EUROPEAN
CURRICULUM VITAE
ET STUDIORUM
MASSOLO ALESSANDRO, PH.D.
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Selected publications
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name
Address
MASSOLO ALESSANDRO MARIO, ELIO
Work: Dip. Biologia Animale e Genetica, Via Romana 17, Firenze, Italia
Home: V. del Castelletto di Pancole 7, Monteaperti, 53019, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Siena,
Italia
Telephone
Home2: V. della Migliarina 28, 55049 Viareggio (LU), Italia
+39 0584/941787 (Home Viareggio)
+39 055/2288225 (Lab Università Firenze)
Mobile: +39 347-9403330
Fax
+39 055- 361771
E-mail
[email protected]; [email protected]
Home page (italian): http://www.eulabs.eu/Massolo_home_ITA.htm
Blogs (in Italian)
ƒ Faculty of Psychology: General Biology http://biogenpsico.blogspot.com/
ƒ Faculty of primary education: General Biology http://sciforunifi.blogspot.com/
ƒ Italian Master ULTIMATE FRISBEE Team: http://ultimatemasteritalia.blogspot.com/
Italian
VIAREGGIO (LUCCA, ITALY), 24 APRIL 1967
Nationality
Place and date of birth
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CV SUMMARY
Education: in 1995 he took the Master of Science in Biological Sciences at Pisa University (“Factors affecting Wolf
distribution in the Northern Apennines, Italy”). From 1997 to 2000, Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology (Animal Biology)
on the behavioural ecology of the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata, University of Siena (Italy). From 2000 till 2004,
he won a 4-year grant for post-doctoral research to study new methodologies applied to radio-tracking monitoring
and habitat modelling in mammals. In 2004, he was called as researcher at the Interuniversity Center of Wildlife
Research and Environmental Improvement of Florence University (Italy).
He took part in several research and management projects, and from 2000 until 2005 he was the scientific and
executive coordinator of the project “Reintroduction of the red deer and of the roe deer in the Cilento and Vallo di
Diano National Park, and of the projects “Conservation of the roe deer, reintroduction of the red deer, and wild boar
management” and “Experimental plan for the wild boar management” in the Pollino National Park”. (Cumulative
budget, about 1.000.000€).
He is now working with several public research institutes in Italy and abroad (University of Calabria, University of
Catania, University of Pisa, National Research Center of Pisa, University of Florence, University of Lousanne, Office
of the Advisor for the Environment of the Royal Court of the Sultanate of Oman; University of Calgary, Canada).
He is proceeding with his research on animal behaviour and ecology issues on behavioural ecology, habitat
evaluation modelling, habitat use and selection studies in medium-large mammals (wolf, bear, crested
porcupine, red deer, roe deer, wild boar), on strategic impact assessment, and on methodologies of data
investigations and analysis through a interdisciplinary approach.
He is also involved with the Dept of Ecology of the Univ. of Calabria in a long term project on marine turtle ecology
(factors affecting Caretta caretta nesting in southern Italy), and in a study on the influences of land cover and climatic
change on an avian population of Petronia petronia in the Alps. He is collaborating with other research groups in Italy
(Univ. of Florence, Univ. of Calabria) in studies on insects behaviour (social wasps, and carabids). He is also actively
involved in biomedical research issues mainly related to allergology and Sub-Lingual Immuno-Therapy.
At present he is the Executive supervisor for the Univ. of Calabria of a research project entitled “New methodologies
and techniques for the development of an integrated system for Strategic Evaluation Assessment” (VAS-SIST),
funded by the Ministry of the Innovation and of the Research and University (cod. MIUR 3334; ca 2,000,000€), in
collaboration with INFORM Srl (Padova, Italy), the Dept. of Ecology of the Calabria University (Italy), and the Dept. of
Mathematics and Informatics of Catania University, Italy.
Teaching: since 1995, he is Lecturer in “Environmental modelling in wildlife management” (postgraduate Masters
on conservation and management of natural resources for Univ. of Siena, Univ. of Florence, Univ. of Pavia). In 2003,
he was Lecturer of a undergraduate course in “Introduction to analysis of biological data” at Calabria University,
and from 2005 he is Lecturer at Florence University for undergraduate courses in “Ecological statistics” at the
Mathematics, Physics, and Natural Sciences Faculty, and in “General biology” at the Faculty of Psychology and at
the Faculty of Education Sciences.
He is member of the Associazione Teriologica Italiana (ATIt; Italian Association of Theriology) and of the Unione
Zoologica Italiana (UZI; Italian Union of Zoology); he published more than 35 international and national scientific
papers (25 peer-reviewed papers only in the period 2005 – today, ca 10 papers/year), and he is a referee for several
journals in the field of ecology, animal ecology and behaviour (e.g. Animal Behaviour; European Journal of Wildlife
Research; Ethology, Ecology Evolution).
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Education and
Qualifications
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2006-PRESENT: Contract Professor in General Biology, Florence University (Italy)
2005-2006: Contract Professor in Ecological Statistics, Florence University (Italy)
2002-2004: Contract Professor in Statistical analyses of biological data, Calabria University (Italy)
2004: Contract Researcher, Florence University
2000-2004: Post-doctoral grant (Assegno di ricerca), Florence University
1997-2000: Ph.D. in Animal biology (Zoology)
1996: M.Sc. in Biology (Animal biology).
GRANTS
2000: winner of a 4-years post doctoral grant
1997: Winner of 2 PhD grants (Zoology, and Evolutionary Biology
RESEARCH
Behavioural Ecology of medium-large mammals
Ethology of insects
Data analysis methodologies
Biomedical studies in allergology
Environmental Evaluation Modeling for medium large mammals and for Environmental Assessment (EIA - Environmental
Impact Assessment; SEA - Strategic Evaluation Assessment)
University of Calabria, University of Catania, University of Pisa, National Research Center of Pisa, University of Florence,
University of Lousanne, Office of the Advisor for the Environment of the Royal Court of the Sultanate of Oman, Petroleum
Department of Oman
- Contracts for research activities and project management c/o Italian Universities as Siena, Florence, Catania, Pisa, Pavia.
- Contract with the Experimental Institute of Zoo-prophylactic of Teramo (Italy) for the development of suitability models and
systems for managing wildlife epidemics
- Consultancy for biomedical data analysis for some Pharmacological companies as Anallergo Srl, Lofarma SpA, Almirall SpA
- Research collaboration with Petroleum Department of Oman (PDO) on the feasibility of a Biodiversity database for the
concession areas.
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INTERESTS
COLLABORATIONS
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RELEVANT SKILLS
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AFFILIATIONS
REFEREES
From 2005: Ecological statistics; General Biology. Undergraduate. University of Florence, Italy.
2003-2004: Introduction to statistical analysis of biological data. Undergraduate. University of Calabria, Italy.
2003: Database projecting and management, University of Florence, Undergraduate. Italy.
1995-2006: Ecological modelling and GIS techniques. Master in Natural resources management and conservation. Postgraduate.
University of Florence, Italy.
He followed more than 20 M.Sc. theses for 7 different Italian Universities.
Team work: he has worked in various types of teams from research teams to international teams. For 1 years I coached my
university volleyball team, and now I’m playing Ultimate Frisbee in the Italian Master team.
Mediation skills: he works on the borders between people, and most difficult between researchers and with local administrators
and politicians
Intercultural skills: experienced at working in Arabian country between other languages and cultures people
Project planning and fund raising: he prepared several projects on mammal behavioural ecology (crested porcupine),
management (wild boar) and reintroductions (red deer and roe deer). Recently, he prepared a project on Strategic Evaluation
Assessment funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (about 2.0 mil. €) and submitted a project on Biodiversity for
the sixth Framework of the CORDIS EU Programme (1.66 mil. €).
Project management: he supervised several projects on mammal behavioural ecology (crested porcupine), management (wild
boar) and reintroductions of mammals (red deer and roe deer). When supervising these projects for several research units, he
organised seminars on research methods and specific topics.
