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Nathan,
Ran  PhD
Associate Professor
Berman Building, rooms 102 (office), 101 (lab)
Tel: +972-(0)2-6584314
Fax: +972-(0)2-6584757
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Mailing address:
Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904
Israel |
Major
Research Interests
| 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,
gene flow and genetic structure, rarity, macroecology,
conservation biology, dispersal biogeography, bird migration,
ornithology. |
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal
Details
Date and place
of birth: |
April 1, 1962; Eilat, Israel |
Marital status:
|
married + three children |
Regular military
service: |
1980-1986 (current rank: major) |
Education
| B.Sc
|
Biology,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Graduated with distinction
(1989-1992; Dean’s list of academic excellence, Faculty
of Science, in each of the three years) |
| M.Sc.
|
Dept
of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem (1992-1994; degree awarded during direct-Ph.D.
program) |
| Ph.D.
|
Dept
of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem. Advisors: Prof. Uriel N. Safriel and Prof.
I. Noy-Meir. Dissertation: “Spatiotemporal dynamics of seed
dispersal by wind in Aleppo pine” (1994-2000). |
| Post-Doctoral
Fellow |
Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University,
USA, Prof. Simon A. Levin’s lab. Post-doctoral fellowships
from the Schonbrunn Foundation, the Andrew Mellon Foundation,
and the National Science Foundation, USA (1999-2001). |
Employment
History
| 1999-2001 |
Research
Associate and Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA, Prof.
Simon A. Levin’s lab. |
| 09/2001-03/2003 |
Lecturer,
Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, Israel. |
| 04/2003-09/2003 |
Senior
Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev, Israel. |
| 10/2003-08/2005 |
Senior
Lecturer, Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology,
Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. |
| 09/2005-present |
Associate
Professor, Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology,
Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. |
Appointments
& other Professional Activities
|
1998 present |
Reviewer |
|
|
Various international
journals, including American Journal of Botany, Canadian
Journal of Botany Science, Canadian Journal of Forest Research,
Diversity & Distributions, Ecological Applications,
Ecological Modelling, Ecology, Ecoscience, Evolutionary
Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Ecology,
Oecologia, PLoS Biology, Proceedings of the National Academies
of Science USA, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
B, Science, The American Naturalist, Trends in Ecology and
Evolution, various books, book chapters and proposals for
various research funding agencies. |
|
2001 |
Principal Organizer |
| |
Symposium on long-distance
dispersal, The 86th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society
of America (ESA), Madison, Wisconsin, USA. |
| 2001-2003 |
Associate Member |
| |
Mitrani Department of
Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research,
Ben-Gurion University, Sede Boker Campus, Israel. |
| 2002-2003 |
Visiting Research Scientist |
| |
Nicholas School of the
Environment, Duke University, USA. |
| 2002-2003 |
Award Committee, Head (2003) and Member
(2002). |
| |
Merav Ziv Ecology Award.
Ecological track at Ben-Gurion University, Department of
Life Science and Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology. |
| 2002-2003 |
Organizing Committee, Member |
| |
Frontiers of Science and
Engineering in the Middle East. Sponsored jointly by The
US National Academies, The Israel Academy of Sciences and
Humanities, The Higher Council of Science and Technology
of Jordan and The Palestine Academy for Science and Technology.
21-23 September 2003, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2003-2005 |
Board Member |
| |
The Zoological Society
of Israel. |
| 2004-present |
Research Associate |
| |
Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute (STRI), Republic of Panama |
| 2005-present |
General Board, Member; Scientific
Committee, Member |
| |
Forestry Dept, The Jewish
National Fund (Keren Kayemet Leisrael) |
| 2005-present |
General Board, Member; Scientific
Committee, Member |
| |
The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, Jerusalem, Israel.
