Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Mayrose, A., Hatzofe, O., Miller, Y., Troupin, D., & Sapir, N. (2026). Disrupted natal habitat imprinting triggers long-distance dispersal in captive-bred eagles. Ornithological Applications, duag023. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duag023 Abstract Full-text

  2. Mayrose, A., Hatzofe, O., Troupin, D., & Sapir, N. (2026). Dispersal behavior and survival differ across arid, semi-arid, and Mediterranean natal habitats in Bonelli’s Eagle (Aquila fasciata). Ornithology, 143(1), ukaf051. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukaf051 Abstract Full-text

  3. Wasserlauf, Y., Gancz, A., Dov, A. B., Efrat, R., Sapir, N., Dor, R., Atar, A., Baruchi, E., Mizrahi, A., Sabach, A., & Spiegel, O. (2026). Egyptian Nightjars are residents in the Dead Sea region, showing a high year-round roost fidelity. Journal of Ornithology, 167(1), 123–130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-025-02245-w Abstract Full-text

  4. Shaw, A. K., Fouda, L., Mezzini, S., Kim, D., Chatterjee, N., Wolfson, D., … & Sapir, N. (2025). Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 292(2051), 20250679. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0679 Abstract Full-text

  5. Werber, Y., & Sapir, N. (2025). Protocol to produce diel vertical movement patterns from the BirdScan MR1 vertical-looking biological radar. STAR Protocols, 6(3), 103986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103986 Abstract Full-text

  6. Reznikov, K., Melnikov, V., & Sapir, N. (2025). Estimating large birds’ radar cross-section for aeroecology studies using T-matrix modelling. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 22(231), 20250510. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2025.0510 Abstract Full-text

  7. Efrat, R., Lehnardt, Y., Bragin, A., Bragin, E., Avgar, T., Katzner, T., & Sapir, N. (2025). Age-dependent response to anthropogenic habitat during migration of an endangered raptor. Current Biology, 35(17), 4301–4308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.07.061 Abstract Full-text

  8. Bloche, D. A. F., Bloch, I., Meier, C. M., & Sapir, N. (2025). Movements throughout the full annual cycle of three migratory swift species breeding in the Levant. Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-025-02337-6 Abstract Full-text

  9. Jiguet, F., Mayrose, A., Piha, M., Efrat, R., Seimola, T., Sapir, N., Timonen, S., Wasserlauf, Y., Besnard, A., Bocher, P., Kölzsch, A., Lehikoinen, A., Monnet, A. C., Procházka, P., & Perlman, Y. (2025). GNSS spoofing in conflict zones disrupts wildlife tracking and hampers research and conservation efforts. Nature Communications, 16, 1199. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56630-2 Abstract Full-text

  10. Schekler, I., Halabi, E., Sapir, N., Shimshoni, I., Hatzofe, O., Perlman, Y., & Kiat, Y. (2025). Integrating AI into ecology for fully automated monitoring of endangered seabird breeding colonies. Ecological Informatics, 91, 103380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103380 Abstract Full-text

  11. Werber, Y., Adin, E., Chapman, J. W., Reynolds, D. R., & Sapir, N. (2025). Active navigation and meteorological selectivity drive insect migration patterns through the Levant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 292, 20250587. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0587 Abstract Full-text

  12. Bloch, I., Troupin, D., Toledo, S., Nathan, R., & Sapir, N. (2025). Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird. eLife, 13, RP96573. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.96573 Abstract Full-text

  13. Efrat, R., Lehnardt, Y., Berkowic, D., Bragin, A., Bragin, E., Katzner, T., & Sapir, N. (2025). Using GPS tracking data to validate the conservation value of bird migration counts. Biological Conservation, 302, 110959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110959 Abstract Full-text

  14. Werber, Y., & Sapir, N. (2025). Radar-measured passerine ascent rates reveal a migratory switch near a major barrier. iScience, 28, 111892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.111892 Abstract Full-text

  15. Kiat, Y., Dupriez, Q., Pyo, G., Fox, O. J. L., Paz, R., Eilts, H.-J., Talabante, C., & Sapir, N. (2025). The effects of annual cycle stages and life-history traits on feather abrasion. Scientific Reports, 15, 28067. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-13458-6 Abstract Full-text

