Journal Article: Identifying the Climatic and Anthropogenic Impact on Vegetation Surrounding the Natural Springs of the Arava Valley Using Remote Sensing Methods
Meroz, Ariel Mordechai, Babad, Avshalom and Levin, Noam (2024). Identifying the Climatic and Anthropogenic Impact on Vegetation Surrounding the Natural Springs of the Arava Valley Using Remote Sensing Methods. Land, 13 (3) ARTN 361, 361. doi: 10.3390/land13030361
Book Chapter: The coastal dunes of Israel and their transformation in the past 200 years
Levin, Noam (2024). The coastal dunes of Israel and their transformation in the past 200 years. World geomorphological landscapes. (pp. 185-204) edited by Amos Frumkin and Nurit Shtober-Zisu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-44764-8_11
Levin, Noam (2023). Quantifying the variability of ground light sources and their relationships with spaceborne observations of night lights using multidirectional and multispectral measurements. Sensors, 23 (19) 8237, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/s23198237
Integrating Ecosystem Services in Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) for planning the Blue Economy of Bangladesh
Doctor Philosophy
Bird utilization of vertical space in urban environments and its implications for conservation planning
Master Philosophy
Ecological evaluation of threatened plant and bird interactions on Norfolk Island: implications for conservation and local planning
Doctor Philosophy
The coastal dunes of Israel and their transformation in the past 200 years
Levin, Noam (2024). The coastal dunes of Israel and their transformation in the past 200 years. World geomorphological landscapes. (pp. 185-204) edited by Amos Frumkin and Nurit Shtober-Zisu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-44764-8_11
Conservation challenges in the face of new hydrocarbon discoveries in the Mediterranean sea
Mazor, Tessa, Levin, Noam, Brokovich, Eran and Kark, Salit (2018). Conservation challenges in the face of new hydrocarbon discoveries in the Mediterranean sea. Offshore energy and marine spatial planning. (pp. 260-273) edited by Katherine L. Yates and Corey J. A. Bradshaw. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315666877
The environment in Palestine in the late Ottoman period, 1798-1918
Kark, Ruth and Levin, Noam (2012). The environment in Palestine in the late Ottoman period, 1798-1918. Between Ruin and Restoration: An Environmental History of Israel. (pp. 1-28) University of Pittsburgh Press.
Meroz, Ariel Mordechai, Babad, Avshalom and Levin, Noam (2024). Identifying the Climatic and Anthropogenic Impact on Vegetation Surrounding the Natural Springs of the Arava Valley Using Remote Sensing Methods. Land, 13 (3) ARTN 361, 361. doi: 10.3390/land13030361
Levin, Noam (2023). Quantifying the variability of ground light sources and their relationships with spaceborne observations of night lights using multidirectional and multispectral measurements. Sensors, 23 (19) 8237, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/s23198237
Tikotzki, Idit, Bar-Massada, Avi and Levin, Noam (2023). A geographically flexible approach for mapping the Wildland-Urban Interface integrating fire activity data. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11 ARTN 1231490. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1231490
Levin, Noam and Kark, Salit (2023). From historical maps to remote sensing: reconstructing land use changes on Norfolk Island over the past 250 years. The Cartographic Journal, 60 (3), 194-215. doi: 10.1080/00087041.2022.2150367
Using night lights from space to assess areas impacted by the 2023 Turkey earthquake
Levin, Noam (2023). Using night lights from space to assess areas impacted by the 2023 Turkey earthquake. Remote Sensing, 15 (8) 2120, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/rs15082120
Quantifying and mapping the human footprint across Earth's coastal areas
Allan, Hannah, Levin, Noam and Kark, Salit (2023). Quantifying and mapping the human footprint across Earth's coastal areas. Ocean and Coastal Management, 236 106476. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106476
Meroz, Ariel Mordechai, Yin, He and Levin, Noam (2023). Unveiling the impact of traditional land practices on natural vegetation using large-scale exclosures: national borders and military bases. Journal of Arid Environments, 211 104930, 104930. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2023.104930
Guk, Edna, Bar-Massada, Avi and Levin, Noam (2023). Constructing a comprehensive national wildfire database from incomplete sources: Israel as a case study. Fire, 6 (4) 131, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/fire6040131
Elinson, Rotem and Levin, Noam (2022). An analysis of Amud Anan - A unique volunteered geographic information platform for nature-based recreation in Israel. Applied Geography, 148 102791, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102791
Levin, Noam and Phinn, Stuart (2022). Assessing the 2022 flood impacts in Queensland combining daytime and nighttime optical and imaging radar data. Remote Sensing, 14 (19) 5009, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/rs14195009
Multiple Angle Observations Would Benefit Visible Band Remote Sensing Using Night Lights
Kyba, Christopher C. M., Aubé, Martin, Bará, Salvador, Bertolo, Andrea, Bouroussis, Constantinos A., Cavazzani, Stefano, Espey, Brian R., Falchi, Fabio, Gyuk, Geza, Jechow, Andreas, Kocifaj, Miroslav, Kolláth, Zoltán, Lamphar, Héctor, Levin, Noam, Liu, Shengjie, Miller, Steven D., Ortolani, Sergio, Jason Pun, Chun Shing, Ribas, Salvador José, Ruhtz, Thomas, Sánchez de Miguel, Alejandro, Schneider, Mathias, Shrestha, Ranjay Man, Simoneau, Alexandre, So, Chu Wing, Storch, Tobias, Tong, Kai Pong, Tuñón, Milagros, Turnshek, Diane ... Zhang, Jianglong (2022). Multiple Angle Observations Would Benefit Visible Band Remote Sensing Using Night Lights. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127 (12) e2021JD036382. doi: 10.1029/2021jd036382
