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The Zahavi Arabian Babbler Research station
Papers by Prof. Amotz & Avishag Zahavi
A new paper (not yet peer reviewed) By Avishag Zahavi and her daughters: Naama Zahavi-Ely & Tirtza Zahavi. Arabian Babblers adopted as fledglings are accepted as mates by their adopters (unlike offspring, which are not taken as mates) PDF
Wahrman, J., & Zahavi, A. (1953). Intra-generic differences in chromosome numbers of spiny mice (Rodentia: Murinae). Bull. Res. Council Israel, 3, 265. ISO 690. PDF
Wahrman, J., & Zahavi, A. (1955). Cytological contributions to the phylogeny and classification of the rodent genus Gerbillus.
Nature, 175(4457), 600. PDF
Zahavi, A., & Wahrman, J. (1956). Chromosome races in the genus Acomys (Rodentia: Murinae). Bull. Res. Coun. Israel, 5, 316. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1957). THE BREEDING BIRDS OF THE HULEH SWAMP AND LAKE (NORTHERN ISRAEL). Ibis, 99(4), 600-607. PDF
Wahrman, J., & Zahavi, A. (1958). Cytogenetic analysis of mammalian sibling species by means of hybridization. Proc. X Internat. Congr. Genet., 2, 304-305. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1974). Communal nesting by the Arabian babbler: a case of individual selection. Ibis, 116(1), 84-87.PDF
Zahavi, A., & Dudai, R. (1974). FIRST BREEDING RECORD OF BLANDFORD'S WARBLER SYLVIA LEUCOMELANEA. Israel Journal of Zoology, 23(1), 55-56.PDF
Zahavi, A. (1975). Mate selection—a selection for a handicap. Journal of theoretical Biology, 53(1), 205-214. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1976). Cooperative nesting in Eurasian birds. In Proc. 16th Int. Ornithol. Congr (Vol. 2, pp. 685-693). PDF
Zahavi, A. (1977). Reliability in communication systems and the evolution of altruism. In Evolutionary ecology (pp. 253-259). Palgrave, London. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1977). The testing of a bond. Animal Behaviour, 25, 246-247. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1977). The cost of honesty: further remarks on the handicap principle. Journal of theoretical Biology, 67(3), 603-605. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1978). DECORATIVE PATTERNS AND EVOLUTION OF ART. New Scientist, 80(1125), 182-184. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1978). Parasitism and nest predation in parasitic cuckoos. The American Naturalist, 113(1), 157-159. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1979). Why shouting?. The American Naturalist, 113(1), 155-156. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1980). Ritualization and the evolution of movement signals. Behaviour, 72(1), 77-80. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1981). Natural selection, sexual selection and the selection of signals. Evolution today, 133-138. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1981). Some comments on sociobiology. The Auk, 98(2), 412-415. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1981). THE LATERAL DISPLAY OF FISHES-BLUFF OR HONESTY IN SIGNALING. Behaviour Analysis Letters, 1(4), 233-235. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1982). Some further comment on gathering of birds. Ornithologici. 919-920. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1982). The pattern of vocal signals and the information they convey. Behaviour, 80(1), 1-8. PDF
Zahavi, A., Eisikowitch, D., Kadman Zahavi, A., & Cohen, A. (1983). A new approach to flower constancy in honey bees. Colloques de l'INRA (France). PDF
Zahavi, A., & Ralt, D. (1984). Social adaptations in myxobacteria. In Myxobacteria (pp. 215-220). Springer, New York, NY. PDF
Carlisle, T. R., & Zahavi, A. (1986). Helping at the nest, allofeeding and social status in immature Arabian babblers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 18(5), 339-351. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1986). Mate choice through signals. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1986). Mate guarding in the Arabian Babbler, A group-living songbird. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1986). Reliability in signalling motivation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 9(4), 741-742. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1987). The theory of signal selection and some of its implications. In International Symposium of Biological Evolution, 1987. Adtiatici Editrici. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1989). Arabian babbler. InLifetime Reproduction in Birds (I. Newton, ed.).PDF
Zahavi, A. (1990). Arabian babblers: the quest for social status in a cooperative breeder. Cooperative breeding in birds, 103-130. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1991). On the definition of sexual selection, Fisher's model, and the evolution of waste and of signals in general. Animal Behaviour. PDF
