Giacomo SANTINI

Ruolo attuale:: Professore Associato
SSD:: BIOS-05/A - Ecologia
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Biologia

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Giacomo SANTINI

Orario di ricevimento (aggiornato al 29/08/2022)

Lunedi' ore 9.00 - 11.00 su appuntamento.

Giacomo SANTINI

Curriculum Nato a Prato il 09/11/1964. Laureato in Scienze Biologiche nel 1989 con la votazione di 110 e Lode/110 presso l'Università degli Studi di Firenze.

Dottorato di ricerca in Biologia Animale (Etologia) nel 1994. Titolare di 2 borse di studio per attivita' di ricerca Post-Dottorato (1996 e 1997). Dal 23/4/1997 presta servizio come Ricercatore (sett. BIO/05) presso il Dipartimento di Biologia dell'Università di Firenze.

L'attivita' di ricerca si svolge prevalentente nel campo della ecologia animale, con particolare attenzione a: i) eco-etologia di invertebrati e vertebrati, ii) struttura e composizione di comunità in relazione al disturbo ambientale, iii) dinamica di popolazione in relazione ai cambiamenti dell'habitat e del clima. Per la ricerca vengono affiancate attivita' di laboratorio, indagini in natura e modellizzazione matematica.

Materie insegnamento: Etologia ed Ecologia Animale, Modelli e Metodi per la Conservazione (LM Biologia).

E' stato responsabile scientifico di Unità di Ricerca di un Programma di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale.
E' coordinatore scientifico del progetto Reti Ecologiche della Toscana (finanziato dalla Regione Toscana) e membro del Comitato Scientifico del Parco delle Alpi Apuane.
E' membro del gruppo di consulenza dell'Università di Firenze all'Osservatorio Ambientale per l'autostrada A1.

Autore di numerose pubblicazioni su riviste scientifiche internazionali, tra le quali, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Behavioural Ecology, Marine Biology, Functional Ecology, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Journal of Zoology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Ecological Entomology, Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Restoration Ecology, Animal Behaviour, Oikos.

Giacomo SANTINI

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Angulo E.; Guenard B.; Balzani P.; Bang A.; Frizzi F.; Masoni A.; Abril S.; Suarez A.V.; Hoffmann B.; Benelli G.; Aonuma H.; Lach L.; Mothapo P.N.; Wossler T.; Santini G. (2024). The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile: natural history, ecology and impact of a successful invader. ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS, vol. 44, pp. 41-61, ISSN:0171-8177 DOI

Esposito, Antonia; Del Duca, Sara; Vitali, Francesco; Bigiotti, Gaia; Mocali, Stefano; Semenzato, Giulia; Papini, Alessio; Santini, Giacomo; Mucci, Nadia; Padula, Anna; Greco, Claudia; Nasanbat, Battogtokh; Davaakhuu, Gantulga; Bazarragchaa, Munkhtsetseg; Riga, Francesco; Augugliaro, Claudio; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Fani, Renato; Zaccaroni, Marco (2024). The Great Gobi A Strictly Protected Area: Characterization of Soil Bacterial Communities from Four Oases. MICROORGANISMS, vol. 12, pp. 1-16, ISSN:2076-2607 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Mugnai M, Misuri A, Siccardi E, Tricarico E, Forni S, Morbidelli M, Viciani D, Benesperi R, Santini G, Masoni A, Balzani P, Maccherini S, Fanfarillo E, Angiolini C, Fiaschi T, Barbato D, Manganelli G, Benocci A, Mazza G, Landi S, Lagomarsino A, Fagorzi C, Mengoni A, Lazzaro L (2023). Comparing the impacts of Carpobrotus spp. and Opuntia stricta on plant and invertebrate communities in small Mediterranean islands.. In: TiBE - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - 2023, Invaders on the Horizon!, Vila do Conde, Portugal, 28 – 30 November 2023, CIBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Porto, Portugal, pp. 55-55.

Alice Misuri, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Eugenia Siccardi, Elena Tricarico, Sara Forni, Marco Morbidelli, Daniele Viciani, Renato Benesperi, Giacomo Santini, Alberto Masoni, Paride Balzani, Simona Maccherini, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Claudia Angiolini, Tiberio Fiaschi, Debora Barbato, Giuseppe Manganelli, Andrea Benocci, Giuseppe Mazza, Silvia Landi, Alessandra Lagomarsino, Camilla Fagorzi, Alessio Mengoni, Michele Mugnai (2023). Comparing the impacts of two alien species (Carpobrotus, Opuntia stricta) on plant and invertebrate communities in small Mediterranean islands.. In: 118° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana - IX International Plant Science Conference (IPSC), Pisa, 13 - 16 September 2023, Società Botanica Italiana, pp. 67-67, ISBN:978-88-85915-28-2

Frizzi F.; Balzani P.; Masoni A.; Frasconi Wendt C.; Marconi M.; Rossi A.; Santini G. (2023). Sub-lethal doses of imidacloprid alter food selection in the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, vol. 30, pp. 27501-27509, ISSN:0944-1344 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Mugnai, M., Misuri, A., Siccardi, E., Tricarico, E., Forni, S., Morbidelli, M., Viciani, D., Benesperi, R., Santini, G., Masoni, A., Balzani, P., Maccherini, S., Fanfarillo, E., Angiolini, C., Fiaschi, T., Barbato, D., Manganelli, G., Benocci, A., Mazza, G., Landi, S., Lagomarsino, A., Fagorzi, C., Mengoni, A., Lazzaro L. (2023). A multi-taxa approach to assess the impacts of the alien Carpobrotus spp. on natural communities in a small Mediterranean island.. In: 4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Plant Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration in the Mediterranean”, Valencia, Spain, 23-27 October 2023, Centre for Forestry Research and Experimentation (CIEF, Generalitat Valenciana), pp. 104-104, ISBN:978-84-09-54884-2

