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Overview

David Costantini is a researcher affiliated with the French National Museum of Natural History in France. Their work spans multiple fields within environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, and medicine, with a focus on ecological and physiological processes.

Their main research fields include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

Within these areas, Costantini's subfields of study cover:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Parasitology
  • Physiology

The primary topics of their academic work are:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Avian Ecology and Behavior
  • Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Bird Parasitology and Diseases

Costantini has contributed recent scientific papers as follows:

  • "Hormesis in ecotoxicological studies: A critical evolutionary perspective" (2022), published in Current Opinion in Toxicology
  • "Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world" (2021), published in Conservation Physiology
  • "The immune response of bats differs between pre-migration and migration seasons" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "A meta-analysis of impacts of immune response and infection on oxidative status in vertebrates" (2022), published in Conservation Physiology
  • "Rethinking Subthreshold Effects in Regulatory Chemical Risk Assessments" (2022), published in Environmental Science & Technology

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Giacomo Dell'Omo
  • Manrico Sebastiano
  • Marcel Eens
  • Simone Messina
  • Gábor Á. Czirják

Costantini's research appears regularly in several publication venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Conservation Physiology
  • Environmental Research
  • Journal of Experimental Biology

They have also contributed to book publications with major academic publishers. Two titles published by Springer International Publishing are "The Role of Organismal Oxidative Stress in the Ecology and Life-History Evolution of Animals" (2024) and "Development Strategies and Biodiversity" (2022). Additionally, they co-authored a book titled "The Kestrel" (2020), published by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Oxidative stress in ecology and evolution: lessons from avian studies

    David Costantini

  • A meta-analysis of glucocorticoids as modulators of oxidative stress in vertebrates.

    David Costantini;Valeria Marasco;Anders Pape Møller

  • A comparative and evolutionary approach to oxidative stress in fish: A review

    Kim Birnie-Gauvin;David Costantini;David Costantini;Steven J Cooke;William G Willmore

  • Molecular and structural antioxidant defenses against oxidative stress in animals.

    Reinald Pamplona;David Costantini

  • Does high antioxidant capacity indicate low oxidative stress

    David Costantini;Simon Verhulst

  • Oxidative Stress and Hormesis in Evolutionary Ecology and Physiology

    David Costantini

  • Ecological processes in a hormetic framework.

    David Costantini;Neil B. Metcalfe;Pat Monaghan

  • Carotenoids are minor antioxidants for birds

    D. Costantini;D. Costantini;A. P. Møller

  • Does immune response cause oxidative stress in birds? A meta-analysis.

    David Costantini;Anders Pape Møller

  • Effects of T-cell-mediated immune response on avian oxidative stress

    David Costantini;Giacomo Dell'Omo

  • From molecules to living systems: historical and contemporary issues in oxidative stress and antioxidant ecology

    David Costantini;Melissah Rowe;Michael W. Butler;Kevin J. McGraw

  • Correlates of oxidative stress in wild kestrel nestlings (Falco tinnunculus).

    David Costantini;Stefania Casagrande;Stefania De Filippis;Gianfranco Brambilla

  • Long flights and age affect oxidative status of homing pigeons (Columba livia)

    David Costantini;David Costantini;Gaia Dell'Ariccia;Hans-Peter Lipp

  • Understanding diversity in oxidative status and oxidative stress: the opportunities and challenges ahead.

    David Costantini

  • From bivalves to birds : oxidative stress and longevity

    William A. Buttemer;Doris Abele;David Costantini

  • Do glucocorticoids mediate the link between environmental conditions and telomere dynamics in wild vertebrates? A review

    Frédéric Angelier;David Costantini;Pierre Blévin;Olivier Chastel

  • Oxidative damage and anti-oxidant capacity in two migratory bird species at a stop-over site.

    David Costantini;Massimiliano Cardinale;Claudio Carere

  • Biomarkers of oxidative status: missing tools in conservation physiology

    Michaël Beaulieu;David Costantini;David Costantini

  • Oxidative Stress and Hormesis in Evolutionary Ecology and Physiology: A Marriage Between Mechanistic and Evolutionary Approaches

    David Costantini

  • THE ECOLOGY OF ANTIOXIDANTS & OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ANIMALS From molecules to living systems: historical and contemporary issues in oxidative stress and antioxidant ecology

    David Costantini;Melissah Rowe;Michael W. Butler;Kevin J. McGraw

Frequent Co-Authors

Giacomo Dell'Omo
Giacomo Dell'Omo Ornis Italica
Marcel Eens
Marcel Eens University of Antwerp
Olivier Chastel
Olivier Chastel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Claudio Carere
Claudio Carere Tuscia University
Hamada AbdElgawad
Hamada AbdElgawad Beni-Suef University
Han Asard
Han Asard University of Antwerp
Paco Bustamante
Paco Bustamante University of La Rochelle
Neil B. Metcalfe
Neil B. Metcalfe University of Glasgow
Gábor Á. Czirják
Gábor Á. Czirják Leibniz Association
Christian C. Voigt
Christian C. Voigt Leibniz Association

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