ASAB - Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour LTD
UZI - Unione Zoologica Italiana
ATIt – Associazione Teriologica Italiana
SIE – Società Italiana di Etologia
Sandro Lovari: Dept. of Env. Sciences, Siena University, Italy. [email protected] ; tel. +39-0577-232955
Francesco Dessì-Fulgheri: Dept. of Animal and Human Biology and Genetics. Florence Univ., Italy. [email protected]; tel. +39055-2288213
Angelo Marcello Anile: Dept. Mathematics and Informatics, Catania Univ., Italy. [email protected]; tel. +39-095-7383038
Alberto Meriggi: Dept. Animal Biology, Pavia Univ., Italy. [email protected]; tel. +39-0382-986307
Andrew Spalton: Office of the Advisor for the Environment, Diwan of the Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. [email protected]
Marco Musiani: Department of Environmental Design, University of Calgary. C a l g a r y , A l b e r t a , C a n a d a . P h . 001-403 2202604; [email protected]
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Massolo A. A.J. Spalton & F. Al-Lamki. (accepted 2007) Notes on the status and conservation of the reem gazelle Gazella
subgutturosa marica in the Sultanate of Oman. Italian Journal of Zoology 00(0): 0000-0000
Massolo A., J.A. Spalton , T.H. Tear, M.W. Lawrence, L. Said al Harsusi & S. Lovari. (accepted, 2007) Dynamic social system in
Nubian ibex: can a second mating season develop in response to arid climate? Journal of zoology 00(0): 0000-0000.
Beani L. & A. Massolo. (accepted 2007) Polistes dominulus wasps (hymenoptera vespidae), if parasitized by Xenos vesparum
(strepsiptera stylopidae), wander among nests during the pre-emergence phase. Redia 000(00): 000-000
Marogna M., I. Spadolini, A. Massolo, P. Zanon, D. Berra, E. Chiodini, W.G. Canonica & G. Passalacqua. (2007) Effects of
Sublingual Immunotherapy for Multiple or Single Allergens in Polysensitized Patients. Annals of Allergy, Asthma &
Immunology, 98(3): 274-280(7)
Massolo A. & A. Meriggi, (1998). Factors affecting habitat occupancy by wolves in northern Apennines (northern Italy): a model of
habitat suitability. Ecography 21: 97-107.
Massolo A., A. Sforzi & S. Lovari (2003). Chemical immobilisation of Crested porcupines with Tiletamine HCl and Zolazepam HCl
(Zoletil®) under field conditions. J. Wildl. Diseases 39(3): 727-731.
Talarico F., Romeo M., Massolo A. & T. Zetto Brandmayr. (2007). Morphometry and eye morphology in three species of Carabus
(Coleoptera: Carabidae) in relation to habitat demands. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research
45(1): 33-38
Glenz C., A. Massolo, D. Kuonen & R. Schlaepfer (2001). A wolf habitat suitability prediction study in Valais (Switzerland).
Landscape and Urban planning 55: 55-65. Elsevier B.V.
Anile M.A., P. Furno, G. Gallo & A. Massolo (2003). A Fuzzy Approach to Visibility Maps Creation over Digital Terrains. Fuzzy
sets and Systems 135: 63-80. Elsevier B.V.
Raffaetà A., T. Ceccarelli, D. Centeno, F. Giannotti, A. Massolo, C. Parent, C. Renso, S. Spaccapietra & F. Turini (2007) An
application of Advanced Spatio-Temporal Formalisms to Behavioural Ecology GeoInformatica 00: 0000-0000. Kluwer
Academic Publications, Netherlands (IF 2005 = 0,893; Rank 40/78 Computer Science)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/l4254751k7hw2x1t/
Massolo A. & R. Mazzoni della Stella (2006). Productivity variations in a wild boar Sus scrofa population in central Italy Italian
Journal of Zoology 73(2): 137-144 Taylor & Francis
Talarico F., M. Romeo, Massolo A. & T. Zetto. (2007). Morphometry and eye morphology in three species of Carabus
(Coleoptera: Carabidae) in relation to habitat demands. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research
45(1): 33-38
Marogna M., I. Spadolini, A. Massolo, G.W. Canonica & G. Passalacqua (2005). Clinical, functional and immunological effects of
sublingual immunotherapy in birch pollinosis: a 3-year randomized controlled study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology 115(6): 1184-1188 Elsevier Inc.
Marogna M., A. Massolo, W.G. Canonica & G. Passalacqua (2006). The type of sensitizing allergen affects the evolution of
respiratory allergy. Allergy 61(10), 1209–1215. Blackwell Munksgaard
Monetti L, A. Massolo, A. Sforzi & S. Lovari (2005). Site section and fidelity by crested porcupines for denning. Ethology
Ecology & Evolution 17: 0149-0159. Università degli Studi di Firenze
Mingozzi T., G. Masciari, G. Paolillo, B. Pisani, M. Russo & A. Massolo. (2006) Discovery of a regular breeding area of Loggerhead
Turtle Caretta caretta in Southern Italy: a new perspective for national conservation. Biodiversity & Conservation
Turillazzi S., M.F. Sledge, F.R. Dani, R. Cervo, A. Massolo & L. Fondelli, (2000). Social hackers: Manipulation of host chemical
recognition by a paper wasp social parasite. Natürwissenschaften 87: 172-176000. Springer Verlag
Dani F.R., K.R. Foster, F. Zacchi, P. Seppä, A. Massolo, A. Carelli, E. Arevalo, D.C. Queller, J.E. Strassmann & S. Turillazzi
(2004). Can cuticular lipids provide sufficient information for within colony nepotism in wasps? P. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. Bio.
271: 745-753. Royal Society
Zetto Brandmayr T., T. Bonacci. A. Massolo & P. Brandmayr (2004). Peace in Ground Beetle larvae: non–aggressive outcome in
Chlaenius spp. larvae interaction. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 16: 0351-0361. Università degli Studi di Firenze
Marogna M., I. Spadolini, A. Massolo, W.G. Canonica & G. Passalacqua (2004). Randomized controlled open study of sublingual
immunotherapy for respiratory allergy in real-life: clinical efficacy and more. Allergy 59: 1205-1210. Blackwell Munksgaard
Ciprandi G., A. Vizzaccaro, I. Cirillo, M. Tosca, A. Massolo & G. Passalacqua (2004). Nasal eosinophils display the best
correlation with symptoms, pulmonary function and inflammation in allergic rhinitis. International Archives Allergy
Immunology 358: DOI: 10.1159/0000xxxxx.
Marogna M. M. Bruno, A. Massolo & P. Falagiani (2006). Long-Lasting Effects of House Dust Mite Sublingual Immunotherapy in
Allergic Rhinitics with Bronchial Hyperreactivity: A Long-Term (13-year) Retrospective Study in Real Life. International
Archives Allergy Immunology 142: 70-78
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DETAILED INFORMATION
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
AA 2006-2007
Faculty of Education Science, University of Florence (Italy)
Via del Parione, 7, I-50123 - Firenze
University - Teaching
Contract Professor
General biology (28 hours)
AA 2006-2007
Faculty of Psychology, University of Florence (Italy)
Via della Torretta, 16 – I-50137 Firenze (Italy)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
Referee: Prof. N. Berardi
University - Teaching
Contract Professor
General biology (60 hours)
AA 2005-2006
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, University of Florence (Italy)
Viale Morgagni, 44 – I-50134 Firenze (Italy)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
Referee: Prof. F. Fulgheri-Dessì
University - Teaching
Contract Professor
Statistics for ecology (42 hours)
JANUARY 2003 - TODAY
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, University of Calabria (Italy).
Ponte P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italia
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
Referee: Prof. A.T. Mingozzi
University - Teaching
Contract Professor
“Introduction to statistical analysis of biological data” (24 hours), Natural Sciences
1995 – TODAY
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, University of Florence (Italy).
