Prof. Ran Nathan
Short Interest:
Movement ecology, spatiotemporal plant population dynamics, ornithology.
Interest:
Movement ecology, mechanisms and patterns of organism movements, ecology and evolution of dispersal, spatiotemporal plant population dynamics, seed dispersal by wind, plant-animal interactions with special emphasis on endozoochory and granivory, dispersal biogeography, bird migration, ornithology.
Degree:
Ph. D
Role:
PI
Email(s):
Homepage:
Phone:
972-(0)2-6584314
Fax:
+972-2-6586080
Address:
Room 102, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, The Alexander Silberman Inst. of Life Sciences, Berman building, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904
Publications
Sapir N., Wikelski M., McCue M. D., Pinshow B., and R. Nathan, (2010) Flight modes in migrating European Bee-eaters: heart rate may indicate low metabolic rate during soaring and gliding | PLoS One e13956 : 5
Schurr, F. M., O. Spiegel, O. Steinitz, A. Trakhtenbrot, A. Tsoar, and R. Nathan, (2009) Long-distance seed dispersal | Fruit Development and Seed Dispersal. Annual Plant Reviews 38 204-237
Kuparinen, A., G. Katul, R. Nathan, and F. M. Schurr, (2009) Increases in air temperature can promote wind-driven dispersal and spread of plants | Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 3081-3087 : 276
Nathan, R., J. M. Bullock, O. Ronce, and F. M. Schurr, (2009) Seed dispersal | Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Nathan, R., F. M. Schurr, O. Spiegel, O. Steinitz, A. Trakhtenbrot, and A. Tsoar, (2008) Mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal | Trends in Ecology & Evolution 638-647 : 23