Research

Yosef, R., Pinshow, B. 1988. Polygyny in the Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) in Israel. The Auk 105: 581-582.

Yosef, R., Pinshow, B. 1989. Cache size in shrikes influences female mate choice and reproductive success. The Auk 106: 118-121.

Yosef, R. 1991. Breeding biology of the Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsolete in Israel. Sandgrouse 13:73-9.

Yosef, R., W. A. Mitchell, and B. Pinshow. 1991. The proximate costs and benefits of polygyny to male Northern Shrikes. Wilson Bulletin f03: 146-149.

Yosef, R. 1991. Foraging habits, hunting and breeding success of Lanner Falcons. J. Raptor Res 25(3) :77-81.

Degen, A. A.,  Pinshow, B., Yosef, R., Kam, M., Nagy, K. A. 1992. Energetics and growth rate of Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) nestlings. Ecology 73(6):2273-2283.

Yosef, R. 1992. From nest building to fledging of  young in Great Grey Shrikes (Lanius excubitor) at Sede Boqer, Israel. J. Orn. 133: 279-285.

Yosef, R. 1992. Male-biased breeding site fidelity in a population of Northern Shrikes. The Condor 94: 1025-1027.

Yosef, R. 1992. Loggerhead Shrikes eat Crayfish. Fla Field Nat. 20(3):75-76.

Yosef, R., Grubb, JR., T. C. 1992. Territory size influences nutritional condition in nonbreeding Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus). Conservation Biology 6 (3).

Yosef, R. 1992. Behavior of polygynous and monogamous Loggerhead Shrikes and a comparison with Northern Shrikes. Wilson Bull. 104(4):747-749.

Yosef, R. , Whitman, D. W. Predator exaptations and defensive adaptations in evolutionary balance: no defence is perfect. Evolutionary Ecology, 6:527-536.

Yosef, R., Lohrer, F. E. 1992. A composite treadle/ bal-chatri trap for Loggerhead Shrikes. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 20: 116-118.

Yosef, R., 1993. Effects of Little Owl Predation on Northern Shrike Postfledging Success. The Auk 110 (2):396-398.

Yosef, R., 1993. Influence of observation posts on territory size of Northern Shrikes. Wilson Bull. 105 (1): 180-183.

Yosef, R., Layne, J.N., Lohrer, F. E. 1993. Trends in numbers of Loggerhead Shrikes on roadside censuses in peninsular Florida, 1974-1992. Florida Scient. 56(2):92-97.

Yosef, R. 1993. Prey transport by Loggerhead Shrikes. The Condor 95:231-233.

Yosef, R., Grubb, JR., T. C.  1993. Effect of vegetation height on hunting behavior and diet of Loggerhead Shrieks. The Condor 95:127-131.

Yosef, R. 1994. Evaluation of the global decline in the True Shrikes (Family Laniidae). The Auk 111: 228-233.

Yosef, R. 1994. The effects of fencelines on the reproductive success of Loggerhead Shrikes. Conservation Biology 8: 281-285.

Grubb, JR., T. C, Yosef, R. 1994. Habitat-specific  nutritional condition in Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus): Evidence from Ptilochronology. The Auk 111(3):756-759.

Yosef, R., Grubb, JR., T. C. 1994. Resource Dependence and Territory Size in Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus). The Auk 111 (2): 465-469.

Yosef, R.1994. Sex-related differences in distraction-displays by Florida Sandhill Cranes. The Condor 96:222-224.

Pinshow, B., Degen, A. A., Yosef, R., Kam, M. 1995. Energy and water use by Great Grey Shrike nestlings in unpredictable desert environments. Proceedings Western Foundation Vertebrate Zoology 6:182-185.

Yosef, R., Pinshow, B. 1995. Parallel versus serial breeding strategies in the Great Grey Shrike at Sede Boqer, Israel. Proceedings Western Foundation Vertebrate Zoology 6:251-253.

Yosef, R., Lohrer, F.E. 1995. Loggerhead Shrieks, Red Ants and Red Herrings ? The Condor 97:1053-1056.

Yosef, R., T.C. Grubb, JR. 1995. Ptilochronology: a potential biomarker for assessing territory quality and habitat suitability in shrkes. Proceedings Western Foudation Vertebrate 6:276-279.

Yosef, R. 1995. Spring 1994 Raptor migration at Eilat, Israel. J. Raptor Res. 29 (2):127-134.

Yosef, R.  1996. Feeding on migration at Eilat, Israel: opportunistic behaviour or migratory strategy ? J. Raptor Res. 30 (4):242-245.

Yosef, R. 1996. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus. The Birds of North America, No.231:1-6.

Yosef, R. 1996. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus. The Birds of North America, No.231:7-13.

Yosef, R. 1996. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus. The Birds of North America, No.231:13-20.

Yosef, R. 1996. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus. The Birds of North America, No.231:21-28.

Yosef, R. , Carrel, J. E., Eisner, T. 1996. Contrasting reactions of Loggerhead Shrikes to two types of chemically defended insect prey. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 22 (2):173-181.

Yosef, R. 1996. Sex and age classes of migrating raptors during the spring of 1994 at Eilat, Israel. J. Raptor Res. 30 (3):160-164.

Yosef, R. 1996. Raptor persecution in the Gulf  of Elat region. Israel Journal of Zoology 42:295-296.

Yosef, R., Alon, D. 1997. Do immature Palearctic Egyptian Vulters Neophron percnopterus remain in Africa during the northern summer ? Vogelwelt 118: 285-289.

Yosef, R. 1997. Physical distances among individuals in flocks of Greater Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus rubber) are affected by human disturbance. Israel Journal of Zoology  43:79-85.

Court, L., Yosef, R., Bahat, O., Kapaln, D. 1997. Grifon Vulture Gyps fulvus nest surveillance project at the Gamla Nature Reserve, Golan Heights, Israel:1996 conservation report. Vulture News 37:10-20.

Yosef, R. 1997. Reactions of Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) to seismic tremors. J. Orn. 138:543-546.

Yosef, R., Hatzofe, O. 1997. Conservation aspects and former nest-site selection of Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos in Israel. Vulture News 37:2-9.

Clark, W. S., Yosef, R. 1997. Migrant Levant Sparrowhawks (Accipiter brevipes) at Elat, Israel: measurements and timing. J. Raptor Res. 31(4):317-320.

Yosef, R. 1997. Diet of Long-eared Owls Asio otus wintering in the Khula valley, Israel. Sandgrouse 19 (2): 148-149.

Yosef, R. 1997. On habitat-specific nutritional condition in Graceful Warblers Prinia gracilis: evidence from ptilochronology. J. Orn. 139:309-313.

Marcum, H., Yosef, R. 1998. A comparison of life history parameters of five Laniidae species. IBCE tech. Publ. 7:92-101.

Yosef, R. 1998. Migration of Red-backed (Lanius collurio), Masked (L. nubicus), and Woodchat Shrikes (L.senator) at Eilat, Israel. IBCE Tech. Publ. 7:5-8.

Yosef, R., Deyrup, M. A. 1998. Effects of fertilizer-induced reduction of invertebrates on reproductive success of Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus).  J. Ornithol. 139:307-312.

Yosef, R. 1998. Clues to the Migratory Routes of the Eastern Flyway of the Western Palearctics-Ringing Recoveries at Eilat, Israel (II Falconiformes). Vogelwarte 39:203-208.

Fuisz, T. I, Yosef, R. 1998. Habitat choice of post-breeding Red-backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) in  Northeastern Hungary. IBCE Tech. Publ. 7: 26-29.

Glaser, R. L., Horsepool, K., Simhai, N., Yosef, R. 1998. The effects of disturbance on migrant waders at Eilat, Israel. Sandgrouse 20 (1): 30-35.

Yosef, R., Afik, D. 1999. Function of stone carpets at the nest entrance of Blackstarts Cercomela melanura. Vogelwelt 120:155-161.

Yosef, R., Boulos, J., Tubbeshat, O. 1999. The Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) at Dana Nature Reserve, Jordan. J. Raptor Res. 33 (4): 341-342.

Yosef, R., Fornasari, L., Giordano, A. 2000. Soaring migrants and the 1 % principle. Ring 22 (2):79-84.

Busse, P., Fornasari, L., Yosef, R. 2002. South of the sea: long term results of migrating raptors spring counts along the Polish Baltic Coast. Raptors in the millennium. pp97-98.

Yosef, R., Verdoorn, G., Helbig, A., Seibold, I. 2000. A new subspecies of the Booted Eagle from Southern Africa, inferred from biometrics and mitochondrial DNA. Raptors at Risk. pp. 43-49. WWGBP/ Hancock House.

