Dr. Nir Sapir

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Short Interest: 
Integrating high-resolution radio telemetry and atmospheric numerical model to study European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) migration over southern Israel
Interest: 

Degree: 
Ph. D
Years: 
2002 - 2010
Address: 
Senior Lecturer, Haifa University

Publications

Horvitz, N., N. Sapir, F. Liechti, R. Avissar, I. Mahrer, and R. Nathan, (2014) The gliding speed of migrating birds: slow and safe or fast and risky? | Ecology Letters 670–679 : 17
Zurell, D., U. Eggers, M. Kaatz, S. Rotics, N. Sapir, M. Wikelski, R. Nathan, and F. Jeltsch, (2014) Individual-based modelling of resource competition to predict density-dependent population dynamics: a case study with white storks | Oikos 319-330 : 124
Toledo, S., O. Kishon, Y. Orchan, Y. Bartan, N. Sapir, Y. Vortman, and R. Nathan, (2014) Lightweight low-cost wildlife tracking tags using integrated transceivers | in Proc. 6th European Embedded Design in Education and Research Conference, Milan, Italy.
Sapir, N., N. Horvitz, M. Wikelski, R. Avissar, and R. Nathan, (2014) Flight-mode and lateral drift due to crosswind in migrating European bee-eaters | Journal of Ornithology 745-753 : 155
Sapir, N., N. Horvitz, M. Wikelski, R. Avissar, I. Mahrer, and R. Nathan, (2011) Migration by soaring or flapping: numerical atmospheric simulations reveal that turbulence kinetic energy dictates bee-eater flight mode | Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 3380-3386 : 278

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