Welcome to our lab’s publications page. Below, you will find links to the lists of our articles, arranged by year of publication. Explore our work and discover the research our team has done in our different study areas.
2026:
Salvador, R.B.; Antunes, R.F.S.; Herculano, H.C.; Marconcini, R.I.; Primo, R.A.; Rosa, R.M.; Silva, F.S.; Tomotani, B.M.; dos Santos, F.N. 2026. Surveys of terrestrial gastropods in three nature reserves in southeast Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 66: e202666007. [PDF]
Salvador, R.B.; Flanagan, E.; Alfreðsson, M.S.; Bawin, T.G.A.; Sarapuu, J.; Tomotani, B.M. 2026. Phylogeographic relationships of Baltic and Nordic populations of the Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum, with taxonomical implications. Journal of Conchology 45(5): 823–848. [PDF] [suppl.]
Tomotani, B.M.; Salvador, R.B.; Lopes, P.; Silveira, L.F. 2026. Taxonomy of Aburria Reichenbach, 1853 (Galliformes: Cracidae) based on morphological characters. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 66: e202666014. [PDF]
2025:
Salvador, R.B.; d’Udekem d’Acoz, C.; Vinarski, M.V.; Samyn, Y.; Tomotani, B.M. 2025. François Roffiaen’s terrestrial and freshwater gastropod types in the collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. ZooKeys 1239: 103–121. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Couweleers, M.; ten Brinke, B.; Walboom A.; van Oers, K.; Visser, M.E. 2025. Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. Evolution Letters: qraf006. [PDF]
Visser M.E.; van Oers K.; Charmantier A.; Drobniak S.M.; Jones C.V., Mathyssen E.; Rowe M.; Tomotani B.M. 2025. Geographic differences in the phenology of gonadal development and moult, but not of egg laying, are genetically based in a small songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292: 20242286. [PDF]
2024:
Salvador, R.B. & Tomotani, B.M. 2024. Clocks at a snail pace: biological rhythms in terrestrial gastropods. PeerJ 12: e18318. [PDF]
Tennyson, A.J.D.; Salvador, R.B.; Tomotani, B.M.; Marx, F.G. 2024. A new diving Pliocene Ardenna shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand. Taxonomy 4(2): 237–249. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Strauß, A.F.T.; Kishkinev, D.; van de Haar, H.; Helm, B. 2024. Circadian clock period length is not consistently linked to chronotype in a wild songbird. European Journal of Neuroscience 60(7): 5522–5536. [PDF]
2023:
Hazlerigg, D.G.; Appenroth, D.; Tomotani, B.M.; West, A.C.; Wood, S.H. 2023. Biological timekeeping in polar environments: lessons from terrestrial vertebrates. Journal of Experimental Biology 226(23): jeb246308. [PDF]
Lindner, M.; Ramakers, J.JC.; Verhagen, I.; Tomotani, B.M., Mateman, A.C.; Gienapp, P.; Visser, M.E. (2023). Genotypes selected for early and late avian lay date differ in their phenotype, but not fitness, in the wild. Science Advances 9(23): eade6350. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Timpen, F.; Spoelstra, K. (2023). Ingrained city rhythms: flexible activity timing but more persistent circadian pace in urban birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20222605. [PDF]
2022:
Kasper, J. .; Tomotani, B.M.; Hovius, A.; McIntyre, M.; Musicante, M. 2022. Changing distributions of the cosmopolitan mosquito species Culex quinquefasciatus Say and endemic Cx. pervigilans Bergroth (Diptera: Culicidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 50(3): 406–424. [PDF]
Salvador, R.B.; Cavallari, D.C.; Rands, D.; Tomotani, B.M. 2022. Publication practice in Taxonomy: global inequalities and potential bias against negative results. PLOS ONE 17(6): e0269246. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Salvador, R.B.; Sabadel, A.; Miskelly, C.M.; Brown, J.; Delgado, J.; Bousses, P.; Cherel, Y.; Waugh, S.; Bury, S. 2022. Extreme bill dimorphism leads to different but overlapping isotopic niches and similar trophic positions in sexes of the charismatic extinct huia. Oecologia 198: 67–77. [PDF]
