PUBLICATIONS

• Ribak, G., Weihs, D. and Arad Z. (2004) How do cormorants counter buoyancy during submerged swimming? J. Exp. Biol. 207: 2101-2114 
• Ribak, G., Weihs, D. and Arad Z. (2005) Water retention in the plumage of diving great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis). J. Avian. Biol. 36: 89-95
• Ribak, G., Heller, J. and Genin A. (2005) Mucus net feeding on organic particles by the vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum in and below the surf zone. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 293:77-87
• Ribak, G., Weihs, D. and Arad Z. (2005) Submerged swimming in the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) is a variant of the burst and glide gait. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 3835-3849.
• Ribak, G., Klein, N., Weihs, D. and Arad Z. (2006) Adjustment of submerged swimming to changes in buoyancy in cormorants. Can. J. Zool. 84: 383-396.
• Ribak, G., Strod, T. Weihs, D. and Arad, Z. (2007) Optimal descent angles for shallow diving cormorants. Can. J. Zool. 85:561-573
• Ribak, G. and Swallow, J. G. (2007) Free flight maneuvers of stalk-eyed flies: do eye-stalks limit aerial turning behavior? J. Comp. Physiol. A 193:1065-1079.
• Ribak, G., Weihs, D. and Arad, Z.(2008) Consequences of buoyancy to the maneuvering capabilities of a foot-propelled aquatic predator, the great cormorant (Phalcrocorax carbo sinensis). J. Exp. Biol. 211:3009-3019.
• Ribak, G., Egge, A. R. and Swallow, J. G. (2009) Saccadic head rotations during walking in the stalk-eyed fly (Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni). Proc. R. Soc. Lond.. B 276:1643-1649. 
• Ribak, G., Pitts, M. L., Wilkinson, G. S. and Swallow, J. G. (2009) Wing shape, wing size and sexual dimorphism in eye-span in stalk eyed flies (Diopsidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 860-871
• Ribak, G. (2010) A method to measure buoyancy of diving birds during voluntary dives. J. Ornithol. 151: 963-969.
• Ribak, G., Swallow J. G. and Jones D. R. (2010) Drag based ‘hovering’ in ducks: The hydrodynamic and energetic cost of bottom feeding. PLoS One 5:e12565
• Husak, J. F., Ribak, G., Wilkinson, G. S. and Swallow, J. G. (2011) Compensation for exaggerated eye stalks in stalk-eyed flies. Functional Ecology 25: 608-615.
• Ribak, G. and Weihs, D. (2011) Jumping without using legs: The jump of the click-beetles (Elateridae) is morphologically constrained. PLoS One. 6(6):e20871  
• Husak, J. F., Ribak, G., Wilkinson, G. S. and Swallow, J. G. (2011) Sexual dimorphism in wingbeat frequency in relation to eye span in stalk-eyed flies (diopsidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 104: 670-679.
• Ribak, G., Reingold, S. And Weihs, D. (2012) The effect of natural substrates on jump height in click beetles. Functional Ecology 26: 493-499
• Ribak, G., Rand, D., Weihs, D. and Ayali, A. (2012) Role of wing pronation in evasive steering of locusts. J. Comp. Phys. A 198: 541-555.
• Ribak, G., Gish M., Weihs D. and Inbar M. (2013) Adaptive aerial righting during the escape dropping of Pea Aphids. Current Biology 23: R102-103.
• Husak J. F, Ribak, G., Baker R. H., Wilkinson G. S. and Swallow, J. G. (2013) Effects of phylogeny and ornamentation on the evolution of wing shape in stalk-eyed flies (Diopsidae). J. Evol. Biol. 26: 1281-1293.
• Ribak, G., Mordechay, O. and Weihs, D.(2013) Why are there no long distance jumpers among click-beetles (Elateridae)? Bioinspir. Biomim 8: 036004 (pp 1-15) 
• Meresman Y., Ribak, G., Weihs, D. and Inbar, M. (2014) The stimuli evoking the aerial righting posture of falling pea aphids.  J. Exp. Biol. 217: 3504-3511
• Kassner Z, Dafni E and Ribak G. (2016) Kinematic compensation for wing loss in flying damselflies. J. Insect Physiol. 85: 1-9.
