National Academy of Sciences, USA, elected May 2022             .

Eminent Ecologist Award, Ecological Society of America. August 2019.

Honorary Doctorate, University of Helsinki. May 2017.

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. February 2017.

Sun Yat-sen Distinguished Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-Sen University. Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China. October 2016.

Per Brinck Oikos Award for 2014.

Fellow, Ecological Society of America, named 2013.

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 2013.

Sewall Wright Award, American Society of Naturalists. 2011.

ECI Prize in Terrestrial Ecology. 2005. 

Batsheva de Rothschild Fellowship, Israel Academy of Sciences and the Humanities. 2018-2019