Eli Geffen - list of publications
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
1. Geffen E, Gafny S, Gasith A. 1987. Contribution to the knowledge of the
biology of the banded newt, Triturus vittatus
vittatus, in rainpools in Israel. Israel
Journal of Zoology 34:213-223.
2. Geffen E, Mendelssohn H. 1988. Home range and seasonal
movements of the Egyptian tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
in the northwestern Negev, Israel. Herpetologica 44:354-359. [PDF]
3. Geffen E, Mendelssohn H. 1989. Activity pattern and
thermoregulatory behavior of the Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni, in the northwestern Negev, Israel. Journal
of Herpetology 23:404-409. [PDF]
4. Geffen E, Mendelssohn H. 1991. A preliminary study on
the breeding behavior of the Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni , in Israel. Herpetological
Journal 1:574-577. [PDF]
5. Geffen E, Degen AA, Kam M, Hefner R, Nagy KA. 1992.
Daily energy expenditure and water flux of free-living Blanford's foxes (Vulpes
cana): a small desert carnivore. Journal of
Animal Ecology , 61:611-617. [PDF]
6. Geffen E, Hefner R, Macdonald DW, Ucko
M. 1992. Diet and foraging behavior of the Blanford's fox, Vulpes cana, in Israel. Journal of Mammalogy 73:395-402. [PDF]
7. Geffen E,
Hefner R, Macdonald DW, Ucko M. 1992. Habitat
selection and home range in the Blanford's fox, Vulpes cana: compatibility with the Resource Dispersion
Hypothesis. Oecologia 91:75-81. [PDF]
8. Geffen E, Hefner R, Macdonald DW, Ucko
M. 1992. Morphological adaptations and seasonal weight changes in the
Blanford's fox, Vulpes cana. Journal
of Arid Environments 23:287-292.
9. Geffen E, Macdonald DW. 1992. Small size and
monogamy: spatial organization of the Blanford’s fox, Vulpes cana . Animal Behaviour 44:1123-1130. [PDF]
10. Geffen E, Mercure A, Girman
DJ, Macdonald DW, Wayne RK. 1992. Phylogeny of the fox-like
canids: analysis of mtDNA restriction fragment, site, and cytochrome b sequence
data. Journal of Zoology 228: 27-39. [PDF]
11. Geffen E, Hefner R, Macdonald DW, Ucko
M. 1993. Biotope and Distribution of the Blanford's fox. Oryx 27:104-108. [PDF]
12. Geffen E, Macdonald DW. 1993. Activity and time tabling
in the movement patterns of Blanford's foxes, Vulpes cana, in Israel. Journal of Mammalogy 74:455-463. [PDF]
13. Geffen E. 1994. Blanford's fox, Vulpes cana. Mammalian Species 462:1-4. [PDF]
14. Macdonald DW, Geffen E. 1994. Blanford's fox (Vulpes
cana) appeal. Canid News 2:24.
15. Roy MS, Geffen E, Smith D, Ostrander E, Wayne RK.
1994. Patterns of differentiation and hybridization in North American wolf-like
canids revealed by analysis of microsatellite loci. Molecular Biology
and Evolution 11:553-570.[PDF]
16. Maldonado JE, Orta Davila F, Stewart
BS, Geffen E, Wayne RK. 1995. Intraspecific genetic
differentiation in Californian sealions (Zalophus californianus )
from southern California and the Gulf of California. Marine Mammal
Research 11:46-58. [PDF]
17. Hefner R, Geffen E. 1995. The Arabian wolf ( Canis
lupus ) in Israel. Canid News 3:22.
18. Geffen E, Gompper ME, Gittleman JL, Luh HK, Macdonald
DW, Wayne RK. 1996. Size, life histories and social organization in the
Canidae: a reevaluation. American Naturalist 147:140-160. [PDF]
19. Yahnke CJ, Smith D, Johnson W, Geffen E,
Fuller T, Van Valkenburgh B, Hertel F, Roy MS, Wayne
RK. 1996. Darwin's fox: a distinct endangered species from a vanishing
habitat. Conservation Biology 10:366-375. [PDF]
