Publications

An updated list of publications is always available on ARPI

Research article in a journal
  1. M. Guerrini, G. Forcina, F. Barbanera (2026 in press). Museum DNA suggests a recent origin for otter hybridization in Singapore. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
  2. M. Guerrini, H.-M. Berg, S. Frahnert, M. Biscoito, F. Barbanera (2025). Genetic Identity of the Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae) from the Island of Madeira. Birds, 6, 59.
  3. A.E. Aidek, A. Ibrahim, Z. Amr, R. Hutterer, B. Kryštufek, G. Serra, P. Benda, Y. Shkaky, F. Barbanera, O.F. Al-Sheikhly (2025). Checklist of Mammals of Syria. Zootaxa, 5580: 1-130.
  4. M. Guerrini, P. Agnelli, E. Borgo, G. Doria, F. Barbanera (2024). An ancient genetic line of European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from the penitentiary islands of  Capraia and Gorgona (Tuscan archipelago, Italy). Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 35 (2): 78-83.
  5. G. Forcina, M. Clavero, M. Meister, C. Barilaro, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2024). Introduced and extinct: neglected archival specimens shed new light on the historical biogeography of an iconic avian species in the Mediterranean. Integrative Zoology, 19: 887-897.
  6. M. Guerrini, D. Tanini, C. Vannini, F. Barbanera (2023). Wild Avian Gut Microbiome at a Small Spatial Scale: A Study from a Mediterranean Island Population of Alectoris rufa. Animals, 13, 3341.
  7. M. Guerrini, P.M. Politi, L. Puglisi, F. Barbanera (2022). Primo dato genetico per il fratino (Charadrius alexandrinus) in Italia e confronto su scala continentale. Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia – Research in Ornithology, 92: 21-32
  8. D. Tanini, M. Guerrini, C. Vannini, F. Barbanera (2022). Unexpected genetic integrity boosts hope for the conservation of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Galliformes) in Italy. Zoology, 155, 126056
  9. V. De Ferran, H. Vieira Figueiró, F. de Jesus Trindade, O. Smith, M.-H. S. Sinding, C.S. Trinca, G. Zenato Lazzari, G. Veron, J.A. Vianna, F. Barbanera, S. Kliver, N. Serdyukova, T. Bulyonkova, O.A. Ryder, M.T.P. Gilbert, K.-P. Koepfli, E. Eizirik (2022). Phylogenomics of the world’s otters. Current Biology, 32: 3650–3658.e4
  10. E. Portanier, P. Chevret, P. Gélin, P. Benedetti, F. Sanchis, F. Barbanera, G. Queney, G. Bourgoin, S. Devillard, M. Garel (2022). New insights into the past and recent evolutionary history of the Corsican mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon) to inform its conservation. Conservation Genetics, 23:91-107
  11. F. Barbanera (2021). On the origins and history of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) from Elba Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie Serie B, 128: 45-55
  12. M. Guerrini, P. Panayides, N.N. Mofrad, N. Kassinis, I. Ioannou, G. Forcina, P. Hadjigerou, F. Barbanera (2021). Spatial genetic structure and Ovis haplogroup as a tool for an adaptive conservation management of the endangered Cyprus mouflon. Zoology, 148, 125959
  13. B. Chattopadhyay, G. Forcina, K.M. Garg, M. Irestedt, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera, F.E. Rheindt (2021). Novel genome reveals susceptibility of popular gamebird, the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae), to climate change. Genomics, 113: 3430-3438
  14. G. Forcina, Q. Tang, E. Cros, M. Guerrini, F.E. Rheindt, F. Barbanera (2021). Genome-wide markers redeem the lost identity of a heavily managed gamebird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Series, 288, 20210285
  15. O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M.K. Haba, F. Barbanera (2020). New localities of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) in the upper Euphrates river basin, a remarkable range extension in western Iraq. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin, 37: 163-170
  16. M. Guerrini, G. Forcina, M.A.H. Chua, M. Theng, O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M.K. Haba, B.K. Gupta, T. Ruby, T.T. Nguyen, A.A. Khan, F. Barbanera (2020). Spatial genetic structure in the vulnerable smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata, Mustelidae): towards an adaptive conservation management of the species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 719-734
