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  1. Rocky-related bird assemblages of disused quarries show comparable seasonal-based species–area relationships

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Letizia Marsili, Dr. Corrado Battisti

  2. Citizen scientist in action: first evidence of the non-native spiny-cheek crayfish <i>Faxonius limosus</i> (Rafinesque, 1817) as a trophic source for water-related birds

    Article • Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, July 2025, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  3. Waders (Aves: Charadriiformes) in zoos: a worldwide arrangement and implications for conservation

    Article • Biodiversity, June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  4. Entrapped vertebrates in discarded bottles in a small Mediterranean island: low density suggests an ‘insular effect’

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  5. Conservation status and threat assessment of the charismatic African hornbills: a conceptual framework and implications for conservation

    Article • Biodiversity, May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  6. The introduced red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) Girard, 1852, as prey for birds in Italy: a first citizen science-based checklist

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  7. ‘Ante litteram’ biodiversity research in central Italy: Antonio Carruccio and the first ornithological specimen-based research programme in Rome (1883–1914)

    Article • Natural History Collections and Museomics, March 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  8. Human–reptile cohabitation and the associated conservation dilemmas in Nigeria

    Article • Biodiversity, January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  9. Chromatic aberrations in Eurasian Coot (<i>Fulica atra</i>): new record and a review from Italy suggest a cautious approach in diagnoses

    Article • Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, December 2024, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  10. Urban waste-water treatment plants as hotspots for birds : an environmental assessment highlights the role of a single dominant gull

    Article • Vie et Milieu / Life & Environment, November 2024, Sorbonne Université

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  11. Pattern in water-related birds reveals a shift in biomass between mature and mowed reedbeds: evidence from a coastal wetland

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  12. Lack of Small-Scale Changes in Breeding Birds after a Fire: Does the Resilience of Cork Oaks Favor Rapid Recolonization in Suburban Wood Patches?

    Article • Birds, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  13. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) as ecosystem engineer: composition, size, and density of platforms in a Mediterranean coastal wetland

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  14. A Synthetic Framework to Match Concepts and Approaches When Managing Anthropogenic Threats

    Article • Conservation, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Letizia Marsili, Dr. Corrado Battisti

  15. Crop-land simplification impacts differently on small mammal communities: evidence from diversity/dominance plots using Barn Owl (Tyto alba) pellets

    Article • Community Ecology, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  16. First evidence of plastics in coypu (Myocastor coypus)’s platforms

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  17. Non-native common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) in Western Europe: a focus on Central Italy showing evidence of a hot spot of introduction

    Article • Belgian Journal of Zoology, June 2024, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  18. Small mammal assemblages in heterogeneous landscapes at the Southern tip of Italian peninsula evidence clear eco-biogeographic patterns

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, June 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  19. Mapping Breeding Birds in a Karstic Sinkhole with a Comparison between Different Sampling Methods

    Article • Diversity, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  20. Microplastic in an apex predator: evidence from Barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets in two sites with different levels of anthropization

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mrs Cristina C Coccia, Dr. Corrado Battisti

  21. Temporal and biogeographical patterns of new species descriptions in worldwide amphibians

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  22. Testing effectiveness in nature reserve management using GIS-based tools: a 25 years monitoring of land use change in a Mediterranean coastal wetland

    Article • Wetlands Ecology and Management, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  23. Anthropogenic litter in a Mediterranean coastal wetland: A heterogeneous spatial pattern of historical deposition

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  24. Changes in bird assemblages following an outdoor music festival: A BACI (before-after-control-impact) monitoring from central Italy

    Article • Environmental Pollution, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  25. Dune plants as a sink for beach litter: The species-specific role and edge effect on litter entrapment by plants

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  26. Don't leave them alone! “Citizen managers” can make the difference in Italy's Kentish plover conservation

    Article • Animal Conservation, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  27. Further evidence of the occurrence of the Atlantic blue crab <i>Callinectes sapidus</i> (Rathbun 1896) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) along the central Tyrrhenian coast

    Article • Natural History Sciences, October 2023, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  28. Dunal plants as sink for anthropogenic marine litter: The entrapping role of Salsola kali L. (1753) in a Mediterranean remote beach (Sardinia, Italy)

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  29. Ecological networks as planning tools for African fragmented landscapes: Overcoming weaknesses for an effective connectivity conservation

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, June 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  30. First Worldwide Evidence of Bronchopulmonary Strongyle Nematodes and the First Report on Italy of Cryptosporidium sp. in Allochthonous Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

    Article • Diversity, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  31. When ‘bullies’ come out of cities: mobbing among introduced Rose-Ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri and native species of conservation concern in extra-urban habitats with suggestions for a framework of PSIR indicators

    Article • Biodiversity, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  32. Using Social Media to Determine the Global Distribution of Plastics in Birds’ Nests: The Role of Riverine Habitats

    Article • Land, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  33. Discarded bottles entrap endemic small mammals species in a large Mediterranean island

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  34. Monitoring Effectiveness of an Operational Project on Two Threatened Landbirds: Applying a Before–After Threat Analysis and Threat Reduction Assessment

    Article • Land, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Letizia Marsili, Dr. Corrado Battisti

  35. Detecting changes induced by industrialization on bird communities: a before–after comparison using diversity/dominance curves

    Article • Community Ecology, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  36. Dunal plants intercepting macrolitter: Implications for beach clean-ups

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  37. Rock and Plovers—A Drama in Three Acts Involving a Big Musical Event Planned on a Coastal Beach Hosting Threatened Birds of Conservation Concern

    Article • Conservation, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  38. Marine mollusk thanatocoenoses along the coasts of the San Pietro Island (South-Western Sardinia): a first reasoning on species composition and biodiversity

    Article • Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, January 2023, California Digital Library (CDL)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  39. General macro-litter as a proxy for fishing lines, hooks and nets entrapping beach-nesting birds: Implications for clean-ups

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  40. A “diary of events” to support the management actions on two beach-nesting birds of conservation concern: Historicization of experiences, learned lessons, and SWOT analysis

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, December 2022, De Gruyter

    Corrado Battisti, Dr. Corrado Battisti

  41. Seabirds pecking polystyrene items in offshore Adriatic Sea waters

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  42. One year after on Tyrrhenian coasts: The ban of cotton buds does not reduce their dominance in beach litter composition

    Article • Marine Policy, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  43. Temporal changes of plastic litter and associated encrusting biota: Evidence from Central Italy (Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  44. Cages Mitigate Predation on Eggs of Threatened Shorebirds: A Manipulative-Control Study

    Article • Conservation, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  45. Are Afrotropical Protected Areas Effective in Increasing Waterbird Richness and Diversity? A Case Study from South Sudan (East Africa)

    Article • Diversity, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  46. Anthropogenic particles in coypu (Myocastor coypus; Mammalia, Rodentia)’ faeces: first evidence and considerations about their use as track for detecting microplastic pollution

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  47. Foraging diet of the two commonest non-native parakeets (Aves, Psittaciformes) in Italy: assessing their impact on ornamental and commercial plants

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  48. Conservation of birds in fragmented landscapes requires protected areas

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  49. Habitat Fragmentation, Connectivity Conservation and Related Key-Concepts: Temporal Trends in Their Recurrences on Web of Science (1960–2020)

    Article • Land, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  50. Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Conservation Project on Two Threatened Birds: Applying Expert-Based Threat Analysis and Threat Reduction Assessment in a Mediterranean Wetland

    Article • Diversity, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti, Letizia Marsili

  51. Seasonal bird assemblages in Dehesas (substeppic prairies with Quercus suber) of North-Western Sardinia (Italy): A poorly studied landscape of high eco-biogeographic interest

    Article • Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, January 2022, California Digital Library (CDL)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  52. Not only jackals in the cities and dolphins in the harbours: less optimism and more systems thinking is needed to understand the long-term effects of the COVID-19 lockdown

    Article • Biodiversity, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  53. Carpobrotus spp. patches as trap for litter: Evidence from a Mediterranean beach

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  54. Breeding birds of ‘Nomentum’ nature reserve (central Italy): a forest remnant landscape surrounded by an agro-urbanized matrix

    Article • Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, November 2021, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  55. Anthropogenic litter along a coastal-wetland gradient: Reed-bed vegetation in the backdunes may act as a sink for expanded polystyrene

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  56. From Citizen Science to Citizen Management: Suggestions for a pervasive fine-grained and operational approach to biodiversity conservation

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, October 2021, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  57. Is the weight of plastic litter correlated with vegetal wrack? A case study from a Central Italian beach

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  58. Environmental management of waters and riparian areas to protect biodiversity through River Contracts: The experience of Tiber River (Rome, Italy)

    Article • River Research and Applications, September 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  59. A fine-grained analysis of a Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) nest suggests a nonhomogeneous internal structure

    Article • Zoology and Ecology, September 2021, Nature Research Centre -NRC

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  60. The synanthropic Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) in North Africa: The Impact of habitat degradation on breeding performances

    Article • Zoology and Ecology, September 2021, Nature Research Centre -NRC

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  61. Species-Area Relationships in Urban Ponds Differ between Wild and Human-Fed Domesticated Birds

    Article • ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, July 2021, Ornithological Society of Japan

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  62. Anthills: stressor or opportunity for plant assemblage diversity? Evidence from Mediterranean Dasypyretum grasslands

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, July 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  63. Wetland monitoring using wintering rallids (gruiformes): point counts provides reliable estimates when compared to time -expensive census method

    Article • Vie et Milieu / Life & Environment, June 2021, Sorbonne Université

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  64. Vertebrates in the “Palude di Torre Flavia” Special Protection Area (Lazio, central Italy): an updated checklist

    Article • Natural History Sciences, May 2021, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  65. Quantifying the entrapment effect of anthropogenic beach litter on sand‐dwelling beetles according to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Article • Journal of Insect Conservation, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  66. The road to invasion: fine-grained distribution and suitability model for Carpobrotus sp. pl., a plant invader on a small Mediterranean island

    Article • Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  67. Alien-dominated plant communities’ syntopic with seabird’s nests: evidence and possible implication from a Mediterranean insular ecosystem

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  68. First successful reproduction of the Chinese striped-necked turtle Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) in a European wetland

    Article • BioInvasions Records, January 2021, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  69. Introduced fish assemblages in a mosaic of urban ponds: evidence for species-area and diversity-dominance patterns

    Article • Zoology and Ecology, December 2020, Nature Research Centre -NRC

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  70. Attempted copulatory behaviour between two phylogenetically unrelated alien species (Coypu, Myocastor coypus, and Pond slider, Trachemys scripta): first evidence

    Article • Zoology and Ecology, December 2020, Nature Research Centre -NRC

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  71. Peninsular effect on species richness in Italian small mammals and bats

    Article • Mammalia, December 2020, De Gruyter

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  72. Habitat selection of Coot ( Fulica atra ) and Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus ) in a remnant Mediterranean wetland (Italy): Implications for conservation

    Article • Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  73. Small Environmental Actions Need of Problem-Solving Approach: Applying Project Management Tools to Beach Litter Clean-Ups

    Article • Environments, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  74. Introducing ecological uncertainty in risk sensitivity indices: the case of wind farm impact on birds

    Article • Zoology and Ecology, August 2020, Nature Research Centre -NRC

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  75. Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of a Semi-Aquatic Reptile Community in Caspian Reed Bed Ecosystems

    Article • Wetlands, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  76. Giant Reed (Arundo donax) wrack as sink for plastic beach litter: First evidence and implication

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  77. Response of specialized birds to reed-bed aging in a Mediterranean wetland: Significant changes in bird biomass after two decades

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, May 2020, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  78. Impact of exotic plant detritus on macrozoobenthic assemblages: evidence from a transitional aquatic ecosystem

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  79. Toward a new generation of effective problem solvers and project-oriented applied ecologists

    Article • Web Ecology, May 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  80. Applying abundance/biomass comparison curves to small mammals: a weak tool for detect urbanization-related stress in the assemblages?

