Conference Agenda

Session
Poster session and coffee break
Time:
Tuesday, 18/June/2024:
10:00am - 11:00am

Location: Zoology Museum

Via Francesco Selmi, 3, 40126 Bologna

Presentations

Where do semi-natural habitats remain? Examination of factors related to the presence of semi-natural meadows and woody landscape features in farmland

Živa Alif, Tanja Šumrada

Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia



The role of agroecological intensification in meeting food production, sustainable livelihood, and conservation objectives in SE India

Iris Berger, Lynn Dicks

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom



Insect communities erode from extensive grasslands to intensively used farmland and urban areas

Elia Guariento, Emanuale Repetto, Andreas Hilpold

Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, I-39100 Bozen, Italy



Assessing plant, insect and habitat diversity in the Austrian farmland – the ÖBM-K/BINATS monitoring programme

Kathrin Pascher1, Dominik Rabl2, Dietmar Moser2, Katharina Huchler2, Stefan Schindler2

1University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; 2Environment Agency Austria, Vienna, Austria



Innovative management of grasslands by insect-friendly grazing for plants, insects and birds: the LIFEforBUGSandBIRDS project

Máté Tóth1, Csaba P. Nagy1,2, Gábor Mészáros1, Petra Paládi1,3, Szabolcs Lengyel1,4

1HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Conservation Ecology Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary; 2University of Debrecen, Pál Juhász-Nagy Doctoral School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary; 3University of Debrecen, Doctoral School of Animal Science, Debrecen, Hungary; 4University of Debrecen, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Water Management Coordination Research Centre, Debrecen, Hungary



Development of peat rehabilitation model for Sarawak Region

Fazrin Munirah Atan1, Arnina Hussin2, Ahmad shahdan Kasim1

1Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation (MPOGCF), Malaysia; 2Sime Darby Plantation, Malaysia



Roadless areas as an effective strategy for protected areas expansion: Evidence from China

Shuting Chen

University of Southampton



Degraded Yet Diverse: habitat characteristics, diversity and site area affect species richness of beetles and butterflies

Jonáš Gaigr, Karel Chobot

Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic



Preserving Hyblaean heritage: navigating conservation challenges in a dynamic landscape

Riccardo Guarino1, Giuseppe Bazan1, Giuseppe Garfì2, Alessandro Silvestre Gristina1, Vincenzo Ilardi1, Salvatore Pasta2, Bruno Paura3, Corrado Marcenò4

1University of Palermo, Italy; 2Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Palermo, Italy; 3University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy; 4University of Perugia, Italy



The 2022 wildfire in Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland (Czech Republic/Germany): consequences for nature conservation

Handrij Härtel1,2,3, Jan Pergl1, Jiří Sádlo1, Josef Kutlvašr1,4, Klára Kušková1,4, Dana Vébrová1,5, Irena Perglová1, Michaela Vítková1

1Institute of Botany of the CAS, v. v. i., Zámek 1, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic; 2Faculty of Science, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí and Labem, Pasteurova 3632/15, CZ-40096 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic; 3Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic; 4Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Praha - Suchdol, Czech Republic; 5Bohemian Switzerland National Park Administration, Pražská 52, CZ-40746 Krásná Lípa, Czech Republic



Integrated Conservation and Restoration Planning within a Central-European Cross-border Region

Martin Jung1, Julia Beier2, Jutta Beher1, Katharina Huchler3, Susanne Hanger-Kopp2

1Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria; 2Equity and Justice Research Group, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria; 3Environment Agency Austria, Vienna, Austria



Insectivorous bat diversity and activity in West African oil palm-dominated landscapes

Lourdes Mariam Maigua Medrano1, Ricardo Rocha1, Nathalie Yoh2, Ana F. Palmeirim Palmeirim3, Michael D. Pashkevich4

1University of Oxford, United Kingdom; 2DICE, University of Kent, UK; 3BIOPOLIS/CIBIO – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Portugal; 4Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK



Establishing a Marine Protected Area network using a Marine Spatial Planning approach in São Tomé and Príncipe

Ana Nuno

NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal



Conservation of calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus (habitat 7210*) in northern Italy

Glauco Patera1,2

1Nature Reserve "Torbiere del Sebino", Provaglio d'Iseo, Brescia, Italy; 2Studio Fagus, Concorezzo, Monza e Brianza, Italy



Know to conserve hoverfly communities: the case study of Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park

Daniele Sommaggio1,4, Enrico Vettorazzo2, Lara Maistrello1, Giovanni Burgio3

1Department of Life Sciences, Laboratory of Applied Entomology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy); 2Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park, Italy; 3University of Bologna, Italy; 4NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Piazza Marina, 61, 90133, Palermo (Italy)



Development of an integrated watershed fragility index to assess the cumulative effect of multiple stressors on freshwater fish and their habitat.

Karen Lira1, Michael van Zyll de Jong1, Myron KIng2, Ian Cowx2

1University of New Brunswick, CANADA; 2University of Hull, UK



Anything changing? Assessing the status of the saproxylic beetle community in Cabañeros National Park (Spain) 12 years later

Alice Lenzi1,2, Javier Quinto3, Sandra Martínez‑Pérez3, Silvia Gisondi1, Alessandro Campanaro1, Estefanía Micó3, Sofia Bajocco4

1CREA Council for Agricultural Research Economics, Research Center for Plant Protection and Certification, Florence, Italy; 2University of Siena, Department of Life Sciences, Siena, Italy; 3Instituto de Investigación CIBIO (Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad), University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain; 4CREA - Centro di ricerca Agricoltura e Ambiente - Rome Italy



Effects of structural connectivity on taxonomic and functional biodiversity: a multi-taxa case study on Austrian beech forests

Ana Isabel Martínez Richart

Bundesforschungszentrum für Wald (BFW), Austria



Assessing the role of drivers behind the decline of biodiversity to inform management

Magda Pla1,4, Marc Anton2, Dani Villero1,4, Joan Pino1, Virgilio Hermoso3,5, Lluís Brotons1,4,5

1CREAF, Spain; 2ICO, Spain; 3EBD, Spain; 4CTFC, Spain; 5CSIC, Spain



The importance of forest components as landscape structure in maintaining high biodiversity in oil palm plantations

Zalifah Ramli1, Ahmad Shahdan Kasim1, Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib2

1Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation (MPOGCF), Malaysia; 2Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)



Factors influencing the formation of long-lasting kelo trees in the Finnish boreal forest

Pemelyn Santos, Mariina Günther, Jari Kouki, Tuomas Aakala

University of Eastern Finland, Finland



Restoration potential and vertical distribution of soil seed bank in wet meadows

Ágnes Tóth1,2,3, Balázs Deák1, András Kelemen1,3, Réka Kiss1, Katalin Lukács1,2, Zoltán Bátori3,4, Orsolya Valkó1

1‘Lendület’ Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary; 2National Laboratory for Health Security, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary; 3Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, Hungary; 4MTA-SZTE ‘Lendület’ Applied Ecology Research Group, Hungary



Filling knowledge gaps in insect conservation by leveraging genetic data from public archives

Serena Baini, Alessio De Biase

University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy



Standardization protocols for microsatellites analysis in wildlife conservation and forensic genetics

Lucia Dondi1,2, Giuseppe Tosini2, Federica Costantini1, Vittorio Lucchini2

1Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGEA), University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy; 2NGB Genetics, Bologna, Italy



Metabarcoding relates Dead wood beetle diversity and land-use changes in the Peneda-Gêres National Park

Theresa Jörger-Hickfang1,2

1MLU, Germany; 2iDiv



New genomic approaches for ex-situ conservation and management of the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)