• Ribak G., Dafni E. and Gerling D (2016) Whiteflies stabilize their take-off with closed wings. J. Exp. Biol 219: 1639-1648.
• Davidovich, H. and Ribak, G. (2016) flying with eight wings: Inter-sex differences in wingbeat kinematics and aerodynamics during the copulatory flight of damselflies (Ischnura elegans). Sci. Nat. 103:65 (pp 1-8).
• Brown S, Soroker V and Ribak, G. (2017) Effect of larval growth conditions on adult body mass and long-distance flight endurance in a wood-boring beetle: Do smaller beetles fly better? J. Insect Physiol. 98:327-335 
• Meresman, Y. and Ribak, G. (2017) Allometry of wing twist and camber in a flower chafer during free flight: How do wing deformations scale with body size? R. Soc. Open Sci. 4: 171152
• Ribak, G., Barkan, S. and Soroker, V (2017) The aerodynamics of flight in an insect flight-mill. PLoS One 12: e0186441 
• Urca, T. and Ribak, G. (2018) The effect of air ressistance on the jump performance of a amall parasitoid wasp Anagyrus pseudococci (Encyrtidae). J. Exp. Biol. 221: jeb177600 
• Kassner, Z. and Ribak, G. (2018) Role of side-slip flight in target persuit: blue-tailed damselflies (Ischnura elegans) avoid rotation while approaching a moving perch. J. Comp. Physiol. A 204: 561-577. 
• Khrizman, A., Ribak, G.,  Churilov, D. Kolesnikov, I. and Genin, A. (2018) Life in the flow: unique adaptations for feeding on drifting zooplankton in garden eels. J. Exp. Biol. (In Press)
• Davidovich, H. and Ribak, G. (2018) Loaded flight in male Ischnura elegans and its relationship to copulatory flight. J. Insect Physiol. 110: 44:56
• Meresman, Y. , Husak, J.F. Ben-Shlomo, R.  and Ribak, G. (2020) Morphological diversification has led to inter-specific variation in elastic wing deformation during flight in scarb beetles. R. Soc. Open Sci. 7:200277
• Lapidot, O., Bechar, A., Ronen, B. and Ribak, G. (2020) Can electrostatic fields limit the take-off of tiny whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci). J. Comp. Physiol. A (In press) 
• Urca, T. Debnath, K. A., Stefanini, J. Gurka, R. and Ribak, G. (2020) The aerodynamics and power requirements of forward flapping flight in the mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata) Integ. Organism. Biol 2:obaa026
• Ribak, G. (2020) Insect-inspired jumping robots: challenges and solutions to jump stability. Cur. Opp, Insect Sci. 42: 32-38
• Meresman, Y.  and Ribak, G. (2020) Elastic wing deformations mitigate flapping asymmetry during manoeuvres in rose chafer (Protaetia cuprea). J. Exp. Biol. 223: jeb225599
• Urca, T. Geffen, E. and Ribak, G. (2020) Critical PO2 and insect flight: the role of tracheal volume in the oogenesis-flight-syndrome. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 254:110873​
• Sarig, A. and Ribak G. (2021) To what extent can the tiny parasitoid wasp Eretmocerus mundus fly upwind? J. App. Entomol. 145: 660-674
• Urca, T., Levin E. and Ribak G. (2021) Insect flight metabolic rate revealed by bolus injection of the stable isotope 13C. Proc. R. Soc. B 288: 20211082. 
• UrcaT. and Ribak, G. (2021) The relationship between body size and flight power output in the mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata). J. Insect. Physiol. 133: 104290 

Selected Professional Reports (Limited distribution)

• Ribak, G. and Weihs, D. (2005) Fundamental Principles of Flapping Flight for MAV's. Contract no. 793-5074-01
• Marmur, A., Ribak, G., Bittoun, E. Cwikel D. and Weihs, D. (2009) Nano-structured Surfaces for Hydrodynamic Drag Reduction. Contract no. 500-9287-01 
• Ribak, G., Ayali, A. Marom, S. and Weihs, D. (2011) Using Insect as Miniature UAVs. Contract no. 444-0193-617.

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