A global assessment of night lights as an indicator for shipping activity in anchorage areas
Polinov, Semion, Bookman, Revital and Levin, Noam (2022). A global assessment of night lights as an indicator for shipping activity in anchorage areas. Remote Sensing, 14 (5) 1079. doi: 10.3390/rs14051079
Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change
Elsen, Paul R., Saxon, Earl C., Simmons, B. Alexander, Ward, Michelle, Williams, Brooke A., Grantham, Hedley S., Kark, Salit, Levin, Noam, Perez‐Hammerle, Katharina‐Victoria, Reside, April E. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change. Global Change Biology, 28 (3), 918-935. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15962
Lev Bar-Or, Ruth, Levy, Ilan, Twig, Gilad, Broday, David M., Lyubarsky, Andrey, Derazne, Estela, Tzur, Dorit, Simon, Ben, Levin, Noam, Gileles-Hillel, Alex, Bentur, Lea and Raz, Raanan (2021). Associations of exposure to nitrogen oxides with prevalent asthma and other atopic diseases in Israel. Environments, 8 (10) 110, 110. doi: 10.3390/environments8100110
Inequitable protection of multidimensional biogeochemical regions in the Mediterranean Sea
Giménez, Joan, Venegas-Li, Rubén, Mazor, Tessa, Kark, Salit and Levin, Noam (2021). Inequitable protection of multidimensional biogeochemical regions in the Mediterranean Sea. Ocean and Coastal Management, 211 105747, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105747
Unveiling the factors responsible for Australia’s Black Summer Fires of 2019/2020
Levin, Noam, Yebra, Marta and Phinn, Stuart (2021). Unveiling the factors responsible for Australia’s Black Summer Fires of 2019/2020. Fire, 4 (3) 58, 58. doi: 10.3390/fire4030058
Spatial and temporal assessment of oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea
Polinov, Semion, Bookman, Revital and Levin, Noam (2021). Spatial and temporal assessment of oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167 112338, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112338
Elbaz, Shelly, Sheffer, Efrat, Lensky, Itamar M. and Levin, Noam (2021). The impacts of spatial resolution, viewing angle, and spectral vegetation indices on the quantification of woody Mediterranean species seasonality using remote sensing. Remote Sensing, 13 (10) 1958, 1-27. doi: 10.3390/rs13101958
Raz, Raanan, Yuval, , Bar-Or, Ruth Lev, Kark, Jeremy D., Sinnreich, Ronit, Broday, David M., Harari-Kremer, Ruthie, Bentur, Lea, Gileles-Hillel, Alex, Keinan-Boker, Lital, Lyubarsky, Andrey, Tsur, Dorit, Afek, Arnon, Levin, Noam, Derazne, Estela and Twig, Gilad (2021). Associations between exposure to industrial air pollution and prevalence of asthma and atopic diseases in Haifa Bay area. Atmosphere, 12 (4) 516, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/atmos12040516
Danovaro, Roberto, Fanelli, Emanuela, Aguzzi, Jacopo, Billett, David, Carugati, Laura, Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Dell’Anno, Antonio , Gjerde, Kristina , Jamieson, Alan J. , Kark, Salit, McClain, Craig, Levin, Lisa A., Levin, Noam, Ramirez-Llodra, Eva, Ruhl, Henry A., Smith, Craig R., Snelgrove, Paul V. R. , Laurenz Thomsen, Cindy L. Van Dover and Moriaki Yasuhara (2021). Reply to: Ecological variables for deep-ocean monitoring must include microbiota and meiofauna for effective conservation. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5 (1), 30-31. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01337-4
Li, Xi, Levin, Noam, Xie, Jinlong and Li, Deren (2020). Monitoring hourly night-time light by an unmanned aerial vehicle and its implications to satellite remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 247 111942, 111942. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111942
Quantifying the impact of light pollution on sea turtle nesting using ground-based imagery
Vandersteen, James, Kark, Salit, Sorrell, Karina and Levin, Noam (2020). Quantifying the impact of light pollution on sea turtle nesting using ground-based imagery. Remote Sensing, 12 (11) 1785, 1785. doi: 10.3390/rs12111785
Cohen, Gali, Steinberg, David M, Keinan-Boker, Lital, Yuval, Levy, Ilan, Chen, Shimon, Shafran-Nathan, Rakefet, Levin, Noam, Shimony, Tal, Witberg, Guy, Bental, Tamir, Shohat, Tamar, Broday, David M, Kornowski, Ran and Gerber, Yariv (2020). Preexisting coronary heart disease and susceptibility to long-term effects of traffic-related air pollution: A matched cohort analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 28 (13), 204748732092198-1486. doi: 10.1177/2047487320921987
Guk, Edna and Levin, Noam (2020). Analyzing spatial variability in night-time lights using a high spatial resolution color Jilin-1 image – Jerusalem as a case study. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 163, 121-136. doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.02.016
Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy
Danovaro, Roberto, Fanelli, Emanuela, Aguzzi, Jacopo, Billett, David, Carugati, Laura, Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Dell’Anno, Antonio, Gjerde, Kristina, Jamieson, Alan J., Kark, Salit, McClain, Craig, Levin, Lisa, Levin, Noam, Ramirez-Llodra, Eva, Ruhl, Henry, Smith, Craig R., Snelgrove, Paul V. R., Thomsen, Laurenz, Van Dover, Cindy L. and Yasuhara, Moriaki (2020). Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (2), 181-192. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-1091-z
Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future
Levin, Noam, Kyba, Christopher C.M., Zhang, Qingling, Sánchez de Miguel, Alejandro, Román, Miguel O., Li, Xi, Portnov, Boris A., Molthan, Andrew L., Jechow, Andreas, Miller, Steven D., Wang, Zhuosen, Shrestha, Ranjay M. and Elvidge, Christopher D. (2020). Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future. Remote Sensing of Environment, 237 111443, 111443. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111443
Tracing cultural festival patterns using time-series of VIIRS monthly products
Liu, Shanshan, Li, Xi, Levin, Noam and Jendryke, Michael (2019). Tracing cultural festival patterns using time-series of VIIRS monthly products. Remote Sensing Letters, 10 (12), 1172-1181. doi: 10.1080/2150704X.2019.1666313
Collaboration across boundaries in the Amazon
Prist, Paula Ribeiro, Levin, Noam, Metzger, Jean Paul, de Mello, Kaline, de Paula Costa, Micheli Duarte, Castagnino, Romi, Cortes-Ramirez, Javier, Lin, Da-Li, Butt, Nathalie, Lloyd, Thomas J., López-Cubillos, Sofía, Mayfield, Helen J., Negret, Pablo José, Oliveira-Bevan, Isabella, Reside, April E., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Simmons, B. Alexander, Suárez-Castro, A. Felipe and Kark, Salit (2019). Collaboration across boundaries in the Amazon. Science, 366 (6466), 699.1-700. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz7489
Cohen, Gali, Steinberg, David M., Yuval, Levy, Ilan, Chen, Shimon, Kark, Jeremy D., Levin, Noam, Witberg, Guy, Bental, Tamir, Broday, David M., Kornowski, Ran and Gerber, Yariv (2019). Cancer and mortality in relation to traffic-related air pollution among coronary patients: Using an ensemble of exposure estimates to identify high-risk individuals. Environmental Research, 176 108560, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108560
Remote sensing of night lights — beyond DMSP
Levin, Noam, Kyba, Christopher C.M. and Zhang, Qingling (2019). Remote sensing of night lights — beyond DMSP. Remote Sensing, 11 (12) 1472, 1472. doi: 10.3390/rs11121472
Global assessment of marine biodiversity potentially threatened by offshore hydrocarbon activities
Venegas‐Li, Rubén, Levin, Noam, Morales‐Barquero, Lucía, Kaschner, Kristin, Garilao, Cristina and Kark, Salit (2019). Global assessment of marine biodiversity potentially threatened by offshore hydrocarbon activities. Global Change Biology, 25 (6) gcb.14616, 2009-2020. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14616
Navigating the complexities of coordinated conservation along the river Nile
Allan, J. R., Levin, N., Jones, K. R., Abdullah, S., Hongoh, J., Hermoso, V. and Kark, S. (2019). Navigating the complexities of coordinated conservation along the river Nile. Science Advances, 5 (4) eaau7668, eaau7668. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau7668
World Heritage in danger: Big data and remote sensing can help protect sites in conflict zones
Levin, Noam, Ali, Saleem, Crandall, David and Kark, Salit (2019). World Heritage in danger: Big data and remote sensing can help protect sites in conflict zones. Global Environmental Change, 55, 97-104. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.02.001
Mapping foliar nutrition using worldView-3 and worldView-2 to assess koala habitat suitability
Wu, Huiying, Levin, Noam, Seabrook, Leonie, Moore, Ben and McAlpine, Clive (2019). Mapping foliar nutrition using worldView-3 and worldView-2 to assess koala habitat suitability. Remote Sensing, 11 (3) 215, 215. doi: 10.3390/rs11030215
Adding the third dimension to marine conservation
Levin, Noam, Kark, Salit and Danovaro, Roberto (2018). Adding the third dimension to marine conservation. Conservation Letters, 11 (3) e12408, e12408. doi: 10.1111/conl.12408
Levin, Noam, Ali, Saleem and Crandall, David (2018). Utilizing remote sensing and big data to quantify conflict intensity: The Arab Spring as a case study. Applied Geography, 94, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.03.001
Cohen, Gali, Levy, Ilan, Yuval, Kark, Jeremy D., Levin, Noam, Witberg, Guy, Iakobishvili, Zaza, Bental, Tamir, Broday, David M., Steinberg, David M., Kornowski, Ran and Gerber, Yariv (2018). Chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution and cancer incidence among 10,000 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: A historical prospective study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 25 (6), 659-670. doi: 10.1177/2047487318760892
Levin, Noam, Beger, Maria, Maina, Joseph, McClanahan, Tim and Kark, Salit (2018). Evaluating the potential for transboundary management of marine biodiversity in the Western Indian Ocean. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 25 (1), 62-85. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2017.1417167
Weil, Gilad, Lensky, Itamar M., Resheff, Yehezkel S. and Levin, Noam (2017). Optimizing the timing of unmanned aerial vehicle image acquisition for applied mapping ofwoody vegetation species using feature selection. Remote Sensing, 9 (11) 1130, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/rs9111130
Weil, Gilad, Lensky, Itamar M. and Levin, Noam (2017). Using ground observations of a digital camera in the VIS-NIR range for quantifying the phenology of Mediterranean woody species. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 62, 88-101. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2017.05.016
3D spatial conservation prioritisation: Accounting for depth in marine environments
