Борис Краснов (Boris Krasnov)

Personal Details

Education

B.Sc., 1973-1975, Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Moscow, Russia.
Ph.D. in Biology, 1981-1986, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

Employment

Full Professor, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Positions in academic administration

2008-present. Director, the Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, Israel.

2000-2007. Director. Ramon Science Center, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Mizpe-Ramon, Israel.

2001-2003. Director, Conservation of Biodiversity in Desert Ecosystems. MASHAV Course. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel.

Courses taught

Evolutionary Ecology of Parasitism. Graduate. Albert Katz International School for desert Studies and Department of Life Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. 2003 - present

Mammalian Taxonomy, Ecology and Evolution. Undergraduate. Department of Life Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. 1997 - present

Scientific publications

H-index=25

1. Authored books
   1. Shenbrot, G.I., Krasnov, B.R. & Rogovin, K.A. 1999. Spatial Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities. SpringerVerlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 292 p.
   2. Shenbrot, G.I. & Krasnov, B. R. 2005. An Atlas of the Geographic Distribution of the Arvicoline Rodents of the World (Rodentia, Muridae: Arvicolinae). Pensoft Publ., Sofia.
   3. Krasnov, B. R. 2008. Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Fleas: A Model for Ecological Parasitology. Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by B. Dixon (2009). Bookshelf 56: 100.
   
   
2. Editorship of collective volumes (last 10 years)
   1. Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds). 2001. The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia.
   2. Morand, S., Krasnov, B. R. & Poulin, R. (eds). 2006. Micromammals and Macroparasites: From Evolutionary Ecology to Pest Management. SpringerVerlag, Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New York.
   3. Morand, S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2010. The Biogeography of Host-Parasite Interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
   
   
3. Chapters in collective volumes (last 10 years)
   1. Shenbrot, G. I. & Krasnov, B. R. 2001. Geographic variation in the role of gerbils and jirds (Gerbillinae) in rodent communities across the Great Palaearctic Desert Belt. In: Denys, C., Granjon, L. & Poulet, A. (eds.). African Small Mammals, IRD Editions, Paris, pp. 511-529.
   2. Shenbrot, G. I. & Krasnov, B. R. 2001. Rodents in desert environment: Is density dynamics really correlated with annual rainfall fluctuations? In: Prakash, I. (ed.). Ecology of Desert Environments. Festschrift for Professor J.L.Cloudsley-Thompson. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, pp. 405-421.
   3. Krasnov, B. R. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2001. Tenebrionid beetles of Makhtesh Ramon: diversity, seasonality and community structure. In: Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds.). The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia, pp. 187-216.
   4. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Burdelova, N. V. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2001. Flea assemblages on rodents in Makhtesh Ramon: host-habitat mediation of host-parasite relationships. In: Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds.). The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia, pp. 251-272.
   5. Krasnov, B. R. 2001. A monitoring protocol for a nature reserve: The case study for the Ramon Park Nature Reserve. In: Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds.). The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia, pp. 309-322.
   6. Krasnov, B. R., Mazor, E., Avni, Y., Plakht, J. R. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2001. Urban ecology: Mizpe Ramon as and example. In: Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds.). The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia, pp. 365-384.
   7. Shenbrot, G. I. & Krasnov, B. R. 2001. Rodents of Makhtesh Ramon: habitat distribution and temporal dynamics of spatial organization of communities. In: Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds.). The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia, pp. 235-250.
   8. Shenbrot, G. I. & Krasnov, B. R. 2001. Lizards of Makhtesh Ramon: habitat distribution and spatial organization of communities. In: Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds.). The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia, pp. 217-234.
   9. Mazor, E. & Krasnov, B. R. 2001. Makhteshim Country, Ramon Science Center and Nature Laboratory. In: Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds.). The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia, pp. 1-32.
   10. Mazor, E. & Krasnov, B. R. 2001. Vivid research in the Laboratory of Nature. In: Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. (eds.). The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publ., Sofia, pp. 403-404.
   11. Morand, S., Poulin, R. & Krasnov, B. R. 2006. Global changes and the future of mammal-macroparasite interactions. In: Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R. & Poulin, R. (eds.). Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. SpringerVerlag, Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 617-636.
   12. Medvedev, S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2006. Fleas - permanent satellites of small mammals. In: Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R. & Poulin, R. (eds.). Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. SpringerVerlag, Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 161-278.
   13. Poulin, R., Krasnov, B.R. & Morand, S. 2006. Patterns of host specificity in parasites exploiting small mammals. In: Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R. & Poulin, R. (eds.). Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. SpringerVerlag, Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 233-256.
   14. Krasnov, B. R., Morand, S. & Poulin, R. 2006. Patterns of macroparasite diversity in small mammals. In: Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R. & Poulin, R. (eds.). Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. SpringerVerlag, Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 197-232.
   15. Morand, S., Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R. & Degen, A. A. 2006. Micromammals and macroparasites: Who is who and how do they interact? In: Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R. & Poulin, R. (eds.). Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. SpringerVerlag, Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 3-12.
   16. Krasnov, B.R. 2009. Ectoparasite population denamics: Determinants of ectoparasite species composition. In: Hare, P.A. (ed.). Transfer of Technology: Sustainable and Unsustainable Experience from Israel. BiblioBooks, Florida, pp. 257-271.
   17. Morand, S. and Krasnov, B.R. 2010. Introduction. In: Morand, S. and Krasnov, B.R. (eds.). The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 1-4.
   18. Bordes, F., Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R. and Poulin, R. 2010. Parasite diversity and latitudinal gradients in terrestrial mammals. In: Morand, S. and Krasnov, B.R. (eds.). The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 89-98.
   19. Krasnov, B.R. and Poulin, R. 2010. Ecological properties of a parasite: species-specific stability and geographical variation. In: Morand, S. and Krasnov, B.R. (eds.). The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 99-114.
   20. Poulin, R. and Krasnov, B.R. 2010. Similarity and variability in parasite assemblages across geographical space. In: Morand, S. and Krasnov, B.R. (eds.). The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 115-128.
   21. Morand, S., Bordes, F., Pisanu, B., Gouy de Bellocq, J. and Krasnov, B.R. 2010. The geography of defence. In: Morand, S. and Krasnov, B.R. (eds.). The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 159-172.
   22. Morand, S. and Krasnov, B.R. 2010. Conclusions and Perspectives. In: Morand, S. and Krasnov, B.R. (eds.). The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 267-270.
   23. Krasnov, B.R. 2012. Ectoparasites of small mammals: interactive saturated and unsaturated communities. In: K. Rohde (ed.). The Balance of Nature and Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (accepted) (fall 2012).
   24. Krasnov, B.R. & Rizzoli, A. 2012. Population dynamics of ectoparasites of terrestrial hosts. In: K. Rohde (ed.). The Balance of Nature and Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (accepted) (fall 2012).
   