|
| 2005-present |
Editorial Board, Member |
| |
Journal of Ecology |
| 2005-present |
Editorial Board, Member |
| |
Diversity and Distributions |
| 2006-2007 |
Initiator and group leader |
| |
Movement Ecology (International
Research Group at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Jerusalem). |
| 2006-present |
Committee Member |
| |
Biodiversity Forum , The Israel
Academy of Sciences. |
| 2007 |
Principal Organizer |
| |
The First International Conference
on Movement Ecology, the Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem,
Israel, 10-11 June 2007. |
| 2007 |
Principal Organizer |
| |
Symposium on Movement Ecology,
The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society for Ecology
& Environmental Quality, the Weizmann Institute, Rehovot,
Israel, 12 June 2007. |
| 2007 |
Principal Organizer |
| |
Symposium on Movement Ecology,
The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
(ESA), San Jose, California, USA. |
| 2007-2008 |
Committee Member |
| |
Scientific Committee in the matter
of the Nature Museum in Jerusalem, on behalf of the Hebrew
University and the Jerusalem Development Authority. |
| 2007-present |
Chairperson |
| |
Dept of Evolution, Systematics
and Ecology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
| 2008-present |
Chair |
| |
Scientific Committee for Darwin
Year, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty
of Mathematics and Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
| 2008-present |
Co-organizer |
| |
Evolution in Jerusalem, International
Conference to be held at the Institute of Advanced Studies,
Jerusalem, Israel, 2-4 March 2009. |
| 2008-present |
Member |
| |
Scientific Committee in the matter
of the Nature Museum in Jerusalem, on behalf of the Hebrew
University and the Jerusalem Development Authority. |
| Forthcoming, |
Editorial Board, Member |
| starting Jan 2009 |
Ecology Letters |
Membership
| 2000-present |
Ecological Society of America |
| 2002-present |
American Society of Naturalists |
| 2002-2005 |
Nordic Society Oikos |
| 2003-present |
British Ecological Society |
| 2003-present |
Zoological Society of Israel |
| 2004-2006 |
Society for Conservation Biology |
Awards,
Citations, Honors and Fellowships
|
1980 |
The Feuchtwagner Foundation
award of distinction, Ministry of Education, Israel.
For a high school research project (waterfowl migration
in Eilat, Israel). |
1988 |
The “Keren Hatzvi” Foundation
Research Scholarship, The Society for Protection of
Nature in Israel, Israel. For field research (breeding success
of Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus in north Israel). |
1990 |
Nathan Simon’s award,
The Jewish National Fund, Israel. For excellent undergraduate
students. |
1990 |
Dean’s list of academic
excellence, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. (in each of the 3 years) |
1993 |
The Ben-Gurion award
for excellence, Ministry of Science, Israel. |
1994 |
The Polak award,
The Alexander Silberman Institute, the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. For research achievements
and academic excellence. |
1995 |
The Wolf Inter-University
award, Israel. For excellence in studies toward the
Ph.D. degree. |
1995-7 |
The Rieger Foundation
Award. |
1996 |
best student lecture
Award in “Preservation of our world in the wake of change”,
The Sixth International Conference of the Israel Society
for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem,
Israel. |
|
1999 |
The Schonbrunn Foundation
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the Hebrew University Fellowship
Committee. For post-doctoral research at Princeton University. |
| 2004 |
The Simon and Ethel Flegg Fellowship.
A three-year fellowship awarded annually by the president
of the Hebrew University of Jerusalema for three young excellent
researchers of all academic disciplines, for promoting cultural,
spiritual and scientific life in Israel. |
| 2005 |
The Yoram Ben-Porath
Prize to Outstanding Researcher. Awarded annually by
the president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to one
outstanding young researcher of all academic disciplines,
for excellence in research. |
| 2006 |
The Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Award, The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
Awarded to "young, top-flight scientists and scholars
from abroad who are already recognized as outstanding researchers
in their field". |
Research
Grants
| 2000 |
The US National Science
Foundation (NSF IBN 9981620). S. Levin (PI), S. Pacala,
H. Horn, R. Nathan (Princeton University),
R. Avissar (Duke University). Subject: Collaborative Research:
Long distance dispersal of tree seeds by wind: underlying
mechanisms, mathematical prediction and field quantification.
Period: 3 years (2000-2003). Number of publications acknowledging
support from this grant: 21. |
| 2001 |
The German-Israeli Foundation
(GIF) Young Investigators’ Program (GIF 2006-1032.12/2000).
R. Nathan (PI). Subject: Integrating models
and field data to investigate the ecological and atmospheric
processes leading to seed dispersal and population spread
in wind-dispersed tree species Period: 1 year (2001). Number
of publications acknowledging support from this grant: 16. |
| 2002 |
The Israeli Science Foundation
(ISF 747/02). R. Nathan (PI). Subject:
From seed dispersal to population spread: mechanistic models
and field data. Period: 4 years (2002-2006). Number of publications
acknowledging support from this grant: 21. |
| 2003 |
The US-Israel Binational
Science Foundation Start-Up Grant (BSF 229/2002). R.
Nathan (PI), M. Wikelski (Princeton University),
R. Avissar (Duke University). Subject: Integrating high-resolution
telemetry and atmospheric model to study bird migration.
Period: 2 years (2003-2005). Number of publications acknowledging
support from this grant: 5. |
| 2003 |
The International Arid
Land Consortium (IALC 03R/25). I. Izhaki (PI, Haifa University),
R. Nathan, J. Bronstein (University of
Arizona). Subject: Fleshy-fruited plants and frugivores
in desert ecosystems. Period: 2.5 years (2003-2006). Number
of publications acknowledging support from this grant: 12. |
| 2004 |
The Hebrew University
Intramural Innovation Award. R. Nathan
(PI). |
| 2005 |
The US
National Science Foundation (NSF EBC 0453665). R.
