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Danilo Russo
danrusso@unina.it
Position
Assistant Professor of Ecology
Education
PhD University of Bristol, 7 March 2002
Graduation degree ( laurea cum laude) in Nature Sciences,
University of Naples Federico II, 22 March 1993
Research domain
Acoustic
communication in island bats, Acoustic
identification of bats, Animal
conservation in forest ecosystems, Foraging
habitat selection, Responses
to land abandonment, The
fate of rehabilitated bats
Research interests
Bats, Cerambycids, Conservation biology, Echolocation, Foraging, Forest biodiversity, Habitat selection, Island biogeography, Land use change, Resource partitioning
Career
| 2012: |
Assistant professor of Ecology |
| 2011-present: |
Subject Editor, Mammalian Biology |
| 2011-present: |
Associate Editor, Acta Chiropterologica |
| 2008-present: |
Member of Bat Specialist Group, IUCN |
| 2008-2011: |
Post-doc scientist, grants on survival and use of space in rehabilitated bats and conservation of bats in buildings. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
| 2008-present: |
Member of Steering Committee, Italian Mammal Society (ATIt) |
| 2008-present: |
Professor of Zoology, degree in Life Sciences, University of Salerno |
| 2007-present: |
Associate Editor, Hystrix – Italian Journal of Mammalogy |
| 2007-present: |
Scientific focal point for the Ministry of Environment, EUROBATS agreement |
| 2007-present: |
Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Austrian Coordination Centre for Bat Conservation and Research (KFFOE) |
| 2007-2010: |
National coordinator of Italian Chiroptera Research Group |
| 2007: |
Post-doc research position on “Assessment of fire risk in different land use types: relationships to vegetation and fauna”, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
| 2006-present: |
Professor of Conservation Biology, degree in Forestry Sciences, University of Naples Federico II |
| 2003-2006: |
Post-doc research position on "Interaction between wildlife and vegetation", Faculty of Agriculture, University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
| 2002-present: |
Honorary fellow (visiting scientist) at School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol |
| 1998-2007: |
National vice-coordinator of Italian Chiroptera Research Group |
| 1998-2001: |
Marie Curie EC fellowship (TMR programme cat 20 under FP4, contract ERBFMBICT972413), School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol |
Selected scientific articles and monographies
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Aronne G. & Russo D. (1997). Carnivorous
mammals as seed dispersers of the Mediterranean shrub Myrtus
communis (Myrtaceae). Plant Biosystems 131: 189-195. |
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Russo D. & Jones G. (1999). The
social calls of Kuhl’s pipistrelles Pipistrellus
kuhlii (Kuhl, 1819): structure and variation (Chiroptera:
Vespertilionidae). Journal of Zoology, London 249: 476-481. |
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Russo D. & Jones G. (2000). The
two cryptic species of Pipistrellus pipistrellus
(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) occur in Italy: evidence
from echolocation and social calls. Mammalia, 64: 187-197. |
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Russo D., Jones G. & Mucedda, M.
(2001). Influence of age, sex and body size on echolocation
calls of Mediterranean (Rhinolophus euryale) and
Mehely’s (Rhinolophus mehelyi) horseshoe
bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) Mammalia 65: 429-436. |
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Russo D. & Jones G. (2002). Identification
of twenty–two bat species (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from
Italy by analysis of time-expanded recordings of echolocation
calls. Journal of Zoology, London 258: 91-103. |
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Russo D., Jones G. & Migliozzi
A. (2002). Habitat selection by the Mediterranean horseshoe
bat, Rhinolophus euryale (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae)
in a rural area of southern Italy and implications for conservation.