Misuri A., Lazzaro L., Siccardi E., Tricarico, E., Forni, S., Morbidelli, M., Viciani, D., Benesperi, R., Santini, G., Masoni, A., Balzani, P., Mazza, G., Landi, S., Lagomarsino A., Mugnai, M., (2023). Assessment of the impacts of Opuntia stricta on vegetation and invertebrates in a small Mediterranean island.. In: 4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Plant Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration in the Mediterranean”, Valencia, Spain, 23-27 October 2023, Centre for Forestry Research and Experimentation (CIEF, Generalitat Valenciana), pp. 108-108, ISBN:978-84-09-54884-2

Balzani P.; Nencioni A.; Grillini M.; Masoni A.; Zuri F.; Picchi M.S.; Frizzi F.; Sacchetti P.; Cantini C.; Santini G. (2023). Spittlebug invisibility cloak: experimental tests on the antipredatory effect of the froth of Philaenus spumarius. BULLETIN OF INSECTOLOGY, vol. 76, pp. 21-28, ISSN:1721-8861 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frizzi F.; Balzani P.; Wendt C.F.; Masoni A.; Carta E.; Innocenti M.R.; Santini G. (2023). Effects of starvation on the fighting ability of invasive and autochthonous ants. ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE, vol. 26, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1343-8786 DOI

Smargiassi S.; Masoni A.; Frizzi F.; Balzani P.; Desiato E.; Benelli G.; Canale A.; Santini G. (2023). Keep Your Eggs Away: Ant Presence Reduces Ceratitis capitata Oviposition Behaviour through Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions. INSECTS, vol. 14, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2075-4450 DOI

Paride Balzani, Alberto Masoni, Stefania Venturi, Filippo Frizzi, Marina Bambi, Renato Fani, Barbara Nisi, Franco Tassi, Orlando Vaselli, Marco Zaccaroni, Giacomo Santini (2022). CO2 biogeochemical investigation and microbial characterization of red wood ant mounds in a Southern Europe montane forest. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, vol. 166, pp. 1-10, ISSN:0038-0717 DOI

Di Nuzzo, L; Masoni, A; Frizzi, F; Bianchi, E; Castellani, MB; Balzani, P; Morandi, F; Sozzi, Y; Vallese, C; Santini, G; Benesperi, R (2022). Red wood ants shape epiphytic lichen assemblages in montane silver fir forests. IFOREST, vol. 15, pp. 71-76, ISSN:1971-7458 DOI

Fedele E.; Mori E.; Giampaoli Rustichelli M.; Del Sala F.; Giannini F.; Meriggi M.; Santini G.; Zaccaroni M. (2022). Alien versus alien: spatiotemporal overlaps among introduced ungulates in a Mediterranean island ecosystem. MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1616-5047 DOI

Santini G.; Abolaffio M.; Ossi F.; Franzetti B.; Cagnacci F.; Focardi S. (2022). Population assessment without individual identification using camera-traps: A comparison of four methods. BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, vol. 61, pp. 68-81, ISSN:1439-1791 DOI

Frizzi F.; Buonafede L.; Masoni A.; Balzani P.; Santini G. (2022). Comparative Analysis of Facial Coloration between Introduced and Source Populations of the Red Wood Ant Formica paralugubris. INSECTS, vol. 13, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2075-4450 DOI

Balzani P.; Frizzi F.; Masoni A.; Santini G. (2022). The Effect of the Introduced Red Wood Ant Formica paralugubris on the Frequency of Ant Nests and First Plesiobiotic Association between Myrmica ruginodis (Nylander, 1846) and Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782). SOCIOBIOLOGY, vol. 69, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0361-6525 DOI

Frizzi F.; Masoni A.; Santedicola M.; Servini M.; Simoncini N.; Palmieri J.; Santini G. (2022). Intraspecific relationships and nest mound shape are affected by habitat features in introduced populations of the red wood ant Formica paralugubris. INSECTS, vol. 13, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2075-4450 DOI

Masoni A.; Coppi A.; Balzani P.; Frizzi F.; Fani R.; Zaccaroni M.; Santini G. (2022). Assessing Molecular Diversity in Native and Introduced Populations of Red Wood Ant Formica paralugubris. ANIMALS, vol. 12, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2076-2615 DOI

Tommasi, Federico; Fini, Lorenzo; Focardi, Stefano; Martelli, Fabrizio; Santini, Giacomo; Cavalieri, Stefano (2022). On the mean path length invariance property for random walks of animals in open environment. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 12, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2045-2322 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Santini G.; Abolaffio M.; Ossi F.; Franzetti B.; Cagnacci F.; Focardi S. (2022). Making the best of a hard job: A response to Nakashima (2022). BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, vol. 65, pp. 123-125, ISSN:1439-1791 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Mori E.; Fedele E.; Greco I.; Giampaoli Rustichelli M.; Massolo A.; Miniati S.; Puppo F.; Santini G.; Zaccaroni M. (2022). Spatiotemporal activity of the pine marten Martes martes: Insights from an island population. ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, vol. 37, pp. 102-114, ISSN:0912-3814 DOI