20. García-Moreno J, Roy MS, Geffen E, Wayne RK. 1996.
Relationships and genetic purity of the endangered Mexican wolf: an analysis of
10 microsatellite loci. Conservation Biology 10:376-389. [PDF]
21. Altmann J, Alberts SC, Haines SA, Dubach J, Muruthi
P, Coote T, Geffen E, Mututua RS, Saiyalel SN, Wayne RK
and Bruford MW. 1996. Behavior predicts genetic
structure in a wild primate group. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences USA 93:5797-5801. [PDF]
22. Roy MS, Geffen E, Smith D, Wayne RK. 1996. Molecular
genetics of pre-1940 red wolves. Conservation Biology 10:1413-1424. [PDF]
23. Hedrick PW, Miller PS, Geffen E, Wayne RK. 1997. Genetic
evaluation of the three captive Mexican wolf lineages. Zoo
Biology 16:47-69. [PDF]
24. Girman DJ, Miles MGL, Geffen E,
Wayne RK. 1997. A molecular genetic analysis of social structure, dispersal,
and pack interactions in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 40:187-198.[PDF]
25. Smith D, Meier T, Geffen E, Mech LD, Burch J, Adams
L, Wayne RK. 1997. Is inbreeding common in wolf packs? Behavioral
Ecology 8:384-391. [PDF]
26. Moritz C, Heideman A, Geffen E,
McRae P. 1997. Genetic population structure of the bilby, Macrotis
lagotis, a marsupial in decline. Molecular Ecology 6:925-936. [PDF]
27. Wayne RK, Geffen E, Girman
D, Kopfelli KP, Marshall C. 1997. Molecular
systematics of the Canidae. Systematic Biology 46:622-649. [PDF]
28. Maldonado JE, Cotera M, Geffen E,
Wayne RK. 1997. Relationships of the endangered Mexican kit fox (Vulpes macrotis zinseri) to North
American arid-land foxes based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Southwestern
Naturalist 42:460-470.
29. de Ruiter JR, Geffen E. 1998. Relatedness of
matrilines, dispersing males and social groups in long-tailed macaques (Macaca
fascicularis). Proceedings of the Royal
Society B 265:79-87. [PDF]
30. Geffen H, Pervolotsky A, Geffen E,
Yom-Tov Y. 1999. Use of space and social organization of female mountain
gazelles (Gazella gazella gazella) in Ramat HaNadiv, Israel. Journal of Zoology 247:113-119. [PDF]
31. Hefner R, Geffen E. 1999. Ecology and behavior of
the Arabian wolf (Canis lupus) in southern Israel. Journal of
Mammalogy 80:611-619. [PDF]
32. Mokady O, Loya
Y, Achituv Y, Geffen E, Graur D, Rozenblatt S, Brickner
I. 1999. Speciation versus phenotypic plasticity - Darwin's observations in an
ecological context. Journal of Molecular Evolution 49:367-375. [PDF]
33. Kutiel P, Geffen E. 1999.
Coastal dune ecosystems: management for conservation objectives. I. The impact
of woody vegetation removal on annual plants. Journal of Mediterranean
Ecology 1:101-108.
34. Geffen E, Yom-Tov Y. 2000. Are incubation and fledging
periods longer in the tropics? Journal of Animal Ecology 69:59-73. [PDF]
35. Geffen E, Yom-Tov Y. 2000. Old endemics and new invaders:
alternative strategies of passerines for living in the Australian
environment. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 47:250-257. [PDF]
36. Kutiel P, Peled
Y, Geffen E. 2000. The effect of removing shrub cover on
annual plants and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem. Biological
Conservation 94:235-242. [PDF]
37. Firestone KB, Houlden BA, Sherwin
WB, Geffen E. 2000. Variability and differentiation of
microsatellites in the genus Dasyurus and
conservation implications for the large Australian carnivorous
marsupials. Conservation Genetics 1:115-133. [PDF]
38. Girman DJ, Vila C, Geffen E,
Creel S, Mills MGL, McNutt JW, Ginsberg J, Kat P, Wayne RK. 2001. Patterns of
population subdivision, gene flow, and genetic variability in the African wild
dog (Lycaon pictus). Molecular Ecology10:1702-1723. [PDF]
39. Geffen E, Yom-Tov Y. 2001. Factors affecting the rates of
intraspecific nest parasitism among Anseriformes and Galliformes. Animal
Behaviour 62:1027-1038. [PDF]
40. Koren L, Mokady
O, Karaskov T, Klein J, Koren
G, Geffen E. 2002. A novel method for determining hormonal
levels in wildlife using hair. Animal Behaviour 63:403-406. [PDF]
41. Blundell GM, Ben-David M, Groves P, Bowyer RT, Geffen E.
2002. Characteristics of sex-biased dispersal and gene flow in coastal river
otters: implications for natural recolonization of extirpated
populations. Molecular Ecology11:289-303. [PDF]
42. Rosenberg N, Murata M, Ikeda Y, Opare-Sem
O, Zivelin A, Geffen E, Seligsohn U. 2002. The frequent Methylenetetrahydrofolate
Reductase C677T polymorphism is associated with a common haplotype in whites,
Japanese and Africans. American Journal of Human Genetics 70:758-762. [PDF]
43. Rak Y, Ginzburg A, Geffen E.
2002. Does Homo neanderthalensis play a role in modern human
ancestry? The mandibular evidence. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 119:199-204. [PDF]
44. Yom Tov Y, Geffen E. 2002. Examining the Ashmole hypothesis: are life history parameters of resident
passerines related to the proportion of migrants? Evolutionary Ecology
Research 4:673-685. [PDF]
45. Jones ME, Paetkau D, Geffen E,
Moritz C. 2003. Microsatellites for the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus laniarius). Molecular Ecology Notes 3:277-279. [PDF]
46. Kam M, Cohen-Gross S, Khokhlova IS, Degen
AA, Geffen E. 2003. Average daily metabolic rate, reproduction
and energy allocation during lactation in the Sundevall
jird, Meriones crassus. Functional
Ecology 17:496-503.[PDF]
47. Russell EM, Yom-Tov Y, Geffen E. 2004. Extended
parental care and delayed dispersal: northern, tropical and southern passerines
compared. Behavioral Ecology 15:831-838. [PDF]