Viale Morgagni, 44 – I-50134 Firenze (Italy)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
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Referee: Prof. F. Fulgheri-Dessì
University - Teaching
Contract Professor
Teaching in Master in Wildlife and Conservation and Master in Wildlife management in
protected areas. Subjects:
- Descriptive and inferential statistics
- Multivariata statistics
- Models in Animal Ecology and Habitat evaluation
- Database Management
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• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
MAY 2000
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, University of Pisa (Italy)
Referee: Prof. M. Turini
University - Teaching
Contract Professor
Teaching in the Specialisation niche of the Bachelor in Informatics.
Subjects:
- Realisation of a GIS application in wildlife studies
MARCH 1996
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, University of Siena (Italy)
Via Banchi di Sotto, I-53100 SIENA (ITALY)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
Referee: Prof. S. Lovari
University - Teaching
Post-lauream teaching
Teaching in Master in Wildlife management
- Descriptive and inferential statistic
- Multivariata statistic
WORK EXPERIENCE
Research and new
techniques development
• Date
• Name and address of employer
JULY 2005 TO NOW
Dept. of Ecology, University of Calabria (Italy)
Ponte Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza, Italy)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
Referee: Prof. A.T. Mingozzi
University – research
In fieri, Researcher
Executive supervisor of the research project entitled:
“New methodologies and techniques for the development of an integrated system for Strategic
Evaluation Assessment” (VAS-SIST), cod. MIUR 3334.
In collaboration with INFORM Srl (Padova, Italy) and the Dept. of Mathematics and Informatics
of Catania University.
JUL 2005 TO NOW
Dept. of Mathematics and Informatics of Catania University (Italy).
Via Andrea Doria, 6, I-95125, Catania (Italy)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
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Referee: Prof. M.A. Anile
University – research
Researcher
Formulation of environmental models
DA 2002 A OGGI
Dept. Animal Biology, University of Pavia (Italy).
Piazza Botta 9, 27100, Pavia (Italia)
Referee: Dr. A. Meriggi
University – research
Researcher
- Spatially explicit models for the roe deer
- Executive supervisor of the project entitled “Evaluation suitability for wildlife”, for the Ministry
of the Land and Forrest Resources; Scientific Supervisor, Dr. Alberto Meriggi, Dept. Animal
Biology, University of Pavia, Italy.
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• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
2002
Dept. of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence (Italy)
P.zza S. Marco 4, I-50121, FIRENZE (Italy)
Referee: Prof. F. Dessì-Fulgheri
University – research
Researcher
- Statistical analysis of data regarding the effect of hormones on the rat behaviour
WORK EXPERIENCE
Statistical analysis of data
and research planning
• Date
• Name and address of employer
2002 TO NOW
Società Farmaceutica Almirall, S.p.A. (Italy)
Via Vespucci 2 I-20124 Milano (Italy)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
Private - Research
Consultant
- Statistical analysis of data regarding clinical research on Sub-Lingual Immuno-Therapy
JULY 2005 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
Consorzio Pisa Ricerche (Pisa Research Consortium, Italy)
P.zza Alessandro d’Ancona 1, I–56127 Pisa (Italy)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
Refee: Prof. E. Pranzini
Research
Consultant
- Statistical analysis of data regarding “sediments in protected beaches“.
DA 2002 A 2003
Società Farmaceutica LoFarma, S.p.A.,
Via Cassala 40, I-20143 Milano (Italy)
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
Private - Research
Consultant
- Statistical analysis of data regarding clinical research on Sub-Lingual Immuno-Therapy
• Date
Name and address of
employer
DA 2001 A 2003
Società Farmaceutica Anallergo S.r.l.,
Firenze
Private - Research
Consultant
- Statistical analysis of data regarding clinical research on Sub-Lingual Immuno-Therapy
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• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
WORK EXPERIENCE
Wildlife management
• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
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2001 TO 2002
Provincial Administration of Ancona
Wildlife Management
Contract as member to the Wildlife Consultants Company IstRicE – Istituto di Ricerche
Ecofaunistiche, Siena (Italy)
Responsible for
- Habitat suitability Evaluation
- Wild boar population dynamics
In the project entitled “Habitat suitability map for wildlife in the Ancona Province”
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• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
1998 TO 1999
Provincial Administration of Siena
Wildlife Management
Contract as member to the Wildlife Consultants Company IstRicE – Istituto di Ricerche
Ecofaunistiche, Siena (Italy)
- Scientific supervision and data analysis of the project (The role of free-ranging dogs in small
game management in the Siena Province”
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
1998 TO 1999
Provincial Administration of Grosseto
Wildlife Management
Consultant through a contract with the Dept. of Evolutionary Biology of Siena University (Italy)
- Technical and scientific support, and data analysis in the project “The crested porcupine in
Grosseto Province: biological and management issues”
• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
1998 TOA 1999
Provincial Administration of Siena
Wildlife Management
Contract as member to the Wildlife Consultants Company IstRicE – Istituto di Ricerche
Ecofaunistiche, Siena (Italy)
- Scientific supervisor and data analysis in the project “Wild boar management in the Siena
Province”
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Date
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
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1998
He founded with 4 other members the Wildlife Consultants Company IstRicE – Istituto di
Ricerche Ecofaunistiche, Siena (Italy)
Wildlife management and applied research
Founder member
- Habitat suitability evaluation
- Population dynamics modelling
- Data analysis
- Management of wild boar, roe deer, and red deer
- Wolf management
- Crested porcupine management
DA 1995 A 1998
Cooperativa S.T.E.R.N.A.
Via Pedriali, Forlì, Italia
Wildlife Research and Management
Consultant
- Habitat suitability map for the wolf in the Emilia-Romagna Region
- Habitat suitability modelling for the species concerned by conservation and management
strategies in the Emilia-Romagna Region
JANUARY 1995 TO FEBRUARY 1997
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” di Teramo
Teramo, Italia
Wildlife Research and Management
Consultant
- Creation of a new system for the epidemiologic surveillance of wildlife populations.
- Habitat suitability maps for wildlife in the Chietino-Lancianese (CH) and Vastese hunting
territories in the Abruzzo region.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Date
• Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
• Date
• Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
• Date
• Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
1 JULY 2004 - 30 JUNE 2005 (1 YEAR)
CIRSeMAF – Centro Interuniversitario Ricerche sulla Selvaggina e Miglioramenti Ambientali a
fini Faunistici (Inter-University Center of small game researches and environmental
improvements for wildlife), Dep. of Zoo-technical Sciences, University of Florence (Italy)
Via delle Cascine, FIRENZE (Italy)
Research, data analysis
“Ecology and conservation of the roe deer, and reintroduction of the red deer in the Pollino
National Park”
Researcher (30.000€)
1 JULY 2000 – 30 JUNE 2004 (4 YEARS)
CIRSeMAF – Centro Interuniversitario Ricerche sulla Selvaggina e Miglioramenti Ambientali a
fini Faunistici (Inter-University Center of small game researches and environmental
improvements for wildlife), Dep. of Zoo-technical Sciences, University of Florence (Italy)
Via delle Cascine, FIRENZE (Italy)
Radiotelemetry monitoring, field work, data analysis and environmental modelling for large
mammals.
Executive supervision of the following research projects:
- “Ecology and conservation of the roe deer in the Pollino National Park”
- “Reintroduction of the roe and red deer in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park”
- “Experimental control of wild boar population in the Pollino National Park”
Tutor: Prof. Sandro Lovari – Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
Post Doctoral grant (18.500€ per year)
FEBRUARY 1997 TO FEBRUARY 2000 (3 years)
University of Siena (Italy)
Behavioural ecology of the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata L. 1758 in a Mediterranean coastal
area”
Tutor: Prof. Sandro Lovari – Dept. Evolutionary Biology, Siena University
Ph.D. in Animal Biology (Zoology) (from 12.000 to 15.000€ per year)
• Date
• Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
APRIL 1999
Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Siena (Italy)
• Date
• Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
NOVEMBER 1998
Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture – Erice, Italia
International School of Ethology
“IV Workshop of the International School of Ethology: Mating systems in vertebrates”,
University of Venezia, Director Prof. Danilo Mainardi. Organisators: Dr. Marco Apollonio and Dr.
