Boris R. Krasnov      Mitrani Department of Desert       Ecology      Professor                                                           E-mail: krasnov@bgu.ac.il		Contact details:    Google  Earth    Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology The Institute for Dryland Environmental Research The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 84990, Midreshet Ben-Gurion Israel  Phone:  +972-8-6591841  Fax:   +972-8-6596772  Cellular:  +972-526552718
Academic Education         M.Sc   Moscow State University     1978    Ph.D   Moscow State University     1986					Research Interests                                                Gallery Ecological parasitology, Macroecology, Biogeography
					Research Highlights   I am interested in various aspects of ecology and evolution of host-parasite relationships. Fleas parasitic on small mammals represent my main (and beloved) model of parasite-host associations. In my studies, I combine experimental work on physiological questions, field work on ecological questions, and comparative or meta-analyses on biogeographical or evolutionary questions. Our laboratory is a unique establishment, because we successfully breed and maintain colonies of wild rodents belonging to 5 species and wild fleas belonging to 4 species. This variety presents us with exiting opportunities to model many natural situations, to ask many questions and to test many hypotheses.
Ongoing projects o  Phylogenetic distance among hosts and flea performance o  Macroecology and biogeography of mammal-ectoparasite relationships o  Mechanisms of infestation bias in rodent populations o  Fleas as vectors of emerging diseases
Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications
Authored Books Shenbrot, G.I., Krasnov, B.R. & Rogovin, K.A. 1999. Spatial Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities. SpringerVerlag Shenbrot, G.I. & Krasnov, B. R. 2005. An Atlas of the Geographic Distribution of the Arvicoline Rodents of the World (Rodentia, Muridae: Arvicolinae). Pensoft Publishers Krasnov, B.R. 2008. Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Fleas: A Model for Ecological Parasitology. Cambridge University Press. Edited Books Krasnov, B. R. & Mazor, E. 2001. The Makhteshim Country: Laboratory of Nature, Pensoft Publishers Morand, S., Krasnov, B. R. & Poulin, R. 2006. Micromammals and Macroparasites: From Evolutionary Ecology to Pest Management. SpringerVerlag Morand, S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2010. The Biogeography of Host-Parasite Interactions. Oxford University Press