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Giovanni Forcina. Completed the Dottorato di Ricerca in Molecular Biology in 2014/04/07 by Università degli Studi di Pisa, Laurea Specialistica in Biodiversity and Evolution in 2009/10/01 by Università degli Studi di Pisa and Laurea in Ecological Sciences and Biodiversity in 2006/11/20 by Università degli Studi di Pisa. Is Contracted Researcher in Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares. Published 27 articles in journals. Has 3 section(s) of books. Organized 1 event(s). Participated in 24 event(s). Co-supervised 2 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 6 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Integration into Research Grant Fellow in 1 project(s), Master Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Post-doc Fellow in 3 project(s), Research Technician Fellow in 1 project(s), Researcher in 1 project(s) and Technical development in 2 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Genomics; Admixture; Introgression; Population Genetics; Junglefowl; Microsatellites; Non-Invasive monitoring; Ebola; Western Lowland Gorilla; Small mammals; Doñana National Park; Climate Change; Field Trapping; DNA barcoding; Wildlife Forensics; Cytochrome Oxidase I; Poaching; Ovis orientalis; Cyprus; Gambirds; Alectoris; Francolinus; Genetic Monitoring; NGS; Wildlife; Conservation genetics; Data sharing; Black francolin; Middle Ages; Renaissance; Courtly gamebirds; Biological globalization; Latium; Amphibia; Distribution; Bufo; Hyla; Gorilla; Congo; Black Francolin; Red-Legged Partridge; Population Dynamics; Population Structure; Elba island; Palaearctic; Iran; Biogeography; Aquila chrysaetos; Japan; Mate choice; Archival specimen; Ancient DNA; Asia; Intron; Carnivores; Iberian Peninsula; Cytochrome-b; Museum collections; Mediterranean; mitochondrial DNA markers; Biodiversity monitoring; Introns; Kinabalu National Park; Biological homogenization; mtDNA; Ornithological collections; Gamebirds; East Anglia; Archival specimens; Museum specimens; Adaptive radiation; Spotted francolins; Phylogeny; South East Asia; Malaysian Peninsula; Apodemus sylvaticus; Mus spretus; Landscape genetics; Salamandrina; Site fidelity; Olfactory cues; Trade routes; Archival DNA; Molecular Evolution; Golden eagle; Reproductive success; Omics Sciences; Microbiome; Proteomics; Transcriptomics; RADseq; R; Phylogenetics; Global change; Biodiversity; Conservation; RNA; Illumina; Amphibians; Ecotoxicology; Population Biology; Comparative Methods; Invasive species; Biotic homogenization; Anthropocene; Hybridization; Genetic admixture; Evolution; Mammals; Fauna; Domestication; Rumen; Angola; African Cattle; Enrichment Analyses; Functional Genomics; Sanga; Zebu; Taurine Breeds; Dendroperdix; Bird vocalisations; Asian otters; holotype subspecies; maternal introgression; misidentification of museum specimens; mitochondrial DNA; museum DNA; Livestock; Capra pyrenaica; Anthropocene Biodiversity Crisis; Epizootics; Cryptic species complex; Neotropics; ddRADseq; introgressive hybridisation; Whole genome sequencing; Comparative genomics; Agrobiodiversity; Portugal; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Giovanni Forcina

Citation names

  • Forcina, Giovanni
  • Forcina G

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BF1D-A6C4-83D7
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5727-7770

Email addresses

  • giovanni.forcina@uah.es (Professional)
  • giovanni.forcina@uah.es (Personal)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+34) 91 885 Ext.: 4931 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Edificio Ciencias. Campus universitario, S/N, 28805, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Spain (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Latin Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/01/01 - 2014/04/07
Concluded
 Molecular Biology (Dottorato di Ricerca)
Major in Evolução e Conservação da Natureza
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
"Molecular evolution and conservation genetics of galliforms: the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) and the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Passed (no final grade prospected)
2008/01/01 - 2009/10/01
Concluded
 Biodiversity and Evolution (Laurea Specialistica)
Major in Evolução e Conservação da Natureza
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
"Genetic structure of Corsican wild red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Galliformes) populations inferred by means of mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA markers" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Degree with Honors (110/110 cum laude)
2003/10/01 - 2006/11/20
Concluded
 Ecological Sciences and Biodiversity (Laurea)
Major in Evolução e Conservação da Natureza
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
"The role played by olfactory cues in breeding site fidelity of the northern spectacled salamander, Salamandrina perspicillata (Urodela, Salamandridae)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Degree with Honors (110/110 cum laude)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/01/01 - 2029/12/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2022/01/02 - 2024/12/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2019/07/01 - 2022/01/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/01/07 - 2019/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Kyoto Daigaku, Japan
Wildlife Research Institute (WRC), Kyoto university, Japan
2017/12/29 - 2018/12/14 Postdoc (Research) National University of Singapore, Singapore
Department of Biological Sciences, Singapore
2017/07/01 - 2017/12/22 Research Trainee (Research) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
2015/12/16 - 2017/06/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
2016/01/15 - 2016/06/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) Université de Rennes 1, France
Station Biologique de Paimpont- Université de Rennes 1, France
2015/09/15 - 2015/12/15 Research Trainee (Research) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
2013/10/17 - 2013/12/12 Research Assistant (Research) Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Università degli Studi di Pisa Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy
2012/12/10 - 2013/02/07 Research Assistant (Research) Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Università degli Studi di Pisa Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy
2011/01/07 - 2011/01/28 Research Assistant (Research) Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Università degli Studi di Pisa Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy
2010/03/01 - 2010/09/30 Research Assistant (Research) Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Università degli Studi di Pisa Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy
2007/12/10 - 2007/12/20 Research Trainee (Research) Ente Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Toscano, Italy
Ente Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Toscano, Italy

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007 - 2012 Environmental education, gardening and guide activity at "Maria Ansaldi" and "Pania di Corfino" botanic gardens Comune di Massa, Italy
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
2009/11/01 - 2010/10/31 Civilian national service for environmental associations (secretarial work, environmental education, awareness raising and sensibilization campaigns). Legambiente Onlus, Italy
Legambiente Onlus, Italy
