Luca Santini, PhD
mail: luca.santini.eco[at]gmail.com
My interests in a cloud 
Publications:
Santini L., Benítez-López A., Ficetola G.F., Huijbregts M.A.J. 2018. Length – Mass allometries in Amphibians.Integrative Zoology 13(1): 36-45
Donati G., Santini L., Arrigo-Nelson S.J., Balestri M., Boinski S., Bollen A., Bridgeman L.B., Campera M., Carrai V., Chalise M.K., Derby A., Eppley T.M., Hohmann G., Kinnaird M.F., Koenig A., Kowalewski M., Lahann P., McLennan M.R., Nekaris A.K.I., Nijman V., Norscia I., Ostner J., Polowinsky S.Y., Schülke O., Schwitzer C., Stevenson P.R., Talebi M.G., Tan C., Tomaschewski I., Vogel E.R., Wright P.C., Ganzhorn J.U.. 2017. Low Levels of Fruit Nitrogen as Drivers for the Evolution of Madagascar’s Primate Communities. Scientific Reports 7(1): 14406
Santini L., González‐Suárez M., M., Rondinini C., Di Marco M. 2017. Shifting baseline in macroecology? Unraveling the influence of human impact on mammalian body mass. Diversity & Distribution 23(6): 640-649
Mori E., Iacucci A., Castiglia R., Santini L. 2017. Sexual-size dimorphism in two synanthropic rat species: Comparison and eco-evolutionary perspectives. Mammalian Biology 83: 78-80
Santini L., Belmaker J., Costello M.J., Pereira H.M., Rossberg A.G., Schipper A.M., Ceausu̦ S., Dornelas M., Hilbers J.P., Hortal J., Huijbregts M.A., Navarro L.M., Schiffers K., Visconti P., Rondinini C. 2017. Assessing the suitability of diversity metrics to detect biodiversity change. Biological Conservation 213: 341–350
Santini L., Saura S., Rondinini C. 2016. A composite network approach for assessing multi-species connectivity: an application to road defragmentation prioritisation. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0164794
Hilbers J.P., Santini L., Visconti P., Schipper A.M., Pinto C., Rondinini C., Huijbregts. 2016. Setting population targets for mammals using body mass as a predictor of population persistence.Conservation Biology 31(2): 385-393 (Joint first author)
Ranc N., Santini L., Rondinini C., Boitani L., Poitevin F., Angerbjorn A., Maiorano L. 2016. Performance tradeoffs in target-group bias correction for species distribution models. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02414
Santini L., Cornulier T., Bullock J.M., Palmer S.C.F., White S.M., Hodgson J.A., Bocedi G., Travis J.M.J. 2016. A trait-based approach for predicting species responses to environmental change from sparse data: How well might terrestrial mammals track climate change?. Global Change Biology 22(7): 2415-2424
Di Marco M., Santini L., Visconti P., Mortelliti A., Boitani L., Rondinini C. 2016. Using habitat suitability models to scale up population persistence targets. Hystrix, Italian Journal of Mammalogy 27(1)
Schipper A., Belmaker J., Dantas M., Navarro L., Böhning-Gaese K., Costello M., Dornelas M., Foppen R., Joaquín H., Huijbregts M., Martin B., Queiroz C., Rossberg A., Santini L., Schiffers K., Steinmann Z., Visconti P., Rondinini C., Pereira H., 2016. Contrasting changes in the abundance and diversity of North American bird assemblages over a 40 year period. Global Change Biology 22(12): 3948–3959
Ancillotto L., Santini L., Ranc N., Maiorano L., Russo D. 2016. Extraordinary range expansion in a common bat: the potential roles of climate change and urbanisation. The Science of Nature 103(15) (Joint first author)
Santini L., Saura S., Rondinini C. 2016. Connectivity of the global network of protected areas. Diversity & Distribution. 22(2): 199-211
Di Marco M., Santini L. 2016. Climatic tolerance or geographic breadth: what are we measuring? Global Change Biology 22(3): 972–973
Visconti P., Bakkenes M., Baisero D., Brooks T., Butchart S.H.M., Joppa L., Alkemade R., Di Marco M., Santini L., Hoffmann M., Maiorano L., Pressey R.L., Arponen A., Boitani L., Reside A., van Vuuren D., Rondinini C. 2016. Projecting global biodiversity indicators under future development scenarios. Conservation Letters 9(1): 5-13
Sato H., Santini L., Patel E.R., Campera M., Yamashita N., Colquhoun I.C., Donati G. 2016. Dietary plasticity and feeding strategy of Eulemur: a comparison with Propithecus. International Journal of Primatology. International Journal of Primatology 37(1):109-129
Donati G., Campera M., Balestri M., Serra V., Barresi M., Schwitzer C., Curtis D.J., Santini L. 2016. Ecological and Anthropogenic Correlates of Activity Patterns in Eulemur. International Journal of Primatology 37(1): 26-46
Maiorano L., Amori G., Montemaggiori A., Rondinini C., Santini L., Saura S., Boitani L. 2015. On how much biodiversity is covered in Europe by national protected areas and by the Natura 2000 network: Insights from terrestrial vertebrates. Conservation Biology 29(4): 986-995
Regan E.C., Santini L., Ingwall-King L., Hoffmann M., Rondinini C., Symes A., Taylor J., Butchart S.H.M. 2015. Global trends in the status of bird and mammal pollinators. Conservation Letters 8(6): 396-403
Santini L., Rojas D., Donati, G. 2015. Evolving through day and night: origin and diversification of activity patterns in modern primates. Behavioural Ecology 26(3): 789–796
Di Marco, Santini L. 2015. Human pressures predict species’ geographic range size better than biological traits. Global Change Biology 21: 2169-2178
Tittensor D.P., Walpole M., Hill S.L.L., Boyce D.G., Britten G.L., Burgess N.D., Butchart S.H.M., Leadley P.W., Regan E.C., Alkemade R., Baumung R., Bellard C., Bouwman L., Bowles-Newark N.J., Chenery A.M., Cheung W.W.L., Christensen V., Cooper H.D., Crowther A.R., Dixon M.J.R., Galli A., Gaveau V., Gregory R.D., Gutierrez N.L., Hirsch T., Hoft R., Januchowski-Hartley S.R., Karmann M., Krug C.B., Leverington F.J., Loh J., Lojenga R.K., Malsch K., Marques A., Morgan D.H.W., Mumby P.J., Newbold T., Noonan-Mooney K., Pagad S.N., Parks B.C., Pereira H.M., Robertson T., Rondinini C., Santini L., Scharlemann J.P.W., Schindler S., Sumaila U.R., Teh L.S.L., van Kolck J., Visconti P., Ye Y. 2014. A mid-term analysis of progress towards international biodiversity targets. Science 346(6206): 241-244
Santini L., Di Marco M., Boitani L., Maiorano L., Rondinini C. 2014. Incorporating spatial population structure in gap analysis reveals inequitable assessments of species protection. Diversity & Distribution 20(6): 698-707
Wegman M., Santini L. Leutner B., Safi K., Rocchini D., Bevanda M., Latifi H., Dech S., Rondinini C. 2014. Role of African Protected Areas in maintaining connectivity for large mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London series B. 369: 20130193
Pacifici M., Santini L., Di Marco M., Baisero D., Francucci L., Grottolo Marasini G.,Visconti P., Rondinini C. 2013. Generation length for mammals. Nature Conservation 5: 87–94
Santini L., Di Marco M., Visconti P., Baisero D., Boitani L., Rondinini C. 2013. Ecological correlates of dispersal distance in terrestrial mammals. Hystrix, Italian Journal of Mammalogy 24(2): 181-186
Donati G., Santini L., Razafindramana J., Boitani L., Borgognini-Tarli S. 2013. (Un-)expected nocturnal activity in “diurnal” Lemur catta supports cathemerality as one of the key adaptations of lemur radiation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 150: 99-106 (Joint first author)
Santini L. 2011. Conflictual behaviour in lemur mother toward dying infant. Lemur News v. 16
Book chapters
Santini L., Boitani L., Maiorano L., Rondinini C. 2016. Conservation of large carnivores in Europe: are protected areas effective? pp. 122-133 in: Protected Areas: Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity. Joppa L., Ballie J.E.M., Robinson J.G. (Eds). Zoological Society of London. Wiley-Blackwell, Cambridge, UK.
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