   
4. Refereed articles in scientific journals (last 10 years)
   1. Gromov, V. S., Krasnov, B. R. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2001. Behavioural correlates of spatial distribution in Wagner's gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae). Mammalia 65: 111-120.
   2. Khokhlova, I. S., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I. & Degen, A. A. 2001. Body mass and environment: a study in Negev rodents. Israel Journal of Zoology 47: 1-14.
   3. Tchabovsky, A. V., Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2001. The effect of vegetation cover on vigilance and foraging tactics in the fat sand rat, Psammomys obesus. Journal of Ethology 19: 107-115.
   4. Fielden, L. J., Krasnov, B. R. & Khokhlova, I. S. 2001. Respiratory gas exchange in the flea Xenopsylla conformis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 735-739.
   5. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Fielden, L. J. & Burdelova, N. V. 2001. The effect of air temperature and humidity on the survival of pre-imaginal stages of two flea species (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 629-637.
   6. Krasnov, B. R. & Khokhlova, I. S. 2001. The effect of behavioural interactions on the exchange of flea (Siphonaptera) between two rodent species. Journal of Vector Ecology 26: 181-190.
   7. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Fielden, L. J. & Burdelova, N. V. 2001. Development rates of two Xenopsylla flea species in relation to air temperature and humidity. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 15: 249-258.
   8. Tchabovsky, A. V., Popov, S. V. & Krasnov, B. R. 2001. Intra- and interspecific variation in vigilance and foraging of two gerbillid rodents, Rhombomys opimus and Psammomys obesus: the effect of social environment. Animal Behaviour 62: 965-972.
   9. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2002. The effect of host density on ectoparasite distribution: an example with a desert rodent parasitized by fleas. Ecology 83: 164-175.
   10. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Fielden, L. J. & Burdelova, N. V. 2002. Time to survival under starvation in two flea species (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) at different air temperatures and relative humidities. Journal of Vector Ecology 27: 70-81.
   11. Duncan, F. D., Krasnov, B. R. & McMaster, M. 2002. Novel case of a tenebrionid beetle using discontinuous gas exchange cycle when dehydrated. Physiological Entomology 27: 79-83.
   12. Tchabovsky, A. V. & Krasnov, B. R. 2002. Spatial distribution of Psammomys obesus in relation to vegetation in the Negev desert of Israel. Mammalia 66: 361-368.
   13. Duncan, F. D., Krasnov, B. R. & McMaster, M. 2002. Metabolic rate and respiratory gas exchange patterns in tenebrionid beetles from the Negev Highlands, Israel. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 791-798.
   14. Khokhlova, I. S., Krasnov, B. R., Kam, M., Burdelova, N. I. & Degen, A. A. 2002. Energy cost of ectoparasitism: the flea Xenopsylla ramesis on the desert gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus. Journal of Zoology 258: 349-354.
   15. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Oguzoglu, I. & Burdelova, N. I. 2002. Host discrimination by two desert fleas using an odour cue. Animal Behaviour 64: 33-40.
   16. Shenbrot, G. I., Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Demidova, T. & Fielden, L. J. 2002. Habitat-dependent differences in architecture and microclimate of the Sundevall's jird (Meriones crassus) burrows in the Negev Desert, Israel. Journal of Arid Environments 51: 265-279.
   17. Fielden, L. J., Krasnov, B. R., Still, K.& Khokhlova, I. S. 2002. Water balance in two species of desert fleas, Xenopsylla ramesis and X. conformis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 39: 875-881.
   18. Shenbrot, G. I. & Krasnov, B. R. 2002. Can interaction coefficients be determined from census data? Testing two estimation methods with Negev desert rodents. Oikos 99: 47-58.
   19. Krasnov, B. R., Burdelova, N. V., Shenbrot, G. I.& Khokhlova, I. S. 2002. Annual cycles of four flea species (Siphonaptera) in the central Negev desert. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 16: 266-276.
   20. Krasnov, B., Khokhlova, I., Fielden, L. & Burdelova, N. 2002. The effect of substrate on survival and development of two species of desert fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Parasite 9: 135-142.
   21. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2003. Density-dependent host selection in ectoparasites: An application of isodar theory to fleas parasitizing rodents. Oecologia 134: 365-373.
   22. Sinai, P., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I. & Choshniak, I. 2003. Ecology and behaviour of the lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus) (Rodentia: Gerbillidae) from the Negev Highlands and Arava valley, Israel. Mammalia 67: 1-14.