Yosef, R. 2000. Cannibalism and scavenging by wintering Coot Fulica atra. Sandgrouse 22 (2): 136-137.

Yosef, R., Maritz, C., Maritz, A., Verdoorn, G. 2000. Physical properties of nests of the Common Fiscal Shrike (Lanius collaris subcoronatus) in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa. Ring 22 (1):123-126.

Yosef, R. 2000. Individual distances among Greater Flamingos as indicators of tourism pressure. Waterbirds 23 (Special Publication 1): 26-31.

Yosef, R. 2000. Physical characteristics of a hybrid Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica x House Martin Delichon urbica at Eilat, Israel. Sandgrouse 22 (2).

Hromada, M., Dudiňák, V., Yosef, R. 2000. An inside-out perspective of the true shrikes-a review of the helminthofauna. Ring 22, 1: 185-204.

Yosef, R., Tryjanowski, P. 2000. Phenology and biometric measurements of migratory woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) at Eilat, Israel. Ring 22 (1):213-217.

Yosef, R., Fornasari, L. 2000. Biometric differences between age and sex classes of the Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes on migration at Eilat, Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology (46):207-214.

Yosef, R. 2000. Nesting ecology of the Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) in southcentral Florida. Ring 22 (1):111-121.

Shirihai, H., Khoury, F., Al-Jbour, S., Yosef, R. 2000. The first Pink-backed Pelican in Jordan. Sandgrouse 22 (2)

Horvath, R., Farkas, R., Yosef, R.2000. Nesting ecology of the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) in northeastern Hungary. Ring 22 (1):127-132.

Yosef, R., Bahat, O. 2000. Habitat loss and vultures: a case study from Israel. Raptors at Risk. pp. 207-212. WWGBP/ Hancock House.

Yosef, R., Helbig, A. J., Clark, W. S. 2001. An intrageneric Accipiter hybrid from Eilat, Israel. Sandgrouse 23 (2):141-144.

Meyrom, K., Yosef, R., Tryjanowski, P. 2001. Phenology and biometrics of the migratory Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 47 (161-165).

Yosef, R. 2001. Status and migration characteristics of buntings (Emberizidae) in Eilat and in Israel. In: Tryjanowski P., Osiejuk T.S., Kupczyk M. (Eds). Bunting studies in Europe. Bogucki Wyd. Nauk. Poznań, pp. 11-18.

Fuisz, T. I., Yosef, R. 2001. Effect of habitat quality on the hunting behaviour of breeding Great Grey Shrikes (Lanius excubitor). Acta zool. Hung 47: 311-320.

Yosef, R. 2001. Nesting ecology of resident Loggerhead Shrikes in Southcentral Florida. Wilson Bull., 113 (3):279-284.

Yosef, R. 2001. Wader ringing at Eilat, Israel. Wader Study Group. 86-87.

Yosef, R., Rydberg-Hedaen, M. 2002. First ringing record of Pied Stonechat Saxicola caprata in the western Palearctic, at Eilat, Israel. Sandgrouse 24 (1): 63-65.

Yosef, R., Lontkowski, J., Stawarczyk, T., Fehervari, P. 2002. Biometric variation in three migratory Accipiter species at Eilat, Israel. Sandgrouse 24 (1): 55-57.

Yosef, R., Rydberg-Headen, M., Mitchell, L., Smit, H. 2002. The first breeding record of Striated Heron Butorides striatus in Israel. Sandgrouse 24 (2): 134-135.

Yosef, R., Tryjanowski, P. 2002. Spring migration ecology of Cretzchmar’s Bunting (Emberiza caesia) through Elat, Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 48:149-153.

Yosef, R., Tryjanowski, P. 2002.  Differential spring migration of Ortalan Bunting Emberiza hortulana by sex and age at Eilat, Israel. Ornis Fenica 79:173-180.

Yosef, R. 2002. Indications of arctic breeding success of Little Stint (Calidris minuta) reflected in ringing results at Eilat, Israel, 1990-2001. Arctic Birds 4:38-39.

Yosef, R., Tryjanowski, P. 2002. Migratory Masked Shrikes, Lanius nubicus staging at the desert edge: phenology, and sex- and age-related differences in body mass. Ostrich 73 (3&4): 162-165.

Tryjanowski P., Yosef  R. 2002. Migration of the Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio at the desert edge: a case study in Eilat (Israel). Acta Ornithol. 37 (2):73-78.

