf I (2021) Social isolation interaction with the feeding regime differentially affects survival and results in a hump-shaped pattern in movement activity. Behavioural Processes 190:104460.
92. Scharf I (2021) The interaction between ambush predators, search patterns of herbivores and aggregation of plants. Behavioral Ecology 32:1246-1255.
93. Scharf I, Segal D, Bar A, Gottlieb D (2022) Negative effects of fluctuating temperatures around the optimal temperature on reproduction and survival of the red flour beetle. Journal of Thermal Biology 103:103165.
94. Miler K, Scharf I (2022) Convergent evolution of antlions and wormlions: similarities and differences in the behavioural ecology of unrelated trap-building predators. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 76:12.
95. Gilad T, Dorfman A, Subach A, Scharf I (2022) Leg or antenna injury in Cataglyphis ants impairs survival but does not hinder searching for food. Current Zoology 68:441-450.
96. Gilad T, Dorfman A, Subach A, Libbrecht R, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2022) Evidence for the effect of search drive, but not learning interference, on maze solving in desert ants. Integrative Zoology 17:704-715.
97. Miler K, Scharf I (2022) Wind impairs pit trap construction and hunting success in a pit-building predator. Journal of Zoology 317:185-194.
98. Miler K, Scharf I (2022) Operant conditioning in antlion larvae and its impairment following exposure to elevated temperatures. Animal Cognition 25:509-518.
99. Miler K, Scharf I (2022) Behavioral differences between pit-building antlions and wormlions suggest limits to convergent evolution. Integrative Zoology (in press).
100. Subach A, Avidov B, Dorfman A, Bega D, Gilad T, Kvetny M, Hershkovitz Reshef M, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2022) The value of spatial experience and group size for ant colonies in direct competition. Insect Science (in press).
101. Dorfman A, Hills TT, Scharf I (2022) A guide to area-restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour. Biological Reviews 97:2076-2089.
102. Subach A, Dorfman A, Avidov B, Domer A, Samocha Y, Scharf I (2022) Foraging behaviour, habitat use and population size of the desert horned viper in the Negev desert. Royal Society Open Science 9:220326.
103. Bar A, Marom C, Zorin N, Gilad T, Subach A, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2022) Desert ants learn to avoid pitfall traps while foraging. Biology 11:897.
104. Gilad T, Bahar O, Hasan M, Bar A, Subach A, Scharf I (2022) The combined role of visual and olfactory cues in foraging by Cataglyphis ants in laboratory mazes. Current Zoology (in press).
105. Hagbi Z, Gilad T, Zadicario P, Eilam D, Scharf I (2022) Can rats and ants exchange information between the horizontal and vertical domains? Animal Cognition (in press).
106. Bar A, Shalev L, Scharf I (2022) Egg-laying behavior of Cataglyphis niger ants is influenced more strongly by temperature than daylength. Biology 11:1714.
107. Scharf I, Ruxton G (2023) Shadow competition: its definition, prevalence, causes, and measurement. Oikos (in press).
108. Subach A, Gilad T, Rosnfeld A, Ovadia O, Scharf I (2023) An experimental critique of the population carrying capacity concept. Journal of Experiment Zoology A (in press).
109. Dorfman A, Subach A, Scharf I (2023) Snakes on a slope: strong anti-gravitactic responses and differential habitat use in the Saharan horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) in the Negev desert. Royal Society Open Science (in press).
1. Scharf I, Ovadia O (2006) Factors influencing site abandonment and site selection in a sit and-wait predator: A review of pit-building antlion larvae. Journal of Insect Behavior 19:197-218.
2. Scharf I, Nulman E, Ovadia O, Bouskila A (2006) Efficiency evaluation of two competing foraging modes under different conditions. American Naturalist 168:350-357.
3. Scharf I, Filin I, Golan M, Buchshtav M, Subach A, Ovadia O (2008) A comparison between desert and Mediterranean antlion populations: Differences in life history and morphology. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:162-172.
