Applebaum, S.W. and Y. Lubin. 1967. The comparative effects of vitamin deficiency on development and on adult fecundity of Tribolium castaneum. Ent. exp. & appl., 10:23‑30.
Lubin, Y. D. 1973. Web structure and function: the non‑ adhesive orb‑web of Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall) (Araneae: Araneidae). Forma et Functio, 6:337‑358
Lubin, Y. D. 1974. Adaptive advantages and the evolution of colony formation in Cyrtophora (Araneae: Araneidae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc., London, 54: 321‑339
Robinson, M. H., Y. D. Lubin, & B. Robinson. 1974. Phenology and natural history of web‑building spiders on three transects at Wau, New Guinea. Pacific Insects, 16:118‑162
Lubin, Y. D. 1975. Stabilimenta and barrier webs in the orb webs of Argiope argentata on Daphne and Santa Cruz Islands, Galapagos. J. Arachnology, 2: 119‑126
Lubin, Y. D., G. G. Montgomery & O. P. Young. 1977. Food resources of Neotropical anteaters (Edentata: Myrmecophagidae): A year’s census of arboreal nests of ants and termites on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Biotropica, 9:26‑34
Lubin, Y.D. 1978. Seasonal abundance and diversity of web‑building spiders in relation to habitat structure on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. J. Arachnology, 6:31‑51
Lubin, Y. D., W. G. Eberhard & G. G. Montgomery. 1978. Webs of Miagrammopes (Araneae: Uloboridae) in the Neotropics. Psyche, 85:1‑23
Montgomery, G. G. & Y. D. Lubin. 1978. Social structure and food habits of the crab‑eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) in the Venezuelan llanos. Acta Cientifica Venezolana, 29:382‑383
Montgomery, G. G. & Y. D. Lubin. 1978. Movements of Coendu prehensislis in the Venezuelan Llanos. J. Mammalogy, 59:887‑888
Robinson, M. H. & Y. D. Lubin. 1979. Specialists and generalists: The ecology and behavior of some web‑building spiders from Papua New Guinea. I. Herrenia ornatissima, Argiope ocyaloides and Arachnura melanura (Araneae: Araneidae). Pacific Insects, 21:97‑132.
12. Robinson, M. H. & Y. D. Lubin. 1979. Specialists and generalists: The ecology and behavior of some web‑building spiders from Papua New Guinea. II. Psechrus argentatus and Fecenia sp. (Araneidae: Psechridae). Pacific Insects, 21:133‑164
Lubin, Y. D. 1980. The predatory behavior of Cyrtophora (Araneae: Araneidae). J. Arachnology, 8:159‑185
Lubin, Y. D. 1980. Population studies of two colonial orb‑weaving spiders. Zool. J. Linnean Soc., London, 70:265‑278
Lubin, Y. D. & G. G. Montgomery. 1981. Defenses of Nasutitermes termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) against Tamandua anteaters (Edentata: Myrmecophagidae). Biotropica, 13:66‑76.
Levi, H. W. , Y. D. Lubin & M. H. Robinson. 1982. Two new species of Achaearanea from Papua New Guinea, with notes on other theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacific Insects, 24: 105‑114
Lubin, Y. D. 1982. Does the social spider Achaearanea wau (Theridiidae) feed its young? Z. Tierpsychol., 60:127‑134
Lubin, Y. D. & S. Dorugl. 1982. The effectiveness of single‑thread webs as insect traps: Sticky trap models. Bull. British Arachnological Soc., 5:399‑407.
