Nir Sapir

4.8k citations

86 papers · 2.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 1%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Developmental Biology top 2%

Papers in ⓘ

Developmental Biology 11
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior 11
Ecological Modeling 17
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 17

Co-authors: Martin Wikelski (16 shared papers)Ran Nathan (18 shared papers)Yosef Kiat (12 shared papers)Nir Horvitz (6 shared papers)Don R. Reynolds (5 shared papers)Jason W. Chapman (4 shared papers)Roni Avissar (5 shared papers)Ka S. Lim (1 shared paper)
Journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (9 papers)Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (5 papers)Scientific Reports (3 papers)Current Biology (3 papers)Journal of Avian Biology (3 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Nir Sapir

80 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds 2022 · 95 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

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1	Mass seasonal bioflows of high-flying insect migrants Science ·Gao Hu, Ka S. Lim, Nir Horvitz, Suzanne J. Clark, Don R. Reynolds, Nir Sapir, Jason W. Chapman	2016	246
2	Grand Challenges in Migration Biology Integrative and Comparative Biology ·Melissa S. Bowlin, Isabelle-A. Bisson, Judy Shamoun‐Baranes, Jonathan D. Reichard, Nir Sapir, Peter P. Marra, Thomas Kunz, David S. Wilcove, Anders Hedenström, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Susanne Åkesson, Marilyn Ramenofsky, Martin Wikelski	2010	174
3	The challenges of the first migration: movement and behaviour of juvenile vs. adult white storks with insights regarding juvenile mortality Journal of Animal Ecology ·Shay Rotics, Michael Kaatz, Yehezkel S. Resheff, Sondra Feldman Turjeman, Damaris Zurell, Nir Sapir, Ute Eggers, Andrea Flack, Wolfgang Fiedler, Florian Jeltsch, Martin Wikelski, Ran Nathan	2016	148
4	Long‐distance biological transport processes through the air: can nature's complexity be unfolded in silico? Diversity and Distributions ·Ran Nathan, Nir Sapir, Ana Trakhtenbrot, Gabriel G. Katul, Gil Bohrer, Martin J. Otte, Roni Avissar, Merel B. Soons, Henry S. Horn, Martin Wikelski, Simon A. Levin	2005	101
5	Correlation differences in heartbeat fluctuations during rest and exercise Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Roman Karasik, Nir Sapir, Yosef Ashkenazy, Plamen Ch. Ivanov, Itsik Dvir, Peretz Lavie, Shlomo Havlin	2002	98
6	Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Heiko Schmaljohann, Cas Eikenaar, Nir Sapir Hit paper breakdown →	2022	95
7	From Agricultural Benefits to Aviation Safety: Realizing the Potential of Continent-Wide Radar Networks BioScience ·Silke Bauer, Jason W. Chapman, Don R. Reynolds, José A. Alves, Adriaan M. Dokter, Myles H. M. Menz, Nir Sapir, Michał Ciach, Lars Pettersson, Jeffrey F. Kelly, Hidde Leijnse, Judy Shamoun‐Baranes	2017	67
8	Flight Modes in Migrating European Bee-Eaters: Heart Rate May Indicate Low Metabolic Rate during Soaring and Gliding PLoS ONE ·Nir Sapir, Martin Wikelski, Marshall D. McCue, Berry Pinshow, Ran Nathan	2010	64
9	Wintering in Europe instead of Africa enhances juvenile survival in a long-distance migrant Animal Behaviour ·Shay Rotics, Sondra Turjeman, Michael Kaatz, Yehezkel S. Resheff, Damaris Zurell, Nir Sapir, Ute Eggers, Wolfgang Fiedler, Andrea Flack, Florian Jeltsch, Martin Wikelski, Ran Nathan	2017	63
10	The gliding speed of migrating birds: slow and safe or fast and risky? Ecology Letters ·Nir Horvitz, Nir Sapir, Félix Liechti, Roni Avissar, Isaac Mahrer, Ran Nathan	2014	53
11	Migration by soaring or flapping: numerical atmospheric simulations reveal that turbulence kinetic energy dictates bee-eater flight mode Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Nir Sapir, Nir Horvitz, Martin Wikelski, Roni Avissar, Yitzhak Mahrer, Ran Nathan	2011	53
12	Into turbulent air: size-dependent effects of von Kármán vortex streets on hummingbird flight kinematics and energetics Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Víctor M. Ortega-Jiménez, Nir Sapir, Marta Wolf, Evan Variano, Robert Dudley	2014	53
13	Reflected polarization guides chironomid females to oviposition sites Journal of Experimental Biology ·Amit Lerner, Nikolay Meltser, Nir Sapir, Carynelisa Erlick, Nadav Shashar, Meir Broza	2008	49
14	Commuting fruit bats beneficially modulate their flight in relation to wind Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Nir Sapir, Nir Horvitz, Dina K. N. Dechmann, Jakob Fahr, Martin Wikelski	2014	47
15	Feather moult and bird appearance are correlated with global warming over the last 200 years Nature Communications ·Yosef Kiat, Yoni Vortman, Nir Sapir	2019	46
16	Early arrival at breeding grounds: Causes, costs and a trade‐off with overwintering latitude Journal of Animal Ecology ·Shay Rotics, Michael Kaatz, Sondra Turjeman, Damaris Zurell, Martin Wikelski, Nir Sapir, Ute Eggers, Wolfgang Fiedler, Florian Jeltsch, Ran Nathan	2018	46
17	The effects of long‐distance migration on the evolution of moult strategies in Western‐Palearctic passerines Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Yosef Kiat, Ido Izhaki, Nir Sapir	2018	45
18	Scale-dependent habitat selection in migratory frugivorous passerines Die Naturwissenschaften ·Nir Sapir, Zvika Abramsky, Eyal Shochat, Ido Izhaki	2004	37
19	Timing and flight mode of departure in migrating European bee-eaters in relation to multi-scale meteorological processes Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology ·Nir Sapir, Martin Wikelski, Roni Avissar, Ran Nathan	2011	37
20	Home Range Size and Resource Use of Breeding and Non-breeding White Storks Along a Land Use Gradient Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·Damaris Zurell, Henrik von Wehrden, Shay Rotics, Michael Kaatz, Helge Groß, Lena Schlag, Merlin Schäfer, Nir Sapir, Sondra Turjeman, Martin Wikelski, Ran Nathan, Florian Jeltsch	2018	36

About Nir Sapir

Nir Sapir is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 86 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Avian ecology and behavior (58 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (34 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (21 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (11 papers), Marine animal studies overview (8 papers), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (7 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (409 citations), Developmental Biology (125 citations), Ecology (1.5k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (906 citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (348 citations). Nir Sapir has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Martin Wikelski, Ran Nathan, Yosef Kiat, Nir Horvitz, Don R. Reynolds, Jason W. Chapman, Roni Avissar, Ka S. Lim, Gao Hu and Suzanne J. Clark. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Scientific Reports, Current Biology and Journal of Avian Biology.

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