  17. G. Forcina, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2020). Non-native and hybrid in a changing environment: conservation perspectives for the last Italian red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) population with long natural history. Zoology, 138, 125740
  18. G. Forcina, M. Guerrini, P. Panayides, P. Hadjigerou, A.A. Khan, F. Barbanera (2019). Molecular taxonomy and intra-Palaearctic boundary: new insights from the biogeography of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) by means of microsatellite DNA. Systematics and Biodiversity, 17: 759-772
  19. G. Forcina, M. Guerrini, I. Khaliq, A.A. Khan, F. Barbanera (2018). Human-modified biogeographic patterns and conservation in game birds: The dilemma of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Phasianidae) in Pakistan. Plos One, 13(10): e0205059
  20. M. Boschetti, A. Culicchi, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera, G. Petroni (2018). Preliminary data on the distribution, morphology and genetics of white-clawed crayfish and on their ectosymbionts in Lunigiana (Tuscany, Italy). Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 419: 25
  21. B. Moretti, O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M. Guerrini, M. Theng, B.K. Gupta, M.K. Haba, W.A. Khan, A.A. Khan, F. Barbanera (2017). Phylogeography of the smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata): distinct evolutionary lineages and hybridization with the Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus). Scientific Reports, 7: 41611
  22. O.F Al-Sheikhly, M.K. Haba, N.A. Faaza, F. Barbanera, G. Yoxon, B. McLennan, D.B. Zook, K.A. Al-Kanani, S.A. Abdul Gafor (2017). First photographic evidence of smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli) and Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra seistanica) in Iraq since 1950s. Otter, the Journal of the International Otter Survival Fund, 3:15-20
  23. A. Dimitriou, G. Forcina, C. Papazoglou, P. Panayides, M. Guerrini, A. Crabtree, F. Barbanera, S. Sfenthourakis (2017). DNA barcoding of bird species in Cyprus: a tool for conservation purposes. Bird Conservation International, 27: 483-494
  24. F. Barbanera, B. Moretti, M. Guerrini, O.F. Al-Sheikhly, G. Forcina (2016). Investigation of ancient DNA to enhance natural history museum collections: misidentification of smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) specimens across multiple museums. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 146: 101-112
  25. M. Guerrini, G. Forcina, P. Panayides, R. Lorenzini, M. Garel, P. Anayiotos, N. Kassinis, F. Barbanera (2015). Molecular DNA identity of the mouflon of Cyprus (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae): Near Eastern origin and divergence from Western Mediterranean conspecific populations. Systematics and Biodiversity, 13: 472-483
  26. O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M.K. Haba, F. Barbanera (2015). Recent sighting of smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli in Hawizeh marsh (southern Iraq). IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin, 32: 30-32
  27. O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M.K. Haba, F. Barbanera, G. Csorba, D.L. Harrison (2015). Checklist of the Mammals of Iraq (Chordata: Mammalia). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 64: 33-58
  28. O.F. Al-Sheikhly, I. Nader, F. Barbanera (2015). A response to the comment of Porter et al. (2014) on “Breeding ecology of the Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis (Hartlaub, 1891) in Iraq (Aves: Passeriformes: Acrocephalidae)”. Zoology in the Middle East, 61: 193-199
  29. G. Forcina, M. Guerrini, H. van Grouw, B.K. Gupta, P. Panayides, P. Hadjigerou, O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M.N. Awan, A.A. Khan, M.A. Zeder, F. Barbanera (2015). Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 112: 3296-3301
  30. F. Barbanera, G. Forcina, A. Cappello, M. Guerrini, H. van Grouw, N.J. Aebischer (2015). Introductions over introductions: the genomic adulteration of an early genetically valuable alien species in the United Kingdom. Biological Invasions, 17: 409-422
  31. O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M.K. Haba, F. Barbanera (2014). Otter trapping and hunting, a traditional practice of marsh Arabs of Iraq. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin, 31: 80-88
  32. M. Guerrini, C. Gennai, P. Panayides, A. Crabtree, I. Zuberigoitia, A.S. Copland, O. Babushkina, P.M. Politi, D. Giunchi, F. Barbanera (2014). Large-scale patterns of genetic variation in a female-biased dispersing passerine: the importance of the sex-based analyses. Plos One, 9(6): e98574
