Amichai, E., Boerma, B. D., Page, R. A., Swartz, S. M. & ter Hofstede, M. H. By a whisker: the sensory role of vibrissae in hovering flight in nectarivorous bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290, 1992 (2023).
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2085 Amichai, E. and Yovel, Y. Echolocating bats rely on an innate speed-of-sound reference. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, 19 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024352118 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024352118 Boonman, A.*, Rieger, I.*, Amichai, E.*, Greif, S.*, Eitan, O., Goldshtein, A. & Yovel, Y. Echolocating bats adjust sensory acquisition based on internal cues. BMC Biol 18, 166 (2020). *Equal contribution https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-020-00904-2 Hoyt, J. R., [et al, including Amichai, E.]. Environmental reservoir dynamics predict global infection patterns and population impacts for the fungal disease white-nose syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914794117 Amichai, E., Kronfeld-Schor, N. Artificial light at night promotes activity throughout the night in nesting common swifts (Apus apus). Scientific Reports 9, 11052 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47544-3 Amichai, E., Tal, S., Boonman, A. Yovel, Y. Ultrasound imaging reveals accelerated in-utero development of a sensory apparatus in echolocating bats. Scientific Reports 9, 5275 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41715-y Amichai, E., Yovel, Y. Bats pre-adapt sensory acquisition according to target distance prior to takeoff even in the presence of closer background objects. Scientific Reports 7, 467 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00543-8 Amichai, E., Blumrosen, G. and Yovel Y. Calling louder and longer: how bats use biosonar under severe acoustic interference from other bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282.1821: 20152064 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2064 Kounitsky, P., Rydell, J., Amichai, E., Boonman, A., Eitan, O., Weiss, A. J., & Yovel, Y. Bats adjust their mouth gape to zoom their biosonar field of view. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(21), 6724-6729 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422843112 Levin, E., Plotnik, B., Amichai, E., Braulke, L. J., Landau, S., Yom-Tov, Y., & Kronfeld-Schor, N. Subtropical mouse-tailed bats use geothermally heated caves for winter hibernation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1804), 20142781 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2781 Cvikel, N., Berg, K. E., Levin, E., Hurme, E., Borissov, I., Boonman, A., Amichai, E. & Yovel, Y. Bats aggregate to improve prey search but might be impaired when their density becomes too high. Current Biology, 25(2), 206-211 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.010 Cvikel, N., Levin, E., Hurme, E., Borissov, I., Boonman, A., Amichai, E., & Yovel, Y. On-board recordings reveal no jamming avoidance in wild bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1798), 20142274 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2274 Amichai, E., Levin, E., Kronfeld-Schor, N., Roll, U., & Yom-Tov, Y. Natural history, physiology and energetic strategies of Asellia tridens (Chiroptera). Mammalian Biology, 78(2), 94-103 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2012.06.006 Amitai, O*., Holtze, S*., Barkan, S*., Amichai, E*., Korine, C., Pinshow, B., & Voigt, C. C. Fruit bats (Pteropodidae) fuel their metabolism rapidly and directly with exogenous sugars. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213(15), 2693-2699 (2010). * Equal contribution https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.043505 |
Book chapters
Amichai, E. & Korine, C. (2020). Kuhl’s pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl – 1817) in: Hackländer K., Zachos F. (eds) Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Springer, Cham.
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_69-1 Amichai, E. & Yom Tov, Y. Bats of Israel in Yom Tov, Y. Seeing the sounds: bats- between myth and reality. Tel Aviv, Open University press. (2018) |
Commissioned reports and policy papers
Amichai, E., Taub, M., Talmon, I., & Yedvab, S. Anthropogenic effects on the Dead Sea region ecology-bats as bioindicators. Commissioned by the Israel Ministry for Environmental Protection & the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. (2018)
English abstract Hebrew full text Amichai, E., Yedvab, S., Dolev, A., et al. National Monitoring Plan for Israel's Bat Species: Insectivorous bat survey in Israel 2014. Commissioned by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. (2015) Full text with English abstract Amichai, E. & Dolev, A. Insectivorous bat survey in the Judean Hills. Commissioned by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (2013) |