Balzani P.; Dekoninck W.; Feldhaar H.; Freitag A.; Frizzi F.; Frouz J.; Masoni A.; Robinson E.; Sorvari J.; Santini G. (2022). Challenges and a call to action for protecting European red wood ants. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, vol. ..., pp. 0-0, ISSN:0888-8892 DOI

Balzani P.; Galeotti G.; Scheggi S.; Masoni A.; Santini G.; Baracchi D. (2022). Acute and chronic ingestion of polyethylene (PE) microplastics has mild effects on honey bee health and cognition. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, vol. 305 artcile number 19318, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0269-7491 DOI

Mugnai M.; Wendt C.F.; Balzani P.; Ferretti G.; Cin M.D.; Masoni A.; Frizzi F.; Santini G.; Viciani D.; Foggi B.; Lazzaro L. (2021). Small-scale drivers on plant and ant diversity in a grassland habitat through a multifaceted approach. PEERJ, vol. 9, pp. 1-23, ISSN:2167-8359 DOI

Masoni A.; Frizzi F.; Nieri R.; Casacci L.P.; Mazzoni V.; Turillazzi S.; Santini G. (2021). Ants modulate stridulatory signals depending on the behavioural context. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 11, pp. 5933-1-5933-12, ISSN:2045-2322 DOI

Frizzi F.; Tucci L.; Ottonetti L.; Masoni A.; Santini G. (2021). Day-night and inter-habitat variations in ant assemblages in a mosaic agroforestry landscape. LAND, vol. 10, pp. 179-1-179-14, ISSN:2073-445X DOI

Frasconi Wendt C.; Ceia-Hasse A.; Nunes A.; Verble R.; Santini G.; Boieiro M.; Branquinho C. (2021). Local environmental variables are key drivers of ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity in a Mediterranean dryland. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 11, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2045-2322 DOI

Balzani P.; Vizzini S.; Frizzi F.; Masoni A.; Lessard J.-P.; Bernasconi C.; Francoeur A.; Ibarra-Isassi J.; Brassard F.; Cherix D.; Santini G. (2021). Plasticity in the trophic niche of an invasive ant explains establishment success and long-term coexistence. OIKOS, vol. 130, pp. 691-696, ISSN:0030-1299 DOI

Padula, Anna; Bambi, Marina; Mengoni, Chiara; Greco, Claudia; Mucci, Nadia; Greco, Ilaria; Masoni, Alberto; Del Duca, Sara; Bacci, Giovanni; Santini, Giacomo; Fani, Renato; Zaccaroni, Marco (2021). Exploring the Gut Microbiome Alteration of the European Hare (Lepus europaeus) after Short-Term Diet Modifications. BIOLOGY, vol. 10, pp. 1-10, ISSN:2079-7737 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frasconi Wendt C.; Frizzi F.; Aiello G.; Balzani P.; Santini G. (2021). Ant species but not trait diversity increases at the edges: insights from a micro-scale gradient in a semi-natural Mediterranean ecosystem. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, vol. 46, pp. 834-843, ISSN:0307-6946 DOI

Wenceslau J.F.C.; Rusli M.U.; Akhir M.F.; Santini G.; Joseph J. (2021). Recruitment and El Niño-Southern Oscillation long-term effects on green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nest abundance. MARINE BIOLOGY, vol. 168, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0025-3162 DOI

Greco I.; Fedele E.; Salvatori M.; Giampaoli Rustichelli M.; Mercuri F.; Santini G.; Rovero F.; Lazzaro L.; Foggi B.; Massolo A.; De Pietro F.; Zaccaroni M. (2021). Guest or pest? Spatio-temporal occurrence and effects on soil and vegetation of the wild boar on Elba island. MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY, vol. 101, pp. 193-206, ISSN:1616-5047 DOI

Castronovo, LM; Del Duca, S; Chioccioli, S; Vassallo, A; Fibbi, D; Coppini, E; Chioccioli, P; Santini, G; Zaccaroni, M; Fani, R (2021). Biodiversity of Soil Bacterial Communities from the Sasso Fratino Integral Nature Reserve. MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH, vol. 12, pp. 862-877, ISSN:2036-7481 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frizzi F.; Masoni A.; Ottonetti L.; Tucci L.; Santini G. (2020). Resource-dependent mutual association with sap-feeders and a high predation rate in the ant Crematogaster scutellaris: help or harm in olive pest control?. BIOCONTROL, vol. 65, pp. 601-611, ISSN:1386-6141 DOI

Masoni, Alberto; Frizzi, Filippo; Natali, Chiara; Ciofi, Claudio; Santini, Giacomo (2020). Mating frequency and colony genetic structure analyses reveal unexpected polygyny in the Mediterranean acrobat ant Crematogaster scutellaris. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, vol. 32, pp. 122-134, ISSN:0394-9370 DOI

Frizzi F.; Masoni A.; Migliorini M.; Fanciulli P.P.; Cianferoni F.; Balzani P.; Giannotti S.; Davini G.; Frasconi Wendt C.; Santini G. (2020). A comparative study of the fauna associated with nest mounds of native and introduced populations of the red wood ant Formica paralugubris. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY, vol. 101, pp. 1-8, ISSN:1164-5563 DOI

