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List of works by Simcha Lev-Yadun

A critical review of the protracted domestication model for Near-Eastern founder crops: linear regression, long-distance gene flow, archaeological, and archaeobotanical evidence

scientific article published on 19 June 2012

A gradual peer-review process

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

A sheep in wolf's clothing: do carrion and dung odours of flowers not only attract pollinators but also deter herbivores?

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Ancient olive DNA in pits: preservation, amplification and sequence analysis

Avoiding rather than resisting herbivore attacks is often the first line of plant defence

scientific article published in 2021

Bioethics: On the road to absurd land

scientific article

Biological Warfare of the Spiny Plant Introducing Pathogenic Microorganisms into Herbivore's Tissues.

scientific article published on January 2011

Book Reviews

Carrion odor and cattle grazing: Evidence for plant defense by carrion odor

scientific article published on 21 August 2013

Colour patterns in vegetative parts of plants deserve more research attention

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Conspicuous and aposematic spines in the animal kingdom

scientific article (publication date: 11 March 2005)

Dark axils and nodes in various plant species may serve as defensive mimicry of beetle and beetle faeces

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

Defensive (anti-herbivory) Batesian mimicry in plants

scientific article published in 2019

Defensive masquerade by plants

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Dense white trichome production by plants as possible mimicry of arthropod silk or fungal hyphae that deter herbivory

scientific article published on 3 September 2014

Distribution and extinction of ungulates during the Holocene of the southern Levant

scientific article published on 29 April 2009

Does chemical aposematic (warning) signaling occur between host plants and their potential parasitic plants?

scientific article published on 9 July 2013

Does the whistling thorn acacia (Acacia drepanolobium) use auditory aposematism to deter mammalian herbivores?

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Expanding ecological and evolutionary insights from wild Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

scientific article published on 2 August 2009

Extended phenotype in action. Two possible roles for silica needles in plants: not just injuring herbivores but also inserting pathogens into their tissues

scientific article published on 03 May 2019

Fearful symmetry in aposematic plants

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Fern leaves and cauliflower curds are not fractals

scientific article

Gloger's rule in plants: The species and ecosystem levels

scientific article published on December 2015

How and when was wild wheat domesticated?

scientific article

How red is the red autumn leaf herring and did it lose its red color?

scientific article published in December 2011

Infection of tubercles of the parasitic weed Orobanche aegyptiaca by mycoherbicidal Fusarium species

scientific article

Intrusive growth of primary and secondary phloem fibres in hemp stem determines fibre-bundle formation and structure

scientific article

Limited divergent adaptation despite a substantial environmental cline in wild pea

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Mammalian extinction in ancient Egypt, similarities with the southern Levant

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

Microhistory in Archaeology and Its Contribution to the Archaeological Research

scientific article published in November 2021

Mirror images: fish versus terrestrial animals

scientific article published on 25 October 2011

Mode of Occupation of Tabun Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel During the Mousterian Period: A Study of the Sediments and Phytoliths

scholarly article by Rosa María Albert et al published October 1999 in Journal of Archaeological Science

Müllerian and Batesian mimicry out, Darwinian and Wallacian mimicry in, for rewarding/rewardless flowers

scientific article published on 26 June 2018

Müllerian mimicry in aposematic spiny plants

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

Olive tree-ring problematic dating: a comparative analysis on Santorini (Greece)

scientific article published in 2013

On Chalcolithic maceheads and spinning implements

On the 'lost' crops of the neolithic Near East

scientific article

On the Origin of Near Eastern Founder Crops and the ‘Dump-heap Hypothesis’

Paleolithic cave rock art, animal coloration, and specific animal habitats

scientific article (publication date: 15 May 2012)

Partly transparent young legume pods: Do they mimic caterpillars for defense and simultaneously enable better photosynthesis?

scientific article published on November 2015

Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor (Israel): mode of formation and archaeological significance

scholarly article by Rosa María Albert published in January 2008

Plant Fiber Formation: State of the Art, Recent and Expected Progress, and Open Questions

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Plant Silicon and Phytolith Contents as Affected by Water Availability and Herbivory: Integrating Laboratory Experimentation and Natural Habitat Studies

