The GMA Lab conducts research in biodiversity conservation, macroecology, and spatial modelling,
with a strong focus on linking ecological theory and applied conservation planning.
Our main research areas include:
- Biodiversity patterns, biogeography, and extinction risk in mammals
- Global change impacts on biodiversity (climate and land-use change)
- Protected area effectiveness and conservation governance
- Conservation planning, ecological connectivity, and mitigation of human impacts
- Nature Futures Framework (NFF) applications and scenario modelling
- Species distribution modelling and ecological forecasting across time
- Conservation of animal cultures and population processes
- European megafauna and ecosystem restoration
The GMA Lab develops and curates a range of global and regional biodiversity datasets.
We are committed to an Open Data policy, making our datasets available on public repositories
upon publication in the scientific literature.
On public repositories:
- Area of Habitat Maps of the world’s mammals and birds – Lumbierres et al. 2022
- Mammal trait data – Soria et al. 2022
- Projected mammal distributions up to 2050 based on contrasting socio-economic trajectories – Baisero et al. 2020
- 2030 conservation targets for European terrestrial mammals – D’Alessio et al. 2025
In preparation:
- Backcasted IUCN Red List categories for all terrestrial and marine mammals since 1996
- Protected area effectiveness datasets integrating spatial, governance, and camera-trapping data
- Global mammal distribution range maps across multiple time periods, including historical reconstructions (1970s–1980s)
- Geospatial datasets of Italian Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs), including species occurrence and eligibility data
- Asian bear distribution datasets developed with the IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group
- Current and projected species distribution models for Italian vertebrates
- Ecological connectivity and conservation planning layers for Italy, including corridors and offset areas
- Datasets on human–wildlife conflict mitigation, including wind turbine shutdown-risk maps based on bird and bat occurrence data
As the list of data products is growing continuously, we suggest interested people to contact Carlo Rondinini
for updates and to discuss potential collaborations.
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