Frasconi Wendt C.; Nunes A.; Verble R.; Santini G.; Boieiro M.; Branquinho C. (2020). Using a space-for-time approach to select the best biodiversity-based indicators to assess the effects of aridity on Mediterranean drylands. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, vol. 113, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1470-160X DOI

Imperio S.; Lombardi S.; De Marinis A.; Ronchi F.; Santini G.; Focardi S. (2020). Female mating tactics in lekking fallow deer (Dama dama): experience explains inter-individual variability more than costs. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 10, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2045-2322 DOI

Balzani P., Venturi S., Muzzicato D., Tassi F., Vaselli O., Frizzi F., Frasconi Wendt C., Nisi B., Masoni A., Santini G. (2020). Application of CO2 carbon stable isotope analysis to ant trophic ecology. ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA, vol. 168, pp. 940-947, ISSN:0013-8703 DOI

Frizzi F.; Masoni A.; Balzani P.; Frasconi Wendt C.; Palchetti V.; Santini G. (2020). Palatability of glyphosate in ants: a field experiment reveals broad acceptance of highly polluted solutions in a Mediterranean ant. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, vol. 27, pp. 29666-29671, ISSN:0944-1344 DOI

Masoni A.; Frizzi F.; Giannini F.; Santini G. (2020). First record of the argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868), in the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy). BIOINVASIONS RECORDS, vol. 9, pp. 37-43, ISSN:2242-1300 DOI

Masoni A.; Frizzi F.; Natali C.; Bernasconi C.; Ciofi C.; Santini G. (2019). Molecular identification of imported red wood ant populations in the Campigna Biogenetic Nature Reserve (Foreste Casentinesi National Park, Italy). CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES, vol. 11, pp. 231-236, ISSN:1877-7252 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

A. Masoni, F. Frizzi, S. Turillazzi, G. Santini (2019). Making the right choice: how Crematogaster scutellaris queens choose to co-found in relation to nest availability. INSECTES SOCIAUX, vol. 66, pp. 257-263, ISSN:0020-1812 DOI

Giacomo Santini; Richard C. Thompson; Stuart R. Jenkins; Guido Chelazzi; Richard G. Hartnoll; Suzanne M. Kay; Stephen J. Hawkins (2019). Barnacle cover modifies foraging behaviour of the intertidal limpet Patella vulgata. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, vol. 99, pp. 1779-1786, ISSN:0025-3154 DOI

Cianferoni, Fabio, Frizzi Filippo, Santini, Giacomo (2019). First record of monotoma conicicollis chevrolat, 1837 (coleoptera monotomidae) in the apennines: Introduction or simple overlooking?. REDIA, vol. 102, pp. 95-98, ISSN:2035-6382

Abolaffio M.; Focardi S.; Santini G. (2019). Avoiding misleading messages: Population assessment using camera trapping is not a simple task. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, vol. 88, pp. 2011-2016, ISSN:0021-8790 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Giuliani C.; Lastrucci L.; Cresti L.; Santini G.; Foggi B.; Mariotti Lippi M. (2019). The morphology and activity of the extrafloral nectaries in Reynoutria × bohemica (Polygonaceae). PLANT BIOLOGY, pp. 975-985, ISSN:1435-8603 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frizzi F.; Sudano K.; Santini G. (2019). Effect of starvation on the feeding activity toward sugary food in the ant tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856). SOCIOBIOLOGY, vol. 66, pp. 560-567, ISSN:0361-6525 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

L. Ducci, F. Roscioni, M. L. Carranza, P. Agnelli, D. Russo, L. Frate, A. Loy, G. Santini, M. Di Febbraro (2019). The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: the common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION, vol. 28, pp. 1569-1592, ISSN:0960-3115 DOI

Giulia Cerritelli,Giuseppe Bianco, Giacomo Santini, Annette C. Broderick, Brendan J. Godley, Graeme C. Hays, Paolo Luschi, Susanne Åkesson (2019). Assessing reliance on vector navigation in the long-distance oceanic migrations of green sea turtles. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, vol. 30, pp. 68-79, ISSN:1465-7279 DOI

Frizzi, Filippo*; Talone, Francesco; Santini, Giacomo (2018). Modulation of trail laying in the ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its role in the collective selection of a food source. ETHOLOGY, vol. 124, pp. 870-880, ISSN:0179-1613 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frizzi, Filippo*; Masoni, Alberto; Quilghini, Giovanni; Ciampelli, Paola; Santini, Giacomo (2018). Chronicle of an impact foretold: the fate and effect of the introduced Formica paralugubris ant. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, vol. 20, pp. 3575-3589, ISSN:1387-3547 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frizzi, Filippo; Masoni, Alberto; Çelikkol, Mine; Palchetti, Enrico; Ciofi, Claudio; Chelazzi, Guido; Santini, Giacomo (2017). Serpentine soils affect heavy metal tolerance but not genetic diversity in a common Mediterranean ant. CHEMOSPHERE, vol. 180, pp. 326-334, ISSN:0045-6535 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frizzi, Filippo; Bartalesi, Viola; Santini, Giacomo (2017). Combined effects of temperature and interspecific competition on the mortality of the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus: A laboratory study. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY, vol. 65, pp. 76-81, ISSN:0306-4565 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

