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., G. G. Katul, G. Bohrer, A. Kuparinen, M. B. Soons, S. E. Thompson, A. Trakhtenbrot, and H. S. Horn, (2011) Mechanistic models of seed dispersal by wind | Theoretical Ecology 113-132 : 4
Nathan R., N. Horvitz, Y. He, A. Kuparinen, F. M. Schurr, and G. G. Katul, (2011) Spread of North-American wind-dispersed trees in future environments | Ecology Letters 211-219 : 14
Buchmann, C. M., F. M. Schurr, R. Nathan, and F. Jeltsch, (2011) An allometric model of home range formation explains the structuring of animal communities exploiting heterogeneous resources | Oikos 106-118 : 120
Tsoar A., Shohami D., and R. Nathan, (2011) A movement ecology approach to study seed dispersal and plant invasion: an overview and application of seed dispersal by fruit bats | Fifty years of invasion ecology: the legacy of Charles Elton 103-119
Spiegel, O., and R. Nathan, (2010) Incorporating density-dependence into the directed dispersal hypothesis | Ecology 1538-1548 : 91