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Research Interests
CV
Publications
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Nathan,
Ran  PhD
Full Professor
Berman Building, rooms 102 (office), 101 (lab)
Tel: +972-(0)2-6584314
Fax: +972-(0)2-6584757
E-mail: 
Mailing address:
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904
Israel
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Short
CV [PDF]
Major Research
Interests
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Movement
ecology, bird migration, animal
foraging, seed dispersal, long-distance
dispersal, biological aerial
transport processes, navigation,
plant-animal interactions, mechanistic
modeling, plant recruitment.
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Education
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B.Sc in
Biology, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem (1989-1992)
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Ph.D. in
Ecology, Dept of Evolution, Systematics
and Ecology, HUJ (1994-2000). |
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Post-Doctoral
Fellow and Research Associate, Dept Ecol.
and Evol. Biol., Princeton Univ., USA
(1999-2001). |
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Employment
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Ben Gurion
University of the Negev: Lecturer (2001),
Senior Lecturer (2003). |
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The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem: Senior Lecturer
(2003), Associate Professor (2005), Full
Professor (2009). |
Selected professional activities
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Invited
keynote speaker, 13 international
conferences and 61 institutional seminars/
lecture series
in Australia, China, Czech Republic,
France, Germany, Greece, Panama, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, UK
and USA. |
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Research
Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research
Inst (STRI), Republic of Panama |
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General
Board Member; The Jerusalem Botanical
Gardens, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Editorial
Board Member; Ecology Letters (first
ranked research journal in ISI’s
Environment/Ecology category);
Invited editor of four Special Features in
international scientific journals;
long-distance dispersal
(Ecology 2003,Diversity &
distributions 2005), plant dispersal (J
Ecology 2008) and movement ecology (PNAS
2008). |
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Ranked 202
in the ISI Essential Science Indicators
list (last update: July 1st, 2011), among
~339,000 scientists that
have published in the Environment/Ecology
field during the last 10 years; 1773
citations (for 36 ISI papers published in
this period), 49.25 citations/paper; 5
publications currently classified as
“Highly-Cited”.
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Initiator
and group leader, Movement Ecology Group
(International Research Group at the
Institute of Advanced Studies in
Jerusalem, 2006-2007). Principal
Organizer; The First International
Conference on Movement Ecology, Jerusalem,
Israel, June 2007; Two symposia in the
annual meetings of the Ecological Society
of America (ESA); and four symposia in
other international conferences. |
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Principal
Advisor: current: 7 PhD & 4 MSc
students, 1 post-doc; past: 3 PhD & 6
MSc students, 1 post-doc. |
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Elected
Chair, Dept of Evolution, Systematics and
Ecology, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem
(2007-2009). |
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Elected
Chairman, The A. Silberman Inst. of Life
Sciences, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem
(2009-present). |
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Elected
Senate Member, The Hebrew Univ. of
Jerusalem (2010-present). |
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Selected
fellowships
and awards
Adelina and
Massimo Della Pergola Chair of Life Sciences
(2011)
International
Collaboration
Award, Australian Research Council (2011)
The
Friedrich W. Bessel Award, Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation, Germany (2006).
The Yoram
Ben-Porath Prize for Outstanding Young
Researcher, HUJ (2005).
Selected research
grants (overall raised 7.10
million USD in 29 research grants, 1999-present)
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The US
National Science Foundation (NSF DEB
0453665). R. Nathan (lead-PI); 3 years;
Total: 444,791 USD. |
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The Israeli
Science Foundation, 4 funded project (ISF
474/2002, 1316/2005, 150/2007, 1259/2009).
R. Nathan
(PI) in 3 of the 4 projects; 3-4 years
each project; Total: 806,842 USD. |
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The
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation: 3
funded projects (BSF 229/2002, 124/2004,
255/2008).
R. Nathan (PI); 2-4 years each project;
Total: 388,000 USD. |
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The
German-Israel Foundation: two funded
projects (GIF 2006/2000, 999/2008). R.
Nathan (PI); 1-3 years each
project; Total: 228,700 Euro.
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German-Israeli
Project Cooperation (DIP NA 846/1-1). R.
Nathan (lead-PI); 5 years. Total:
1,650,000 Euro. |
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Minerva
Research Center, Movement Ecology (lead
PI) ranked 1/104 proposals from all
scientific disciplines;
6(+6) years; Total: 900,000 Euro for each
6 year period. |
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Publications
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As of 4 August
2011, published 74 peer-reviewed
publications, including 60 journal
articles, 10 invited book chapters and 4
invited proceeding chapters. Of the 60
journal papers, 48 (80%) were published
in high-ranked journals (Impact Factor
> 4), including top multidisciplinary
journals (1 in Nature, 1 in Science,
6 in PNAS, 1 in BioScience, 2
in Proc Roy Soc B) and top
ecological journals (including 3
in Trends in Ecology and Evolution,
3 in Ecology Letters, 1 in
Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution
and Systematics, 3 in Molecular
Ecology, 3 in The American
Naturalist, 8 in Ecology
and 10 inJournal of Ecology).