  16. Efrat, R., Lehnardt, Y., Bragin, A., Bragin, E., Avgar, T., Katzner, T., & Sapir, N. (2025). Age-dependent response to anthropogenic habitat during migration of an endangered raptor. Current Biology, 35(17), 4301–4308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.07.012 Abstract Full-text
  17. Schekler, I., Nave, T., Shimshoni, I., & Sapir, N. (2023). Automatic detection of migrating soaring bird flocks using weather radars by deep learning. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 2084–2094. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14161 Abstract Full-text

  18. Becciu, P., Troupin, D., Dinevich, L., Leshem, Y., & Sapir, N. (2023). Time constraints may pace the ontogeny of movement behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290, 20222429. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2429 Abstract Full-text

  19. Zinßmeister, D., Troupin, D., & Sapir, N. (2022). Autumn migrating passerines at a desert edge: Do birds depart for migration after reaching a threshold fuel load or vary it according to the rate of fuel deposition? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 874923. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.874923 Abstract Full-text

  20. Netser, S., Nahardiya, G., Weiss-Dicker, G., Dadush, R., Goussha, Y., Shanah Rachel, J., Taub, M., Werber, Y., Sapir, N., Yovel, Y., Harony-Nicolas, H., Buxbaum, J. D., Cohen, L., Crammer, K., & Wagner, S. (2022). TrackUSF, a novel tool for automated ultrasonic vocalization analysis, reveals modified calls in a rat model of autism. BMC Biology, 20, 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01355-x Abstract Full-text

  21. Jetz, W., Tertitski, G., Kays, R., Mueller, U., Wikelski, M., & supporting authors (including Sapir, N.). (2022). Biological earth observation with animal sensors. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37, 293–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.009 Abstract Full-text

  22. Schekler, I., Smolinksky, J. A., Troupin, D., Buler, J. J., & Sapir, N. (2022). Bird migration at the edge – geographic and anthropogenic factors but not habitat properties drive season-specific spatial stopover distributions near wide ecological barriers. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 822220. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.822220 Abstract Full-text

  23. Schmaljohann, H., Eikenaar, C., & Sapir, N. (2022). Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds. Biological Reviews, 97(4), 1327–1352. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12844 Abstract Full-text

  24. Efrat, R., Hatzofe, O., Miller, Y., Mueller, T., Sapir, N., & Berger-Tal, O. (2022). Postrelease survival of captive-bred Egyptian Vultures is similar to that of wild-hatched Egyptian Vultures and is not affected by release age or season. Ornithological Applications, 124(1), duab065. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duab065 Abstract Full-text

  25. Kiat, Y., & Sapir, N. (2021). Evolutionary trade-off between male colouration and feather moult extent also indirectly determines female moult. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(11), 1735–1744. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13977 Abstract Full-text

  26. Becciu, P., Panuccio, M., Dell’Omo, G., & Sapir, N. (2021). Groping in the Fog: Soaring Migrants Exhibit Wider Scatter in Flight Directions and Respond Differently to Wind Under Low Visibility Conditions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 745002. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.745002 Abstract Full-text

  27. Kiat, Y., Slavenko, A., & Sapir, N. (2021). Body mass and geographic distribution determined the evolution of the wing flight-feather molt strategy in the Neornithes lineage. Scientific Reports, 11, 21573. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00964-6 Abstract Full-text

  28. Kiat, Y., & Sapir, N. (2021). Sex-dependent elevational effects on bird feather moult. Evolutionary Ecology, 35, 643–653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-021-10123-x Abstract Full-text

  29. Gur, E., Sapir, N., Hatzofe, O., & Ovadia, O. (2021). Seasonal nomadism and pre-breeding scouting forays of a Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 132(4), 1014–1019. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-132.4.1014 Abstract Full-text

  30. Buechley, E., Oppel, S., Efrat, R., Phipps, L., Carbonell, I., Alvarez, E., … & Sapir, N. (2021). Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life history trade-off. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90, 1228–1238. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13449 Abstract Full-text

  31. Rotics, S., Turjeman, S., Kaatz, M., Zurell, D., Wikelski, M., Sapir, N., Fiedler, W., Eggers, U., Resheff, Y. S., Jeltsch, F., & Nathan, R. (2021). Early-life behavior predicts first-year survival in a long-distance avian migrant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288, 20202670. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.20202670 Abstract Full-text

