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  1. Little Owl Aggression and Territory in Urban and Rural Landscapes

    Article • Animals, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Federico Morelli

  2. Ecological filtering shapes the impacts of agricultural deforestation on biodiversity

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  3. Which bird traits most affect the goodness-of-fit of species distribution models?

    Article • Ecological Indicators, January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  4. Climate change is associated with asynchrony in arrival between two sympatric cuckoos and both host arrival and prey emergence

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Federico Morelli

  5. Potential hotspots of amphibian roadkill risk in Spain

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, September 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  6. Population trends of ground-nesting birds indicate increasing environmental impacts from Eastern to Western Europe: different patterns for open-habitat and woodland species

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, May 2023, Frontiers

    Professor Federico Morelli

  7. Spatial Overlap and Habitat Selection of Corvid Species in European Cities

    Article • Animals, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Federico Morelli

  8. Effects of light and noise pollution on avian communities of European cities are correlated with the species’ diet

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  9. EVI and NDVI as proxies for multifaceted avian diversity in urban areas

    Article • Ecological Applications, February 2023, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  10. Are birds more afraid in urban parks or cemeteries? A Latin American study contrasts with results from Europe

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

    Professor Federico Morelli

  11. Large‐scale spatial variability in urban tolerance of birds

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, December 2022, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  12. Estrategias de escape de aves en ambientes urbanos

    Article • El Hornero, December 2022, Aves Argentinas / Asociacion Ornitologica del Plata

    Professor Federico Morelli

  13. Habitat-specific diversity in Central European birds

    Article • Bird Study, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Federico Morelli

  14. Flight initiation distance and refuge in urban birds

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  15. Urban birds’ flight responses were unaffected by the COVID-19 shutdowns

    Article • July 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Federico Morelli

  16. Spatial Distribution and Habitat Overlap of Five Columbidae Species in the Czech Republic

    Article • Animals, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Federico Morelli

  17. Distribution and protection of avian specialization in Europe

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, September 2021, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  18. Sacred oak woods increase bird diversity and specialization: Links with the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, September 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  19. Selection of Urbanized Areas by Magpie Pica pica in a Medium Size City in Poland

    Article • Animals, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Federico Morelli

  20. Eiders, nutrients and eagles: Bottom‐up and top‐down population dynamics in a marine bird

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, May 2021, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  21. Urban tolerance of birds changes throughout the full annual cycle

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, March 2021, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  22. Global distribution and conservation of avian diet specialization

    Article • Conservation Letters, February 2021, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  23. Urban tolerance of birds changes throughout the full annual cycle

    Article • February 2021, California Digital Library (CDL)

    Professor Federico Morelli

  24. Validation of a globally-applicable method to measure urban tolerance of birds using citizen science data

    Article • Ecological Indicators, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  25. Urban birds

    Article • December 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Federico Morelli

  26. Combining the potential resilience of avian communities with climate change scenarios to identify areas of conservation concern

    Article • Ecological Indicators, September 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  27. Avian trait specialization is negatively associated with urban tolerance

    Article • Oikos, July 2020, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  28. Ecological specialization and population trends in European breeding birds

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, June 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  29. Amphibian diversity in Polish cities: Taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, May 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  30. Diet specialization and brood parasitism in cuckoo species

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2020, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  31. Biodiversity within the city: Effects of land sharing and land sparing urban development on avian diversity

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  32. Editorial: Partitioning the Effects of Urbanization on Biodiversity: Beyond Wildlife Behavioural Responses to a Multilevel Assessment of Community Changes in Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, February 2020, Frontiers

    Professor Federico Morelli

  33. Insurance for the future? Potential avian community resilience in cities across Europe

    Article • Climatic Change, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  34. Land‐sharing vs. land‐sparing urban development modulate predator–prey interactions in Europe

    Article • Ecological Applications, January 2020, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  35. Spatial associations among avian diversity, regulating and provisioning ecosystem services in Italy

    Article • Ecological Indicators, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  36. Bird response to woody pastoral management of ancient chestnut orchards: A case study from the southern Alps

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  37. Functional evenness of bird communities varies along the elevational gradient in Europe: Conservation implications

    Article • October 2019, Center for Open Science

    Professor Federico Morelli

  38. Avian trait specialization is negatively associated with urban tolerance

    Article • October 2019, California Digital Library (CDL)

    Professor Federico Morelli

  39. Human-Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Co-Existence in Jhalana Forest Reserve, India

    Article • Sustainability, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Federico Morelli, Prof. Reuven Yosef

  40. A simple measure to quantify species specialization

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2019, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  41. The Holy Grail is just a myth! Response to Haest 2019

    Article • Ecological Indicators, June 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  42. Ecotourism affects breeding in sergeant major damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis)

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, May 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli, Prof. Reuven Yosef

  43. Contagious fear: Escape behavior increases with flock size in European gregarious birds

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2019, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  44. Global congruence between cuckoo species richness and biodiversity hotspots

    Article • Biological Conservation, April 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  45. Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest

    Article • Journal of Forestry Research, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli, Cristina Branquinho

  46. Comparative urbanization of birds in China and Europe based on birds associated with trees

    Article • Current Zoology, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Federico Morelli

  47. Spatial distribution of animal roadkills

    Article • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  48. Congruence between breeding and wintering biodiversity hotspots: A case study in farmlands of Western Poland

    Article • European Journal of Ecology, January 2019, De Gruyter

    Professor Federico Morelli

  49. Cemeteries support avian diversity likewise urban parks in European cities: Assessing taxonomic, evolutionary and functional diversity

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  50. Diet and habitat affinities in six raptor species in India

    Article • Avian Research, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli, Prof. Reuven Yosef

  51. Functional significance of cuckoo Cuculus canorus calls: responses of conspecifics, hosts and non-hosts

    Article • PeerJ, September 2018, PeerJ

    Professor Federico Morelli

  52. Is vertebrate mortality correlated to potential permeability by underpasses along low-traffic roads?

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  53. Number of syllables in cuckoo Cuculus canorus calls: A test using a citizen science project

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Yanina Benedetti, Professor Federico Morelli

  54. Birds adapt escape behavior against humans in parks and cemeteries.

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  55. Ionizing radiation and taxonomic, functional and evolutionary diversity of bird communities

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  56. Birds respond similarly to taxidermic models and live cuckoos Cuculus canorus

    Article • Journal of Ethology, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  57. High nature value farmland increases taxonomic diversity, functional richness and evolutionary uniqueness of bird communities

    Article • Ecological Indicators, July 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  58. Landscape heterogeneity measures as indicators of avian diversity

    Article • Ecological Indicators, July 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  59. Food preferences by birds using bird-feeders in winter: a large-scale experiment

    Article • Avian Research, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  60. Associations among taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness vary among environments

    Article • Ecological Indicators, May 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  61. Real-time distribution of pelagic fish: combining hydroacoustics, GIS and spatial modelling at a fine spatial scale

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  62. Cuckoos host range is associated positively with distribution range and negatively with evolutionary uniqueness

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, February 2018, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli, PhD Yanina Benedetti

  63. Effects of habitat and time of day on flock size of Turkey Vultures in Cuba (Cathartes aura)

    Article • ZooKeys, January 2018, Pensoft Publishers

    Professor Federico Morelli

  64. Multiple species of cuckoos are superior predictors of bird species richness in Asia

    Article • Ecosphere, November 2017, Wiley

    PhD Yanina Benedetti, Professor Federico Morelli

  65. Spatial covariance between ecosystem services and biodiversity pattern at a national scale (France)

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  66. Cuckoos vs. top predators as prime bioindicators of biodiversity in disturbed environments

    Article • Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, October 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  67. Bird diversity in urban green space: A large-scale analysis of differences between parks and cemeteries in Central Europe

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, October 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  68. Neglected effects of transport corridors: attractiveness to wildlife and role in conservation planning

    Article • Animal Conservation, October 2017, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  69. Pattern of evolutionarily distinct species among four classes of animals and their conservation status: a comparison using evolutionary distinctiveness scores

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  70. Spatial mismatch analysis among hotspots of alien plant species, road and railway networks in Germany and Austria

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2017, PLOS

    Professor Federico Morelli, PhD Yanina Benedetti

  71. The common cuckoo is an effective indicator of high bird species richness in Asia and Europe

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  72. Social media and scientific research are complementary—YouTube and shrikes as a case study

    Article • The Science of Nature, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli, Prof. Reuven Yosef

  73. Taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary uniqueness in bird communities of Beijing's urban parks: Effects of land use and vegetation structure

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, April 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  74. Water on the Fen Mire as a Problem in the Protection of Globally Threatened Species: Long-Term Changes in Aquatic Warbler Numbers

    Article • Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, March 2017, HARD Publishing Company

    Professor Federico Morelli

  75. Seasonal changes in avian communities living in an extensively used farmland of Western Poland

    Article • European Journal of Ecology, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Professor Federico Morelli

  76. Birds as Useful Indicators of High Nature Value Farmlands

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  77. Introduction

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  78. Discussion and Final Considerations

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  79. Suitable Methods for Monitoring HNV Farmland Using Bird Species

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  80. Case Study 3. Using Indicator Species Analysis IndVal to Identify Bird Indicators of HNV in Farmlands from Western Poland