Letizia Pistacchia1, Francesco Ravasini1, Rikke Kruse Neilsen2, Cino Pertoldi3, Yitzhak Yadid4, Peter A J Leegwater5, Baukje Beers6, Linda Brunis-van Sonsbeek6, Mogge Hajiesmaeil1, Flavia Risi1, Fulvio Cruciani1,7, Eugenia D'Atanasio7, Beniamino Trombetta1

1Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; 2Aalborg Zoo, Aalborg, Denmark; 3Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg, Denmark; 4Bioparco Foundation of Rome, Rome, Italy; 5Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 6Rotterdam Zoo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 7Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy



Environmental DNA for direct, non-invasive assessment (eDNA) of fish species in the marine sanctuary of Dalipuga, Iligan City, Philippines

Sharon Rose Tabugo, John Arlu Bautista

Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines



Species distribution comparison and interactions of Clethrionomys glareolus and Chionomys nivalis in a changing climate

Jonas Dotterweich1, Nicolò Bellin2, Dino Scaravelli3

1private; 2University of Parma; 3University of Bologna



Potential future climate change effects on global marine mammal diversity

Elizabeth R. Gillie, Sally E. Street, Stephen G. Willis

Durham University, United Kingdom



Mediterranean oak forests response to extreme drought in the face of climate change.

Antonio Velasco-Rodríguez1, Rafael Villar1, Carlos Vila-Viçosa2,3, Joao Gonçalves2,3, Salvador Arenas-Castro1

1Área de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias,Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba (ESPAÑA); 2CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão (Portugal); 3BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão (Portugal)



Climate change adaptation strategies across the Natura 2000 network of protected areas

Giorgio Zavattoni1,2, Elie Gaget2, Jon Brommer1

1University of Turku, Finland; 2Tour du Valat, France



First evidence on the ecological impact of raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Hungary

Zsolt Biró1,2, Zsolt Horváth1, László Galambos3, László Szabó1,2, Mihály Márton1,2, Balázs Bócsi1, Krisztián Katona1,2

1Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary; 2National Laboratory for Health Security, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences; 3Ócsa Nature Conservation Hunting Association, Hungary



Emerging problem of the nutria (Myocastor coypus) in Central Europe: reproductive potential in the wild

Krisztián Katona1,2, Zsolt Biró1,2, Balázs Bócsi1

1Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary; 2National Laboratory for Health Security, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences



Threatened at home, alien abroad

Lisa Tedeschi1,2,3, Bernd Lenzner1, Anna Schertler1, Dino Biancolini2,4,5, Carlo Rondinini2, Franz Essl1

1Division of BioInvasions, Global Change & Macroecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria; 2Global Mammal Assessment Programme, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell’Università 32, 00185 Rome, Italy; 3Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 4National Research Council of Italy - Institute for Bioeconomy (CNR-IBE), Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Rome, Italy; 5IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, Rome, Italy



Integrating vegetation mapping and grassland specialist habitat preferences: a proposal for grassland restoration monitoring method

Maja Arok1, Bojana Ivošević1, Milan Vukotić2, Tijana Nikolić Lugonja1

1BioSense Institute; 2Palić-Ludaš Public Enterprise



The Scaling Challenge - an approach to help scale conservation impact

Nico Boenisch, Daniela Aschenbrenner

FOS Europe, The Netherlands



Monitoring and managing bat communities in forest ecosystems: an overview of the LIFE SPAN project

Giorgia Castiello1,2, Fabrizio Ferretti2, Paolo Colangelo3, Bruno De Cinti3

1Sapienza University, Italy; 2CREA-Research Centre for Forestry and Wood; 3CNR-Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems



Satellite imagery machine learning-based analysis reveals a decadal expansion of seagrass meadows in protected lagoons.

