Zahavi Amotz

Ward, P, and Zahavi, A. 1973. The importance of certain assemblages of birds as "information-centers" for food-finding.  Ibis 115: 517-534.

Zahavi, A., 1975. Mate Selection: A selection for a handicap. J. Theor. Biol. 53: 205-14.

Zahavi, A., 1977a  Reliability in communication systems and the evolution of Altruism. In: Evolutionary ecology,  ed. B. Stonehouse and C.M. Perrins, 253-59. London : Mcmillan Press.

Zahavi, A., 1977b. The cost of honesty (Further remarks on the handicap principle). J. Theoretical Biology, 67: 603-5.

Zahavi, A., 1977c. The testing of a bond. Anim. Behav. 25: 246-47.

Zahavi, A., 1978. Decorative patterns and the evolution of art. New Scientist. 80: 182-84

Zahavi, A., 1989.  Arabian babbler.   In: Lifetime reproduction in birds ed. I. Newton, 253-276.Academic Press. London

Zahavi, A., 1990. Arabian babblers: The quest for social status in a cooperative breeder.

In: Cooperative breeding in birds: long term studies of ecology and behaviour, ed. P.B.Stacey and W.D. Koenig, 103-30. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Zahavi, A., 1993. The fallacy of conventional signaling. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 338: 227-230

Zahavi, A., 1995. Altruism as a handicap - The limitations of kin selection and reciprocity. Avian Biol. 26: 1-3.

Zahavi, A. and Zahavi, A. 1997. The Handicap Principle: A missing piece of Darwin 's puzzle.  Oxford University Press. New-York, Oxford .

Zahavi, A., 2003. Indirect selection and individual selection in sociobiology: My personal views on theories of social behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 65, 859-863.

Zahavi, A.,  2005. Is group selection necessary to explain social adaptations in microorganisms? Heredity 94: 143-144.

Zahavi, A. 2006. Sexual Selection, Signal Selection and the Handicap Principle. In: Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds. Part B. ed. B.G.M.Jamieson. pp 143-159. Science Publishers, Plymouth.

Full Publications

Wahrman, J. and Zahavi, A. 1953. Intra-generic difference in chromosome numbers of spiny mice (Rodentia: Murinae). Bull. Res. Counc. Israel III: 265.

Wahrman, J. and Zahavi, A. 1955. Cytological contributions to the phylogeny and classification of the rodent genus Gerbillus. Nature 175: 600-602

Zahavi, A. and Wahrman, J. 1956. Chromosome races in the genus Acomys (Rodentia: Murinae). Bull. Res. Counc. Israel Vol 5B, No 3-4. Sec 8, p 350 E.

Zahavi, A. 1957. The breeding birds of the Huleh swamp and lake ( Northern Israel ). Ibis 99: 600-607.

Zahavi, A. and Wahrman, J. 1957. The cytotaxonomy, ecology and evolution of the gerbils and jirds of Israel (Rodentia: Gerbillinae). Mammalia 21: 341-380.

Wahrman, J. and Zahavi, A. 1958. Cytogenetic analysis of mammalian sibling species by means of hybridization. Proc. Xth Int. Congr. Genetics 11:304-305

Zahavi, A. 1971a. The social behaviour of the white Wagtail, Motacilla alba, wintering in Israel . Ibis 113: 203-211.

Zahavi, A. 1971b. The function of pre-roost gatherings and communal roosts. Ibis 113: 106-109.

Ward, P. and Zahavi, A. 1973. The importance of certain assemblages of birds as "information-centers" for food-finding. Ibis 115: 517-534.

Zahavi, A. 1974. Communal nesting by the Arabian Babbler, a case of individual selection. Ibis 116: 84-87.

Zahavi, A. and Dudai, R. 1974. First breeding record of Blandford's Warbler Sylvia leucomelanea. Israel Journal of Zoology 23: 55-56.

Zahavi, A. 1975a. Mate selection a selection for a handicap. J. Theor. Biol . 53: 205-214.

Zahavi, A. 1975b Kin Associations in the Arabian babbler Turdoides squmiceps. Proc. 6th Scientific conf. of the Israeli Ecological Society .