4. Scharf I, Hollender Y, Subach A, Ovadia O (2008) Effect of spatial pattern and microhabitat on pit construction and relocation in Myrmeleon hyalinus (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) larvae. Ecological Entomology 33:337-345.
5. Loria R, Scharf I, Subach A, Ovadia O (2008) The interplay between foraging mode, habitat structure and predator presence in antlions. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 62:1185-1192.
6. Scharf I, Filin I, Ovadia O (2008) An experimental design and a statistical analysis separating interference from exploitation competition. Population Ecology 50:319-324.
7. Scharf I, Ovadia O, Bouskila A (2008) Prey encounter rate by predators: Discussing the realism of grid-based models and how to model the predator's foraging mode: A reply to Avgar et al. American Naturalist 172:596-598.
8. Scharf I, Subach A, Ovadia O (2008) Foraging behaviour and habitat selection in pit-building antlion larvae in constant light or dark conditions. Animal Behaviour 76:2049-2057.
9. Scharf I, Golan B, Ovadia O (2009) The effect of sand depth, feeding regime, density and body mass on the foraging behavior of a pit-building antlion. Ecological Entomology 34:26-33.
10. Scharf I, Kotler B, Ovadia O (2009) Consequences of food distribution for optimal searching behavior: an evolutionary model. Evolutionary Ecology 23:245-259.
11. Scharf I, Filin I, Ben-Yehoshua D, Ovadia O (2009) Phenotypic plasticity and variation in morphological and life history traits of antlion adults across a climatic gradient. Zoology 112:139-150.
12. Scharf I, Filin I, Ovadia O (2009) A trade-off between growth and starvation endurance in a pit-building antlion. Oecologia 160:453-460.
13. Subach A, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2009) Foraging behavior and predation success of the sand viper (Cerastes vipera). Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:520-528.
14. Scharf I, Filin I, Subach A, Ovadia O (2009) A morphological and life history comparison between desert populations of a sit-and-pursue antlion, in reference to a co-occurring pit-building antlion. Naturwissenschaften 96:1147-1156.
15. Scharf I, Barkae ED, Ovadia O (2010) Response of pit-building antlions to repeated unsuccessful encounters with prey. Animal Behaviour 79:153-158.
16. Scharf I, Bauerfeind SS, Blanckenhorn WU, Schäfer MA (2010) Effects of maternal and offspring environmental conditions on growth, development and diapause in latitudinal yellow dung fly populations. Climate Research 43:115-125.
17. Barkae ED, Scharf I, Subach A, Ovadia O (2010) The involvement of sand disturbance, cannibalism and intra-guild predation in competitive interactions among pit-building antlion larvae. Zoology 113:308-315.
18. Pamminger T, Scharf I, Pennings P, Foitzik S (2011) Increased host aggression as an induced defense against slave-making ants. Behavioral Ecology 22:255-260.
19. Scharf I, Fischer-Blass B, Foitzik S (2011) Spatial structure and nest demography reveal the influence of competition, parasitism and habitat quality on slavemaking ants and their hosts. BMC Ecology 11:9.
20. Scharf I, Bauer S, Fischer-Blass B, Foitzik S (2011) Impact of a social parasite on ant host populations depends on host species, habitat and year. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103:559-570.
21. Scharf I, Pamminger T, Foitzik S (2011) Differential response of ant colonies to intruders: attack strategies correlate with potential threat. Ethology 117:731-739.
Covered by BBC Nature
22. Scharf I, Lubin Y, Ovadia O (2011) Foraging decisions and behavioural flexibility in trap-building predators: a review. Biological Reviews 86:626-639.
23. Scharf I, Ovadia O, Foitzik S (2012) The advantage of alternative tactics of prey and predators depends on the spatial pattern of prey and social interactions among predators. Population Ecology 54:187-196.
24. Scharf I, Modlmeier AP, Fries S, Tirard C, Foitzik S (2012) Characterizing the collective personality of ant societies: Aggressive colonies do not abandon their home. PLoS One 7:e33314.