Paolo Cingano1,2, Marco Vuerich2,3, Francesco Petruzzellis1, Lorenzo Orzan1,2, Giacomo Trotta1,2, Valentino Casolo2,3, Edoardo Asquini2,3,4, Francesco Boscutti2,3

1University of Trieste, Italy; 2University of Udine, Udine, Italy; 3NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy; 4University of Palermo, Italy



Is plastic really fantastic? The comparison of artificial bee nests made of plastic and natural materials.

Aleksandra Cwajna, Agnieszka Gudowska, Dawid Moroń

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland



The role of species Red List assessment to set the conservation priorities at national level

Jēkabs Dzenis1, Gunta Čekstere2

1Nature Conservation Agency, Latvia; 2University of Latvia, Institute of Biology



A population model of European tree frog (hyla arborea) for management planning

Sabrina Sidney Friedrich, Stefano Canessa

University of Bern, Switzerland



Through gaps and biases: limits and usefulness of synergistic standardised biodiversity datasets

Arianna Giannini, Marco Oliverio

Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy



Assessing the importance of landscape permeability variables in species distribution models

Nivedita Varma Harisena, Maarten J van Strien, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey

ETH Zurich, Switzerland



Monitoring the effects of anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity: a multitaxonomic approach

Francesca Maura Cassola, Jacopo Iaria, Matilde Martini, Francesco Santi, Mara De Silvestri, Giovanni Zanfei, Davide Lattarulo, Jennifer Rossin, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti

Università di Bologna - Alma Mater Studiorum, Italy



Using present data to track temporal changes in the functioning of coastal dune ecosystems

Greta La Bella1, Alicia Acosta1, Tommaso Jucker2, Manuele Bazzichetto3, Marta Gaia Sperandii4, Marta Carboni1

1Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Italy; 2School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, UK; 3Department of Spatial Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic; 4Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic



What is the Tole of Geodiversity in Protecting Current and Future Biodiversity?

Aino-Maija Sinikka Määttänen

University of Oulu, Finland



A step-by-step approach to select climatic variable for ecological modeling

Giordano Mancini, Moreno Di Marco, Luigi Maiorano, Luca Santini

Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy



A Communication Tool on the Reintroduced Mexican Wolves (Canis lupus baileyi).

Terrance Vincent O'Halloran

University of Salamanca, Spain



Vegetation dynamics in the Gran Paradiso National Park through a remote sensing-based approach

Chiara Richiardi1,2, Maria Adamo3, Consolata Siniscalco2

1Technology Laboratory for the Dynamics of Structures and Prevention of Seismic and Hydrogeological Risk (DISPREV), ENEA, Via Martiri di Monte Sole, 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy; 2Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Via Pier Andrea Mattioli 25, 10125 Turin, Italy; 3Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research (IIA), National Research Council (CNR), c/o Interateneo Physics Department, Via Amendola 173, 70126 Bari, Italy



Spatiotemporal modelling of avian influenza in the UK identifies common targets for public health and conservation

Andrea Tonelli1, Marcus Blagrove2, Maya Wardeh2, Moreno Di Marco1

1Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; 2University of Liverpool, UK



Assessing invasion risks using EICAT-based expert elicitation: application to a conservation translocation

Maude Vernet1, Amanda E. Trask2, Caitlin E. Andrews3, John G. Ewen2, Axel Moehrenschlager4, Stefano Canessa1,5

1Division of Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH - 3012 Bern, Switzerland; 2Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, NW1 4RY, London, United Kingdom; 3Center for Conservation Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease & Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA, 01536, USA; 4Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Calgary AB, Canada; 5Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 10, 20133 Milan, Italy



Ecologically-Informed Precision Conservation: A framework for increasing biodiversity in intensively managed agricultural landscapes

Michal Knapp, Ezequiel González

Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Praha-Suchdol, 165 00, Czech Republic



How commercial video games could engage players with biodiversity conservation: a systematic map

Katie Blake1, Ugo Arbieu2, Sofia Castelló y Tickell1, Takahiro Kubo1,3, Sandra Lai1, Kota Mameno3,4, Silvio Marchini1,5, Claire Petros1, Carla Rodríguez-Sánchez6, Vera Sequeira7, Cedric Tan1,8, Kaiwen Zhou9, Diogo Veríssimo1