Total number of citations in ISI: 3104,
H-index: 29.
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Last update: 04-August-2011
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Full
pulication list [PDF]
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Editorship of collective volumes
(peer-reviewed) |
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Nathan, R.
(Ed.) 2008. Movement Ecology. Special
Feature in Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences 105;
19050-19125.
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Bullock, J. M., and R.
Nathan. (Eds.) 2008. Plant
dispersal across multiple scales:
linking models and reality. Special
Issue in Journal of Ecology 96;
567-697.
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Nathan,
R. (Ed.) 2005. New perspectives
on long-distance dispersal. Special Issue
in Diversity & Distributions
11: 125-181. [Free
Web Access]
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Cain, M. L, R.
Nathan, and S. A. Levin. (Eds.)
2003. Long-distance dispersal. Special
Feature in Ecology 84: 1943-2020.
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Peer-reviewed articles in
international scientific journals |
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Nathan, R., O.
Spiegel, S. Fortmann-Roe, R. Harel, M.
Wikelski, and W. M. Getz. (201X). 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 invited
contribution, accepted
pending minor revision.
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Nathan, R., E. K.
Klein, J. J. Robledo-Arnuncio, and E.
Revilla. (201X). Dispersal kernels:
review. Pages xxx-xxx in J.
Clobert, M. Baguette, T. G. Benton, and
J. M. Bullock, editors. Dispersal and
Spatial Evolutionary Ecology. Oxford
University Press, Oxford invited
review chapter, accepted
pending minor revision.
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Spiegel,
O., and R. Nathan. (2011).
Empirical evaluation of directed
dispersal and density-dependent effects
across successive recruitment phases. Journal
of Ecology in press
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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 in
press (*equal
contribution)
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70
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Buchmann,
C. M., F. M. Schurr, R. Nathan, and F.
Jeltsch. (2011). Movement upscaled –
the importance of individual foraging
movement for community response to
habitat loss. Ecography in
press
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69
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Steinitz,
O., D. Troupin, G. G. Vendramin, and R. Nathan. (2011).
Genetic evidence for a Janzen-Connell
recruitment pattern in reproductive
offspring of Pinus
halepensis trees. Molecular
Ecology in press
[highlighted in News & Views in
this journal] [PDF]
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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 in
press
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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
65:1353–1365. [PDF]
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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
4:113–132. [PDF]
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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
14:211-219. [PDF]
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Hedesntröm
A., M. Bowlin, R. Nathan, B.
Nolet, and M. Wikelski. (2011).
Mechanistic principles of locomotion
performance in migrating animals.
Pages 35-51 in: Fryxell JM,
Milner-Gulland EJ, Sinclair ARE
(eds) Animal Migration: a synthesis.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
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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 120:106-118.
[PDF]
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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. Pages 103-119
in: Richardson DM (ed) Fifty years of
invasion ecology: the legacy of Charles
Elton. Wiley-Blackwell, London. [PDF]
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Sapir N.,
Wikelski M., McCuem M. D., Pinshow B.,
and R. Nathan. (2010).
Flight modes in migrating European
Bee-eaters: heart rate may indicate
low metabolic rate during soaring and
gliding. PLoS One
5:e13956. [PDF]
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Spiegel,
O., and R. Nathan. (2010).
Incorporating density-dependence into
the directed dispersal hypothesis. Ecology
91:1538–1548. [PDF]
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Schurr,
F. M., O. Spiegel, O. Steinitz, A.
Trakhtenbrot, A. Tsoar, and R. Nathan. (2009).
Long-distance seed dispersal. Pages
204-237 in L.
Østergaard, editor. Fruit
Development and Seed Dispersal. Annual
Plant Reviews 38, Wiley-Blackwell,
Oxford.
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Kuparinen,
A., G. Katul, R. Nathan, and F.
M. Schurr. (2009). Increases in air
temperature can promote wind-driven
dispersal and spread of plants. Proceedings
of the Royal Society B-Biological
Sciences
276:3081-3087.[PDF]
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Nathan, R., J. M.
Bullock, O. Ronce, and F. M. Schurr.
(2009). Seed dispersal. in Encyclopedia
of Life Sciences. John
Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
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Wright,
S. J., A. Trakhtenbrot, G.
Bohrer, M. Detto, G. G. Katul,
N. Horvitz, H. C. Muller-Landau,
F. A. Jones, and R.
Nathan.
2008. Understanding strategies
for seed dispersal by wind under
contrasting atmospheric
conditions. Proceedings
of the National Academy of
Sciences USA
105: 19084-19089.[Abstract][PDF]
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Holyoak, M.,
R. Casagrandi, R. Nathan,
E. Revilla, and O. Spiegel. 2008.
Trends and
missing parts in the study of movement
ecology. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences USA
105: 19060-19065. [Abstract][PDF]
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Nathan, R., W. M.