2008 - 2008 Environmental education, gardening and guide activity at "I Frignoli" botanical garden Legambiente Lunigiana, Italy
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/03/15 - 2028/03/14 THE FIRST STEP FOR THE NATIONAL GENETIC MONITORING PROGRAM: GENOMIC MONITORING OF CHUKAR PARTRIDGE (ALECTORIS CHUKAR, AVES)
224O025
Researcher
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Turkey
 TÜBITAK Bilisim ve Bilgi Güvenligi Ileri Teknolojiler Arastirma Merkezi
Ongoing
2025/03 - 2028/03 THE FIRST STEP FOR THE NATIONAL GENETIC MONITORING PROGRAM: GENOMIC MONITORING OF CHUKAR PARTRIDGE (ALECTORIS CHUKAR, AVES)
224O025
 TÜBITAK Bilisim ve Bilgi Güvenligi Ileri Teknolojiler Arastirma Merkezi
2025/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Energy metabolism, behavior and life history adaptations in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) at the edge of its distribution and climatic range
100020230
Researcher
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
 Estación Biológica de Doñana
Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Response capacity of lizard populations to habitat alterations caused by roads
PID2023-148282NB-I00
Researcher
Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Spain
 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2025/12/31 Determinación del riesgo de transmisión de patógenos por garrapatas en ecosistemas de montaña - Mapas de riesgo de Zoonosis (MAZO)
CNS2022-136192
Researcher
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
 Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades
Ongoing
2019/01 - 2019 Mate choice and reproductive success in the Japanese golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos japonica)
Canon.Foundation@canon-europe.com
Post-doc Fellow
Wildlife Research Institute (Kyoto University), Japan
 Canon Foundation in Europe
Concluded
2010/03 - 2011/04/30 Conservation genetics and forensic DNA of the Cypriot endemic mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae)
Cypriot_Mouflon_postgraduate_2010
Research Technician Fellow
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
 Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Cyprus
Concluded
2010 - 2010 Mouflon poaching case [Record of Criminal Investigation S/59/2010 (Morphou) and S/8/2010 (Kato Pyrgou) (05/09/2010)] in Cyprus: genetic ID analysis for forensic use
Forensic_Mouflon_2010
Technical development
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
 Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Cyprus
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2009/12/31 Genetic structure of Galliformes populations of the Republic of Cyprus: the chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar cypriotes) and the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus francolinus)
Galliforms_2008
Master Student Fellow
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
 Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Cyprus
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/07/02 - Current Genomic characterization of Portuguese native goats and of their rumen
POCI- 01-0145-FEDER-028866
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2025/01/01 - 2029/12/31 Disentangling the effect of biotic and abiotic factors on the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in small mammal hosts
2024-T1_SAL-GL-31424
Principal investigator
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Ongoing
2022/01/02 - 2024/12/31 Genomic makeup of wild mice populations and of their gut microbiome: fitness implications
MARÍA ZAMBRANO
Principal investigator
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDB/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020
UID/BIA/50027/2019
LA/P/0048/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020
UIDP/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
LA InBIO funding CIBIO
InBIO CIBIO core funding
InBIO CIBIO programme funding
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/12/29 - 2018/12/14 Assessing the genetic status and connectivity of the junglefowl populations in Singapore
RL2016-139-RCA
Post-doc Fellow
National University of Singapore, Singapore
 National University of Singapore

National Parks Board (NParks)
Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2017/12/31 Social dynamics in western lowland gorillas: Ebola transmission and survival
SEV-2012-0262
Researcher
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
 Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Concluded
2015/12/16 - 2017 Evaluating diversity and abundance of small mammals from Doñana Biological Reserve
Small_Mammals_Doñana
Post-doc Fellow
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Ongoing
2012 - 2014 DNA barcoding and food forensics: genetic ID of the bird species resident in Cyprus and placement of geolocators on endemics for purpose of conservation
Avian_Barcoding_Cyprus_2012
Technical development
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
 AG Tasso Leventis Foundation, Leventis Overseas
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Forcina, Giovanni; Leonard, Jennifer A.. "Tools for Monitoring Genetic Diversity in Mammals: Past, Present, and Future". In Conservation Genetics in Mammals, edited by Jorge Ortega; Jesus Maldonado, 13-27. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-33334-8_2
  2. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini; Melinda Zeder. "The Black Francolin: Assessing the Origins of a Prized Courtly Bird in an Interdisciplinary Manner". In Animals and Courts. Europe, c. 1200–1800, 43-54. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter, 2019.
    Published • 10.1515/9783110544794
  3. Forcina, Giovanni. "Collezioni museali e genetica molecolare:due casi studio nei fasianidi". In Status e conservazione della Coturnice (Alectoris graeca) Meisner,1804, edited by Mario Lo Valvo; Guido R. Loria; Pietro Miosi, 34-42. Palermo, Italy: Assessorato Regionale dell’Agricoltura dello Sviluppo Rurale e della Pesca Mediterranea, Palermo, Italia, 2014.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Forcina, Giovanni; Arlo Hinkley; Miguel Camacho-Sanchez; Jennifer Leonard; Anna Cornellas; Luis García-Cardenete. "Poniendo en valor las colecciones de historia natural, un caso práctico (in Spanish)". Paper presented in XIII Congress of the Spanish Society of Mammalogist (SECEM), Guadalajara, 2017.
    Published
  2. Jacopo Bettin; Docampo Maria; Santoro Simone; Giuseppa Saba; Anna Cornellas; Carlos Ruoco; Maria del Carmen Fernández; et al. "Investigando los micromamíferos de Doñana: qué sabemos y qué podríamos saber a través de la genómica del paisaje". Paper presented in XIII Congress of the Spanish Society of Mammalogist (SECEM), Guadalajara, 2017.
    Published • 10.22201/crim.unam000001c.2017.c54
  3. Forcina, Giovanni; Dominique Vallet; Nelly Ménard; Pascaline J. Le Gouar; Stephane Dréano; Carles Vilà; Ruben Bernardo-Madrid; et al. "Mobility patterns and social structure unveiled by non- invasive genotyping in the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)". Paper presented in 2nd Joint Meeting of the French Zoological Society and the Italian Union of Zoology, Turin, 2017.
    Published
  4. Forcina, Giovanni; Miguel Camacho-Sanchez; Jennifer Leonard; Sacramento Moreno Garrido. "Large-scale screening of genetic diversity of spatially isolated and taxonomically diverse small mammal communities by intron markers". Paper presented in VII Congress of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, Rome, 2017.
