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Overview

Danilo Russo is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Genetics, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Marine Animal Studies Overview, Viral Infections and Vectors, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, and Fire Effects on Ecosystems.

Among their recent publications are several articles that address diverse ecological and conservation issues. These include:

  • Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review (2022) published in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Modelling risks posed by wind turbines and power lines to soaring birds: the black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Italy as a case study (2020) published in Biodiversity and Conservation
  • From Nucleotides to Satellite Imagery: Approaches to Identify and Manage the Invasive Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa and Its Insect Vectors in Europe (2020) published in Sustainability
  • Do We Need to Use Bats as Bioindicators? (2021) published in Biology
  • Generalists yet different: distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits (2021) published in Mammal Review

Danilo Russo has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. Notable collaborators include Leonardo Ancillotto, Luca Cistrone, Luciano Bosso, Hugo Rebelo, and Valeria B. Salinas-Ramos.

The scientist has contributed publications to a number of academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Mammal Review
  • Biology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Mammalian Biology

In addition to journal articles, Danilo Russo has published a book titled "Chiroptera" in 2023 with Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Identification of twenty‐two bat species (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Italy by analysis of time‐expanded recordings of echolocation calls

    Danilo Russo;Gareth Jones

  • Sensitivity of bats to urbanization: a review

    Danilo Russo;Leonardo Ancillotto;Leonardo Ancillotto

  • Use of foraging habitats by bats in a Mediterranean area determined by acoustic surveys: conservation implications

    Danilo Russo;Gareth Jones

  • Modelling the impact of agricultural abandonment and wildfires on vertebrate diversity in Mediterranean Europe

    Francisco Moreira;Danilo Russo

  • One strategy does not fit all: determinants of urban adaptation in mammals.

    Luca Santini;Manuela González-Suárez;Danilo Russo;Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer

  • Roost selection by barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus, Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in beech woodlands of central Italy: consequences for conservation

    Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo;Luca Cistrone;Gareth Jones;Stefano Mazzoleni

  • The use of automated identification of bat echolocation calls in acoustic monitoring: A cautionary note for a sound analysis

    Danilo Russo;Christian C. Voigt;Christian C. Voigt

  • Novel perspectives on bat insectivory highlight the value of this ecosystem service in farmland: Research frontiers and management implications

    Danilo Russo;Luciano Bosso;Leonardo Ancillotto

  • Habitat selection by the Mediterranean horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus euryale (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in a rural area of southern Italy and implications for conservation

    Danilo Russo;Gareth Jones;Antonello Migliozzi

  • Shedding light on the effects of climate change on the potential distribution of Xylella fastidiosa in the Mediterranean basin

    Luciano Bosso;Mirko Di Febbraro;Gennaro Cristinzio;Astolfo Zoina

  • Agriculture shapes the trophic niche of a bat preying on multiple pest arthropods across Europe: Evidence from DNA metabarcoding

    Ostaizka Aizpurua;Ivana Budinski;Panagiotis Georgiakakis;Shyam Gopalakrishnan

  • Testing the performances of automated identification of bat echolocation calls: A request for prudence

    Jens Rydell;Stefan Nyman;Johan Eklöf;Gareth A. Jones

  • Extraordinary range expansion in a common bat: the potential roles of climate change and urbanisation.

    L. Ancillotto;L. Santini;N. Ranc;L. Maiorano

  • Curiosity killed the bat: Domestic cats as bat predators

    Leonardo Ancillotto;Maria Tiziana Serangeli;Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo

  • Emergence time in forest bats: the influence of canopy closure

    Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo;Luca Cistrone;Gareth Jones

  • Bats are still not birds in the digital era: Echolocation call variation and why it matters for bat species identification

    Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo;Leonardo Ancillotto;Gareth Jones

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of roost use by tree-dwelling barbastelle bats Barbastella barbastellus

    Danilo Russo;Luca Cistrone;Gareth Jones

  • Modelling geographic distribution and detecting conservation gaps in Italy for the threatened beetle Rosalia alpina

    Luciano Bosso;Hugo Rebelo;Antonio P. Garonna;Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo

  • Divergent echolocation call frequencies in insular rhinolophids (Chiroptera): a case of character displacement?

    Danilo Russo;Mauro Mucedda;Monica Bello;Stefania Biscardi

  • Social communication in bats

    Gloriana Chaverri;Leonardo Ancillotto;Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo

  • Reconsidering the importance of harvested forests for the conservation of tree-dwelling bats

    Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo;Luca Cistrone;Antonio P. Garonna;Gareth Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonardo Ancillotto
Leonardo Ancillotto University of Naples Federico II
Luciano Bosso
Luciano Bosso Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones University of Bristol
Hugo Rebelo
Hugo Rebelo University of Lisbon
Emiliano Mori
Emiliano Mori National Research Council (CNR)
Anna Loy
Anna Loy University of Molise
Sandro Bertolino
Sandro Bertolino University of Turin
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Carmi Korine
Carmi Korine Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Carlos F. Ibáñez
Carlos F. Ibáñez Karolinska Institute

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