A5038116044- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Computational Physics and Python Applications
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- transportation and logistics systems
- Data Analysis with R
- Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
- Plant and animal studies
- Machine Learning and Data Classification
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Marine animal studies overview
Sapienza University of Rome
2019-2024
Abstract Abiotic factors are usually considered key drivers of species distribution at macro scales, while biotic interactions mostly used local scales. A few studies have explored the role but all a limited number and obligate interactions. We examine in large‐scale SDMs by testing two main hypotheses: (1) can an important continental scale; (2) inclusion is also for generalist species. maximum entropy algorithm to model 177 bat Africa calibrating each species: one considering only abiotic...
Abstract Context While land use change is the main driver of biodiversity loss, most assessments either ignore it or a simple cover representation. Land representations lack representation and landscape characteristics relevant to modeling. Objectives We developed comprehensive high-resolution European systems on 1-km 2 grid integrating important characteristics. Methods Combining recent data intensities, we applied an expert-based hierarchical classification approach identified that are...
Abstract Vertebrate species worldwide are currently facing significant declines in many populations. Although we have gained substantial knowledge about the direct threats that affect individual species, these only represent a fraction of broader vertebrate threat profile, which is also shaped by interactions. For example, faced prey can jeopardize survival their predators due to food resource scarcity. Yet, indirect arising from interactions received limited investigation thus far. In this...
Abstract Due to the central role of landscape connectivity in many ecological processes, evaluating and accounting for it has gained attention both theoretical applied sciences. To address this challenge, researchers often use generic species simplify multi‐species assessments. Yet, approach tends oversimplify movement behaviour, likely reducing realism precision model outputs. Also, most widely used methods theories assessing connectivity, namely circuit network theories, have strong...
Macroecologists traditionally emphasized the role of environmental variables for predicting species distribution and abundance at large scale. While biotic factors have been increasingly recognized as important macroecological scales, producing valuable remains challenging rarely tested. Capitalizing on wealth population density estimates available African savannah ungulates, here we modeled average 100 × km a function both proxies interactions (competition predation) estimated their...
Abstract Traditional farming, where livestock is seasonally managed as free ranging and the use of drugs reduced or absent, may prove beneficial to biodiversity by fostering occurrence spatial heterogeneity, increasing availability trophic resources wildlife. Previous work indicates that presence cattle in lowlands leads an increase bat foraging activity, yet no study has addressed this topic mountainous regions, free-ranging still common. Here we explore relationships between landscape...
Abstract Trait-based approaches are becoming extremely common in ecological modeling and the availability of traits databases is increasing. However, data often biased towards particular regions taxa, with many taxa (e.g., bats) under-represented. Here, we present AfroBaT dataset, a compilation trait on 320 African bat species containing 76,914 values for 86 focusing morphology, reproduction, life-history, trophic ecology, distributions. All were gathered from published literature following...
Ecological connectivity is key to maintaining a coherent and resilient network of protected areas in the EU. The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 has identified unhindered movement species, nutrients ecological processes across connected landscapes as feature Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N) conserved areas. However, date, streamlined guidance on planning implementing measures specifically at European scale been limited. This report presents methodological framework guidelines mapping...
Correlative species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to project the responses of biodiversity global changes. The climatic niche a is calibrated under current climate conditions and then projected in space and/or time, making model extrapolation an important concern. This issue particularly relevant when considering that live at same time boundaries Earth's edges their physiological tolerance, such as desert-adapted species. To tackle these problems, alternative modelling...
This report presents an overview of data identification and documentation related to biodiversity, ecosystem services, the associated drivers, pressures, response mechanisms. While not systematic nor exhaustive, our effort allowed us describe more than 100 datasets databases on European biodiversity (most datasets), drivers pressures affecting them, mechanisms put in place address these. These represent nearly 2000 variables metrics that can be used directly by researchers, land managers...