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Diego Rubolini

Diego Rubolini

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
13409
World Ranking
2300
National Ranking
25

Overview

Diego Rubolini is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has a research focus largely situated within Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several interconnected subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research topics span a diverse range of ecological and behavioral themes. Notable areas of study include Avian ecology and behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, and Bird parasitology and diseases.

Diego Rubolini's recent papers illustrate active engagement with issues related to ecology and environmental impacts. Some of these publications include:

  • "The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country" (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • "Containment measures limit environmental effects on COVID-19 early outbreak dynamics" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "Identifying climate refugia for high-elevation Alpine birds under current climate warming predictions" (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • "Containment measures limit environmental effects on COVID-19 early outbreak dynamics" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Temporal shifts in avian phenology across the circannual cycle in a rapidly changing climate: A global meta-analysis" (2022, Ecological Monographs)

The venues where Diego Rubolini frequently publishes their research include Animal Behaviour, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal für Ornithologie, Biological Conservation, and Movement Ecology.

The scientist often collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors. Frequent co-authors include Jacopo G. Cecere, Michelangelo Morganti, Andrea Romanò, Roberto Ambrosini, and Federico De Pascalis.

Best Publications

  • Populations of migratory bird species that did not show a phenological response to climate change are declining

    Anders Pape Møller;Diego Rubolini;Esa Lehikoinen

  • Rapid advance of spring arrival dates in long-distance migratory birds.

    Niclas Jonzén;Andreas Lindén;Torbjørn Ergon;Endre Knudsen

  • Climate warming, ecological mismatch at arrival and population decline in migratory birds

    Nicola Saino;Roberto Ambrosini;Diego Rubolini;Jost von Hardenberg

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

    Endre Knudsen;Andreas Linden;Christiaan Both;Niclas Jonzen

  • Colour polymorphism in birds: causes and functions

    P. Galeotti;D. Rubolini;P. O. Dunn;M. Fasola

  • Ecological conditions during winter predict arrival date at the breeding quarters in a trans‐Saharan migratory bird

    Nicola Saino;Tibor Szép;Maria Romano;Diego Rubolini

  • Intraspecific consistency and geographic variability in temporal trends of spring migration phenology among European bird species

    Diego Rubolini;Anders P. Møller;Kalle Rainio;Esa Lehikoinen

  • Effects of elevated egg corticosterone levels on behavior, growth, and immunity of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks.

    Diego Rubolini;Maria Romano;Giuseppe Boncoraglio;Raffaella Paola Ferrari

  • The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country

    Raoul Manenti;Emiliano Mori;Viola Di Canio;Silvia Mercurio

  • Using the BirdTree.org website to obtain robust phylogenies for avian comparative studies: A primer

    Diego Rubolini;András Liker;László Z. Garamszegi;Anders P. Møller

  • Immune response covaries with corticosterone plasma levels under experimentally stressful conditions in nestling barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

    Nicola Saino;Chiara Suffritti;Roberta Martinelli;Diego Rubolini

  • Male-male combats in a polymorphic lizard: residency and size, but not color, affect fighting rules and contest outcome.

    Roberto Sacchi;Fabio Pupin;Augusto Gentilli;Diego Rubolini

  • Protandry and sexual dimorphism in trans-Saharan migratory birds

    Diego Rubolini;Fernando Spina;Nicola Saino

  • Climate change effects on migration phenology may mismatch brood parasitic cuckoos and their hosts

    Nicola Saino;Diego Rubolini;Esa Lehikoinen;Leonid V. Sokolov

  • Temperature and rainfall anomalies in Africa predict timing of spring migration in trans-Saharan migratory birds

    Nicola Saino;Diego Rubolini;Niclas Jonzén;Torbjorn Ergon

  • Long-term trends of heron and egret populations in Italy, and the effects of climate, human-induced mortality, and habitat on population dynamics

    Mauro Fasola;Diego Rubolini;Enrico Merli;Eleonora Boncompagni

  • Early maternal effects mediated by immunity depend on sexual ornamentation of the male partner

    Nicola Saino;Raffaella Paola Ferrari;Roberta Martinelli;Maria Romano

  • Experimental manipulation of yolk testosterone affects digit length ratios in the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus).

    Maria Romano;Diego Rubolini;Roberta Martinelli;Andrea Bonisoli Alquati

  • Effects of elevated yolk testosterone levels on survival, growth and immunity of male and female yellow-legged gull chicks

    Diego Rubolini;Maria Romano;Roberta Martinelli;Nicola Saino

  • Climate affects global patterns of COVID-19 early outbreak dynamics

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Diego Rubolini

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Saino
Nicola Saino University of Milan
Manuela Caprioli
Manuela Caprioli University of Milan
Roberto Ambrosini
Roberto Ambrosini University of Milan
Marco Parolini
Marco Parolini University of Milan
Mauro Fasola
Mauro Fasola University of Pavia
Paolo Galeotti
Paolo Galeotti University of Pavia
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Matteo Griggio
Matteo Griggio University of Padua
Felix Liechti
Felix Liechti Swiss Ornithological Institute
Aldo Milzani
Aldo Milzani University of Milan

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