Marco Festa-Bianchet.
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
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• Dates
• Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
NOVEMBER 1994
University of Pisa (Italy), Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences.
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
Thesis: “Predictive model of Wolf Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 presence in the Northern
Apennines, N-Italy”.
Supervisors: Prof. Renzo Nobili - Department of Enviromental Sciences, University of Pisa.
Dr. Alberto Meriggi - Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia.
Degree (Laurea / M.Sc.) in Biology, awarded with 110/110 cum Laude.
• Title of qualification awarded
• Dates
• Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
• Title of qualification awarded
1981-1986
Liceo Scientifico Statale “Barsanti e Matteucci”, Viareggio (Lucca-Italy):
Diploma di Maturità Scientifica (Science High School Diploma).
EXPERIENCE ABROAD
• Dates
• Country
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Dates
• Country
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Dates
• Country
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
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Canada
University of Calgary, Department of Environmental Design
2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Referee: Prof. Marco Musiani Email: [email protected]
Management and research
Research consultant
− work and conduct research on canadian wolves, bears and elks in the Banff National Park
JULY 2002
Sultanate of Oman
PDO (Petroleum Department of Oman) S.p.A., Protection of Natural Resource Section
Referee: Mr. Faisal Lamki
National Oil Company, Management
Research consultant
- Mapping Biodiversity areas in the PDO concession in the Sultanate of Oman.
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 1999
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER - 2000
Sultanate of Oman
Diwan of the Royal Court, Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment,
Sultanate of Oman.
Referee: Mr. Ralph Daly (Adviser), and Dr. Andrew Spalton (Vice).
Management and research
Research consultant
- Development of database for the Oryx project in the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Sultanate of
Oman)
- The ecology of the Nubian ibex Capra ibex nubiana in the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Sultanate
of Oman.
- Home range and movements of the arabian tahr hemitragus jayakari in the Wadi As Serin
Reserve, Sultanate of Oman.
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In press – Massolo A. A.J. Spalton & F. Al-Lamki. (accepted 2007) Notes on the status and conservation of the reem
gazelle Gazella subgutturosa marica in the Sultanate of Oman. Italian Journal of Zoology 00(0): 0000-0000
Taylor & Francis Group, (IF 2005 = 0,643; Rank N 72/114 Zoology)
In press – Beani L. & A. Massolo,Polistes dominulus wasps (hymenoptera vespidae), if parasitized by Xenos vesparum
(strepsiptera stylopidae), wander among nests during the pre-emergence phase. Redia 000(00): 000-000, Italian
Academy of Entomology.
In press – Massolo A., J.A. Spalton , T.H. Tear, M.W. Lawrence, L. Said al Harsusi & S. Lovari. (iaccepted, 2007)
Dynamic social system in Nubian ibex: can a second mating season develop in response to arid climate? Journal
of zoology, 000(00): 000-000. Blackwell Publishing (IF 2005 = 1,220; Rank N 36/114 Zoology)
2007 – Massolo A., Mazzoni Della Stella R., Meriggi A. (2007). zoning and wild boar management: a multi-criteria
approach to planning. Hystrix It. J. Mamm. 18(1): 0000-0000
2007– Marogna M., I. Spadolini, A. Massolo, P. Zanon, D. Berra, E. Chiodini, W.G. Canonica & G. Passalacqua. Effects
of sublingual immunotherapy for multiple or single allergens in polysensitized patients. Annals of Allergy, Asthma
& Immunology, 98(3): 274-280(7) American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology (IF 2005 = 1,987;
Rank N 7/16 Allergology)
2007 - Marogna M. M. Bruno, A. Massolo & P. Falagiani (2007). Long-Lasting Effects for House Dust Mite Sublingual
Immunotherapy in Allergic Rhinitics with Bronchial Hyperreactivity: A Long-Term (13-year) Retrospective Study in
Real Life. International Archives Allergy Immunology, DOI 10.1159/0000xxxxx 142: 70-78 (IF 2005 = 2,201;
Rank N 6/15 Allergology)
2007 - Raffaetà A., T. Ceccarelli, D. Centeno, F. Giannotti, A. Massolo, C. Parent, C. Renso, S. Spaccapietra & F. Turini
(2007) An application of Advanced Spatio-Temporal Formalisms to Behavioural Ecology GeoInformatica 00: 00000000. Kluwer Academic Publications, Netherlands (IF 2005 = 0,893; Rank 40/78 Computer Science)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/l4254751k7hw2x1t/
2007 - Talarico Federica, Romeo Mariastella, Massolo Alessandro & Zetto Tullia. (2007). Morphometry and eye
morphology in three species of Carabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in relation to habitat demands. Journal of
Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 45(1): 33-38, Blackwell Publishing (IF 2005 = 1,177; Rank
N 38/114 Zoology).
2006 - Massolo A. & R. Mazzoni della Stella (2006). Productivity variations in a wild boar Sus scrofa population in
central Italy Italian Journal of Zoology 73(2): 137-144 Taylor & Francis Group, (IF 2005 = 0,643; Rank N
72/114 Zoology)
2006 - Teresa Bonacci, Pietro Brandmayr, Anita Giglio, Alessandro Massolo, Antonio Mazzei, Rosalba Odoguardi,
Mariastella Romeo, Federica Talarico e Tullia Zetto Brandmayr (2006). Agonistic behaviour of Scarites buparius
(Forster, 1771)(Coleoptera: Carabidae) in relation to body size. Entomologica Fennica 17: 340-344 (IF 2005 =
0,523; Rank N 43/66 Entomology)
2006 - Mingozzi T., G. Masciari, G. Paolillo, B. Pisani, M. Russo & A. Massolo. (2006) Discovery of a regular breeding
area of Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta in Southern Italy: a new perspective for national conservation.
Biodiversity & Conservation, (IF 2004 = 1,197; Rank N 11/24 Biodiversity and conservation)
2006 - Tullia Zetto Brandmayr, Teresa Bonacci, Alessandro Massolo & Pietro Brandmayr (2006). What is going on
between aposematic carabide beetles? The case of Anchomenus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763) and Brachinus
sclopeta (Fabricius, 1792) (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 18: 335-348. Università degli
Studi di Firenze (IF 2005 = 0,596; Rank N 22/42 Behavioural Sciences)
2006 - Massolo A. 2006. Modelli faunistici di Valutazione Ambientale (MVA): un esempio di applicazione nel Parco
Nazionale del Pollino per la conservazione del capriolo italico (Habitat evaluation models for wildlife: an application
case for the italian roe deer in the Pollino National Park). In “Valutazione ambientale Strategica e di impatto
ambientale” (Strategical Habitat Evaluation and impact assessment). Eds Gianni Moriani, Enrico Del Sole, Marco
Ostoich & Isabella Nobili. Franco Angeli Editore. http://servizi.informsrl.it/dvdvia2006/5/index.htm
2006 - Massolo A. 2006. Analisi strutturale delle reti ecologiche (Structural analysis of the ecological networks). In
“Valutazione ambientale Strategica e di impatto ambientale” (Strategical Habitat Evaluation and impact
assessment). Eds Gianni Moriani, Enrico Del Sole, Marco Ostoich & Isabella Nobili. Franco Angeli Editore.
http://servizi.informsrl.it/dvdvia2006/5/index.htm
2006 - Massolo A. 2006. Analisi del Paesaggio: un approccio integrato tra Ecologia del Paesaggio e Biogeografia
(Landscape analysis: an integrated approach between Landscape ecology and biogeography). In “Valutazione
ambientale Strategica e di impatto ambientale” (Strategical Habitat Evaluation and impact assessment). Eds Gianni
Moriani, Enrico Del Sole, Marco Ostoich & Isabella Nobili. Franco Angeli Editore.
http://servizi.informsrl.it/dvdvia2006/5/index.htm
2006 - Marogna M., A. Massolo, D. Berra, P. Zanon, E. Chiodini, G.W. Canonica & G. Passalacqua (2006). The type of
sensitizing allergen affects the evolution of respiratory allergy. Allergy 61(10), 1209–1215. Blackwell Munksgaard
(IF 2005 = 4,120; Rank N 2/15 Allergology)
2006 - Bonacci T., A. Massolo, P. Brandmayr, & Tullia Zetto Brandmayr (2006). Predatory behaviour on ground beetles
(Coleoptera: Carabidae) by Ocypus olens (Müller)(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) under Laboratory conditions.