25. Barkae ED, Scharf I, Abramsky Z, Ovadia O (2012) Jack of all trades, master of all: A positive association between habitat niche breadth and foraging performance in pit-building antlion larvae. PLoS One 7:e33506.
26. Modlmeier AP, Pamminger T, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2012) Cold resistance depends on acclimation and behavioral caste in a temperate ant. Naturwissenschaften 99:811-819.
27. Scharf I, Modlmeier A, Beros S, Foitzik S (2012) Ant societies buffer severe effects of parasite infection on the individual level. American Naturalist 180:671-683.
Covered by Science
28. Modlmeier AP, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2013) Starvation endurance in the ant Temnothorax nylanderi depends on group size, body size and access to larvae. Physiological Entomology 38:89-94.
29. Scharf I, Peter F, Martin OY (2013) Reproductive trade-offs and direct costs for males in arthropods. Evolutionary Biology 40:169-184.
30. Scharf I, Martin OY (2013) Same-sex sexual behavior in insects and arachnids: ethology, prevalence, causes and consequences. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67:1719-1730.
Covered by LiveScience, American Friends of TAU
31. Scharf I, Meiri S (2013) Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: different approaches to "being large" in female and male lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110:665-674.
32. Kramer BH, Scharf I, Foitzik S (2014) The role of per-capita productivity in the evolution of small colony sizes in ants. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 68:41-53.
33. Alcalay Y, Barkae ED, Ovadia O, Scharf I (2014) Consequences of the instar stage for behaviour in a pit-building antlion. Behavioural Processes 103:105-111.
34. Scharf I, Sbilordo SH, Martin OY (2014) Cold tolerance in flour beetle species differing in body size and selection temperature. Physiological Entomology 39:80-87.
35. Dor R, Rosenstein S, Scharf I (2014) Foraging behaviour of a neglected pit-building predator: The wormlion. Animal Behaviour 93:69-76.
36. Alcalay Y, Ovadia O, Scharf I (2014) Behavioral repeatability and personality in pit-building antlion larvae under differing environmental contexts. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 68:1985-1993.
37. Scharf I, Galkin N, Halle S (2015) Disentangling the consequences of growth temperature and adult acclimation temperature on starvation and thermal tolerance in the red flour beetle. Evolutionary Biology 42:54-62.
38. Scharf I, Feldman A, Novosolov M, Pincheira-Donoso D, Das I, Bohm M, Uetz P, Torres-Carvajal O, Bauer A, Roll U, Meiri S (2015) Late bloomers and baby boomers: ecological drivers of longevity in squamates and the tuatara. Global Ecology & Biogeography 24:396-405.
39. Halle, Nowizki A, Scharf I (2015) The consequences of parental age for development, body mass and resistance to stress in the red flour beetle. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115:305-314.
40. Scharf I, Dor R (2015) The effects of starvation and repeated disturbance on mass loss, pit construction, and spatial pattern in a trap-building predator. Ecological Entomology 40:381-389.
41. Alcalay Y, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2015) Foraging syndromes and trait variation in antlions along a climatic gradient. Oecologia 178:1093-1103.
42. Scharf I, Braf H, Ifrach N, Rosenstein S, Subach A (2015) The effects of temperature and diet during development, adulthood, and mating on reproduction in the red flour beetle. PLoS One 10:e0136924.
43. Scharf I, Wexler Y, MacMillan HA, Presman S, Simson E, Rosenstein S (2016) The negative effect of starvation and the positive effect of mild thermal stress on thermal tolerance of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Science of Nature 103:20.
44. Wexler Y, Subach A, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2016) Behavioral repeatability of flour beetles before and after metamorphosis and throughout aging. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 70:745-753.
45. Adar S, Dor R, Scharf I (2016) Habitat choice and complex decision making in a trap-building predator. Behavioral Ecology 27:1491-1498.
46. Adar S, Scharf I, Dor R (2016) The effect of previous experience on trap construction and movement distance in a pit-building predator. Science of Nature 103:83.