   23. Krasnov, B. R., Sarfati, M., Arakelyan, M. S., Khokhlova, I. S., Burdelova, N. V. & Degen, A. A. 2003. Host-specificity and foraging efficiency in blood-sucking parasite: Feeding patterns of a flea Parapulex chephrenis on two species of desert rodents. Parasitology Research 90: 393-399.
   24. Krasnov, B. R., Burdelov, S. A., Khokhlova, I. S. & Burdelova, N. V. 2003. Sexual size dimorphism, morphological traits and jump performance in seven species of desert fleas (Siphonaptera). Journal of Zoology 261: 181-189.
   25. Krasnov, B. R. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2003. Coevolutionary events in history of association of jerboas (Rodentia: Dipodidae) and their flea parasites. Israel Journal of Zoology 48: 331-350.
   26. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., & Shenbrot, G. I. 2003. Fleas, rodents, environment: factors determining habitat selection in hematophagous ectoparasites. Trends in Entomology 3:43-72.
   27. Fielden, L. J., Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S. & Arakelyan, M. S. 2004. Respiratory gas exchange in the desert flea Xenopsylla ramesis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae): Response to temperature and blood-feeding. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 137: 557-565.
   28. Shenbrot, G. I. & Krasnov, B. R. 2004. Temporal dynamics in a spatial organization of a rodent community in the Negev Highlands (Israel). Journal of Zoology 263: 207-218.
   29. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Burdelov, S. A. & Fielden, L. J. 2004. Metabolic rate and jumping performance in seven species of desert fleas. Journal of Insect Physiology 50: 149-156.
   30. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Burdelova, N. V., Mirzoyan, N. S. & Degen, A. A. 2004. Fitness consequences of density-dependent host selection in ectoparasites: Testing reproductive patterns predicted by isodar theory in fleas parasitizing rodents.
   31. Khokhlova, I. S., Spinu, M., Krasnov, B. R. & Degen, A. A. 2004. Immune response to fleas in a wild desert rodent: Effect of parasite species, parasite burden, sex of host and host parasitological experience. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 2725-2733.
   32. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S. & Degen, A. A. 2004. Relationship between host diversity and parasite diversity: Flea assemblages on small mammals. Journal of Biogeography 31: 1857-1866.
   33. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S. & Degen, A. A. 2004. Flea species richness and parameters of host body, host geography and host “milieu” Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 1121-1128.
   34. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I. & Khokhlova, I. S. 2004. Sampling fleas: The reliability of host infestation data. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 18: 232-240.
   35. Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D. & Khokhlova, I. S. 2004. Ectoparasitic “jacks-of-all-trades”: relationship between abundance and host specificity in fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitic on small mammals. American Naturalist 164: 506-515.
   36. Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2004. Geographical variation in host specificity of fleas (Siphonaptera): the influence of phylogeny and local environmental conditions. Ecography 27: 787-797.
   37. Khokhlova, I. S., Spinu, M., Krasnov, B. R. & Degen, A. A. 2004. Immune responses to fleas in two rodent species differing in natural prevalence of infestation and diversity of flea assemblages. Parasitology Research 94: 304-311.
   38. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2004. Relationships between parasite abundance and the taxonomic distance among a parasite's host species: An example with fleas parasitic on small mammals. International Journal for Parasitology 34: 1289-1297.
   39. Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D. & Khokhlova, I. S. 2005. Host specificity and geographic range in haematophagous ectoparasites. Oikos 108: 449-456.
   40. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2005. Spatial variation in species diversity and composition of flea assemblages in small mammalian hosts: geographic distance or faunal similarity? Journal of Biogeography 32: 633-644.
   41. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2005. Diversification of ectoparasite assemblages and climate: an example with fleas parasitic on small mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14: 167-175.
   42. Krasnov, B. R., Burdelova, N. V., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I. & Degen, A. A. 2005. Pre-imaginal interspecific competition in two flea species parasitic on the same rodent host. Ecological Entomology 30: 146-155.