de Souza, André R.*; Turillazzi, Stefano; Lino-Neto, José; Santini, Giacomo (2017). Colder environments may select for darker paper wasps. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, vol. 120, pp. 700-704, ISSN:0024-4066 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Masoni, Alberto*; Frizzi, Filippo; Mattioli, Martina; Turillazzi, Stefano; Ciofi, Claudio; Santini, Giacomo (2017). Pleometrotic colony foundation in the ant Crematogaster scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): better be alone than in bad company. MYRMECOLOGICAL NEWS, vol. 25, pp. 51-59, ISSN:1994-4136 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Masoni, Alberto; Frizzi, Filippo; Brühl, Carsten; Zocchi, Niccolò; Palchetti, Enrico; Chelazzi, Guido; Santini, Giacomo (2017). Management matters: A comparison of ant assemblages in organic and conventional vineyards. AGRICULTURE, ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, vol. 246, pp. 175-183, ISSN:0167-8809 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Mori, Emiliano*; Menchetti, Mattia; Cantini, Matteo; Bruni, Giacomo; Santini, Giacomo; Bertolino, Sandro (2017). Twenty years' monitoring of a population of Italian crested newts Triturus carnifex: strong site fidelity and shifting population structure in response to restoration. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, vol. 29, pp. 460-473, ISSN:0394-9370 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Reynolds, Andy*; Santini, Giacomo; Chelazzi, Guido; Focardi, Stefano (2017). The weierstrassian movement patterns of snails. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, vol. 4, pp. 1-11, ISSN:2054-5703 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Lombardi, Sonia; Santini, Giacomo; Marchetti, Giovanni Maria; Focardi, Stefano (2017). Generalized structural equations improve sexual-selection analyses. PLOS ONE, vol. 12, pp. e0181305-20, ISSN:1932-6203 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Balzani, Paride; Vizzini, Salvatrice; Santini, Giacomo; Masoni, Alberto; Ciofi, Claudio; Ricevuto, Elena; Chelazzi, Guido (2016). Stable isotope analysis of trophic niche in two co-occurring native and invasive terrapins, Emys orbicularis and Trachemys scripta elegans. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, vol. 18, pp. 3611-3621, ISSN:1387-3547 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frizzi, F; Rispoli, A.; Chelazzi, G.; Santini, G. (2016). Effect of water and resource availability on ant feeding preferences: a field experiment on the Mediterranean ant Crematogaster scutellaris. INSECTES SOCIAUX, vol. 63, pp. 565-574, ISSN:0020-1812 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Frizzi F; Ciofi C; Dapporto L; Natali C; Chelazzi G; Turillazzi S; Santini G (2015). The rules of aggression: how genetic, chemical and spatial factors affect intercolony fights in a dominant species, the Mediterranean acrobat ant Crematogaster scutellaris. PLOS ONE, vol. 10, pp. e0137919-1-e0137919-15, ISSN:1932-6203 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Bini, Giada; Santini, Giacomo; Chelazzi, Guido (2015). Pre-exposure to cadmium or zinc alters the heart rate response of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii towards copper. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, vol. 95, pp. 12-17, ISSN:0007-4861 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Santini, G; Burrows, M.T.; Chelazzi, G. (2015). Lessons from a limpet: modelling decisions of central place foragers. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, vol. 27, pp. 29-41, ISSN:0394-9370 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Ducci, L; Agnelli, P; Di Febbraro, M; Frate, L; Russo, D; Loy, A; Carranza, M.L; Santini, G; Roscioni, F. (2015). Different bat guilds perceive their habitat in different ways: a multiscale landscape approach for variable selection in species distribution modelling. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, vol. 30, pp. 2147-2159, ISSN:0921-2973

Alisa Santarlasci;Gianluca Martelloni;Filippo Frizzi;Giacomo Santini;Franco Bagnoli (2014). Modeling Warfare in Social Animals: A "Chemical" Approach. PLOS ONE, vol. 9, pp. e111310-1-e111310-12, ISSN:1932-6203 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Giacomo Santini; Avis Ngan; Michael T. Burrows; Guido Chelazzi; Gray A. Williams; (2014). What drives foraging behaviour of the intertidal limpet Cellana grata? A quantitative test of a dynamic optimization model. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, vol. 28, pp. 963-972, ISSN:0269-8463 DOI

Cianferoni, Fabio; Santini, Giacomo (2014). Comparative description of the hairy structures in two endemic Velia species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae): V. currens (Fabricius, 1794) and V. gridellii Tamanini, 1947. ACTA ZOOLOGICA, vol. 95, pp. 347-357, ISSN:0001-7272 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Martelloni, Gianluca; Santarlasci, Alisa; Bagnoli, Franco; Santini, Giacomo (2014). Modeling ant battles by means of a diffusion-limited gillespie algorithm. THEORETICAL BIOLOGY FORUM, vol. 107, pp. 57-76, ISSN:2282-2593 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

F. FRIZZI; S. PANICHI; A. RISPOLI; A. MASONI; G. SANTINI (2014). Spatial variation of the aggressive response towards conspecifics in the ant Crematogaster scutellaris (hymenoptera: formicidae). REDIA, vol. 97, pp. 165-169, ISSN:0370-4327

E. GRAMIGNI; S. CALUSI; N. GELLI; L. GIUNTINI; M. MASSI; G. DELFINO; G. CHELAZZI; D. BARACCHI; F. FRIZZI; G. SANTINI (2013). Ants as bioaccumulators of metals from soils: Body content and tissue-specific distribution of metals in the ant Crematogaster scutellaris. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY, vol. 58, pp. 24-31, ISSN:1164-5563 DOI

D. Parpagnoli;S. Pecchioli;G. Santini (2013). Temporal determinants of grazing activity in the Mediterranean limpet Patella caerulea. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, vol. 25, pp. 388-399, ISSN:0394-9370 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

F. Cianferoni; G. Santini (2012). Ecology and life cycle of two Alpine-Apenninic species of Velia Latreille (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY, vol. 109, pp. 427-434, ISSN:1210-5759

T.P. BATCHELOR; G. SANTINI; M. BRIFFA (2012). Size distribution and battles in wood ants: group resource-holding potential is the sum of the individual parts.. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, vol. 83, pp. 111-117, ISSN:0003-3472 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

L. GIUGLIANO; S. HARDERSEN; G. SANTINI (2012). Odonata communities in retrodunal ponds: a comparison of sampling methods. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ODONATOLOGY, vol. 15, pp. 13-23, ISSN:1388-7890 DOI

S. IMPERIO; S. FOCARDI; G. SANTINI; A. PROVENZALE (2012). Population dynamics in a guild of four Mediterranean ungulates:density-dependence, environmental effects and inter-specific interactions. OIKOS, vol. 121, pp. 1613-1626, ISSN:0030-1299 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

G. CHELAZZI; G. SANTINI (2012). Ecologia. Firenze: Giunti Editore S.p.A., ISBN:9788809058309

G. SANTINI; A. NGAN; G.A. WILLIAMS (2011). Plasticity in the temporal organization of behaviour in the limpet Cellana grata.. MARINE BIOLOGY, vol. 158, pp. 1377-1386, ISSN:0025-3162 DOI

G. Bartolommei; E. Gramigni; F. Tadini-Buoninsegni; G. Santini; M.R. Moncelli (2011). The Sodium Pump is Confined in a Phosphoenzyme Form by Lead(II) Ions. In: 55th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-Society, Baltimore, MD (USA), MAR 05-09, 2011, CELL PRESS, vol. 100, pp. 464-465.

G. SANTINI; P.M. RAMSAY; L. TUCCI; L. OTTONETTI; F. FRIZZI (2011). Spatial patterns of the ant Crematogaster scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in a model ecosystem. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, vol. 36, pp. 625-634, ISSN:0307-6946 DOI

E. GRAMIGNI; S. CALUSI; G. CHELAZZI; F. DEL GRECO; G. DELFINO; N. GELLI; L. GIUNTINI; M. MASSI; G. SANTINI (2011). Analysis of metal deposit distribution in ants (Crematogaster scutellaris) at the Florence external scanning microbeam. X-RAY SPECTROMETRY, vol. 40, pp. 186-190, ISSN:0049-8246 DOI

S. IMPERIO; M. FERRANTE; A. GRIGNETTI; G. SANTINI; S. FOCARDI (2010). Investigating population dynamics in ungulates: are hunting statistics a good index of population abundance?. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY, vol. 16, pp. 205-214, ISSN:0909-6396 DOI

L. OTTONETTI; L. TUCCI; F. FRIZZI; G. CHELAZZI; G. SANTINI (2010). Changes in ground-foraging ant assemblages along a disturbance gradient in a tropical agricultural landscape. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, vol. 22, pp. 73-86, ISSN:0394-9370 DOI

G. Bartolommei; E. Gramigni; F. Tadini-Buoninsegni; G. Santini; M.R. Moncelli (2010). Confining the sodium pump in a phosphoenzyme form: the effect of lead(II) ions. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 99, pp. 2087-2096, ISSN:0006-3495 DOI

Frizzi F; Santini G; Natali C; Chelazzi G; Ciofi C (2009). Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the ant Crematogaster scutellaris. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES, vol. 1, pp. 425-428, ISSN:1877-7252 DOI

E.Gramigni; F.Tadini-Buoninsegni; G.Bartolommei; G.Santini; G.Chelazzi; M.R.Moncelli (2009). Inhibitory effect of Pb2+ on the transport cycle of the Na,K-ATPase. CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY, vol. 22, pp. 1699-1704, ISSN:0893-228X DOI

S.Imperio; S.Focardi; G.Santini; A.Provenzale (2009). Population dynamics of the Italian roe deer (Capreolus capreolus italicus): analysis of a 109 years-long time series of density indexes. In: 9th European Roe Deer Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, 6-11 Luglio 2009, pp. no-no.

S.Imperio; A.Provenzale; G.Santini; S.Focardi (2008). Analisi delle serie storiche di 5 specie di ungulati in ambiente mediterraneo: validazione dei dati, dipendenza dalla densità ed effetti climatici. In: VI Congresso Italiano di Teriologia, Cles (TN), 16-18 Aprile 2008, vol. PRIGIONI C.,MERIGGI A.,MERLI E. (eds) 2008. VI Congresso Italiano di Teriologia, Hystrix, It. J. Mamm., (N.S.) SUPP. 2008: 1-124, pp. 14-14.

