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Ghouri S, Reich MS, Lopez-Mañas R, Talavera G, Bowen GJ, Vila R, Talla VNK, Collins SC, Martins DJ, Bataille CP. A hydrogen isoscape for tracing the migration of herbivorous lepidopterans across the Afro-Palearctic range. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2024; 38:e9675. [PMID: 38211347 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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RATIONALE Many insect species undertake multigenerational migrations in the Afro-tropical and Palearctic ranges, and understanding their migratory connectivity remains challenging due to their small size, short life span and large population sizes. Hydrogen isotopes (δ2 H) can be used to reconstruct the movement of dispersing or migrating insects, but applying δ2 H for provenance requires a robust isotope baseline map (i.e. isoscape) for the Afro-Palearctic. METHODS We analyzed the δ2 H in the wings (δ2 Hwing ) of 142 resident butterflies from 56 sites across the Afro-Palearctic. The δ2 Hwing values were compared to the predicted local growing-season precipitation δ2 H values (δ2 HGSP ) using a linear regression model to develop an insect wing δ2 H isoscape. We used multivariate linear mixed models and high-resolution and time-specific remote sensing climate and environmental data to explore the controls of the residual δ2 Hwing variability. RESULTS A strong linear relationship was found between δ2 Hwing and δ2 HGSP values (r2 = 0.53). The resulting isoscape showed strong patterns across the Palearctic but limited variation and high uncertainty for the Afro-tropics. Positive residuals of this relationship were correlated with dry conditions for the month preceding sampling whereas negative residuals were correlated with more wet days for the month preceding sampling. High intra-site δ2 Hwing variance was associated with lower relative humidity for the month preceding sampling and higher elevation. CONCLUSION The δ2 Hwing isoscape is applicable for tracing herbivorous lepidopteran insects that migrate across the Afro-Palearctic range but has limited geolocation potential in the Afro-tropics. The spatial analysis of uncertainty using high-resolution climatic data demonstrated that many African regions with highly variable evaporation rates and relative humidity have δ2 Hwing values that are less related to δ2 HGSP values. Increasing geolocation precision will require new modeling approaches using more time-specific environmental data and/or independent geolocation tools.
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- Sana Ghouri
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB), CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB), CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, CSIC-UPF, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Applied Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon
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- Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, Kenya
- Turkana Basin Institute, Stony Brook University NY, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Procházka P, Emmenegger T, Bauer S, Ciloglu A, Dimitrov D, Hansson B, Hasselquist D, Yohannes E, Zehtindjiev P, Bensch S. The association between haemosporidian infection and non-breeding moult location in great reed warblers revisited by combining feather stable isotope profiles and geolocator data. Oecologia 2024; 204:107-118. [PMID: 38141067 PMCID: PMC10830769 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-023-05491-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Stable isotope analysis provides valuable insights into the ecology of long-distance migratory birds during periods spent away from a specific study site. In a previous study, Swedish great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) infected with haemosporidian parasites differed in feather isotope ratios compared to non-infected birds, suggesting that infected and non-infected birds spent the non-breeding season in different locations or habitats. Here, we use a novel dataset comprising geolocator data, isotopes, and haemosporidian infection status of 92 individuals from four Eurasian populations to investigate whether parasite transmission varies with geography or habitats. We found that the probability of harbouring Plasmodium and Leucocytozoon parasites was higher in birds moulting in the eastern region of the non-breeding grounds. However, no geographic pattern occurred for Haemoproteus infections or overall infection status. In contrast to the previous study, we did not find any relationship between feather isotope ratios and overall haemosporidian infection for the entire current dataset. Plasmodium-infected birds had lower feather δ15N values indicating that they occupied more mesic habitats. Leucocytozoon-infected birds had higher feather δ34S values suggesting more coastal sites or wetlands with anoxic sulphate reduction. As the composition and prevalence of haemosporidian parasites differed between the old and the current dataset, we suggest that the differences might be a consequence of temporal dynamics of haemosporidian parasites. Our results emphasize the importance of replicating studies conducted on a single population over a restricted time period, as the patterns can become more complex for data from wider geographical areas and different time periods.