Venegas-Li, Rubén, Levin, Noam, Possingham, Hugh and Kark, Salit (2017). 3D spatial conservation prioritisation: Accounting for depth in marine environments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (3), 773-784. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12896
Levin, Noam (2017). The impact of seasonal changes on observed nighttime brightness from 2014 to 2015 monthly VIIRS DNB composites. Remote Sensing of Environment, 193, 150-164. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.03.003
Coastal dune activity and foredune formation on Moreton Island, Australia, 1944–2015
Levin, Noam, Jablon, Pierre-Elie, Phinn, Stuart and Collins, Kerry (2017). Coastal dune activity and foredune formation on Moreton Island, Australia, 1944–2015. Aeolian Research, 25, 107-121. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2017.03.005
A global analysis of factors controlling VIIRS nighttime light levels from densely populated areas
Levin, Noam and Zhang, Qingling (2017). A global analysis of factors controlling VIIRS nighttime light levels from densely populated areas. Remote Sensing of Environment, 190, 366-382. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.006
Levin, Noam, Lechner, Alex Mark and Brown, Greg (2017). An evaluation of crowdsourced information for assessing the visitation and perceived importance of protected areas. Applied Geography, 79, 115-126. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.12.009
Advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas with the MarCons Action
Katsanevakis, Stelios, Mackelworth, Peter, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Mačić, Vesna, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Jones, Peter, Levin, Noam, Albano, Paolo, Badalamenti, Fabio, Brennan, Ruth, Claudet, Joachim, Culibrk, Dubravko, D'Anna, Giovanni, Deidun, Alan, Evagelopoulos, Athanasios, García-Charton, José, Goldsborough, David, Holcer, Draško, Jimenez, Carlos, Kark, Salit, Sørensen, Thomas, Lazar, Bojan, Martin, Georg, Mazaris, Antonios, Micheli, Fiorenza, Milner-Gulland, E.J., Pipitone, Carlo, Portman, Michelle ... Winters, Gidon (2017). Advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas with the MarCons Action. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 3, e11884. doi: 10.3897/rio.3.e11884
Cohen, Gali, Levy, Ilan, Yuval, Y., Kark, Jeremy D., Levin, Noam, Broday, David M., Steinberg, David M. and Gerber, Yariv (2017). Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and cancer among survivors of myocardial infarction: a 20-year follow-up study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 24 (1), 92-102. doi: 10.1177/2047487316669415
Scale matters: differences between local, regional, and global analyses
Levin, Noam, Crandall, David and Kark, Salit (2016). Scale matters: differences between local, regional, and global analyses. Ecological Applications, 26 (7), 2359-2362. doi: 10.1002/eap.1397
Illuminating the capabilities of Landsat 8 for mapping night lights
Levin, Noam and Phinn, Stuart (2016). Illuminating the capabilities of Landsat 8 for mapping night lights. Remote Sensing of Environment, 182, 27-38. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.04.021
The human and physical determinants of wildfires and burnt areas in Israel
Levin, Noam, Tessler, Naama, Smith, Andrew and McAlpine, Clive (2016). The human and physical determinants of wildfires and burnt areas in Israel. Environmental Management, 58 (3), 549-562. doi: 10.1007/s00267-016-0715-1
Levin, Noam, Tessler, Naama, Smith, Andrew and McAlpine, Clive (2016). Erratum to: The Human and Physical Determinants of Wildfires and Burnt Areas in Israel (Environmental Management, 10.1007/s00267-016-0715-1). Environmental Management, 58 (3), 563-563. doi: 10.1007/s00267-016-0725-z
Priority questions and horizon scanning for conservation: A comparative study
Kark, Salit, Sutherland, William J., Shanas, Uri, Klass, Keren, Achisar, Hila, Dayan, Tamar, Gavrieli, Yael, Justo-Hanani, Ronit, Mandelik, Yael, Orion, Nir, Pargament, David, Portman, Michelle, Reisman-Berman, Orna, Safriel, Uriel N., Schaffer, Gad, Steiner, Noa, Tauber, Israel and Levin, Noam (2016). Priority questions and horizon scanning for conservation: A comparative study. PLoS One, 11 (1) e0145978, 0145978.1-0145978.29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145978
Sensitivity analysis of conservation targets in systematic conservation planning
Levin, Noam, Mazor, Tessa, Brokovich, Eran, Jablon, Pierre-Elie and Kark, Salit (2015). Sensitivity analysis of conservation targets in systematic conservation planning. Ecological Applications, 25 (7), 1997-2010. doi: 10.5061/dryad.2mb2h
Where have all the people gone? Enhancing global conservation using night lights and social media
Levin, Noam, Kark, Salit and Crandall, David (2015). Where have all the people gone? Enhancing global conservation using night lights and social media. Ecological Applications, 25 (8), 2153-2167. doi: 10.1890/15-0113.1
Schaffer, Gad, Peer, Mor and Levin, Noam (2015). Quantifying the completeness of and correspondence between two historical maps: a case study from nineteenth-century Palestine. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 43 (2), 154-175. doi: 10.1080/15230406.2015.1029519
Bruton, Melissa J., Maron, Martine, Levin, Noam and McAlpine, Clive A. (2015). Testing the relevance of binary, mosaic and continuous landscape conceptualisations to reptiles in regenerating dryland landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 30 (4), 715-728. doi: 10.1007/s10980-015-0157-9
Oil spill contamination probability in the southeastern Levantine basin
Goldman, Ron, Biton, Eli, Brokovich, Eran, Kark, Salit and Levin, Noam (2015). Oil spill contamination probability in the southeastern Levantine basin. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 91 (1), 347-356. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.050