47. Scharf I (2016) The multifaceted effects of starvation on arthropod behaviour. Animal Behaviour 119:37-48.
48. Ingley SJ, Pruitt JN, Scharf I, Purcell J (2016) Social context, but not individual personality, alters immigrant viability in a spider with mixed social structure. Animal Behaviour 120:153-161.
49. Goulet CT, Ingley SJ, Scharf I, Pruitt JN (2016) Thermal effects on survival and reproductive performance vary according to personality type. Behavioral Ecology 27:1635-1641.
50. Katz N, Subach A, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2016) Habitat preference of wormlions and their behavioural repeatability under illumination/shade conditions. Ecological Entomology 41:716-726.
51. Barkae ED, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2017) A stranger is tastier than a neighbor: cannibalism in Mediterranean and desert antlion populations. Behavioral Ecology 28:69-76.
52. Scharf I, Daniel A, MacMillan HA, Katz N (2017) The effect of fasting and body reserves on cold tolerance in two pit-building insect predators. Current Zoology 63:287-294.
53. Katz N, Shavit R, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2017) Group dynamics and relocation decisions of a trap-building predator are differentially affected by biotic and abiotic factors. Current Zoology 63:647-655.
54. Baruch O, Mendel Z, Scharf I, Harari AR (2017) The interplay among the mating system, mate choice and parental care in a bark beetle and its contribution for reproduction success. Bulletin of Entomological Research 107:611-619.
55. Wexler Y, Wertheimer KO, Subach A, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2017) Mating alters the link between movement activity and pattern in the red flour beetle. Physiological Entomology 42:299-306.
56. Barkae ED, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2017) Differential effect of variance in prey arrival on foraging success and growth rate of two pit-building antlion species. Journal of Zoology 303:254-260.
57. Katz N, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2017) The complex effect of illumination, temperature, and thermal acclimation on habitat choice and foraging behavior of a pit-building wormlion. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 71:137.
58. Saar M, Gilad T, Kilon-Kallner T, Rosenfeld A, Subach A, Scharf I (2017) The interplay between maze complexity, colony size, learning and memory in ants while solving a maze: a test at the colony level. PLoS One 12:e0183753.
59. Wexler Y, Scharf I (2017) The distinct effect of two stressors on behavior in the red flour beetle. Behavioural Processes 145:86-92.
60. Keiser CN, Ingley S, Toscano B, Scharf I, Pruitt JN (2018) Habitat complexity dampens selection on prey activity level. Ethology 124:25-32.
61. Baar Y, Friedman ALL, Meiri S, Scharf I (2018) Little effect of climate on body size of herbivorous beetles. Insect Science 25:309-316.
62. Saar M, Subach A, Reato I, Liber T, Pruitt JN, Scharf I (2018) Consistent differences in foraging behavior in two sympatric ant species may facilitate coexistence. Current Zoology 64:653-661.
63. Katz N, Scharf I (2018) Habitat geometry and limited perceptual range affect habitat choice of a trap-building predator. Behavioral Ecology 29:958-964.
64. Bar-Ziv MA, Scharf I (2018) Thermal acclimation is not induced by habitat-of-origin, maintenance temperature, or acute exposure to low or high temperatures in a pit-building wormlion (Vermileo sp.). Journal of Thermal Biology 74:181-186.
65. Gilad T, Koren R, Moalem Y, Subach A, Scharf I (2018) Effect of continuous and alternating episodes of starvation on behavior and reproduction in the red flour beetle. Journal of Zoology 305:213-222.
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66. Scharf I, Gilad T, Bar-Ziv MA, Katz N, Gregorian E, Pruitt JN, Subach A (2018) The contribution of shelter from rain to the success of pit-building predators in urban habitats. Animal Behaviour 142:139-145.
67. Doering G, Scharf I, Moeller H, Pruitt JN (2018) Social tipping points in animal societies in response to heat stress. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2:1298-1305.
68. Bar-Ziv MA, Subach A, Hirsch-Ionescu A, Belmaker J, Zweifler A, Scharf I (2018) Comparisons of wormlions and their immediate habitat under man-made shelters in caves: suggesting factors making wormlions successful in cities. Zoology 130:38-46.
