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Francesco Bonadonna is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research broadly spans the fields of Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on topics related to animal behavior and ecology.

The scientist's main areas of study include Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, Social Psychology, and Molecular Biology. Their research topics highlight several domains such as Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Francesco Bonadonna has published multiple papers in frequently appearing venues, including Animal Cognition, Diversity and Distributions, Behavioral Ecology, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Harvard Dataverse.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Francesco Bonadonna are:

  • Not only pigeons: avian olfactory navigation studied by satellite telemetry (2021, Ethology Ecology & Evolution)
  • Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Cryptic speciation in gentoo penguins is driven by geographic isolation and regional marine conditions: Unforeseen vulnerabilities to global change (2020, Diversity and Distributions)
  • Positive selection over the mitochondrial genome and its role in the diversification of gentoo penguins in response to adaptation in isolation (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Mutual mate preferences and assortative mating in relation to a carotenoid-based color trait in blue tits (2021, Behavioral Ecology)

Frequent co-authors include Samara Danel, P. Samuel, Dora Biro, Céline Le Bohec, and Nancy Rebout, indicating ongoing collaborations within related research networks.

Best Publications

  • GPS tracking of foraging albatrosses.

    Henri Weimerskirch;Henri Weimerskirch;Francesco Bonadonna;Frédéric Bailleul;Géraldine Mabille

  • Partner-specific odor recognition in an Antarctic seabird

    Francesco Bonadonna;Gabrielle A. Nevitt

  • Spatial distribution of foraging in female Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in relation to oceanographic variables: a scale-dependent approach using geographic information systems

    Christophe Guinet;Laurent Dubroca;Marie-Anne Lea;Simon D. Goldsworthy

  • Sensitivity to dimethyl sulphide suggests a mechanism for olfactory navigation by seabirds

    Gabrielle A Nevitt;Francesco Bonadonna

  • Kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in wild birds: the first evidence for individual kin-related odour recognition

    Francesco Bonadonna;Ana Sanz-Aguilar

  • GPS tracking of the foraging movements of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus breeding on Skomer Island, Wales

    T. C. Guilford;J. Meade;R. Freeman;R. Freeman;D. Biro

  • Oxygen isotopic composition of fossil equid tooth and bone phosphate: an archive of difficult interpretation

    Begoña Sánchez Chillón;María T. Alberdi;Gabriello Leone;Francesco P. Bonadonna

  • The perfume of reproduction in birds: chemosignaling in avian social life.

    Samuel P. Caro;Jacques Balthazart;Francesco Bonadonna

  • Oceanic navigation in Cory's shearwaters: evidence for a crucial role of olfactory cues for homing after displacement.

    Anna Gagliardo;Joël Bried;Paolo Lambardi;Paolo Luschi

  • Flying at no mechanical energy cost: disclosing the secret of wandering albatrosses.

    Gottfried Sachs;Johannes Traugott;Anna P. Nesterova;Giacomo Dell'Omo

  • Potential Semiochemical Molecules from Birds: A Practical and Comprehensive Compilation of the Last 20 Years Studies

    Sylvie Campagna;Jérôme Mardon;Aurélie Celerier;Francesco Bonadonna

  • Major histocompatibility complex class II compatibility, but not class I, predicts mate choice in a bird with highly developed olfaction

    Maria Strandh;Helena Westerdahl;Mikael Pontarp;Björn Canbäck

  • Long-distance migration and homing after displacement in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): a satellite tracking study

    P. Luschi;F. Papi;H. C. Liew;E. H. Chan

  • Climate-driven range shifts of the king penguin in a fragmented ecosystem

    Robin Cristofari;Xiaoming Liu;Francesco Bonadonna;Yves Cherel

  • Foraging habitat and diving activity of lactating Subantarctic fur seals in relation to sea-surface temperatures at Amsterdam Island

    Jean-Yves Georges;Francesco Bonadonna;Christophe Guinet

  • FORAGING FLIGHTS OF BREEDING THICK-BILLED MURRES (URIA LOMVIA) AS REVEALED BY BIRD-BORNE DIRECTION RECORDERS

    Silvano Benvenuti;Francesco Bonadonna;Luigi Dall'Antonia;Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson

  • Individual odor recognition in birds : An endogenous olfactory signature on petrels' feathers?

    Francesco Bonadonna;Eve Miguel;Vladimir Grosbois;Pierre Jouventin

  • Smelling home: a good solution for burrow-finding in nocturnal petrels?

    Francesco Bonadonna;Vincent Bretagnolle

  • Experimental verification of dynamic soaring in albatrosses.

    G. Sachs;J. Traugott;A. P. Nesterova;F. Bonadonna

  • Late Quaternary palaeohydrology of Lake Pergusa (Sicily, southern Italy) as inferred by stable isotopes of lacustrine carbonates

    Giovanni Zanchetta;Alessandra Borghini;Anthony E. Fallick;Francesco P. Bonadonna

  • A scheme of Pleistocene chronology for the Tyrrhenian side of central Italy

    Pierluigi Ambrosetti;Augusto Azzaroli;Francesco Paolo Bonadonna;Maria Follieri

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Jouventin
Pierre Jouventin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yvon Le Maho
Yvon Le Maho Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pierre A. Pistorius
Pierre A. Pistorius Nelson Mandela University
Giacomo Dell'Omo
Giacomo Dell'Omo Ornis Italica
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Elie Poulin
Elie Poulin University of Chile
Thierry Aubin
Thierry Aubin University of Paris-Saclay
Paolo Luschi
Paolo Luschi University of Pisa

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