Lubin, Y. D. B. P. Opell, W. G. Eberhard & H. W. Levi. 1982. Orb plus cone‑webs in Uloboridae (Araneae), with a description of a new genus and four new species. Psyche, 89:29‑64
Lubin, Y. D. & M. H. Robinson. 1982. Dispersal by swarming in social spiders. Science, 216:319‑321
Adis, J., Y. D. Lubin & G. G. Montgomery. 1984. Species diversity and biomass of arthropods in the canopies of trees from three types of forests near Manaus, Brazil. Studies on the Neotropical Fauna & Environment, 19:223‑236
Lubin, Y. D. 1984. Changes in the native fauna of the Galapagos Islands following invasion by the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata. Biol. J. Linnean Soc., London, 21:229‑242
Blum, M. S., T. H. Jones, H. A. Lloyd, H. M. Fales, R. R. Snelling, Y. D. Lubin & J. Torres. 1985. Poison gland products of Solenopsis and Monomorium species. J. Entomol. Sci., 20:254‑257
Lubin, Y. D. & R. H. Crozier. 1985. Electrophoretic evidence for population differentiation in a social spider, Achaearanea wau Levi (Theridiidae). Insectes Sociaux, 32:297‑304.
Lubin, Y. D. 1986. Courtship and alternative mating tactics in a social spider. J. Arachnology, 14:239‑258
Wanless, F. & Y. D. Lubin. 1986. A new species of ‘horned salticid’ (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea. J. Nat. Hist., 20:1211‑1220
Safriel, U. N., Y. Ayal, B. Kotler, Y. Lubin, L. Olsvig‑Whittaker & B. Pinshow. 1989. What’s special about desert ecology? Introduction. J. Arid Environments, 17:125‑130
Konigswald, A., Y. Lubin & D. Ward. 1990. The effectiveness of the nest of a desert widow spider, Latrodectus revivensis, in predator deterrence. Psyche, 97:75‑80
Lubin, Y. D. & J. R. Henschel. 1990. Foraging at the thermal limit: Burrowing spiders (Seothyra, Eresidae) in the Namib desert dunes. Oecologia, 84:461‑467
Kotzman, M. Y. Lubin & M. Goldberg. 1991. Activity of burrow‑dwelling scorpions revealed at the surface. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 190:205-208.
Lubin, Y. D. 1991. Patterns of variation in female‑biased colony sex ratios in a social spider. Biol. J. Linnean Soc., London, 43:297-311.
Lubin, Y. M. Kotzman & S. Ellner. 1991. Ontogenetic and seasonal changes in webs and websites of a desert widow spider. J. Arachnology, 19:40-48.
Henschel, J. R. & Y. D. Lubin. 1992. Environmental factors affecting the web and activity of a psammophilous spider in the Namib desert. J. Arid Environments, 22:173-189.
Henschel, J.R., D. Ward and Y. Lubin. 1992. The importance of thermal factors for nest-site selection, web construction and behaviour of Stegodyphus lineatus (Araneae: Eresidae) in the Negev desert. J. Thermal Biology, 17:97-106.
Ward, D. and Y. Lubin. 1992. Temporal and spatial segregation of web building in a community of orb-weaving spiders. J. Arachnology, 20:73-87.
Lubin, Y., S. Ellner & M. Kotzman. 1993. Web relocation and habitat selection in a desert widow spider. Ecology, 74:1915-1928.
Ward, D. and Y. Lubin. 1993. Habitat selection and the life history of a desert spider, Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae). J. Animal Ecology, 62:353-363.
Turner, J.S., Henschel, J.R. and Y. Lubin. 1993. Thermal constraints on prey capture behaviour of a burrowing spider in a hot environment. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 33:35-43.
Anava A. & Y. Lubin. 1993. Presence of gender cues in the web silk of a widow spider, Latrodectus revivensis, and a description of courtship behaviour. Bull. British Arachnological Soc., 9:119-122.
Proszynski, J. & Y. Lubin. 1994. Pitfall trapping of Salticidae (Araneae) in the Negev Desert. Proc. 14th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Boll. Acc. Gioenia Sci. Nat., 26:281-291.
Lubin, Y. 1995. Is there division of labour in the social spider, Achaearanea wau (Theridiidae)? Animal Behaviour, 49:1313-1323.
Borkan, J. Gross, E., Lubin, Y. & Oryan, I. 1995. An outbreak of venomous spider bites in a citrus grove. J. Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 52:228-230.