  5. Forcina, Giovanni; Miguel Camacho-Sanchez; Sacramento Moreno Garrido; Jennifer Leonard. "Refining a panel of intron markers to monitor the genetic diversity in small mammal communities by exploring different multiplexing strategies: a study from Doñana". Paper presented in XIV MEDECOS & XIII AEET meeting - Human driven scenarios for evolutionary and ecological changes – p 202, Seville, Spain, Seville, 2017.
    Published
  6. Forcina, Giovanni; Dominique Vallet; Nelly Ménard; Pascaline J. Le Gouar; Ruben Bernardo-Madrid; Eloy Revilla; Carles Vilà; et al. "Parentesco y patrones de movilidad desvelan redes sociales modulares en el gorila occidental de llanura (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) (in Spanish)". Paper presented in XIII Congress of the Spanish Society of Mammalogist (SECEM), Guadalajara, Spain, Guadalajara, 2017.
    Published
  7. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini; Melinda Zeder. "The Black Francolin. Food for gourmets, game for nobles, lust for lovers: reawakening the memory and assessing the origin of a prized courtly bird". Paper presented in International Conference “Animals at Court”, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, 2016.
    Published
  8. Forcina, Giovanni; Monica Guerrini; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Rita Lorenzini; Panicos Panayides; Pantelis Hadjigerou; Petros Anayiotos; Mathieu Garel; Nicolaos Kassinis. "Population genetics and forensic DNA for conservation management of the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion)". Paper presented in 6th World Congress on Mountain Ungulates and 5th International Symposium on Mouflon, Nicosia, 2016.
    Published
  9. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini; Hein van Grouw; Melinda Zeder; Panicos Panayides; Pantelis Hadjigerou; et al. "Unravelling the biogeography of secretive taxa by museum collections: the untold story of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Phasianidae) in the Mediterranean". Paper presented in VI Congress of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, Bologna, 2015.
    Published
  10. Forcina, Giovanni. "Ornithological collections and molecular genetics: two case studies among the phasianids". Paper presented in Workshop “Status and conservation of Sicilian Rock Partridge”, LIFE09 NAT/IT/000099–SICALECONS “Azioni urgenti per la conservazione della Coturnice di Sicilia, Alectoris graeca whitakeri Schiebel, 1934”, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Sicily, Palermo, 2013.
    Published
  11. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini. "Extant and extinct black francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Galliformes) populations: a molecular genetics approach". Paper presented in 74° Congress of the Italian Union of Zoology, Modena, 2013.
    Published
  12. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini; Hein van Grouw; Omar Fadil Al-Sheikhly; Jamshid Mansoori; Muhammad Naeem Awan; et al. "Ancient and modern DNA for adaptive conservation management of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus)". Paper presented in 31° IUGB (International Union of Game Biologists) Congress, Brussels, 2013.
    Published
  13. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini; Alessia Cappello; Nicholas Aebischer. "Biotic homogenization and hybridization of the red-legged partridge: effects of game management in England". Paper presented in 31° IUGB (international Union of Game Biologists) Congress, Brussels, 2013.
    Published
  14. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini; Panicos Panayides; Emiliano Mori; Omar Fadil Al-Sheikhly; Jamshid Mansoori; et al. "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of francolins (Galliformes, Francolinus) from Europe and Asia". Paper presented in 72° Congress of the Italian Union of Zoology, Bologna, 2011.
    Published
  15. Forcina, Giovanni; Antonio Romano; Marco Alberto Luca Zuffi. "The role played by the olfactory cues as concerned in the breeding site selection of in Salamandrina perspicillata". Paper presented in VI National Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica, Rome, 2006.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Forcina, Giovanni; Chalbi, S.; Pérez-Pardal, Lucía; Dos Santos, Américo; Carvalheira, Julio Gil Vale; Djemali M.; Gaddour, A.; Bedihaf-Romdhani, S.; Beja-Pereira, Albano. "Comparative rumen microbiomics of livestock breeds from Portugal and Africa.". Paper presented in 72nd Congress of the European Federation of Animal Sciences (EAAP), 2021.
  2. Forcina, Giovanni; Americo Dos Santos; Lucía Pérez-Pardal; Julio Gil Vale Carvalheira; Albano Beja-Pereira. "Rumen microbiome of domestic ruminants from extreme environments". Paper presented in 71st Congress of the European Federation of Animal Sciences (EAAP), 2020.
  3. Forcina, Giovanni; Lucía Pérez-Pardal; Iván Fernández; Isabel Álvarez; Adama Traoré; Nuria A Menéndez-Arias; Albano Beja-Pereira; Félix Goyache. "Genomic signatures on differential adaptation in West African livestock". Paper presented in 71st Congress of the European Federation of Animal Sciences (EAAP), 2020.
  4. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini; Panicos Panayides; Pantelis Hadjigerou; Aleem Ahmed Khan. "Molecular biogeography and transitions within zoogeographic realms: the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) as tool to elucidate the intra-Palaearctic boundary". Paper presented in 80° Congress of the Italian Union of Zoology, Rome, Italy, 2019.
  5. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini. "The red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) from Elba Island: conservation perspectives for a last resort resource in Italy". Paper presented in Tibe 2019 Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution in Mediterranean Ecosystems. CIBIO-InBIO, Campus de Vairão, Portugal., 2019.
  6. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini. "Molecular phylogeography and museum specimens: the case of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus)". Paper presented in Symposium of Integrative Biology: Biodiversity in Asia. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2019.
  7. Forcina, Giovanni; Miguel Camacho-Sanchez; Anna Cornellas; Jennifer Leonard. "Intrones: una nueva herramienta para el monitoreo genético de micromamíferos y carnívoros españoles (in Spanish)". Paper presented in XIII Congress of the Spanish Society of Mammalogist (SECEM), Guadalajara, Spain, 2017.
  8. Forcina, Giovanni; Monica Guerrini; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Petros Anayiotos; Panicos Panayides; Pantelis Hadjigerou; Mathieu Garel; Rita Lorenzini. "Genetic structure, phylogenetic relationships and forensic DNA of the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion)". Paper presented in 31° IUGB Congress, Brussels, Belgium, 2013.