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- Petr Procházka
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
- Department Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Seerose 1, 6204, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Department Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Seerose 1, 6204, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, 38280, Kayseri, Turkey
- Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Implementation and Research Center, Erciyes University, 38280, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- Department Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Seerose 1, 6204, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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Matyjasiak P, López-Calderón C, Ambrosini R, Balbontín J, Costanzo A, Kiat Y, Romano A, Rubolini D. Wing morphology covaries with migration distance in a highly aerial insectivorous songbird. Curr Zool 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoac044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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According to classical prediction of aerodynamic theory, birds and other powered fliers that migrate over long distances should have longer and more pointed wings than those that migrate less. However, the association between wing morphology and migratory behavior can be masked by contrasting selective pressures related to foraging behavior, habitat selection and predator avoidance, possibly at the cost of lower flight energetic efficiency. We studied the handwing morphology of Eurasian barn swallows Hirundo rustica from four populations representing a migration distance gradient. This species is an aerial insectivore, so it flies extensively while foraging, and may migrate during the day using a ‘fly-and-forage’ migration strategy. Prolonged foraging flights may reinforce the effects of migration distance on flight morphology. We found that two wings’ aerodynamic properties – isometric handwing length and pointedness, both favoring energetically efficient flight, were more pronounced in barn swallows from populations undertaking longer seasonal migrations compared to less migratory populations. Our result contrast with two recent interspecific comparative studies that either reported no relationship or reported a negative relationship between pointedness and the degree of migratory behavior in hirundines. Our results may thus contribute to confirming the universality of the rule that longer migrations are associated with more pointed wings.
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- Piotr Matyjasiak
- Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64 , PL-00-679 Warsaw, Poland
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Wóycickiego 1/3 , PL-01-815 Warsaw, Poland
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Edificio Verde , Avda. de Reina Mercedes s/n, E-41012 Sevilla, Spain
- Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana CSIC, Americo Vespucio s/n , E-41092 Seville, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26 , I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Edificio Verde , Avda. de Reina Mercedes s/n, E-41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26 , I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Israeli Bird Ringing Center (IBRC), Israel Ornithological Center, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel , Hanegev 2, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26 , I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26 , I-20133 Milan, Italy
- Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque, IRSA-CNR, Via del Mulino 19 , I-20861 Brugherio (MB), Italy
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Brewer CT, Rauch-Davis WA, Fraser EE. The Use of Intrinsic Markers for Studying the Migratory Movements of Bats. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:3477. [PMID: 34944252 PMCID: PMC8698158 DOI: 10.3390/ani11123477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Mortality of migratory bat species at wind energy facilities is a well-documented phenomenon, and mitigation and management are partially constrained by the current limited knowledge of bat migratory movements. Analyses of biochemical signatures in bat tissues ("intrinsic markers") can provide information about the migratory origins of individual bats. Many tissue samples for intrinsic marker analysis may be collected from living and dead bats, including carcasses collected at wind energy facilities. In this paper, we review the full suite of available intrinsic marker analysis techniques that may be used to study bat migration, with the goal of summarizing the current literature and highlighting knowledge gaps and opportunities. We discuss applications of the stable isotopes of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, sulfur; radiogenic strontium isotopes; trace elements and contaminants; and the combination of these markers with each other and with other extrinsic markers. We further discuss the tissue types that may be analyzed for each and provide a synthesis of the generalized workflow required to link bats to origins using intrinsic markers. While stable hydrogen isotope techniques have clearly been the leading approach to infer migratory bat movement patterns across the landscape, here we emphasize a variety of lesser used intrinsic markers (i.e., strontium, trace elements, contaminants) that may address new study areas or answer novel research questions.
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- School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 20 University Drive, Corner Brook, NL A2H 5G4, Canada; (C.T.B.); (W.A.R.-D.)
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Milano S, Frahnert S, Hallau A, Töpfer T, Woog F, Voigt CC. Isotope record tracks changes in historical wintering ranges of a passerine in sub-Saharan Africa. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:5460-5468. [PMID: 34402129 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Billions of birds migrate from the Palaearctic to sub-Saharan Africa, yet we are unaware about where exactly they stay over winter and how consistent they have been using these wintering areas over historical times. Here, we inferred the historical wintering areas of Eurasian Golden Orioles (Oriolus oriolus) from stable isotope ratios of feathers. Over the past 200 years, Golden Orioles used two major wintering grounds. Between 1895 and 1971, the relative use of these areas depended on local rainfall intensities. Golden Orioles may depend strongly on humid wintering areas in sub-Saharan Africa, which may put this species at stake when the global climate continues to change.