Biological Conservation 107: 71-81. |
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Russo D. (2002). Elevation affects
the distribution of the two sexes in Daubenton’s bats
Myotis daubentonii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
from Italy. Mammalia 66: 543-551. |
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Russo D. & Jones G. (2003). Use
of foraging habitats by bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a
Mediterranean area determined by acoustic surveys: conservation
implications. Ecography 26: 197-209. |
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Russo D. (2003). Dead trees mean life
to Italian barbastelle bats. Ecologia Mediterranea 29: 258-260. |
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Russo D., Cistrone L., Jones G. &
Mazzoleni S. (2004). Roost selection by barbastelle bats
(Barbastella barbastellus, Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
in beech woodlands of central Italy: consequences for conservation.
Biological Conservation 117: 73-81. |
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Russo D., Almenar D., Aihartza J.,
Goiti U.,Salsamendi E & Garin I. (2005). Habitat selection
in sympatric Rhinolophus mehelyi and R. euryale
(Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Journal of Zoology, London
266: 327-332. |
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Russo D., Cistrone L. & Jones,
G (2005). Spatial and temporal patterns of roost use by
tree-dwelling barbastelle bats, Barbastella barbastellus.
Ecography 28: 769-776. |
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Russo D., Jones G. & Arlettaz R.
(2007). Echolocation and passive listening by foraging mouse-eared
bats Myotis myotis and M. blythii. Journal
of Experimental Biology 210: 166-176. |
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Russo D., Cistrone L. & Jones,
G (2007). Emergence time in forest bats: the influence of
canopy closure. Acta Oecologica 31: 119-126. |
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Biscardi S., Russo D., Casciani V.,
Cesarini D., Mei M. & Boitani L. (2007). Foraging requirements
of the endangered long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii):
the influence of micro-habitat structure, water quality
and prey type. Journal of Zoology, London 273: 372-381. |
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Davy, C.M., Russo D. & Fenton M.B.
(2007). Use of native woodlands and traditional olive groves
by foraging bats on a Mediterranean island: consequences
for conservation. Journal of Zoology, London 273: 397-405. |
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Russo D (2007). Effects of land abandonment
on animal species in Europe: conservation and management
implications. Integrated Assessment of vulnerable ecosystems
under global change in the European Union. European Commission,
Directorate – General for Research Environment, pp.
53, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.
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Moreira F. & Russo D. (2007). Modelling
the impact of agricultural abandonment and wildfires on
vertebrate diversity in Mediterranean Europe. Landscape
Ecology 22: 1461-1476. |
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Russo D., Mucedda M., Bello M., Biscardi
S., Pidinchedda E. & Jones G. (2007). Divergent echolocation
call frequencies in insular rhinolophids (Chiroptera): a
case of character displacement? Journal of Biogeography
34: 2129-2138. |
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Flaquer C., Montserrat X.P., Burgas
A. & Russo D. (2008). Habitat selection by Geoffroy’s
bats (Myotis emarginatus) in a rural Mediterranean
landscape: implications for conservation. Acta Chiropterologica
10: 61-67. |
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Flaquer C., Puig-Montserrat X., Goiti
U., Vidal F., Curcó A. & Russo D. (2009). Habitat
selection in Nathusius’ pipistrelle (Pipistrellus
nathusii): the importance of wetland. Acta Chiropterologica
11: 149-155. |
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Russo D., Teixeira S., Cistrone L.,
Jesus J., Teixeira D., Freitas T., & Jones G. (2009).
Social calls are subject to stabilizing selection in insular
bats. Journal of Biogeography. 36: 2212–2221. |
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Di Salvo I., Russo D., Sarà
M. (2009). Habitat preferences of bats in a rural area of
Sicily determined by acoustic surveys. Hystrix, the Italian
Journal of Mammalogy 20: 137-146. |
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Georgiakakis, P., Vasilakopoulos, P., Mylonas, M. & Russo, D. (2010). Bat species richness and activity over an elevation gradient in Mediterranean shrublands of Crete. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 21: 43-56.
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Esposito S., Incerti G., Giannino,
F., Russo, D. & Mazzoleni S. (2010). Integrated modelling
of foraging behaviour, energy budget and memory properties.
Ecological Modelling 221: 1283-1291. |
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Russo D., Cistrone L., Garonna, A.P.
