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
Hedenström A., M. Bowlin, R. Nathan, B. Nolet, and M. Wikelski, (2011) Mechanistic principles of locomotion performance in migrating animals | Animal Migration: a synthesis 35-51
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
G. G. Vendramin, (2011) Genetic evidence for a Janzen-Connell recruitment pattern in reproductive offspring of Pinus halepensis trees | Molecular Ecology 4152-4164 : 20
Tsoar, A., R. Nathan, Y. Bartan, A. Vyssotski, G. Dell'Omo, and N. Ulanovsky, (2011) Large-scale navigational map in a mammal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America E718-E724 : 108
Sapir N, M. Wikelski, R. Avissar, and R. Nathan, (2011) Timing and flight mode of departure in migrating European bee-eaters in relation to multi-scale meteorological processes | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1353-1365 : 65