Nathan (PI), J. Wright (Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute), H. Muller-Landau (University of Minnesota),
R. Avissar (Duke University). Subject: Collaborative Research:
Seed dispersal by wind and plant recruitment in tropical
forests – an interdisciplinary investigation across multiple
scales. Period: 3 years (2005-2008). Number of publications
acknowledging support from this grant: 5.[ Project
website ] |
| 2005 |
The Hebrew
University Intramural Applied Research Award. R.
Nathan (PI). Period: 1 year (2005/6). |
| 2005 |
The Israeli
Science Foundation, the Bikura (FIRST) program (ISF 1316/05).
R. Nathan (PI), D. Weihs (Technion), I. Mahrer
(HUJ). Subject: Can we address the immense difficulty in
quantifying, understanding and predicting rare but critical
events of long-distance seed dispersal in heterogeneous
landscapes? Period: 3 years (2005-2008). |
| 2005 |
The US-Israel
Binational Science Foundation (BSF 124/2004). R.
Nathan (PI) M. Wikelski (Princeton University),
R. Avissar (Duke University). Subject: Coupling high-resolution
telemetry and detailed atmospheric models to study the response
of flying migratory birds to fine-scale variation in atmospheric
conditions. Period: 4 years (2005-2009). |
| 2006 |
The Hebrew
University Intramural Applied Research Award B. R.
Nathan (PI). Period: 1 year (2006/7). |
| 2006 |
Israel Nature
and Parks Authority. R. Nathan (PI). Subject:
Afforestation effects on genetic structure of native Aleppo
pine populations. Period: 1 year (2006/7). |
| 2007 |
The Israeli Science Foundation (ISF 150/07).
G. Ne'eman (PI, Haifa University), R. Nathan
(CI) , Subject: The effect of fire on spatial and temporal
changes in the genetic structure of perennial plants: Pinus
halepensis in Israel as a case study. Period: 4 years (2007-2011).
|
| 2008 |
Israel Nature
and Parks Authority. R. Nathan (PI). Subject:
Afforestation effects on genetic structure of native Aleppo
pine populations: quantifying gene flow. |
| 2008 |
The
Ring Research Foundation. R. Nathan (PI),
I. Mahrer (HUJ). The effect of atmospheric conditions on
bird migration studied by high-resolution radar and numerical
atmospheric model. |
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Educational
Activities
Courses
| 2002-2003 |
Plant Sciences
A |
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Undergraduate
level, Dept of Life Sciences, BGU. |
| 2003 |
The Plant World:
Flowering Plants |
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Undergraduate
level, Dept of Life Sciences, BGU. |
| 2002-2003 |
Research Project |
|
Undergraduate level, Dept of Life
Sciences, BGU. |
| 2002-2003 |
Tutoring in Instructive Reading |
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Graduate level, Dept of
Life Sciences, BGU. |
| 2003-present |
Guided project in biological
research (72329) |
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Undergraduate level. A. Silberman Institute of Life Sciences,
HUJ. Since 2003, 3-5 projects are being supervised every
year.
|
| 2004-present |
Evolution and Ecology of
Birds (72623) |
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Undergraduate level. Dept
of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. |
| 2004 |
Undergraduate seminar in
evolution, systematics, ecology and behavior (72520) |
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Undergraduate level. Dept
of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. |
| 2005,2007-present |
Advanced Ecology (72604) |
|
Undergraduate level. Dept
of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, HUJ |
Graduate research students
| MSc students |
|
| Ofir Altstein |
2001-2004, Dept of Life
Sciences, BGU. Co-advisor: Dr. Ido Izhaki (Haifa University).
Thesis title: Seed dispersal of a fleshy fruited desert
shrub by birds: Effects of gut passage, disperser movement
and local spatial structure on seed dispersion patterns.
