Prof. Joseph Heller

Books

HELLER, J. 2009. Land Snails of the Land of Israel. Pensoft, Sophia.

Land Snails of the Land of Israel

Articles

SAMADI, S., E. ARTIGUEBIELLE, A. ESTOUP, J-P. POINTIER, J-F SILVAIN, J. HELLER, M-L. CARIOU & P. JARNE, 1998. Density and variability of di-nucleotide micro-satellites in the parthenogenetic polyploid snail Melanoides tuberculata.Molecular Ecology 7: 1233-1236

 KADMON, R. & J. HELLER, 1998. Modeling faunal responses to climatic gradients with GIS: land snails as a case study. Journal of Biogeography 25: 527-539.

ARAD, Z., S. GOLDENBERG & J. HELLER, 1998. Short- and long-term resistance to desiccation in a minute litter-dwelling land snail Lauria cylindracea(Pulmonata: Pupillidae). Journal of Zoology 246: 75-81.

HELLER, J., 1999. The mollusc findings of Giv’at Yassaf. Atiqot 37: 106-107. (Hebrew).

HELLER J., SIVAN N. & U. MOTRO, 1999. Systematics, distribution and hybridization of Melanopsis from the Jordan Valley (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Journal of Conchology 36: 49-81.

HELLER, J. & N. SIVAN. 2000. A new species of Melanopsis from the land of Israel (Gastropoda: Melanopsidae). Journal of Conchology 37: 1-5.

HODGSON, A.N. and J. HELLER, 2000. Spermatozoon structure and spermiogenesis in three species of Melanopsis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Cerithioidea) from Israel. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 37: 185-200.

HELLER, J. 2001. Life history strategies. Pages 417-446 in: Barker, G. (ed.), Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs. CABI, Oxon.

HELLER, J., 2001. Near East ecosystems, animal diversity. In: S.A. Levin (ed.),Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 4: 329-352. Academic Press, San Diego.

BEN-AMI, F. and J. HELLER, 2001. Biological control of aquatic pest snails by the black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus. Biological Control 22: 131-138.

HELLER, J. & N. SIVAN, 2001. Melanopsis from the Mid-Pleistocene site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Journal of Conchology 37: 127-147.

MAZAN-MAMCZARZ, K., HELLER, J., & M. SZAROWSKA. 2002. Differences in the radula of the genus Melanopsis in the Jordan Valley, Israel. Malakologische Abhandlunged Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 20: 219-234.

FALNIOWSKI, A., HELLER, J., MAZAN-MAMCZARZ, K. and M. SZAROWSKA. 2002.Genetic structure of populations of the closely related species of Melanopsis(Gastropoda: Cerithiaca) in Israel. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 40: 92-104.

HELLER, J. & N. SIVAN. 2002. Melanopsis from the Pliocene site of ‘Ubeidiya, Jordan Valley: direct evidence of early hybridization (Gastropoda: Cerithioidae).Biological Journal of Linnean Society 75: 39-57.

HODGSON, A.N., BEN-AMI, F. & J. HELLER. 2002. Ultrastructure of oogenesis in an ovoviviparous and an oviparous freshwater snail (Caenogastropoda).Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 41: 1-11.

FALNIOWSKI, A., HELLER, J., M. SZAROWSKA and MAZAN-MAMCZARZ, K.. 2002.Allozymic taxonomy within the genus Melanopsis (Gastropoda: Cerithiaca) in Israel: a case in which slight differences are congruent. Malacologia 44: 307-324.

HELLER, J., N. SIVAN & F. BEN-AMI. 2002. Systematics of Melanopsis from the Coastal Plain of Israel (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Journal of Conchology 37: 589-606.

HELLER, J. & N. SIVAN. 2002. Melanopsis from the Pliocene site of ‘Erq El-Ahmar, Jordan Valley (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Journal of Conchology 37: 607-626.

HELLER & YITZHAKI S. 2006. Assigning specimens to a given classification: When the distribution is not normal. Systematics and Biodiversity 4: 161-172.

GROSSOWICZ, M. (S), N. SIVAN and J. HELLER. 2003. Melanopsis from the Pleistocene of the Hula Valley, (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Israel Journal of Earth Science 52: 221-234.

HELLER, J. & R. KADMON. 2004. The use of GIS mapping techniques in assassing biodiversity. 2004. Journal of Conchology, Special Publication 3: 123-132.

BEN-AMI, F. and J. HELLER. 2005. Spatial and temporal patterns of parthenogenesis and parasitism in the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata.Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 136-146.

HELLER, J., P. MORDAN, F. BEN-AMI and N. SIVAN. 2005. Conchometrics, systematics and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant.Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144: 229-260.

LEFCORT, H., F. BEN-AMI and J. HELLER. 2005. Terrestial snails use predator-diet to assess danger. Journal of Ethology 24: 97-102.

STEINITZ, O., J. HELLER, A. TSOAR, D. ROTEM and R. KADMON. 2005. Predicting regional patterns of similarity in species composition for conservation planning.Conservation Biology 19: 1978-1988.

RIBAK, G., J. HELLER and A. GENIN, 2005. Mucus-net feeding on organic particles by the vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum in and below the surf zone.Marine Ecology Progress Series 293: 77-87.

SIVAN, N., J. HELLER and D. VAN DAMME. 2006. Fossil Viviparidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Levant. Journal of Conchology 39: 207-220.

HELLER, J. 2007. A historic biogeography of the aquatic fauna of the Levant.Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 625-639.

BEN-AMI, F. and J. HELLER. 2007. Temporal patterns of geographic parthenogenesis in a freshwater snail. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91: 711-718.

BANDEL, K., N. SIVAN and J. HELLER 2007. Melanopsis from Al-Qarn, Jordan Valley (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81: 3-4-315.

SIVAN, N., F. BEN-AMI and J. HELLER 2007. Taxonomy of Pliocene and Quaternary Thiaridae (Gastropoda) of Israel. Journal of Conchology 39 :1-16.

BEN-AMI, F. and J. HELLER. 2008. Sex versus parasitism versus density. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 537-544.