1University of Oxford, United Kingdom; 2Université Paris-Saclay, France; 3National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; 4Tohoku University, Japan; 5Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; 6University of Alicante, Spain; 7Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; 8The University of Nottingham, Malaysia; 9Sun Yat-sen University, People's Republic of China



Embracing urban and territorial abandonment: the policy of inaction for an alternative people and nature relationship

Cheren Cappello1, Antonello Monsù Scolaro1, Maria Rosa Trovato2

1University of Sassari, Italy; 2University of Catania, Italy



"Medium-size mammals as selected prey for wolf pups living in a human-modified landscape in central Italy"

Alessia Di Rosso1, Chiara Benedetta Boni1, Samuele Baldanti1, Lucia Casini1, Francesca Coppola2, Gaia Di Francesca Antonio1, Antonio Felicioli1

1Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Italy; 2Interdepartmental Centre of Agro-Environmental Research “Enrico Avanzi”, University of Pisa



Recognizing the importance of near-home contact with nature for mental well-being based on the COVID-19 lockdown experience

Magdalena Lenda

Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland



Outdoor recreational activities can shape ungulate temporal behaviour in an alpine protected area

Valerio Orazi1, Anna Flumiani1, Emanuela Rabajoli1, Bruno Bassano2, Francesco Ferretti1,3

1Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy; 2Alpine Wildlife Research Centre, Gran Paradiso National Park, 10080 Noasca, Italy; 3NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center,90133 Palermo, Italy



Water wars: Disentangling human-elephant conflicts over dwindling water in Zimbabwe

Jessica Kate Tacey

University of Oxford, United Kingdom



Nature-based solutions as an opportunity to align climate and biodiversity policy agendas in Hong Kong

Ashley H.Y. Bang1, EJ Milner-Gulland2

1Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford; 2Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Department of Biology, University of Oxford



Species of the Habitats Directive - how dependent they are on the protection of forest habitats of European Union importance

Martins Kalnins1,2, Ilze Kukare1, Diana Marga1

1Joint Stock Company “Latvia’s State Forests” (LVM), Latvia; 2Daugavpils University, Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Latvia



Mind the gap: different forms of Integrity undermine the conservation of terrestrial ecosystems under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Valeria Mendez1,2,3, Peter Larsen3, Lara Marcolin1, Moreno Di Marco1

1Sapienza University of Rome (Italy); 2Center for International Environmental Studies, Geneva Graduate Institute (Switzerland); 3Hub of Environmental Governance and Territorial Development, University of Geneva (Switzerland)



Cumulative effects of Poland’s state border infrastructure and associated human activities in Białowieża Forest

Katarzyna Nowak1, Łukasz Kuberski2, Jakub Bubnicki3, Nuria Selva4

1Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Białowieża, Poland; 2Department of Natural Forests, Forest Research Institute, Białowieża, Poland; 3Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland; 4Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland



Acting against the biodiversity crisis - a classification framework for university strategy papers

Rebecca Rongstock, Matthias C. Rillig

Free University Berlin, Germany



The Integrated Management Plan for the Conservation of Emys orbicularis

Andrea Agapito Ludovici1, Claudio Ciofi2, Sara Fratini2, Fabrizio Oneto3, Dario Ottonello3, Matteo Dal Zotto4, Guido Gnone5, Bruna Valettini5, Valentina Parco6, Iztok Škornik7, M.Antonio Todaro4, Ana Tratnik8, Gianluca Catullo1, Marco Alberto Zuffi9, Saro Aiello1, Davide Nespoli2, Alessio Iannucci2, Riccardo Jesu5

1WWF Italia, Italy; 2Università di Firenze; 3Cesbin; 4Università Modena e Reggio Emilia; 5Costa Edutainment, Acquario di Genova; 6Parco regionale Valle del Ticino; 7Soline Pridelava Soli d.o.o.; 8Javni zavod Krajinski park Ljubljansko barje; 9Università di Pisa



Sexual dimorphism in mitochondrial aerobic respiration during breeding fasts in king penguins

Nina Cossin-Sevrin1, Céline Bocquet2, Camille Lemonnier2, Thomas Faulmann2, Natacha Garcin3, Mathilde Lejeune2, Pierre Bize4, Jean-Patrice Robin2, Katja Anttila1, Suvi Ruuskanen5,1, Vincent A Viblanc2

1Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; 2Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, UMR 7178, 67087 Strasbourg, France; 3Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, LEHNA UMR 5023, CNRS, ENTPE, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; 4Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland; 5Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland



Individual variation in the development of Hungarian meadow viper behaviour

Bálint Halpern1,2,3, Anna Egerer1, Gergely Horváth2,3, Gábor Herczeg2,3

1MME BirdLife Hungary, Hungary; 2Eötvös University of Sciences, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Budapest, Hungary; 3HUN-REN-ELTE-MTM Integrative Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary



Spatial ecology and habitat selection of translocated European bison in the Romanian Carpathians.

Lucy C.V. Holland1, Ruben Iosif2, Adrian Aldea2, Călin Șerban2, Barbara Promberger-Fürpass2, Viorel D. Popescu1

1Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A.; 2Foundation Conservation Carpathia, Brașov, Romania



The role of sexual selection and population structure moderating the effect of high temperatures on the reproductive success of a model insect species

Renáta Kopena1, Miguel Lozano2, David Canal3, László Zsolt Garamszegi1, Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez2,4

1HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungary; 2Estación Biológica de Doñana, Departamento de Ecologia y Evolucion, Sevilla, Spain; 3Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain; 4Centre for Evolutionary Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia



Contribution to European bison (Bison bonasus) reintroduction: a behavioural study in a zoo setting

Giovanna Marliani1, Pier Accorsi1, Camillo Sandri2, Caterina Spiezio2

1Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy. na, Italy; 2Parco Natura Viva – Garda Zoological Park, Loc. Figara 40, 37012 Bussolengo, Italy.



Parent-offspring interactions and development of Eurasian Hoopoes (Upupa Epops) during the post-fledging period

Lisa Andrea Moser, Rico Felder, Raphaël Arlettaz, Ian James Ausprey

University of Bern, Switzerland, Switzerland



From the sky to the ground: exploring the stray dog issue in Puerto Deseado, Argentina

Elisa Padulosi1,2, Dino Scaravelli2,3, Duccio Rocchini1,4, María Eugenia de San Pedro5,6, Sabrina Pastrana5,6, Fabian Diaz5,7, Diego Procopio5,8,9

1BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy; 2Museo Ornitologico Foschi, via Pedriali 12, Forlì, Italy; 3Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna Italy; 4Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Spatial Sciences, Kamýcka 129, Praha - Suchdol 16500, Czech Republic; 5Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA), Santa Cruz, Argentina (UNPA); 6Instituto de Tecnologías Aplicadas, Unidad Académica Caleta Olivia (UACO), Santa Cruz, Argentina; 7Programa de Sistemas y Tecnologías de Información (PAM-UACO); 8Instituto de Ciencias del Ambiente, Sustentabilidad y Recursos Naturales (ICASUR- (UNPA-UACO)); 9Centro de Investigaciones Puerto Deseado (UNPA-UACO)



Problematic protection of the Pinus mugo complex

Joanna Sikora, Konrad Celiński

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland



Do brown bears visit dens during periods other than hibernation?

Venislava Spasova1, Vladimir Todorov2, Daniela Simeonovska-Nikolova1

1Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria; 2Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences



A refuge for Lepus europaeus meridiei Hilzheimer, 1906.