Zahavi, A. 1976a. Cooperative nesting in Eurasian birds. Acta 16th Con. Inter. Ornithol ., ed H.J. Frith and J.H.Calaby, pp. 685-693. Canberra , Australia ,

Zahavi, A. 1976b. Wetland and wildfowl in south Turkey . IUCN publications, New Series 12: 75-77.

Broom, D. M., Dick, W. J. A., Johnson, D. I. And Zahavi, A. 1976. Pied Wagtail Roosting and Feeding Behaviour. Bird Study , 23, pp 267-280

Zahavi, A. 1977a. Reliability in communication systems and the evolution of altruism. In: Evolutionary Ecology , ed. B. Stonehouse, and C.M. Perrins. pp253-259. London : Macmillan Press.

Zahavi, A. 1977b. The cost of honesty (Further remarks on the Handicap Principle).

J. Theor. Biol. 67: 603-605.

Zahavi, A. 1977c. The testing of a bond. Anim. Behav . 25: 246-247.

Zahavi, A. 1978a. Decorative patterns and the evolution of art. New Scientist. 80: 182-184.

Zahavi, A. 1978b. Why shouting. Amer. Nat . 113: 155-156.

Zahavi, A. 1978c. Parasitism and nest predation in parasitic cuckoos. Amer. Nat . 113: 157-159.

Zahavi, A. 1980. Ritualization and the evolution of movement signals. Behaviour 72: 77-81.

Zahavi, A. 1981a. Natural selection, sexual selection and the selection of signals. In: Evolution today, ed. G.G.E. Scudder and J.L. Reveal, pp133-138. Pittsburgh , Carnegie-Melon University Press.

Zahavi, A. 1981b. The lateral display of fishes: bluff or honesty in signalling? . Behav. Anal. Lett. 1: 233-235.

Zahavi, A. 1981c. Some comments on Sociobiology. Auk 98: 412-414.

Zahavi, A. 1982. The pattern of vocal signals and the information they convey . Behaviour 80: 1-8.

Zahavi, A. 1982. Evolution of group life with special reference to the Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps). Acta 18th Con. Intern. Ornithol ,. ed. V.D. Ilychev, and V.M. Gavrilov, 2:1043 Moscow : Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1985.

Zahavi, A. 1982. Some further comments on the gatherings of birds. Acta 18th Con. Intern. Ornithol, . ed. V.D. Ilychev, and V.M. Gavrilov, 2: 919-920 Moscow : Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1985.

Zahavi, A. 1983. This week citation classic: The importance of certain assemblages of birds as "information centers" for food finding . Current Contents 15: 26.

Zahavi, A, .Eisikowitch, d., Kadman-Zahavi, A. and Cohen, A. 1984. A new approach to flower constancy in honey bees. 21 Symposium International sur la pollinisation (Les Colloques de l'INRA No 21) INRA Publ.(ed.), pp89-95 Versilles.

Zahavi, A. and Ralt, D. 1984. Social Adaptations in Myxobacteria. In : Myxobacteria: Development and Cell Interactions, ed. E. Rosenberg , pp215-220. New York : Springer Verlag.

Zahavi, A. 1986a. Reliability in signalling motivation. The behavioral and Brain Sciences. 9: 4. 741-742.

Zahavi, A. 1986b. Mate guarding in Arabian Babbler, a group-living songbird. Acta 19th Cong. Intern. Ornithol, Ottawa , Canada pp. 420-227.

Zahavi, A. 1986c. Mate choice through signals. Acta 19th Cong. Intern. Ornithol, Ottawa , Canada pp 956-960.

Carlisle , T. R. and Zahavi, A. 1986. Helping at the nest, allofeeding and social status in immature Arabian babblers . Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol . 18: 339-351.

Zahavi, A. 1987. The Theory of Signal Selectiom and some of its Implications. In: Proc. Intern. Symp. Biol. Evol, ed V.P, Delfino. pp305-327. Bari , Italy : Adriatica Editrica,.

Zahavi, A. 1989. Arabian Babbler. In: Lifetime reproduction in birds , ed. I. Newton, pp253-276. London : Academic Press.

Zahavi, A. 1990. Arabian Babblers: The quest for social status in a cooperative breeder. In Cooperative breeding in birds. Long-term studies of ecology and behavior . Ed P.B Stacey. and W.D. Koenig, pp103-130. Cambridge : Cambridge University press.