  9. Monica Guerrini; Prof. Filippo Barbanera. "Bird collections and molecular biogeography of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Phasianidae)". Paper presented in 73° Congress of the Italian Union of Zoology, Florence, Italy, 2012.
    10.1063/1.4952050
  10. Forcina, Giovanni; Prof. Filippo Barbanera; Monica Guerrini. "Barbary, chukar and red-legged: 10 years of research on Alectoris partridges at the University of Pisa". Paper presented in First Conference on Mediterranean populations of the genus Alectoris, Alessandria, Italy, 2011.
  11. Forcina, Giovanni; Caterina Beccani; Monica Guerrini; Prof. Filippo Barbanera. "Conservation and forensic DNA: the case of the endemic Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae)". Paper presented in 72° Congress of the Italian Union of Zoology, Bologna, Italy, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Laila Sabrate; Giovanni Forcina; Saâd Hanane; Abdellah Ichen. "High Diversity Unveiled by the First Genetic Survey on Wild and Captive Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara) from Morocco". Diversity (2025): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/2/79.
    10.3390/d17020079
  2. Michael J Jowers; A. Jesús Muñoz-Pajares; John C. Weber; Jeanette Arkle; SALVADOR ARENAS-CASTRO; Simon Ho; Gilson Rivas; et al. "Testing molecular date estimates using an ecological and vicariant case study in treefrogs: The Geological-Ecological Molecular Calibration". Journal of Biogeography (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14971.
    10.1111/jbi.14971
  3. Johann H. van Niekerk; Giovanni Forcina; Rodrigo Megía-Palma. "Grouping Behaviour and Anti-Predator Responses in the Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris". Birds (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/birds5040047.
    10.3390/birds5040047
  4. Giovanni FORCINA; Miguel CLAVERO; Marie MEISTER; Christina BARILARO; Monica GUERRINI; Filippo BARBANERA. "Introduced and extinct: neglected archival specimens shed new light on the historical biogeography of an iconic avian species in the Mediterranean". Integrative Zoology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12801.
    10.1111/1749-4877.12801
  5. M. Lorenzo-Vélez; A. F. Malo; F. Garcés-Toledano; B. Rodríguez-Moreno; P. Izquierdo-Cezón; J. Martínez-Dalmau; R. García-Roldán; G. Forcina. "Influence of captive breeding, release date and sex on the natal philopatry of the lesser kestrel Falco naumanni". Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (2024): https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2024.47.0113.
    10.32800/abc.2024.47.0113
  6. Tamer Albayrak; Tugba Tunçel; Pinar Öge; Dieter Thomas Tietze; Giovanni Forcina. "Anatolia: A Hotspot of Avian Genetic Diversity in the Western Palaearctic". Diversity (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/d16060339.
    10.3390/d16060339
  7. Abdul Razaq; Giovanni Forcina; Urban Olsson; Qian Tang; Robert Tizard; Naing Lin; Nila Pwint; Aleem Ahmed Khan. "Phylogeography and diversification of Oriental weaverbirds (Ploceus spp.): A gradual increase of eurytopy". Avian Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100120.
    10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100120
  8. Meng Yue Wu; Martien Groenen; Giovanni Forcina; Gabriel Weijie Low; Keren R. Sadanandan; Chyi Yin Gwee; Hein van Grouw; et al. "Historic samples reveal loss of wild genotype through domestic chicken introgression during the Anthropocene". PLOS Genetics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010551.
    10.1371/journal.pgen.1010551
  9. Duarte-Coimbra, Sofia; Forcina, Giovanni; Perez-Pardal, Lucia; Beja-Pereira, Albano. "Characterization of tongue dorsum microbiome in wine tasters". Food Research International (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/56680040/.
    10.1016/J.FOODRES.2022.112259
  10. Fasola, Emanuele; Stefani, Fabrizio; Forcina, Giovanni; Fasola, Mauro; Vigano, Enrico; Dorosencu, Alexandru; Monros, Juan S.; Morganti, Michelangelo. "Exploratory Analyses of Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) and Sexual Dichromatism (SD) in Free-living Adult Purple Herons (Ardea purpurea)". Waterbirds (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/62645818/.
    10.1675/063.045.0314
  11. Giovanni Forcina; Muhammad Bilal; Fabián Casas; Ghislain Noé Kougoum Piebeng; Muhammad Xaaceph Khan; Amir Naseer. "Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense in Pakistan: Notes From a Nest Located in a Fragmented Agricultural Habitat". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (2023): https://www.bnhsjournal.in/index.php/bnhs/article/view/170634.
    10.17087/jbnhs/2023/v120/170634
  12. Giovanni Forcina; Lucía Pérez-Pardal; Júlio Carvalheira; Albano Beja-Pereira. "Gut Microbiome Studies in Livestock: Achievements, Challenges, and Perspectives". Animals (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233375.
    10.3390/ani12233375
  13. G. Forcina; M. Camacho-Sanchez; A. Cornellas; J. A. Leonard. "Complete mitogenomes reveal limited genetic variability in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus of the Iberian Peninsula". Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (2022): https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2022.45.0107.
    10.32800/abc.2022.45.0107
  14. Johann H. Van Niekerk; Rodrigo Megía-Palma; Giovanni Forcina. "Thermoregulatory function and sexual dimorphism of the throat sack in Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) across Africa". Avian Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100047.
    10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100047
  15. Monica Guerrini; Panicos Panayides; Nazgol Niktoreh Mofrad; Nikolaos Kassinis; Ioannis Ioannou; Giovanni Forcina; Pantelis Hadjigerou; Filippo Barbanera. "Spatial genetic structure and Ovis haplogroup as a tool for an adaptive conservation management of the endangered Cyprus mouflon". Zoology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2021.125959.
    10.1016/j.zool.2021.125959
  16. Johann H. Van Niekerk; Rodrigo Megía-Palma; Giovanni Forcina; Johann van Niekerk; Forcina, Giovanni. "Call variation of Crested Francolin ( Dendroperdix sephaena ) across Africa defies the effects of spatial gradients". Ibis (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12945.
    Accepted • 10.1111/ibi.12945
  17. Giovanni Forcina; Peter Boesman; Michael J. Jowers; Forcina, Giovanni; Michael J. Jowers. "Cryptic diversity in a neotropical avian species complex untangled by neglected genetic evidence". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment (2021): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1915674.