Graduated cum laude. Joint Publications:
C08. |
| David Troupin |
2002-2005, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Genetic structure
and seed dispersal in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis). Graduated
magna cum laude. Joint Publications: P33. |
| Orr Spiegel |
2003-2006, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Scale-dependent
frugivory in a desert ecosystem. Graduated summa
cum laude. Rector Prize (2005), Best student lecture (MSc
category), Annual Meeting of the Israeli Zoological Society,
Dec 2006, Minerva Short-term Research Grant (2007), Rieger
Foundation Fellowship (2007) Joint Publications:
C08, P31, P36. |
| Tal Avgar
|
2004-2007, Dept of Evolution, Systematics
and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Consequences of ant foraging
behavior on plant recruitment patterns. Graduated
summa cum laude. Third Prize in Annual Open Day of the Faculty
of Science (2006), Samuel and Lottie Rudin
Scholarship (2006). Joint Publications: P37, P41,
P47. |
| Luba Broitman |
2004-2007, Dept of Evolution, Systematics
and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Spatially-explicit models
of seed dispersal by animals. Graduated magna cum
laude. Joint Publications: P41. |
| Nir Horvitz |
2006-present, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Effects of atmospheric
conditions on migrating birds. Joint Publications: P41, P45. |
| David Shoami |
2007-present, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Effects of fire
on pine spatial genetic structure. |
| Itai Shanni |
2008-present, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Migration and
stopover of Cranes in Hula Valley. . |
| PhD students
|
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| Nir Sapir |
2002-present, Dept of
Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject:
Integrating high-resolution radio telemetry and atmospheric
numerical model to study European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
migration over southern Israel. Fulbright Doctoral
Dissertation Student Travel Award (2003); Rieger Foundation
Fellowship (2005, 2006). Joint Publications: P25. |
| Ana
Trakhtenbrot |
2003-present, Dept of Evolution, Systematics
and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Fragmentation and dispersal
in plant populations. Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation
Student Travel Award (2005), Maurice and Faye Kaufman Memorial
Prize for Excellence (2006), Israel Association of University
Women (2007); Biodiversity Fellowship, Faculty of Science,
HUJ (2007). Joint Publications: P25, P26, P45,
P46. |
| Ofer Steinitz
|
2003-present, Dept of Evolution, Systematics
and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Factors determining the
genetic structure of natural Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis)
populations. Rieger Foundation Fellowship (2004),
Minerva Short-term Research Grant (2006), Wolf Inter-University
Award (2006). Joint Publications: P40, P46. |
| Asaf Tsoar
|
2004-present, Dept of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology,
HUJ. Thesis subject: Seed dispersal by the Egyptian fruit-bat
(Rousettus aegyptiacus), in a semi-arid Mediterranean environment.
Rieger Foundation Fellowship (2006, 2007), BCI International
Fellowship (2008). Joint Publications: P46. |
| Yoav Motro |
2005-present, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Co-advisor: Prof. Yoram Yom-Tov
(Tel-Aviv University). Thesis subject: Regulation of rodent
populations by barn owls and its effects on agricultural
yield. |
| Sue Frumin |
2005-present, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Co-advisor: Prof. Uzi Plitman
(HUJ). Thesis subject: Gene flow by dispersal in inbreeding
annuals of the Poaceae. |
| Orr Spiegel |
2006-present, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Movement ecology
of foraging vultures. Minerva Short-term Research
Grant (2007), Rieger Foundation Fellowship (2007). Joint
Publications: P44, P46. |
| Yotam Orchan |
2008-present, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Thesis subject: Navigation and
foraging of Stone Curlews . |
| Post-doctoral Fellows
|
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| Dr Itamar
Giladi |
2004-2005, Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, HUJ. Research subject: Evolution
of dispersal distances. The Golda Meir Post-doctoral
Fellowship. Joint Publications: P37. |
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Publications
Last update: 04-Jan-2009
| 1) Editorship of collective
volumes (peer-reviewed) |
| E04 |
Nathan,
R. (Ed.) 2008. Movement Ecology. Special Feature
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
105; 19050-19125. |
| E03 |
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.
|
| E02 |
Nathan, R. (Ed.)
2005. New perspectives on long-distance dispersal. Special
Issue in Diversity & Distributions 11: 125-181.
[Free
Web Access] |
| E01 |
Cain, M. L, R. Nathan,
and S. A. Levin. (Eds.) 2003. Long-distance dispersal. Special
Feature in Ecology 84: 1943-2020. |
| 2) Peer-reviewed articles
in international scientific journals |
| P47 |
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]
|
| P46 |
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] |
| P45 |
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] |
| P44 |
Holyoak, M., R. Casagrandi, R.
Nathan, E. Revilla, and O. Spiegel. 2008. Trends
in the study of movement ecology: What are we missing? Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105: 19060-19065.
[Abstract] |
| P43 |
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] |
| P42 |
Nathan, R.. 2008.
An emerging movement ecology paradigm. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences USA 105: 19050-19051. |
| P41 |
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]
|
| P40 |
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]
|
| P39 |
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] |
| P38 |
Bullock, J. M., and R.
Nathan. 2008. Plant dispersal across multiple scales:
linking models and reality. Journal of Ecology 96:
567-568.[Abstract][PDF] |
| P37 |
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] |
| P36 |
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] |
| P35 |
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] |
| P34 |
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] |
| P33 |
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] |
| P32 |
Nathan R. 2006 . Long distance
dispersal of plants. Science 313: 786-788. [Abstract]
[Full
Text] |
| P31 |
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] |
| P30 |
Neilson, R. P., L. F. Pitelka,
A. M. Solomon, R. Nathan, G. F. Midgley,
J. M. V. Fragoso, H. Lischke and K. Thompson. Forecasting
regional to global plant migration in response to climate
change: challenges and directions. BioScience 55: 749-795.
[Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P29 |
Bohrer, G., R. Nathan,
and S. Volis. 2005. Effects of long-distance dispersal for
metapopulation survival and genetic structure at ecological
time and spatial scales. Journal of Ecology 93: 1029–1040.
[Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P28 |
Katul, G. G., A. Porporato, R.
Nathan, M. Siqueira, M. B. Soons, D. Poggi, H. S.
Horn, and S. A. Levin. 2005. Mechanistic analytical models
for long-distance seed dispersal by wind. The American
Naturalist 16: 368-381. [Abstract]
[PDF]
|
| P27 |
Nathan, R. and
G.G. Katul. 2005. Foliage shedding in deciduous forests lifts
up long-distance seed dispersal by wind. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences 102: 8251-8256. [Abstract]
[PDF] [Supporting
Material] |
| P26 |
Trakhtenbrot, A., R. Nathan,
G. Perry, and D. M. Richardson. 2005. The importance of long-distance
dispersal in biodiversity conservation. Diversity and Distributions
11: 173-181. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P25 |
Nathan, R., N.
Sapir, A. Trakhtenbrot, G. G. Katul, G. Bohrer, M. Otte, R.
Avissar, M. B. Soons, H. S. Horn, M. Wikelski, and S. A. Levin.
2005. Long-distance biological transport processes through
the air: can nature's complexity be unfolded in-silico? Diversity
and Distributions 11: 131-137. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P24 |
Nathan, R. 2005.
Long-distance dispersal research: building a network of yellow
brick roads. Diversity and Distributions 11: 125-130.
[Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P23 |
Nathan, R. 2005.
Transport phenomena research: journeying towards integration.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 65-66. [PDF]
|
| P22 |
Nathan, R., and
G. Ne’eman. 2004. Spatiotemporal dynamics of recruitment in
Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller). Plant Ecology
171: 123-137. [PDF] |
| P21 |
Ne’eman, G., S. Goubitz, and R.
Nathan. 2004. Reproductive traits of Pinus halepensis
in the light of fire – a critical review. Plant Ecology
171: 69-79. [Abstract]
[PDF]
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| P20 |
Goubitz, S., R. Nathan,
D. Roitemberg, A. Shmida, and G. Ne’eman. 2004. Canopy
seed bank structure in relation to fire, tree size and density.
Plant Ecology 173: 190-201. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P19 |
Nathan, R., and
R. Casagrandi. 2004. A simple mechanistic model of seed dispersal,
predation and plant establishment: Janzen-Connell and beyond.
Journal of Ecology 92: 733-746. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P18 |
Soons, M. B., R. Nathan
and G.G. Katul. 2004. Human effects on long-distance
wind dispersal and colonization by grassland plants. Ecology
85: 3069-3079. [Abstract]
[PDF]
|
| P17 |
Soons, M. B., G.W. Heil, R.
Nathan and G.G. Katul. 2004. Determinants of long-distance
seed dispersal in grasslands. Ecology 85: 3056-3068.
[Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P16 |
Levin, S.A., H. C. Muller-Landau,
R. Nathan and J. Chave. 2003. Ecology and
evolution of seed dispersal: a theoretical perspective. Annual
Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 34: 575-604.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
| P15 |
Nathan, R. 2003.
Seeking the secrets of dispersal. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 18: 275-276. [PDF] |
| P14 |
Higgins, S.I., J.S. Clark, R.
Nathan, T. Hovestadt, F. Schurr , J.M.V. Fragoso,
M.R. Aguiar, E. Ribbens and S. Lavorel. 2003. Forecasting
plant migration rates: managing uncertainties for risk assessment.
Journal of Ecology 87:659-669. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P13 |
Nathan, R., G.
Perry, J. T. Cronin, A. E. Strand, and M. L. Cain. 2003. Methods
for estimating long-distance dispersal. Oikos 103:
261-273. [Abstract]
[PDF]
|
| P12 |
Higgins, S. I., R. Nathan,
and M. L. Cain. 2003. Are long-distance dispersal events usually
caused by nonstandard means of dispersal? Ecology 84:
1945-1956. [Abstract]
[PDF]
|
| P11 |
Cain, M. L, R. Nathan,
and S. A. Levin. 2003. Long-distance dispersal. Ecology
84: 1943-1944. [PDF]
|
| P10 |
Shmida, A., O. Fragman, R.
Nathan, Z. Shamir and Y. Sapir. 2002. The Red Plants
of Israel: a proposal of updated and revised list of plant
species protected by the law. Ecologia Mediterranea
28:55-64. |
| P09 |
Nathan, R., G.
