Coordinators: Agnese Marchini
ERC sectors: LS8 Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution; PE10_8 Oceanography (physical, chemical, biological, geological); LS8_13 Marine biology and ecology
Animal communication and natural/sexual selection
Coordinators: Roberto Sacchi, Marco Mangiacotti
ERC sectors: LS8_11 Behavioural ecology and evolution; LS8_8 Phylogenetics, systematics, comparative biology; LS8_6 Evolutionary ecology
Ecology of Aquatic Environments
Coordinators: Agnese Marchini, Anna Occhipinti, Renato Sconfietti
ERC sectors: LS8_2 Biodiversity; LS8_5 Biological aspects of environmental change, including climate change; LS8_13 Marine biology and ecology
Ecology and conservation of freshwater crayfish
Coordinators: Roberto Sacchi, Marco Mangiacotti, Gianluca Fea, Daniela Ghia
Settore ERC: LS8_3 Conservation biology; LS8_4 Population biology, population dynamics, population genetics; LS8_2 Biodiversity
Ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Coordinators: Roberto Sacchi, Marco Mangiacotti
ERC sectors: LS8_1 Ecosystem and community ecology, macroecology; LS8_3 Conservation biology; LS8_4 Population biology, population dynamics, population genetics
Coordinators: Daniele Pellitteri Rosa, Andrea Gazzola
ERC sectors: LS8_5 Biological aspects of environmental change, including climate change; LS8_10 Ecology and evolution of species interactions; LS8_11 Behavioural ecology and evolution
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Coordinators: Achaz von Hardenberg
ERC sectors: LS8_3 Conservation biology, LS8_4 Population biology, population dynamics, population genetics, LS8_6 Evolutionary ecology