Center of Excellence

Zoology Research Sub-Group

Prof. Yoram Yom-Tov

Publications (relevant publications of the last seven years):

Y. Yom-Tov
Global warming and body mass decline in Israeli passerine birds. Proc. R. Soc. London B. 268, 947-952, 2001.

Y. Yom-Tov, Y. Benjamini & S. Kark
Global warming, Bergmann's rule and body mass - are they related? The chukar partridge case. J. Zool. London 257, 449-455, 2002.

O. Hatzofe & Y. Yom-Tov
Global warming and recent changes in Israel’s avifauna.Israel J. Zool. 48, 351-357, 2002.

Y. Yom-Tov
Body sizes of carnivores commensal with humans have increased over the past 50 years. Func. Ecol. 17, 323-327, 2003.

Y. Yom-Tov, S. Yom-Tov & H. J. Baagøe
Increase of skull size in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in Denmark during the 20th century: an effect of improved diet? Evol. Ecol. Res. 5, 1037-1048, 2003.

Y. Yom-Tov & S. Yom-Tov
Climatic change and body size in two species of Japanese rodents.Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 82, 263-267, 2004

Y. Yom-Tov & J. Yom-Tov
Global warming, Bergmann’s rule and body size in the masked shrew Sorex cinereus in Alaska. J. Anim. Ecol. 74, 803-808, 2005.

Y. Yom-Yov & E. Geffen
Geographic variation in body size: the effect of ambient temperature and precipitation Oecologia 148, 213-218, 2006.

V. Millien, S. K. Lyons, L. Olson, F. A. Smith, T. Wilson & Y. Yom-Tov
Ecotypic variation in the context of global climate change: revisiting the rules. Ecology Letters 9, 853-869, 2006.

Y. Yom-Tov, S. Yom-Tov, J. Wright, C. J. R. Thorne & R. Du Feu
Recent changes in body weight and wing length among some British passerine birds. Oikos 112, 91-101.2006.

Y. Yom-Tov & S. Yom-Tov
Decrease in body size of Danish goshawks during the 20th century. J. Ornith. 147, 644-647, 2006.

Y. Yom-Tov, T. M. Heggberget, O. Wiig & S. Yom-Tov
Body size changes in the Norwegian otter: the possible effects of food availability and global warming. Oecologia 150, 155-160, 2006.

Y. Yom-Tov, S. Yom-Tov, J. Barreiro & J. C. Blanco
Body size of the red fox Vulpes vulpes in Spain: the effect of agriculture. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 90, 729-734, 2007.

Y. Yom-Tov, S. Yom-Tov, D. MacDonald & E. Yom-Tov
Population cycles, global warming and changes in body size of the lynx in Alaska. Oecologia 152, 239-244, 2007.

S. Meiri, Yom-Tov, Y. and Geffen, E.
What determines conformity to Bergmann’s rule? Glob. Ecol. Biog. 16, 788-794, 2007.