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
Nathan, R., O. Spiegel, S. Fortmann-Roe, R. Harel, M. Wikelski, and W. M. Getz, (2012) Using tri-axial acceleration data to identify behavioral modes of free-ranging animals: general concepts and tools illustrated for Griffon Vultures | Journal of Experimental Biology 986-996 : 215
Spiegel, O., and R. Nathan, (2012) Empirical evaluation of directed dispersal and density-dependent effects across successive recruitment phases | Journal of Ecology 392-404 : 100
Caplat, P., R. Nathan, and Y. M. Buckley, (2012) Seed terminal velocity, wind turbulence and demography drive the spread of an invasive tree in an analytical model | Ecology 368-377 : 93
Steinitz, O., J. J. Robledo-Arnuncio, and R. Nathan, (2012) Effects of forest plantations on the genetic composition of conspecific native Aleppo pine populations | Molecular Ecology 300-313 : 21
Steinitz, O., Shohami, D., Ben-Shlomo, R., and Nathan, R, (2012) Genetic consequences of fire to natural populations | Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 205-220 : 58