Postdoc @ ISPRA. Seabird addict & ocean lover 🌊
Joined May 2016
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Stoked to be featured in the latest issue of @Nature for our work on stormies. These tiny ocean travelers are truly extraordinary, and I'm sure that once people discover their magic, they'll fall in love. And as we know, we protect what we love!🌊🐣 #seabirds
I track the movements of the mysterious storm bird 🪶
Federico De Pascalis works to protect European storm petrels from a changing world. go.nature.com/3XNpymV
Did you know some #seabirds can track and follow #cyclones for days to #forage? Our new work brilliantly led by @FraVentoora describes this unique behavior shorturl.at/kdMz8. Results are thrilling, and the process-from brainstorming to analysis-was soo fun! #stormriders🌪️🐦
Scopoli's are back at their nests in Sardinia, with some pairs singing during the day. Seabird season is getting closer!
Seabirds have always captured my💙, but I can't deny the beauty and elegance of #Eleonora's falcon🦅. 27% of the 26 individuals the team (@JGCecere , Carla, Sergio & I) caught in #Sardinia were of the dark morph. I am now struggling to choose a favorite morph! #birds #ornithology
I firmly believe that #tracking data unlock true potential when shared for #conservation at wide scales. Happy that our data contributed to this massive effort led by @BethanyClark36 @BirdLifeMarine. Highlights critical situation in the Med for #seabirds nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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A scientific team searching for white sharks in the Mediterranean Sea led by Dr. Francesco Feretti of Virginia Tech & his students, have TAG Scientist Rob Schallert also aboard. They’ve attracted Lamnid sharks but just need now the sought after species! They are out again!!
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Welcome to the new Seabird Tracking Database!
seabirdtracking.org/welcome-…
Now with news, resources & >30 million seabird locations! Huge thanks to all the data owners, & for funding @GOBIsecretariat @iki_germany, development @OctophinDigital/@TerraCommTweets & video @SciAniStudio
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Sharing the #eDNA results from our first #whiteShark expedition in the Sicilian Channel. We detected WS DNA in all surveyed sectors, validating our predictions on where/when to find these #sharks and leading to new investigations in the #Mediterranean bit.ly/3YloBkl
ALT (a) We predicted relative abundance of white sharks in the Sicilian Channel during May–June. (b–d) Particle tracking hindcasts show predicted locations of the white shark eDNA molecules before detection. For hindcasted hours, yellow indicates the most recent predicted location of eDNA molecules (one hour before detection), and purple indicates the location of eDNA molecules 128 hours before detection. Red indicates the sample location where white shark eDNA was detected.
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Our new paper in @ScienceAdvances takes the first global view of location hiding in commercial fisheries. We find strong ties between location hiding and illegal activities #IUU, proving a new tool to police the wild west of our open oceans. 1/6
shorturl.at/jprDQ
The expansion of #marine #offshore activities calls for scientific data easily available to decision makers. We made the Important Conservation Areas for sardinian #stormpetrels downloadable in this article out now in @MarineOrno marineornithology.org/conten… @LipuOnlus @BirdLifeMarine
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Ever wondered whether #lesserkestrels are faithful to the same supermarket (aka #foraging area)? Then read our new paper in #Animal #Behaviour. Free access for the next 30 days at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1fooo…
@AnimBehSociety @asab_tweets
#ornithology #Matera
ALT Pic by ©S. Hueting
New masterpiece by @FraVentoora, exciting new work on olfactory search&wind use! 🐦🌬
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Not only human-related threats for our #stormies. Late summer swells create deep pools inside the nesting caves, where fledglings drown when exploring the surroundings. Life can be hard for these small #seabirds, and it's hearthbreaking to find them like this! #ornithology
#Microplastics are pervasive #pollutants that can drift with currents, and surface feeders like #Mediterranean #stormies, that exploit dynamic structures for #foraging, can ingest them. Sadly, we found several #plastic #polymers in their regurgitates. authors.elsevier.com/a/1fZLr…
Really sad to find face #masks in #shearwater nests. Plastic waste is affecting #seabirds more and more every year
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This is my old friend TJ8101. The first Scopoli's #shearwater I tagged in Sardinia, in 2011. Since then (12 y), she has layed her egg every year in the same nest.
She is lovely, isn't she? 🥰
Great multi-colony collaborative study led by @letiziacampion1, investigating trophic and spatial #ecology of Scopoli's #shearwaters breeding in different Italian #seascapes! #seabirds #ornithology
It took a while to conclude this work but finally it is out! Thank you to all collaborators. #seabirds #Mediterranean sea #shearwaters Italy @JGCecere @fdepa1 @TittiViz @MARE_centre doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.…