  32. Kiat, Y., Davaasuren, B., Erdenechimeg, T., Troupin, D., & Sapir, N. (2020). Large-scale longitudinal climate gradient across the Palearctic region affects passerine feather moult extent. Ecography, 43(11), 1668–1679. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05287 Abstract Full-text

  33. Fandos, G., Rotics, S., Sapir, N., Fiedler, W., Kaatz, M., Wikelski, M., Nathan, R., & Zurell, D. (2020). Seasonal niche tracking of climate emerges at the population level in a migratory bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287, 20201799. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1799 Abstract Full-text

  34. Kiat, Y., Balaban, A., Sapir, N., O’Connor, J. K., Wang, M., & Xu, X. (2020). Sequential Molt in a Feathered Dinosaur and Implications for Early Paravian Ecology and Locomotion. Current Biology, 30(19), 3709–3719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.046 Abstract Full-text

  35. Becciu, P., Rotics, S., Horvitz, N., Kaatz, M., Fiedler, W., Zurell, D., Flack, A., Jeltsch, F., Wikelski, M., Nathan, R., & Sapir, N. (2020). Causes and consequences of facultative sea crossing in a soaring migrant. Functional Ecology, 34, 840–854. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13539 Abstract Full-text

  36. Kiat, Y., Vortman, Y., & Sapir, N. (2019). Feather moult and bird appearance are correlated with global warming over the last 200 years. Nature Communications, 10, 2540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10452-1 Abstract Full-text

  37. Domer, A., Shochat, E., Ovadia, O., & Sapir, N. (2019). Fruit consumption in migratory passerines is limited by water ingestion rather than by body water balance. Journal of Avian Biology, 50(5), jav.02021. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02021 Abstract Full-text

  38. Becciu, P., Menz, M. H. M., Aurbach, A., Cabrera-Cruz, S., Wainwright, C., Scacco, M., Ciach, M., Petterson, L., Maggini, I., Arroyo, G., Buler, J., Reynolds, D., & Sapir, N. (2019). Environmental effects on flying migrants revealed by radar. Ecography, 42(5), 942–955. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03995 Abstract Full-text

  39. Panuccio, M., Stanzione, V., Catoni, C., Bogliani, G., Dell’Omo, G., & Sapir, N. (2019). Migrating birds avoid flying through fog and low clouds. International Journal of Biometeorology, 63(2), 231–239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-018-01656-z Abstract Full-text

  40. Tucker, M. A., Alexandrou, O., Bierregaard, R. O. Jr., et al. (including Sapir, N.). (2019). Large birds travel farther in homogenous environments. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(5), 576–587. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12875 Abstract Full-text

  41. Liechti, F., Aschwanden, J., Blew, J., Boos, M., Brabant, R., Dokter, A., … & Sapir, N. (2018). Cross-calibration of different radar systems for monitoring nocturnal bird migration across Europe and the Near East. Ecography, 42(5), 887–898. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04041 Abstract Full-text

  42. Kiat, Y., Izhaki, I., & Sapir, N. (2018). The effects of long-distance migration on the evolution of moult strategies in Western-Palearctic passerines. Biological Reviews, 94(2), 700–720. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12474 Abstract Full-text 

  43. Nilsson, C., Dokter, A., Verlinden, L., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Schmid, B., Desmet, P., … & Sapir, N. (2018). Revealing patterns of nocturnal migration using the European weather radar network. Ecography, 42(5), 876–886. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04003 Abstract Full-text 

  44. Kiat, Y., & Sapir, N. (2018). Life-history tradeoffs result in evolutionary optimization of feather quality. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125(3), 613–624. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly135 Abstract Full-text 

  45. Rotics, S., Kaatz, M., Turjeman, S., Zurell, D., Wikelski, M., Sapir, N., Eggers, U., Fiedler, W., Jeltsch, F., & Nathan, R. (2018). Early arrival to breeding grounds: causes, costs and a trade-off with overwintering latitude. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(6), 1627–1638. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12898 Abstract Full-text 

  46. Zurell, D., von Wehrden, H., Rotics, S., Kaatz, M., Gross, H., Schlag, L., … & Sapir, N. (2018). Home range size and resource use of breeding and non-breeding white storks along a land use gradient. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 79. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00079 Abstract Full-text 

  47. Achache, Y., Sapir, N., & Y. Elimelech. (2018). Hovering hummingbird wing aerodynamics during the annual cycle. II. Implications of wing feather moult. Royal Society Open Science, 5, 171766. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171766 Abstract Full-text