Tryjanowski P., Yosef  R. 2002. Differences between the spring and autumn migration of the Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio: record from the Eilat stopover (Israel). Acta Ornithol. 37 (2):85-90.

Yosef, R., Tryjanowski, P., Bildstein, K. L. 2002. Spring migration of adult and immature Buzzards (Buteo buteo) through Elat, Israel: Timing and Body Size. J. Raptor res. 36 (2): 115-120.

Yosef, R., Clark, W.C., Hoffman, S. An unusual Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus at Eilat, Israel. Sandgrouse 24 (1): 2002.

Yosef,  R., Tryjanowski P., Remisiewicz M. 2002. Migration characteristics of the Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) at Eilat (Israel). Ring 24, 1: 61-67.

Yosef, R. 2003. Shrikes and Bush-shrikes: Including Wood-shrikes, Helmet-shrikes, Flycatcher-shrikes, Philentomas, Batises and Wattle-eyes. The Auk 120 (1): 3-XXX.

Yosef, R. 2003. All weather hawk watcher’s field journal. Wilson Bulletin, 115:353-354.

Yosef, R., Fornasari, L., Tryjanowski, P., Bechard, M.J., Kaltenecker, G.S., Bildstein, K. 2003. Differential spring migration of adult and juvenile Levant Sparrowhawks (Accipiter brevipes) through Eilat, Israel. J. Raptor Res. 37(1):31-36.

Yosef, R. 2003. Nocturnal arrival at a roost by migrating Levant Sparrowhawks. J. Raptor Res. 37 (1):64-67.

Yosef, R. 2003. Pair-hunting by large falcons. British Birds 96:37-44.

Yosef, R., Chernetsov, N. 2004. Stopover ecology of migratory Sedge Warblers (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) at Eilat, Israel. Ostrich 75(1&2):52-55.

Satish A. Pande, Amit P. Pawashe, Pednekar, B., Yosef, R. 2004. How long is too long ? A case is too long ? A case of fostering nestling Bonelli’s Eagles (Hieraaetus fasciatus). J. Raptor Res. 38 (4):381-382.

Yosef, R. 2004. Perch-site use and inter- and intraspecific aggression of migratory Brown Shrikes (Lanius cristatus) in Southern Taiwan. Biological Lett. 41(2):113-118.

Yosef, R., Zduniak, P., Markovets, M. Y. 2004. Changes in numbers and biometrics in relation to season in sedentary Yellow-vented  Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos. Biota 5 (1-2):67-76.

Yosef, R., Fornasari, L. 2004. Simultaneous decline in Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) populations and Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) reproductive success: coincidence or a Chernobyl legacy. Ostrich 75 (1-2):20-24.

Yosef, R., Zduniak, P., Tryjanowski, P. 2004. Age, sex and season related biometrics of the Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus. Ardeola 51 (2): 297-302.

Ożarowska, A., Yosef, R. 2004. A comparison of the Emlen funnel and Busse’s flat cage for orientation studies. Ring 26, 1:59-69

Zduniak, P., Yosef, R. 2004. Seasonal biometric differences between sex and age groups of the Graceful Warbler (Prinia gracilis) at Eilat  (Israel). Acta Ornitologica 39 (2):169-175.

Yosef, R. 2004. How did the Horned Lizard Get Its Horns. Science 35: 1909-1910.

Yosef, R., Zduniak, P. 2004. Within-clutch variation in egg dimensions of Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) in south-central Florida. Biological Lett. 2004, 41 (2):155-162.

Decandidi, R., Allen, D., Yosef, R. 2004. A comparison of spring migration phenology of bee-eaters and Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus at Tanjung Tuan, Malaysia. Ardea 92 (2): 169-174.

Ożarowska, A., Yosef, R., Busse, P. 2004. Orientation of Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) and Lesser White-throat (S.curruca) on spring migration at Eilat, Israel. Avian Ecol. Behav. 12, 2004:1-10.

Yosef, R., Pinshow, B. 2005. Impaling in true shrikes (Lanidae): A behavioral and ontogenetic perspective. Behavioural Processes 69: 363-367.

Yosef, R., Chernetsov, N. 2005. Longer is fatter: body mass changes of migrant Reed wrblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) staging at Eilat, Israel. Ostrich, 76 (3-4):142-147.

Yosef, R., Zduniak, P.2005. Brood parasitism in the Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus). Ostrich 76 (1-2):78-79.