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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)
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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;
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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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