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  81. Case Study 1. Bird as Indicators of HNV: Case Study in Farmlands from Central Italy

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  82. Cuckoo folklore and human well-being: Cuckoo calls predict how long farmers live

    Article • Ecological Indicators, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  83. Cuckoo as indicator of high functional diversity of bird communities: A new paradigm for biodiversity surrogacy

    Article • Ecological Indicators, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  84. Cuckoos as bioindicators

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Federico Morelli

  85. Global loss of avian evolutionary uniqueness in urban areas

    Article • Global Change Biology, December 2016, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli, PhD Yanina Benedetti

  86. Differences between niches of anthropocentric and biocentric conservationists: Wearing old clothes to look modern?

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  87. The dark side of the “redundancy hypothesis” and ecosystem assessment

    Article • Ecological Complexity, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  88. Cities reduce the evolutionary uniqueness of bird communities

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, July 2016, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  89. The number of syllables in Chernobyl cuckoo calls reliably indicate habitat, soil and radiation levels

    Article • Ecological Indicators, July 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  90. Urbanization affects neophilia and risk-taking at bird-feeders

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Professor Federico Morelli

  91. Bats as prey of diurnal birds: a global perspective

    Article • Mammal Review, January 2016, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  92. Brood sex ratio in expansive and non-expansive tern species in east-central Poland

    Article • Bird Study, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Federico Morelli

  93. Testing bird response to roads on a rural environment: A case study from Central Italy

    Article • Acta Oecologica, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  94. Cuckoo and biodiversity: Testing the correlation between species occurrence and bird species richness in Europe

    Article • Biological Conservation, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  95. Saving the best for last: Differential usage of impaled prey by red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) during the breeding season

    Article • Behavioural Processes, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli, Prof. Reuven Yosef

  96. The symbolic importance of vultures for human beings

    Article • Anthrozoös, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Miss Anna Maria Kubicka, Professor Federico Morelli

  97. Indicator species for avian biodiversity hotspots: Combination of specialists and generalists is necessary in less natural environments

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  98. Presence of Cuckoo reliably indicates high bird diversity: A case study in a farmland area

    Article • Ecological Indicators, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  99. Who started first? Bird species visiting novel birdfeeders

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2015, Nature

    Professor Federico Morelli, Piotr Skorka

  100. Habitat structure, breeding stage and sex affect hunting success of breeding Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Federico Morelli

  101. Ecology in Europe: is there an ‘empty’ niche for the new journal among competitors, predators and parasites?

    Article • European Journal of Ecology, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Lajos Rozsa, Dr Luís Reino, Professor Federico Morelli, Prof. Reuven Yosef

  102. Concerns about the use of ecosystem services as a tool for nature conservation: From misleading concepts to providing a “price” for nature, but not a “value”

    Article • European Journal of Ecology, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Professor Federico Morelli

  103. No species is an island: testing the effects of biotic interactions on models of avian niche occupation

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Federico Morelli

  104. Associations between species can influence the goodness of fit of species distribution models: The case of two passerine birds

    Article • Ecological Complexity, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  105. Can roads, railways and related structures have positive effects on birds? – A review

    Article • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  106. Birds as useful indicators of high nature value (HNV) farmland in Central Italy

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  107. Are the nesting probabilities of the red-backed shrike related to proximity to roads?

    Article • Nature Conservation, November 2013, Pensoft Publishers

    Professor Federico Morelli

  108. Buntings (Emberizidae) as indicators of HNV of farmlands: a case of study in Central Italy

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Federico Morelli

  109. Landscape heterogeneity metrics as indicators of bird diversity: Determining the optimal spatial scales in different landscapes

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  110. Relative importance of marginal vegetation (shrubs, hedgerows, isolated trees) surrogate of HNV farmland for bird species distribution in Central Italy

    Article • Ecological Engineering, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Federico Morelli

  111. Quantifying Effects of Spatial Heterogeneity of Farmlands on Bird Species Richness by Means of Similarity Index Pairwise

    Article • International Journal of Biodiversity, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Federico Morelli

  112. Modelling the environmental niche of a declining farmland bird species

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Federico Morelli

  113. Breeding habitat of red-backed shrikeLanius collurioon farmland hilly areas of Central Italy: is functional heterogeneity one important key?

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Federico Morelli

  114. Plasticity of Habitat Selection By Red-Backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) Breeding In Different Landscapes

    Article • The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, March 2012, Wilson Ornithological Society

    Professor Federico Morelli

  115. A Peregrine Falcon in Flight Retrieves Nestling Falling from a Cliff

    Article • Journal of Raptor Research, September 2008, The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.

    Professor Federico Morelli

  116. European Cities

    Article • August 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Federico Morelli, Vlad Mykhnenko