   43. Vazquez, D. P., Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2005. Species abundance patterns and the distribution of specialization in host-parasite interaction networks. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 946-955.
   44. Khokhlova, I. S., Krasnov, B. R., Kuznetsov, V., Sartor, C. E., Zan, M., Salek, L., Ghazaryan, L., Kam, M. & Degen, A. A. 2005. Dietary intake and time budget in two desert rodents: a diurnal herbivore, Psammomys obesus, and a nocturnal granivore, Meriones crassus. Mammalia 69: 57-67.
   45. Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2005. Abundance patterns and coexistence processes in communities of fleas parasitic on small mammals. Ecography 28: 453-464.
   46. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2005. Nested pattern in flea assemblages across the host's geographic range. Ecography 28: 475-484.
   47. Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I. & Poulin, R. 2005. Covariance in species diversity and facilitation among non-interactive parasite taxa: all against the host. Parasitology 130: 557-568.
   48. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Arakelyan, M. S. & Degen, A. A. 2005. Is a starving host tastier? Reproduction in fleas parasitizing food limited rodents. Functional Ecology 19: 625-631.
   49. Sarfati, M., Krasnov, B. R., Ghazaryan, L., Khokhlova, I. S., Fielden, L. J. & Degen, A. A. 2005. Energy costs of blood digestion in a host-specific haematophagous parasite. Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 2489-2496.
   50. Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M., Miklisova, D., Morand, S. 2005. Distribution of fleas (Siphonaptera) among small mammals: mean abundance predicts prevalence via simple epidemiological model. International Journal for Parasitology 35: 1097-1101.
   51. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2005. What are the factors determining the probability of discovering a flea species (Siphonaptera)? Parasitology Research 97: 228-237.
   52. Krasnov, B. R., Morand, S., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I. & Hawlena, H. 2005. Abundance and distribution of fleas on desert rodents: linking Taylor's power law to ecological specialization and epidemiology. Parasitology 131: 825-837.
   53. Krasnov, B. R., Morand, S., Hawlena, H., Khokhlova, I. S. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2005. Sex-biased parasitism, seasonality and sexual size dimorphism in desert rodents. Oecologia 146: 209-217.
   54. Hawlena, H., Abramsky, Z. & Krasnov, B. R. 2005. Age-biased parasitism and density-dependent distribution of fleas (Siphonaptera) on a desert rodent. Oecologia 146: 200-208.
   55. Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D. & Khokhlova, I. S. 2006. Evolution of host specificity in fleas: is it directional and irreversible? International Journal of Parasitology 36:185-191.
   56. Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M., Khokhlova, I. S., Mosansky, L., Shenbrot, G. I., Hawlena, H. & Morand, S. 2006. Aggregation and species coexistence in fleas parasitic on small mammals. Ecography 29: 159-168.
   57. Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M. & Morand, S. 2006. Age-dependent flea (Siphonaptera) parasitism in rodents: a host's life history matters. Journal of Parasitology 92: 242-248.
   58. Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M., Khokhlova, I. S., Miklisova, D., Morand, S., Shenbrot, G. I. & Poulin. R. 2006. Relationships between local and regional species richness in flea communities of small mammalian hosts: saturation and spatial scale. Parasitology Research 98: 403-413.
   59. Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M., Miklisova, D., Morand, S. 2006. Habitat variation in species composition of flea assemblages on small mammals in central Europe. Ecological Research 21: 460-469.
   60. Stanko, M., Krasnov, B. R., & Morand, S. 2006. Relationship between host abundance and parasite distribution: inferring regulating mechanisms from census data. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 575-583.
   61. Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M., Miklisova, D., Morand, S. 2006. Host specificity, parasite community size and the relation between abundance and its variance. Evolutionary Ecology 20: 75-91.
   62. Mouillot, D., Krasnov, B. R., Gaston, K., Shenbrot, G. I. & Poulin, R. 2006. Conservatism of host specificity in parasites. Ecography 29: 596-602.
   63. Hawlena, H., Abramsky, Z., Krasnov, B. & Khokhlova, I. 2006. Ectoparasites and age-dependent survival in a desert rodent. Oecologia 148: 30-39.
   64. Krasnov, B. R., Morand, S., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I. Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2006. Resource predictability and host specificity in fleas: the effect of host body mass. Parasitology 133: 81-88.
   65. Hawlena, H., Khokhlova, I. S., Abramsky, Z. & Krasnov, B. R. 2006. Age, intensity of infestation by flea parasites and body mass loss in a rodent host. Parasitology 133: 187-193.