G. BINI; E. CASTELLANO; R. UDISTI; G. SANTINI; G. CHELAZZI (2008). Intra-specific variation in cardiac activity of the Mediterranen limpet Patella caerulea along a contamination gradient.. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, vol. 20, pp. 271-281, ISSN:0394-9370

L. Tucci; G. Santini; E. Caporali (2008). Impiego dei GIS per l’analisi di comunità ornitiche di un ambiente frammentato - A GIS analysis of avian communities in a fragmented habitat.. In: I GIS per l'analisi dell'ambiente umano e naturale: un momento di confronto fra discipline e applicazioni, Firenze, 19 Novembre 2003, In proprio, vol. 5, pp. 0-0.

L. OTTONETTI; L. TUCCI; G. CHELAZZI; G. SANTINI (2008). Stable isotopes analysis to assess the trophic role of ants in a Mediterranean agroecosystem. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY, vol. 10, pp. 29-36, ISSN:1461-9555

S.Imperio; S.Focardi; G. Santini; A. Provenzale (2008). Population dynamics of five ungulate species in a Mediterranean ecosystem: analysis of one-century time-series of hunting bags. In: Société Québécoise pour l'étude biologique du comportement, 33e congrés annuel, Rimouski, Québec, Canada, 31 ottobre-2 novembre 2008, pp. 21-21.

G. SANTINI; L. TUCCI; L. OTTONETTI; F. FRIZZI. (2007). Competition trade-offs in the in the organisation of a Mediterranean ant assemblage. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, vol. 32, pp. 319-326, ISSN:0307-6946 DOI

S.Imperio; A.Provenzale; G.Santini; M.Ferrante; S.Focardi (2007). Factors affecting population growth rates of 5 ungulate species in a Mediterranean environment. In: Congresso Congiunto AIOL-SItE, Ancona, 17-20 settembre 2007, vol. Programma e Riassunti del Congresso Congiunto AIOL-SItE - ECOLOGIA, LIMNOLOGIA e OCEANOGRAFIA: Quale futuro per l'ambiente?, pp. 14-14.

S.Imperio; M.Ferrante; G.Santini; S.Focardi (2007). A 109 years-long time series of abundance indexes of 5 ungulate species: a complete data set obtained from bag records. In: International Union of Game Biologists XXVIII Congres, Sweden, 13-18 August 2007, vol. International Union of Game Biologists XXVIII Congress 13-18 August 2007 Uppsala, Sweden - Book of Abstracts, pp. 311-311.

L. TUCCI; L. OTTONETTI; M. LEBBORONI;M. CORTI; F. ROMEI; G. SANTINI (2006). Analisi della struttura di comunità e delle preferenze ambientali nell'avifauna di un agro-ecosistema complesso.. L'ITALIA FORESTALE E MONTANA, vol. 61, pp. 367-379, ISSN:0021-2776

OTTONETTI L.; L. TUCCI; G. SANTINI (2006). Recolonization patterns of ants in a rehabilitated lignite mine in central Italy: Potential for the use of Mediterranean ants as indicators of restoration processes. RESTORATION ECOLOGY, vol. 14, pp. 60-66, ISSN:1061-2971 DOI

G. SANTINI; C. TENDI; N. RIGHINI; R.C. THOMPSON; G. CHELAZZI (2005). Intra-specific variability in the temporal organisation of foraging of the limpet Patella caerulea on mesotidal shores. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, vol. 17, pp. 65-75, ISSN:0394-9370

F. GHERARDI; P. ACQUISTAPACE; G. SANTINI (2004). Food selection in freshwater omnivores: a case study of crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes.. ARCHIV FUR HYDROBIOLOGIE, vol. 159, pp. 357-376, ISSN:0003-9136 DOI

G. CHELAZZI; PROVINI A.; SANTINI G (2004). Ecologia: dagli organismi agli ecosistemi. Milano: Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (Zanichelli), ISBN:9788808087096

L. OTTONETTI; L. TUCCI; G. SANTINI (2004). Ant communities as indicators of environmental health. Successional analysis in a rehabilitation context.. REDIA, vol. 87, pp. 145-148, ISSN:0370-4327

G. SANTINI; R. THOMPSON; C. TENDI; S. HAWKINS; R. HARTNOLL; G. CHELAZZI (2004). Intra-specific variability in the temporal organisation of foraging activity in the limpet Patella vulgata.. MARINE BIOLOGY, vol. 144, pp. 1165-1172, ISSN:0025-3162 DOI

G. SANTINI; M. BURROWS; G. CHELAZZI (2004). Bioeconomics of foraging route selection in limpets. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, vol. 280, pp. 189-198, ISSN:0171-8630 DOI

S. BARBARESI; G. SANTINI; E. TRICARICO; F. GHERARDI (2004). Ranging behaviour of the invasive crayfish, Procambarus clarkii.. JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, vol. 38, pp. 2821-2832, ISSN:0022-2933 DOI

G. SANTINI; BIANCHI T.; CHELAZZI G. (2002). Metabolic responses to food deprivation in two limpets with different foraging regimes, revealed by recording of cardiac activity. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, vol. 256, pp. 11-15, ISSN:0952-8369 DOI

G. SANTINI; G. CHELAZZI; N. RIGHINI (2001). Automatic Telemetry to monitor the activity of the limpets and sea level oscillations.. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, vol. 81, pp. 699-700, ISSN:0025-3154

F. GHERARDI; P. ACQUISTAPACE; G. SANTINI (2001). Foraging by a threatened species - the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes.. ARCHIV FUR HYDROBIOLOGIE, vol. 152, pp. 339-351, ISSN:0003-9136

