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February 2023 - present
Avvistiamo APS
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- Vice President
Description
- Vice President and Chief Bioacoustician
August 2020 - October 2021
October 2017 - June 2019
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In 2023, "Avvistiamo" obtained the status of a Social Promotion Association (APS) with a primary objective of conducting systematic data collection and research in the maritime region of Palermo. The designated study area spans from the Palermo port area extending eastward to the Lighthouse of Capo Zafferano and westward to Isola delle Femmine. To...
Sea turtles can host a wide range of parasitic taxa, some of which may lead to severe diseases, weakening and endangering their health. Assessing free-ranging sea turtles' responses to these potential pathogens using biomarkers can provide valuable insights into the cellular and molecular impacts of parasites. This information can serve as a crucia...
Assessing the vocal repertoires of species is pivotal to understand their communication strategies and, in turn, their ecological roles. In this context, shrews (Eulypotyphla), despite exhibiting considerable vocalization variability, lack comprehensive scientific data on their vocal repertoires. In this study, conducted during October 2022, we col...
Studying cetacean populations, especially in isolated areas, can be costly and
logistically difficult. An important tool to study cetaceans is citizen science.
“Avvistiamo” project aims to increase the knowledge on the distribution of
cetaceans along the Sicilian coasts and the Tyrrhenian sub-basin, through the
direct contribution of citizens, who...
An increase of nocturnal activity of ungulate species may represent a compensatory opportunity for energy intake, when activity in daylight is hindered by some disturbance events (e.g. hunting or predation). Therefore, mostly-diurnal and crepus-cular species may be active in bright moonlight nights whereas others may shift their diurnal activity to...
Nest predation is reported as a cause of reproductive failure of ground‐nesting bird species whose populations in Europe are declining. Conversely, European populations of the wild boar Sus scrofa have been expanding, leading to increasing threats to habitats and ecological communities. The impacts of wild boar on ground‐nesting bird species are po...