    Under revision • 10.1080/01650521.2021.1915674
  18. Forcina, Giovanni; Kees Woutersen; Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez; Samer Angelone; Jean P. Crampe; Jesus Maria Pérez; Paulino Fandos; José Enrique Granados; Michael J. Jowers. "Demography reveals populational expansion of a recently extinct Iberian ungulate". Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 1 (2021): 211-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.61854.
    Accepted • 10.3897/zse.97.61854
  19. Giovanni Forcina; Qian Tang; Emilie Cros; Monica Guerrini; Frank E. Rheindt; Filippo Barbanera; Forcina, Giovanni; et al. "Genome-wide markers redeem the lost identity of a heavily managed gamebird". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0285.
    Accepted • 10.1098/rspb.2021.0285
  20. Giovanni Forcina; Miguel Camacho-Sanchez; Fred Y.Y. Tuh; Sacramento Moreno; Jennifer A. Leonard. "Markers for genetic change". Heliyon 7 1 (2021): e05583-e05583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05583.
    10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05583
  21. Chattopadhyay, Balaji; Forcina, Giovanni; Garg, Kritika M.; Irestedt, Martin; Guerrini, Monica; Barbanera, Filippo; Rheindt, Frank E.; et al. "Novel genome reveals susceptibility of popular gamebird, the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae), to climate change". Genomics (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/49069948/.
    Under revision • 10.1016/J.YGENO.2021.08.010
  22. Johann H van Niekerk; Giovanni Forcina. "Purpose of Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena male collective calls at dusk based on livestream audio censusing". Ostrich (2020): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2020.1827463.
    10.2989/00306525.2020.1827463
  23. Monica Guerrini; Forcina, Giovanni; Marcus A.H. Chua; Meryl Theng; Omar F. Al-Sheikhly; Mukhtar K. Haba; Brij K. Gupta; et al. "Spatial genetic structure of smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata: Carnivora: Mustelidae) as inferred from modern and archival DNA". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68 (2020): 719-734. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0084.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  24. Wu, Meng Yue; Low, Gabriel Weijie; Forcina, Giovanni; Grouw, Hein; Lee, Benjamin P. Y-H.; Oh, Rachel Rui Ying; Rheindt, Frank E.. "Historic and modern genomes unveil a domestic introgression gradient in a wild red junglefowl population". Evolutionary Applications 13 9 (2020): 2300-2315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13023.
    10.1111/eva.13023
  25. Forcina, Giovanni; Forcina, Giovanni; Guerrini, Monica; Barbanera, Filippo. "Non-native and hybrid in a changing environment: conservation perspectives for the last Italian red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) population with long natural history". Zoology 138 (2020): 125740. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2019.125740.
    Published • 10.1016/j.zool.2019.125740
  26. Forcina, Giovanni. "Spatial genetic structure in the vulnerable smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata, Mustelidae): towards an adaptive conservation management of the species". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68 (2020): 719-734. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0084.pdf.
    10.26107/RBZ-2020-0084
  27. Giovanni Forcina; Monica Guerrini; Panicos Panayides; Pantelis Hadjigerou; Aleem Ahmed Khan; Filippo Barbanera. "Molecular taxonomy and intra-Palaearctic boundary: new insights from the biogeography of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) by means of microsatellite DNA". Systematics and Biodiversity (2019): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1691673.
    10.1080/14772000.2019.1691673
  28. Giovanni Forcina; Dominique Vallet; Pascaline J. Le Gouar; Rubén Bernardo-Madrid; Germán Illera; Guillem Molina-Vacas; Stéphane Dréano; et al. "From groups to communities in western lowland gorillas". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286 1896 (2019): 20182019-20182019. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2019.
    10.1098/rspb.2018.2019
  29. Giovanni Forcina; Wolfgang Arthofer; Monica Guerrini; Imran Khaliq; Aleem Ahmed Khan; Filippo Barbanera. "Human-modified biogeographic patterns and conservation in game birds: The dilemma of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Phasianidae) in Pakistan". PLOS ONE 13 10 (2018): e0205059-e0205059. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205059.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0205059
  30. Forcina, Giovanni. "DNA barcoding of bird species in Cyprus: a tool for conservation purposes". Bird Conservation International (2017): 1-12. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85009204128&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0959270916000472
  31. Barbanera, F.; Moretti, B.; Guerrini, M.; Al-Sheikhly, O.F.; Forcina, G.. "Investigation of ancient DNA to enhance natural history museum collections: misidentification of smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) specimens across multiple museums". Belgian Journal of Zoology 146 2 (2016): 101-112. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/1854663/.
