Body sizes of carnivores commensal with humans have increased over the past 50 years

By Y. Yom-Tov. 2003

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Ecological and evolutionary implications of food subsidies from humans. (2013, background): “This can lead to behavioural and morphological differences across populations which may, in turn, lead to changes in gene frequency (Yom-Tov 2003; Cohen et al. 2013).”
Cranial size has increased over 133 years in a common bat, Pipistrellus kuhlii: a response to changing climate or urbanization? (2014, background): “Changes in land use and an increased production of organic refuse favour species that are commensal with humans, some of which have shown clear body size increases over the last century (Yom-Tov, 2003; Yom-Tov & Yom-Tov, 2012).”
Global warming, Bergmann's rule and body size in the masked shrew Sorex cinereus Kerr in Alaska (2005, background): “On the other hand, high food availability may increase body size, and a recent increase in body size among commensal carnivores in Israel was attributed to this factor (Yom-Tov 2003).”
The generality of the island rule reexamined (2006, background): “Patterns of recent size change in mainland mammals are extremely difficult to ascribe unambiguously to fragmentation, rather than to global climate change or increased food availability (Yom-Tov, 2001, 2003).”
What determines conformity to Bergmann's rule? (2007, background): “Recent increases in body size of several species of mammals have been attributed to improved diet (Yom-Tov, 2003; Yom-Tov et al. , 2003; Yom-Tov & Yom-Tov, 2005), and prey size and availability were shown to be strong predictors of geographical variation in carnivore size (Raia & Meiri, 2006).”
Variability and correlations in carnivore crania and dentition (2005, background): “…data are probably highly affected by geographic variation (which can affect size and also dietary preferences, e.g. Hilderbrand et al. 1999; Goszczynski, Jedrzejewska & Jedrzejewski 2000; Clavero, Prenda & Delibes 2003) and by temporal variation (e.g. Yom-Tov 2003; Yom-Tov, Yom-Tov & Baagøe 2003).”
Big city life: carnivores in urban environments (2012, background): “Yom-Tov (2003) examined museum specimens collected from Israel over 60 years (from 1945 to 2005), a time span when human population in the country increased approximately eightfold, resulting in a significant increase in anthropogenic food sources (Yom-Tov, 2003).”