Entomological News, 117(5): 545. The American Entomological Society (IF 2005 = 0,264; Rank N 62/66
Entomology)
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1995-2000
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2005 - Bonacci Teresa , Alessandro Massolo, Pietro Brandmayr and Tullia Zetto Brandmayr. (2005) Non aggressive
behavioural interaction in larvae of the ground beetle Chlaenius velutinus (coleoptera: carabidae). Entomologia
generalis 28(3): 213-218 (IF 2005 = 0,167; Rank N 66/66 Entomology)
2005 - Zetto Brandmayr T., T. Bonacci. A. Massolo & P. Brandmayr (2005). Peace in Ground Beetle larvae: non–
aggressive outcome in Chlaenius spp. larvae interaction. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 16: 0351-0361.
Università degli Studi di Firenze (IF 2005 = 0,596; Rank N 22/42 Behavioural Sciences)
2005 - Monetti L, A. Massolo, A. Sforzi & S. Lovari (2005). Site section and fidelity by crested porcupines for denning.
Ethology Ecology & Evolution 17: 0149-0159. Università degli Studi di Firenze (IF 2005 = 0,596; Rank N
22/42 Behavioural Sciences)
2005 - Marogna M., P. Falagiani, M. Bruno, A. Massolo & G. Riva (2005). The allergic march in pollinosis: natural history
and therapeutic implications. results of a long-term parallel controlled observational study. International Archives
Allergy Immunology 135: 336-342. (IF 2005 = 2,201; Rank N 6/15 Allergology)
2005 - Marogna M., I. Spadolini, A. Massolo, G.W. Canonica & G. Passalacqua (2005). Clinical, functional and
immunological effects of sublingual immunotherapy in birch pollinosis: a 3-year randomized controlled study.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 115(6): 1184-1188 Elsevier Inc. (IF 2005 = 7,667; Rank N 1/15
Allergology, Rank N 10/115 Immunology)
2005 - Marogna M, I. Spadolini, A. Massolo (2005). Rhinitis and asthma co-morbidity in respiratory allergy due to house
dust mite: results of an oservational open controlled parallel group study in real-life setting. European annals of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology, ActaMed® Library 37(4): 135-142.
2004 - Sledge M.F., I. Trinca, A. Massolo, F. Boscaro & S. Turillazzi (2004). Variation in cuticular hydrocarbon
signatures, hormonal correlates and establishment of reproductive dominance in a polistine wasp. Journal of
Insect Physiology 50: 73-83. Elsevier Ltd. (IF 2005 = 2,04; Rank N 5/66 Entomology)
2004 – Ragusa V.F., A. Massolo (2004). Non-fatal systemic reactions to subcutaneous immunotherapy: a 20-year
experience comparison of two 10 years periods. Allerg Immunol Paris 36(2): 52-55.
2004 - Marogna M., I. Spadolini, A. Massolo, W.G. Canonica & G. Passalacqua (2004). Randomized controlled open
study of sublingual immunotherapy for respiratory allergy in real-life: clinical efficacy and more. Allergy 59: 12051210. Blackwell Munksgaard (IF 2005 = 4,120; Rank N 2/15 Allergology)
2004 - Dani F.R., K.R. Foster, F. Zacchi, P. Seppä, A. Massolo, A. Carelli, E. Arevalo, D.C. Queller, J.E. Strassmann &
S. Turillazzi (2004). Can cuticular lipids provide sufficient information for within colony nepotism in wasps? P. Roy.
Soc. Lond. B. Bio. 271: 745-753. Royal Society (IF 2005 = 3,51; Rank N 9/65 Biological Sciences)
2004 - Ciprandi G., A. Vizzaccaro, I. Cirillo, M. Tosca, A. Massolo & G. Passalacqua (2004). Nasal eosinophils display
the best correlation with symptoms, pulmonary function and inflammation in allergic rhinitis. International Archives
Allergy Immunology 358: DOI: 10.1159/0000xxxxx. (IF 2005 = 2,201; Rank N 6/15 Allergology)
2003 - Massolo A., A. Sforzi & S. Lovari (2003). Chemical immobilisation of Crested porcupines with Tiletamine HCl and
Zolazepam HCl (Zoletil®) under field conditions. J. Wildlife Diseases 39(3): 727-731. (IF 2005 = 0,928; Rank N
43/129 Veterinary Sciences)
2003 - Marogna M. & A. Massolo (2003). Sublingual immunotherapy in the context of a clinical practice improvement
program in the allergological setting: results of a long term observational study. European Annals of Allergy and
Clinical Immunology. Meditions Carline 35(4): 133-140.
2003 - Anile M.A., P. Furno, G. Gallo & A. Massolo (2003). A Fuzzy Approach to Visibility Maps Creation over Digital
Terrains. Fuzzy sets and Systems 135: 63-80. Elsevier B.V. (IF 2005 = 1,039; Rank N 36/151 Mathematics,
Applied)
2002 - Francescato E., A. Massolo, M. Landi, L. Gerace, R. Hashim & S. Turillazzi (2002). Colony membership, division
of labor, and genetic relatedness among females of colonies of Eustenogaster fraterna (Hymenoptera, Vespidae,
Stenogastrinae). Journal of Insect Behaviour. 15(2): 153-170. (IF 2005 = 1,026; Rank N 23/66 Entomology)
2002 - Cervo R., Dani F.R., P. Zanetti, A. Massolo & S. Turillazzi (2002). Chemical nestmate recognition in a
Stenogastrine wasp: Liostenogaster flavolineata (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 14:
351-363. Università degli Studi di Firenze (IF 2005 = 0,596; Rank N 22/42 Behavioural Sciences)
2001 - Zanetti P., Dani F.R., S. Destri, D. Fanelli, A. Massolo, G. Moneti, G. Pieraccini & S. Turillazzi (2001). Nestmate
recognition in Parischnogaster striatula (Hymenoptera Stenogastrinae), visual and olfactory recognition cues.
Journal of Insect Physiology 47: 1013-1020. Elsevier Ltd. (IF 2005 = 2,04; Rank N 5/66 Entomology)
2001 - Soleilhavoup M., Fondelli L., Massolo A. & S. Turillazzi (2001). Factors inducing adoption of dummy nests in
Polistes dominulus. Behavioural Processes 56: 201-209. Elsevier B.V. (IF 2005 = 1,138; Rank N 40/114
Zoology, N 14/42 Behavioural Sciences)
2001 - Glenz C., A. Massolo, D. Kuonen & R. Schlaepfer (2001). A wolf habitat suitability prediction study in Valais
(Switzerland). Landscape and Urban planning 55: 55-65. Elsevier B.V. (IF 2005 = 1,359; Rank N 60/112
Ecology)
2000 - Turillazzi S., M.F. Sledge, F.R. Dani, R. Cervo, A. Massolo & L. Fondelli, (2000). Social hackers: Manipulation of
host chemical recognition by a paper wasp social parasite. Natürwissenschaften 87: 172-176000. Springer
Verlag (IF 2005 = 1,953; Rank N 6/48 Miscellanea)
1998 - Massolo A. & A. Meriggi, 1998. Factors affecting habitat occupancy by wolves in northern Apennines (northern
Italy): a model of habitat suitability. Ecography 21: 97-107. (IF 2005 = 2,703; Rank N 27/112 Ecology)
1996 - Massolo A.M.E. & A. Meriggi, 1996. A new guideline for Wolf Management: Modelling Habitat Suitability. The
Journal of Wildlife Research, Vol. 1, No. 1.