Zemel, A. & Lubin, Y. 1995. Intergroup competition and stable group size. Animal Behaviour, 50:485-488.
Henschel, JR, Lubin, Y. & Schneider, J. 1995. Sexual competition in an inbreeding social spider, Stegodyphus dumicola (Araneae: Eresidae). Insectes Sociaux, 42:419-426.
Henschel, J.R., Schneider, J. and Lubin, Y. 1995. Dispersal mechanisms by the spiders Stegodyphus: Do they balloon? J. Arachnology, 23:202-204.
Lubin, Y. & Henschel, J.R. 1996. The influence of food supply on foraging decisions in a desert spider. Oecologia, 105:64-73.
Schneider, J. & Lubin, Y. 1996. Infanticidal male eresid spiders. Nature, 381:655-656.
Schneider, J. & Y. Lubin. 1997. Does high mortality explain semelparity in the spider Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae). Oikos, 79:92-100.
Schneider, J. & Y. Lubin. 1997. Male infanticide in a spider with suicidal brood care, Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae). Animal Behaviour, 54:305-312.
Henschel, J.R. & Y. Lubin. 1997. Site selection at two spatial scales by a sit-and-wait predator. J. Animal Ecology, 66: 401-413.
Lubin, Y. & Ayal, Y. 1997. Theoretical aspects of biodiversity and their application to conservation of land invertebrates in Israel. In, Ecology and Environment, 3(4):123-127 (in Hebrew, English summary).
Lubin, Y., J. Hennicke & J. Schneider. 1998. Natal philopatry and settling decisions of dispersing Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae) young. Israel J. Zoology 44:217-226.
Brandt, J. and Y. Lubin. 1998. An experimental manipulation of vegetation structure: consequences for desert spiders. Israel J. Zoology 44:201-216.
Whitehouse, M.E.A. & Y. Lubin. 1998. Relative seasonal abundance of five spider species in the Negev desert: Intraguild interactions and their implications. Israel J. Zoology 44:187-200.
Pasquet, A., Leborgne, R. & Lubin, Y. 1999. Optimal foraging, predation risk and life history of a desert spider, Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae). Behavioural Ecology, 10:115-121
Schneider, J. & Lubin, Y. 1998. Intersexual conflict in spiders. Oikos (special issue: Costs of Reproduction, ed. H. Ylonen), 83:496-506
Crouch, T., Lubin, Y. & Bodasing, M. 1998. Dispersal in the social spider Stegodyphus mimosarum Pavesi 1883 (Araneae: Eresidae). Durban Museum Novitates 23: 52-55.
Johannesen, J. & Lubin, Y. 1999. Group founding and breeding structure in the subsocial spider Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae). Heredity, 82:677-686
Whitehouse, M.A.E. & Lubin, Y. 1999. Strategic interference competition by individuals in social spider foraging groups. Animal Behaviour, 58: 677-688
Amir, N., Whitehouse, M. E. A. & Lubin, Y. 2000. Food consumption and competition in a communally feeding social spider, Stegodyphus dumicola (Eresidae). Journal of Arachnology, 28: 195-200.
Crouch, T. & Y. Lubin, Y. 2000. Effects of climate and prey availability on foraging in the social spider Stegodyphus mimosarum (Araneae, Eresidae). Journal of Arachnology, 28:158-168
Schneider, J.M., Roos, J., Lubin, Y. & Henschel, J.R. 2001. Dispersal of Stegodyphus dumicola: they do balloon after all! J. Arachnol., 29: 114-116
Johannesen, J. and Y. Lubin. 2001. Evidence for kin structured-group founding and limited juvenile dispersal in the subsocial spider Stegodyphus lineatus. J. Arachnol., 29: 413-422
Lubin, Y., Henschel, J.R. & Baker, M.B. 2001. Costs of aggregation: shadow competition in a sit-and-wait predator. Oikos, 95:59-68
Crouch, T. & Y. Lubin. 2001. Population stability and extinction in a social spider Stegodyphus mimosarum (Araneae: Eresidae). Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 72: 409-417
Bilde, T. & Y. Lubin. 2001. Kin recognition and cannibalism in a subsocial spider. J. Evol. Biol. 14: 959-966
Whitehouse, M.E.A., Shochat, E., Shachak, M. & Lubin, Y. 2002. The influence of scale and patchiness on spider diversity in a semi-arid environment. Ecography 25:395-404.