G. SANTINI; BRUSCHINI C.; PAZZAGLI L.; PIERACCINI G.; MONETI G; CHELAZZI G (2001). Metabolic responses of the limpet Patella caerulea (L.) to anoxia and dehydration. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 130, pp. 1-8, ISSN:1095-6433 DOI

BURROWS MT; SANTINI G; G. CHELAZZI (2000). A state-dependent model of activity patterns in homing limpets: balancing energy returns and mortality risks under constraints on digestion.. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, vol. 69, pp. 290-300, ISSN:0021-8790 DOI

G. SANTINI; G.A. WILLIAMS; CHELAZZI G (2000). Assessment of factors affecting heart rate of the limpet Patella vulgata on the natural shore. MARINE BIOLOGY, vol. 137, pp. 291-296, ISSN:0025-3162 DOI

DE PIRRO M.; SANTINI G.; G. CHELAZZI (1999). Cardiac responses to salinity variations in two differently zoned mediterranean limpets. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. B, BIOCHEMICAL, SYSTEMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 169, pp. 501-506, ISSN:0174-1578 DOI

M. DE PIRRO; S. CANNICCI; G. SANTINI (1999). A multi-factorial experiment on heart rate variations in the intertidal crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus. MARINE BIOLOGY, vol. 135, pp. 341-345, ISSN:0025-3162 DOI

G. SANTINI; DE PIRRO M; CHELAZZI G (1999). In situ and laboratory assessment of heart rate in a Mediterranean limpet using a noninvasive technique. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY, vol. 72, pp. 198-204, ISSN:1522-2152

G. CHELAZZI; PARPAGNOLI D.; SANTINI G. (1998). A satiation model for the temporal organisation of grazing in limpets.. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, vol. 12, pp. 203-210, ISSN:0269-8463 DOI

G. CHELAZZI; G. SANTINI; P. DELLA SANTINA (1998). Route-selection in the foraging of Patella vulgata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, vol. 78, pp. 1223-1232, ISSN:0025-3154

SANTINI G.; G. CHELAZZI (1996). Energy maximisation vs. time minimisation in the foraging of Patella vulgata. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, vol. 45, pp. 599-605, ISSN:0021-8790

G. SANTINI; G. CHELAZZI (1995). Glycogen content and rates of depletion in two limpets with different foraging regime. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 111, pp. 271-277, ISSN:1096-4940 DOI

P. DELLA SANTINA; G. SANTINI; G. CHELAZZI (1995). Factors affecting variability of foraging excursions in a population of Patella vulgata (Mollusca, Gastropoda). MARINE BIOLOGY, vol. 122, pp. 265-270, ISSN:0025-3162

G. SANTINI; G. CHELAZZI; P. DELLA SANTINA (1995). Size-related functional and energetic constraints in the foraging of the limpet Patella vulgata (Molusca, Gastropoda). FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, vol. 9, pp. 551-558, ISSN:0269-8463

G. CHELAZZI; G. SANTINI; D. PARPAGNOLI; P. DELLA SANTINA (1994). Coupling motographic and sonographic recording to assess foraging behaviour of Patella vulgata. THE JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES, vol. 60, pp. 27-32, ISSN:0260-1230

G. CHELAZZI; P. DELLA SANTINA; G. SANTINI (1994). Rhythmical timing and spatial scattering of foraging in a homer limpet (Patella rustica L.). BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, vol. 5, pp. 288-292, ISSN:1045-2249 DOI

G. CHELAZZI; G. SANTINI; P. DELLA SANTINA; S. FOCARDI (1993). Does the homing accuracy of intertidal chitons rely on active trail following? A simulation approach. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 160, pp. 165-178, ISSN:0022-5193 DOI

G. SANTINI; P. DELLA SANTINA; G. CHELAZZI (1991). A motographic analysis of foraging behaviour in intertidal chitons (Acanthopleura spp.). JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, vol. 71, pp. 759-769, ISSN:0025-3154

Giacomo SANTINI

Curriculum Born in Prato (PO), Italy 09/11/1964.

Laurea cum laude (110+Lode/110), in Biological Sciences, University of Firenze, 13/04/1989.

PhD in Animal Biology (Ethology) 1994. Post-Doc Fellowship, funded by the EU, in the framework of a research project on the interaction of physical and biological factors in the surf and swash zone of European rocky shores (1996). From 1/1/1997 to 23/4/97post-doc fellowship from the University of Firenze and from 23/4/97 is Senior Researcher (permanent position) at the same university.

Research activity is mainly in the field of animal ecology, with a major interest in ii) behavioural ecology , ii) analysis of community structure and function, iii) population and community dynamics.

Teaching: Etology & Animal Ecology, Models & Methods in Conservation Biology (Biology).

Coordinator of a Research Unit within a national MURST COFIN project (2004). Title of the project of the research unit: “ The assessment of ecological value in sustainable environmental planning”

He is scientific coordinator of the project "Regional Ecological Networks", funded by the Tuscany regional Authority and coordinator of the research group "Ecosystem components of landscape", funded by the Tuscany Regional Authority. Member of the scientific board of the “Parco Alpi Apuane”.

He is member of the consultant team of the University of Firenze for the environmental impact assessment for the A1 motorway.

Author of several papers on peer-reviewed international journals, including Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Behavioural Ecology, Marine Biology, Functional Ecology, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Journal of Zoology, Restoration Ecology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Ecological Entomology, Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Animal Behaviour, Oikos.