  32. Guerrini, M.; Forcina, G.; Panayides, P.; Lorenzini, R.; Garel, M.; Anayiotos, P.; Kassinis, N.; Barbanera, F.. "Molecular DNA identity of the mouflon of Cyprus (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae): Near Eastern origin and divergence from Western Mediterranean conspecific populations". Systematics and Biodiversity 13 5 (2015): 472-483. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938994404&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/14772000.2015.1046409
  33. Forcina, G.; Guerrini, M.; Van Grouw, H.; Gupta, B.K.; Panayides, P.; Hadjigerou, P.; Al-Sheikhly, O.F.; et al. "Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 11 (2015): 3296-3301. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925237675&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.1500677112
  34. Barbanera, F.; Forcina, G.; Cappello, A.; Guerrini, M.; van Grouw, H.; Aebischer, N.J.. "Introductions over introductions: the genomic adulteration of an early genetically valuable alien species in the United Kingdom". Biological Invasions 17 1 (2014): 409-422. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939876442&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10530-014-0739-5
  35. Forcina, G.; Panayides, P.; Kassinis, N.; Guerrini, M.; Barbanera, F.. "Genetic characterization of game bird island populations: The conservation of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) of Cyprus". Journal for Nature Conservation 22 1 (2014): 15-22. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893775575&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jnc.2013.07.004
  36. Barbanera, F.; Guerrini, M.; Beccani, C.; Forcina, G.; Anayiotos, P.; Panayides, P.. "Conservation of endemic and threatened wildlife: Molecular forensic DNA against poaching of the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae)". Forensic Science International: Genetics 6 5 (2012): 671-675. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863780424&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.12.001
  37. Forcina, G.; Panayides, P.; Guerrini, M.; Nardi, F.; Gupta, B.K.; Mori, E.; Al-Sheikhly, O.F.; et al. "Molecular evolution of the Asian francolins (Francolinus, Galliformes): A modern reappraisal of a classic study in speciation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65 2 (2012): 523-534. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866173119&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.006
  38. Barbanera, F.; Forcina, G.; Guerrini, M.; Dini, F.. "Molecular phylogeny and diversity of the Corsican red-legged partridge: Hybridization and management issues". Journal of Zoology 285 1 (2011): 56-65. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80051925144&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00813.x
  39. Barbanera, F.; Pergams, O.R.W.; Guerrini, M.; Forcina, G.; Panayides, P.; Dini, F.. "Genetic consequences of intensive management in game birds". Biological Conservation 143 5 (2010): 1259-1268. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77950986865&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.035
  40. Romano, A.; Forcina, G.; Barbanera, F.. "Breeding site selection by olfactory cues in the threatened northern spectacled salamander Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821)". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18 5 (2008): 799-805. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50149100688&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/aqc.890
  41. Forcina, Giovanni; Cristiano Spilinga; Carmine Esposito; Antonio Romano. "Nuovi dati sulla distribuzione di alcuni anfibi nel Lazio (in Italian)". Aldrovandia - Bullettin of the Natural History Museum of Rome 3 (2007): 125-126.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. Forcina, Giovanni. "Nuovi strumenti molecolari per il monitoraggio della biodiversità nelle aree protette” (in Italian) Forcina G. Greenreport", Greenreport, 2021, https://www.greenreport.it/news/aree-protette-e-biodiversita/nuovi-strumenti-molecolari-per-il-monitoraggio-della-biodiversita-nelle-aree-protette/?fbclid=IwAR2biOvCwU6Q7GzlyBFSr_3rcKVnf6D3mjEoNr7rnL9LU25UHQw6U5x0BcI.
  2. Forcina, Giovanni; Dominique Vallet; Pascaline J. Le Gouar; Nelly Ménard; Ruben Bernardo-Madrid; Eloy Revilla; Carles Vilà; et al. "Secrets of western lowland gorilla highly social behavior revealed", Gorilla Journal , 2019, https://www.berggorilla.org/en/home/news-archive/article-view/secrets-of-western-lowland-gorilla-highly-social-behaviour-revealed/.
  3. Forcina, Giovanni. "Struttura e tolleranza sociale nel gorilla di pianura occidentale (in Italian)", Greenreport, 2019, http://www.greenreport.it/news/aree-protette-e-biodiversita/struttura-e-tolleranza-sociale-nel-gorilla-di-pianura-occidentale/.
Preprint
  1. Johann Hendrik van Niekerk; Giovanni Forcina; Rodrigo Megía-Palma. "Grouping Behaviour and Anti-Predator Responses in the Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris". 2024. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0966.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202407.0966.v1
  2. Sofia Duarte-Coimbra; Giovanni Forcina; Lucía Pérez-Pardal; Albano Beja-Pereira. "First insights into nasal microbiome in wine tasters". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.21.533426.
    10.1101/2023.03.21.533426
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Forcina, Giovanni. "Molecular evolution and conservation genetics of galliforms: the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) and the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)". PhD, Università degli Studi di Pisa, 2014. https://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-03022014-011442/.
  2. Forcina, Giovanni. "Genetic structure of Corsican wild red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Galliformes) populations inferred by means of mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA markers". Master, Università degli Studi di Pisa, 2009. https://etd.adm.unipi.it/t/etd-07212009-152920/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/11 Rediscovering the Alectoris partridges (Phasianidae): advances and perspectives in the genomic era
(Pisa, Italy)
2024/09/08 The Geological-Ecological Molecular Clock Calibration: when ecological vicariance aids tree dating. A treefrog case study
(Naples, Italy)
2024/06/19 The importance of multidisciplinary research in historical ecology: the case of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus)
(Bolonia, Italy)
2024/05/22 Relation entre la disponibilité des arthropodes et le régime alimentaire des poussins de perdrix rouge (Alectoris rufa) à travers de l’analyse de métabarcode
Mohammed V University (Rabat, Morocco)
2023/11/24 Behavioural adjustment to changing air temperature in Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Animal Behaviour Live (Online, United Kingdom)
2023/10/18 Origin of the mysterious black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) populations from Greece and Northern Africa finally unveiled
Dokuz Eylul University (Izmir, Turkey)
2023/09/20 Untangling the evolution of Oriental weaverbirds
Damghan University (Damghan, Iran)
2022/01/11 Western-eastern Palaearctic boundary: inferences from faunal distribution in Iran
Damghan University (Damghan, Iran)
2021/10/22 Molecular taxonomy and acoustic data of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) support a reappraisal of the intra-Palaearctic boundary
International Biogeography Society (IBS) (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2020/02/07 The Black Francolin. Reawakening the Memory and Assessing the Origin of a Prized Courtly Bird in the Mediterranean CIBIO/InBio Seminars in Biodiversity and Evolution
Albano Beja-Pereira (VAIRAO, Portugal)
2019/06/11 From RAPDs to NGS: power and perspectives of advancing molecular tools in wildlife conservation The 10th International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution: Wildlife Metagenomics
Kyoto University North Campus, Japan. (Kyoto, Japan)
2019/05/21 Career in conservation biology: challenges and joys . ILAS ( Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences) seminars
Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)
2019/05/01 Status and conservation of the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in Italy Workshop “Golden Eagle and Mountain Hawk Eagle: Results of Ecological Research and the Potential of Genetic Analyses”Yasu, Japan.
