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
Shohami, D., and R. Nathan, (2014) Fire-induced population reduction and landscape opening increases gene flow via pollen dispersal in Pinus halepensis | Molecular Ecology 70-81
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
Resheff Y.S., Rotics S., Harel R., Spiegel O. & R. Nathan, (2014) AcceleRater: a web application for supervised learning of behavioral modes from acceleration measurements | Movement Ecology 25 : 2
Horvitz N., R. Wang, M. Zhu, F.-H. Wan and R. Nathan, (2014) A simple modeling approach to elucidate the main transport processes and predict invasive spread: River-mediated invasion of Ageratina adenophora in China | Water Resources Research 9738-9747 : 50
Zurell, D., U. Eggers, M. Kaatz, S. Rotics, N. Sapir, M. Wikelski, R. Nathan, and F. Jeltsch, (2014) Individual-based modelling of resource competition to predict density-dependent population dynamics: a case study with white storks | Oikos 319-330 : 124