Levy, Ilan, Levin, Noam, Yuval, Schwartz, Joel D. and Kark, Jeremy D. (2015). Back-extrapolating a land use regression model for estimating past exposures to traffic-related air pollution. Environmental Science and Technology, 49 (6), 3603-3610. doi: 10.1021/es505707e
Cross-boundary collaboration: key to the conservation puzzle
Kark, Salit, Tulloch, Ayesha, Gordon, Ascelin, Mazor, Tessa, Bunnefeld, Nils and Levin, Noam (2015). Cross-boundary collaboration: key to the conservation puzzle. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 12, 12-24. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.08.005
Weil, Gilad and Levin, Noam (2015). Can siting algorithms assist in prioritizing for conservation in a densely populated and land use allocated country? - Israel as a case study. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 61 (1), 50-60. doi: 10.1080/15659801.2015.1035858
Kark, Salit, Brokovich, Eran, Mazor, Tessa and Levin, Noam (2015). Emerging conservation challenges and prospects in an era of offshore hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation. Conservation Biology, 29 (6), 1573-1585. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12562
Landscape continuity analysis as a tool for landscape planning: a case study in Istanbul
Kirca, Simay, Altincekic, Hakan and Levin, Noam (2015). Landscape continuity analysis as a tool for landscape planning: a case study in Istanbul. Landscape Research, 40 (3), 359-376. doi: 10.1080/01426397.2013.824561
Katsanevakis, Stelios, Levin, Noam, Coll, Marta, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Shkedi, Daniel, Mackelworth, Peter, Levy, Ran, Velegrakis, Adonis, Koutsoubas, Drosos, Caric, Hrvoje, Brokovich, Eran, Ozturk, Bayram and Kark, Salit (2015). Marine conservation challenges in an era of economic crisis and geopolitical instability: the case of the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Policy, 51, 31-39. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.013
Zohar, I., Bookman, R., Levin, N., de Stigter, H. and Teutsch, N. (2014). Contamination history of lead and other trace metals reconstructed from an urban winter pond in the Eastern Mediterranean Coast (Israel). Environmental Science and Technology, 48 (23), 13592-13600. doi: 10.1021/es500530x
Levin, Noam, Neil, David and Syktus, Jozef (2014). Spatial variability of dune form on Moreton Island, Australia, and its correspondence with wind regime derived from observing stations and reanalyses. Aeolian Research, 15, 289-300. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.06.006
Biodiversity data requirements for systematic conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea
Levin, Noam, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Gal, Gideon, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Goke, Cordula, Heymans, Johanna Jacomina, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Mazor, Tessa, Ozturk, Bayram, Rilov, Gil, Gajewski, Ju;oisz, Steenbeek, Jeroen and Kark, Salit (2014). Biodiversity data requirements for systematic conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 508, 261-281. doi: 10.3354/meps10857
Counting nomads: British census attempts and tent counts of the Negev Bedouin 1917 to 1948
Frantzman, Seth J., Levin, Noam and Kark, Ruth (2014). Counting nomads: British census attempts and tent counts of the Negev Bedouin 1917 to 1948. Population, Space and Place, 20 (6), 552-568. doi: 10.1002/psp.1795
A new source for high spatial resolution night time images - The EROS-B commercial satellite
Levin, Naom, Johansen, Kasper, Hacker, Jorg M. and Phinn, Stuart (2014). A new source for high spatial resolution night time images - The EROS-B commercial satellite. Remote Sensing of Environment, 149, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.03.019
Schaffer, Gad and Levin, Noam (2014). Mapping Human Induced Landscape Changes in Israel Between the end of the 19Th Century and the Beginning of the 21Th Century. Journal of Landscape Ecology, 7 (1), 110-145. doi: 10.2478/jlecol-2014-0012
Incorporating topography into landscape continuity analysis—Hong Kong Island as a case study
Levin, Noam, Singer, Matan and Lai, Poh (2013). Incorporating topography into landscape continuity analysis—Hong Kong Island as a case study. Land, 2 (4), 550-572. doi: 10.3390/land2040550
Spatiotemporal model for the progression of transgressive dunes
Yizhaq, Hezi, Ashkenazy, Yosef, Levin, Noam and Tsoar, Haim (2013). Spatiotemporal model for the progression of transgressive dunes. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 392 (19), 4502-4515. doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.03.066
Levin, Noam, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Gordon, Ascelin, Mazor, Tessa, Bunnefeld, Nils and Kark, Salit (2013). Incorporating Socioeconomic and Political Drivers of International Collaboration into Marine Conservation Planning. Bioscience, 63 (7), 547-563. doi: 10.1525/bio.2013.63.7.8
Setting Priorities for Regional Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean Sea
Micheli, Fiorenza, Levin, Noam, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Abdulla, Ameer, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Kark, Salit, Koutsoubas, Drosos, Mackelworth, Peter, Maiorano, Luigi and Possingham, Hugh P. (2013). Setting Priorities for Regional Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoS ONE, 8 (4) e59038, e59038.1-e59038.16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059038
Are environmental transitions more prone to biological invasions?
van Rensburg, Berndt J., Hugo, Sanet, Levin, Noam and Kark, Salit (2013). Are environmental transitions more prone to biological invasions?. Diversity and Distributions, 19 (3), 341-351. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12026
Mazor, Tessa, Levin, Noam, Possingham, Hugh P., Levy, Yaniv, Rocchini, Duccio, Richardson, Anthony J. and Kark, Salit (2013). Can satellite-based night lights be used for conservation? The case of nesting sea turtles in the Mediterranean. Biological Conservation, 159, 63-72. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.11.004
A framework for systematic conservation planning and management of Mediterranean landscapes
Levin, Noam, Watson, James E. M., Joseph, Liana N., Grantham, Hedley S., Hadar, Liat, Apel, Naomi, Perevolotsky, Avi, DeMalach, Niv, Possingham, Hugh P. and Kark, Salit (2013). A framework for systematic conservation planning and management of Mediterranean landscapes. Biological Conservation, 158, 371-383. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.032
Portman, Michelle E., Nathan, Daniel and Levin, Noam (2012). From the Levant to Gibraltar: a regional perspective for marine conservation in the mediterranean sea. Ambio, 41 (7), 670-681. doi: 10.1007/s13280-012-0298-x
Mapping spatial and temporal patterns of Mediterranean wildfires from MODIS
Levin, Noam and Heimowitz, Aliza (2012). Mapping spatial and temporal patterns of Mediterranean wildfires from MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 126, 12-26. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.08.003
High spatial resolution night-time light images for demographic and socio-economic studies
Levin, Noam and Duke, Yishai (2012). High spatial resolution night-time light images for demographic and socio-economic studies. Remote Sensing of Environment, 119, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.005
Remote sensing and spatial analysis of aeolian sand dunes: a review and outlook
Hugenholtz, Chris H., Levin, Noam, Barchyn, Thomas E. and Baddock, Matthew C. (2012). Remote sensing and spatial analysis of aeolian sand dunes: a review and outlook. Earth-Science Reviews, 111 (3-4), 319-334. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.11.006
MODIS time series as a tool for monitoring fires and their effects on savanna bird diversity
Levin, Noam, Legge, Sarah, Price, Bronwyn, Bowen, Michiala, Litvack, Emily, Maron, Martine and McAlpine, Clive (2012). MODIS time series as a tool for monitoring fires and their effects on savanna bird diversity. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 21 (6), 680-694. doi: 10.1071/WF11031
Levin, N., Levental, S. and Morag, H. (2012). The effect of wildfires on vegetation cover and dune activity in Australia's desert dunes: a multisensor analysis. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 21 (4), 459-475. doi: 10.1071/WF10150
Can we predict butterfly diversity along an elevation gradient from space?
Levanoni, Oded, Levin, Noam, Pe'er, Guy, Turbe, Anne and Kark, Salit (2011). Can we predict butterfly diversity along an elevation gradient from space?. Ecography, 34 (3), 372-383. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06460.x
Levin, Noam (2011). Climate-driven changes in tropical cyclone intensity shape dune activity on Earth's largest sand island. Geomorphology, 125 (1), 239-252. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.09.021
Geographical linkages between threats and imperilment in freshwater fish in the Mediterranean Basin
Clavero, Miguel, Hermoso, Virgilio, Levin, Noam and Kark, Salit (2010). Geographical linkages between threats and imperilment in freshwater fish in the Mediterranean Basin. Diversity and Distributions, 16 (5), 744-754. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00680.x
Rocchini, Duccio, Balkenhol, Niko, Carter, Gregory A., Foody, Giles M., Gillespie, Thomas W., He, Kate S., Kark, Salit, Levin, Noam, Lucas, Kelly, Luoto, Miska, Nagendra, Harini, Oldeland, Jens, Ricotta, Carlo, Southworth, Jane and Neteler, Markus (2010). Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: Recent advances and open challenges. Ecological Informatics, 5 (5), 318-329. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.06.001
Maps and the settlement of southern Palestine, 1799-1948: an historical/GIS analysis
Levin, Noam, Kark, Ruth and Galilee, Emir (2010). Maps and the settlement of southern Palestine, 1799-1948: an historical/GIS analysis. Journal of Historical Geography, 36 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jhg.2009.04.001
Modelling the formation of residual dune ridges behind barchan dunes in north-east Brazil
Levin, Noam, Tsoar, Haim, Herrmann, Hans Juergen, Maia, Luis P. and Claudino-Sales, Vanda (2009). Modelling the formation of residual dune ridges behind barchan dunes in north-east Brazil. Sedimentology, 56 (6), 1623-1641. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01048.x
Levin, Noam, Elron, Eldad and Gasith, Avital (2009). Decline of wetland ecosystems in the coastal plain of Israel during the 20th century: implications for wetland conservation and management. Landscape and Urban Planning, 92 (3-4), 220-232. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.05.009
Kark, S, Levin, N, Grantham, HS and Possingham, HP (2009). Between-country collaboration and consideration of costs increase conservation planning efficiency in the Mediterranean Basin. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 106 (36), 15368-15373. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0901001106
Levin, N., McAlpine, C., Phinn, S., Price, B., Pullar, D., Kavanagh, R. P. and Law, B. S. (2009). Mapping forest patches and scattered trees from SPOT images and testing their ecological importance for woodland birds in a fragmented agricultural landscape. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30 (12), 3147-3169. doi: 10.1080/01431160802558782
van Rensburg, Berndt J., Levin, Noam and Kark, Salit (2009). Spatial congruence between ecotones and range-restricted species: implications for conservation biogeography at the sub-continental scale. Diversity and Distributions, 15 (3), 379-389. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00545.x
Tsoar, Haim, Levin, Noam, Porat, Naomi, Maia, Luis P., Herrmann, Hans J., Tatumi, Sonia H. and Claudino-Sales, Vanda (2009). The effect of climate change on the mobility and stability of coastal sand dunes in Ceará State (NE Brazil). Quaternary Research, 71 (2), 217-226. doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.12.001
Levin, Noam, Ben-Dor, Eyal, Kidron, Giora J. and Yaakov, Yaron (2008). Estimation of surface roughness (z0) cover a stabilizing coastal dune field based on vegetation and topography. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33 (10), 1520-1541. doi: 10.1002/esp.1621
Levin, Noam, Kidron, Giora J. and Ben-Dor, Eyal (2008). A field quantification of coastal dune perennial plants as indicators of surface stability, erosion or deposition. Sedimentology, 55 (4), 751-772. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00920.x
Kark, Salit, Levin, Noam and Phinn, Stuart (2008). Global environmental priorities: Making sense of remote sensing: Reply to TREE Letter: Satellites miss environmental priorities by Loarie et al. (2007). Trends In Ecology & Evolution, 23 (4), 181-182. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.01.001
Bino, G., Levin, N., Darawshi, S., Van Der Hal, N., Reich-Solomon, A. and Kark, S. (2008). Accurate prediction of bird species richness patterns in an urban environment using Landsat-derived NDVI and spectral unmixing. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (13), 3675-3700. doi: 10.1080/01431160701772534
Dune whitening and inter-dune freshwater ponds in NE Brazil
Levin, Noam, Tsoar, Haim, Maia, Luis P., Claudino-Sales, Vanda and Herrmann, Hans (2007). Dune whitening and inter-dune freshwater ponds in NE Brazil. Catena, 70 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.06.006
The role of transitional areas as avian biodiversity centres
Kark, Salit, Allnutt, Thomas F., Levin, Noam, Manne, Lisa L. and Williams, Paul H. (2007). The role of transitional areas as avian biodiversity centres. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16 (2), 187-196. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00274.x
The role of transitional areas as avian biodiversity centres
Kark, Salit, Allnutt, Thomas F., Levin, Noam, Manne, Lisa L. and Williams, Paul H. (2007). The role of transitional areas as avian biodiversity centres. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16 (2), 187-196. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00274.x
Remote sensing as a tool for monitoring plasticulture in agricultural landscapes
Levin, N., Lugass, R., Ramon, U., Braun, O. and Ben-Dor, E. (2007). Remote sensing as a tool for monitoring plasticulture in agricultural landscapes. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28 (1), 183-202. doi: 10.1080/01431160600658156