   66. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I. Khokhlova, I. S., Hawlena, H. & Degen, A. 2006. Temporal variation in parasite infestation of a host individual: Does a parasite-free host remain uninfested permanently? Parasitology Research 99: 541-545.
   67. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2006. Ecological characteristics of flea species relate to their suitability as plague vectors. Oecologia 149: 474-481.
   68. Gouy de Belloq, J., Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Ghasaryan, L. & Pinshow, B. 2006. Immunocompetence and flea parasitism in a desert rodent. Functional Ecology 20: 637-646.
   69. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I. Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2006. Is abundance a species attribute of haematophagous ectoparasites? Oecologia 150: 132-140.
   70. Shenbrot, G. I., Krasnov, B. R. & Burdelov, S. A. 2006. Density-independent habitat distribution as a result of density-dependent habitat selection. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 1277-1290.
   71. Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M. & Morand, S. 2006. Are ectoparasite communities structured? Species co-occurrence, temporal variation and null models. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1330-1339.
   72. Hawlena, H., Krasnov, B.R., Abramsky, Z., Khokhlova, I.S., Saltz, D., Kam, M., Tamir, A. & Degen, A.A. 2006. Flea infestation and energy requirements of rodent hosts: Are there general rules? Functional Ecology 20: 1028-1036.
   73. Gouy de Belloq, J., Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., & Pinshow, B. 2006. Temporal dynamics of a T-cell mediated immune response in desert rodents. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 145: 554-559.
   74. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I. Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2007. Geographic variation in the “bottom-up” control of diversity: fleas and their small mammalian hosts. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16: 179-186.
   75. Stanko, M., Krasnov, B. R., Miklisova, D. & Morand, S. 2007. Simple epidemiological model predicts the relationships between prevalence and abundance in ixodid ticks. Parasitology 134: 59-68.
   76. Burdelov, S. A., Leiderman, M., Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S. & Degen, A.A. 2007. Locomotor response to light and surface angle in three species of desert fleas. Parasitology Research, 100: 973-982.
   77. Shenbrot, G. I., Krasnov, B. R. & Lu, L. 2007. Geographic range size and host specificity in ectoparasites: A case study with Amphipsylla fleas and rodent hosts. Journal of Biogeography 34: 1679-1690.
   78. Hawlena, H., Bashary, D., Abramsky, Z. & Krasnov, B.R. 2007. Benefits, costs and constraints of anti-parasitic grooming in adult and juvenile rodents. Ethology 113: 394-402.
   79. Korallo, N.P., Vinarsky, M.V., Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., Mouillot, D. & Poulin, R. 2007. Are there general rules governing parasite diversity? Small mammalian hosts and gamasid mite assemblages. Diversity and Distributions 13: 353-360.
   80. Vinarski, M.V., Korallo, N.P., Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I. & Poulin, R. 2007. Decay of similarity of gamasid mite assemblages parasitic on Palaearctic small mammals: geographic distance, host species composition or environment? Journal of Biogeography 34: 1691-1700.
   81. Hawlena, H., Abramsky, Z., Krasnov, B. R. & Saltz, D. 2007. Host defence versus intraspecific competition in the regulation of infrapopulations of the flea Xenopsylla conformis on its rodent host Meriones crassus. International Journal for Parasitology 37: 919-925.
   82. Krasnov, B. R., Korine, C., Burdelova, N.V., Khokhlova, I.S. & Pinshow, B. 2007. Between-host phylogenetic distance and feeding efficiency in haematophagous ectoparasites: Rodent fleas and a bat host. Parasitology Research, 101: 365-371.
   83. Vazquez, D. P., Melian, C. J., Williams, N. M., Bluthgen, N., Krasnov, B. R. & Poulin, R. 2007. Species abundance and asymmetric interaction strength in ecological networks. Oikos 116: 1120-1127.
   84. Krasnov, B.R., Hovhanyan, A., Khokhlova, I.S. & Degen, A. A. 2007. Density-dependence and feeding success in haematophagous ectoparasites. Parasitology 134: 1379-1386.
   85. Khokhlova, I.S., Hovhanyan, A., Krasnov, B.R. & Degen, A. A. 2007. Reproductive success in two species of desert fleas: Density-dependence and host effect. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 2121-2127.
   86. Krasnov, B.R., Stanko, M. & Morand, S. 2007. Host community structure and infestation by ixodid ticks: Repeatability, dilution effect and ecological specialization. Oecologia 154: 185-194.
   87. Hawlena, H., Abramsky, Z. & Krasnov, B.R. 2007. Ultimate mechanisms of age-biased flea parasitism. Oecologia 154: 601-609.