Ainsworth, C., Slotow, R., Crouch, T. & Lubin, Y. 2002. Lack of task differentiation during prey capture in the group-living spider Stegodyphus mimosarum. Journal of Arachnology 30:39-46
Bilde, T. Maklakov, A. Taylor P. & Lubin, Y. 2002. State dependent decisions in nest-site choice in a spider. Animal Behaviour 64:447-452
Lubin, Y. & Crouch, T.C. 2003. Trial by fire: Social spider colony dynamics in periodically burned grassland. African Zoology 38:145-151
Segev, O., Ziv, M. & Lubin, Y. 2003. The male mating system in a desert widow spider. Journal of Arachnology 31:379-393
Schneider, J.M., Salomon, M. & Lubin, Y. 2003. Limited adaptive life-history plasticity in a semelparous spider, Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae). Evolutionary Ecology Research 5: 731-738.
Maklakov, A.A., Bilde, T. and Lubin, Y. 2003. Vibratory courtship in a web-building spider: signaling quality or stimulating the female? Animal Behaviour 66: 623-630
Pekár, S & Lubin, Y. 2003. Habitats and interspecific associations of zodariid spiders in the Negev (Araneae: Zodariidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 49 (4):255-267.
Maklakov AA & Lubin Y. 2004. Sexual conflict over mating in a spider: increased fecundity does not compensate for the costs of polyandry. Evolution, 58:1135-1140
Maklakov, A.A., Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. 2004. Sexual selection for increased male body size and protandry in a spider. Animal Behaviour, 68:1041-1048
Segoli, M., Maklakov, A., Gavish, E., Tsurim, I. and Lubin, Y. 2004.The effect of previous foraging success on web-building behavior in the sheet-web spider, Frontinellina cf. frutetorum (Araneae Linyphiidae). Ecology, Ethology and Evolution, 16: 291-298.
Maklakov, A.A., T. Bilde & Y. Lubin. 2005. Sexual conflict in the wild: Elevated mating rate reduces female lifetime reproductive success. American Naturalist 165 Supplement: S38-S45
Johannesen, J, Lubin, Y, Laufs, T & Seitz, A. 2005. Dispersal history of a desert spider (Stegodyphus lineatus) in contiguous deserts: vicariance and recent range expansion. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84:739-754.
Whitehouse, M.E.A. and Lubin, Y. 2005. The function of societies and the evolution of group living: Spider societies as a test case. Biological Reviews 80: 347-361
Salomon, M., Schneider, J. Lubin, Y. 2005. Maternal investment in a spider with suicidal maternal care, Stegodyphus lineatus (Araneae, Eresidae). Oikos 109:614-622
Pekár, S., Hrušková, M. & Lubin, Y. 2005. Can solitary spiders (Araneae) cooperate in prey capture? Journal of Animal Ecology 74:63-70
Bilde, T., Lubin, Y. Smith, D. Schneider, J. & Maklakov, A.A. 2005. The transition to social inbred mating systems in spiders – Role of inbreeding tolerance in a subsocial predecessor. Evolution 59: 160-174
Pekár, S., Kral, J. & Lubin, Y. 2005. Natural history and karyotype of some ant-eating zodariid spiders (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Israel. Journal of Arachnology 33:50-62
Erez, T., Schneider, J.M. & Lubin, Y. 2005. Is male cohabitation costly for females of the spider Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae)? Ethology 111:693-704.
Segoli, M., Harari, A.R. & Lubin, Y. 2006. Limited mating opportunities and male monogamy: A field study of white widow spiders, Latrodectus pallidus (Theridiidae). Animal Behavior, 72: 635-642
Maklakov, A.A. & Lubin, Y. 2006. Indirect genetic benefits of polyandry in a spider with direct costs of mating. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 61: 31-38
Maklakov, A.A., Bilde, T. And Lubin, Y. 2006. Inter-sexual combat and resource allocation into body parts in the spider, Stegodyphus lineatus. Ecological Entomology, 31: 564-567.
Johannesen, J., Lubin, Y. Bilde, T. Smith, D.R. & Schneider, J.M. 2007. The age and evolution of sociality in Stegodyphus spiders: A molecular phylogenetic approach. Proc. R. Soc. London, 274: 231-237.
Lubin, Y. 2006. Spiders as generalist predators: a dryland agroecosystems perspective. Phytoparasitica, 34: 327-330.
Segoli, M., Lubin, Y. and Harari, A. R. 2007. The effect of dietary restriction on the lifespan of males in a web-building spider. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 9: 697-704.
Bilde, T., Coates, K. S., Birkhofer, K., Bird, T., Maklakov, A. A., Lubin, Y. and Aviles, L. 2007. Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20: 2412-2426.
Salomon, M. and Lubin, Y. 2007. Cooperative breeding increases reproductive success in the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola (Araneae, Eresidae). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 61: 1743-1750
Lubin, Y. and Bilde, T. 2007. The evolution of sociality in spiders. Advances in the Study of Behavior, 37: 83-145
Pluess, T., Opatovsky, I. Gavish-Regev, E., Lubin, Y. and Schmidt, M. H. 2008. Species richness and densities of spiders in wheat-fields and semi-desert in the Negev (Israel). Journal of Arachnology, 36: 368-373.
Shachak M., Boeken B., Groner E., Kadmon R., Lubin Y., Meron. E., Neeman G., Perevolotsky A., Shkedy Y. and Ungar E. 2008. Woody species as landscape modulators and their effect on biodiversity patterns. Bioscience, 58: 209-221.
Gavish-Regev, E., Lubin, Y. and Coll, M. 2008. Migration patterns and functional groups of spiders in a desert agroecosystem. Ecological Entomology, 33: 202-212.
Segoli, M, Lubin, Y, & Harari, A.R. 2008. Frequency and consequences of damage to the male copulatory organ in a widow spider. Journal of Arachnology, 36: 533-537.
Segoli, M, Arieli, R, Sierwald, P, Harari, A.R. & Lubin, Y. 2008. Sexual cannibalism in the brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus). Ethology, 114: 279–286.
Gavish-Regev, E., Rotkopf, R., Lubin, Y. and Coll, M. 2008. Consumption of aphids by spiders and the effect of additional prey: evidence from microcosm experiments. BioControl, 54: 341-350 (10.1007/s10526-008-9170-0)
Rezac, M., Pekar, S. and Lubin, Y. 2008. How oniscophagous spiders overcome woodlouse armour. Journal of Zoology 275: 64-71.
Salomon, M., Mayntz, D. & Lubin, Y. 2008. Colony nutrition skews reproduction in a social spider. Behavioral Ecology 19: 605-611.
Lubin, Y., Birkhofer, K., Berger-Tal, R. & Bilde, T. 2009. Limited male dispersal in a social spider with extreme inbreeding. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97: 227-234.
Pekár S. & Lubin Y. 2009. Prey and predatory behaviour of two zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae). Journal of Arachnology, 37: 118-121.
Smith, D.R., van Rijn, S., Henschel. J.R., Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. 2009. AFLP fingerprints support limited gene flow among social spider populations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97: 235-246.
Harari, A., Ziv, M. & Lubin, Y. 2009. Conflict or cooperation in the courtship display of the white widow spider. Journal of Arachnology, 37: 254-260.
Gottlieb, D., Holtzman, J.P., Lubin, Y., Bouskila, A., Kelly, S.T. & Harari, A.R. 2009. Mate availability contributes to maintain the mixed mating system in a scolytid beetle. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22: 1526-1534
Opatovsky, I. Pluess, T., Schmidt-Entling, M.H. Gavish-Regev, E., Lubin, Y. 2010. Are spider assemblages in fragmented, semi-desert habitat affected by increasing cover of agricultural crops? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 135: 233-237.
Pluess, T., Opatovsky, I., Gavish-Regev, E., Lubin, Y. & Schmidt-Entling, M.H. 2010. Non-crop habitats enhance spider diversity in wheat fields of a desert agroecosystem. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 137: 68-74
Salomon, M, Mayntz, D., Toft, S. & Lubin, Y. 2011. Maternal nutrition affects offspring performance via maternal care in a subsocial spider. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 65: 1191-1202
Scharf, I., Lubin, Y. & Ovadia, O. 2010. Foraging decisions and behavioural flexibility in trap-building predators: a review. Biological Reviews, 86: 626-639
Rao, D. & Lubin, Y. 2010. Conditions favoring group living in web-building spiders in an extreme desert environment. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 56: 21-33.
Gottlieb, D., Bouskila, A., Sitkov-Sharon, G., Lubin, Y. Harari, A.R. & Taylor, P. 2010. Female date-palm beetles adjust their sex ratio according to relatedness of female neighbors. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 12: 885-896.
Leborgne, R., Lubin, Y & Pasquet, A. 2011. Kleptoparasites influence foraging behaviour of the spider Stegodyphus lineatus (Araneae, Eresidae). Insectes Sociaux 58:255-261
Gottlieb, D., Lubin, Y. Bouskila, A., Gordon, D. Harari, A.R. 2011. Time limitation affects offspring traits and female's fitness through maternal oviposition behavior. Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 102: 728-736.
Berger-Tal, O, Polak, T, Oron, A. Lubin, Y, Kotler, BP, and Saltz, D. 2011. Integrating animal behavior and conservation biology: a conceptual framework. Behavioral Ecology, 22:236-239.
Mestre, L. & Lubin, Y. 2011. Settling where the food is: prey abundance promotes colony formation and increases group size in a web-building spider. Animal Behaviour 81: 741-748
Lubin, Y., Angel, N. & Assaf, N. 2011. Ground spider communities in experimentally disturbed Mediterranean woodland habitats. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 40: 85-93.
Berger-Tal, R. & Lubin, Y. 2011. High male mate search costs and a female-biased sex ratio shape the male mating strategy in a desert spider. Animal Behaviour, 82:853-859
Pekar, S., Sobotnik, J & Lubin, Y. 2011. Armoured spiderman: Morphological and behavioural adaptations of a specialized araneophagic predator (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Naturwissenschaften, 98:593-603
Birkhofer, K., Henschel, J. & Lubin, Y. 2012. Effects of extreme climatic events on small-scale spatial patterns: a 20-year study of the distribution of a desert spider. Oecologia, 170: 651-657
Johannesen, J., Wennmann, J.T. & Lubin, Y. 2012. Dispersal behavior and colony structure in a colonial spider. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 66:1387-1398
Opatovsky, I., Chapman, E.G., Weintraub, P.G., Lubin, Y. & Harwood, J.D. 2012. Molecular characterization of the differential role of immigrant and agrobiont generalist predators in pest suppression. Biological Control, 63: 25-30.
Opatovsky, I. & Lubin, Y. 2012. Coping with abrupt decline in habitat quality: Effects of harvest on spider abundance and movement. Acta Oecologica, 41: 14-19.
Berger-Tal, R., Tuni, C., Lubin, Y., Smith, D., and Bilde, T. 2013. Fitness consequences of outcrossing in a social spider with an inbreeding mating system. Evolution, in press.
Gottlieb, D., Lubin, Y. & Harari, A. 2013. Partial ‘local mate competition’ explains the high prevalence of unmated females in the population. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, in press.
Birkhofer, K., T. Bird, T. Bilde & Y. Lubin. 2014. Spatial patterns of social spider colonies in Namibia reflect habitat features and dispersal modes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. DOI:10.1080/0035919X.2014.941044