  33. G. Forcina, P. Panayides, N. Kassinis, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2014). Genetic characterization of game bird island populations: the conservation of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) of Cyprus. Journal for Nature Conservation, 22: 15-22
  34. O.F. Al-Sheikhly, I. Nader, F. Barbanera (2013). Breeding ecology of the endangered Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis (Hartlaub, 1891) in Iraq (Aves: Passeriformes: Acrocephalidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 59: 107-117
  35. G. Forcina, P. Panayides, M. Guerrini, F. Nardi, B.K. Gupta, E. Mori, O.F. Al-Sheikhly, J. Mansoori, I. Khaliq, D.N. Rank, B.M. Parasharya, A.A. Khan, P. Hadjigerou, F. Barbanera (2012). Molecular evolution of the Asian francolins (Francolinus, Galliformes): a modern reappraisal of a classic study in speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65: 523-534
  36. F. Barbanera, M. Guerrini, C. Beccani, G. Forcina, P. Anayiotos, P. Panayides (2012). Conservation of endemic and threatened wildlife: molecular forensic DNA against poaching of the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae). Forensic Science International: Genetics, 6: 671-675
  37. F. Barbanera, G. Forcina, M. Guerrini, F. Dini (2011). Molecular phylogeny and diversity of Corsican red-legged partridge: hybridization and management issues. Journal of Zoology, 285: 56-65 
  38. F. Barbanera, M. Guerrini, F. Bertoncini, F. Cappelli, M. Muzzeddu, F. Dini (2011). Sequenced RAPD markers to detect hybridization in the barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara, Phasianidae). Molecular Ecology Resources, 11: 180-184
  39. P. Panayides, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2011). Conservation genetics and management of the Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar in Cyprus and the Middle East. Sandgrouse, 33: 34-43
  40. F. Barbanera, O.R.W. Pergams, M. Guerrini, G. Forcina, P. Panayides, F. Dini (2010). Genetic consequences of intensive management in game birds. Biological Conservation, 143: 1259-1268
  41. M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2009). Non-invasive genotyping of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae): semi-nested PCR of mitochondrial DNA from feces. Biochemical Genetics, 47:873-883
  42. F. Barbanera, M.A.L. Zuffi, M. Guerrini, A. Gentilli, S. Tofanelli, M. Fasola, F. Dini (2009). Molecular phylogeography of the asp viper Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Italy: evidence for introgressive hybridization and mitochondrial DNA capture. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52:103-114
  43. F. Barbanera, C. Marchi, M. Guerrini, P. Panayides, C. Sokos, P. Hadjigerou (2009). Genetic structure of Mediterranean chukar (Alectoris chukar, Galliformes) populations: conservation and management implications. Naturwissenschaften, 96:1203-1212
  44. F. Barbanera, M. Guerrini, A.A. Khan, P. Panayides, P. Hadjigerou, C. Sokos, S. Gombobaatar, S. Samadi, B.Y. Khan, S. Tofanelli, G. Paoli, F. Dini (2009). Human-mediated introgression of exotic chukar (Alectoris chukar, Galliformes) genes from East Asia into native Mediterranean partridges. Biological Invasions, 11: 333-348
  45. M.A.L Zuffi, A. Gentilli, E. Cecchinelli, F. Pupin, X. Bonnet, E. Filippi, L.M. Luiselli, F. Barbanera, F. Dini, M. Fasola (2009). Geographic variation of life-history traits and reproductive patterns in continental versus Mediterranean asp vipers, Vipera aspis. Biological Journal of Linnean Society, 96: 383-391
  46. A. Romano, G. Forcina, F. Barbanera (2008). Breeding site selection by olfactory cues in the threatened northern spectacled salamander Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821). Aquatic Conservation: Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems, 18: 799-805
  47. F. Barbanera, M. Guerrini, P. Hadjigerou, P. Panayides, C. Sokos, P. Wilkinson, A.A. Khan, B.Y. Khan, F. Cappelli, F. Dini (2007). Genetic insight into Mediterranean chukar (Alectoris chukar, Galliformes) populations inferred from mitochondrial DNA and RAPD markers. Genetica, 131: 287-298
  48. M. Guerrini, P. Panayides, P. Hadjigerou, F. Dini, F. Barbanera (2007). Lack of genetic structure of Cypriot Alectoris chukar (Aves, Galliformes) populations as inferred from mtDNA sequencing data. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 30: 105-114