G. Katul, H. S. Horn, S.M. Thomas, R. Oren, R. Avissar, S.
W. Pacala, and S. A. Levin. 2002. Mechanisms of long-distance
dispersal of seeds by wind. Nature 418: 409-413. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P08 |
Horn, H.S., R. Nathan
and S. R. Kaplan. 2001. Long-distance dispersal of tree seeds
by wind. Ecological Research 16: 877-885. [Abstract]
[PDF]
|
| P07 |
Nathan, R. 2001.
The challenges of studying dispersal. Trends in Ecology
and Evolution 16: 481-483. [PDF] |
| P06 |
Nathan, R., U.
N. Safriel and I. Noy-Meir. 2001. Field validation and sensitivity
analysis of a mechanistic model for tree seed dispersal by
wind. Ecology 82: 374-388. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P05 |
Nathan, R., U.
N. Safriel, I. Noy-Meir and G. Schiller. 2000. Spatiotemporal
variation in seed dispersal and recruitment near and far from
Pinus halepensis trees. Ecology 81: 2156-2169. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P04 |
Nathan, R. and
H. C. Muller-Landau. 2000. Spatial patterns of seed dispersal,
their determinants and consequences for recruitment. Trends
in Ecology and Evolution 15: 278-285. [Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P03 |
Nathan, R., U.
N. Safriel, I. Noy-Meir and G. Schiller. 1999. Seed release
without fire in Pinus halepensis, a Mediterranean serotinous
wind-dispersed tree. Journal of Ecology 87:659-669.
[Abstract]
[PDF] |
| P02 |
Nathan, R. and
Y. L. Werner. 1999. Reptiles and breeding birds on Mt. Hermon:
patterns of species richness and altitudinal distribution.
Israel Journal of Zoology 45:1-33. [Abstract] |
| P01 |
Nathan, R., U.
N. Safriel and H. Shirihai. 1996. Extinction and vulnerability
to extinction at distribution peripheries: an analysis of
the Israeli breeding avifauna. Israel Journal of Zoology
42: 353-376. [Abstract]
|
| 3) Peer-reviewed book
chapters and proceedings |
| C09 |
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. |
| C08 |
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. |
| C07 |
Svoray, T (PI). and R.
Nathan (PI). 2005. Dynamic modeling of the effects
of water, temperature and light on tree population spread.
Pages 125-135 in: D. Martin (Ed.) GeoDynamics. CRC
Press. [PDF]
|
| C06 |
Nathan, R. 2004.
Integrating multiple components of long-term tree population
dynamics: Pine expansion on Mt Pithulim. 10 pp in: M. Arianoutsou
(Ed.) MEDECOS X, Proceedings of the 10th International
Conference on Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems. Rhodes,
Greece, 25 April – 2 May 2004 (CD-ROM). |
| C05 |
Nathan, R., H.
S. Horn, J. Chave, and S. A. Levin. 2002. Mechanistic models
for tree seed dispersal by wind in dense forests and open
landscapes. Pages 69-82 in: D. J. Levey, W. R. Silva and M.
Galetti (Eds.) Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: Ecology, Evolution
and Conservation. CAB International, Oxfordshire, UK.
[PDF] |
| C04 |
Nathan, R. 2001.
Dispersal biogeography. Pages 127-152 in: S. A. Levin (Ed.)
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press. [PDF] |
| C03 |
Nathan, R. and
G. Ne’eman. 2000. Serotiny, seed dispersal and seed predation
in Pinus halepensis. Pages 105-118 in: G. Ne’eman
and L. Trabaud. (Eds). Ecology, biogeography and management
of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia forest ecosystems in the
Mediterranean Basin. Backhuys, Leiden, The Netherlands.
|
| C02 |
Nathan, R., A.
Shmida and O. Fragman. 1996. Peripherality and regional rarity
are positively correlated: quantitative evidence from the
Upper Galilee flora (North Israel). Pages 561-564 in: Y. Steinberger
(Ed.), Preservation of our world in the wake of change.
Israel Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences,
Jerusalem, Israel. (Awarded as the best student paper
in the conference). [PDF]
|
| C01 |
Nathan, R., U.
N. Safriel, I. Noy-Meir and G. Schiller. 1996. Samara's aerodynamic
properties in Pinus halepensis Mill., a colonizing
tree species, remain constant despite considerable variation
in morphology. Pages 553-556 in: Y. Steinberger (Ed.), Preservation
of our world in the wake of change. Israel Society for
Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel.
[PDF] |
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|
| 4) PhD Dissertation |
| D01 |
Nathan, R.
1999. Spatiotemporal dynamics of seed dispersal by wind
in Aleppo pine. PhD dissertation, The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Approved May 2000). |
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|
| 5) Lectures and Presentations
at Meetings and Invited Seminars |
| 1989 |
26th annual
meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Mitzpe Ramon,
Israel. Oral presentation. |
| 1995 |
The annual
meeting of the International Society for Ecological Modeling,
North American Chapter, San Diego, USA. Oral presentation. |
| 1996 |
Preservation
of our world in the wake of change, The sixth International
Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology & Environmental
Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel. Two oral presentations,
one of them was awarded as the best student lecture. |
| |
Zoology in
the Mediterranean ecosystem, The Zoological Society of Israel,
Tivon, Israel. Oral presentation. |
| |
Trends in
nature conservation in the 2000s, The Zoological Society
of Israel and the Nature Reserve Authority, Sede-Boker,
Israel. Oral presentation. |
| 1997 |
Natural landscapes
in North Israel. Land Development Authority, The Jewish
National Fund Forest Department, Shthula, Israel. Oral
presentation. |
| |
Joint meeting
of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine
of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Poster presentation. |
| |
Nature conservation
in Israel in the 2000s: effects of changes in the distribution
of human-commensal species. The Zoological Society of Israel
and the Nature Reserve Authority, Tivon, Israel. Poster
presentation. |
| |
The Levant
as a biogeographic bridge - land, sea and air. The Israel
Academy of Sciences and Humanities and The Zoological Society
of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel. Oral presentation. |
| 1998 |
The IV annual
meeting on desertification and restoration ecology. The
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Sede-Boker, Israel. Poster
presentation. |
| 1999 |
MEDPINE:
International workshop on Mediterranean pines. February
1999, University of Haifa and Land Development Authority,
The Jewish National Fund Forest Department, Beit-Oren, Israel.
Poster presentation. |
| |
XIV Annual
EEB Advance Retreat, Princeton University, Princeton, August
1999. Oral presentation. |
| 2000 |
Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Israel, March 2000. Invited seminar. |
| |
Dept of Life
Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, March
2000. Invited seminar. |
| |
Mitrani Dept
of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, March 2000.
Invited seminar. |
| |
III International
Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal. August
2000, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Oral presentation. |
| |
X Congresso
della Societ? Italiana di Ecologia (SItE); September 2000,
Pisa, Italy. Oral presentation of a joint work by
Renato Casagrandi. |
| 2001 |
Long-distance
dispersal of tree seeds by wind: highlights of recent research.
Meeting funded by NSF, February 2001, Princeton. NJ USA.
Principle-Organizer, oral presentation. |
| |
Dispersal.
The 2001 Annual Symposium of the British Ecological Society,
April 2001, Reading, UK. Poster presentation + invited to
review the symposium for Trends in Ecology and Evolution. |
| 2001 |
Plant dispersal
and migration. Workshop funded by CNRS, Electric Power Research
Institute, US Forest Service and US Dept of Energy, June
2001, Montpellier, France. Invited participant,
oral presentation. |
| |
The 86th
Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August
2001, Madison WI, USA. Principle-Organizer of a
symposium on “Long-distance dispersal” (Michael Cain and
Simon Levin, Co-Organizers) + 3 oral presentations. |
| |
Metodi e
Modelli Matematici nello Studio dei Fenomeni Biologici;
September 2001, Roma, Italy. Oral presentation of
a joint work by Renato Casagrandi. |
| 2002 |
Tracking
long-distance animal movements: navigation and migration
performance. Workshop funded by ESF and the Hans Kristiansson
Foundation, February 2002, Lund, Sweden. Invited
participant, oral presentation. |
| |
Dept of Plant
Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, March 2002. Invited
seminar. |
| |
Mitrani Dept
of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, May 2002.
Invited seminar. |
| |
Seed dispersal:
integrating theory and practice. Workshop organized by the
University of W?rzburg, July 2002, Rauhenebrach, Germany.
Invited participant, oral presentation. |
| |
MedPine2,
International conference on Mediterranean pines, and TREE
SEEDS 2002, Annual Meeting of the International Society
for Seed Science, September 2002, Chania (Crete), Greece.
Invited Review Lecturer. |
| |
Frontiers
of Science, US National Academy of Science. University of
California at Irvine, Irvine, CA., USA, November 2002.
Invited participant, elected by the Israeli National Academy
of Science to represent Israel in this meeting.
(See Science article “ A
bridge across the Mideast divide”, 13 December 2002,
p. 2121) |
| |
Dept of Geography
and Earth Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Israel, December 2002. Invited seminar. |
| |
The 2002
Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society, University
of York, UK, December 2002. Oral presentation of
a joint work by Merel B. Soons. |
| |
Environmental
Sciences Dept, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, December
2002. Invited seminar. |
| 2003 |
Physics Dept,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, March 2003.
Invited seminar. |
| |
GeoComputation
2003, University of Southampton, UK, September 2003. Oral
presentation of a joint work by Tal Svoray. |
| 2004 |
Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama, January 2004.
Invited seminar. |
| |
Dept of Zoology,
Tel-Aviv University, Israel, March 2004. Invited
seminar. |
| |
Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Israel, March 2004. Invited seminar. |
| |
MEDECOS X,
International conference on Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems,
April 2004, Rhodes, Greece. Oral presentation. |
| |
Program of
Environmental Sciences and Technology Management, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, December 2004.
Invited seminar. |
| |
The 41st Annual Meeting of the
Zoological Society of Israel, Haifa, Israel. Oral
presentation of a joint work by O. Spiegel. |
| 2005 |
Migration
in the life-history of birds. European Science Foundation,
scientific programme on optimality in bird migration, final
conference. February 2005, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Oral
presentation. |
| |
Living with
Global Change: Challenges in Ecology and Environmental Sciences.
Israel Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences,
2005 International Conference, May-June 2005, Weizmann Institute,
Israel. Invited speaker plus poster
presentation of a joint work by D. Troupin. |
| |
Frugivores
and Seed Dispersal. IV International Symposium-Workshop.
July 2005, Brisbane, Australia. Invited speaker
plus oral presentation of a joint work by O. Spiegel. |
| |
MedPine3.
International Conference on Conservation, Regeneration and
Restoration of Mediterranean Pines and their Ecosystem.
September 2005, Bari, Italy. Poster presentation
of a joint work by G. G. Vendramin. |
| |
USDA-NSF-EPA Invasive Species PI
Meeting, October 2005, Washington, DC, USA. Invited
participant. |
| |
The Society for Conservation Biology,
Asia Section Conference, November 2005, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Oral presentation. |
| |
The 42nd Annual Meeting of the
Zoological Society of Israel, Rehovot, Israel. Two
oral presentations of a joint work by O. Spiegel and T. Avgar. |
| 2006 |
Modeling Approaches in Biodiversity
Research. International Workshop, March 19-23, 2006, Sede
Boqer, Israel. Invited speaker. |
| |
Institute of Zoology, Johannes
Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany, July 2006. Invited
seminar. |
| |
Institute of Biochemistry and Biology,
Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation division, Potsdam University,
Germany, August 2006. Invited seminar. |
| |
Faculty of Biology, Nature Conservation
Division, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany, August 2006.
Invited seminar. |
| |
International Conference on Macroecological
Tools for Global Change Research, Institute for Climate Impact
Research, Potsdam Germany, August 2006. Invited speaker. |
| |
The 2006 Annual Meeting of the
British Ecological Society, September 2006, Oxford University,
UK. Invited keynote speaker in a thematic symposium:
"Seed dispersal – Advances and Applications". |
| |
The 50th Annual Meeting of the
Italian of Agricultural Genetics, September 2006, Ischia,
Italy. Poster presentation of a joint work by G. G.
Vendramin. |
| |
The 16th National Meeting of the
Italian Ecological Society, September 2006, Viterbo, Italy.
Oral presentation of a joint work by R. Casagrandi. |
| |
The IUFRO International Symposium
on Population Genetics and Genomics of Forest Trees, October
2006, Madrid, Spain. Poster presentation of a joint
work by G. G. Vendramin. |
| |
The 43rd Annual Meeting of the
Zoological Society of Israel, Open University, Israel. One
oral presentation of a joint work by O. Spiegel (won best
MSc student lecture) and one poster presentation by T. Avgar. |
| 2007 |
IUFRO-JNF Conference on Afforestation
and Sustainable Forests as a Means to Combat Desertification,
April 2007, Jerusalem, Israel. Invited speaker. |
| |
The First International Conference
on Movement Ecology, The Institute for Advanced Studies, June
2007, Jerusalem, Israel. Principle-Organizer (M. Holyoak
and D. Saltz, Co-Organizers) + 2 oral presentations. |
| |
The 2007 Annual Meeting of the
Israeli Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality, The
Weizmann Institute, June 2007, Rehovot, Israel. Principle-Organizer
of a symposium on “Movement Ecology” + 2 oral
presentations. |
| |
The 86th Annual Meeting of the
Ecological Society of America, August 2007, San Jose, CA,
USA. Principle-Organizer of a symposium on “Movement
Ecology” (W. Getz, Co-Organizer) + 3 oral presentations. |
| |
Institute of Biochemistry and Biology,
Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation division, Potsdam University,
Germany, September 2007. Invited seminar. |
| |
The 1st Annual EuroDIVERSITY Conference,
October 2007, Marne-la-Vallée, France. Invited
keynote speaker.
|
| 2008 |
International Workshop on "Migration: a
new synthesis", April 2008, Silwood Park, Imperial College,
UK. Invited participant. |
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