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Sandro Bertolino

Sandro Bertolino

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
5623
World Ranking
5915
National Ranking
112

Overview

Sandro Bertolino is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a substantial body of work spanning 135 publications in the field. Within this broad domain, Bertolino's contributions are notably concentrated in several subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Bertolino's research addresses a range of topics related to species distribution, animal behavior, and conservation biology. Key topics of study include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, and Plant and Animal Studies.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Jacopo Cerri, Elena Tricarico, Helen E. Roy, Tim Adriaens, and Emiliano Mori, reflecting a pattern of interdisciplinary and international research partnerships.

Common venues for Bertolino's publications include NeoBiota, Global Change Biology, Mammal Review, Sustainability, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). Their work has appeared multiple times in each of these journals, with notable presence in NeoBiota and Global Change Biology.

Among the recent papers associated with Bertolino's research interests are:

  • "Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity" (2021, PLoS Biology)
  • "Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene" (2022, PNAS Nexus)
  • "Growth of non-English-language literature on biodiversity conservation" (2022, Conservation Biology)
  • "Different facets of the same niche: Integrating citizen science and scientific survey data to predict biological invasion risk under multiple global change drivers" (2023, Global Change Biology)
  • "Spatially explicit models as tools for implementing effective management strategies for invasive alien mammals" (2020, Mammal Review)

Best Publications

  • Spread and attempted eradication of the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in Italy, and consequences for the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Eurasia

    Sandro Bertolino;Piero Genovesi

  • Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity.

    Tatsuya Amano;Violeta Berdejo-Espinola;Alec P. Christie;Kate Willott

  • Rating the rat: Global patterns and research priorities in impacts and management of rodent pests

    Dario Capizzi;Sandro Bertolino;Alessio Mortelliti

  • Animal xenodiversity in Italian inland waters: distribution, modes of arrival, and pathways

    Francesca Gherardi;Sandro Bertolino;Marco Bodon;Sandra Casellato

  • Predicting grey squirrel expansion in North Italy : a spatially explicit modelling approach

    Pww Lurz;Sp Rushton;La Wauters;Sandro Bertolino

  • A grey future for Europe: Sciurus carolinensis is replacing native red squirrels in Italy

    Sandro Bertolino;Nicola Cordero di Montezemolo;Damiano G. Preatoni;Lucas A. Wauters

  • Animal trade and non‐indigenous species introduction: the world‐wide spread of squirrels

    Sandro Bertolino

  • Population control of coypu Myocastor coypus in Italy compared to eradication in UK: a cost-benefit analysis

    Manuela Panzacchi;Roberto Cocchi;Piero Genovesi;Sandro Bertolino

  • Growth of non‐English‐language literature on biodiversity conservation

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  • Demography of alpine red squirrel populations in relation to fluctuations in seed crop size

    Lucas A. Wauters;Mwangi Githiru;Sandro Bertolino;Ambrogio Molinari

  • HEADCOUNT 2010: THE MULTIPLICATION OF THE GREY SQUIRREL INTRODUCED IN ITALY

    Adriano Martinoli;Sandro Bertolino;Damiano G. Preatoni;Andrea Balduzzi

  • Predicting the spread of the American grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in Europe: A call for a co-ordinated European approach

    Sandro Bertolino;Peter W.W. Lurz;Roy Sanderson;Steve P. Rushton

  • Different facets of the same niche: Integrating citizen science and scientific survey data to predict biological invasion risk under multiple global change drivers

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  • Callosciurus squirrels: worldwide introductions, ecological impacts and recommendations to prevent the establishment of new invasive populations

    Sandro Bertolino;Peter W. W. Lurz

  • Spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Italy

    Sandro Bertolino;Simone Lioy;Daniela Laurino;Aulo Manino

  • Food Shortage Disrupts Social Organization: The Case of Red Squirrels in Conifer Forests

    Luc A. Wauters;Sandro Bertolino;Marco Adamo;Stefan Van Dongen

  • Food–niche relationships within a guild of alpine ungulates including an introduced species

    S. Bertolino;N. C. Di Montezemolo;B. Bassano

  • Good for management, not for conservation: an overview of research, conservation and management of Italian small mammals

    Sandro Bertolino;Paolo Colangelo;Emiliano Mori;Dario Capizzi

  • The EICAT+ framework enables classification of positive impacts of alien taxa on native biodiversity

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  • Integrating climate and land-use change scenarios in modelling the future spread of invasive squirrels in Italy

    Mirko Di Febbraro;Mattia Menchetti;Mattia Menchetti;Danilo Russo;Leonardo Ancillotto

  • Headcount 2010: the multiplication of the grey squirrel populations introduced to Italy

    Adriano Martinoli;Sandro Bertolino;Damiano G. Preatoni;Andrea Balduzzi

  • Effects of spatio‐temporal variation in food supply on red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris body size and body mass and its consequences for some fitness components

    Lucas A. Wauters;Marleen Vermeulen;Stefan Van Dongen;Sandro Bertolino

  • Feeding ecology of the long-eared owl (Asio otus) in northern Italy: is it a dietary specialist?

    Sandro Bertolino;Elena Ghiberti;Aurelio Perrone

Frequent Co-Authors

Emiliano Mori
Emiliano Mori National Research Council (CNR)
Piero Genovesi
Piero Genovesi Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
Danilo Russo
Danilo Russo University of Naples Federico II
Leonardo Ancillotto
Leonardo Ancillotto University of Naples Federico II
Peter W. W. Lurz
Peter W. W. Lurz University of Edinburgh
Cagan H. Sekercioglu
Cagan H. Sekercioglu University of Utah
Sven Bacher
Sven Bacher University of Fribourg
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge
Tatsuya Amano
Tatsuya Amano University of Queensland
Elena Tricarico
Elena Tricarico University of Florence

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