69. Saar M, Eyer PA, Kilon-Kallner T, Hefetz A, Scharf I (2018) Within-colony genetic diversity differentially affects foraging, nest maintenance, and aggression in two species of harvester ants. Scientific Reports 8:13868.
70. Alcalay Y, Puzhevsky D, Tsurim I, Scharf I, Ovadia O (2018) Interactive and sex-specific life-history responses of Culex pipiens mosquito larvae to multiple environmental factors. Journal of Zoology 306:268-278.
71. Scharf I, Wertheimer KO, Xin J, Gilad T, Goldenberg I, Subach A (2019) Context-dependent effects of cold stress on behavioral, physiological, and life-history traits of the red flour beetle. Insect Science 26:142-153.
72. Bega D, Samocha Y, Yitzhak N, Saar M, Subach A, Scharf I (2019) The effect of maze complexity on maze-solving time in a desert ant. Behavioural Processes 166:103893.
73. Bar-Ziv MA, Bega D, Subach A, Scharf I (2019) Wormlions prefer both fine and deep sand but only deep sand leads to better performance. Current Zoology 65:393-400.
74. Gilad T, Scharf I (2019) Separation between maternal and paternal effects on offspring following exposure of adult red flour beetles to two stressors. Ecological Entomology 44:494-501.
75. Scharf I (2020) Introduction to the special issue on "The Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior of Sit-and-Wait Predators". Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 66: 1-3.
76. Scharf I, Samocha Y, Katz N (2020) Limited perceptual range and presence of conspecifics both affect the ability of pit-building wormlions to choose favorable microhabitats. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 66: 48-56.
77. Ovadia O, Scharf I, Barkae ED, Levi T, Alcalay Y (2020) Asymmetrical intra-guild predation and niche differentiation in two pit-building antlions. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 66: 82-90.
78. Samocha Y, Scharf I (2020) Comparison of wormlion behavior under man-made and natural shelters: urban wormlions more strongly prefer shaded, fine-sand microhabitats, construct larger pits and respond faster to prey. Current Zoology 66: 91-98.
79. Bega D, Samocha Y, Yitzhak N, Saar M, Subach A, Scharf I (2020) Non-spatial information on the presence of food elevates search intensity in ant workers, leading to faster maze solving in a process parallel to spatial learning. PLoS One 15: e0229709.
80. Keissar O, Scharf I, Sadeh A (2020) Predator modulation of plant pathogen spread through induced changes in vector development rates. Ecological Entomology 45:213-222.
81. Scharf I (2020) Factors that can affect the spatial positioning of large and small individuals in clusters of sit-and-wait predators. American Naturalist 195:649-663.
82. Saar M, Hershkovitz D, Amano O, Bega D, Subach A, Scharf I (2020) The effect of food preference, landmarks, and maze shift on maze-solving time in desert ants. Behaviour 157:629-665.
83. Scharf I, Silberklang A, Avidov B, Subach A (2020) Do pit-building predators prefer or avoid barriers? Wormlions' preference for walls depends on light conditions. Scientific Reports 10:10928.
84. Devetak D, Podlesnik J, Scharf I, Klenovsek T (2020) Fine sand particles enable antlions to build pitfall traps with advanced three-dimensional geometry. Journal of Experimental Biology 223:jeb224626.
85. Scharf I, Stoldt M, Libbrecht R, Hoepfner AL, Jongepier E, Kever M, Foitzik S (2021) Social isolation causes downregulation of immune and stress response genes and behavioural changes in a social insect. Molecular Ecology 30:2378-2389.
86. Beros S, Foitzik S, Scharf I, Lenhart AL, Negroni M, Foitzik S (2021) Extreme lifespan extension in tapeworm-infected ant workers. Royal Society Open Science 8:202118.
87. Scharf I, Hershkovitz Reshef M, Avidov B, Ovadia O (2021) Evidence for competition and cannibalism in wormlions. Scientific Reports 11:12733.