    Article • Folia Oecologica, May 2020, De Gruyter

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  81. Assessing the Nature Reserve Management Effort Using an Expert-Based Threat Analysis Approach

    Article • Diversity, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  82. A hotspot of xenodiversity: First evidence of an assemblage of non‐native freshwater turtles in a suburban wetland in Central Italy

    Article • Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use, March 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  83. Mapping bird assemblages in a Mediterranean urban park: Evidence for a shift in dominance towards medium-large body sized species after 26 years

    Article • Belgian Journal of Zoology, January 2020, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  84. Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) and starling (Sturnus vulgaris) syntopics in a Mediterranean urban park: evidence for competition in nest-site selection?

    Article • Belgian Journal of Zoology, January 2020, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  85. First records of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) (Decapoda Cambaridae) from a small circum-Sardinian island (central Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • BioInvasions Records, January 2020, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  86. Heterogeneous composition of anthropogenic litter recorded in nests of Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) from a small Mediterranean island

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  87. Polystyrene seedling trays used as substrate by native plants

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  88. Small mammal assemblages in land-reclaimed areas: do historical soil use changes and recent anthropisation affect their dominance structure?

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  89. Bird population declines in the Chametla wetland (Southern Gulf of California): Evidence of stress at the assemblage level

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, November 2019, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  90. Reviewing an eco-biogeographic question at regional scale: the unexpected absence of a ubiquitous mammal species (Microtus savii, Rodentia) in coastal Southern Tuscany (central Italy)

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  91. Correction to: A recent colonizer bird as indicator of human-induced landscape change: Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in a small Mediterranean island

    Article • Regional Environmental Change, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  92. A recent colonizer bird as indicator of human-induced landscape change: Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in a small Mediterranean island

    Article • Regional Environmental Change, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  93. Do disturbance-sensitive and habitat-specialized species have a smaller range size? Evidence for a set of common mammals at regional scale

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti, Dr Giovanni Amori

  94. Altitudinal variation of community metrics in Italian small mammal assemblages as revealed by Barn Owl (Tyto alba) pellets

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  95. Unsafe management of a zoological garden as a cause of introduction of an alien species into the wild: First documented case of feral naturalized population of Lama glama in Europe

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  96. Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable

    Article • Science, April 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Corrado Battisti, Dr David Vieites, Professor Federico Morelli, Dr Daniel Mueller, Professor Carlos A. Peres

  97. Interactions between anthropogenic litter and birds: A global review with a ‘black-list’ of species

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  98. Not just trash! Anthropogenic marine litter as a ‘charismatic threat' driving citizen-based conservation management actions

    Article • Animal Conservation, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  99. Synanthropic-dominated biomass in an insular landbird assemblage

    Article • Community Ecology, December 2018, Akademiai Kiado

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  100. Children as drivers of change: The operational support of young generations to conservation practices

    Article • Environmental Practice, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  101. Fishing lines and fish hooks as neglected marine litter: first data on chemical composition, densities, and biological entrapment from a Mediterranean beach

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  102. Pressure and impact of anthropogenic litter on marine and estuarine reptiles: an updated “blacklist” highlighting gaps of evidence

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  103. The older the richer: significant increase in breeding bird diversity along an age gradient of different coppiced woods

    Article • Web Ecology, October 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  104. Applying diversity metrics to plastic litter ‘communities’: a first explorative and comparative analysis

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  105. Experiential Key Species for Nature-disconnected Generations: An Expert-based Framework for Their A-priori Selection

    Article • Anthrozoös, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  106. Microplastics in Talitrus saltator (Crustacea, Amphipoda): new evidence of ingestion from natural contexts

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  107. Structural changes in bird communities before and after coppice management practices: a comparison using a diversity/dominance approach

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, August 2018, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  108. Comparing disturbance and generalism in birds and mammals: A hump-shaped pattern

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  109. The impact of Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) on orchards: first quantitative evidence for Southern Europe