48. Blundell GM, Ben-David M, Groves P, Bowyer RT, Geffen E.
2004. Kinship and sociality in coastal river otters: are they related? Behavioral
Ecology 15:705-714. [PDF]
49. Shefer S, Abelson A, Moakdy
O, Geffen E. 2004. Red- to Mediterranean Sea bioinvasion: natural drift through the Suez Canal, or
anthropogenic transport? Molecular Ecology 13:2333-2343. [PDF]
50. Geffen E, Anderson MJ, Wayne RK. 2004. Climate and
habitat barriers to dispersal in the highly mobile gray wolf. Molecular
Ecology 13:2481-2490. [PDF]
51. Jones ME, Paetkau D, Geffen E
, Moritz C. 2004. Genetic diversity, dispersal and population structure in the
Tasmanian devil, the largest marsupial carnivore. Molecular
Ecology 13:2197-2209. [PDF]
52. Yom-Tov Y, Geffen E. 2005. Host specialization and
latitude among cuckoos. Journal of Avian Biology 36:465-470. [PDF]
53. Scheinin S, Yom-Tov Y, Motro
U, Geffen E. 2006. Behavioral responses of red foxes (Vulpes
vulpes ) to the presence of golden jackal (Canis
aureus ): a field experiment. Animal Behaviour 71:577-584. [PDF]
54. Yom-Tov Y, Geffen E. 2006. Geographic variation in
body size: the effects of ambient temperature and precipitation Oecologia 148:213-218. [PDF]
55. Yom-Tov Y, Geffen E. 2006. On the
origin of brood parasitism in altricial birds. Behavioral Ecology 17:196-205.[PDF]
56. Koren L, Mokady
O, Geffen E. 2006. Elevated testosterone levels and social
ranks in female rock hyrax. Hormones and Behavior 49:470-477. [PDF]
57. Keren-Rotem T, Bouskila
A, Geffen E. 2006. Ontogenetic habitat shift and risk of
cannibalism in the common chameleon (Chamaeleo
chamaeleon). Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 59:723-731. [PDF]
58. Perez I, Geffen E, Mokady
O. 2006. Critically Endangered Arabian leopards Panthera pardus nimr in Israel: estimating population parameters
using molecular scatology. Oryx 40:295-301. [PDF]
59. Rak Y, Ginsburg A, Geffen E.
2007. Gorilla-like anatomy on Australopithecus afarensis mandibles
suggests Au. afarensis link to robust australopiths. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104:6568-6572. [PDF]
60. Meiri S, Yom-Tov Y, Geffen E.
2007. What determines conformity to Bergmann’s rule? Global Ecology and
Biogeography 16:788-794. [PDF]
61. Geffen E, Waidyaratne S, Dalén, Angerbjörn A, Vila C, Hersteinsson P, Fuglei E, White
PA, Goltsman M, Kapel CMO,
Wayne RK. 2007. Sea ice occurrence predicts genetic isolation in the Arctic
fox. Molecular Ecology 16:4241-4255. [PDF]
62. Driscoll CA, Menotti-Raymond M, Roca AL, Hupe
K, Johnson WE, Geffen E, Harley E, Delibes M, Pontier D, Kitchener AC, Yamaguchi N, O’Brien SJ, Macdonald
DW. 2007. The Near Eastern origin of cat domestication. Science 317:519-523. [PDF]
63. Brickner-Braun I, Geffen E, Yom-Tov Y. 2007. The
domestic cats (Felis catus) as a predator of
Israeli wildlife. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 53:129-142. [PDF]
64. Koepfli KP, Kanchanasaka
B, Sasaki H, Jacques H, Louie KDY, Hoai T, Dallas
JF, Geffen E, Gutleb A, Sung-Yong H,
Heggberget TM, LaFontaine L, Mason C, Melisch R, Ruiz-Olmo J,
Santos-Reis M, Sidorovich VE, Stubbe
M, Wayne RK. 2008. Establishing the foundation for an applied molecular
taxonomy of otters in Southeast Asia. Conservation Genetics 9:1589-1604. [PDF]
65. Leader N, Geffen E, Mokady
O, Yom-Tov Y. 2008. Song dialects do not restrict gene flow in an urban
population of the orange-tufted sunbird, Nectarinia
osea. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 62:1299-1305. [PDF]
66. Koren L, Mokady
O, Geffen E. 2008. Social status and cortisol levels in
singing rock hyraxes. Hormones and Behavior 54:212-216. [PDF]