Asian Raptor Research and Conservation Network (Yasu, Japan)
2019/03/06 Neglected avian biodiversity: (re)discovering the secrets of the Asian francolins WRC seminars 06/03/2019, Kyoto, Japan
Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)
2017/12/13 Potential of intron loci for genetic monitoring of carnivores Jornada LEM 2017
Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) (Seville, Spain)
2017/04/05 Public databases, NGS and non-model species: potential for large-scale community-based biodiversity monitoring SevinOmics - Omics research in Seville, Spring Meeting 2017
Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) (Seville, Spain)
2017/03/31 Social dynamics in western lowland gorillas Jornada Microproyectos Severo Ochoa
Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) (Seville, Spain)
2016/12/16 Relatedness and dispersal strategies of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the last stronghold of the species Jornada LEM 2016
Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) (Seville, Spain)
2016/04/12 Native or introduced? The untold story of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) in the western Mediterranean ECOBIO Seminars
Université de Rennes 1 (Paimpont, France)
2015/11/24 Validation of a multiplexed panel of intron markers in small mammals by testing different NGS approaches Jornada LEM 2015
Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) (Seville, Spain)
2013/12/05 Zoological collections, archival DNA and molecular genetics: two case studies amongst the Phasianidae Biodiversity and Conservation Course seminars, University of Pisa
Università degli Studi di Pisa (Pisa, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/10 - Current Genetic characterization of livestock breeds native to Angola
Co-supervisor
 Ciência Animal (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024/01/09 - 2024/09/13 Study of individual genetic variability on the growth rate in Apodemus sylvaticus
Co-supervisor of Inés Hernández Daganzo
 Health Biology (Degree)
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2024/01/09 - 2024/09/13 Effects of endoparasite abundance on health indicator parameters in Apodemus sylvaticus
Co-supervisor of Araceli Calderón Brenes
 Health Biology (Degree)
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2024/01/09 - 2024/06/18 Determinants of tick ectoparasitism in field mice in central Spain
Co-supervisor
 Health Biology (Degree)
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2021/01/01 - 2023/07/18 Measuring genetic diversity in Iberian Carnivores
Co-supervisor of Valentina Valencia Montoya
 Conservation Biology (Master)
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
2023/01/01 - 2023/07/14 Characterization of the shelters of the Iberian desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) as a tool for restoring its habitats
Supervisor of Andrés Gómes Arroyo
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2017/07 - 2018/07 Microsatellite genotyping with NGS to infer the population genetic structure of a murid species: approach suitability and implications for conservation in Doñana National Park
Co-supervisor
 Conservation and Evolution (Master)
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2015/11 - 2017/04 Organizer of SevinOmics (Omics Research in Seville) meetings at Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain (two meeetings per year). (2015 - 2017)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/11/15 - 2024/11/15 Participation in Science and Innovation Week 2024
Exhibition
 Science Week 2024
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2024/11/04 - 2024/11/05 Poster presentation: "Safety in numbers. Or maybe not. Anti-predator responses of the Helmeted Guineafowl /Numida meleagris) to aerial and terrestrial predators"
Conference
Animal Behaviour Live , United Kingdom
2024/06/17 - 2024/06/21 Poster presentation: Conservation museomics applied on intensively managed game species: opening Pandora’s box? The case of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Congress
 ECCB 2024 - European Congress of Conservation Biology
Society for Conservation Biology, United States
2023/12/06 - 2023/12/09 Poster: Measuring genetic diversity in Iberian Carnivores
Congress
Spanish Society of Mammalogist, Spain
2023/11/24 - 2023/11/24 Participation in Science and Innovation Week 2023
Exhibition
 Science and Innovation Week 2023
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2023/10/31 - 2023/11/03 Poster: Is predation the rationale for collective behaviour in Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)?
Spanish Society of Ethology and Evolutionary Ecology (SEEE), Spain
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/07 Poster: Possible role of sack and facial colours in the thermoregulation of the Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Conference
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/07 Poster: Red, orange and yellow carotenoid pigments drive sexual selections in bare-throated spurfowls (Pternistis spp.)
Conference
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2022/11/12 - 2022/11/12 Participation in Science and Innovation Week 2022
Exhibition
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2022/09/04 - 2022/09/07 Poster: Heterozygosity-fitness correlation in a woodland rodent: more heterozygous individuals have higher nutritious quality habitats
Call
Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, Italy
2022/08/14 - 2022/08/19 Poster: Heterozygous male lions live longer than homozygous males. A creatine-mediated effect?
Call
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), France
2021/08/30 - 2021/09/03 Poster: De novo genome assembly of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Congress
European Federation of Animal Science, Italy
2020/12/01 - 2020/12/04 Poster: Genomic signatures on differential adaptation in West African livestock
Congress
European Federation of Animal Science, Italy
2017/06 - 2017/12 A1 French course attended at Hablaworld Learning Centre in Seville, Spain
Other
 A1 French course
Hablaworld Learning Center, Spain
2015/11 - 2017/06 C1 Spanish course attended at Hablaworld Learning Centre in Seville, Spain
Other
 C1 Spanish course
Hablaworld Learning Center, Spain
2015/07/06 - 2015/07/10 Summer School of Bioinformatics: "Modern approaches to RNA analyses" in Poznan, Poland
Other
 Summer School of Bioinformatics: "Modern approaches to RNA analyses"
Uniwersytet im Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Poland
2015/06/07 - 2015/06/12 Training course "Introduction to RADseq data analysis" in Edolo, Italy
Other
 Introduction to RADseq data analysis
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
2015/05/11 - 2015/05/15 Training course in "Ecotoxicology of amphibians and reptiles: from theory to practice" in Aveiro, Portugal
Other
 Ecotoxicology of amphibians and reptiles: from theory to practice
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2015/05/04 - 2015/05/08 Training course "An Introduction to Phylogenetic Analysis Using R" in Barcelona, Spain
Other
 An Introduction to Phylogenetic Analysis Using R
Transmitting Science, Spain
2015/03/09 - 2015/03/13 Training course "Integrative taxonomy and taxonomic expertise in the framework of DNA-barcoding initiative" in Paris, France
Other
 Integrative taxonomy and taxonomic expertise in the framework of DNA-barcoding initiative
Muséum National d’ Histoire Naturelle, France
2015/01/26 - 2015/02/06 European Course on Comparative Genomics (Master BioSciences) in Lyon, France
Other
 European Course on Comparative Genomics
École normale supérieure de Lyon, France