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- Stefania Milano
- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum of Natural History Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolutionary and Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Section Ornithology, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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- Section Ornithology, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
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Wieringa JG, Nagel J, Nelson DM, Carstens BC, Gibbs HL. Using trace elements to identify the geographic origin of migratory bats. PeerJ 2020; 8:e10082. [PMID: 33133780 PMCID: PMC7580586 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The expansion of the wind energy industry has had benefits in terms of increased renewable energy production but has also led to increased mortality of migratory bats due to interactions with wind turbines. A key question that could guide bat-related management activities is identifying the geographic origin of bats killed at wind-energy facilities. Generating this information requires developing new methods for identifying the geographic sources of individual bats. Here we explore the viability of assigning geographic origin using trace element analyses of fur to infer the summer molting location of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis). Our approach is based on the idea that the concentration of trace elements in bat fur is related through the food chain to the amount of trace elements present in the soil, which varies across large geographic scales. Specifically, we used inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry to determine the concentration of fourteen trace elements in fur of 126 known-origin eastern red bats to generate a basemap for assignment throughout the range of this species in eastern North America. We then compared this map to publicly available soil trace element concentrations for the U.S. and Canada, used a probabilistic framework to generate likelihood-of-origin maps for each bat, and assessed how well trace element profiles predicted the origins of these individuals. Overall, our results suggest that trace elements allow successful assignment of individual bats 80% of the time while reducing probable locations in half. Our study supports the use of trace elements to identify the geographic origin of eastern red and perhaps other migratory bats, particularly when combined with data from other biomarkers such as genetic and stable isotope data.
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- Jamin G Wieringa
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.,Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Lab, Frostburg, MD, United States of America
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Lab, Frostburg, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.,Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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Wright PGR, Newton J, Agnelli P, Budinski I, Di Salvo I, Flaquer C, Fulco A, Georgiakakis P, Martinoli A, Mas M, Mazija M, Mucedda M, Papadatou E, Petrov B, Rodrigues L, Mathews F, Russo D. Hydrogen isotopes reveal evidence of migration of Miniopterus schreibersii in Europe. BMC Ecol 2020; 20:52. [PMID: 32993600 PMCID: PMC7526252 DOI: 10.1186/s12898-020-00321-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background The Schreiber’s bat, Miniopterus schreibersii, is adapted to long-distance flight, yet long distance movements have only been recorded sporadically using capture-mark-recapture. In this study, we used the hydrogen isotopic composition of 208 wing and 335 fur specimens from across the species' European range to test the hypothesis that the species migrates over long distances. Results After obtaining the hydrogen isotopic composition (δ2H) of each sample, we performed geographic assignment tests by comparing the δ2H of samples with the δ2H of sampling sites. We found that 95 bats out of 325 showed evidence of long-distance movement, based on the analysis of either fur or wing samples. The eastern European part of the species range (Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia) had the highest numbers of bats that had moved. The assignment tests also helped identify possible migratory routes, such as movement between the Alps and the Balkans. Conclusions This is the first continental-scale study to provide evidence of migratory behaviour of M. schreibersii throughout its European range. The work highlights the need for further investigation of this behaviour to provide appropriate conservation strategies.
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- National Environmental Isotope Facility, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Glasgow, UK
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- Sistema Museale dell'Università di Firenze, Museo di Storia Naturale, Sede di Zoologia "La Specola", via Romana 17, 50125, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Laboratorio di Zoologia applicata, Università degli Studi di Palermo, via Archirafi 18, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Unità di Analisi e Gestione delle Risorse Ambientali, Guido Tosi Research Group, Dipartimento di Scienze Teoriche e Applicate, Universita' degli Studi dell'Insubria,, via J. H. Dunant, 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers, Barcelona, Spain
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- Samostalna djelatnost / Freelance Consultant, Koledinečka 3, 10 040, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Divisão de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Lisbon, PT, Portugal
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- Wildlife Research Unit, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, via Università 100, 80055, Portici (Napoli), Italy
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