Prof. Dr. Ran Nathan

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems,Evolution and Systematics of Plants and Fungi
KeywordsMovement Ecology, Seed dispersal, dispersal kernel, ecological models, spatial ecology

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityJerusalem
InstitutionHebrew University of Jerusalem
InstituteInstitute of Life Sciences, Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-GaeseInstitut für Zoologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz
Prof. Dr. Florian JeltschInstitut für Biochemie und Biologie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2006

Programme(s)

2006Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Prof. Ran Nathan (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) has, in just a few years, become an internationally recognized leader in the field of dispersal ecology. His innovative and original approaches in the novel, interdisciplinary field of ''Movement Ecology" lead to new insights about the factors controlling the distribution and diversity of organisms on earth. In his planned research in Germany Prof. Ran Nathan, together with Prof. Florian Jeltsch (Univ. of Potsdam) and Prof. Katrin Böhning-Gaese (Univ. of Mainz), will model and analyse multiple-vector dipersal systems in dynamic and heterogeneous landscapes.

Publications (partial selection)

2006Ran Nathan: Long-Distance Dispersal of Plants. In: Science, 2006, 786