  48. Becciu, P., Panuccio, M., Catoni, C., Dell’Omo, G., & Sapir, N. (2018). Contrasting aspects of tailwinds and asymmetrical response to crosswinds in soaring migrants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72, 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2447-0 Abstract Full-text

  49. Tucker, M. A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Fagan, W. F., Fryxell, J. M., Van Moorter, B., … & Sapir, N. (2018). Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science, 359(6374), 466–469. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam9712 Abstract Full-text

  50. Agostini, N., Panuccio, M., Pastorino, A., Sapir, N., & G. Dell’Omo. (2017). Migration of the Western Marsh Harrier to the African wintering quarters along the Central Mediterranean flyway: a 5-year study. Avian Research, 8, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-017-0081-6 Abstract Full-text

  51. Achache, Y., Sapir, N., & Y. Elimelech. (2017). Hovering hummingbird wing aerodynamics during the annual cycle. I. Complete wing. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 170183. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170183 Abstract Full-text

  52. Bauer, S., Chapman, J. W., Reynolds, D. R., Alves, J. A., Dokter, A. M., Menz, M. M. H., Sapir, N., … & J. Shamoun-Baranes. (2017). From Agricultural Benefits to Aviation Safety: Realizing the Potential of Continent-Wide Radar Networks. BioScience, 67(10), 912–918. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix074 Abstract Full-text

  53. Rotics, S., Turjeman, S., Kaatz, M., Resheff, Y. S., Zurell, D., Sapir, N., … & R. Nathan. (2017). Wintering in Europe instead of Africa enhances juvenile survival in a long-distance migrant. Animal Behaviour, 126, 79–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.01.016 Abstract Full-text

  54. Kiat, Y., & Sapir, N. (2017). Age-dependent modulation of songbird summer feather moult by temporal and functional constraints. The American Naturalist, 189(2), 184–195. https://doi.org/10.1086/690011 Abstract Full-text

  55. Hu, G., Lim, K. S., Horvitz, N., Clark, S. J., Reynolds, D. R., Sapir, N., & J. W. Chapman. (2016). Mass seasonal bioflows of high-flying insect migrants. Science, 354(6319), 1584–1587. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf1162 Abstract Full-text

  56. Kiat, Y., Izhaki, I., & Sapir, N. (2016). Determinants of wing-feather moult speed in songbirds. Evolutionary Ecology, 30(4), 783–795. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-016-9838-3 Abstract Full-text

  57. Rotics, S., Kaatz, M., Resheff, Y. S., Feldman Turjeman, S., Zurell, D., Sapir, N., … & R. Nathan. (2016). The challenges of the first migration: movement and behavior of juvenile versus adult white storks with insights regarding juvenile mortality. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(4), 938–947. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12525 Abstract Full-text

  58. Efrat, R., Shani, G., Gutman, R., & Sapir, N. (2015). Does saline water consumption affect feeding and fuel deposition rate of a staging, long-distance migrating passerine? Journal of Avian Biology, 47(3), 378–385. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00770 Abstract Full-text

  59. Buchin, K., Sijben, S., van Loon, E. E., Sapir, N., Mercier, S., Arseneau, T. J-M., & E. P. Willems. (2015). Deriving movement properties and the effect of the environment from the Brownian bridge movement model in monkeys and birds. Movement Ecology, 3(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-015-0043-8 Abstract Full-text

  60. Zurell, D., Eggers, U., Kaatz, M., Rotics, S., Sapir, N., Wikelski, M., Nathan, R., & F. Jeltsch. (2015). Individual-based modelling of resource competition to predict density-dependent population dynamics: a case study with white storks. Oikos, 124(3), 319–330. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01294 Abstract Full-text

  61. Horvitz, N., Sapir, N., Liechti, F., Avissar, R., Mahrer, I., & R. Nathan. (2014). The gliding speed of migrating birds: slow and safe or fast and risky? Ecology Letters, 17(6), 670–679. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12268 Abstract Full-text

  62. Sapir, N., Horvitz, N., Dechmann, D. K. N., Fahr, J., & M. Wikelski. (2014). Commuting fruit bats beneficially modulate their flight in relation to wind. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1782), 20140018. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0018 Abstract Full-text

  63. Ortega-Jimenez, V. M., Sapir, N., Wolf, M., Variano, E. A., & R. Dudley. (2014). Into turbulent air: size-dependent effects of von Karman vortex streets on hummingbird flight kinematics and energetics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1783), 20140180. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0180 Abstract Full-text

  64. Sapir, N., Horvitz, N., Wikelski, M., Avissar, R., & R. Nathan. (2014). Compensation for lateral drift due to crosswind in migrating European Bee-eaters. Journal of Ornithology, 155(3), 745–753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-014-1060-x Abstract Full-text

  65. Sapir, N., & R. Dudley. (2013). Implications of floral orientation for flight kinematics and metabolic expenditure of hover-feeding hummingbirds. Functional Ecology, 27(1), 227–235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12024 Abstract Full-text

  66. Sapir, N., & R. Dudley. (2012). Backward flight in hummingbirds employs unique kinematic adjustments and entails low metabolic cost. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215(20), 3603–3611. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.073114 Abstract Full-text

  67. Lerner, A., Haspel, C., Sapir, N., Meltser, N., Broza, M., & N. Shashar. (2012). Insights from chironomid oviposition is useful to visual pest control. Fauna Norvegica, 31, 65–70. https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v31i0.1404 Abstract Full-text

  68. Sapir, N., Horvitz, N., Wikelski, M., Avissar, R., Mahrer, Y., & R. Nathan. (2011). Migration by soaring or flapping: numerical atmospheric simulations reveal that turbulence kinetic energy dictates bee-eater flight mode. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278(1723), 3380–3386. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0358 Abstract Full-text

  69. Sapir, N., Wikelski, M., Avissar, R., & R. Nathan. (2011). Timing and flight mode of departure in migrating European bee-eaters in relation to multi-scale meteorological processes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(7), 1353–1365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1146-x Abstract Full-text

  70. Lerner, A., Sapir, N., Erlick, C., Meltser, N., Broza, M., & N. Shashar. (2011). Habitat availability mediates chironomid density-dependent oviposition. Oecologia, 165(4), 905–914. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1893-9 Abstract Full-text

  71. Sapir, N., Wikelski, M., McCue, M. D., Pinshow, B., & R. Nathan. (2010). Flight Modes in Migrating European Bee-Eaters: Heart Rate May Indicate low metabolic rate during soaring and gliding. PLoS ONE, 5(11), e13956. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013956 Abstract Full-text

  72. Bowlin, M. S., Bisson, I-A., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Reichard, J. D., Sapir, N., Marra, P. P., … & M. Wikelski. (2010). Grand Challenges in Migration Biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(3), 261–279. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icq013 Abstract Full-text

  73. Lerner, A., Meltser, N., Sapir, N., Erlick, C., Shashar, N., & M. Broza. (2008). Reflected polarization guides chironomid females to oviposition sites. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211(22), 3536–3543. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.022277 Abstract Full-text

  74. Tsurim, I., Sapir, N., Belmaker, J., Shanni, I., Izhaki, I., Wojciechowski, M. S., … & B. Pinshow. (2008). Drinking water boosts food intake rate, body mass increase and fat accumulation in migratory blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla). Oecologia, 156(1), 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-0970-9 Abstract Full-text

  75. Nathan, R., Sapir, N., Trakhtenbrot, A., Katul, G. G., Bohrer, G., Otte, M., … & S. A. Levin. (2005). Long-distance biological transport processes through the air: can nature’s complexity be unfolded in silico? Diversity and Distributions, 11(2), 131–137. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00146.x Abstract Full-text
  76. Sapir, N., Tsurim, I., Gal, B., & Z. Abramsky. (2004). The effect of water availability on fuel deposition of two staging Sylvia warblers. Journal of Avian Biology, 35(1), 25–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03212.x Abstract Full-text

  77. Sapir, N., Abramsky, Z., Shochat, E., & I. Izhaki. (2004). Scale-dependent habitat selection in migratory frugivorous passerines. Naturwissenschaften, 91(11), 544–547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-004-0564-2 Abstract Full-text

  78. Sapir, N. (2003). Six new breeding bird species in Israel during 1995-2002. Israel Journal of Zoology, 49(2-3), 203–218. https://doi.org/10.1560/equx-h2j9-fjq1-q5rg Abstract Full-text

