Research Area: Ecology - Zoology
Coordinators: Achaz von Hardenberg
ERC sectors: LS8_3 Conservation biology, LS8_4 Population biology, population dynamics, population genetics, LS8_6 Evolutionary ecology
1) Development and optimization of monitoring methods for density and distribution estimates in species such as the Alpine ibex, the giant pangolin (PhD student: N. Matthews, University of Chester, UK), the wolf (PhD student: M.V. Boiani, University of Chester, UK), and the Indri (PhD student: V. Ferrario, University of Turin).
2) Use of integrated population dynamics models and species distribution models (SDMs) to model the spatial and temporal dynamics of ibex (PhD student: Matteo Panaccio, University of Chester, UK) and marmot populations in the Alps, and of the Indri in Madagascar.
3) Long-term studies on the behavior and life history of ibex (since 2000 in collaboration with Alice Brambilla, University of Zurich) and Alpine marmot (since 2006 in collaboration with Caterina Ferrari, Gran Paradiso National Park) in two study areas of the PNGP.
4) Use and development of causal inference methods (Structural Equation Models) to explicitly model direct and indirect effects on life history traits in various ecological and evolutionary systems. In collaboration with Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer (UNAM, Mexico).
Partecipazione su invito dell'Institut National pour la Recherche Agronomique (Francia) a una rete europea di laboratori per lo studio dell'ecologia della Starna.
Partecipazione su invito del Ministero delle Risorse Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali, di una rete di Unità Operative per la ricerca finalizzata "Integrazione Ambiente, Agricoltura e Fauna Selvatica".
Consulenza per diverse Amministrazioni regionali e provinciali su problematiche di gestione della fauna selvaticaRilevazioni per conto dell'Unione Zoologica Italiana per il progetto BioItaly e della commissione ministeriale per il progetto BioItaly.
Afferenza al “Gruppo di lavoro sul coniglio selvatico nell’area mediterranea” al quale afferiscono ricercatori e tecnici francesi, spagnoli, portoghesi e italiani.
Partecipazione alla redazione di piani faunistici e monitoraggi per vari Enti e Amministrazioni.
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Panaccio, M., Brambilla, A., Bassano, B., Smith, T., & von Hardenberg, A. (2023). Monitoring wildlife population trends with sample counts: a case study on the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex). Wildlife Biology, e01162.
Marucco, F., Boiani, M. V., Dupont, P., Milleret, C., Avanzinelli, E., Pilgrim, K., Schwartz K.M., von Hardenberg A. ... & Bischof, R. (2023). A multidisciplinary approach to estimating wolf population size for long‐term conservation. Conservation Biology, 37(6), e14132.
Matthews, N., Nixon, S., von Hardenberg, A., Isoke, S., & Geary, M. (2023). Targeting burrows improves detection in giant pangolin Smutsia gigantea camera-trap surveys. Oryx, 57(6), 718-726.
Doss, E. M., Jouffroy, M., Rey, B., Cohas, A., von Hardenberg, A., & Smith, T. E. (2023). Technical validation and a comparison of two methods to quantify individual levels of glucocorticoids in Alpine marmot hair. MethodsX, 11, 102418.
Ravaglia D, Ferrario V, De Gregorio C, Carugati F, Raimondi T, Cristiano W, Torti V, von Hardenberg A, Ratsimbazafy J, Valente D, et al. There You Are! Automated Detection of Indris’ Songs on Features Extracted from Passive Acoustic Recordings. Animals. 2023; 13(2):241.
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Ferrari, C., Cerri, J., Rolando, A., Bassano, B., von Hardenberg, A., & Bertolino, S. (2023). See you in spring: overwinter survival is higher than post summer in the Alpine marmot. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 35(5), 617-628.
Ferrari, C., Zanet, S., Rolando, A., Bertolino, S., Bassano, B., & von Hardenberg, A. (2022). Marginal habitats provide unexpected survival benefits to the alpine marmot. Population Ecology, 64(1), 64-77.
Rolle, F., Torti, V., Valente, D., De Gregorio, C., Giacoma, C., & Von Hardenberg, A. (2021). Sex and age-specific survival and life expectancy in a free ranging population of Indri indri (Gmelin, 1788). The European Zoological Journal, 88(1), 796-806.
Brambilla, A., Von Hardenberg, A., Nelli, L., & Bassano, B. (2020). Distribution, status, and recent population dynamics of Alpine ibex Capra ibex in Europe. Mammal Review, 50(3), 267-277.
Jacobson, A. R., Provenzale, A., von Hardenberg, A., Bassano, B., & Festa-Bianchet, M. (2004). Climate forcing and density dependence in a mountain ungulate population. Ecology, 85(6), 1598-1610.
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Brambilla, A., von Hardenberg, A., Canedoli, C., Brivio, F., Sueur, C., & Stanley, C. R. (2022). Long term analysis of social structure: evidence of age‐based consistent associations in male Alpine Ibex. Oikos, 2022(8), e09511.
Ferrari, C., Pasquaretta, C., Caprio, E., Ranghetti, L., Bogliani, G., Rolando, A., ... & von Hardenberg, A. (2022). Extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting the activity budget of alpine marmots (Marmota marmota). Mammal Research, 67(3), 329-341.
Panaccio, M., Ferrari, C., Bassano, B., Stanley, C. R., & von Hardenberg, A. (2021). Social network analysis of small social groups: Application of a hurdle GLMM approach in the Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota). Ethology, 127(6), 453-464.
Dumont, F., Pasquaretta, C., Réale, D., Bogliani, G., & von Hardenberg, A. (2012). Flight initiation distance and starting distance: biological effect or mathematical artefact?. Ethology, 118(11), 1051-1062.
von Hardenberg, A., Bassano, B., Arranz, M. D. P. Z., & Bogliani, G. (2004). Horn growth but not asymmetry heralds the onset of senescence in male Alpine ibex (Capra ibex). Journal of Zoology, 263(4), 425-432.
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Santini, L., González‐Suárez, M., Russo, D., Gonzalez‐Voyer, A., von Hardenberg, A., & Ancillotto, L. (2019). One strategy does not fit all: determinants of urban adaptation in mammals. Ecology letters, 22(2), 365-376.
González‐Suárez, M., Gonzalez‐Voyer, A., von Hardenberg, A., & Santini, L. (2021). The role of brain size on mammalian population densities. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(3), 653-661.
Brambilla, A., Biebach, I., Bassano, B., Bogliani, G., & von Hardenberg, A. (2015). Direct and indirect causal effects of heterozygosity on fitness-related traits in Alpine ibex. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1798), 20141873.
Gonzalez-Voyer, A., von Hardenberg, A. (2014). An Introduction to Phylogenetic Path Analysis. In: Garamszegi, L. (eds) Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Application in Evolutionary Biology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
von Hardenberg, A., & Gonzalez-Voyer, A. (2013). Disentangling evolutionary cause-effect relationships with phylogenetic confirmatory path analysis. Evolution, 67(2), 378-387.