67. Lev-Yadun, S. 2003. Weapon (thorn) automimicry and mimicry of aposematic colorful
thorns in plants. Journal of Theoretical Biology 224:183-188.
68. Lev-Yadun, S. 2003. Stem cells in plants are differentiated too. Current Topics in
Plant Biology 4:93-102.
69. Lev-Yadun, S. 2003. Why do some thorny plants resemble green zebras? Journal of
Theoretical Biology 244:483-489.
70. Abbo, S., D. Shtienberg, J. Lichtenzveig, S. Lev-Yadun & A. Gopher. 2003. The chickpea,
summer cropping, and a new model for pulse domestication in the ancient Near East.
Quarterly Review of Biology 78:435-448.
71. Flaishman, M.A., K. Loginovsky & S. Lev-Yadun. 2003. Regenerative xylem in inflorescence
stems of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 22:253-258.
72. Yancheva, S.D., S. Golubowicz, E. Fisher, S. Lev-Yadun & M.A. Flaishman. 2003. Auxin
type and timing of application determine the activation of the developmental program during
in vitro organogenesis in apple. Plant Science 165:299-309.
73. Lev-Yadun, S. & G. Ne`eman. 2004. When may green plants be aposematic? Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society 81:413-416.
74. Lev-Yadun, S., M.A. Flaishman & N. Atzmon. 2004. Nonchimeric variegated mutation in
Cupressus sempervirens L. International Journal of Plant Sciences 165:257-261.
75. Lev-Yadun, S., A. Dafni, M.A. Flaishman, M. Inbar, I. Izhaki, G. Katzir & G. Ne`eman. 2004.
Plant coloration undermines herbivorous insect camouflage. BioEssays 26:1126-1130.
76. Avsian-Kretchmer, O., Y. Gueta-Dahan, S. Lev-Yadun, R. Gollop & G. Ben-Hayyim. 2004.
The salt-stress signal transduction pathway that activates the gpx1 promoter is mediated by
intracellular H2O2, different from the pathway induced by extracellular H2O2. Plant
Physiology 135:1685-1696.
77. Lev-Yadun, S. 2005. Shade avoidance and Zahavi's handicap principle in dense plant
populations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84:313-319.
78. Lev-Yadun, S., S. E. Wyatt & M. A. Flaishman. 2005. The inflorescence stem fibers of
Arabidopsis thaliana revoluta (ifl1) mutant. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 23:301-306
(including a cover picture).
79. Inbar, M. & S. Lev-Yadun. 2005. Conspicuous and aposematic spines in the animal kingdom.
Naturwissenschaften 92:170-172 (including a cover picture).
80. Rothwell, G.W. & S. Lev-Yadun. 2005. Evidence of polar auxin flow in 375 million-year-old
fossil wood. American Journal of Botany 92:903-906.
81. Abbo, S., A. Gopher, B. Rubin & S. Lev-Yadun. 2005. On the origin of Near Eastern founder
crops and the "dump-heap hypothesis". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 52:491-495.
82. Lev-Yadun, S. 2006. Defensive functions of white coloration in coastal and dune plants.
Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54:317-325.
83. Lev-Yadun, S. 2006. An anatomist and gentleman: Professor Abraham Fahn at 90. Israel
Journal of Plant Sciences 54:I-II (including a cover page).
84. Lev-Yadun, S. & G. Ne`eman. 2006. Color changes in old aposematic thorns, spines, and
prickles. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54:327-333.
85. Lev-Yadun, S., A. Gopher & S. Abbo. 2006. How and when was wild wheat domesticated.
Science 313:296.
86. Lev-Yadun, S., G. Ne`eman, S. Abbo & M.A. Flaishman. 2006. Comment on "Early
Domesticated Fig in the Jordan Valley". Science 314:1683a.
87. Abbo, S., A. Gopher, Z. Peleg, Y. Saranga, T. Fahima, F. Salamini & S. Lev-Yadun. 2006.
The ripples of "the big (agricultural) bang": the spread of early wheat cultivation. Genome
49:861-863.
88. Ben-David, R., S. Lev-Yadun, C. Can & S. Abbo. 2006. Ecogeography and demography of
Cicer judaicum, a wild annual relative of domesticated chickpea. Crop Science 46:1360-1370.
89. Shargal, A., S. Golobovich, Z. Yablovich, L.A. Shlizerman, R.A. Stern, G. Grafi, S. Lev-Yadun
& M.A. Flaishman. 2006. Synthetic cytokinins extend the phase of division of parenchyma
cells in developing pear (Pyrus communis L.) fruits. Journal of Horticultural Science
& Biotechnology 81:915-920.
90. Lev-Yadun, S. & K.S. Gould. 2007. What do red and yellow autumn leaves signal? Botanical
Review 73:279-289.
91. Lev-Yadun, S. & M. Halpern. 2007. Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) - An aposematic fungus.
Symbiosis Journal 43:105-108.
92. Lev-Yadun, S. & N. Mirsky. 2007. False satiation: The probable antiherbivory strategy of
Hoodia gordonii. Functional Plant Science and Biotechnology 1:56-57.
93. Halpern, M., D. Raats & S. Lev-Yadun. 2007. Plant biological warfare: Thorns inject
pathogenic bacteria into herbivores. Environmental Microbiology 9:584-592 (including
a cover picture).
94. Halpern, M., D. Raats & S. Lev-Yadun. 2007. The potential anti-herbivory role of
microorganisms on plant thorns. Plant Signaling & Behavior 2:503-504 (including
a cover picture).
95. Ronel, M., H. Malkiel & S. Lev-Yadun. 2007. Quantitative characterization of the thorn
system of the common shrubs Sarcopoterium spinosum and Calicotome villosa. Israel
Journal of Plant Sciences 55:63-72.