1996 - Massolo A., 1996. Applicazione dei sistemi GIS alla gestione sanitaria delle popolazioni animali. BEV, Bollettino
Epidemiologico Veterinario. http://www.izs.it/bollettini/sanitari/bev/bev2/95-5-1.html
1995 - Massolo A. & A. Meriggi, 1995. Modelli di valutazione ambientale per la Gestione faunistica. In Supplemento n.
1, 1995 Ethology Ecology & Evolution. Università degli Studi di Firenze (IF 2005 = 0,596; Rank N 22/42
Behavioural Sciences)
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PAPERS IN DRAFTS TO BE
Submitted to Proc Soc B. - Baratti M, Ammannati M, Massolo A. & F. Fulgheri-Dessì. Mhc Polymorphism
And Ornaments In Pheasants
Submitted to Naturwissenschaften - Aquiloni L., Massolo A. and F. Gherardi. Sex Identification In
Female Crayfish Is Multimodal
Submitted to Chemical Ecology - Massolo A., F.R. Dani & N. Bella. Is The Peri-Anal Glands Secretum In
Crested Porcupines a Cue For Individual Recognition?.
In prep - Massolo A., S Vacca & T. Ceccarelli (in prep) Effect of landscape structure on large scale habitat
suitability modelling: the case of the Italian roe deer Capreolus capreolus italicus. To be submitted to
Journal of animal Ecology.
In prep - Massolo A., N. Gilio, C. Oppio, B. Bassano & A. Meriggi (in prep). Modelling alpine ibex Capra
ibex habitat suitability: have the reintroductions been carried out in the most suitable areas? To be
submitted to Journal of applied Ecology.
In prep - Massolo A., L. Monetti, A. Sforzi & S. Lovari (in prep). Space and time use of Crested porcupines
Hystrix cristata in relation to den sites: is that a matter of having enough time to make a living?
In prep - Massolo A., E. Orlando, F. Meschi, G. Romeo, M. Mattii, & S. Lovari (in prep). Habitat and crop
selection by Crested porcupines Hystrix cristata in a rural area of central Italy.
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PRIMO CONGRESSO DI TERIOLOGIA, OTTOBRE 1994, PISA. POSTER
Meriggi A. e A. Massolo, 1994. “Modello predittivo di presenza del lupo (Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758) nell’Appennino
settentrionale: aspetti metodologici”.
RENDEZVOUS: CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN WOLF MIGRATION, 17-20 IX 1995, NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND.
ORGANIZZATO DA EUROPEAN WOLF NETWORK, EUROPEAN SUBGROUP OF THE IUCN SPECIALIST GROUP.
UNA COMUNICAZIONE ORALE E UN POSTER.
Massolo A., L. Battistini, R. Fico e A. Meriggi, Comunicazione orale (A. Massolo). “Application of GIS in determining
Wolf habitat suitability”.
Massolo A. & A. Meriggi, Poster. “Wolf habitat requirements in the northern Apennines, Italy”.
CONVEGNO NAZIONALE 1996 ASSOCIAZIONE TERIOLOGICA ITALIANA, III SIMPOSIO NAZIONALE SUI
CARNIVORI: CARNIVORI CRITICI. 18/19 OTTOBRE 1996. COMUNICAZIONE ORALE.
Massolo A., Alieri F. & A. Brangi. Comunicazione orale (A. Massolo). “Fattori influenzanti l’espansione del lupo
nell’Appennino Settentrionale”.
IV CONVEGNO NAZIONALE DEI BIOLOGI DELLA SELVAGGINA. BOLOGNA, 28-30 OTTOBRE 1999. UNA
COMUNICAZIONE ORALE E TRE POSTER:
Sforzi A., A. Massolo & S. Lovari, Comunicazione orale (A. Massolo). “Uso dello Habitat dell’istrice Hystrix cristata in
un’area costiera mediterranea”.
Gellini S., S. Mattioli, C. Matteucci & A. Massolo, 1999. Poster. “Modelli di vocazionalità per gli ungulati autoctoni
dell’Emilia Romagna”.
Mazzoni della Stella, A. Massolo, L. Cimino, A. Monaco, M. Mattii & G. Romeo Poster. “Variazioni della produttività del
cinghiale in un’area della Toscana”.
Genov P., A. Massolo, L. Tonini & G. Massei Poster. “Influenza dei fattori ambientali sulla struttura di popolazione di
cinghiale nel Parco Regionale della Maremma”.
III WORLD CONFERENCE ON MOUNTAIN UNGULATES. SARAGOZZA, SPAGNA, 10-15 GIUGNO 2002.
COMUNICAZIONE ORALE.
Spalton J.A., A. Massolo, T.H. Tear, L. Said. Al Harsusi & S. Lovari, 2002. “First data on a population of Nubian Ibex
from Southern Arabia.”
20° CONVEGNO DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ETOLOGIA. TORINO, 17-20 SETTEMBRE 2002. UN POSTER:
Massolo A., F.R. Dani, N. Bella & S. Lovari. “Semiochimica di Hystrix cristata L.: Caratterizzazione della componente
volatile delle ghiandole perianali e differenze nella composizione fra i due sessi”.
63° Convegno dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana. Cosenza, 22-26 settembre 2002. UN POSTER:
Toni Mingozzi, Manuela Russo, Brunella Pisani, Emilio Sperone, Sandro Tripepi, Giuseppe Paolillo & Alessandro
Massolo. “Specie a rischio sul territorio nazionale: siti riproduttivi e cause di declino della Tartaruga comune Caretta
caretta lungo le coste calabresi”.
Congresso Interannuale della Società Italiana di Allergologia ed Immunologia Clinica (SIAIC). Rapallo, 27-29
Marzo 2003. UN POSTER:
Marogna M., A. Massolo, M. Bruno, P. Falagiani & G. Riva. “L’immunoterapia con allergoide sublinguale nell'ambito di
un programma di clinical practice improvement in campo allergologico: risultati di uno studio osservazionale a lungo
termine”.
Managing Partridges and other Game in the Agricultural landscape, Udine, 22-25 Ottobre 2003.
COMUNICAZIONE ORALE.
Massolo A., R. Mazzoni della Stella, A. Meriggi & S. Lovari “Zoning and Wild Boar management: what, where, when
(and why)?”
IV° CONVEGNO NAZIONALE ASSOCIAZIONE TERIOLOGICA ITALIANA. RIMINI, 6/9 NOVEMBRE 2003. 3
COMUNICAZIONI E 2 POSTER.
Comunicazioni orali
Massolo A., Vacca S. & Ceccarelli T. “Studi di idoneità ambientale su grande scala a fini conservazionistici: il caso del
capriolo italico nel P.N. del Pollino”.
Monetti L., Massolo A., Sforzi A. & Lovari S. “Spostamenti dell’istrice in relazione al sito di tana”.
Franconi N., Börger L., Lucherini M., Monetti L., Massolo A., Sforzi A., & S. Lovari “Uso dello habitat nell’Istrice in due
aree della Toscana meridionale”.
Poster
Sangiuliano A., A. Massolo, C. Farace, F. Cesana, V. Fava, A. Iantorno, M. Provenzano, S. Mattioli & S. Lovari. “Il
capriolo nel Pollino: ieri, oggi e domani”.
Massolo A., E. Fava, L. Monetti, P. Furno, G. Gallo & M. Anile “Valutazione della visibilità radiotelemetrica in studi di
ecologia animale”.
5° CONGRESSO DELLA SOCIETAS HERPETOLOGICA ITALICA, CALCI, 29 SETTEMBRE - 3 OTTOBRE 2004.
COMUNICAZIONE ORALE.
