Dr. Miriam Kishinevsky
Senior Lecturer
I am an insect ecologist, studying the effects of the environment on higher trophic level insect communities. I look on how insects move between different habitats in a mosaic of agricultural and natural landscape, how they react to human disturbances and what they utilize as resources. In addition, I study how abiotic changes effect the interactions of predatory and parasitoid species, and how those, in turn, affect their ability to control agricultural pests.
Academic Background
B.Sc. Biology and Environment, University of Haifa
M.Sc. Biology, University of Haifa
Ph.D., Biology, University of Haifa
Selected Publications
Kishinevsky, M., Ives, A.R. (2022) The success of a habitat specialist biological control agent in the face of disturbance. Ecosphere 13, e4050.
Kishinevsky, M., Keasar, T. (2022) Trait-based characterization of parasitoid wasp communities in natural and agricultural areas. Ecological Entomology 47, 657-667.
Kishinevsky, M., Keasar, T. (2021) Sugar feeding by parasitoids inside and around vineyards varies with season and weed management practice. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 307, 107229.
Segoli, M., Hoffmann, I., Meng, F., Leduc, S., Kishinevsky, M., Rozenberg T. (2020). Frequency and consequences of the collection of already parasitized caterpillars by a potter wasp. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-9.
Kishinevsky, M., Cohen, N., Chiel, E., Wajnberg, E., Keasar, T. (2018). Sugar feeding of parasitoids in an agroecosystem: effects of community composition, habitat and vegetation. Insect Conservation and Diversity 11(1), 50-57.
Teaching
Flora and Fauna, Scientific Data Analysis, Animals in Captivity, Workshop in Ecological Research