    Article • Belgian Journal of Zoology, August 2018, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  110. Preparing students for the operational environmental career: an integrated project-based road map for academic programs

    Article • Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  111. Why is it so difficult to have success? Applying the Swiss Cheese theory to environmental practices

    Article • Environmental Practice, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  112. Do McKinnon lists provide reliable data in bird species frequency? A comparison with transect-based data

    Article • Acta Oecologica, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  113. Non-native invasive species as paradoxical ecosystem services in urban conservation education

    Article • Web Ecology, March 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  114. Unifying the trans-disciplinary arsenal of project management tools in a single logical framework: Further suggestion for IUCN project cycle development

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  115. Europe as a model for large carnivores conservation: Is the glass half empty or half full?

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  116. Paradoxical environmental conservation: Failure of an unplanned urban development as a driver of passive ecological restoration

    Article • Environmental Development, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  117. More cool than tool: Equivoques, conceptual traps and weaknesses of ecological networks in environmental planning and conservation

    Article • Land Use Policy, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  118. Pervasive plastisphere: First record of plastics in egagropiles ( Posidonia spheroids)

    Article • Environmental Pollution, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  119. Nest tree selection in a crowded introduced population of Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) in Rome (central Italy): evidence for selectivity

    Article • Zoology and Ecology, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  120. Vanishing herpetofauna: 30 years of species relaxation in a wetland remnant of the Po plain (Northern Italy)

    Article • Regional Environmental Change, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  121. Disturbance and generalism in bird communities

    Article • Community Ecology, August 2017, Akademiai Kiado

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  122. Xenodiversity in a hot-spot of herpetological endemism: first records of Trachemys scripta, Ameiurus melas and Carassius auratus in a circum-Sardinian island

    Article • Belgian Journal of Zoology, July 2017, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  123. Characterization of plastic beach debris finalized to its removal: a proposal for a recycling scheme

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  124. Assessing disturbance-sensitivity and generalism in mammals: Corroborating a hump-shaped relationship using a hemerobiotic approach

    Article • Ecological Indicators, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  125. How to make (in)effective conservation projects: look at the internal context!

    Article • Animal Conservation, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  126. Measuring non-biological diversity using commonly used metrics: Strengths, weaknesses and caveats for their application in beach litter management

    Article • Journal of Coastal Conservation, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  127. Plastisphere in action: evidence for an interaction between expanded polystyrene and dunal plants

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  128. Occurrence patterns of alien freshwater turtles in a large urban pond ‘Archipelago’ (Rome, Italy): Suggesting hypotheses on root causes

    Article • Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  129. Diversity metrics, species turnovers and nestedness of bird assemblages in a deep karst sinkhole

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, February 2017, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  130. An Unexpected Consequence of Plastic Litter Clean-Up on Beaches: Too Much Sand Might Be Removed

    Article • Environmental Practice, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  131. The cotton buds beach: Marine litter assessment along the Tyrrhenian coast of central Italy following the marine strategy framework directive criteria

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  132. Beach litter occurrence in sandy littorals: The potential role of urban areas, rivers and beach users in central Italy

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  133. The importance of dead wood for hole-nesting birds: a two years study in three beech forests of central Italy

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, August 2016, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  134. Experiential key species for the nature-disconnected generation

    Article • Animal Conservation, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  135. Threat analysis for a network of sites in West Bank (Palestine): An expert-based evaluation supported by grey literature and local knowledge

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  136. Interspecific interactions in nesting and feeding urban sites among introduced Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) and syntopic bird species

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  137. Lack of evidence for short-term structural changes in bird assemblages breeding in Mediterranean mosaics moderately perforated by a wind farm

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  138. Bats in a Mediterranean Mountainous Landscape: Does Wind Farm Repowering Induce Changes at Assemblage and Species Level?

    Article • Environmental Management, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  139. Applying indicators of disturbance from plant ecology to vertebrates: The hemeroby of bird species

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  140. Threat Quantification and Ranking

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  141. The Concept of Disturbance

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  142. Role and Effects of Disturbances in Natural Systems

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  143. Disturbances and Coexistence of Species

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  144. Anthropogenic Threats

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  145. Threat Regime

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  146. Conclusions and Prospects

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  147. Classification Criteria for Disturbance Events

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  148. An Introduction to Disturbance Ecology

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  149. Including Threats in Adaptive Management

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  150. Threat Mapping

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  151. Nomenclature and Taxonomy of Threats

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  152. Categories of Natural Disturbances

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  153. The Disturbance Regime

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  154. Heterogeneity, Dynamism, and Diversity of Natural Systems

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  155. Seasonal and habitat-related changes in bird assemblage structure: applying a diversity/dominance approach to Mediterranean forests and wetlands

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, May 2015, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  156. Don’t think local! Scale in conservation, parochialism, dogmatic bureaucracy and the implementing of the European Directives

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  157. Schematizing a historical demographic collapse on a large time span using local, secondary and grey data: The case of Italian roe deer Capreolus capreolus italicus in Central Italy

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  158. Bird assemblages on a Mediterranean sandy beach: a yearly study

    Article • Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, March 2015, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  159. Water‐related bird assemblages in an urban pond ‘archipelago’: Winter patterns of bird species occurrence, abundance and richness

    Article • Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  160. Bird and beetle assemblages in relict beech forests of central Italy: a multi-taxa approach to assess the importance of dead wood in biodiversity conservation

    Article • Community Ecology, December 2014, Akademiai Kiado

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  161. Marine litter in Mediterranean sandy littorals: Spatial distribution patterns along central Italy coastal dunes

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  162. The data reliability in ecological research: a proposal for a quick self-assessment tool

    Article • Natural History Sciences, November 2014, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  163. Check-list of Vertebrates in the “Tenuta dei Massimi” nature reserve (Rome, central Italy) with some remarks on local conservation priorities

    Article • Natural History Sciences, August 2014, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  164. Peninsular patterns in biological diversity: historical arrangement, methodological approaches and causal processes

    Article • Journal of Natural History, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  165. Comparing alpha-diversity between plants and birds in a remnant wetland: evidence for a threshold and implication for management

    Article • Wetlands Ecology and Management, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  166. Comparing disturbance-sensitivity between plants and birds: a fine-grained analysis in a suburban remnant wetland

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, May 2014, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  167. Environmental Reviews and Case Studies: Searching the Conditioning Factors Explaining the (In)Effectiveness of Protected Areas Management: A Case Study Using a SWOT Approach

    Article • Environmental Practice, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  168. Conservation of species occupying ephemeral and patchy habitats in agricultural landscapes: The case of the Eurasian reed warbler

    Article • Landscape and Urban Planning, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  169. Ecological network planning – from paradigms to design and back: a cautionary note

    Article • Journal of Land Use Science, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  170. Habitat Suitability and Landscape Structure: A Maximum Entropy Approach in a Mediterranean Area

    Article • Landscape Research, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  171. Estimating the indirect impact of wind farms on breeding bird assemblages: a case study in the central Apennines

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, May 2013, Brill

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  172. Detritus-based assemblage responses under salinity stress conditions in a disused aquatic artificial ecosystem

    Article • Aquatic Biosystems, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  173. Effect of habitat amount, configuration and quality in fragmented landscapes

    Article • Acta Oecologica, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  174. Breeding bird assemblages in a Mediterranean mature beech forest: evidence of an intra-seasonal stability

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  175. Habitat fragmentation sensitivity in mammals: a target selection for landscape planning comparing two different approaches (bibliographic review and expert based)

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  176. Devolution and evolution in the policy of biodiversity conservation in Italy: central or local approach?

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  177. Applying abundance/biomass comparisons on a small mammal assemblage from Barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets (Mount Soratte, central Italy): a cautionary note

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  178. Effects of Trampling Limitation on Coastal Dune Plant Communities

    Article • Environmental Management, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  179. Mammal road-killing from a Mediterranean area in central Italy: evidence from an atlas dataset

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  180. Contrasting effects of water stress on wetland‐obligated birds in a semi‐natural Mediterranean wetland

    Article • Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  181. The ecological importance of wetlands for aerial insectivores (swifts, martins and swallows) along the Tyrrhenian coast

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  182. Selecting focal species in ecological network planning following an expert-based approach: Italian reptiles as a case study

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  183. Diving times and feeding rate by pecking in the Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  184. Can the grey literature help us understand the decline and extinction of the Near Threatened Eurasian otter Lutra lutra in Latium, central Italy?

    Article • Oryx, April 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  185. May the Conservation Measures Partnership open standards framework improve the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 European Network? A comparative analysis

    Article • Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  186. Diving times and pecking rates of the Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) in different habitat types: a pilot study

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  187. Diversity Indices as ‘Magic’ Tools in Landscape Planning: A Cautionary Note on their Uncritical Use

    Article • Landscape Research, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  188. Does human-induced heterogeneity differently affect diversity in vascular plants and breeding birds? Evidences from three Mediterranean forest patches

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  189. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) in a Mediterranean remnant wetland: a pilot study of a yearly cycle with management implications

    Article • Wetlands Ecology and Management, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  190. Frequency of occurrence of a set of water-related bird species in an archipelago of remnant marshlands of Central Italy

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  191. Independent effects of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and structural connectivity on forest-dependent birds

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  192. An integrated method to create habitat suitability models for fragmented landscapes

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  193. Landscape heterogeneity affects the use of sampling methods: a case study of bird communities in mountains of Central Italy

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  194. On the water depth in diving sampling sites of Tachybaptus ruficollis

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  195. Are there latitudinal gradients in taxa turnover? A worldwide study with Sciuridae (Mammalia: Rodentia)

    Article • Community Ecology, June 2010, Akademiai Kiado

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  196. More rich means more diverse: Extending the ‘environmental heterogeneity hypothesis’ to taxonomic diversity

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  197. Selecting Focal Species in Ecological Network Planning following an Expert-Based Approach: A Case Study and a Conceptual Framework

    Article • Landscape Research, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  198. Effect of seasonal water level decrease on a sensitive bird assemblage in a Mediterranean wetland

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  199. Area-sensitivity of three reed bed bird species breeding in Mediterranean marshland fragments

    Article • Wetlands Ecology and Management, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  200. Quantifying threats in a Mediterranean wetland: are there any changes in their evaluation during a training course?

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  201. Sciuridae, Rapoport’s effect and the mismatch between range size, conservation needs, and scientific productivity: an approach at the genus level

    Article • Web Ecology, March 2009, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  202. Habitat preferences of anatidae (Aves, Anseriformes) in a Mediterranean patchy wetland (Central Italy)

    Article • Ekológia (Bratislava), January 2009, AEPress, s.r.o.

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  203. Diversity/dominance diagrams show that fire disrupts the evenness in Mediterranean pinewood forest bird assemblages

    Article • Community Ecology, June 2008, Akademiai Kiado

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  204. On threats analysis approach applied to a Mediterranean remnant wetland: Is the assessment of human-induced threats related to different level of expertise of respondents?

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  205. Area effect on bird species richness of an archipelago of wetland fragments in Central Italy

    Article • Community Ecology, December 2007, Akademiai Kiado

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  206. Nature reserve selection on forest fragments in a suburban landscape (Rome, Central Italy): indications from a set of avian species

    Article • Landscape Research, February 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  207. The effects of fire on communities, guilds and species of breeding birds in burnt and control pinewoods in central Italy

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  208. Area effect on bird communities, guilds and species in a highly fragmented forest landscape of central Italy

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  209. Conservation in the Urban-Countryside Interface: a Cautionary Note from Italy

    Article • Conservation Biology, April 2004, Wiley

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  210. Habitat fragmentation, fauna and ecological network planning: Toward a theoretical conceptual framework

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  211. On the morphology ofSuncus etruscus(Mammalia, Soricidae): A negative relation between size and temperature

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Corrado Battisti

  212. The effects of fire on communities, guilds and species of breeding birds in burnt and control pinewoods in central Italy

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Corrado Battisti