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Plant biological warfare: thorns inject pathogenic bacteria into herbivores

scientific article published in March 2007

Plant coloration undermines herbivorous insect camouflage

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Plant development: cell movement relative to each other is both common and very important

scientific article published in January 2015

Plants are not sitting ducks waiting for herbivores to eat them

scientific article published on 2 May 2016

Pollinator Behavior Drives Sexual Specializations in the Hermaphrodite Flowers of a Heterodichogamous Tree

scientific article published on 18 October 2019

Prehistoric Wood Remains ofCupressus SempervirensL. from the Natufian Layers of El-Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel

scholarly article by Simcha Lev-Yadun & Mina Evron published March 1993 in Tel Aviv

Prerequisites for evolution: variation and selection in yellow autumn birch leaves.

scientific article published in July 2012

Reconsidering domestication of legumes versus cereals in the ancient near east

scientific article

Red/purple leaf margin coloration: Potential ecological and physiological functions

scientific article published in 2015

Rheum palaestinum (desert rhubarb), a self-irrigating desert plant

scientific article published on 22 November 2008

Six seasons of wild pea harvest in Israel: bearing on Near Eastern plant domestication

Spinescent patterns in the flora of Jiaozi Snow Mountain, Southwestern China

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Spring Versus Autumn or Young Versus Old Leaf Colors: Evidence for Different Selective Agents and Evolution in Various Species and Floras

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Swarm intelligence in plant roots

scientific article published in December 2010

Terminology for plant polarity: progress and difficulties

scientific article published on March 2011

The 'Human Mind' as a common denominator in plant domestication

scientific article published on 17 March 2014

The Distance to Which Wound Effects Influence the Structure of Secondary Xylem of Decapitated Pinus pinea

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

The Impact of Olive Orchard Abandonment and Rehabilitation on Pollen Signature: An Experimental Approach to Evaluating Fossil Pollen Data

The Living Fossil Psilotum nudum Has Cortical Fibers With Mannan-Based Cell Wall Matrix

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

The Origin of the Cedar Beams from Al-Aqsa Mosque: Botanical, Historical and Archaeological Evidence

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The chickpea, summer cropping, and a new model for pulse domestication in the ancient near east

scientific article

The earliest Near Eastern wooden spinning implements

The enigmatic fast leaflet rotation inDesmodium motorium

scientific article (publication date: June 2013)

The olive tree-ring problematic dating

The olive-branch dating of the Santorini eruption

scientific article

The phytolith archaeological record: strengths and weaknesses evaluated based on a quantitative modern reference collection from Greece

scholarly article by Georgia Tsartsidou published in August 2007

The plant component of an Acheulian diet at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

The potential anti-herbivory role of microorganisms on plant thorns

scientific article published on November 2007

The ripples of "The Big (agricultural) Bang": the spread of early wheat cultivation

scientific article published on August 2006

The salt-stress signal transduction pathway that activates the gpx1 promoter is mediated by intracellular H2O2, different from the pathway induced by extracellular H2O2.

scientific article published on 9 July 2004

The shared and separate roles of aposematic (warning) coloration and the co-evolution hypothesis in defending autumn leaves

scientific article published on August 2010

Theoretical and functional complexity of white variegation of unripe fleshy fruits

scientific article published on October 2013

Thermal Benefits From White Variegation of Silybum marianum Leaves

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Unravelling the evolution of autumn colours: an interdisciplinary approach

scientific article

Unripe red fruits may be aposematic

scientific article published on 21 September 2009

Use of space in a Neolithic village in Greece (Makri): phytolith analysis and comparison of phytolith assemblages from an ethnographic setting in the same area

scientific article

Weapon (thorn) automimicry and mimicry of aposematic colorful thorns in plants.

scientific article

Wheat, rye, and barley on the cob?

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Why do some thorny plants resemble green zebras?

scientific article published in October 2003

Why red-dominated autumn leaves in America and yellow-dominated autumn leaves in Northern Europe?

scientific article published on 9 June 2009

Why should trees have natural root grafts?

scientific article published in June 2011

Yield stability: an agronomic perspective on the origin of Near Eastern agriculture