  49. C. Pertoldi, J.J. Negro, J. Munoz, F. Barbanera, H. Garrido (2006). Introduction or reintroduction? Last resorts for the latest bird to become extinct in Europe, the Andalusian hemipode Turnix sylvatica sylvatica. Biodiversity and Conservation, 12: 3895-3908
  50. S. Battaglini, F. Barbanera (2006). La sala “Vertebrati a confronto” del Museo di Storia Naturale e del Territorio dell’Università di Pisa: recupero, esposizione ed uso didattico di un’antica collezione zoologica. Museologia Scientifica, 21: 283-292
  51. F. Barbanera, J.J. Negro, G. Di Giuseppe, F. Bertoncini, F. Cappelli, F. Dini (2005). Analysis of the genetic structure of red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Galliformes) populations by means of mitochondrial DNA and RAPD markers: a study from central Italy. Biological Conservation, 122: 275-287
  52. C. Pietri, G. Queney, F. Barbanera, J.C. Ricci, F. Dini (2005). Premières études génétiques sur les Perdix rouges de Corse. Le Chasseur de Corse, 8: 29-31
  53. F. Barbanera, F. Erra, R. Banchetti (2002). Not-Adaptive Behavior of Isotropically Heated, Inert Population of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 49: 54-62
  54. F. Barbanera, F. Erra, N. Ricci (2000). The effects of heating on the behaviour of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78: 484-494
  55. F. Barbanera, F. Erra, N. Ricci (2000). Cold Microgradient Elicit Adaptive Behavior in Cooled, Inert Populations of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 47: 359-367
  56. F. Barbanera, F. Erra, N. Ricci (1999). Warm Microgradient Elicit Adaptive Behavior in Cooled, Inert Populations of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 46: 532-541
  57. F. Erra, F. Barbanera, G. Mori, N. Ricci (1999).  A Program for Computer-Assisted Analysis for Creeping Behaviour of Ciliates and Similar Two Dimensional Movements Patterns. Acta Protozoologica, 38: 199-214
  58. N. Ricci, F. Barbanera, F. Erra (1998). A Quantitative Approach to Movement, Displacement and Mobility of Protozoa. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 45: 606-611
  59. N. Ricci, F. Barbanera, F. Erra (1998). The Effects of Cooling Conditions on the Behavior of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliata, Hypotrichida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 45: 381-39
Research article in a book
  1. Forcina G., M. Guerrini, M. A. Zeder, F. Barbanera (2019). The Black Francolin: Assessing the Origins of a Prized Courtly Bird in an Interdisciplinary Manner. In: Animals and Courts. Europe, c. 1200-1800, pp. 43-54, M. Hengerer & N. Weber (eds.). De Gruyter, Oldenbourg, Germany
  2. Barbanera F. (2014). Metodi molecolari al servizio della conservazione nel genere Alectoris. In: Status e conservazione della Coturnice (Alectoris graeca) Meisner,1804, pp. 22 – 33, M. Lo Valvo, G.R. Loria & P. Miosi (eds.). Assessorato Regionale dell’Agricoltura dello Sviluppo Rurale e della Pesca Mediterranea, Palermo, Italy.
  3. Barbanera F., M. Guerrini, F. Dini (2004). Restocking plans and genetic conservation in Mediterranean Alectoris populations. In: Pan-Thiras 2004, everything about hunting, pp. 104 – 109, K. Skordas & P. Birtsas (eds.). Hunting Federation of Macedonia & Thrace, Thessaloniki, Hellas.
Monographs
  1. Chalbos M., F. Torre, P. Zlotykamien, M. Garel, D. moulin, P. Benedetti, C. Allègre, E. Portanier, J. Foata, F. Arrighi, G. Vallesi, S. Muracciole, S. Guy, J.-M. Santini, I. Vescovali, C. Panaïotis, F. Barbanera, S. Aulagnier, J. Charrier, O. Patrimonio (2023). Plan National d’Actions en faveur du Mouflon de Corse (Ovis gmelini musimon var. corsicana). Ministère de la transition écologique et de la cohésion des territoires, Office Français de la Biodiversité, Préfet de Corse, Direction régionale de l’environnement de l’aménagement et du logement de Corse. Pp. 1-128.
Conference proceedings and workshops
  1. Rana H., Forcina G., Gurumayum T., Barbanera F., Guerrini M., Panayides P., Hadjigerou P., Hadjistillis H., Ichen A., Chattopadhyay B., Garg K.M. (2025). Spurfowl High-quality hybrid de novo genome assemblies of two pheasants: Black Francolin and Double-Spurred Spurfowl. Abstract. National Symposium on Avian Biology and 6th Meeting of Association of Avian Biologists in India, pp. 60-60. 19-12 March 2025, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, Punjab, India.