67. Koren L, Geffen E. 2009.
Androgens and social status in female rock hyraxes. Animal
Behaviour 77:233-238.[PDF]
68. Hersteinsson P, Yom-Tov Y, Geffen E.
2009. The effect of the Sub-polar Gyre, North Atlantic Oscillation and ambient
temperature on size variation in the Icelandic Arctic fox. Global
Change Biology 15:1423-1433. [PDF]
69. Koren L, Geffen E. 2009.
Complex call in male rock hyrax: a multi-information distributing
channel. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:581-590. [PDF]
70. Gingold G, Yom-Tov Y, Kronfeld-Schor
N, Geffen E. 2009. The effect of guard dogs on the behavior of
gazellesGazella gazella in cattle
enclosures on the Golan Heights. Animal Conservation 12:155-162. [PDF]
71. VonHoldt BM, Pollinger
JP, Lohmueller KE, Han E, Parker HG, Quignon P, Degenhardt JD, Boyko AR, Earl DA, Auton A, Reynolds A, Bryc K, Brisbin A, Knowles J, Mosher DS, Spady
TS, Elkahloun A, Geffen E, Pilot M, Jedrzejewski W, Greco C, Randi E, Bannasch
D, Wilton A, Shearman J, Cargill M, Jones PG, Qian Z, Huang W, Ding Z, Zhang Y,
Bustamante CD, Ostrander EA, Novembre J, Wayne RK.
2010. Genome-wide SNP and haplotype analyses reveal a rich history underlying
dog domestication. Nature 464:898-903. [PDF]
72. Munwes I, Geffen E, Roll
U, Friedmann A, Daya A, Tikochinski
Y, Gafny S. 2010. The change in genetic diversity
down the core-edge gradient in the eastern spadefoot toad (Pelobates
syriacus). Molecular Ecology 19:2675-2689.[PDF]
73. Facka AN, Roemer GW, Mathis VL, Kam
M, Geffen E. 2010. Drought leads to collapse of black-tailed
prairie dog populations reintroduced to the Chihuahuan
Desert. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:1752-1762. [PDF]
74. Kam M, Degen AA, Khokhlova IS, Krasnov
BR, Geffen E. 2010. Do fleas affect energy expenditure of
their free-living hosts? PLoS
ONE 5:e13686. [PDF]
75. Shneor O, Perlman G, Balaban A, Yom-Tov Y,
Huchon D, Geffen E. 2010. Origin of
passerine migratory waves: evidence from the blackcap at a stopover site. Israel
Journal of Ecology and Evolution 56:135-151. [PDF]
76. Gaubert P, Machordom
A, Morales A, Lopez Bao JV, Veron G, Amin M, Queirós Barros TS, Basuony M, Sylvestre Djagoun CAM, Do Linh
San E, Santos Fonseca CMM, Geffen E, Gouichiche
M, Onder Ozkurt S, Cruaud C, Couloux A, Palomares F. 2011. Comparative phylogeography of two
African carnivores presumably introduced in Europe: disentangling natural
versus human-mediated dispersal across the Strait of Gibraltar. Journal
of Biogeography 38:341-358. [PDF]
77. Koren L, Geffen E. 2011.
Individual identity is communicated through multiple channels in male rock
hyrax (Procavia capensis) songs. Behavioral
Ecology and sociobiology 65:675-684. [PDF]
78. Yom Tov Y, Geffen E. 2011. Recent spatial and
temporal changes in body size of terrestrial vertebrates: probable causes and
pitfalls. Biological Reviews 86:531-541. [PDF]
79. Geffen E, Rowe KC, Yom-Tov Y. 2011. Reproductive rates
in Australian rodents are related to phylogeny. PLoS
ONE 6:e19199. [PDF]
80. Yoktan K, Geffen E, Ilany A, Yom-Tov Y, Leader N. 2011. Vocal dialect and
genetic subdivisions along a geographic gradient in the orange-tufted
sunbird. Behavioral Ecology and sociobiology 65:1389-1402. [PDF]
81. Munwes I, Geffen E,
Friedmann A, Tikochinski Y, Gafny
S. 2011. Variation in heteroplasmy and repeat length of the mtDNA control region
along a core-edge gradient in the eastern spadefoot toad (Pelobates
syriacus). Molecular Ecology 20:2878-2887. [PDF]
82. Virgós E, Kowalczyk R, Trua
A, de Marinis A, Mangas GJ,
Barea-Azcón JM, Geffen E. 2011. Body
size clines in the European badger and the abundant centre
hypothesis. Journal of Biogeography 38:1546-1556. [PDF]
83. VonHoldt BM, Pollinger
JP, Earl DA, Knowles JC, Boyko AR, Parker H, Geffen E, Pilot
M, Jedrzejewski W, Greco C, Randi E, Musiani M, Kays R, Qian Z, Zhang Y, Bustamante CD,
Ostrander EA, Novembre J, Wayne RK. 2011. A
genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like
canids. Genome Research, 21:1294-1305. [PDF]
84. Barocas A, Ilany
A, Koren L, Kam M, Geffen E. 2011.
Variance in centrality within rock hyrax social networks predicts adult
longevity. PLoS ONE 6:e22375. [PDF]
85. Ilany A, Barocas
A, Koren L, Kam M, Geffen E. 2011.
Singing rock hyraxes exploit conspecific calls to gain attention. PLoS ONE 6:e28612. [PDF]
86. Geffen E, Kam M, Hefner R, Hersteinsson
P, Angerbjörn A, Dalèn L, Fuglei E, Norèn K, Adams J, Vucetich J, Meier TJ, Mech LD, vonHoldt
BM, Stahler DR, Wayne RK. 2011. Kin encounter rate
and inbreeding avoidance in canids. Molecular Ecology 20:5348-5358. [PDF]
87. Koren L, Nakagawa S, Burke T, Soma KK,
Wynne-Edwards KE, Geffen E. 2012. Non-breeding feather
concentrations of testosterone, corticosterone and cortisol are associated with
subsequent survival in wild house sparrows. Proceedings of the Royal
Society B, 279, 1560-1566. [PDF]
88. Yom-Tov Y, Hatzofe O, Geffen E.
2012. Israel’s breeding avifauna: A century of dramatic change. Biological
Conservation, 147:13-21. [PDF]
89. Cohen O, Barocas A, Geffen E.
2013. Conflicting management policies for the Arabian wolf in the Negev Desert:
Is this justified? Oryx, 47:228-236. [PDF]
90. Kershenbaum A, Ilany
A, Blaustein L, Geffen E. 2012.
Syntactic structure and geographical dialects in the songs of male rock
hyraxes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279:2974-2981. [PDF]
91. Pienaar J., Ilany A., Geffen E.,
Yom-Tov Y. 2013. Macroevolution of life-history traits in passerine birds:
adaptation and phylogenetic inertia. Ecology Letters, 16:571-576. [PDF]
92. Ilany A, Barocas
A, Kam M, Ilany T, Geffen E. 2013. The
energy cost of singing in wild rock hyrax males: evidence for an index
signal. Animal Behaviour, 85:995-1001. [PDF]
93. Ilany A, Barocas
A, Koren L, Kam M, Geffen E. 2013. Structural balance in the social networks of a wild
mammal. Animal Behaviour, 85:1397-1405. [PDF]
94. Biton R, Geffen E, Vences M, Cohen O, Bailon S, Rabinovich R, Malka Y, Oron T, Boistel R, Brumfeld V, Gafny S. 2013. The
rediscovered Hula painted frog is a living fossil. Nature
Communications, 4:1959. [PDF]
95. Stachowicz JB, Vannoni
E, Pitcher BJ, Briefer EF, Geffen E,
McElligott AG. 2014. Acoustic divergence in the rut vocalisations of Persian and European fallow deer. Journal of Zoology, 292:1–9. [PDF]
96. Freedman A, Gronau I, Han E, Schweizer R,
Ortega-Del Vecchyo D, Silva P, Galaverni
M, Fan Z, Marx P, Lorente-Galdos B, Beale H, Ramirez
O, Alkan C, Vilà C, Squire
K, Geffen E, Kusak
J, Boyko A, Parker H, Lee C, Tadigotla V, Siepe A, Bustamante C, Harkins T, Nelson S, Ostrander E,
Marques-Bonet T, Wayne RK, Novembre J. 2014. Genome
sequencing highlights the dynamic early history of dogs. PLoS Genetics, 10:e1004016. [PDF]
97. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez J, Salvi D, Geffen
E, Gafny S, Martínez-Solano I. 2014. Isolation and
characterization of novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in Iberian painted
frogs (Discoglossus galganoi and D. jeanneae), with data on cross-species
amplification in Discoglossus
and Latonia (Alytidae).
Herpetological Journal, 24:261-265. [PDF]
98. Demartsev V, Kershenbaum
A, Ilany A, Barocas A, Bar
Ziv E, Koren L, Geffen
E. 2014. Male hyraxes increase song complexity and duration in the presence of
alert individuals. Behavioral Ecology,
25:1451–1458. [PDF]
98. Roll U, Geffen E, Yom-Tov
Y. 2015. Linking species richness to tree canopy height on a global scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography,
24:814–825. [PDF]
100. Koepfli
KP, Pollinger J, Godinho R,
Robinson J, Lea A, Hendricks S, Schweizer RM, Thalmann
O, Silva P, Fan Z, Yurchenko AA, Dobrynin P, Makunin A, Cahill JA, Shapiro B, Álvares
F, Brito JC, Geffen E, Leonard JA,
Johnson WE, O'Brien SJ, Van Valkenburgh B, Wayne RK.
2015. Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian golden jackals are
distinct species. Current Biology,
25: 2158–2165. [PDF]
101. Freedman AH, Schweizer RM,
Ortega-Del Vecchyo D, Han E, Davis B, Gronau I, Silva PM, Galaverni M,
Fan Z, Marx P, Lorente-Galdos B, Ramirez O, Hormozdiari F, Alkan C, Vila C,
Squire K, Geffen E, Kusak J, Boyko AR, Parker
HG, Lee C, Tadigotla V, Bustamante CD, Harkins TT,
Nelson SF, Marques-Bonet T, Ostrander EA, Wayne RK. 2016. Demographically-based
evaluation of genomic regions under selection in domestic dogs. PLoS Genetics, 12:e1005851. [PDF]
102. Demartsev
V, Bar Ziv E, Shani U, Goll Y, Koren
L, Geffen E. 2016. Harsh vocal elements affect counter-singing dynamics
in male rock hyrax. Behavioral Ecology, 27:1397–1404. [PDF]
103. Bar Ziv E, Ilany A, Demartsev V, Barocas A, Geffen E, Koren
L. 2016. Sexual networks reveal cryptic female mate choice in a polygynandrous
wild mammal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70:901–912. [PDF]
104. Keren-Rotem
T, Levy N, Wolf L, Bouskila A, Geffen E. 2016.
Male preference for social signaling over crypsis is associated with
alternative mating tactics. Animal Behaviour, 117:43-49. [PDF]
105. Warburton EM, Kam M,
Bar-Shira E, Friedman A, Khokhlova IS, Koren L, Geffen E, Kiefer D, Krasnov BR, Degen AA.
2016. Effects of parasite pressure on parasite mortality and reproductive
output in a rodent-flea system: inferring host defense trade-offs. Parasitology
Research, 115:3337–3344. [PDF]
106. Sazatornil
V, Rodríguez A, Klaczek M, Ahmadi M, Alvares F, Arthur S, Blanco JC, Borg B, Cluff
D, Cortés Y, García E, Geffen E, Habib B, Iliopoulos Y, Kaboli M, Krofel M, Llaneza L, Marucco F, Oakleaf J,
Person D, Potočnik H, Razen
N, Rio-Maior H, Sand H, Unger D, Wabakken
P, López-Bao JV. 2016. The role of human-related risk in breeding site
selection by wolves. Biological Conservation, 201:103–110. [PDF]
107. Keren-Rotem
T, Levy N, Wolf L, Bouskila A, Geffen E. 2016.
Alternative reproductive tactics in male chameleons are evident in both
long-term body color and short-term courtship pattern. PLoS
ONE, 11:e0159032. [PDF]
108. Tchaicka
L, de Freitas TRO, Bager A, Vidal SL, Lucherini M, Iriarte A, Novaro A, Geffen E, Garcez
FS, Johnson WE, Wayne RK, Eizirik E. 2016. Molecular
assessment of the phylogeny and biogeography of a recently diversified endemic
group of South American canids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae). Genetics and
Molecular Biology, 39:442-451. [PDF]
109. Demartsev
V, Ilany A, Barocas A, Bar
Ziv E, Geffen E. 2016. A mixed strategy of counter-singing behaviour
among male rock hyrax vocal competitions. Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology,
70:2185–2193. [PDF]
110. Melamed Y, Kislev M, Geffen
E, Lev-Yadun S, Goren-Inbar N. 2016. The plant
component of an Acheulian diet: a case study from Gesher
Benot Ya‘aqov, Israel. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 113:14674–14679. [PDF]
111. Yom-Tov Y, Hersteinsson P, Yom-Tov E, Geffen E. 2017. Harsh
climate selects for small body size among Iceland Arctic foxes. Ecography, 40:376–383. [PDF]
112. Yom-Tov E, Yom-Tov Y,
Yom-Tov S, Anderson M, Rosenfeld D, Devasthale A, Geffen
E. 2017. The complex effects of geography, ambient temperature, and North
Atlantic Oscillation on the body size of Arctic hares in Greenland. Biological
Journal of the Linnaean Society, 120:909-918. [PDF]
113. Perl RGB, Gafny S, Malka Y, Renan S, Woodhams D, Rollins-Smith L, Pask JD, Bletz M, Geffen
E, Vences M. 2017. Natural history and conservation
of the rediscovered Hula painted frog, Latonia nigriventer.
Contributions to Zoology, 86: 11-36. [PDF]
114. Demartsev V, Ilany
A, Kershenbaum A, Geva Y,
Margalit O, Shnitser I, Barocas
A, Bar-Ziv E, Koren L, Geffen E. 2017. The
progression pattern of male hyrax songs and the role of climactic ending. Scientific
Reports 7:2794. [PDF]
115. Goll Y, Demartsev
V, Koren L, Geffen E. 2017. Male hyraxes
increase countersinging as strangers become ‘nasty neighbours’.
Animal Behaviour 134:9-14.
[PDF]
116. Renan S, Gafny S, Perl RGB, Roll U, Malka
Y, Vences M, Geffen E. 2017. Living quarters
of a living fossil - Uncovering the current distribution pattern of the
rediscovered Hula painted frog (Latonia nigriventer)
using environmental DNA. Molecular Ecology 26:6801–6812. [PDF]
117. Keren-Rotem T, Roll, U, Bouskila A, Geffen E. 2018. The contextual
separation of lateral white line patterns in chameleons. Royal Society Open
Science 5:171235. [PDF]
118. Barocas A, Hefner R, Ucko
M, Merkle J, Geffen E. 2018. Behavioral adaptations of a large carnivore
to human activity in an extremely arid landscape. Animal Conservation
21:433–443. [PDF]
119. Perl BRG, Geffen E, Malka Y, Barocas
A, Renan S, Vences M, Gafny
S. 2018. Population genetic analysis of the recently rediscovered Hula painted
frog (Latonia nigriventer) reveals high
genetic diversity and low inbreeding. Scientific Reports 8:5588. [PDF]
120. Perl RGB, Gafny S, Geffen E, Malka
Y, Renan S, Vences M. 2018. Notes on post-metamorphic
colour pattern changes in the Hula painted frog (Latonia
nigriventer): How realistic is re-identification
of juveniles? Herpetology Notes 11:475-480. [PDF]
121. Koren L, Matas
D, Pečnerová P, Dalén L,
Tikhonov A, Gilbert MTP, Geffen E. 2018. Testosterone in ancient hair
from an extinct species. Paleontology 61:797–802. [PDF]
122. Weissman Y, Demartsev
V, Ilany A, Barocas A,
Bar-Ziv E, Shnitzer I, Geffen E, Koren L. 2019. Acoustic stability in hyrax snorts: Vocal
tightrope-walkers or wrathful verbal assailants? Behavioral Ecology
30:223–230. [PDF]
123. Geffen E, Yom-Tov Y. 2019. Pacific island invasions: How do settlement
time, latitude, island area, and number of competitors affect body size of the kiore across the Pacific? Biological Journal of the
Linnaean Society 126:462–470. [PDF]
124. Demartsev V, Kershenbaum
A, Ilany A, Barocas A,
Weissman Y, Koren L, Geffen E. 2019. Life-long
changes in vocal syntactic complexity are determined by alternative life
history. Animal Behaviour 153:151-158. [PDF]
125. Dufresnes C, Strachinis
I, Suriadna N, Mykytynets
G, Cogălniceanu D, Szekely
P, Vukov T, Arntzen JW, Wielstra B, Lymberakis P, Geffen
E, Gafny S, Kumlutaş Y, Ilgaz Ç, Candan K, Mizsei E, Szabolcs M, Savary R, Kolenda K, Smirnov N, Geniez P, Lukanov S, Crottini A, Crochet PA, Dubey S, Perrin N, Litvinchuk S, Denoël M. 2019. Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation
continuum in Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates).
Molecular Ecology 28:3257-3270. [PDF]
126. Weissman Y, Demartsev V, Ilany A, Barocas A, Bar-Ziv E, Geffen
E, Koren L. 2019. Social context mediates
testosterone’s influences on snort parameters in male hyrax songs. Hormones
and Behavior 114:104535. [PDF]
127. Koren L, Weissman Y, Shnitser
I, Beukeboom R, Bar Ziv E, Demartsev
V, Barocas A, Ilany A, Geffen
E. 2019. Sexually opposite effects of testosterone on mating success in wild
rock hyrax. Behavioral Ecology 30:1611–1617. [PDF]
128. Demartsev V, Gordon N, Barocas
A, Bar-Ziv E, Ilany T, Goll
Y, Ilany A, Geffen E. 2019. The “Law of
Brevity” in animal communication: sex-specific signaling optimization is
determined by call amplitude rather than duration. Evolution Letters 3:623-634.
[PDF]
129. Weissman Y, Demartsev V, Ilany A, Barocas A, Bar-Ziv E, Koren L, Geffen E. 2020. A crescendo in the inner
structure of snorts: A reflection of increasing arousal in rock hyrax songs? Animal
Behaviour 166:163-170. [PDF]
130. Kershenbaum A, Demartsev
V, Gammon D, Geffen E, Gustison M, Ilany A, Lameira A. 2021. Shannon
entropy as a robust estimator of Zipf’s Law in animal
communication repertoires. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12:553–564.
[PDF]
131. Rak Y, Geffen E, Hylander WL, Ginzburg A, Been E. 2021. One hominin taxon or
two at Malapa Cave? Implications for the origins of Homo.
South African Journal of Science, 117: 8747. [PDF]
132. Cohen O,
Ram Y, Hadany L, Gafny S, Geffen
E. 2021. Annual climatic fluctuations and short-term genetic variation in the
eastern spadefoot toad. Scientific Reports, 11:13514. [PDF]
133. Frydman G, Geffen E, Koren L. 2021. Social status and social network in a
captive rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)
group. Afrotherian Conservation 17:6-8.
[PDF]
134. Perl RGB, Avidor E, Roll U, Malka, Y, Geffen
E, Gafny S. 2022. Using eDNA presence/non-detection
data to characterize the abiotic and biotic habitat requirements of a rare,
elusive amphibian. Environmental DNA 4:642–653. [PDF]
135. Goll Y, Bordes
C, Weissman YA, Shnitzer I, Beukboom
R, Ilany A, Koren L, Geffen
E. 2022. Sex-associated and context-dependent leadership in the rock hyrax. iScience 25:104063. [PDF]
136. Barocas A, Hefner R, Ucko
M, Shalmon B, Leader N, Geffen E. 2022.
Ruppell’s fox movement and spatial behavior are influenced by topography and
human activity. Biodiversity and Conservation 31:1345–1357. [PDF]
137. Cohen O, Ram Y, Hadany L, Geffen E,
Gafny S. 2022. The effect of habitat and climatic on
microsatellite diversity and allele length variation. Frontiers in Ecology
and Evolution 10:893856. [PDF]
138. Hemelrijk CK, Seex
L, Pederboni M, Ilany A, Geffen
E, Koren L. 2022. Adult sex ratios and partial
dominance of females over males in the rock hyrax. Frontiers in Ecology and
Evolution 10:1004919. [PDF]
139. Lam DK, Frantz AC, Burke T, Geffen E, Sin SYW. 2023. Both
selection and drift drive the spatial pattern of adaptive genetic variation in
a wild mammal. Evolution 77: 221–238. [PDF]
140. Frydman G, Goll
Y, Geffen E, Koren L. 2022. Sex differences in
frequencies in a species with modest sexual size dimorphism. Bioacoustics
in press.
141. Demartsev V, Haddas-Sasson
M, Ilany A, Koren L, Geffen
E. 2022. Male rock hyraxes that maintain an isochronous song rhythm achieve
higher reproductive success. Journal of Animal Ecology in press.
Book chapters
1. Mendelssohn H, Geffen E.
1995. The Egyptian tortoise (Testodo kleinmanni). Pp. 139-145 in Red Data Book on
Mediterranean Chelonians, Ballasina D (ed.). Edagricole - Edizioni Agricole,
Bologna, Italy.
2. Taberlet
P. Luikart G, Geffen E. 2001. New
methods for obtaining and analyzing genetic data from free-ranging carnivores.
Pp. 313-334 in Carnivore Conservation, Gittleman J L,
Funk S M, Macdonald D W, Wayne R K (eds.). Cambridge University Press and The
Zoological Society of London, London
3. Macdonald D W, Geffen E.
2001. Fox classification. Pp. 61 in The Encyclopedia of Mammals, second
edition, Macdonald D W (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford.
4. Geffen E,
Girard I. 2003. Behavioral and physiological adaptations of foxes to hot arid
environments: comparing Saharo-Arabian and North
American species. Pp. 223-229 in The Swift Fox: Ecology and Conservation of
Swift Foxes in a Changing World, Sovada M, Carbyn L N (eds.). Canadian Circumpolar Institute,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [PDF]
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Vila C. 2004. Population Genetics. Pp. 55-84 in Biology and conservation of
wild canids, Macdonald D W, Sillero-Zubiri C (eds.).
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
6. Geffen, E. 2004.
Blanford’s foxes. Pp. 199-206 in Biology and conservation of wild canids,
Macdonald, D. W. and C. Sillero-Zubiri (eds.). Oxford
University Press, Oxford.
7. Geffen E,
Hefner R, Wright P. 2004. Blanford’s fox (Vulpes cana).
Pp. 194-198 in Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and
Conservation: Action Plan. Sillero-Zubiri C, Hoffmann
M, Macdonald D W (eds.). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
8. Wayne R K., .Geffen E,
Vila C. 2004. Conservation Genetics of Canids. Pp. 237-245 in Canids: Foxes,
Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation: Action Plan. Sillero-Zubiri C, Hoffmann M , Macdonald D W (eds.). IUCN,
Gland, Switzerland.
9. Geffen E, Luikart DW, Waples RS, 2007.
Impacts of modern molecular genetic techniques on conservation biology. Pp.
46-63 in Key Topics in Conservation Biology. Macdonald DW and Service K. (eds).
Blackwells Publishing, Oxford.
10. Geffen E,
Peters G. 2013. Vulpes cana. Pp. 60-62 In
The Mammals of Africa, Vol. 4., Kingdon J, Hoffmann M
(eds.). Academic Press, New York.
11. Yom-Tov Y, Geffen E. 2017. Intra-specific nest parasitism
among birds: The effects of phylogeny, mode of reproduction and geographic
distribution Pp. 95-103 in Avian Brood Parasitism - Behaviour, Ecology,
Evolution and Coevolution, Soler M. (ed.). Springer International Publishing.
12. Belmaker J, Abelsson A, Haddas Sasson M, Yamaguchi N, Shefer S, Geffen E. 2018. Potential pitfalls in the
definition of Lessepsian migrants: The case of Brachidontes. Pp. 1293-1307 in The Arabian Seas:
Biodiversity, environmental challenges and conservation measures, Jawad LA.
(ed.). Springer International Publishing. [PDF]