Book chapters

  1. Sapir, N., Butler, P.J.,Wikelski, M., and A. Hedenström. 2011. Energy Gain and Use During Animal Migration. In Fryxell, J.M., E.J., Milner-Gulland, and A.R.E. Sinclair. (eds.), Animal Migration – A Synthesis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Abstract Full-text

Book reviews

  1. Sapir, N. 2015. Scaling up the understanding of animal movement [review of Hansson,L-A and Åkesson S. (eds). 2014. Animal movement across scales. New York: Oxford University Press]. Ecology 96(10): 2850-2851. Full-text

Other publications

  1. Toledo, S., Kishon, O., Orchan, Y., Bartan, Y., Sapir, N., Vortman, Y. and R. Nathan. 2014. Lightweight low-cost wildlife tracking tags using integrated transceivers. Proceedings of the 6th EDERC Conference (European Embedded Design in Education & Research), Milan Italy. pp. 287-291. doi: 10.1109/EDERC.2014.6924406 Abstract Full-text
  2. Sapir, N. 2014. The bird collection, including the collection of Israel Aharoni. Haasiana (newsletter of the biological collections of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 7:1-8. Abstract Full-text
  3. Sapir, N., Rotics, S., Kaatz, M., Davidson, S., Zurell, D., Eggers, U., Jeltsch, F., Nathan, R., and M. Wikelski. 2013. Multi-year tracking of White storks (Ciconia ciconia): how the environment shapes the movement and behavior of a soaring-gliding inter-continental migrant. Proceedings of the 2013 meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, in Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(S1): E189.
  4. Sapir, N., Nathan, R., Wikelski, M., and R. Avissar. 2010. The effect of weather on migrating bee-eaters studied by radio-telemetry and numeric atmospheric model. Proceedings of the 2010 meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, in Integrative and Comparative Biology 50(S1): E156. Abstract
  5. Sapir, N., Nathan, R. and M. Wikelski. 2009. Heart-rates of European bee-eaters migrating over southern Israel. Proceedings of the 2009 meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, in Integrative and Comparative Biology 49(S1): E151.
  6. Sapir, N., Nathan, R., Wikelski, M. and R. Avissar. 2009. The effects of meteorological conditions on migrating bird take-off time from stopover site: how accurate is bird decision? Supplemental proceedings of the 45th meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, in Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 56(1): 101.
  7. Sapir N. 2005. Summary of reports from the ISRABIRDNET – mailing list for birding in Israel, for the year 2004. Torgos 33: 74-79 (In Hebrew, with an English summary in Torgos 33:82).
  8. Sapir N. 2004. Summary of reports from the ISRABIRDNET – mailing list for birding in Israel, for the year 2003. Torgos 32: 82-89 (In Hebrew).
  9. Perlman, Y. and N. Sapir. 2004. Israel bird rarities committee: summary of rare bird species records for the years 1995-2003. Torgos 32:66-71 (In Hebrew).
  10. Sapir N. 2003. Summary of reports from the ISRABIRDNET – mailing list for birding in Israel, for the year 2002. Torgos 31: 74-88 (In Hebrew, with an English summary in Torgos 31:92-94).
  11. Sapir N. 2003. Summary of reports from the ISRABIRDNET – mailing list for birding in Israel, between 1999 to 2001. Torgos 30: 72-88 (In Hebrew, with an English summary in Torgos 30:90).
  12. Sapir, N. 2001. Stopover of autumn migrating passerines in a heterogeneous habitat: Factors affecting habitat use. Proceedings of the 37-th meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, in Israel Journal of Zoology 47:192-193.
  13. Sapir, N. 2001. Diet, aggression and aggregation patterns in a stopover passerines community during the autumn migration.  Proceedings of the 38-th Animal Behavior Society meeting, Oregon State University, USA.
  14. Schulman, Y., Sapir, N., Perlman, Y. and G. Perlman. 2001. Ring size manual for bird ringing in Israel. Israel Ornithological Center of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Tel-Aviv. 34 pages.
  15. Sapir, N. 2000. Do fruit density and foliage density affect the abundance of stopover autumn migrants in Atlantic Pistachio groves?Proceedings of the 36-th meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, in Israel Journal of Zoology 46:171-172.
  16. Sapir, N. 2000. The establishment of introduced bird species in Israel: Up to date report of the phenomenon and possible actions. Ecology and Environment 6:130-131 (in Hebrew).