88. Rath A, Benita M, Doron J, Scharf I, Gottlieb D (2021) Social communication activates the circadian gene Tctimeless in Tribolium castaneum. Scientific Reports 11:16152
89. Scharf I, Gilad T, Taichman Y, Subach A (2021) Urban pit-building insects are attracted to walls for multiple reasons. Biology 10:635.
90. Moaraf S, Heiblum R, Okuliarova M, Hefetz A, Scharf I, Zeman M, Barnea A (2021) The effects of artificial light at night on brain plasticity and melatonin in male zebra finches suggest possible sex differences. Biomolecules 716: 134639.
91. Ahronberg A, Scharf I (2021) Social isolation interaction with the feeding regime differentially affects survival and results in a hump-shaped pattern in movement activity. Behavioural Processes 190:104460.
92. Scharf I (2021) The interaction between ambush predators, search patterns of herbivores and aggregation of plants. Behavioral Ecology 32:1246-1255.
93. Scharf I, Segal D, Bar A, Gottlieb D (2022) Negative effects of fluctuating temperatures around the optimal temperature on reproduction and survival of the red flour beetle. Journal of Thermal Biology 103:103165.
94. Miler K, Scharf I (2022) Convergent evolution of antlions and wormlions: similarities and differences in the behavioural ecology of unrelated trap-building predators. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 76:12.
95. Gilad T, Dorfman A, Subach A, Scharf I (2022) Leg or antenna injury in Cataglyphis ants impairs survival but does not hinder searching for food. Current Zoology 68:441-450.
96. Gilad T, Dorfman A, Subach A, Libbrecht R, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2022) Evidence for the effect of search drive, but not learning interference, on maze solving in desert ants. Integrative Zoology 17:704-715.
97. Miler K, Scharf I (2022) Wind impairs pit trap construction and hunting success in a pit-building predator. Journal of Zoology 317:185-194.
98. Miler K, Scharf I (2022) Operant conditioning in antlion larvae and its impairment following exposure to elevated temperatures. Animal Cognition 25:509-518.
99. Miler K, Scharf I (2022) Behavioral differences between pit-building antlions and wormlions suggest limits to convergent evolution. Integrative Zoology (in press).
100. Subach A, Avidov B, Dorfman A, Bega D, Gilad T, Kvetny M, Hershkovitz Reshef M, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2022) The value of spatial experience and group size for ant colonies in direct competition. Insect Science (in press).
101. Dorfman A, Hills TT, Scharf I (2022) A guide to area-restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour. Biological Reviews 97:2076-2089.
102. Subach A, Dorfman A, Avidov B, Domer A, Samocha Y, Scharf I (2022) Foraging behaviour, habitat use and population size of the desert horned viper in the Negev desert. Royal Society Open Science 9:220326.
103. Bar A, Marom C, Zorin N, Gilad T, Subach A, Foitzik S, Scharf I (2022) Desert ants learn to avoid pitfall traps while foraging. Biology 11:897.
104. Gilad T, Bahar O, Hasan M, Bar A, Subach A, Scharf I (2022) The combined role of visual and olfactory cues in foraging by Cataglyphis ants in laboratory mazes. Current Zoology (in press).
105. Hagbi Z, Gilad T, Zadicario P, Eilam D, Scharf I (2022) Can rats and ants exchange information between the horizontal and vertical domains? Animal Cognition (in press).
106. Bar A, Shalev L, Scharf I (2022) Egg-laying behavior of Cataglyphis niger ants is influenced more strongly by temperature than daylength. Biology 11:1714.
107. Scharf I, Ruxton G (2023) Shadow competition: its definition, prevalence, causes, and measurement. Oikos (in press).
108. Subach A, Gilad T, Rosnfeld A, Ovadia O, Scharf I (2023) An experimental critique of the population carrying capacity concept. Journal of Experiment Zoology A (in press).
109. Dorfman A, Subach A, Scharf I (2023) Snakes on a slope: strong anti-gravitactic responses and differential habitat use in the Saharan horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) in the Negev desert. Royal Society Open Science (in press).