96. Lev-Yadun, S. 2008. Large-scale species introductions to preserve global biodiversity:
Noah's Ark revisited. Ambio (in press).
97. Lev-Yadun, S. 2008. Bioethics. On the road to absurd land. Plant Signaling & Behavior
3:612.
98. Flaishman, M.A., K. Loginovsky, Golobowich, S. & S. Lev-Yadun. 2008. Arabidopsis
thaliana as a model system for graft union development in homografts and heterografts.
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (in press).
99. Rothwell, G.W., Sanders, H., Wyatt, S.E. & S. Lev-Yadun. 2008. A fossil record for growth
regulation: the role of auxin in wood evolution. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
95:121-134.
100. Abbo, S., Y. Saranga, Z. Peleg, Z. Kerem, S. Lev-Yadun & A. Gopher. 2009. The origin of
Near Eastern grain crops: reconsidering legumes vs. cereals domestication. Quarterly
Review of Biology (in press).
II. Archaeology or Geology Journals
18. Lev-Yadun, S. & M. Weinstein-Evron. 2005. Modeling the influence of wood use by the
Natufians of el-Wad on the forest of Mount Carmel. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric
Society 35:285-298.
19. Elbaum, R., C. Melamed-Bessudo, E. Boaretto, E. Galili, S. Lev-Yadun, A.A. Levy & S. Weiner.
2006. Ancient olive DNA in pits: preservation, amplification and sequence analysis. Journal
of Archaeological Science 33:77-88.
20. Kerem, Z., A. Gopher, S. Lev-Yadun, P. Weinberg & S. Abbo. 2007. Chickpea domestication
in the Neolithic Levant through the nutritional perspective. Journal of Archaeological
Science 34:1289-1293.
21. Tsartsidou, G., S. Lev-Yadun, R.-M. Albert, A. Miller-Rosen, N. Efstratiou & S. Weiner. 2007.
The phytolith archaeological record: strengths and weaknesses evaluated based on a
quantitative modern reference collection from Greece. Journal of Archaeological
Science 34:1262-1275.
22. Lev-Yadun, S. 2008. Wood remains from archaeological excavations: a review with a Near
Eastern perspective. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences (in press).
23. Abbo, S., I. Zezak, E. Schwartz, S. Lev-Yadun & A. Gopher. 2008. Wild pea harvest in Israel -
bearing on the origin of Near East farming. Journal of Archaeological Science 35:922-929.
24. Abbo, S., I. Zezak, E. Schwartz, S. Lev-Yadun, Z. Kerem & A. Gopher. 2008. Wild lentil and
chickpea harvest in Israel: bearing on the origins of Near Eastern farming. Journal of
Archaeological Science (in press).
25. Albert, R.-M., R. Shahack-Gross, D. Cabanes, A. Gilboa, S. Lev-Yadun, M. Portillo, I. Sharon,
E. Boaretto & S. Weiner. 2008. Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages
at Tel Dor (Israel): mode of formation and archaeological significance. Journal of
Archaeological Science 35:57-75.
26. Tsartsidou, G., S. Lev-Yadun, N. Efstratiou & S. Weiner. 2008. Ethnoarchaeological study
of phytolith assemblages from an agro-pastoral village in Northern Greece (Sarakini):
development and application of a Phytolith Difference Index. Journal of Archaeological
Science 35:600-613.
Papers in Books
15. Lev-Yadun, S. 2004. Vegetal remains. In: Inscribed in clay. Provenance study of the
Amarna tablets and other ancient Near Eastern texts. Eds. Goren, Y., I. Finkelstein &
N. Na'aman. Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.
16. Lev-Yadun, S. 2008. The environmental influence of the Pottery Neolitic (ca. 7,500-6,500
years B.P.) Nahal Zehora II settlements in the southern Mt. Carmel. In: Pottery Neolithic
Village in the southern Mt. Carmel: Nahal Zehora. Ed. Gopher, A. Monograph Series of
the Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (in press).
17. Lev-Yadun, S. 2006. Defensive coloration in plants: a review of current ideas about
anti-herbivore coloration strategies. In: Floriculture, ornamental and plant biotechnology:
advances and topical issues. Vol. IV. Ed. Teixeira da Silva, J.A. Global Science Books,
London, pp. 292-299.
18. Lev-Yadun, S. & K. S. Gould. 2008. Role of anthocyanins in plant defense. In: Gould,
K.S., K.M. Davies & C. Winefield (eds.). Life's colorful solutions: the biosynthesis,
functions, and applications of anthocyanins. Springer-Verlag, Berlin (in press).
19. Lev-Yadun, S. & M. Halpern. 2008. External and internal spines in plants insert pathogenic
microorganisms into herbivore's tissues for defense. In: Van Dijk, T. (ed.). Microbial
ecology research trends. Nova Scientific Publishers, Inc., New York (in press).
20. Abbo, S., C. Can, S. Lev-Yadun & M. Ozaslan. 2008. Traditional farming systems in
south-eastern Turkey: imperative of in situ conservation of endangered wild annual
Cicer species. In: Maxted, N.,B.V. Ford-Lloyd, S.P. Kell, J.M. Iriondo, E. Dulloo,
J. Turok (eds.). Crop wild relative conservation and use. CAB International,
Wallingford, pp. 243-248.
21. Ne’eman, G. & S. Lev-Yadun. 2008. Current conservation issues in Pinus halepensis.
In: Perevolotsky, A. (ed.). Conserving Mediterranean ecosystems: the Ramat Hanadiv
case study and beyond. Oxford University Press, Oxford (in press).