& Jones, G (2010). Reconsidering the importance of harvested
forests for the conservation of tree-dwelling bats. Biodiversity
and Conservation 9: 2501-2515. |
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Russo D., Cistrone L., Garonna A.P.
(2011). Habitat selection in the highly endangered beetle
Rosalia alpina: a multiple spatial scale assessment.
Journal of Insect Conservation 15: 685-693. |
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Russo D., Maglio G., Rainho A., Meyer
C.F. & Palmeirim J. (2011). Out of the dark: diurnal
activity in the bat Hipposideros ruber on São
Tomé island (West Africa). Mammalian Biology
76: 701-708. |
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Del Vaglio M.A., Nicolau H., Bosso
L. & Russo D. (2011). Feeding habits of the Egyptian fruit
bat Rousettus aegyptiacus on Cyprus island: a first
assessment. Hystrix 22: 281-289. |
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Serangeli M.T., Cistrone L., Ancillotto
L., Tomassini A. & Russo D. (2012). The post-release fate
of hand-reared orphaned bats: survival and habitat selection.
Animal Welfare 21: 9-18. |
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Ancillotto L., Serangeli M.T. & Russo
D. (2012). Spatial proximity between newborns influences
the development of social relationships in bats. Ethology
118: 1-10. |
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Rebelo H., Froufe E., Brito J.C., Russo D., Cistrone L., Ferrand N, Jones G. (2012). Postglacial colonization of Europe by the barbastelle bat: agreement between molecular data and past predictive modelling. Molecular Ecology 21: 2761-2774. |
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Galimberti A., Spada M., Russo D.,
Mucedda M., Agnelli P., et al. (2012) Integrated Operational
Taxonomic Units (IOTUs) in Echolocating Bats: A Bridge between
Molecular and Traditional Taxonomy. PLoS ONE 7(6): e40122.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040122. |
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Georgiakakis P., Russo D. (2012). The distinctive structure of social calls by Hanák’s dwarf bat Pipistrellus hanaki. Acta Chiropterologica 14: 167-174 |
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Russo D., Cistrone L. & Jones G (2012). Sensory ecology of water detection by bats: a field experiment. PLoS ONE 7(10): e48144. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048144, http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048144. |
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Bosso L., Rebelo H., Garonna A.P., Russo D. (2012). Modelling geographic distribution and detecting conservation gaps in Italy for the threatened beetle Rosalia alpina. Journal for Nature Conservation (in press). |
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Cagnacci F., Cardini A., Ciucci P., Ferrari N., Mortelliti A., Preatoni D.G., Russo D., Scandura M., Wauters L.A., Amori G. (2012). Less is more: a researcher’s survival guide in times of economic crisis. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 23: 1-7. |
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Ancillotto L., Serangeli M.T. & Russo D. (2013). Curiosity killed the
bat: Domestic cats as bat predators. Mammalian Biology.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2013.01.003 |
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Caci G., Biscaccianti A.B., Cistrone L., Bosso L., Garonna A.P., Russo D. (2013). Spotting the right spot: computer-aided individual identification of the threatened cerambycid beetle Rosalia alpina. Journal of Insect Conservation. |
Books
Clips
Clips 1,2 illustrate experiments carried out for the study we published in the Journal of Experimental Biology ( Russo et al. 2007). The flight room was dark (films were shot with an IR videocamera).
Clip 1 shows a greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis seizing prey (a bush cricket whose movement was restricted by securing a small metal load to its thorax or legs) from a wooden tray filled with natural dry leaf litter. The bat prospects for prey circling in the flight room before approaching the feeding arena. The bat then locates its prey by listening to the rustling sound the moving cricket produces on dry leaves.
Clip 2 shows an identical situation, but this time Prof. Raphaël Arlettaz (Bern University) stays inside the room and watches the foraging trial from close distance. Noticeably, his presence seems not to affect at all the bat’s behaviour.
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