2014/11/11 - 2014/11/15 International Conference on Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and their Application in Evolutionary Biology in Seville, Spain 11/11/2014-15/11/2014
Conference
 International Conference on Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and their Application in Evolutionary Biology
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
2014/11/03 - 2014/11/08 Neobiota 8th International Conference on Invasive Species: "Biological Invasions: from understanding to action" in Antalya, Turkey
Conference
 Neobiota 8th International Conference on Invasive Species: "Biological Invasions: from understanding to action"
NEOBIOTA, Bulgaria

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Turkey
2014/11/02 - 2014/11/02 International Conference: “Hybridization between wild and domestic mammals as a conservation threat and opportunity” in Grosseto, Italy
Conference
 International Conference: “Hybridization between wild and domestic mammals as a conservation threat and opportunity
Ente Parco Regionale della Maremma, Italy
2014/05/30 - 2014/06/01 UZI (Italian Zoological Union) Spring School on Population Biology and Population Genetics in Venice, Italy
Workshop
 UZI (Italian Zoological Union) Spring School on Population Biology and Population Genetics
Unione Zoologica Italiana, Italy
2011/11 - 2014/06 Milestone 1 English level achieved at Wall Street Institute, Pisa, Italy. BULATS certificate (Advanced Level, 85/100) obtained on 21/07/2018
Other
 Milestone 1 English
Wall Street Institute Master Italia SRL, Italy
2002 - 2014 Voluntary cooperation with Dr. Antonio Romano (IUCN Red List Assessor-Italian Herpetofauna) for tissue sampling aimed at genetic analyses, mark and recapture activity and biometric data collection of heteroterm species listed in the European Habitats Directive 92/43/CEE (Annexes II and IV) across Italy
Other
2012/12/15 - 2012/12/16 Italian Symposium on Evolutionary Biology in Ferrara, Italy
Symposium
 Italian Symposium on Evolutionary Biology
Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, Italy
2012/05/14 - 2012/05/18 Italian Workshop on Phylogenetic Methods and Applications in Modena, Italy
Workshop
 Italian Workshop on Phylogenetic Methods and Applications
Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, Italy
2012/02/20 - 2012/03/01 English course "International Conference Presentation Skills" in Pisa, Italy
Other
 International Conference Presentation Skills
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
2008/05 - 2011/11 Voluntary census by sightings of the mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon), Apuan Alps Regional Park, Tuscany, Italy
Other
Parco Regionale delle Alpi Apuane, Italy
2011/09/26 - 2011/10/07 International Training Course “Ecological Consequences of Climate Change: Integrating Research Approaches” in Seville, Spain
Other
 International Training Course “Ecological Consequences of Climate Change: Integrating Research Approaches”
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
2011/08/02 - 2011/08/05 Summer School “An Introduction to Bayesian Modeling for Ecologists” in Bayreuth, Germany
Other
 Summer School “An Introduction to Bayesian Modeling for Ecologists”
Universität Bayreuth, Germany
2011/08 - 2011/08 Voluntary fieldwork related to the PhD project “Insect predation by birds in montados and its importance in the control of forest pests” carried out by PhD student Ricardo Ceia, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/06/01 - 2011/06/22 English course "Academic Writing Skills" in Pisa, Italy
Other
 English course "Academic Writing Skills"
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
2010/08 - 2010/08 Voluntary removal of exotic and invasive species black locust (Robinia pseudocacia) and tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) to preserve local plant biodiversity, Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli Regional Park, Tuscany, Italy
Other
Legambiente Onlus, Italy
2007/09 - 2008/09 Voluntary belling census of the red deer (Cervus elaphus) at "Parco nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna", Italy
Other
 Voluntary belling census
Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna, Italy

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020/09 - Current European Federation of Animal Sciences (EAAP) Member
2017 - Current Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos Member
2011 - Current Italian Union of Zoology Member
2015 - 2017 Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/04 - Current Editorial Board member of Genes open access journal (ISSN 2073-4425; CODEN: GENEG9; EditorMDPI).
Advisor / Consultant

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/06/01 - 2025/05/21 VIII International Eurasian Ornithology Congress Iasi University
2023/07/01 - 2023/10/21 VII International Eurasian Ornithology Congress
2023/04/01 - 2023/09/21 Damghan University

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2017 - 2017 Evaluation of scientific project as a reviewer Grantová agentura Ceské republiky, Czech Republic

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09/16 - 2024/12/20 Practical sessions of Animal Biology course Health Biology (Bachelor) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2024/09/17 - 2024/12/19 Practical sessions of Foundations of Zoology course Environmental Sciences (Bachelor) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2024/11/11 - 2024/11/15 Theory and practical sessions of Methods in Conservation and Biodiversity Course Biology (Bachelor) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2023/09/10 - 2024/05/31 Seminars and practical sessions of Ecology course Biology (Bachelor) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2022/04/01 - 2024/04/30 Practical session of Ecology course Biology (Bachelor) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2023/11/01 - 2023/11/30 Theory, seminars and practical sessions of Methods in Biodiversity and Conservation course Biology (Bachelor) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2023/07/16 - 2023/07/31 Seminars for Biotrade and Biotechnology B.Sc. Degree students, Amazon Regional University - IKIAM (Ecuador) (Bachelor) Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Ecuador
2023/02/01 - 2023/03/30 Theory, seminars and practical sessions of Ecosystem Conservation and Management Environmental Sciences (Bachelor) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30 Conservation Genetics in the Tropics (Postgraduate Certificate)
2021/10/01 - 2021/10/31 Conservation Genetics in the Tropics (Graduado) Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/09/21 - 2023/09/21 Veda Abierta Red-legged partridge conservation and management

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/05/01 - Current Scientific Reports Nature Portfolio
2023/03/01 - Current Ecology and Evolution Wiley
2024/11/30 - 2024/12/31 Rendiconti Lincei Springer
2020/12 - 2021/02 Sustainability (2071-1050) MDPI
2021/01 - 2021/01 Ibis (1474-919X) Wiley-Blackwell
2020/12 - 2020/12 Conservation Genetics (1566-0621) Springer
2020/11 - 2020/11 Diversity (1424-2818) MDPI
2020/04 - 2020/04 Genes (2073-4425) MDPI
2020/04 - 2020/04 Herpethology Notes (2071-5773) Societas Europaea Herpetologica
2019 - 2019 Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (2014-928X) Consorci del Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona
2019 - 2019 Pakistan Journal of Zoology (0030-9923) ResearchersLinks Ltd
2019 - 2019 International Journal of Primatology (1573-8604) Springer-Verlag
2019 - 2019 Evolutionary Bioinformatics (1176-9343) "Libertas Academica, