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
32: 230-240. [PDF]
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 92: 1520–1531. [PDF]
142. Sivan J, Tesler I, Hadad S, Degen AA, Geffen E, Kam M. 2023.
Testing the morphological constraint hypothesis of tail length in the sexually
dimorphic Cerastes vipera and new perspectives. Scientific Reports 13:
4447. [PDF]
143. Geffen E, Roemer GW, Unnsteinsdóttir ER, Van Valkenburgh B.
2023. Sub-zero temperatures and large-scale weather patterns induce tooth
damage in Icelandic arctic foxes. Global Change Biology 29: 5211–5223. [PDF]
144. Goll Y, Bordes C, Weissman YA, Shnitzer I , Beukboom R, Ilany A,
Koren L, Geffen E. 2023. The interaction between cortisol and
testosterone predicts leadership within rock hyrax social groups. Scientific
reports 13: 14857. [PDF]
145. Keren-Rotem, T, Main DC, Barocas A, Donaire-Barroso D,
Haddas-Sasson M, Villa C, Shaharabany T, Wolf L, Tolley K, Geffen E.
2024. Genetic and behavioral factors affecting interpopulation color pattern
variation in two congeneric chameleon species. Royal Society Open Science
11: 231554. [PDF]
146. Atzeni L, Ilany A, Geffen E, Cushman SA, Kaszta Z, Macdonald
D. 2024. Reviving the Arabian leopard: harnessing historical data to map
habitat and pave the way for reintroduction. Biological Conservation
291:110440. [PDF]
147. Mesika-Surizon G, Geffen E, Roll U, Gafny S, Perl RGB. 2024.
The phylogeography of Middle Eastern tree frogs in Israel. Scientific
reports 14:2788. [PDF]
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]
5. Wayne R K.,Geffen E,
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]