   88. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., Mouillot, D. & Poulin, R. 2008. Latitudinal gradients in niche breadth: empirical evidence from haematophagous ectoparasites. Journal of Biogeography 35: 592-601.
   89. Krasnov, B. R., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P., Vinarski, M. V., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D. & Poulin, R. 2008. Searching for general patterns in parasite ecology: Host identity vs. environmental influence on gamasid mite assemblages in small mammals. Parasitology 135: 229-242.
   90. Mouillot, D., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I. & Poulin, R. 2008. Connectance and parasite diet breadth in flea-mammal webs. Ecography 31: 16-20.
   91. Mouillot, D., Krasnov, B. R. & Poulin, R. 2008. Invariant intervality explained by phylogenetic constraints in host-parasite webs. Ecology 89: 2043-2051.
   92. Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R. & Shenbrot, G. I. 2008. Interaction frequency across the geographical range as a determinant of host specialization in generalist fleas. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 989-997.
   93. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I.S. & Poulin, R. 2008. How are the host spectra of haematophagous parasites shaped over evolutionary time? Random choice vs. selection of a phylogenetic lineage. Parasitology Research 102: 1157-1164.
   94. Khokhlova, I.S., Ghazaryan, L., Krasnov, B. R., & Degen, A. A. 2008. Effects of parasite specificity and previous infestation of hosts on the feeding and reproductive success of rodent-infesting fleas. Functional Ecology 22: 530-536.
   95. Krasnov, B. R., Hovhanyan, A., Khokhlova, I.S. & Degen, A. A. 2008. Evidence for a negative fitness-density relationship between parent density and offspring quality for two Xenopsylla spp. parasitic on desert mammals. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 22: 156-166.
   96. Hawlena, H., Krasnov, B.R., Abramsky, Z., Khokhlova, I.S., Gouey de Bellocq, J. & Pinshow, B. 2008. Effects of food abundance, host age, and flea infestation on the body condition and immunological variables of a rodent host, and their consequences for parasite survival. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 150: 66-74.
   97. Hawlena, H., Bashary, D., Abramsky, Z., Khokhlova, I. S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2008. Programmed versus stimulus-driven anti-parasitic grooming in a rodent: efficiency, time allocation and age-dependence. Behavioral Ecology 19: 929-935.
   98. Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I. & Poulin, R. 2008. Geographic patterns of diversification: an example with ectoparasitic insects. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 807-814.
   99. Morand, S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2008. Why apply ecological laws to epidemiology? Trends in Parasitology 24: 304-309.
   100. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I.S., Hawlena, H. & Degen, A. A. 2008. Sex ratio in flea infrapopulations: number of fleas, host gender and host age do not have an effect. Parasitology 135: 1133-1141.
   101. Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I. & Poulin, R. 2008. Scale-invariance of niche breadth in haematophagous ectoparasites. Ecography 31: 630-635.
   102. Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I.S., Vinarski, M. V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P. & Poulin, R. 2008. Geographical patterns of abundance: testing expectations of the “abundance optimum” model in two taxa of ectoparasitic arthropods. Journal of Biogeography 35: 2187-2194.
   103. Gustavsen, C.R., Chevret, P., Krasnov, B.R., Mowlavi, G. & Heller, S.R. 2008. The morphology of islets of Langerhans is only mildly affected by the lack of Pdx-1 in Meriones jirds. General and Comparative Endocrinology 159: 241-249.
   104. Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P., Krasnov, B. R., Vinarski, M. V., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D. & Poulin, R. 2009. Stability in abundance and niche breadth of gamasid mites across environmental conditions, parasite identity and host pools. Evolutionary Ecology 23: 329-345.
   105. Laudisoit, A., Leirs, H., Makundi, R.H. & Krasnov, B.R. 2009. Seasonal and habitat dependence of species composition of flea assemblages parasitic on small mammals in Tanzania. Integrative Zoology 4: 196-212.
   106. Matthee, S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2009. Searching for mechanisms of generality in the patterns of parasite abundance and distribution: ectoparasites of a South African rodent, Rhabdomys pumilio. International Journal for Parasitology 39: 781-788.
   107. Krasnov, B.R., Vinarski, M.V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Mouillot, D. & Poulin, R. 2009. Inferring associations among parasitic gamasid mites from census data. Oecologia 160: 175-185.
   108. Laudisoit, A., Neerinckx, S., Makundi, R.H., Leirs, H. & Krasnov, B.R. 2009. Are local plague incidence and ecological characteristics of vectors and reservoirs related? A case study in north-east Tanzania. Current Zoology 55: 199-211.
   109. Khokhlova, I.S., Ghazaryan, L., Krasnov, B.R. & Degen, A.A. 2009. Does acquired resistance of rodent hosts affect metabolic rate of fleas? Journal of Experimental Zoology 311: 389-398.
   110. Khokhlova, I.S., Serobyan, V., Krasnov, B.R. and Degen, A.A. 2009. Is the feeding and reproductive performance of the flea, Xenopsylla ramesis, affected by the gender of its rodent host, Meriones crassus? Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 1429-1435.
   111. Khokhlova, I.S., Serobyan, V., Krasnov, B.R. and Degen, A.A. 2009. Effect of host gender on blood digestion in fleas: mediating role of environment. Parasitology Research 105: 1667-1673.
   112. Krasnov, B.R., Matthee, S., Lareschi, M., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P. & Vinarski, M.V. 2010. Co-occurrence of ectoparasites on rodent hosts; null model analyses of data from three continents. Oikos 119: 120-128.
   113. Matthee, S., McGeoch, M.A. & Krasnov, B.R. 2010. Gender-biased ectoparasite infections: species-specific variation and the extent of male-biased parasitism. Parasitology 137: 651-660.
   114. Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M. & Morand, S. 2010. Competition, facilitation or mediation via host? Patterns of infestation of small European mammals by two taxa of haematophagous arthropods. Ecological Entomology 35: 37-44.
   115. Krasnov, B.R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G.I., Khokhlova, I.S. & Poulin, R. 2010. Deconstructing spatial patterns in species composition of ectoparasite communities: the relative contribution of host composition, environmental variables and geography. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 515-526.
   116. Shenbrot, G.I., Krasnov, B.R. & Burdelov, S. A. 2010. Long-term study of population dynamics and habitat selection of rodents in the Negev Desert. Journal of Mammalogy 91: 776-786.
   117. Krasnov, B.R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G.I., Khokhlova, I.S., Vinarski, M.V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P. and Poulin, R. 2010. Similarity in ectoparasite faunas of Palaearctic rodents as a function of host phylogenetic, geographic, or environmental distances: which matters the most? International Journal for Parasitology 40: 807-817.
   118. Krasnov, B.R., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Vinarski, M.V. & Lareschi, M. 2010. Prediction of prevalence from mean abundance via a simple epidemiological model in mesostigmate mites from two geographic regions. Parasitology 137: 1227-1237.
   119. Fortuna, M.A., Stouffer, D.B., Olesen, J.M., Jordano, P., Mouillot, D., Krasnov, B.R., Poulin, R. and Bascompte, J. 2010. Nestedness versus modularity in ecological networks: two sides of the same coin? Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 811-817.
   120. Krasnov, B.R. & Matthee, S. 2010. Spatial variation in gender-biased parasitism: host-related, parasite-related and environment-related effects. Parasitology 137: 1526-1537.
   121. Lareschi, M. & Krasnov, B.R. 2010. Determinants of ectoparasite assemblage structure on rodent hosts from South American marshlands: The effect of host species, locality and season. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 24: 284-292.
   122. Khokhlova, I.S., Hovhanyan, A., Degen, A.A. & Krasnov, B.R.. 2010. The effect of larval density on pre-imaginal development in two species of desert fleas. Parasitology 137: 1925-1935.
   123. Khokhlova, I.S., Serobyan, V., Degen, A.A & Krasnov, B.R. 2010. Host gender and offspring quality in a flea parasitic on a rodent. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 3299-3304.
   124. Khokhlova, I.S., Ghazaryan, L., Degen, A.A. & Krasnov, B.R. 2010. Infestation experience of a rodent host and offspring viability of fleas: variation among host–parasite associations. Journal of Experimental Zoology A 313: 680-689.
   125. Morick, D., Krasnov, B.R., Khokhlova, I.S., Shenbrot, G.I., Kosoy, M.Y. & Harrus, S. 2010. Bartonella genotypes in fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) collected from rodents in the Negev Desert, Israel. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 6864-6869.
   126. Kam, M., Degen, A.A., Khokhlova, I.S., Krasnov, B.R. and Geffen, E. 2010. Do fleas affect energy expenditure of their free-living hosts? PLoSOne 5: e13686.
   127. Krasnov, B.R., Stanko, M., Khokhlova, I.S., Shenbrot, G.I., Morand, S., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P. & Vinarski, M.V. 2011. Nestedness and beta-diversity in ectoparasite assemblages of small mammalian hosts: effects of parasite affinity, host biology and scale. Oikos 120: 630-639.