Getz, E. Revilla, M. Holyoak, R. Kadmon,
D. Saltz, and P. E. Smouse. 2008. A
movement ecology paradigm for unifying
organismal movement research. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105:
19052-19059. [Abstract][PDF][Classified
as
“hot paper” (most cited papers of the
last 2 years) in the
Multidisciplinary category
of ISI’s Web of Science; Classified as
“highly cited paper” (most cited
papers of the last 10 years) in the
Environment category of ISI’s Web of
Science; 108 citations in ISI, 4
August 2011]
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Nathan, R.. 2008. An
emerging movement ecology paradigm. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105:
19050-19051.[PDF]
[Highlighted in the journal’s cover
photo]
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Nathan,
R., F. Schurr, O. Spiegel, O.
Steinitz, A. Trakhtenbrot, and A. Tsoar.
2008. Mechanisms of long-distance seed
dispersal. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 23: 638-647.[Abstract] [PDF] |
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Mari, L.,
R.Casagrandi, M. Gatto, T. Avgar, and R. Nathan. 2008.
Movement strategies of seed predators as
determinants of plant recruitment
patterns. The
American Naturalist 172:
694-711.[Abstract][PDF] |
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Avgar, T.,
N. Horvitz, L. Broitman, and R. Nathan. 2008. How
movement properties affect prey
encounter rate by ambush versus active
predators? The
American Naturalist 172:
593-595.[PDF] |
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Bohrer, G.,
G. G. Katul, R. Nathan, R. L.
Walko, and R. Avissar. 2008. Effects of
canopy heterogeneity, seed abscission,
and inertia on wind-driven dispersal
kernels of tree seeds. Journal of
Ecology 96:
569-580.[Abstract][PDF]
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Schurr, F. M., O. Steinitz,
and R. Nathan. 2008.
Plant fecundity and seed dispersal in
spatially heterogeneous environments:
models, mechanisms and estimation. Journal
of Ecology 96: 628-641.[Abstract][PDF]
[Highlighted
in
the journal’s cover photo]
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Bullock, J. M., and R.
Nathan. 2008. Plant dispersal
across multiple scales: linking models and
reality. Journal of Ecology 96:
567-568.[Abstract][PDF]
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Avgar, T.,
I. Giladi, and R. Nathan. 2008.
Linking traits of foraging animals to
spatial patterns of plants: social and
solitary ants generate opposing patterns
of surviving seeds. Ecology
Letters
11:224-234.[Abstract][PDF] [Highlighted
in
the journal’s cover photo]
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Spiegel, O. and R.
Nathan. 2007. Incorporating
dispersal distance into the disperser
effectiveness framework: frugivorous birds
provide complementary dispersal to plants
in a patchy environment. Ecology
Letters 10: 718–728.[Abstract] [PDF]
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Nathan,
R. 2007. Total dispersal
kernels and the evaluation of diversity
and similarity in complex dispersal
systems. Pages 252-276 in A. J. Dennis, E.
W. Schupp, R. J. Green, and D. A.
Westcott, editors. Seed Dispersal:
Theory and its Application in a Changing
World. CAB International,
Wallingford, UK.
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Bronstein, J.
L., I. Izhaki, R. Nathan,
J. J. Tewksbury, O. Spiegel, A. Lotan, and
O. Altstein. 2007. Fleshy-fruited plants
and frugivores in desert ecosystems. Pages
148-177 in A. J. Dennis, E. W. Schupp, R.
J. Green, and D. A. Westcott, editors.
Seed Dispersal: Theory and its
Application in a Changing World. CAB
International, Wallingford, UK.
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Van der Veken, S., J.
Rogister, K. Verheyen, M. Hermy, and R.
Nathan. 2007. Over the (range)
edge: a 45-year transplant experiment with
the perennial forest herb Hyacinthoides
non-scripta. Journal of Ecology
95:343-351.[Abstract] [PDF]
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Gonzalez-Martinez,
S. C., J. Burczyk, R. Nathan,
N. Nanos,
L. Gil, and R. Alia. 2006. Effective
gene dispersal and female reproductive
success in Mediterranean maritime pine
(Pinus pinaster Aiton). Molecular
Ecology
15:4577-4588.[Abstract] [PDF]
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Troupin, D., R.
Nathan, and G. G. Vendramin.
2006. Analysis of spatial genetic
structure in an expanding Pinus
halepensis population reveals
development of fine-scale genetic
clustering over time. Molecular
Ecology 15: 3617-3630. [Abstract] [PDF]
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Buckley, Y.
M., S. Anderson, C. P. Cattarall, R. T.
Corlett, T. Engel, C. R. Gosper, R.
Nathan, D. M. Richardson, M.
Setter, O. Spiegel, G. Vivan-Smith, F. A.
Voigt, J. E. S. Weir, and D. A. Westcott.
2006. Management of plant invasions
mediated by frugivore interactions. Journal
of Applied Ecology 43: 848–857. [Abstract] [PDF]
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Nathan R.
2006 . Long distance dispersal of
plants. Science 313:
786-788. [Abstract] [PDF] [Classified
as “highly cited paper” (most cited
papers of the last 10 years) in the
Environment category of ISI’s Web of
Science; 174 citations in ISI, 4
August 2011]
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Bohrer, G.,
R. Nathan, and S.
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