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Overview

Luigi Maiorano is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and has established a research profile primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their scientific output encompasses extensive work in Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research spans several interconnected topics including Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation.

Among Maiorano's recent papers are:

  • Assessing the reliability of species distribution projections in climate change research, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • Balancing conservation priorities for nature and for people in Europe, 2021, Science
  • The diversity of biotic interactions complements functional and phylogenetic facets of biodiversity, 2022, Current Biology
  • Past Extinctions of Homo Species Coincided with Increased Vulnerability to Climatic Change, 2020, One Earth

Maiorano has frequently collaborated with the following co-authors:

  • Wilfried Thuiller
  • Louise O'Connor
  • Julien Renaud
  • Francesca Cosentino
  • Daniele Canestrelli

Their publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Change Biology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Ecography

Best Publications

  • The role of biotic interactions in shaping distributions and realised assemblages of species: implications for species distribution modelling

    Mary Susanne Wisz;Julien Pottier;W. Daniel Kissling;Loïc Pellissier

  • Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments

    Miguel B. Araujo;Miguel B. Araujo;Miguel B. Araujo;Robert P. Anderson;Robert P. Anderson;Robert P. Anderson;A. Marcia Barbosa;Colin Michael Beale

  • Changes in land-use/land-cover patterns in Italy and their implications for biodiversity conservation

    Alessandra Falcucci;Alessandra Falcucci;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Boitani

  • Borneo and Indochina are Major Evolutionary Hotspots for Southeast Asian Biodiversity

    Mark de Bruyn;Bjorn Stelbrink;Robert J Morley;Robert Hall

  • Global habitat suitability models of terrestrial mammals.

    Carlo Rondinini;Moreno Di Marco;Federica Chiozza;Giulia Santulli

  • Ecological networks as conceptual frameworks or operational tools in conservation

    Luigi Boitani;Alessandra Falcucci;Alessandra Falcucci;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Maiorano;Carlo Rondinini

  • Projecting Global Biodiversity Indicators under Future Development Scenarios

    Piero Visconti;Piero Visconti;Michel Bakkenes;Daniele Baisero;Thomas Brooks;Thomas Brooks;Thomas Brooks

  • Assessing the reliability of species distribution projections in climate change research

    Luca Santini;Luca Santini;Luca Santini;Ana Benítez-López;Ana Benítez-López;Luigi Maiorano;Mirza Čengić

  • Contribution of the Natura 2000 Network to Biodiversity Conservation in Italy

    Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Maiorano;Alessandra Falcucci;Alessandra Falcucci;Edward O. Garton;Luigi Boitani

  • Building the niche through time: using 13,000 years of data to predict the effects of climate change on three tree species in Europe

    L. Maiorano;R. Cheddadi;N. E. Zimmermann;L. Pellissier

  • Predicting potential distribution of the jaguar (Panthera onca) in Mexico: Identification of priority areas for conservation

    Clarita Rodríguez-Soto;Octavio Monroy-Vilchis;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Boitani

  • Gap analysis of terrestrial vertebrates in Italy: Priorities for conservation planning in a human dominated landscape

    Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Maiorano;Alessandra Falcucci;Alessandra Falcucci;Luigi Boitani

  • The accuracy of plant assemblage prediction from species distribution models varies along environmental gradients

    Julien Pottier;Anne Dubuis;Loïc Pellissier;Luigi Maiorano

  • Knowing the past to predict the future: Land-use change and the distribution of invasive bullfrogs

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Maiorano;Alessandra Falcucci;Nicolas Dendoncker

  • Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes

    Marta Cimatti;Marta Cimatti;Nathan Ranc;Ana Benítez‐López;Ana Benítez‐López;Luigi Maiorano

  • Future hotspots of terrestrial mammal loss

    Piero Visconti;Robert L. Pressey;Daniele Giorgini;Luigi Maiorano

  • Setting Priorities for Regional Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean Sea

    Fiorenza Micheli;Noam Levin;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Stelios Katsanevakis

  • Conserving biodiversity in production landscapes

    K. A. Wilson;E. Meijaard;S. Drummond;H. S. Grantham

  • Size-dependent resistance of protected areas to land-use change.

    Luigi Maiorano;Alessandra Falcucci;Luigi Boitani

  • What spatial data do we need to develop global mammal conservation strategies

    Luigi Boitani;Luigi Maiorano;Daniele Baisero;Alessandra Falcucci

  • On how much biodiversity is covered in Europe by national protected areas and by the Natura 2000 network: insights from terrestrial vertebrates.

    L. Maiorano;G. Amori;A. Montemaggiori;C. Rondinini

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Boitani
Luigi Boitani Sapienza University of Rome
Wilfried Thuiller
Wilfried Thuiller Grenoble Alpes University
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Carlo Rondinini
Carlo Rondinini Sapienza University of Rome
Luca Santini
Luca Santini Sapienza University of Rome
Gentile Francesco Ficetola
Gentile Francesco Ficetola University of Milan
Paolo Ciucci
Paolo Ciucci Sapienza University of Rome
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Niklaus E. Zimmermann
Niklaus E. Zimmermann Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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