   128. Khokhlova, I.S., Serobyan, V., Degen, A.A & Krasnov, B.R. 2011. Discrimination of host sex by a haematophagous ectoparasite. Animal Behaviour 81: 275-281.
   129. Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S. & Poulin, R. 2011. Beta-specificity: the turnover of host species in space and another way to measure of host specificity. International Journal for Parasitology 41: 33-41.
   130. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2011. Aggregative structure is the rule in communities of fleas: null model analysis. Ecography 34: 751-761.
   131. Raveh, A., Kotler, B.P., Abramsky, Z. & Krasnov, B.R. 2011. Driven to distraction: Detecting the hidden costs of flea parasitism through foraging behaviour in gerbils. Ecology Letters 14: 47-51.
   132. Krasnov, B.R., Poulin, R. & Mouillot, D. 2011. Scale-dependence of phylogenetic signal in ecological traits of ectoparasites. Ecography 34: 114-122.
   133. Bordes, F., Morand, S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2011. Does investment into “expensive” tissue compromise anti-parasitic defence? Testes size, brain size and parasite diversity in rodent hosts. Oecologia 165: 7-16.
   134. Morick, D., Krasnov, B.R., Khokhlova, I.S., Gottlieb, Y. & Harrus, S. 2011. Investigation of Bartonella acquisition and transmission in Xenopsylla ramesis fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Molecular Ecology 20: 2864-2870.
   135. Krasnov, B.R., Stanko, M. & Morand, S. 2011. An attempt to use ectoparasites as tags for habitat occupancy by small mammalian hosts in central Europe: Effects of host gender, parasite taxon and season. Parasitology 138: 609-618.
   136. Krasnov, B.R., Stanko, M., Matthee, S., Laudisot, A., Leirs, H., Khokhlova, I.S., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Vinarski, M.V. & Morand, S. 2011. Male hosts drive infracommunity structure of ectoparasites. Oecologia 166:1099-1010.
   137. Poulin, R., Krasnov, B.R., Mouillot, D. & Thieltges, D.W. (2011). The comparative ecology and biogeography of parasites. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 366: 2379-2390.
   138. Liberman, V., Khokhlova, I.S., Degen, A.A. & Krasnov, B.R. 2011. The effect of host age on feeding performance of fleas. Parasitology 138: 1154-1163.
   139. Poulin, R., Krasnov, B.R. & Mouillot, D. 2011. Host specificity in phylogenetic and geographic space. Trends in Parasitology 27: 355-361.
   140. Kam. M., Khokhlova, I.S., Krasnov, B.R. & Degen, A.A. 2011. Flea infestation does not cause a long-term increase in energy metabolism in Gerbillus nanus. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 3968-3971.
   141. Guilhaumon, F., Krasnov, B.R., Poulin, R., Shenbrot, G.I. & Mouillot, D. 2012. Latitudinal mismatches between the components of mammal-flea interaction networks. Global Ecology and Biogeography (accepted, winter 2012).
   142. Khokhlova, I.S., Fielden, L.J., Degen, A.A. & Krasnov, B.R. 2012. Feeding performance of fleas on host species: is phylogenetic distance between hosts important? Parasitology 139: 60-68.
   143. Krasnov, B.R., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I.S., Shenbrot, G.I. & Poulin, R. 2012. Compositional and phylogenetic dissimilarity of host communities drives compositional and phylogenetic dissimilarity of ectoparasite assemblages: geographic variation and scale-dependence. Parasitology 139: 338-347.
   144. Krasnov, B.R., Bordes, F., Khokhlova, I.S. & Morand, S. 2012. Gender-biased parasitism in small mammals: patterns, mechanisms, consequences. Mammalia (accepted, summer 2012).
   145. Krasnov, B.R., Fortuna, M., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I.S., Shenbrot, G.I. & Poulin, R. 2012. Phylogenetic signal and species roles in compartmentalized mammal-flea networks. American Naturalist (accepted, spring 2012).
   146. Khokhlova, I.S., Fielden, L.J., Degen, A.A. & Krasnov, B.R. 2012. Digesting blood of an auxiliary host in fleas: Effect of phylogenetic distance from a principal host. Journal of Experimental Biology (accepted, winter 2012).
   147. Korine, C., Krasnov, B.R., Khokhlova, I.S. & Pinshow, B. 2012. Fleas feed well on torpid pipistrelles as they do on normothermic 1 jirds and fruit bats, but not on normothermic pipistrelles. Journal of Experimental Biology (accepted, winter 2012).
   148. Bordes, F., Ponlet, N., Gouy de Bellocq, J., Ribas, A., Krasnov, B.R. & Morand, S. 2012. Is there sex-biased resistance and tolerance in Mediterranean wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) populations facing multiple helminth infections? Oecologia (accepted, summer 2012).
   149. Arbiv, A., Khokhlova, I.S., Ovadia, O., Novoplansky, A. & Krasnov, B.R. 2012. Use it or lose it: Reproductive implications of experimental host shifting in a haematophagous ectoparasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (accepted, summer 2012).