2021:
Salvador, R.B.; Rogers, K. M.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Tomotani, B.M. 2021. Feeding ecology analysis supports a marine diet in the extinct Chatham Island duck (Anas chathamica). Emu 121(4): 314–322. [PDF]
Salvador, R.B.; Tomotani, B.M.; O’Donnell, K.L.; Cavallari, D.C.; Tomotani, J.V.; Salmon, R.A.; Kasper, J. 2021. Invertebrates in science communication: confronting scientists’ practices and the public’s expectations. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9: 606416. [PDF]
Tennyson, A.J.D. & Tomotani, B.M. 2021. A new fossil species of kiwi (Aves: Apterygidae) from the mid-Pleistocene of New Zealand. Historical Biology 34:352–360. [PDF]
Tennyson, A.J.D. & Tomotani, B.M. 2021. A new fossil species of Procellaria (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Pliocene of New Zealand. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61: e20216116. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Muijres, F.T.; Johnston, B.; van der Jeugd, H.; Naguib, M. 2021. Great tits do not compensate over time for a radio-tag-induced reduction in escape flight performance. Ecology and Evolution 11: 16600–16617. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Gienapp, P.; de la Hera, I.; Terpstra, M.; Pulido, F.; Visser, M. 2021. Integrating causal and evolutionary analysis of life-history evolution: arrival date in a long-distant migrant. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 1–12. [PDF]
2020:
Duntsch, L.; Tomotani, B.M.; de Villemereuil, P.; Brekke, P.; Lee, K.D.; Ewen J.G.; Santure, A.W. 2020. Polygenic basis for adaptive morphological variation in a threatened Aotearoa|New Zealand bird, the hihi (Notiomystis cincta). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 28720200948. [PDF]
Lima, R.D.; Tomotani, B.M.; Silveira, L.F. 2020. Colour variation and taxonomy of Picumnus limae Snethlage, 1924 and P. fulvescens Stager, 1961 (Piciformes: Picidae). Journal of Ornithology 161: 491–501. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Silveira, L.F.; Pacheco, J.F. 2020. Morphology and vocalization support specific status of the Chestnut-headed Chachalaca, Ortalis motmot ruficeps (Wagler, 1830) (Aves; Galliformes; Cracidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60: e20206012. [PDF]
Verhagen, I.; Tomotani, B.M.; Gienapp, P.; Visser, M.E. 2020. Temperature has a causal and plastic effect on timing of breeding in a small songbird. Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb.218784. [PDF]
2019:
Alteff, E.; Gonsioroski, G.; Barreiros, M.; Oliveira Torres, L.G.; Camilo, A.; Mozerle, H.; Sousa, A. E.; Medolago, C.A.; Martínez, C.; Lima, D.; Ubaid, F.; Mendonça, E.; Tomotani, B.M.; Silveira, L.F. 2019. The rarest of the rare: rediscovery and status of the critically endangered Belem Curassow, Crax fasciolata pinima (Pelzeln, 1870). Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia 59: e20195946. [PDF]
Fontenelle, J.H.; Tomotani, B.M.; Salvador, R.B. 2019. Taxonomic reassessment of Megalobulimus toriii (Gastropoda, Strophocheilidae). Journal of Conchology 43(3): 1–8. [PDF]
Salvador, R.B.; Tomotani, B.M.; Miskelly, C.M.; Waugh, S.M. 2019. Historical distribution data of New Zealand endemic families Callaeidae and Notiomystidae (Aves, Passeriformes). Check List 15(4): 701–727. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M. & Muijres, F.T. 2019. A songbird compensates for wing molt during escape flights by reducing the molt gap and increasing angle-of-attack. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb195396. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Bil, W.; van der Jeugd, H.; Pieters, R.; Muijres, F. 2019. Carrying a logger reduces escape flight speed in a passerine bird, but relative logger mass may be a misleading measure of this flight performance detriment. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10: 70–79. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; de la Hera, I.; Lange, C.; van Lith, B.; Meddle, S.; Both, C.; Visser, M.E. 2019. Timing manipulations reveal the lack of a causal link across timing of annual-cycle stages in a long-distance migrant. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb201467 [PDF]
Visser, M.E.; van Dooremalen, C.; Tomotani, B.M.; Bushuev, A.; Meijer, H.A.J.; Te Marvelde, L.; Gienapp, P. (2019). Short-term, but not long-term, increased day time workload leads to decreased night time energetics in a free living song bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb199513. [PDF]
2018:
Salvador, R.B.; Tütken, T.; Tomotani, B.M.; Berthold, C.; Rasser, M.W. 2018. Paleoecological and isotopic analysis of fossil continental mollusks of Sandelzhausen (Miocene, Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 92(3): 395–409. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Muijres, F.T.; Koelman, J.; Casagrande, S.; Visser, M.E. 2018. Simulated moult reduces flight performance but moult-breeding overlap does not affect breeding success in a long-distance migrant. Functional Ecology 32(2): 389–401. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; van der Jeugd, H.; Gienapp, P.; de la Hera, I.; Pilzecker, J.; Teichmann, C.; Visser, M.E. 2018. Climate change leads to differential shifts in the timing of annual cycle stages in a migratory bird. Global Change Biology 24(2): 823–835. [PDF]
2017:
Salvador, R.B.; van der Jeugd, H.; Tomotani, B.M. 2017. Taxonomy of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Aves: Muscicapidae). Zootaxa 4291(1): 171–182. [PDF]
Silveira, L.F.; Tomotani, B.M.; Cestari, C.; Straube, F.; Piacentini, V.Q. 2017. Ortalis remota: a forgotten and critically endangered species of chachalaca (Galliformes: Cracidae) from Eastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4306(4): 524–536. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Caglar, E.; de la Hera, I.; Mateman, C.; Visser, M.E. 2017. Early arrival is not associated with more extra-pair fertilizations in a long-distance migratory bird. Journal of Avian Biology 48: 854–861. [PDF]
Åkesson, S.; Ilieva, M.; Karagicheva, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Tomotani, B.M.; Helm, B. 2017. Timing avian long-distance migration: from internal clock mechanisms to global flights. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 372: 1734. [PDF]
2016:
Tomotani, B.M. & Silveira, L.F. 2016. A reassessment of the taxonomy of Crypturellus noctivagus (Wied 1820). Brazilian Journal of Ornithology 21(1): 34–45. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Amaya, J.P.; Oda, G.A.; Valentinuzzi, V.S. 2016. Social modulation of the daily activity rhythm in a solitary subterranean rodent, the tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sp.). Sleep Science 9(4): 280–284. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Gienapp, P.; Beersma, D.G.M.; Visser, M.E. 2016. Climate change relaxes the time constraints for late-born offspring in a long-distance migrant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20161366. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Ramakers, J.; Gienapp, P. 2016. Climate change impacts: birds. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net
2015–2012:
Salvador, R.B. & Tomotani, B.M. 2014. The Kraken: when myth encounters science. História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos 21: 971–994. [PDF]
Flôres, D.E.F.L.; Tomotani, B.M.; Tachinardi, P.; Oda, G.A.; Valentinuzzi, V.S. 2013. Modeling natural photic entrainment in a subterranean rodent (Ctenomys aff. knighti), the tuco-tuco. PLOS ONE 8: e68243. [PDF]
Tomotani, B.M.; Flôres, D.E.F.L.; Tachinardi, P.; Paliza, J.D.; Oda, G.A., Valentinuzzi, V.S. (2012). Field and laboratory studies provide insights into the meaning of day-time activity in a subterranean rodent (Ctenomys aff. knighti), the tuco-tuco. PLOS ONE 7: e37918. [PDF]
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