Lotem, A., Nakamura, H., & Zahavi, A. (1992). Rejection of cuckoo eggs in relation to host age: a possible evolutionary equilibrium. Behavioral Ecology, 3(2), 128-132. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1992). Sexual selection: Badges and signals. Trends in ecology & evolution, 7(1), 30-31. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1993). Some clarifications of the notion of signals: A reply to Richner. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1993). The fallacy of conventional signalling. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 340(1292), 227-230. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1995). Altruism as a handicap: the limitations of kin selection and reciprocity. Journal of Avian Biology, 26(1), 1-3.PDF
LOTEM, A., NAKAMURA, H., & ZAHAVI, A. (1995). Constraints on egg discrimination and cuckoo-host co-evolution. Animal behaviour, 49(5), 1185-1209. PDF
Nahon, E., Atzmony, D., Zahavi, A., & Granot, D. (1995). Mate selection in yeast: A reconsideration of the signals and the message encoded by them. Journal of theoretical biology, 172(4), 315-322.ISO 690. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1995). Altruism as a handicap: the limitations of kin selection and reciprocity. Journal of Avian Biology, 26(1), 1-3. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1996). Cooperation among lions: an overlooked theory. Trends in ecology & evolution, 11(6), 252. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1996). The evolution of communal roosts as information centers and the pitfall of group selection: a rejoinder to Richner and Heeb. Behavioral Ecology, 7(1), 118-119. PDF
ZAHAVI, A. (1997). A reply to John. Animal Behaviour, 54(1), 228-229. PDF
Atzmony, D., Zahavi, A., & Nanjundiah, V. (1997). Altruistic behaviour in Dictyostelium discoideum explained on the basis of individual selection. Current Science, 72(2), 142-145. PDF
Lundy, K. J., Parker, P. G., & Zahavi, A. (1998). Reproduction by subordinates in cooperatively breeding Arabian babblers is uncommon but predictable. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 43(3), 173-180. PDF
Zahavi, A., & Zahavi, A. (1998). The handicap principle: A missing piece of Darwin's puzzle. Oxford University Press. PDF
Zahavi, A. (1999). Babbler altruism and Kin selection: A reply to Jon. Journal of Avian Biology, 30(1), 115-115. PDF
Zahavi, A. (2000). Altruism: The unrecognized selfish traits. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 7(1-2), 253-256. PDF
Zahavi, A. (2003). Indirect selection and individual selection in sociobiology: my personal views on theories of social behaviour. Essays in Animal Behaviour: Celebrating 50 Years of Animal Behaviour, 271. PDF
Pozis-Francois, O., Zahavi, A., & Zahavi, A. (2004). Social play in Arabian babblers. Behaviour, 141(4), 425-450. PDF
Kalishov, A., Zahavi, A., & Zahavi, A. (2005). Allofeeding in Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps). Journal of Ornithology, 146(2),
141-150. PDF
Zahavi, A. (2007). 16 Sexual Selection, Signal Selection and the Handicap Principle. PDF
Zahavi, A. (2008). The handicap principle and signalling in collaborative systems. Sociobiology of communication. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1-11. Click Here
ZAHAVI, A. (2010). Living with birds and conservation. PDF
Zahavi, A., & Perel, M. (2011). The information encoded by the sex steroid hormones testosterone and estrogen: a hypothesis. Journal of theoretical biology, 280(1), 146-149. PDF
Zahavi, A., & Zahavi, A. (2012). The logic of analog signaling and the theory of signal selection. ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 58(4), 269-278. PDF
Weiss, M., & Zahavi, A. (2012). The information provided by the adrenal cortical steroids: A hypothesis. Journal of theoretical biology, 311, 66-68. PDF
Zahavi, A. (2013). A comment on the term sexual selection. Current Zoology, 59(4), 589-589. PDF
Harris, K. D., & Zahavi, A. (2013). The evolution of ACh and GABA as neurotransmitters: A hypothesis. Medical hypotheses, 81(5),
760-762.PDF
Harris, K. D., Weiss, M., & Zahavi, A. (2014). Why are neurotransmitters neurotoxic? An evolutionary perspective. F1000Research, 3. PDF
Dattner, A., Zahavi, A., & Zahavi, A. (2015). Competition over guarding in the Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps), a cooperative breeder. F1000Research, 4. PDF
Harris, K. D., Barzilai, A., & Zahavi, A. (2015). An evolutionary perspective on signaling peptides: toxic peptides are selected to provide information regarding the processing of the propeptide, which represents the phenotypic state of the signaling cell. F1000Research, 4. PDF
Zahavi, A., Harris, K. D., & Nanjundiah, V. (2018). An individual-level selection model for the apparent altruism exhibited by cellular slime moulds. Journal of biosciences, 1-10. PDF
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