Valter Trocchi1, Nicola Baccetti2, Cristian Geminiani3, Francesca Giannini4, Egidio Mallia5, Chiara Mengoni2, Nadia Mucci2, Giampiero Sammuri4, Camilla Gotti2

1Federazione Italiana della Caccia, Via Salaria 298/a, 00199 Rome, Italy; 2Istituto per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Via Cà Fornacetta 9, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia, BO, Italy; 3Naturalist, Via Canaletta 7, 40026 Imola, BO, Italy; 4Arcipelago Toscano National Park, Loc. Enfola, 57037 Portoferraio (LI), Italy; 5Veterinarian, C. da Cugni Cassaro, 96017 Noto, SR, Italy



Urban habits of the bent-winged bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in Italy

Francesca Festa1,2, Dino Scaravelli3, Francesca Cosentino2, Paola De Benedictis1, Luigi Maiorano2, Stefania Leopardi1

1National Reference Centre for Rabies-WOAH Collaborating Centre for Diseases at the Animal-Human Interface. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Padova, Italy; 2Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotechnologie "Charles Darwin", Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy; 3Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy



Protecting endangered Siberian flying squirrel in urban environment in Espoo, Finland - methods, experience and lessons learned

Laura Lundgren, Aino Kostiainen

City of Espoo, Finland



On the right tracks - how tramway transport affects biodiversity

Dawid Moroń1, Michał Beim2, Agnieszka Gudowska1, Aleksandra Cwajna1, Emilia Marjańska1, Piotr Tryjanowski3

1Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academu of Sciences, Poland; 2Institute of Land Improvement, Environmental Development and Spatial Planning, Poznań University of Life Sciences; 3Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences



Woody plant diversity on urban woodlands of an inner town of southern Italy (Campobasso)

Marco Varricchione1,2, Maria Carla de Francesco1,2, Maria Laura Carranza1,2, Chiara D'Angeli1,3, Michele Finizio1,2, Michele Innangi1, Lucia Antonietta Santoianni1, Angela Stanisci1,2

1Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, Pesche (Is) and Termoli (CB), Italy; 2National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo (PA), Italy; 3Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Roma (RM), Italy



Collecting and mapping livestock data in Central Apennines: a standardised protocol

Federica Villa1, Chiara Dragonetti1, Stefan Rodrigo von Kempis1, Giacomo Masiello1, Mario Cipollone2, Piero Visconti2,3, Moreno Di Marco1

1Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 2Rewilding Apennines-Salviamo L'Orso, Gioia dei Marsi, Italy; 3Ecosystem Services Management (ESM) Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria



The impact of livestock and human disturbance on mammal species occupancy in the central Apennines

Giacomo Masiello1, Chiara Dragonetti1, Niccolò Ceci1, Mario Cipollone2, Piero Visconti2,3, Federica Villa1, Moreno Di Marco1

1Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, viale dell'Università 32, I-00185 Rome, Italy; 2Rewilding Apennines, Via San Giorgio 5, I-67055 Gioia dei Marsi, L’Aquila, Italy; 3International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria



Influence of temperature, pH and salinity on the biometry and skeletal properties of the Adriatic clam Chamelea gallina

Arianna Mancuso, Francesca Giovanna Bardone, Matilde Gironi, Chiara Marchini, Giuseppe Falini, Stefano Goffredo

Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy



Reliability of data collected by volunteers: a nine-year citizen science study in the Red Sea

Mariana Machado Toffolo1,2, Marta Meschini1,2, Chiara Marchini1,2, Erik Caroselli1,2, Fiorella Prada1,2, Arianna Mancuso1,2, Silvia Franzellitti2,3, Chloe Alexandra Lee1, Laura Locci1, Marco Davoli1, Michele Trittoni1, Enrico Nanetti1, Mara Tittarelli1, Riccardo Bentivogli1, Simone Branchini1, Patrizia Neri1, Stefano Goffredo1,2

1Marine Science Group, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; 2Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, Italy; 3Animal and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy