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Amotz Zahavi

Biology

#561

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#990

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Evolutionary Biology

#72

World Rank

#86

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Amotz Zahavi's Degrees

PhD Zoology Tel Aviv University

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According to Wikipedia, Amotz Zahavi was an Israeli evolutionary biologist, a Professor in the Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University, and one of the founders of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. His main work concerned the evolution of signals, particularly those signals that are indicative of fitness, and their selection for "honesty".

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Amotz Zahavi's Published Works

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Mate selection-a selection for a handicap. (1975) (4891)
THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAIN ASSEMBLAGES OF BIRDS AS “INFORMATION‐CENTRES” FOR FOOD‐FINDING (2008) (512)
Altruism as a Handicap: The Limitations of Kin Selection and Reciprocity (1995) (381)
Reliability in communication systems and the evolution of altruism (1977) (328)
Constraints on egg discrimination and cuckoo-host co-evolution (1995) (326)
Rejection of cuckoo eggs in relation to host age: a possible evolutionary equilibrium (1992) (251)
Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Arabian Babblers: the quest for social status in a cooperative breeder (1990) (229)
The fallacy of conventional signalling. (1993) (120)
Parasitism and Nest Predation in Parasitic Cuckoos (1979) (116)
On the definition of sexual selection, Fisher's model, and the evolution of waste and of signals in general (1991) (112)
The testing of a bond (1977) (95)
Reproduction by subordinates in cooperatively breeding Arabian babblers is uncommon but predictable (1998) (76)
Ritualization and the Evolution of Movement Signals (1980) (76)
Indirect selection and individual selection in sociobiology: my personal views on theories of social behaviour (2003) (67)
Helping at the nest, allofeeding and social status in immature arabian babblers (1986) (57)
The Pattern of Vocal Signals and the Information They Convey (1982) (44)
Altruistic behaviour in Dictyostelium discoideum explained on the basis of individual selection (1997) (38)
Altruism as a signal : Zahavi's alternative to kin selection and reciprocity. Author's reply (1999) (37)
THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE WHITE WAGTAIL MOTACILLA ALBA ALBA WINTERING IN ISRAEL (2008) (36)
THE FUNCTION OF PRE-ROOST GATHERINGS AND COMMUNAL ROOSTS (2008) (35)
Pied Wagtail Roosting and Feeding Behaviour (1976) (28)
COMMUNAL NESTING BY THE ARABIAN BABBLER:A case of individual selection (2008) (27)
Allofeeding in Arabian Babblers (Turdoides squamiceps) (2005) (26)
SOCIAL PLAY IN ARABIAN BABBLERS (2004) (24)
The handicap principle and signalling in collaborative systems (2008) (16)
Mate guarding in the Arabian babbler, a group-living songbird (1988) (16)
Why Shouting? (1979) (15)
Mate selection in yeast: A reconsideration of the signals and the message encoded by them (1995) (15)
The evolution of communal roosts as information centers and the pitfall of group selection: a rejoinder to Richner and Heeb (1996) (14)
Why are neurotransmitters neurotoxic? An evolutionary perspective (2014) (13)
The information encoded by the sex steroid hormones testosterone and estrogen: a hypothesis. (2011) (13)
Sexual Selection, Signal Selection and the Handicap Principle (2007) (12)
Social Adaptations in Myxobacteria (1984) (12)
An individual-level selection model for the apparent altruism exhibited by cellular slime moulds (2018) (11)
The evolution of ACh and GABA as neurotransmitters: a hypothesis. (2013) (11)
A reply to John (1997) (11)
The details of food-sharing interactions – their cost in social prestige (2004) (8)
Competition over guarding in the Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps), a cooperative breeder. (2015) (6)
Sexual selection: Badges and signals. (1992) (6)
Evolutionary theory: Is group selection necessary to explain social adaptations in microorganisms? (2005) (4)
THE BREEDING BIRDS OF THE HULEH SWAMP AND LAKE (NORTHERN ISRAEL). (2008) (4)
Competition over guarding in the Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps), a cooperative breeder (2016) (3)
The information provided by the adrenal cortical steroids: a hypothesis. (2012) (3)
Babbler Altruism and Kin Selection: A Reply to Jon (1999) (2)
An individual-level selection model for the apparent altruism exhibited by cellular slime moulds (2018) (2)
Why are neurotransmitters neurotoxic? An evolutionary perspective. (2014) (2)
A comment on the term sexual selection (2013) (2)
Some clarifications of the notion of signals: a reply to Richner (1993) (2)
Animal Communication: The Handicap Principle (2018) (1)
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 (2015) (0)
In a genetic analysis of the mating system of cooperatively breeding Arabian babblers (0)
Reliability in signalling motivation (1986) (0)
Jumping to Bold Conclusions a Review of the Handicap Principle: a Missing Piece of Darwin's Puzzle Group Therapy (2007) (0)
FIRST BREEDING RECORD OF BLANDFORD'S WARBLER SYLVIA LEUCOMELANEA (2013) (0)
Social Behaviour: Profile: The handicap principle and social behaviour (2010) (0)
Cooperation among lions: an overlooked theory. (1996) (0)
The evolution of GABA as a neurotransmitter (2014) (0)
Amotz Zahavi Tales of a Swamp and Peacock Tails (2018) (0)
Why are neurotransmitters neurotoxic? An evolutionary (2015) (0)

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