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Overview

Giuseppe Donati is affiliated with Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across multiple fields including Psychology and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Social Psychology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Developmental Biology.

Their scientific work focuses on topics related to Primate Behavior and Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, and Zoonotic diseases and public health.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Life in a fragment: Evolution of foraging strategies of translocated collared brown lemurs, Eulemur collaris, over an 18-year period (2020), American Journal of Primatology
  • Do functional traits offset the effects of fragmentation? The case of large-bodied diurnal lemur species (2020), American Journal of Primatology
  • Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment (2024), Conservation Letters
  • Road Infrastructure and Primate Conservation: Introducing the Global Primate Roadkill Database (2023), Animals
  • The Influence of Seasonal Availability of Young Leaves on Dietary Niche Separation in Two Ecologically Similar Folivorous Lemurs (2021), Folia Primatologica

Frequent co-authors of Giuseppe Donati include:

  • Timothy M. Eppley
  • Jörg U. Ganzhorn
  • Marco Campera
  • Luca Santini
  • Vincent Nijman

Their work has been published in several journals, prominently in:

  • International Journal of Primatology
  • American Journal of Primatology
  • Folia Primatologica
  • Land
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Averting Lemur Extinctions amid Madagascar's Political Crisis

    Christoph Schwitzer;Russell Mittermeier;Steig Johnson;Giuseppe Donati

  • On the Origins and Admixture of Malagasy: New Evidence from High-Resolution Analyses of Paternal and Maternal Lineages

    Sergio Tofanelli;Stefania Bertoncini;Loredana Castrì;Donata Luiselli

  • Phenology of the Littoral Forest of Sainte Luce, Southeastern Madagascar1

    An Bollen;An Bollen;Giuseppe Donati;Giuseppe Donati

  • Evolving through day and night: origin and diversification of activity pattern in modern primates

    Luca Santini;Danny Rojas;Danny Rojas;Giuseppe Donati

  • Primate conservation: measuring and mitigating trade in primates

    V. Nijman;K. A. I. Nekaris;G. Donati;Michael William Bruford

  • Possible Fruit Protein Effects on Primate Communities in Madagascar and the Neotropics

    Jörg U. Ganzhorn;Summer Arrigo-Nelson;Sue Boinski;An Bollen

  • Better Few than Hungry: Flexible Feeding Ecology of Collared Lemurs Eulemur collaris in Littoral Forest Fragments

    Giuseppe Donati;Giuseppe Donati;Kristina Kesch;Kelard Ndremifidy;Stacey L. Schmidt

  • Feeding over the 24-h cycle: dietary flexibility of cathemeral collared lemurs (Eulemur collaris)

    Giuseppe Donati;An Bollen;Silvana M. Borgognini-Tarli;Joerg U. Ganzhorn

  • Effects of Habitat Quality and Seasonality on Ranging Patterns of Collared Brown Lemur (Eulemur collaris) in Littoral Forest Fragments

    Marco Campera;Marco Campera;Valentina Serra;Michela Balestri;Michela Balestri;Marta Barresi

  • Conservation status of the littoral forest of south-eastern Madagascar: a review

    An Bollen;Giuseppe Donati

  • The Use of an Invasive Species Habitat by a Small Folivorous Primate: Implications for Lemur Conservation in Madagascar.

    Timothy M. Eppley;Timothy M. Eppley;Giuseppe Donati;Jean-Baptiste Ramanamanjato;Faly Randriatafika

  • Coping with low-quality diets: a first account of the feeding ecology of the southern gentle lemur, Hapalemur meridionalis, in the Mandena littoral forest, southeast Madagascar

    Timothy M. Eppley;Esther Verjans;Giuseppe Donati;Giuseppe Donati

  • Is Tickling Torture? Assessing Welfare towards Slow Lorises (Nycticebus spp.) within Web 2.0 Videos.

    K. Anne I. Nekaris;Louisa Musing;Asier Gil Vazquez;Giuseppe Donati

  • Influence of abiotic factors on cathemeral activity: the case of Eulemur fulvus collaris in the littoral forest of Madagascar.

    Giuseppe Donati;Silvana M. Borgognini-Tarli

  • Exploiting a readily available but hard to digest resource: A review of exudativorous mammals identified thus far and how they cope in captivity.

    Francis Cabana;Ellen S. Dierenfeld;Wirdateti;Giuseppe Donati

  • Habitat degradation and seasonality affect physiological stress levels of Eulemur collaris in littoral forest fragments.

    Michela Balestri;Marta Barresi;Marco Campera;Valentina Serra

  • The seasonal feeding ecology of the javan slow loris (nycticebus javanicus).

    Francis Cabana;Francis Cabana;Ellen Dierenfeld;Wirdateti Wirdateti;Giuseppe Donati

  • Proximate and ultimate determinants of cathemeral activity in brown lemurs

    Giuseppe Donati;Nicoletta Baldi;Valentina Morelli;Jörg U. Ganzhorn

  • Cathemeral Activity of Red-Fronted Brown Lemurs (Eulemur Fulvus Rufus) in the Kirindy Forest/CFPF

    Giuseppe Donati;Antonella Lunardini;Peter M. Kappeler

  • Nocturnal activity in the cathemeral red-fronted lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus), with observations during a lunar eclipse.

    G. Donati;A. Lunardini;P.M. Kappeler;S.M. Borgognini Tarli

  • Cathemerality in a small, folivorous primate: proximate control of diel activity in Hapalemur meridionalis

    Timothy M. Eppley;Timothy M. Eppley;Jörg U. Ganzhorn;Giuseppe Donati

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg U. Ganzhorn
Jörg U. Ganzhorn Universität Hamburg
K. A. I. Nekaris
K. A. I. Nekaris Oxford Brookes University
Luca Santini
Luca Santini Sapienza University of Rome
Patricia C. Wright
Patricia C. Wright Stony Brook University
Vincent Nijman
Vincent Nijman Oxford Brookes University
Lounès Chikhi
Lounès Chikhi Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Edward E. Louis
Edward E. Louis University of Leicester
Jonah Ratsimbazafy
Jonah Ratsimbazafy University of Antananarivo
Russell A. Mittermeier
Russell A. Mittermeier Conservation International
Francesc Calafell
Francesc Calafell Pompeu Fabra University

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