Welcome to the Conservation Biology & Biodiversity group @ BGU

31/Jul/2024 Anna's paper on habitat selection and gecko limb morphology is out in Integrative Zoology.    7/Jul/2024 Our paper on current and future threats to global drylands has just been published in Nature Ecology & Evolution    4/Apr/2024 Krista's paper on small-scale land-use changes on the breeding success of Arabian babblers is out in Behavioral Ecology.   

Our group is focused on various aspects of conservation science. We are interested in the intricate interactions humans have with nature – how they affect it, and are affected and interact with it. To explore these patterns we use theoretical & statistical models, the analysis of data at scales ranging from the local to the global, as well as data collected in the field on various organisms. This is done using an array of approaches from purely theoretic perspectives all the way to studies linked to on-the-ground implementation of conservation action. We are also interested in the arrangement and organization of natural phenomena in space at different scales.

Contact us

Uri Roll
Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology,
The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research,
The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,
Sede-Boqer Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000, Israel
Tel: +972(0)8-659-6775
email: [email protected]

Where we are

We are based at Midreshet Ben-Gurion, in the Negev Highlands.
An interactive map of the campus can be found here, our lab is in room #112 in building #25 (Biology building).

Detailed map of Midreshet Ben-Gurion, and the lab's location

Midreshet Ben-Gurion's location