Amiyaal Ilany

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Amiyaal Ilany

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8089-569X
20082026

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About Me

I integrate behavioral ecology, network science, and social science, to study broad aspects of social behavior in the wild. I use empirical and theoretical methods to better understand behavioral phenomena. Much of my research focuses on the study of social networks and on principles of animal communication. Students in my lab can do field work on rock hyraxes in Ein Gedi, where we have been monitoring a population for more than 20 years, and/or analyze the data we collected and develop theoretical models. I am interested in questions such as:

- How do social networks affect longevity, reproductive success, and pathogen transmission?
- How do communication patterns interact with social structure?
- How do males and females choose who to mate with?
- What is the structure of different signals and how did they evolve?

Potential students are welcome to develop their own projects on any relevant study system.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Tel Aviv University

Oct 2006 → Jun 2012

Award Date: 30 Jun 2012

Master's Degree, Tel Aviv University

Oct 2004 → Jun 2006

Award Date: 30 Jun 2006

Bachelor, Tel Aviv University

Oct 1998 → Jun 2002

Award Date: 30 Jun 2002

Research

  • Fields of Interest
  • Social networks & longevity, reproductive success, and pathogen transmission
  • Communication patterns & social structure
  • Mating decisions
  • Social Signals
  • Evolution of Social Signal

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  • Using spatially explicit individual-based modelling to evaluate the ecological feasibility of big cat reintroduction: the example of the Arabian leopard

    Atzeni, L., Cushman, S. A., Ilany, A., Geffen, E. & Macdonald, D. W., Jan 2026, In: Ecological Modelling. 511, 111356.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Alerting components in animal vocalization

    Demartsev, V., Geva, Y., Alba-González, P., Koren, L., Ilany, A. & Geffen, E., Dec 2025, In: Animal Behaviour. 230, 123373.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems

    Albery, G. F., Becker, D. J., Firth, J. A., De Moor, D., Ravindran, S., Silk, M., Sweeny, A. R., Vander Wal, E., Webber, Q., Allen, B., Babayan, S. A., Barve, S., Begon, M., Birtles, R. J., Block, T. A., Block, B. A., Bradley, J. E., Budischak, S., Buesching, C. & Burthe, S. J. & 90 others, Carlisle, A. B., Caselle, J. E., Cattuto, C., Chaine, A. S., Chapple, T. K., Cheney, B. J., Clutton-Brock, T., Collier, M., Curnick, D. J., Delahay, R. J., Farine, D. R., Fenton, A., Ferretti, F., Feyrer, L., Fielding, H., Foroughirad, V., Frere, C., Gardner, M. G., Geffen, E., Godfrey, S. S., Graham, A. L., Hammond, P. S., Henrich, M., Heurich, M., Hopwood, P., Ilany, A., Jackson, J. A., Jackson, N., Jacoby, D. M. P., Jacoby, A. M., Ježek, M., Kirkpatrick, L., Klamm, A., Klarevas-Irby, J. A., Knowles, S., Koren, L., Krzyszczyk, E., Kusch, J. M., Lambin, X., Lane, J. E., Leirs, H., Leu, S. T., Lyon, B. E., Macdonald, D. W., Madsen, A. E., Mann, J., Manser, M., Mariën, J., Massawe, A., McDonald, R. A., Morelle, K., Mourier, J., Newman, C., Nussear, K., Nyaguthii, B., Ogino, M., Ozella, L., Packer, C., Papastamatiou, Y. P., Paterson, S., Payne, E., Pedersen, A. B., Pemberton, J. M., Pinter-Wollman, N., Planes, S., Raulo, A., Rodríguez-Muñoz, R., Rudd, L., Sabuni, C., Sah, P., Schallert, R. J., Sheldon, B. C., Shizuka, D., Sih, A., Sinn, D. L., Sluydts, V., Spiegel, O., Telfer, S., Thomason, C. A., Tickler, D. M., Tregenza, T., VanderWaal, K., Walmsley, S., Walters, E. L., Wanelik, K. M., Whitehead, H., Wielgus, E., Wilson-Aggarwal, J., Wohlfeil, C. & Bansal, S., Nov 2025, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 9, 11, p. 2002-2013 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    2 Scopus citations

  • Social network dynamics under experimental manipulations of predation risk and food abundance in wild rock hyraxes

    Bordes, C. N. M., Ammeter, M., Lu, C., Beukeboom, R., Goll, Y., Bourdiol, J. & Ilany, A., 4 Sep 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Animal Ecology.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Leopard traps in the Judean Desert reveal long-term impact of humans on top predator populations

    Davidovich, U., Wachtel, I., Halevi, R., Zidon, R., Lazagabaster, I. A., Rovelli, V., Meiri, M., Porat, R., Ullman, M., Jacobi, Y., Ilany, A., Marom, N. & Porat, N., 1 Jun 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 333, 108667.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    2 Scopus citations
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  • 1 Oral presentation