A5059199836- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Microbial infections and disease research
University of Sassari
2008-2025
Abstract This study investigated the anti‐predator strategies adopted by 19 radio‐collared female roe deer during fawning season monitoring their spatial behaviour and habitat selection means of radio‐tracking. The was carried out in a forest area Apennine Mountains (central Italy), where wolves are natural predators summer fawns more frequently predated than adult deer. presence monitored direct observations. Roe known to adopt hiding strategy lactation period, when they lie concealed for...
Our study focused on habitat use of 21 radio collared European hares in a mountainous area Tuscany from February to September 2010. The whole sample was constituted by different breeding typologies: 10 farmed cages (farmed hares) and 11 bred fenced natural (captured hares). Farmed showed smaller home ranges than captured ones during the second bimonthly period, corresponding rutting period; while first third periods (pre-rutting post-rutting respectively) hare spatial not statistically for...
Wild ruminants often harbor pathogens transmissible to other animals and humans, but their epidemiological role is not always defined for all microorganisms. In this survey, spleens, kidneys, hearts sampled from 162 fallow deer (Dama dama) were subjected molecular analyses detect bacterial (Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., Brucella spp., Chlamydia abortus, Coxiella burnetii, Francisella tularensis, Leptospira spp.) protozoan (piroplasms, Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma...
The aim of the study was to assess which kill site characteristics were selected by a lone wolf living in protected Mediterranean coastal area near city Pisa, Italy, where both wild and domestic ungulates available as potential prey. Between 2017 2019, we monitored wolf's predatory behaviour through combination camera trapping active search for sites prey carcasses. main found fallow deer (n = 82); only two boars no preyed upon. features habitat modelled test selection wolf. type composed...
Abstract We propose a design‐based strategy to exploit pellet group counts performed within plots of prefixed size using the clearance count technique with purposes analyzing habitat selection, mapping presence throughout study area, and estimating abundance deer populations. As is customary in inference, free model assumptions, precision statistical consistency proposed estimators are determined by probabilistic sampling scheme adopted locate plots. The unique necessary assumptions absence...
Wild animals are recognized as significant reservoirs for various zoonotic pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This study aimed to investigate the presence of