Zahavi, A. 1991. On the definition of sexual selection, Fisher's model, and the evolution of waste and of signals in general. Anim. Behav . 42: 501-503.

Lotem, A., Nakamura, H. and Zahavi, A. 1991. Rejection of cuckoo egg in relation to host age: a possible evolutionary equilibrium. Behav. Ecol . 3: 128-132.

Zahavi, A. 1992. Sexual selection: Badges and signals. Tree 7: 30-31.

Zahavi, A. 1993. The fallacy of conventional signalling . Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 338: 227-230.

Zahavi, A. 1993. Some clarifications of the notion of signals: a reply to Richner. Anim. Behav . 45: 402.

Zahavi, A. 1995. Altruism as a handicap - the limitations of kin selection and reciprocity. Avian Biol . 26: 1-3.

Lotem, A., Nakamura, H. and Zahavi, A. 1995. Constrains on egg discrimination and cuckoo-host co-evolution. Anim. Behav ., 49: 1185-1209.

Nahon, E, Atzmony, D., Zahavi, A. and Granot, D. 1995. Mate selection in yeast: A reconsideration of the signals and message encoded by them. J. Theor. Biol . 172: 315-22

Lotem, A., Nakamura, H. and Zahavi, A. 1995. Constrains on host discrimination and cuckoo-host co-evolution . Anim. Behav . 11: 43-54.

Zahavi, A. 1996a. the evolution of communal roosts as information centers and the pitfall of group-selecion: a rejoiner to Richner and Heeb . Behav. Ecol . 7: 118-119.

Zahavi, A. 1996b. Cooperation among lions: an overlooked theory. TREE 11: 252.

Zahavi, A. 1997. A Reply to John. Anim. Behav ., 54: 228-229

Atzmony, A., Zahavi, A. and Nanjundiah, V. 1997. Altruistic behaviour in Dictyostelium discoideum explained on the basis of individual selection. Current Science , 72, 142-145.

Zahavi, A. and Zahavi, A. 1997. The Handicap Principle . Oxford Uniersity Press. New-York.

Zahavi, A. and Zahavi, A. 1998. The Handicap Principle. Science Spectra 14: 72-77

Lundy, K.J., Parker, P.G. and Zahavi, A. 1998. Reproduction by subordinates in cooperatively breeding arabian babblers is uncommon but predictable. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol . 43: 173-180.

Zahavi, A. and Zahavi, A. 1999. The Handicap Principle . Oxford Uniersity Press. Paperback. New-York.

Zahavi, A. 1999. Babbler altruism and kin selection – a reply to Jon . Jour. Of Avian Biology 30:1.

Zahavi, A. 2000. Altruism: the unrecognized selfish traits. Journal of Consciousness Studies , 7: 253-256.

Zahavi, A. 2003. Indirect selection and individual selection in sociobiology: My personal views on theories of social behaviour. Animal Behaviour , 65, 859-863.

Zahavi, A. 2003. Comment on: Perry et al. Social Conventions in wild White-faced Capuchin Monkeys . Current Anthropology 44, 261.

Pozis-Francois, A., Zahavi, A and Zahavi, A. 2004. Social play in Arabian Babblers. Behaviour, 141:425-450.

Zahavi, A. 2004. The details of food-sharing interactions - their cost in social
prestige. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27 (4): 570
 
Zahavi, A. 2005. Is group selection necessary to explain social adaptations in microorganisms? Heredity 94: 143-144.
 
Kalishov, A., Zavahi, A. & Zahavi, A. 2005. Allofeeding in Arabian Babblers ( Turdoides squamiceps ). Journal of Ornithology , 146: 141-150. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0073-x
 

Zahavi, A. (2005). The handicap principle in social collaborations. – abstract book, Plenary talk presented at the XXIX. International Ethological Conference, Budapest , Hungary .

Zahavi, A. 2006. Sexual Selection, Signal Selection and the Handicap Principle. In: Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds. Part B. ed. B.G.M.Jamieson. pp 143-159. Science Publishers, Plymouth .

Zahavi A. 2008. The Handicap Principle in Human Social Interactions. In Judaism in Biological Perspective. ed.Goldberg R. pp. 166-172. Paradigm Publishers London .

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