Claudio Augugliaro

University of Lausanne | UNIL · Department of Ecology and Evolution

RIASSUNTO Nel presente studio vengono illustrati i dati morfometrici di una popolazione di Salamandra atra atra, monitorata in località Pian dei Lovi, nella Foresta demaniale del Cansiglio (Belluno), allo scopo di aumentare la conoscenza della specie. Il monitoraggio ha portato ad un totale di 284 misurazioni di cui 198 su adulti (65 maschi, 80 fem...

RIASSUNTO Nel presente studio si illustrano alcuni risultati preliminari circa la comprensione di quali fatto-ri climatici possano influire sull'attività di una popolazione di Salamandra atra nella Foresta dema-niale del Cansiglio (BL). In particolare, l'individuazione di cofattori determinanti l'attività di S. atra e quindi la sua presenza nella l...

The mechanisms of interactions between apex and smaller carnivores may range from competition to facilitation. Conversely, interactions between predators and prey are mainly driven by the prey reducing the likelihood of encounters with predators. In this study, we investigated (i) the spatio-temporal interactions between an apex (the snow leopard)...

Mammalian communities inhabiting temperate grasslands are of conservation concern globally, and especially in Central Asia, where livestock numbers have dramatically increased in recent decades, leading to overgrazing and land‐use change. Yet, how this pervasive presence of livestock herds affects the community of wild mammals remains largely unstu...

The snow leopard Panthera uncia is an elusive and globally-threatened apex predator occurring in the mountain ranges of central Asia. As with other large carnivores, gaps in data on its distribution and abundance still persist. Moreover, available density estimates are often based on inadequate sampling designs or analytical approaches. Here, we us...

Biased research and conservation efforts result in some faunal groups (e.g., small felids) being understudied, and hence these groups are often declining without adequate knowledge to manage for threat reduction. The Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) occurs across central and western Asia with declining populations and the largest population is likel...

Biodiversity assessments are indispensable tools for planning and monitoring conservation strategies. Camera traps (CT) are widely used to monitor wildlife and have proven their usefulness. Environmental DNA (eDNA)-based approaches are increasingly implemented for biomonitoring, combining sensitivity, high taxonomic coverage and resolution, non-inv...

Research on the ecology and behaviour of mesocarnivores and their prey is scant in Mongolia. We investigated activity patterns of a guild of mesocarnivores (red fox, Pallas’s cat and beech marten) and their prey (Siberian marmot, Daurian pika, Brandt vole, Mongolian gerbil and Mongolian silver vole) using 21 camera traps (effort = 1155 camera days)...

SUMMARY: MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A POPULATION OF SALAMANDRA ATRA ATRA OF THE CANSIGLIO DEMANIAL FOREST. The morphometrical features of a population of Salamandra atra monitored during 2019 in Pian dei Lovi, Foresta Demaniale del Cansiglio (BL) are here presented with the aim of improving the knowledge regarding the species. The monitoring...

SUMMARY:PREDICTING THE ACTIVITY OF SALAMANDRA ATRA ATRA TO PROTECT IT FROM NON-ORDINARY FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIONS, A CASE STUDY. This study illustrates some preliminary results regarding the understanding of which climatic factors may affect the activity of a population of Salamandra atra in the Cansiglio State Forest (BL). In particular, the ident...

A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-021-00815-9

In countries such as Mongolia, where globalization of the cashmere market has spurred herders to massively increase their livestock numbers, an important conservation concern is the effect of livestock encroachment on wildlife. This is especially important inside protected areas (PAs), which often represent the last refugia for threatened large mam...

The assessment of spatiotemporal behaviour patterns of wild species is pivotal both for conservation and for management, especially when involving rare or elusive species, or species living in delicate ecosystems, e.g. mountains. The Siberian roe deer Capreolus pygargus is a native Asian ungulate, whose ecology is still poorly known, especially on...

Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are apex predators in Asian mountainous ecosystems, mostly hunting wild and domestic ungulates up to three times their size. Here we report on a predation event of a male snow leopard killing a semi-domestic adult yak (about five times the body weight of the predator) from the Altai mountain range in Mongolia. We used...

Assessing carnivores and prey temporal activity patterns as well as their overlap provides valuable insights into behavioural mitigations of competition. Moon phases may also play an important role in shaping wild mammals’ activity rhythms with prey showing peaks of activity in darkest nights. Camera trapping has enriched the possibility to conduct...

Large carnivores can cause considerable economic damage, mainly due to livestock depredation. These conflicts instigate negative attitude towards their conservation, which could in the extreme case lead to retaliatory killing. Here we focus on the snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a species of conservation concern with particularly large spatial requi...

Context. The ranges of many small, at-risk felid species occur almost entirely in unprotected areas, where research efforts are minimal; hence data on their density and activity patterns are scare. Aims. We estimated density and activity patterns of Pallas’s cats on unprotected lands in central Mongolia during two periods (May–August and September–...

Differential temporal behaviour promotes the coexistence of similar species, thus reducing interspecific competition. We investigated the overlap of activity patterns of invasive Siberian chipmunks Eutamias sibiricus and native Eurasian red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris in northeastern Italy; then, we compared our data with the activity of the same sq...

In this study we present a checklist of non-volant mammal species recorded during summer-fall 2018 in the southernmost Mongolian forest located in Khangain Nuruu National Park using camera trapping, live traps, and opportunistic observations. We recorded 29 mammal species belonging to 11 families and 5 orders. Intriguingly, 7 species of mustelids a...

The extensive Mongolian grasslands hosts a high variety of micro-habitats which wildlife uses as corridors that enable species to expand their range. Between May 2017 and March 2018, we conducted an intensive survey in the Mongolian-Manchurian Grassland Ecoregion using camera trapping, field transects, live trapping and opportunistic observations,...

Studies on mammal diversity and distribution are an important source to develop conservation and management strategies. The area located in southern Mongolia, encompassing the Alashan Plateau Semi-Desert and the Eastern Gobi Desert-Steppe ecoregions, is considered strategic for the conservation of threatened species. We surveyed the non-volant mamm...

Understanding the impact of livestock on native wildlife is of increasing conservation relevance. For the Vulnerable snow leopard Panthera uncia , wild prey reduction, intensifying human–wildlife conflicts and retaliatory killings are severe threats potentially exacerbated by the presence of livestock. Elucidating patterns of co-occurrence of snow...

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Due to the wide extension of the country and to the shortness of the ice-free season, the inlandwater crustacean fauna of Mongolia is, to date, incompletely known. However, based on the available literature, Mongolian inland waters appear to be characterised by a high biodiversity, including some taxa still waiting to be described. Novel data on th...

This research was aimed to investigate the international trade of cashmere wool got by Siberian Ibex. The area of research was located in Mongolia. Furthermore, we estimated other aspects threatening the species such as the hunting in the country.

International trade in species that are or may be endangered by collection from the wild is regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) for 176 member States (Parties). Internet commerce is a relatively new route for such trade. In 2007, the CITES Secretariat asked Parties to collect i...

Toads belonging to Bufo viridis subgroup are known as generalistic feeders. Comparison of diet composition of two neighbouring populations of Sicilian green toad (Bufo siculus) is reported in this work. The samplings were conducted in an afforested hilly area (Monte Pellegrino) and in a rocky coastal area (Capo Gallo) mainly characterized by scrubl...