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Overview

Paolo Ciucci is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their primary research area is Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology. Other subfields of their work include Genetics, Small Animals, Ecological Modeling, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research extensively covers topics related to Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, with additional emphasis on Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Among recent publications, the following papers stand out:

  • Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • European agreements for nature conservation need to explicitly address wolf-dog hybridisation, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Applying Participatory Processes to Address Conflicts Over the Conservation of Large Carnivores: Understanding Conditions for Successful Management, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Are Large Carnivores the Real Issue? Solutions for Improving Conflict Management through Stakeholder Participation, 2021, Sustainability

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paolo Ciucci include:

  • Đuro Huber
  • Luigi Boitani
  • Ilpo Kojola
  • Yorgos Mertzanis
  • Valéria Salvatori

Common venues for Paolo Ciucci's publications reflect an engagement with diverse journals and platforms, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Zoology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Biological Conservation

Best Publications

  • Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes

    Guillaume Chapron;Petra Kaczensky;John D. C. Linnell;Manuela von Arx

  • Home range, activity and movements of a wolf pack in central Italy

    P. Ciucci;L. Boitani;F. Francisci;G. Andreoli

  • Food habits of the world's grey wolves

    Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Luigi Boitani;Guillaume Chapron;Paolo Ciucci

  • A Comparison of scat-analysis Methods to Assess the Diet of the Wolf Canis lupus

    Paolo Ciucci;Luigi Boitani;Elisabetta Raganella Pelliccioni;Massimiliano Rocco

  • Comparative social ecology of feral dogs and wolves

    L. Boitani;P. Ciucci

  • Animal cultures matter for conservation.

    Philippa Brakes;Sasha R. X. Dall;Lucy M. Aplin;Stuart Bearhop

  • Wolf and dog depredation on livestock in central Italy

    P. Ciucci;L. Boitani

  • Brown bear attacks on humans: a worldwide perspective

    G. Bombieri;J. Naves;V. Penteriani;N. Selva

  • Population biology and ecology of feral dogs in central Italy

    L. Boitani;F. Francisci;P. Ciucci;G. Andreoli

  • 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

  • Survival and divergence in a small group: The extraordinary genomic history of the endangered Apennine brown bear stragglers.

    Andrea Benazzo;Emiliano Trucchi;Emiliano Trucchi;James A. Cahill;Pierpaolo Maisano Delser;Pierpaolo Maisano Delser

  • Status, management and distribution of large carnivores – bear, lynx, wolf & wolverine – in Europe

    M. Adamec;F. Álvares;O. Anders;H. Andrén

  • A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation.

    Philippa Brakes;Emma L. Carroll;Emma L. Carroll;Sasha R. X. Dall;Sally A. Keith

  • Residents’ support for wolf and bear conservation: the moderating influence of knowledge

    Jenny Anne Glikman;Jerry J. Vaske;Alistair J. Bath;Paolo Ciucci

  • Ex-post compensation payments for wolf predation on livestock in Italy: a tool for conservation?

    Luigi Boitani;Paolo Ciucci;Elisabetta Raganella-Pelliccioni

  • Long-Distance Dispersal of a Rescued Wolf From the Northern Apennines to the Western Alps

    Paolo Ciucci;Willy Reggioni;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Boitani

  • Seasonal and annual variation in the food habits of Apennine brown bears, central Italy

    Paolo Ciucci;Elisabetta Tosoni;Giovanna Di Domenico;Fausto Quattrociocchi

  • Assessing habitat quality for conservation using an integrated occurrence-mortality model

    Alessandra Falcucci;Paolo Ciucci;Luigi Maiorano;Leonardo Gentile

  • Large carnivore damage in Europe: Analysis of compensation and prevention programs

    Carlos Bautista;Eloy Revilla;Javier Naves;Jörg Albrecht

  • Estimating abundance of the remnant Apennine brown bear population using multiple noninvasive genetic data sources

    P. Ciucci;V. Gervasi;L. Boitani;J. Boulanger

  • The Apennine Brown Bear: A Critical Review of Its Status and Conservation Problems

    Paolo Ciucci;Luigi Boitani

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Boitani
Luigi Boitani Sapienza University of Rome
Luigi Maiorano
Luigi Maiorano Sapienza University of Rome
Ettore Randi
Ettore Randi Aalborg University
Olivier Gimenez
Olivier Gimenez Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Ilpo Kojola
Ilpo Kojola Natural Resources Institute Finland
Jon E. Swenson
Jon E. Swenson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
José Vicente López-Bao
José Vicente López-Bao Spanish National Research Council
Nuria Selva
Nuria Selva Polish Academy of Sciences
Guillaume Chapron
Guillaume Chapron Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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