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MORI EMILIANO

Position: PRIMO RICERCATORE

Type: T.I.

Phone: 055-5225911

Location: Sesto Fiorentino (FI)

Research Lines: Biodiversity, Conservation

I graduated in 2009 in Biodiversity and Evolution at the University of Pisa, with a MSc thesis on the genetic structure and phylogeography of the black francolin, with full marks and honours. During my MSc internship, I developed a remarkable interest for conservation biology, in particular for biological invasions. While attending the Master in Conservation of Animal Biodiversity at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome, I worked on the alien species in a wetland of Central Italy. At the same time, I won a PhD position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Siena, on the spatial ecology of the crested porcupine. During the three years of Ph.D., I carried out several research projects on populations of parakeets in Italy, on the impact of domestic cats on native wildlife, and in general on impacts of introduced species, including domestic ones. From late 2013 to 2016, I won a research fellowship at the University of Turin, where I have been involved in projects on grey squirrel eradication and coypu control. In addition, I have been a member of the Management Committee of the COST “ParrotNet” Action since 2013. In this context, I have also participated in some researches involving parasites of alien parrots in Europe and the potential for spillback and spillover with native species. I won a STSM scholarship at the Natural History Museum of London to learn how to identify parasites. In 2017, I worked on a project on alien Siberian chipmunks in Italy funded by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, also dealing with potential spillback and spillover processes with native rodents and humans (e.g. Lyme disease). In 2018-2020, I worked on the management of wild boar, with a scholarship from the University of Siena. In 2020, I won a permanent position at the CNR-IRET in Sesto Fiorentino, and I am a Senior Researcher since 2023. Since 2021, I work on the ecology of Eurasian beavers in Italy, as well as on urban fauna adaptations, on firefly and grasshopper taxonomy, and on biological invasions.

Projects

Production

Since 2020

  1. Mori E., Cardador L., Reino L., White R.L., Hernandez-Brito D., Le Louarn M., Mentil L., Edelaar P., Pârâu L.G., Nikolov B.P, Menchetti M. (2020). Lovebirds in the air: trade patterns, establishment success and niche shift of Agapornis parrots within their non-native range. Biological Invasions 22: 421-435.
  2. Ferretti F., Mori E. (2020). Displacement interference between wild ungulate species: does it occur? Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 32: 2-15.
  3. Mori E., Bagnato S., Serroni P., Sangiuliano A., Rotondaro F., Marchianò V., Cascini V., Poerio L., Ferretti F. (2020). Spatiotemporal mechanisms of coexistence in an European mammal community in a protected area of southern Italy. Journal of Zoology 310: 232-245.
  4. Mori E., Allegrini C., Bertolino S. (2020). Modified live traps increase capture success of semifossorial voles in Alpine meadows. Mammalia 84: 357-360.
  5. Cerri J., Mori E., Zozzoli R., Gigliotti A., Chirco A., Bertolino S. (2020). Managing invasive Siberian chipmunks Eutamias sibiricus in Italy: a matter of attitudes and risk of dispersal. Biological Invasions 22: 603-616.
  6. Mori E., Sangiovanni G., Corlatti L. (2020). Gimme shelter: the effects of rock and moonlight on occupancy and activity pattern of an endangered rodent, the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus. Behavioural Processes 170: 103999.
  7. Loy A., Aloise G., Ancillotto L., Angelici F.M., Bertolino S., Capizzi D., Castiglia R., Colangelo P., Contoli L., Cozzi B., Fontaneto D., Lapini L., Maio N., Monaco A., Mori E., Nappi A., Podestà M., Russo D., Sarà M., Scandura M., Amori G. (2019). Mammals of Italy: an annotated checklist. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 30: 87-106.
  8. Mazza G., Marraccini D., Mori E., Priori S., Marianelli L., Roversi P.F., Gargani E. (2020). Assessment of color response and activity rhythms of the invasive black planthopper Ricania speculum (Walker, 1851) using sticky traps. Bulletin of Entomological Research 110: 480-486.
  9. Colombo M., Mori E. (2020). The corpse bride strikes again: first report of the Davian behaviour in the Eurasian badger. Mammalia 84: 372-376.
  10. Mori E., Menchetti M., Camporesi A., Cavigioli L., Tabarelli de Fatis K., Girardello M. (2019). License to kill? Domestic cats affect a wide range of native fauna in a highly biodiverse Mediterranean country. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 477.
  11. Mori E., Malfatti L., Le Louarn M., Hernàndez-Brito D., ten Cate B., Ricci M., Menchetti M. (2020). “Some like it alien”: predation on invasive ring-necked parakeets by the long-eared owl in an urban area. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 43: 151-158.
  12. Mori E., Lovari S., Cozzi F., Gabbrielli C., Giari C., Torniai L., Romeo G., Ferretti F., Fattorini N. (2020). Safety or satiety? Spatiotemporal behaviour of a threatened herbivore. Mammalian Biology 100: 49-61.
  13. Mori E., Onorati G., Giuntini S. (2020). Loud callings limit human tolerance towards invasive parakeets in urban areas. Urban Ecosystems 23: 755-760.
  14. Lovari S., Fattorini N., Calosi M., Cozzi F., Gabbrielli C., Giari C., Torniai L., Romeo G., Mori E. (2020). Spatial behaviour of the Apennine hare: are females territorial? Ethology 126: 839-843.
  15. Mori E., Ferretti F., Lagrotteria A., La Greca L., Solano E., Fattorini N. (2020). Impact of wild boar on small forest-dwelling rodents. Ecological Research 35: 675-681.
  16. Lazzeri L., Senini C., Mori E. (2020). Interspecific aggressions between crested porcupines and roe deer. Animals 10: 623.
  17. Ancillotto L., Bosso L., Smeraldo S., Mori E., Mazza G., Herkt M., Galimberti A., Ramazzotti F., Russo D. (2020). An African bat in Europe, Plecotus gaisleri: Biogeographic and ecological insights from molecular taxonomy and species distribution models. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 5785-5800.
  18. Andreoni A., Augugliaro C., Dartora F., Mori E. (2021). Diel activity patterns and overlap between Eurasian red squirrels and Siberian chipmunks in native and introduced ranges. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 33: 83-89.
  19. Mori E., Andreoni A., Cecere F., Magi M., Lazzeri L. (2020). Patterns of activity rhythms of invasive coypus Myocastor coypus inferred through camera-trapping. Mammalian Biology, 100: 591-599.
  20. Mori E., Ficetola G.F., Bartolomei R., Capobianco G., Varuzza P., Falaschi M. (2021). How the South was won: current and potential range expansion of the crested porcupine in Southern Italy. Mammalian Biology 101: 11-19.
  21. Torrini G., Paoli F., Mazza G., Simoncini S., Strangi A., Guidotti A., Mori E., Roversi P.F., Marianelli L. (2020). First detection of Bursaphelenchus abietinus and andrassyi in Italy. Forest Pathology 50: e12627.
  22. Manenti R., Mori E., Di Canio V., Mercurio S., Picone M., Caffi M., Brambilla M., Ficetola G.F., Rubolini D. (2020). The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: insights from the first European locked down country. Biological Conservation 249: 108728.
  23. Mazza G., Nerva L., Strangi A., Mori E., Chitarra W., Carapezza A., Mei M., Marianelli L., Roversi P.R., Campanaro A., Cianferoni F. (2020). Scent of jasmine attracts alien invaders and records on citizen science platforms: multiple introductions of the invasive lacebug Corythauma ayyari (Drake, 1933) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) in Italy and the Mediterranean basin. Insects 11: 620.
  24. Viganò M., Ancillotto L., Agnelli P., Ficetola G.F., Mori E. (2020). Frequency of occurrence and ingested biomass of different prey of the barn owl Tyto alba in an island ecosystem. Birds 1: 5-12.
  25. Lovari S., Mori E., Procaccio E.L. (2020). On the behavioural biology of the mainland serow: a comparative study. Animals 10: 1669.
  26. Milanesi P., Mori E., Menchetti M. (2020). Observer-oriented approach improves species distribution models from citizen science data. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 12104-12114.
  27. Mori E., Brambilla M., Ramazzotti F., Ancillotto L., Mazza G., Russo D., Amori G., Galimberti A. (2020). In or out of the checklist? DNA barcoding and distribution modelling unveil a new species of Crocidura shrew for Italy. Diversity 12: 380.
  28. Mori E., Lazzeri L. (2021). Does wild boar rooting affect spatial distribution of active burrows of meadow-dwelling voles? Biologia 76: 981-986.
  29. Bertolino S., Ancillotto L., Bartolommei P., Benassi G., Capizzi D., Gasperini S., Lucchesi M., Mori E., Scillitani L., Sozio G., Falaschi M., Ficetola G.F., Cerri J., Genovesi P., Carnevali L., Loy A., Monaco A. (2020). A framework for prioritising present and potentially invasive mammal species for a national list. NeoBiota 62: 31-54.
  30. Cerri J., Procaccio E.L., Ferretti M., Mori E. (2020). Modernization-induced socio-economic changes and their effect over the spatial distribution of recreational hunting and volunteering with animals. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 26: 401-410.
  31. Mori E., Di Gregorio M., Mazza G., Ficetola G.F. (2021). Seasonal consumption of insects by the crested porcupine in Central Italy. Mammalia 85: 231-235.
  32. Mezzetto D., Dartora F., Mori E. (2021). Feeding plasticity and temporal behaviour of the alien American mink in Europe. Acta Oecologica 110: 103700.
  33. Mori E., Paniccia C., Munkhstog B., Cicero M., Augugliaro C. (2021). Temporal overlap among small-mammals in a grassland and a forest-alpine meadow of Central Asia. Mammalian Biology 101: 153-162.
  34. Senczuk G., Gramolini L., Avella I., Mori E., Menchetti M., Aloise G., Castiglia R. (2021). No association between candidate genes for colour determination and color phenotype in Hierophis viridiflavus, and characterization of a contact zone. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59: 748-759.
  35. Viviano A., Amori G., Luiselli L., Oebel H., Bahleman F., Mori E. (2020). Blessing the rains down in Africa: spatiotemporal behaviour of the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata (Mammalia: Rodentia) in the rainy and dry seasons, in the African savannah. Tropical Zoology 33: 113-124.
  36. Panzeri M., Mazza G., Bisi F., Mori E. (2021). Patterns of spatiotemporal activity of an alien lagomorph inferred through camera-trapping. Mammal Research 66: 281-288.
  37. Mori E., Ferrari C. (2021). Inter-individual behavioural variation in the crested porcupine. Mammalia 85: 269-272.
  38. Viviano A., Mori E., Fattorini N., Mazza G., Lazzeri L., Panichi A., Strianese L., Mohamed W.F. (2021). Spatiotemporal overlap between the European brown hare and its potential predators and competitors. Animals 11: 562.
  39. Boncompagni L., Molfini M., Ciampelli P., Fazzi P., Lucchesi M., Mori E., Petralia L., Mazza G. (2021). No country for native crayfish: importance of crustaceans in the diet of native and alien Northern raccoons. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 33: 576-590.
  40. Salinas-Ramos V.B., Mori E., Bosso L., Ancillotto L., Russo R. (2021). Three reasons cats should stay away from bats: predation, sublethal effects and zoonotic risks. Pathogens 10: 304.
  41. Gargioni C., Monaco A., Ficetola G.F., Lazzeri L., Mori E. (2021). From the Andes to the Apennines: rise and fall of a free-ranging population of feral llamas. Animals 11: 857.
  42. Mori E., Brunetti C., Carapelli A., Olmastroni S. (2021). Reliability of molecular sex identification in the Adèlie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) from DNA-poor samples. Waterbirds 43: 211-216.
  43. Mori E., Brunetti C., Carapelli A., Burrini L., Fattorini N., Ferretti F., Olmastroni S. (2021). Genetic diversity in clustered colonies of an Antarctic marine mesopredator: a role for habitat quality? Antarctic Science 33: 233-242.
  44. Luzi G., Mori E., Puddu G., Zapparoli M. (2021). Does the crested porcupine select coppice forest? Habitat preference and activity patterns of a large rodent in the Lago di Vico Natural Reserve. Mammalia 85: 355-361.
  45. Nerva L., Iannucci A., Menchetti M., Andreoni A., Chitarra W., Martini M., Mueller N., Peters T.M.J., Pesenti E., Verbeylen G., Zozzoli R., Mori E. (2021). Where do Chip and Dale come from? Origins of invasive populations of the Siberian chipmunk in Europe. Mammal Research 66: 525-529.
  46. Mori E., Lazzeri L., Ferretti F., Gordigiani L., Rubolini D. (2021). The wild boar Sus scrofa as a threat to ground-nesting species: an artificial nest experiment. Journal of Zoology 314: 311-320.
  47. Menchetti , Cianferoni F., Mazza G., Dal Cin M., Barbato D., Benocci A., Cervo R., Dapporto L., Picchi M.S., Vanni L., Cabrini R., Mori E. (2021). Checklist of macro-invertebrates of the Special Conservation Area “Poggi di Prata” (Grosseto, Central Italy) through a citizen-science and expert-based approach. Redia, 104: 63-68.
  48. Cordeschi G., Peric T., Prandi A., Zoratto F., Mori E. (2021). Environmental variability and allostatic load in the Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris. Rendiconti Lincei, Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 32: 437-448.
  49. Mori E., Cicero M., Lovari S., Zaccaroni M., Salomoni S., Vendramin A., Augugliaro C. (2021). Occupancy and activity rhythms of the Siberian roe deer. Biologia 76: 2991-2999.
  50. Sogliani D., Cerri J., Turetta R., Crema M., Corsini M., Mori E. (2021). Feral rabbit populations in a peri-urban area: insights about invasion dynamics and potential management strategies. European Journal of Wildlife Research 67: 60.
  51. Cerri J., Mori E., Ancillotto L., Russo D., Bertolino S. (2022). COVID-19, media coverage of bats related Web searches: a turning point for bat conservation? Mammal Review 52: 16-25.
  52. Gaudiano L., Pucciarelli L., Mori E. (2021). Livestock grazing affects movements and activity pattern of Italian roe deer in Southern Italy. European Journal of Wildlife Research 67:66.
  53. Pucci C., Senserini D., Mazza G., Mori E. (2021). Reappearance of the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber in Tuscany (Central Italy): the success of unauthorised releases? Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 32: 182-185.
  54. Hernandez-Brito D., Carrete M., Blanco G., Romero-Vidal P., Senar J.C., Mori E., White T.H., Luna A., Tella J.T. (2021). The role of monk parakeets as nest-site facilitators in their native and invaded areas. Biology 10: 683.
  55. Bates A., Primack R., [345 authors, Mori E. = 95th], Duarte C.M. (2021). Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation 263: 109175.
  56. Mori E., Magoga G., Panella M., Montagna M., Winsor L., Justine J.L., Menchetti M., Schifani E., Melone B., Mazza G. (2022). Discovering the Pandora’s box: the invasion of alien flatworms in Italy. Biological Invasions 24: 205-216.
  57. Mori E., Fedele E., Greco I., Giampaoli Rustichelli M., Massolo A., Miniati S., Puppo F., Santini G., Zaccaroni M. (2022). Spatiotemporal activity of the pine marten Martes martes: insights from an island population. Ecological Research, 37: 102-114.
  58. Mori E., Sogliani D., Senini C., Laurenzi A., Viviano A., Cianferoni F. (2021). Subspecific taxonomy of African porcupines Hystrix : is there anything beyond the species level? Zootaxa 5047: 501-519.
  59. Ferretti F., Lazzeri L., Mori E., Cesaretti G., Calosi M., Burrini L., Fattorini N. (2021). Habitat correlates of wild boar density and rooting along an environmental gradient. Journal of Mammalogy 102: 1536-1547.
  60. Faraone F.P., Russotto S., Giacalone G., Lo Valvo M., Belardi I., Mori E. (2021). Food habits of the Javelin sand boa Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus 1758; Serpentes, Erycidae) in Sicily, Italy. Journal of Herpetology, 55: 452-458.
  61. Franchini M., Mazza G., Mori E. (2022). First assessment of ectoparasite prevalence in Apennine populations of Eurasian red squirrel: does habitat fragmentation affect parasite presence? Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 34: 497-513.
  62. Mori E., Viviano A., Brustenga L., Olivetti F., Peppucci L., Pucci C., Senserini D., Sergiacomi U., Spilinga C., Roversi P.F., Mazza G. (2021). Distribution and genetic analysis of wild-living Eurasian beavers in Central Italy. Redia 104: 209-215.
  63. Cavallero S., Montalbano di Filippo M., Mori E., Viviano A., De Liberato C., Sforzi A., D’Amelio S., Berrilli F. (2021). Morphological and molecular characterization of Trichuris (Nematoda: Hystricidae) in crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata; Rodentia: Hystricidae) from Italy. Diversity 13: 628.
  64. Gordigiani L., Viviano A., Brivio F., Grignolio S., Lazzeri L., Marcon A., Mori E. (2022). Carried away by a moonlight shadow: activity of wild boar in relation to nocturnal light intensity. Mammal Research 67: 39-49.
  65. McGaughran A., Mori E., Quilodran C.S. (2021). Editorial: the genomics of biological invasions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 810817.
  66. Pedruzzi L., Schertler A., Giuntini S., Leggiero I., Mori E. (2022). An update on the distribution of the coypu, Myocastor coypus, in Asia and Africa through published literature, citizen-science and online platforms. Mammalian Biology 102: 109-118.
  67. Cayuela H., Lemaitre J.F., Léna J.P., Ronget V., Martinez-Solano I., Muths E., Pilliod D.S., Schmidt B.R., Sànchez-Montes G., Gutièrrez-Rodriguez J., Pyke G., Grossenbacher K., Lenzi O., Bosch J., Beard K.H., Woolbright L.L., Lambert B.A., Green D.M., Jreidini N., Garwood J.M., Fischer R.N., Matthews K., Dudgeon D., Lau A., Speybroek J., Homan R., Jehle R., Baskale E., Mori E., Arntzen J.W., Joly P., Stiles R.M., Lannoo M.J., Maerz J.C., Lowe W.H., Valenzuela-Sanchez A., Christiansen D.G., Angelini C., Thirion J.M., Merilä J., Colli G.R., Vasconcellos M.M., Boas T.C.V., Arantes I.D.C., Levionnois P., Reinke B.A., Vieira C., Marais G.A.B., Gaillard J.M., Miller D.A.W. (2022). Sex-related differences in aging rate are associated with sex chromosome systems in Amphibians. Evolution 76: 346-356.
  68. Azzarà B., Cherin M., Adams J., Boschian G., Crotti M., Denys C., Fressoia L., Kimambo J.S., Kwekason A., Iurino D.A., Manzi G., Masao F.T., Melaku S., Menconero S., Mori E., Zipfel B. (2022). The thorny issue of African porcupines: a new mandible of Hystrix makapanensis from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) and rediagnosis of the species. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 29: 447-474.
  69. Viviano A., Scarfò M., Mori E. (2022). Temporal partitioning between forest-dwelling small rodents in a Mediterranean deciduous woodland. Animals 12: 279.
  70. Mori E., Bini A., Viviano A., Bartolommei P., Mazza G. (2022). Distribution of introduced American mink in the Northern Apennine area (Central Italy). Mammalia 86: 266-270.
  71. Gaudiano L., Pucciarelli L., Frassanito A.G., Mori E., Morimando F., Silvestri F.M., Sorino R., Viviano A., Corriero G. (2022). Spatio-temporal behaviour of female wild boar in an agro-forestry-pastoral landscape of Southern Italy. Mammal Research 67: 163-172.
  72. Franchini M., Viviano A., Frangini L., Filacorda S., Mori E. (2022). Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) abundance estimation using Bayesian methods: first data from a highly agricultural environment in Central Italy. Mammal Research 67: 187-197.
  73. Ciprari E., Ancillotto L., Mori E., Studer V., Chessa C. (2022). Rescue data as an alternative for assessing trends and phenological changes in two invasive parakeet species. Urban Ecosystems 25: 1199-1206.
  74. Magory-Cohen T., Hauber M.E., Akriotis T., Crochet P.A., Karris G., Kirschel A.N.G., Khouri F., Menchetti M., Mori E., Per E., Reino L., Saavedra S., Santana J, Dor R (2022). Accelerated avian invasion into the Mediterranean region endangers biodiversity and mandates international collaboration. Journal of Applied Ecology 59: 1440-1455.
  75. Mori E., Carbone R., Viviano A., Calosi M., Fattorini N. (2022). Factors affecting spatiotemporal behaviour in the European brown hare Lepus europaeus: a meta-analysis. Mammal Review 52: 454-470.
  76. Giovannelli F., Mori E., Zaccaroni M., Dessì-Fulgheri F., Baratti M. (2022). Genetic insights into an Apennine population of the Italian red deer. Mammal Research 67: 399-406.
  77. Mori E., Magoga G., Mazza G. (2022). New records based on citizen-science report alien land planarians in the three remaining Italian regions and Pantelleria island, and first record of Dolichoplana striata (Platyhelminthes Tricladida Continenticola Geoplanidae) in Italy. Redia 105: 91-95.
  78. Reinke B.A., Cayuela H., Janzen F.J., Lemaitre J.F., Gaillard J.M., Lawing A.M., Iverson J.B., Christiansen D.G., Martinez-Solano I., Sanchez-Montes G., Gutierrez-Rodriguez J., Rose F.L., Nelson N., Keall S., Crivelli A.J., Nazirides T., Grimm-Seyfarth A., Henle K., Mori E., Guiller G., Homan R., Olivier A., Muths E., Hossack B.R., Bonnet X., Pilliod D.S., Lettnik M., Whitaker T., Schmidt B.R., Gardner M.G., Cheylan M., Poitevin F., Golubovic A., Tomovic L., Arsovski D., Griffiths R.A., Arntzen J.W., Baron J.B., Le Galliard J.F., Tully T., Luiselli L., Capula M., Rugiero L., McCaffery R., Eby L.A., Briggs-Gonzalez V., Mazzotti F., Pearson D., Lambert B.A., Green D.M., Jreidini N., Angelini C., Pyke G., Thirion J.M., Joly P., Lena J.P., Tucker A.D., Limpus C., Priol P., Besnard A., Bernard P., Stanford K., King R., Garwood J., Bosch J., Souza F.L., Bertoluci J., Famelli S., Grossenbacher K., Lenzi O., Matthews K., Boitaud S., Olson D.H., Jessop T.S., Gillespie G.R., Clobert J., Richard M., Valenzuela-Sanchez A., Fellers G.M., Kleeman P.M., Halstead B.J., Campbell Grant E.H., Byrne P.G., Fretey T., Le Garff B., Levionnois P., Maerz J.C., Pichenot J., Olgun K., Uzum N., Avci A., Miaud C., Elmberg J., Brown G.P., Shine R., Bendik N.F., O’Donnell L.,  Davis C.L., Lannoo M.J., Stiles R.M., Cox R.M., Reedy A.M., Warner D.A., Bonnaire E., Grayson K., Ramos-Targarona R., Baskale E., Munoz D., Measey J., Andre de Villiers F., Selman W., Ronget V., Bronikowski A.M., Miller D.A.W. (2022). Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insigthts for the evolution of aging and longevity. Science, 376: 1459-1466.
  79. Mori E., Andreone F., Viviano A., Faraone F.P., Di Nicola M.R., Borri B., Bruni G., Mazza G., Banchi R., Zaccaroni M., Mezzadri S., Baratti M. (2022). Aliens coming by ships: distribution and origins of the ocellated skink populations in peninsular Italy. Animals 12: 1709.
  80. Lazzeri L., Fazzi P., Lucchesi M., Mori E., Velli E., Cappai N., Ciuti F., Ferretti F., Fonda F., Paniccia C., Pavanello M., Pecorella S., Sangiuliano A., Sforzi A., Siclari A., Spada A. (2022). The rhythm of the night: patterns of activity of the European wildcat in the Italian peninsula. Mammalian Biology 102: 1769-1782.
  81. Mori E., Mazza G., Pucci C., Senserini D., Campbell-Palmer R., Contaldo M., Viviano A. (2022). Temporal activity patterns of the Eurasian beaver and coexisting species in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Animals 12: 1961.
  82. Mori E., Viviano A., Mazzotti S., Sogliani D., Bini A., Baratti M. (2022). Unveiling the genetic diversity of declining population of the harvest mouse Micromys minutus in Italy. Diversity 14: 627.
  83. Mori E., Molteni R., Ancillotto L., Ficetola G.F., Falaschi M. (2022). Spatial ecology of crested porcupine in a metropolitan landscape. Urban Ecosystems 25: 1797-1803.
  84. Giuntini S., Ancillotto L., Falaschi M., Viviano A., Palagi E., Mori E. (2022). Alien parakeets as a potential threat to the common noctule Nyctalus noctula. Biodiversity and Conservation 31: 3075-3092.
  85. Fedele E., Mori E., Giampaoli Rustichelli M., Del Sala F., Giannini F., Meriggi M., Santini G., Zaccaroni M. (2022). Alien versus alien: spatiotemporal overlaps among introduced ungulates in a Mediterranean island ecosystem. Mammalian Biology 102: 1981-1995.
  86. Viviano A., Huffman M.A., Senini C., Mori E. (2022). Do porcupines self-medicate? The seasonal consumption of plants with antiparasitic properties coincides with that of parasite infections in Hystrix cristata in Central Italy. European Journal of Wildlife Research 68: 72.
  87. Mazza G., Mori E. (2022). Solitary, in the night, it goes: summary of records and range expansion of the common genet in Italy. Mammalia 87: 29-33.
  88. Mori E., Viviano A., Scarfò M., Preti F., Pucci C., Ciuti F., Giovannelli A., Traversi M.T., Senserini D., Mazza G. (2022). Bark stripping behaviour by a large-sized rodent, the crested porcupine, as an adaptation to climate change. Biologia 77: 3525-3529.
  89. Viviano A., Mazza G., Di Lorenzo T., Mori E. (2022). Housed in a lodge: occurrence of animal species within Eurasian beaver constructions in Central Italy. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 68: 75.
  90. Pecorella S., Mori E. (2023). “Brown hare never goes underground”: the exception that proves the rule. Mammalia 87: 52-55.
  91. Milana G., Viviano A., Mori E. (2023). Porcupines in Italian islands: update on the distribution of Hystrix cristata in Sardinia. Mammalia 87: 162-165.
  92. Mori E., Rustici P., Dapporto L., Pasquali L., Petrucci F., Mazza G. (2023). Invasions by the palm borer moth Paysandisia archon in Italy and assessment of its trophic spectrum. Biological Invasions 25: 1373-1386.
  93. Mammola S., Fukushima C.S., Biondo G., Bongiorni L., Cianferoni F., Domenici P., Fruciano C., Lo Giudice A., Macìas-Hernandez N., Malumbres-Olarte J., Milicic M., Morganti M., Mori E., Munèvar A., Pollegioni P., Rosati I., Tenan S., Urbano-Tenorio F., Fontaneto D., Cardoso P. (2023). How much biodiversity is concealed in the word “biodiversity”? Current Biology 33: R41-R60.
  94. Monti F., Baratti M., Viviano A., Mori E. (2023). Ticks in the box: Argas persicus occurrence in nest boxes of secondary cavity-nesting bird species in Italy. European Journal of Wildlife Research 69: 23.
  95. Balestrieri R., Vento R., Viviano A., Mori E., Gili C., Monti F. (2023). Razorbills Alca torda in Italian seas: a massive irruption of historical relevance and role of social network monitoring. Animals 13: 656.
  96. Pecorella S., Viviano A., Lapini L., Mori E. (2023). The raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides in Italy: a review of confirmed occurrences. Mammalia 87(3): 245-249.
  97. Pecorella S., De Luca M., Fonda F., Viviano A., Candelotto M., Candotto S., Mori E., Banea O. (2023). First record of allonursing in golden jackal (Canis aureus, L. 1758): a case of double breeding and communal denning within the same social unit. European Journal of Wildlife Research 69: 43.
  98. Paoli F., Iovinella I., Barbieri F., Sciandra C., Sabbatini-Peverieri G., Mazza G., Torrini G., Barzanti G.P., Benvenuti C., Strangi A., Bosio G., Mori E., Roversi P.F., Marianelli L. (2023). Effectiveness of field-exposed attract-and-kill devices against the adults of Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): a study on duration, form and storage. Pest Management Science 79: 3262-3270.
  99. Ancillotto L., Viviano A., Baratti M., Sogliani D., Ladurner E., Mori E. (2023). Every branch in its niche: intraspecific variation in habitat suitability of a widely distributed small mammal, the harvest mouse Micromys minutus. Mammal Research 68: 575-585.
  100. Capobianco G., Viviano A., Mazza G., Cimorelli G., Casciano A., Lagrotteria A., Fusillo R., Marcelli M., Mori E. (2023). “Oops…a beaver again!”. Eurasian beaver Castor fiber recorded by citizen science in new areas of Central and Southern Italy. Animals 13: 1699.
  101. Dueker S., Willows-Munro S., Perrin M.R., Abebe Y.D., Annorbah N.N.D., Mwangi E.W., Madindou I.R., Tekalign W., Mori E., Mzumara T.I., Brown C., Bryson U., Ndithia H., Dodman T., van der Zwan H., van der Sluis R., Phiri C.R., Karimanzira A., Martin R.O. (2023). Conservation status and threats to lovebirds: knowledge gaps and research priorities. Ostrich 94: 1-27.
  102. Santilli F., Viviano A., Mori E. (2024). Dietary habits of the European brown hare: summary of knowledge and management relapses. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 36: 21-40.
  103. Viviano A., D’Amico M., Mori E. (2023). Aliens on the road: surveying wildlife roadkill to assess the risk of biological invasions. Biology 12: 850.
  104. Viviano A., Auster R.E., Mazza G., Lagrotteria A., Pucci C., Senserini D., Campbell-Palmer R., Needham R., Curci D., Mori E. (2023). Eurasian beavers in Central Italy: perceptions in the local community. The Science of Nature 110: 30.
  105. Bruni G., Mori E., Balestrieri R. (2023). First record of interspecific breeding among redstart species. Bird Study 70: 172-177.
  106. Mori E., Touloupakis E., Viviano A., Mazza G. (2023). Opening a gate to shade some light: alien land planarians in the Eastern Mediterranean and Northern Africa. Zootaxa 5319: 295-300.
  107. Castiglia R., Rotondi C., Aloise G., Amori G., Annesi F., Solano E., Mori E. (2023). A first attempt to track the genetic signature of colonization of the Mediterranean basin by the pigmy white-toothed shrew, Suncus etruscus (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae). Mammal Research 68: 659-663.
  108. Di Febbraro M., Bosso L., Fasola M., Santicchia F., Aloise G., Lioy S., Tricarico E., Ruggieri L., Bovero S., Mori E., Bertolino S. (2023). Different facets of the same niche: integrating citizen-science and scientific survey data to predict biological invasion risk under multiple global change drivers. Global Change Biology 29: 5509-5523.
  109. Ramello G., Delfino M., Mori E., Viviano A., Pavia G., Carnevale G., Pavia M. (2024). Holocene vertebrate assemblages provide the first evidence for the presence of the barn owl (Tytonidae, Tyto alba) on Socotra Island (Yemen). Geobios 83: 85-98.
  110. Trentanovi G., Viviano A., Mazza G., Busignani L., Magherini E., Giovannelli E., Traversi M.L., Mori E. (2023). Riparian forest throwback at the Eurasian beaver era: a woody vegetation assessment for Mediterranean regions. Biodiversity and Conservation 32: 4259-4274.
  111. Antinucci C., Gallozzi F., Ancillotto L., Mori E., Castiglia R. (2023). Lizards on the borders: source and patterns of colonization of an opportunistic reptile, Podarcis siculus, on the remote island of Pantelleria (Italy), depicted by mtDNA phylogeography and dorsal pattern. Biologia 78: 3479-3485.
  112. Sogliani D., Mori E., Lovari S., Lazzeri L., Longoni A., Tabarelli De Fatis K., Sabatini P., Di Nicola M.R., Russo D. (2023). Citizen science and diet analysis shed light on dog-wildlife interaction in Italy. Biodiversity and Conservation 32: 4461-4479.
  113. Turillazzi F., Mori E., Viviano A., Baratti M., Pucci C., Gobbi M., Sassera D., Bisaglia B., Romeo G., Lombardo A., Mariacher A., Domanico M.G., Roversi P.F., Mazza G. (2024). Beavers are not alone: parasitic assessment of released Eurasian beavers in Italy. Mammal Research 69: 33-41.
  114. Falaschi M., Ficetola G.F., Viviano A., Mazza G., Mori E. (2024). Environmental suitability and potential range expansion of the Eurasian beaver in Italy. Animal Conservation 27: 324-337.
  115. Viviano A., Mori E., Manzini E., Paoletti E., Hoshika Y., Cotrozzi L., Pisuttu C., Risoli S., Materassi A., Baesso Moura B. (2024). The magpie and the grapes: increasing ozone exposure impacts fruit consumption by a common corvid in a suburban environment. Pest Management Science 80: 5491-5499.
  116. Mori E., Viviano A., Corradetti M., Ancillotto L., Falco C., Mazza G. (2023). Update of the alien distribution of the jasmine lacebug through a citizen-science approach. Redia 106: 155-160.
  117. Mori E., Viviano A., Ferri M., Ancillotto L., Grignolio S., Merli E., Ciuffardi L., Baratti M. (2024). Sika deer Cervus nippon out of the blue: a cryptic invasion in Italy. Mammalian Biology 104: 215-220
  118. Bertolino S., Ancillotto L., Bartolommei P., Colangelo P., Capizzi D., Mori E., Melcore I., Paniccia C., Amori G., Gasperini S., Loy A. (2023). It is time to ensure legal protection for non-protected native Italian small mammals. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 34(2): 77-83.
  119. Ancillotto L., Amori G., Capizzi D., Cignini B., Zapparoli M., Mori E. (2024). No city for wetland species: habitat associations affect mammal persistence in urban areas. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291: 20240079.
  120. Franchini M., Frangini L., Viviano A., Filacorda S., Stokel G., Mori E. (2024). Get out from my field! The role of agricultural crops in shaping the habitat selection by and suitability for the crested porcupine in Central Italy. Mammal Research 69: 411-421.
  121. Monti F., Mori E., Balestrieri R., Minichino A., Vento R., Viviano A., Tiralongo F. (2024). First data on the diet of razorbill Alca torda wintering in the Mediterranean sea: insights from social media. Mediterranean Marine Science 25: 58-66.
  122. Attili L., Pizzarelli A., Viviano A., Mori E., Ćirović D., Kropf M., Lorenzini R. (2023). First molecular evidence on the puzzling origin of beavers in Central Italy. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 34: 139-142.
  123. Di Lorenzo T., Tabilio Di Camillo A., Mori E., Viviano A., Mazza G., Pontalti A., Rogora M., Fiasca B., Di Cicco M., Galassi D.M.P. (2024). Effects of a beaver dam on the benthic copepod assemblage of a Mediterranean river. Scientific Reports 14: 8956.
  124. Mori E., Romiti F., Magliano A., De Liberato C., Ancillotto L. (2024). New alien in town: first record of Parakontikia ventrolineata in Italy. Zootaxa 5447: 444-448.
  125. Mori E., Baratti M., Viviano A., Dondini G., Vergari S., Patriarca E., Debernardi P., Spada M., Vergari S., Ancillotto L. (2024). A multidisciplinary approach unveils the distribution of the Alpine long-eared bat Plecotus macrobullaris (Vespertilionidae) in Italy. Mammalia 88: 445-450.
  126. Garofalo L., Cappai N., Mencucci M., Mori E., Attili L., Lorenzini R. (2024). A forensic genetic investigation reveals a captive origin for a wild alien population of raccoons in Italy. Scientific Reports 14: 12246.
  127. Mori E., Ancillotto L., Viviano A., Sogliani D., Amori G., Vella F., Boano G., Bertolino S., Monti F. (2024). Anthropogenic dispersal explains the phylogeography of insular edible dormouse Glis glis in the Mediterranean basin. Mammal Research 69: 401-410.
  128. Cerri J., Serra E., Stefanuto A., Mori E. (2024). The “IAS Management Attitude” scale: a tool for measuring consensus between experts and practitioners in invasion biology. Biological Invasions 26: 3271-3279.
  129. Viviano A., De Meo I., Mori E., Sergiacomi C., Paletto A. (2024). Public perception and acceptance of coypu Myocastor coypus removal in urban areas: influence of age and education. The Science of Nature 111: 42.
  130. Schianini V., Gamba M., Mori E., Palagi E. (2024). What do rattle quills tell? A morphological analysis of the rattling in the African crested porcupine. Mammalian Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-024-00454-y
  131. Mori E., Puttock A., Viviano A., Mosini A., Campbell-Palmer R., Ancillotto L., Trentanovi G., Scarfò M., Leoncini F., Pontarini R., Mazza G., Needham R. (2024). How much Eurasian beaver activity is there in Italy? Using field signs to monitor and map a returned species. Mammal Research 69: 519-532.
  132. Mori E., Zaccaroni M., Jacob J. (2024). Coexisting with wildlife in harmony: a sustainable approach to vertebrate management. Pest Management Science 80: 1-2.
  133. Mazza G., Turillazzi F., Ancillotto L., Viviano A., Di Lorenzo T., Mori E. (2024). Beaver dams in Mediterranean ecosystems: trait-specific effects on macroinvertebrates. Journal of Zoology 324:353-362.
  134. Ancillotto L., Cosentino F., Festa F., Mori E. (2024). Adhesive traps for suppressing pest insects represent a serious threat to bats across Europe. European Journal of Wildlife Research 70: 119.
  135. Mori E., Viviano A., Ancillotto L., Onorati G., Tattoni C. (2025). Press coverage and public perception of crested porcupines in urban and rural areas of Italy. Journal for Nature Conservation 84: 126786.
  136. Dondina O., Tirozzi P., Viviano A., Mori E., Orioli V., Tommasi N., Tanzi A., Bazzoli L., Caprio E., Patetta C., Pastore M.C., Bani L., Ancillotto L. (2025). Spatial and habitat determinants of small-mammal biodiversity in urban green areas: lessons for nature-based solutions. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 104: 128641.
  137. Bongi P., Ulivi S., Fabbri M.C., Mori E., Del Frate, M. (2024). Breeding success of red-legged partridges Alectoris rufa in relation to landscape mosaic. International Journal of Avian & Wildlife Biology 8: 101-107.
  138. Trentanovi G., Campagnaro T., Campanaro A., Giovannelli A., Gisondi S., Lenzi A., Mazza G., Traversi M.L., Viviano A., Mori E. (2025). The influence of the Eurasian beaver’s gnawing activity on the structure of riparian forests in three Italian rivers. Forest Ecosystems 13: 100296.
  139. Viviano A., Ancillotto L., Dondina O., Burchielli A., Miccolis D., Mori E. (2025). What a camera trap survey can reveal about the behaviour of an invasive species: insights from coypus Myocastor coypus in an urban park of central Italy. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 284: 106534.
  140. Dondini G., Vergari S., Mori E., Bertonelli S., Ancillotto L. (2025). Are bats tracking climate change? Long-term monitoring reveals phenology shifts and population trends of forest bats. Science of the Total Environment 969: 178995.
  141. Mori E., Gallese F., Ancillotto L. (2025). Social behaviour of the crested porcupine in urban and rural areas. Acta Ethologica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-025-00459-x
  142. Mori E., Viviano A., Bonora L., Roscioni F., Galaverni M., Capizzi D., Catullo G., Ancillotto L. (2025). Unexpected allies: reintroduced Eurasian beavers boost bat and hazel dormouse activity in Mediterranean riverine ecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-025-03044-7

 

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Biological Invasions, urban fauna, phylogeography of invasive species and species of conservation concern, ecology of large-sized rodents

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