Mingozzi T., G. Masciari, A. Massolo, B. Pisani, M. Russo & S. Tripepi, Il “Progetto Caretta Calabria”: risultati dei primi
cinque anni d’indagine (2000-2004)
2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALPINE IBEX. XIXTH MEETING OF THE ALPINE IBEX EUROPEAN
SPECIALIST GROUP (GSE-AIESG), PARCO NAZIONALE GRAN PARADISO - COGNE, AOSTA, 2-3 DICEMBRE
2004. COMUNICAZIONE ORALE:
Meriggi A., A. Massolo, N. Gilio, C. Oppio & B. Bassano Modelling Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) habitat suitability: have
been the reintroductions carried out in the most suitable areas?
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XVI Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ecologia, CAMBIAMENTI GLOBALI, DIVERSITA' ECOLOGICA
E SOSTENIBILITA' Università della Tuscia, Viterbo- Civitavecchia, 19-22 settembre 2006. 1 comunicazione.
Massolo A., N. Gilio, F. Sotti, A. Meriggi. Potenzialità faunistiche, metapopolazioni e capacità portante: status ed
evoluzione della popolazione di capriolo in Toscana.
67° CONVEGNO DELL’UNIONE ZOOLOGICA ITALIANA, NAPOLI, 12-15 SETTEMBRE 2006. 1 COMUNICAZIONE
SESSIONE PREDA-PREDATORI.
Massolo A., Micheal Gibeau, Mark Hebbelwhite, Gordon Stenhouse, Valentina Peronace, Cliff White & Marco Musiani.
Interazioni tra la “dimensione umana” e un sistema preda-predatore multi-specie: dati preliminari sul sistema lupo Canis
lupus, orso Ursus arctos e cervo Cervus elaphus nel Parco Nazionale di BANFF, Canada.
V° CONVEGNO NAZIONALE ASSOCIAZIONE TERIOLOGICA ITALIANA. AREZZO, 10/12 NOVEMBRE 2005. 1
POSTER.
Rima P.C., A. Massolo, G. Aloise & M. Cagnin, Fattori determinati la comunità di micromammiferi terricoli nella Calaria
settentrionale.
PRIMO CONGRESSO DI TERIOLOGIA, OTTOBRE 1994, PISA. POSTER
Meriggi A. e A. Massolo, 1994. “Modello predittivo di presenza del lupo (Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758) nell’Appennino
settentrionale: aspetti metodologici”.
RENDEZVOUS: CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN WOLF MIGRATION, 17-20 IX 1995, NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND.
ORGANIZZATO DA EUROPEAN WOLF NETWORK, EUROPEAN SUBGROUP OF THE IUCN SPECIALIST GROUP.
UNA COMUNICAZIONE ORALE E UN POSTER.
Massolo A., L. Battistini, R. Fico e A. Meriggi, Comunicazione orale (A. Massolo). “Application of GIS in determining
Wolf habitat suitability”.
Massolo A. & A. Meriggi, Poster. “Wolf habitat requirements in the northern Apennines, Italy”.
CONVEGNO NAZIONALE 1996 ASSOCIAZIONE TERIOLOGICA ITALIANA, III SIMPOSIO NAZIONALE SUI
CARNIVORI: CARNIVORI CRITICI. 18/19 OTTOBRE 1996. COMUNICAZIONE ORALE.
Massolo A., Alieri F. & A. Brangi. Comunicazione orale (A. Massolo). “Fattori influenzanti l’espansione del lupo
nell’Appennino Settentrionale”.
IV CONVEGNO NAZIONALE DEI BIOLOGI DELLA SELVAGGINA. BOLOGNA, 28-30 OTTOBRE 1999. UNA
COMUNICAZIONE ORALE E TRE POSTER:
Sforzi A., A. Massolo & S. Lovari, Comunicazione orale (A. Massolo). “Uso dello Habitat dell’istrice Hystrix cristata in
un’area costiera mediterranea”.
Gellini S., S. Mattioli, C. Matteucci & A. Massolo, 1999. Poster. “Modelli di vocazionalità per gli ungulati autoctoni
dell’Emilia Romagna”.
Mazzoni della Stella, A. Massolo, L. Cimino, A. Monaco, M. Mattii & G. Romeo Poster. “Variazioni della produttività del
cinghiale in un’area della Toscana”.
Genov P., A. Massolo, L. Tonini & G. Massei Poster. “Influenza dei fattori ambientali sulla struttura di popolazione di
cinghiale nel Parco Regionale della Maremma”.
III WORLD CONFERENCE ON MOUNTAIN UNGULATES. SARAGOZZA, SPAGNA, 10-15 GIUGNO 2002.
COMUNICAZIONE ORALE.
Spalton J.A., A. Massolo, T.H. Tear, L. Said. Al Harsusi & S. Lovari, 2002. “First data on a population of Nubian Ibex
from Southern Arabia.”
20° CONVEGNO DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ETOLOGIA. TORINO, 17-20 SETTEMBRE 2002. UN POSTER:
Massolo A., F.R. Dani, N. Bella & S. Lovari. “Semiochimica di Hystrix cristata L.: Caratterizzazione della componente
volatile delle ghiandole perianali e differenze nella composizione fra i due sessi”.
63° Convegno dell’Unione Zoologica Italiana. Cosenza, 22-26 settembre 2002. UN POSTER:
Toni Mingozzi, Manuela Russo, Brunella Pisani, Emilio Sperone, Sandro Tripepi, Giuseppe Paolillo & Alessandro
Massolo. “Specie a rischio sul territorio nazionale: siti riproduttivi e cause di declino della Tartaruga comune Caretta
caretta lungo le coste calabresi”.
Congresso Interannuale della Società Italiana di Allergologia ed Immunologia Clinica (SIAIC). Rapallo, 27-29
Marzo 2003. UN POSTER:
Marogna M., A. Massolo, M. Bruno, P. Falagiani & G. Riva. “L’immunoterapia con allergoide sublinguale nell'ambito di
un programma di clinical practice improvement in campo allergologico: risultati di uno studio osservazionale a lungo
termine”.
Managing Partridges and other Game in the Agricultural landscape, Udine, 22-25 Ottobre 2003.
COMUNICAZIONE ORALE.
Massolo A., R. Mazzoni della Stella, A. Meriggi & S. Lovari “Zoning and Wild Boar management: what, where, when
(and why)?”
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PROCEEDINGS
IV° CONVEGNO NAZIONALE ASSOCIAZIONE TERIOLOGICA ITALIANA. RIMINI, 6/9 NOVEMBRE 2003. 3
COMUNICAZIONI E 2 POSTER.
Comunicazioni orali
Massolo A., Vacca S. & Ceccarelli T. “Studi di idoneità ambientale su grande scala a fini conservazionistici: il caso del
capriolo italico nel P.N. del Pollino”.
Monetti L., Massolo A., Sforzi A. & Lovari S. “Spostamenti dell’istrice in relazione al sito di tana”.
Franconi N., Börger L., Lucherini M., Monetti L., Massolo A., Sforzi A., & S. Lovari “Uso dello habitat nell’Istrice in due
aree della Toscana meridionale”.
Poster
Sangiuliano A., A. Massolo, C. Farace, F. Cesana, V. Fava, A. Iantorno, M. Provenzano, S. Mattioli & S. Lovari. “Il
capriolo nel Pollino: ieri, oggi e domani”.
Massolo A., E. Fava, L. Monetti, P. Furno, G. Gallo & M. Anile “Valutazione della visibilità radiotelemetrica in studi di
ecologia animale”.
5° CONGRESSO DELLA SOCIETAS HERPETOLOGICA ITALICA, CALCI, 29 SETTEMBRE - 3 OTTOBRE 2004.
COMUNICAZIONE ORALE.
Mingozzi T., G. Masciari, A. Massolo, B. Pisani, M. Russo & S. Tripepi, Il “Progetto Caretta Calabria”: risultati dei primi
cinque anni d’indagine (2000-2004)
2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALPINE IBEX. XIXTH MEETING OF THE ALPINE IBEX EUROPEAN
SPECIALIST GROUP (GSE-AIESG), PARCO NAZIONALE GRAN PARADISO - COGNE, AOSTA, 2-3 DICEMBRE
2004. COMUNICAZIONE ORALE:
Meriggi A., A. Massolo, N. Gilio, C. Oppio & B. Bassano Modelling Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) habitat suitability: have
been the reintroductions carried out in the most suitable areas?
V° CONVEGNO NAZIONALE ASSOCIAZIONE TERIOLOGICA ITALIANA. AREZZO, 10/12 NOVEMBRE 2005. 1
POSTER.
Rima P.C., A. Massolo, G. Aloise & M. Cagnin, Fattori determinati la comunità di micromammiferi terricoli nella Calaria
settentrionale.
XVI CONGRESSO NAZIONALE DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ECOLOGIA, CAMBIAMENTI GLOBALI, DIVERSITA'
ECOLOGICA E SOSTENIBILITA' UNIVERSITÀ DELLA TUSCIA, VITERBO- CIVITAVECCHIA, 19-22 SETTEMBRE 2006. 1
COMUNICAZIONE.
Massolo A., N. Gilio, F. Sotti, A. Meriggi. Potenzialità faunistiche, metapopolazioni e capacità portante: status ed
evoluzione della popolazione di capriolo in Toscana.
67° CONVEGNO DELL’UNIONE ZOOLOGICA ITALIANA, NAPOLI, 12-15 SETTEMBRE 2006. 1 COMUNICAZIONE
SESSIONE PREDA-PREDATORI.
Massolo A., Micheal Gibeau, Mark Hebbelwhite, Gordon Stenhouse, Valentina Peronace, Cliff White & Marco Musiani.
Interazioni tra la “dimensione umana” e un sistema preda-predatore multi-specie: dati preliminari sul sistema lupo Canis
lupus, orso Ursus arctos e cervo Cervus elaphus nel Parco Nazionale di BANFF, Canada.
RICERCA SCIENTIFICA E STRATEGIE DI CONSERVAZIONE DEL LUPO IN ITALIA. BOLOGNA, 24 NOVEMBRE
2006. 1 COMUNICAZIONE
Gellini S. & Massolo A. La vocazione del lupo in Emilia Romagna, un approccio gerarchico
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COLLABORATIONS
DETAILED INFORMATION – COLLABORATIONS
1. CIRSeMAF - Centro Interuniversitario Ricerche sulla Selvaggina e Miglioramenti Ambientali a fini
Faunistici, Dipartimento in Scienze Zootecniche, University of Firenze, Italy. Prof. Sandro Lovari Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva, Università di Siena.
Radiotelemetry monitoring of large mammals, and data analysis
Landscape analysis and ecological modelling for large vertebrates
2. Università degli Studi di Siena, Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva, Prof. S. Lovari:
Reintroduction of the red deer Cervus elaphus and roe deer Capreolus capreolus into the Parco Nazionale
del Cilento e Vallo di Diano (Italy)
Conservation of the roe deer Capreolus capreolus, reintroduction of the red deer Cervus elaphus and
population management of the wild boar Sus scrofa into the Parco Nazionale del Pollino (Italy)
Experimental plan for population reduction of wild boar in the Pollino National Park
3. Università di Losanna, Losanna, Svizzera, Prof. Christine Parent. EPFL DI-LBD, Prof. Stefano
Spaccapietra.
Applicazione di modelli concettuali per le banche di dati in Ecologia Animale.
4. Diwan of the Royal Court, Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Sultanato
dell'Oman. Mr. Ralph Daly (Adviser), and Dr. Andrew Spalton (Vice).
The ecology of the Nubian ibex Capra ibex nubiana in the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Sultanate of Oman.
Home range and movements of the arabian tahr hemitragus jayakari in the Wadi As Serin Reserve,
Sultanate of Oman.
The Arabian Leopard Survey, Sultanate of Oman.
5. Università degli Studi di Catania, Prof. Marcello Anile e Professor Giovanni Gallo:
Fuzzy logic in animal ecology.
6. Università degli Studi di Pisa, Professor S. Turini; CNUCE, Pisa, Dr.ssa F. Giannotti:
Participation to the European WorkGroup Deductive constraints in spatial-temporal queries in GIS.
7. Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica, Professor S. Turillazzi:
Social behaviour in wasps.
8. Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica, Professor F. DessìFulgheri:
Ecology and behaviour in vertebrates.
9. Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Dr. Alberto Meriggi:
Habitat evaluation models in ecology of vertebrates.
10. PDO (Petroleum Department of Oman) S.p.A., Sultanate of Oman. Mr. Faisal Lamki.
Mapping Biodiversity areas in the PDO concession in the Sultanate of Oman.
11. Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Siena, Prof. Farabollini.
Effects of contaminant hormones on rodents behaviour.
12. Università degli Studi della Calabria, Dipartimento di Ecologia, Professor A.T. Mingozzi.
Factors affecting demography in Petronia petronia.
Reproduction, mortality, and nesting in marine turtle Caretta caretta in Calabria (Italy).
13. Dipartimento di Medicina Interna (DIMI), Università degli Studi di Genova, Professor W. Canonica e
Dr. G. Passalacqua.
Statistical analyses of biomedical data Immunology and allergology).
14. Università degli Studi della Calabria, Dipartimento di Ecologia, Professoressa T. Zetto.
Aggressive and anti-predatory behaviour in larvae and adult carabids.
15. Università degli Studi della Calabria, Dipartimento di Ecologia, Dr. M. Cagnin.
Factors affecting small mammals community in Calabria (Italy)
16. University of Calgary (Canada), Department of Environmental Design. Prof. M. Musiani. Interactions
among Canadian wolves, bears, elks, and humans.
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DETAILED INFORMATION – PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
MOTHER TONGUE
OTHER LANGUAGES
SOCIAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
TECHNICAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
OTHER SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Competences not mentioned above.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
DRIVING LICENCES
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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ITALIAN
English EXCELLENT READING, GOOD WRITING, GOOD VERBAL SKILLS
- Team work: I have worked in various types of teams from research teams to international
teams. For 1 years I coached my university volleyball team
- Mediating skills: I work on the borders between people, and most difficult between researchers
and with local administrators and politicians
- Intercultural skills: I am experienced at working in Arabian country between other languages
and cultures people
Whilst working for several research units
- During my project supervision experiences I organised seminars on research methods
and specific topics
- I used to plan field work and scientific work
- Much effort was spent in project preparation and fund raising
DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS
- Database definition
- Data organisation
- Research planning in Biology, Behaviour and Ecology
FIELD TECHNIQUES
- Tracking of canids (wolves, foxes and dogs)
- Snow- tracking (wolves, and ungulates)
- Wolf-howling
- Mammal trapping by box trap or corrals (crested porcupine and wild boar)
- Mammal sedation (crested porcupine)
- Photographic trapping
- Radio-telemetry of large mammals
- Ungulate drive counts
- Trapping of ungulates by drive
SOFTWARE (MAIN)
- Microsoft Office XP
- Spss 13.0 per Windows
- Statistica 6.0 per Windows
- ArcView 3.3 (ESRI©) and main extensions (Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst)
- ArcView 9.0 (ESRI©) per PC
- Idrisi 2.0
- Ranges6
- Adobe Page Maker 7.5
- Adobe Photoshop 7.0
- Dreamweaver MX Macromedia
Specific knowledge on the following subjects:
- Database management
- Research protocol definition
- Social and behavioural questionnaire definition
Ultimate Frisbee (agonistic, member of the Italian Master Team), Cinema, Literature, Volley
(both indoor and beach volley), Music (Jazz and Classic), trekking, Bird-watching and dogs.
Motorbike, car
AFFILIATIONS
ASAB - Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour LTD
UZI - Unione Zoologica Italiana
ATIt – Associazione Teriologica Italiana
SIE – Società Italiana di Etologia
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