The document lists publications by Prof. Zvi Sever on research related to porcupines, including 28 publications from 1986 to 2020 in English and Hebrew journals on topics like humane methods for anesthetizing porcupines, porcupine threats to the Israeli Air Force, possible co-evolution between porcupines and squills, constitutive fratricide in porcupines, porcupine parenting behaviors, use of shelters by porcupines, spatial movement patterns of porcupines, temporal activity patterns of porcupines, scent marking behaviors of porcupines, copulation and monogamy in porcupines, and home range and movement patterns of porcupines in Israel. Links to slides and papers on each

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Prof. Zvi Sever
Sever.zvi@gmail.com
June 20205
Porcupines' Pub. List
ENGLISH PUB. + 3 in Hebrew
Sever, Z. 2010. Human methods for anesthetizing porcupines. Israel J. of
Zoology, Vol. 50; 121.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever2004-anesthetizing-porcupines
Pinhas, I., Horev, A., Ovadia, O. and Sever, Z. (2010)."Porcupine Threat" upon the
Israeli Air Force. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 56:1, p97.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever2010-air-force-porcupine
Sever, Z. (2005). A possible co-evolution between the porcupine and the squill. Israel
Journal of Zoology, 51, No1, 76-77.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever2005-porcupine-co-evolution
Sever, Z. (2004). Humane method for anesthetizing porcupines. Israel Journal of
Zoology, 50, No1, 121.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever2004-anesthetizing-porcupines?qid=f3e6d04f-
a3d2-473a-8073-afda14048fbb&v=&b=&from_search=1
Sever, Z. (2003). Constitutive fratricide in porcupines. Israel Journal of Zoology,
49, No1, 86-87.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever2003-fratricide-in-porcupines

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Sever, Z. 2003. The Porcupines- Good parents but do not interrupt. Nature of Things,
98: 52-66. Hebrew
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-porcupines-2003
Sever, Z. 2001. Relocation as a porcupine pest management. Third European
Vertebrate Pest Management Conference, Ma’ale Hachamisha, Israel.
Abstracts p. 17.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-porcupinerelocation-2001
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. 1992. The use of shelters by porcupines (Hystrix
indica). Israel J. Zool. Vol. 38: 423.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever1991-porcupine-shelters
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. 1991. The use of shelters by porcupines (Hystrix
indica). The 6th
International colloqvium on the ecology and taxonomy of
small African mammals. Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. Abstracts: p. 20.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever1991-porcupine-shelters
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. 1991. Spatial movement patterns of porcupines
(Hystrix indica). Mammalia, 55: 487-500.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Spatial-movement-patterns-of-porcupines-
(Hystrix-Sever-Mendelssohn/c81c45d8d8cbdf95b706740bfa1e94d1c134e4c4
and
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever1991-spatialmovemwnt-mammalia
420 observations, from 29/12/2011
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. (1991). Grooming behavior in porcupines.
Israel Journal of Zoology, 37,123.
Sever, Z.1991. Communication patterns in porcupines (Hystrix indica). Thesis
submitted for the degree "Doctor of Philosophy", Submitted to the senate of Tel-
Aviv University. Abstract in English, 4 pp.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-phd-thesis-summary1991
310 observations, from 16.1.2012
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. 1989. Temporal activity patterns of the porcupine
(Hystrix indica) in the coastal plain of Israel. Environmental quality and
ecosystem stability: Vol. IV-B, Environmental Quality. ISEEQS Pub. Eds.:
E. Spanier, Y. Steinberger and M. Lurio, Jerusalem, Israel.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-porcupinetemporal-activity1989
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. (1989). Paternal behavior in porcupines. Israel
Journal of Zoology, 36 (3-4), 172-173.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever1989-porcupine-paternal-behav
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. (1989). Scent marking behavior of
monogamous porcupines. Fifth International Theriological Congress,
Rome, Vol. 2: 927.

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https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever1989-scent-markingbehav
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. (1989). Scent marking behavior of porcupines.
Israel Journal of Zoology, 36 (1-2), 53-54.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-1989scent-marking-behavior-of-porcupines-
isrjzool
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. (1988). Porcupines on the edge of town. Israel
land and Nature (in English), 13, 112-115.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-porcupinelandnature1988
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. 1988. Copulation as a possible mechanism to
maintain monogamy in porcupines, Hystrix indica. Anim. Behav. , 36:
1541- 1542.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-animbehav1988
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. 1988. Nightly copulation throughout the year in
monogamous porcupine. 2nd
International Conference on Behavioral Ecology,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Abstracts: 101.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-nightly-copulations-throughout-the-
yearporcupinesampposter1988 +the poster (B&W),
And only poster, in colors
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever1988-nightlycopulationspostercanada
Sever, Z. 1986/87. Water and energy economies of captive porcupines and their
implications under natural conditions. Israel J. Zool. Vol. 34(1-2): 97-98.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever1986-porcupine-phisiology
Sever, Z. (1986). Porcupines on the edge of town. Teva Vaaretz (land and
Nature), 28(4), 33-35. Hebrew.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-porcupine-tel-aviv-activity-1986
Sever, Z. (1986). Activity patterns of the porcupine (Hystrix indica) in the
coastal plain. Reem (Oryx), 5, 31-39. Hebrew.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-porcupine-temporal-activity1986
Sever, Z. 1985. Studies on the biology of the Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica)
in the coastal plain of Israel. Thesis submitted towards M.Sc. degree of the
Tel-Aviv University. Abstract in English, 4 pp.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever1985-m-scthesissummary
Sever, Z. and Mendelssohn, H. (1984/5). Home range and movement
patterns of the Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) in the coastal
plain of Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 33, 117-118.
https://www.slideshare.net/zevsev/sever-1984home-rangemovement-patternsporcupine