  2. Forcina G., K. Garg, B. Chattopadhyay, T. Qian, A. Ichen, J.A. Blanco-Aguiar, F. Casas, S. Song,T. Albayrak, M. Guerrini, F.E. Rheindt, J.A. Davila, F. Barbanera (2024). Rediscovering the Alectoris partridges (Phasianidae): advances and perspectives in the genomic era. Abstract. 83° Congresso dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana e 34° Congresso della Società Italiana di Protistologia, vol. 1, pp. 116-116, 11-14 September 2024, Pisa, Italy.
  3. Forcina G., M. Clavero, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2024).The importance of multidisciplinary research in historical ecology: the case of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus). Abstract. ‘Biodiversity positive by 2030’, 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology, pp. 50-50, 17-21 June, Bologna, Italy.
  4. Forcina G., M. Clavero, M.Meister, C. Barilaro, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2024). Origin of the mysterious Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus) populations from greece and Northern Africa finally unveiled. Abstract. VII International Eurasian Ornithology Congress (IEOC 2023), No. 31, pp. 83-84. 18-21 October, Izmir, Turkey. 
  5. Forcina G., B. Chattopadhyay, K.M. Garg, M. Irestedt, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera, F.E. Rheindt (2021). De novo genome assembly of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa). Abstract. Book of Abstracts of the 72nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, No. 27, pp. 531-531. 30 August-3 September, Davos, Switzerland.
  6. Forcina G., M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2019). The red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) from Elba Island: conservation perspectives for a last resort resource in Italy. TIBE 2019 ‘Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution in Mediterranean Ecosystems’. CIBIO, 4-6 December 2019, Vairão, Portugal.
  7. Forcina G., M. Guerrini, P. Panayides, P. Hadjigerou, Aleem A. Khan, F. Barbanera (2019). Molecular biogeography and transitions within zoogeographic realms: the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) as tool to elucidate the intra-Palaearctic boundary. Abstract. 80° Congresso dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 93-93, 23-26 September 2019, Roma, Italy.
  8. Forcina G., M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2019). Molecular phylogeography and museum specimens: the case of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus). Symposium of Integrative Biology: Biodiversity in Asia. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, 21-22 February 2019, Kyoto, Japan.
  9. Boschetti, A. Culicchi, M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera, G. Petroni (2017). Preliminary distribution and genetic data of Autropotamobius italicus (Faxon, 1914) in Lunigiana (Tuscany). Abstract. Second Joint Meeting of Société Zoologique de France and Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 135, 18-23 September 2012, Torino, Italy.
  10. Forcina G., M. Guerrini, M. Zeder, F. Barbanera (2016). The Black Francolin. Food for gourmets, game for nobles, lust for lovers: reawakening the memory and assessing the origin of a prized courtly bird. Abstract. Animals at Court International Conference, Book of Abstracts, pp. 35-36, 8-10 December 2016, Department of History, LudwigMaximilian University, Munich, Germany.
  11. Guerrini M., G. Forcina, P. Panayides, P. Anayiotos, N. Kassinis, M. Garel, R. Lorenzini, P. Hadjigerou, F. Barbanera (2016). Population genetics and forensic DNA for conservation management of the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion). Abstract. 6th World Congress on Mountain Ungulates and 5th International Symposium on Mouflon, vol. 1, pp. 34-35, 29 August – 1 September 2016, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  12. Forcina G., M. Guerrini, H. van Grouw, B.K. Gupta, P. Panayides, P. Hadjigerou, O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M.N. Awan, A.A. Khan, M.A. Zeder, F. Barbanera (2015). Unravelling the biogeography of secretive taxa by museum collections: the untold story of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Phasianidae) in the Mediterranean. Abstract. VI Congress of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, vol. 1, pp. 18-18, 31 August – 3 September 2015, Bologna, Italy.
  13. Moretti B., O.F. Al-Sheikhly, M. Guerrini, M. Theng, B.K. Gupta, M.K. Haba, W.A. Khan, A.A. Khan, F. Barbanera (2015). Molecular phylogeography of the smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata, Mustelidae) for its conservation in the Mesopotamian marshes of Iraq. Abstract. VI Congress of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, vol. 1, pp. 87-87, 31 August – 3 September 2015, Bologna, Italy.
  14. Zuffi M.A.L, M. Mangiacotti, S. Menchelli, E. Foschi, F. Barbanera, R. Sacchi, S. Scali (2015). Historical habitat constraints to colonization routes of Vipera aspis in a coastal fragmented are of northern Italy. Abstract. Vipera aspis meeting 2015 – Ecology and conservation of the asp viper, 25-27 September, Leysin, Switzerland.
  15. Barbanera F. (2013) – Workshop ‘Status e conservazione della coturnice’. Organized by Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute for Sicily, University of Palermo, and Sicily Region. Oral presentation entitled ‘Metodi molecolari al servizio della conservazione nel genere Alectoris’. 15 November 2013, Palermo, Italy.
  16. Forcina G., M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2013). Popolazioni moderne ed estinte di francolino nero (Francolinus francolinus, Galliformes): un approccio genetico-molecolare. Abstract. Atti Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena, 144: 112. 74° Congresso dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana, 30 September-3 October 2013, Modena, Italy.
  17. Barbanera F., G. Forcina, A. Cappello, M. Guerrini, N. Aebischer (2013). Biotic homogenization and hybridization of the red-legged partridge: effects of game management in England. Abstract. 31st Congress of the lnternational Union of Game Biologists (IUGB), vol. 1, pp. 125-125, 27-29 August, Bruxelles, Belgium.
  18. Forcina G., P. Panayides, H. van Grouw, M. Guerrini, O.F. Al-Sheikhly, J. Mansoori, M.N. Awan, A.A. Khan, P. Hadjigerou, F. Barbanera (2013). Ancient and modern DNA for adaptive conservation management of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus). Abstract. 31st Congress of the lnternational Union of Game Biologists (IUGB), vol. 1, pp. 126-126, 27-29 August, Bruxelles, Belgium.
  19. Guerrini M., P. Panayides, G. Forcina, M. Garel, R. Lorenzini, P. Anayiotos, P. Hadjigerou, F. Barbanera (2013). Genetic structure, phylogenetic relationships and forensic DNA of the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion). Abstract. 31st Congress of the lnternational Union of Game Biologists (IUGB), vol. 1, pp. 231-231, 27-29 August, Bruxelles, Belgium.
  20. Forcina G., M. Guerrini, F. Barbanera (2012). Collezioni museali e biogeografia molecolare del francolino nero (Francolinus francolinus, Phasianidae). Abstract. 73° Congresso dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp 90-90, 2427 September 2012, Firenze, Italy.
  21. Forcina G., P. Panayides, M. Guerrini, E. Mori, O. Fadil, J. Mansoori, M.H. Trivedi, I. Khaliq, A.A. Khan. P. Hadjigerou, F. Barbanera (2011). Filogenesi molecolare e biogeografia dei Francolini (Galliformes, Francolinus) in Europa ed Asia. Abstract. 72° Congresso Nazionale dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 49-49, 5-8 September 2011, Bologna, Italy.
  22. Guerrini M., C. Gennai, P. Panayides, A. Crabtree, I. Zuberogoitia, A. Copland, O. Babushkina, P.M. Politi, D. Giunchi, F. Barbanera (2011). Struttura genetica di popolazioni di rondine (Hirundo rustica, Passeriformes) nidificanti in Europa. Abstract. 72° Congresso Nazionale dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 148-148, 5-8 September 2011, Bologna, Italy.
  23. Beccani C., G. Forcina, M. Guerrini, P. Panayides, P. Hadjigerou, F.  Barbanera (2011). Conservazione e DNA forense: il caso del muflone endemico di Cipro (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae). Abstract. 72° Congresso Nazionale dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 129-129, 5-8 September 2011, Bologna, Italy.
  24. Barbanera F. (2008) – Workshop ‘Allevamento e gestione dei Fasianidi: il caso delle starne e delle pernici’. Organized by Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pisa. Oral presentation: ‘Inquinamento genetico in popolazioni di pernici Alectoris (Aves, Galliformes) del Mediterraneo: tecniche e casi studio’, 18 November 2008, Pisa, Italy.
  25. Barbanera F., M. Guerrini, A.A. Khan, P. Panayides, P. Hadjigerou, C. Sokos, S. Samadi, S. Gombobaatar, C. Pietri, B.Y. Khan, S. Tofanelli, G. Paoli, F. Dini (2007). Introgressione di geni Alectoris chukar (Aves, Galliformes) dell’Asia orientale in popolazioni di pernice rossa ( rufa) del Mediterraneo per ibridizzazione mediata dall’uomo. Abstract. 68° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 91-92, 23-27 September 2007, Lecce, Italy.
  26. Barbanera F., M.A.L. Zuffi, M. Guerrini, A. Gentilli, F. Dini (2007). Filogeografia molecolare di popolazioni italiane di vipera (Vipera aspis). Abstract. 68° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 91-92, 23-27 September 2007, Lecce, Italy.
  27. Guerrini M., G. Grasseschi, F. Parri, F. Cappelli, F. Barbanera, F. Dini (2006). Analisi genetica della popolazione di pernice rossa (Alectoris rufa) dell’Isola d’Elba (Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago Toscano). Abstract. 67° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 80-80, 12-15 September 2006, Napoli, Italy.
  28. Romano A., G. Forcina, F. Barbanera, M.A.L. Zuffi (2006). Il ruolo dell’olfatto nella scelta del sito riproduttivo in Salamandrina perspicillata. Abstract. 6° Congresso Nazionale Societas Herpetologica Italica, vol. 1, pp. 155-155, 27 September-1 October 2006, Roma, Italy.
  29. Barbanera F., M. Guerrini, P. Hadjigerou, P. Panayides, C. Sokos, L. Taglioli, S. Tofanelli, G. Paoli, F. Dini (2006). Phylogenetic relationships and genetic structure of Mediterranean chukar (Alectoris chukar, Galliformes) populations inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. Abstract. 10th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, vol. 1, pp. 15-15, 26-30 June 2006, Patras, Greece.
  30. Guerrini M., F. Bertoncini, M. Muzzeddu, F. Cappelli, F. Barbanera, F. Dini (2005). Ibridizzazione nei Galliformi: successo riproduttivo degli incroci tra pernice rossa (Alectoris rufa) e pernice sarda (A. barbara). Abstract. 66° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, 19-22 September 2005, Roma, Italy.
  31. Zuffi M.A.L., F. Barbanera, A. Gentilli, M. Fasola, F. Dini (2005). Fatti e misfatti sull’isola di Montecristo: Origine della vipera. Abstract. I Congresso Biologi Evoluzionistici Italiani, 27-28 August 2005, Ferrara, Italy.
  32. Barbanera F., M. Guerrini, P. Hadjigerou, P. Panaides, C. Sokos, P. Wilkinson, A.A. Khan, B.Y. Khan, F. Cappelli, F. Dini (2005). Interazione tra specie affini del genere Alectoris (Aves, Galliformes) nel Mediterraneo: un approccio genetico popolazionistico per la conservazione. Abstract. 66° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, 19-22 September 2005, Roma, Italy.
  33. Barbanera F., P. Bracchi, C. Cataudella, F. Erra, L. Cappellozza, S. Cappellozza, M. Masetti (2005). Preferenze alimentari in Bombyx mori: saggi comportamentali. Abstract. 66° Congresso Nazionale dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana, vol. 1, pp. 145-145. 19-22 Settembre 2005, Roma, Italy.
  34. Cappellozza L., S. Cappellozza, A. Mastella, A. Saviane, F. Barbanera, C. Cataudella, F. Erra, M. Masetti (2005). Capacità d’attrazione di cultivar Morus spp. nei confronti di larve in prima età di Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae): l’alimentazione con dieta sostitutiva come metodo d’indagine. Abstract. 20° Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia, vol. 1, pp. 144-144. 13-18 Giugno 2005, Perugia-Assisi, Italy.
  35. Barbanera F., M. Guerrini, C. Pietri, R. Maupertuis, M. Muzzeddu, F. Cappelli, F. Dini (2004). Molecular-genetic analysis of Alectoris partridge populations of the western Mediterranean islands. Abstract. Environnement et Identité en Méditerranée, Université de Corse Pasquale Paoli, 19-25 July 2004, Corte, Corsica, France.
  36. Baratti M., F. Barbanera, G. Di Giuseppe, F. Cappelli, F. Dessì-Fulgheri, F. Dini (2003). Il caso della pernice immessa nell’isola di Pianosa: un’analisi con microsatelliti. Abstract. Convegno Genetica della Conservazione ‘Stato della ricerca in Italia’, 14-15 February 2003, Firenze, Italy.
  37. Barbanera F., G. Di Giuseppe, M. Baratti, F. Dessì-Fulgheri, F. Cappelli, F. Dini (2003). Analisi genetica della pernice dell’isola di Pianosa (Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago Toscano) mediante l’uso di marcatori mitocondriali e RAPD. Abstract. Convegno Genetica della Conservazione ‘Stato della ricerca in Italia’, 14-15 February 2003, Firenze, Italy.
  38. Barbanera F., J.J. Negro, C. Pietri, R. Maupertuis, F. Cappelli, F. Dini. Biodiversità e conservazione della pernice rossa (Alectoris rufa): ripopolamenti faunistici a rischio di inquinamento genetico (2003). Abstract. 64° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, 21-25 September 2003, Varese, Italy.
  39. Zuffi M.A.L., F.  Barbanera, G. Di Giuseppe, A. Gentilli, M. Fasola, F. Dini. Studio filogeografico dei viperidi Europei: primo contributo alla sistematica del gruppo Vipera aspis (2003). Abstract. Convegno Genetica della Conservazione “Stato della ricerca in Italia”, 14-15 February 2003, Firenze, Italy.
  40. Zuffi M.A.L., F.  Barbanera, G. Di Giuseppe, F. Dini (2003). Phylogeography of the European Vipera aspis group of Italy: the case study of the southern Italian asp, Vipera hugyi. Abstract. 12th Ordinary General Meeting Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 12-16 August 2003, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  41. Barbanera F. (2003) – Workshop ‘Estinzioni, sopravvivenza e conservazione: la dinamica delle popolazioni naturali’. Organized by Interdepartmental Center for Complex Systems Studies of the University of Pisa. Oral presentation: ‘Biodiversità e conservazione: ripopolamenti faunistici a rischio di inquinamento genetico. Il caso delle popolazioni di pernici dell’area mediterranea’. 30 May 2003, Pisa, Italy.
  42. Barbanera F., G. Di Giuseppe, M. Baratti, F. Dessì-Fulgheri, C. Ambrogi, F. Cappelli, F. Dini (2002). Analisi genetica della pernice dell’isola di Pianosa (Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago Toscano) mediante l’uso di marcatori mitocondriali. Abstract. 63° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, 22-26 September 2002, Rende (CS), Italy.
  43. Baratti M., F. Barbanera, G. Di Giuseppe, F. Dessì-Fulgheri, F. Dini (2002). Uso dei microsatelliti per un’analisi genetica della pernice reintrodotta a Pianosa (Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago Toscano). Abstract. 63° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, 22-26 September 2002, Rende (CS), Italy.
  44. Barbanera F., F. Erra, N. Ricci (2000). Il comportamento del ciliato Oxytricha bifaria: una chiave di lettura dei non equivalenti effetti che trattamenti simmetrici di raffreddamento e riscaldamento inducono sulla sua biologia. Abstract. 19° Convegno Società Italiana di Etologia, 4-6 October 2000, S.G. Terme (PI), Italy.
  45. Barbanera F., F. Erra, N. Ricci (2000). Effects of Heating Conditions on the Behaviour of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 47: 121. 20° Congresso della Società Italiana di Protozoologia, 8-9 October 1999, Santa Margherita Ligure (GE), Italy.
  46. Barbanera F., F. Erra, N. Ricci (1999). Thermal microgradients at high and low temperatures elicit the adaptive behaviour of ciliates. Abstract. In: Hansen, P. J. & Fenchel, T (ed.), Book of Abstracts, 3rd European Congress and 9th European Conference on Ciliate Biology, 26-30 July 1999, Helsingør, Denmark.
  47. Barbanera F., F. Erra, N. Ricci (1999). Stimoli direzionali e risposte adattative di orientamento nei ciliati. Abstract Lavoro presentato nel corso del Simposio “Fisiologia sensoriale: dall’orientamento alla bioacustica”, 60° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, 26-30 September 1999, Pavia, Italy.
  48. Barbanera F., F. Erra, N. Ricci (1999). Environmentalcrogradients in ciliates: from neutral to adaptive behavior”. Abstract. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 46: 137. 19° Congresso della Società Italiana di Protozoologia, 28-29 October 1998, Roma, Italy.
  49. Barbanera F., F. Erra, N. Ricci (1998). Microgradienti ambientali: da comportamento neutro a comportamento adattativo. 59° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, 20-24 September 1998, San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy.
  50. Ricci N., Barbanera, F. Erra (1998). Particolari stati comportamentali indotti sperimentalmente in protozoi ciliati. Abstract 59° Congresso Nazionale dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana, 20-24 September 1998, San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy.
  51. Barbanera F., F. Erra, N. Ricci (1997). Temperature and behavior: a modern reappraisal of a classic topic in ciliatology. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 44: 197. 17° Congresso della Società Italiana di Protozoologia, 26-28 September 1996, San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy.