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Nathan, Ran  PhD
Full Professor
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Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904
Israel
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Major Research Interests
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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
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Date and place of birth:
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April 1, 1962; Eilat, Israel
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Marital status:
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married + three children
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Regular military service:
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1980-1986 (current rank: major)
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Education
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B.Sc
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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)
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M.Sc.
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Dept of Evolution, Systematics and
Ecology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1992-1994; degree awarded
during direct-Ph.D. program)
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Ph.D.
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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).
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
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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).
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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.
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| 09/2001-03/2003 |
Lecturer, Department of Life
Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
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| 04/2003-09/2003 |
Senior Lecturer, Department of
Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
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| 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.
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| 09/2005-present |
Associate Professor, Department
of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, Alexander Silberman Institute of
Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Appointments & other Professional Activities
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1998 present
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Reviewer
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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.
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2001
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Principal Organizer
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Symposium on long-distance
dispersal, The 86th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
(ESA), Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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2001-2003
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Associate Member
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Mitrani Department of Desert
Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion
University, Sede Boker Campus, Israel.
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2002-2003
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Visiting Research Scientist
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Nicholas School of the
Environment, Duke University, USA.
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2002-2003
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Award Committee, Head (2003) and
Member (2002).
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Merav Ziv Ecology Award.
Ecological track at Ben-Gurion University, Department of Life Science
and Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology.
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2002-2003
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Organizing Committee, Member
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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.
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2003-2005
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Board Member
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The Zoological Society of
Israel.
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2004-present
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Research Associate
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Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute (STRI), Republic of Panama
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2005-present
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General Board, Member;
Scientific Committee, Member
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Forestry Dept, The Jewish
National Fund (Keren Kayemet Leisrael)
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2005-present
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General Board, Member;
Scientific Committee, Member
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The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, Jerusalem, Israel.
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| 2005-present |
Editorial Board, Member |
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Journal of Ecology |
| 2005-present |
Editorial Board, Member |
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Diversity and
Distributions |
| 2006-2007 |
Initiator and group
leader |
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Movement Ecology
(International Research Group at the Institute of Advanced Studies in
Jerusalem). |
| 2006-present |
Committee Member |
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Biodiversity Forum , The
Israel Academy of Sciences. |
| 2007 |
Principal Organizer |
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The First International
Conference on Movement Ecology, the Institute for Advanced Studies,
Jerusalem, Israel, 10-11 June 2007. |
| 2007 |
Principal Organizer |
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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 |
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Symposium on Movement
Ecology, The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
(ESA), San Jose, California, USA. |
| 2007-2008 |
Committee Member |
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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 |
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Dept of Evolution,
Systematics and Ecology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
| 2008-present |
Chair |
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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 |
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Evolution in Jerusalem,
International Conference to be held at the Institute of Advanced
Studies, Jerusalem, Israel, 2-4 March 2009. |
| 2008-present |
Member |
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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
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1980
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The Feuchtwagner Foundation
award of distinction, Ministry of Education, Israel. For a high
school research project (waterfowl migration in Eilat, Israel).
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1988
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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).
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1990
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Nathan Simon’s award, The
Jewish National Fund, Israel. For excellent undergraduate students.
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1990
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Dean’s list of academic
excellence, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Israel. (in each of the 3 years)
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1993
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The Ben-Gurion award for
excellence, Ministry of Science, Israel.
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1994
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The Polak award, The
Alexander Silberman Institute, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Israel. For research achievements and academic excellence.
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1995
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The Wolf Inter-University
award, Israel. For excellence in studies toward the Ph.D. degree.
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1995-7
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The Rieger Foundation Award.
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1996
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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.
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1999
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The Schonbrunn Foundation
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the Hebrew University Fellowship
Committee. For post-doctoral research at Princeton University.
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| 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. |
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2005
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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.
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| 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
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2000
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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.
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2001
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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.
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2002
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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.
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2003
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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.
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2003
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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.
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2004
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The Hebrew University Intramural
Innovation Award. R. Nathan (PI).
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2005
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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 ] |
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The Hebrew University Intramural
Applied Research Award. R. Nathan (PI). Period: 1
year (2005/6).
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| 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).
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| 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).
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| 2006 |
The Hebrew University Intramural
Applied Research Award B. R. Nathan (PI). Period: 1
year (2006/7).
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| 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).
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| 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).
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| 2008 |
Israel Nature and Parks Authority. R.
Nathan (PI). Subject: Afforestation effects on genetic
structure of native Aleppo pine populations: quantifying gene flow.
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| 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.
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| 2003 |
The Plant World: Flowering Plants
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Undergraduate level, Dept of
Life Sciences, BGU.
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| 2002-2003 |
Research Project |
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Undergraduate level, Dept
of Life Sciences, BGU. |
| 2002-2003 |
Tutoring in Instructive Reading
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Graduate level, Dept of Life
Sciences, BGU.
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| 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.
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| 2004-present |
Evolution and Ecology of Birds
(72623)
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Undergraduate level. Dept of
Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, HUJ.
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| 2004 |
Undergraduate seminar in evolution,
systematics, ecology and behavior (72520)
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Undergraduate level. Dept of
Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, HUJ.
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| 2005,2007-present |
Advanced Ecology (72604)
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Undergraduate level. Dept of
Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, HUJ
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Graduate research
students
| MSc students |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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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]
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| 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] |
| 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] |
| |
|
| 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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