Levin, Noam and Shmida, Avi (2007). Determining conservation hotspots across biogeographic regions using rainfall belts: Israel as a case study. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 53 (1), 33-58. doi: 10.1560/IJEE_53_1_33
Landscape continuity analysis: A new approach to conservation planning in Israel
Levin, Noam, Lahav, Hava, Ramon, Uri, Heller, Ayelet, Nizry, Guy, Tsoar, Asaf and Sagi, Yoav (2007). Landscape continuity analysis: A new approach to conservation planning in Israel. Landscape and Urban Planning, 79 (1), 53-64. doi: 10.1016/j.landurplan.2006.04.001
Predicting mountain plant richness and rarity from space using satellite-derived vegetation indices
Levin, Noam, Shmida, Avi, Levanoni, Oded, Tamari, Hagit and Kark, Salit (2007). Predicting mountain plant richness and rarity from space using satellite-derived vegetation indices. Diversity and Distributions, 13 (6), 692-703. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00372.x
Surface properties of stabilizing coastal dunes: combining spectral and field analyses
Levin, N, Kidron, GJ and Ben-Dor, E (2007). Surface properties of stabilizing coastal dunes: combining spectral and field analyses. Sedimentology, 54 (4), 771-788. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00859.x
The spatial and temporal variability of sand erosion across a stabilizing coastal dune field
Levin, Noam, Kidron, Giora J. and Ben-Dor, Eyal (2006). The spatial and temporal variability of sand erosion across a stabilizing coastal dune field. Sedimentology, 53 (4), 697-715. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00787.x
Ben-Dor, E., Levin, N., Singer, A., Karnieli, A., Braun, O. and Kidron, G. J. (2006). Quantitative mapping of the soil rubification process on sand dunes using an airborne hyperspectral sensor. Geoderma, 131 (1-2), 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.02.011
Levin, Noam (2006). The Palestine Exploration Fund map (1871-1877) of the holy land as a tool for analysing landscape changes: the coastal dunes of Israel as a case study. Cartographic Journal, 43 (1), 45-67. doi: 10.1179/000870406X93508
Holzapfel, Claus, Levin, Noam, Hatzofe, Ohad and Kark, Salit (2006). Colonisation of the Middle East by the invasive Common Myna Acridotheres tristis L., with special reference to Israel. Sandgrouse, 28 (1), 44-51.
Levin, N., Ben-Dor, E. and Singer, A. (2005). A digital camera as a tool to measure colour indices and related properties of sandy soils in semi-arid environments. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26 (24), 5475-5492. doi: 10.1080/01431160500099444
Monitoring sand dune stabilization along the coastal dunes of Ashdod-Nizanim, Israel, 1945-1999
Levin, N. and Ben-Dor, E. (2004). Monitoring sand dune stabilization along the coastal dunes of Ashdod-Nizanim, Israel, 1945-1999. Journal of Arid Environments, 58 (3), 335-355. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2003.08.007
Topographic information of sand dunes as extracted from shading effects using Landsat images
Levin, N., Ben-Dor, E. and Karnieli, A. (2004). Topographic information of sand dunes as extracted from shading effects using Landsat images. Remote Sensing of Environment, 90 (2), 190-209. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.12.008
Effect of grain size on remotely sensed spectral reflectance of sandy desert surfaces
Levin, N, Ben-Dor, E and Karnieli, A (2004). Effect of grain size on remotely sensed spectral reflectance of sandy desert surfaces. Remote Sensing of Environment, 89 (3), 272-280. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.10.008
Ben-Dor, E, Levin, N and Saaroni, H (2001). A spectral based recognition of the urban environment using the visible and near-infrared spectral region (0.4-1.1 mu m). A case study over Tel-Aviv, Israel. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22 (11), 2193-2218. doi: 10.1080/01431160117759
Ben-Dor, E and Levin, N (2000). Determination of surface reflectance from raw hyperspectral data without simultaneous ground data measurements: a case study of the GER 63-channel sensor data acquired over Naan, Israel. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21 (10), 2053-2074. doi: 10.1080/01431160050021295
Weil, Gilad, Lensky, Itamar M., Resheff, Yehezkel S. and Levin, Noam (2018). Using near-surface observations for optimizing the timing of overhead image acquisition for applied mapping of woody vegetation species. 38th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018, Valencia, Spain, 22-27 July 2018. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517691
Detection of red palm weevil infected trees using thermal imaging
Golomb, O., Alchanatis, V., Cohen, Y., Levin, N., Cohen, Y. and Soroker, V. (2015). Detection of red palm weevil infected trees using thermal imaging. Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-814-8_80
Price, Bronwyn, McAlpine, Clive, Phinn, Stuart, Kutt, Alex, Pullar, David and Levin, Noam (2007). Beyond discrete boundaries in Australian savannas: avian response to continuous versus discrete models of landscape structure. Adapting to Change: Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference 2007, Perth, Australia, 25 - 30 November 2007. Canberra: Ecological Society of Australia.
Levin, N., McAlpine, C., Phinn, S., Price, B., Pullar, D., Law, B. S. and Kavanagh, R. P. (2007). Moving from discrete to continuous landscape metrics using remote sensing: The ecological significance of paddock trees for bird richness. MODSIM 2007, Christchurch, New Zealand, 10 -13 December 2007. Canberra, Australia: The Modelling & Simulation Society of Australia and NZ Inc (MSSANZ).
Levin, Noam, Allan, Hannah and Kark, Salit (2023). Coastal human footprint. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ad36436
Integrating Ecosystem Services in Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) for planning the Blue Economy of Bangladesh
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Ecological evaluation of threatened plant and bird interactions on Norfolk Island: implications for conservation and local planning
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Advancing marine conservation prioritisation in an increasingly threatened ocean
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