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  SECTION OF ETHOLOGY, BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY AND WILDLIFE MANAGMENT
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Staff
Prof. Sandro Lovari (Full Professor )
Dr. Lucia Burrini (Technical Staff )
Dr. Mario Posillico (Technical Staff )
Dr. Novella Franconi (Post-Doct. Research fellow )
Dr. Alessandro Massolo (Post-Doct. Research fellow)
Dr. Fiora Meschi (Post-Doct. Research fellow)
Dr. Andrea Sforzi (Post-Doct. Research fellow)
Dr. Roberto Boesi (Ph.D Student )
Dr. Francesca Cagnacci (Ph.D Student )
Dr. Mohammad M. Chowdhury (Ph.D Student )
Dr. Alberto Gantz (Ph.D Student )
Dr. Minder Isabelle (Ph.D Student )
Dr. Luca Börger (contractor )
Dr. Paola Brambilla (contractor)
Dr. Matteo Caldarella (contractor)
Dr. Lucilla Carnevali (contractor)
Dr. Francesca Cesana (contractor)
Dr. Antonio Feola (contractor)
Dr. Maurizio Gioiosa (contractor)
Dr. Antonio Iantorno (contractor)
Dr. Franco Mari (contractor)
Dr. Andrea Monaco (contractor)
Dr. Giuseppe Priore (contractor)
Dr. Milena Provenzano (contractor)
Dr. Alberto Sangiuliano (contractor)

 
RESEARCH competence of the Section
This section has gained considerable expertise on:
A. carnivore and herbivore food habits analyses;
B. space use and habitat utilization by carnivores and herbivores through telemetry and indirect methods;
C. animal population estimates and count methods;
D. behaviour recording;
E. conservation and management of wildlife populations.
RESEARCH Main recent and ongoing projects
A. Space use and habitat utilization of red fox Vulpes vulpes, red deer Cervus elaphus, roe deer Capreolus capreolus, Alpine chamois Rupicapra rupicapra and crested porcupine Hystrix cristata in Italy;
B. Food habits of brown bear Ursus arctos, wolf Canis lupus, Eurasian badger Meles meles, red fox, Alpine chamois, red deer, roe deer and crested porcupine in Italy;
C. Comparative measures of density of large mammal populations;
D. Reproductive behaviour of Himalayan tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus and blue sheep Pseudois nayaur in Nepal, and of Alpine chamois in Italy;
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
A. Habitat suitability for the reintroduction of red and roe deer to the Prefecture of Fokida, Greece;
B. Habitat suitability for the reintroduction of red and roe deer to Parco Nazionale del Cilento-Vallo di Diano;
C. Reintroduction of the red deer, re-stocking of roe deer and management of wild boar Sus scrofa to the Parco Nazionale del Pollino;
D. Habitat improvements finalised to the population increase of roe deer in Parco Nazionale del Gargano;
E. Hunting management of roe and fallow deer in Grosseto province;
F. Wolf-howling count in Grosseto province;
G. Statistically based methods to integrate population estimates of roe deer, in Siena province.
RELATED EXPERIENCE

Since over 25 years ago, S. Lovari has been working on behavioural and ecological issues of medium-size and large mammals in Italy, Canada, Nepal, India, Thailand and Kenya. In 1994-95 has directed the Course of Specialization in Population Management (Univ. of Siena), where over 20 lecturers, from top Italian universities, have been teaching. Has held and/or holds the courses in Animal Behaviour, Ecology, Behavioural Ecology, Ecology II, Wildlife Management, Zoology I, Vertebrate Zoology, Applied Zoology.

In the last decade, this Section has been given the responsibility of operations relevant to game management and conservation, on behalf of regional and provincial administrations, as well as national and regional parks.



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