Dr. Nir Horvitz
Short Interest:
Dispersal models
Interest:
I am a PhD student in the Movement Ecology Lab, working on models of invasion patterns. The main goal of my PhD is to model the spread of 17 invasive plants species in China over the last 130 years. My main scientific interest is ecological modeling.
In my MSc research I implied an atmospheric model to birds migratory tracks in order to understand the effect of thermal conditions on risk taking and speed selection of individuals migrating birds .
Role:
Alumni
Years:
2007-2019
Email(s):
Phone:
+972-2-6586093
Fax:
+972-2-6586080
Publications
Becciu, P., S. Rotics, N. Horvitz, M. Kaatz, W. Fiedler, D. Zurell, A. Flack, F. Jeltsch, M. Wikelski, R. Nathan, and N. Sapir, (2020) Causes and consequences of facultative sea crossing in a soaring migrant | Functional Ecology 840-852
Horvitz, N., R. Wang, F.-H. Wan, and R. Nathan, (2017) Pervasive human-mediated large-scale invasion: analysis of spread patterns and their underlying mechanisms in 17 of China’s worst invasive plants | Journal of Ecology 85-94 : 105
Harel, R., O. Duriez, O. Spiegel, J. Fluhr, N. Horvitz, W. M. Getz, W. Bouten, F. Sarrazin, O. Hatzofe, and R. Nathan, (2016) Decision-making by a soaring bird: time, energy and risk considerations at different spatiotemporal scales | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Harel, R., N. Horvitz, and R. Nathan, (2016) Adult vultures outperform juveniles in challenging thermal soaring conditions | Scientific Reports 27865 : 6
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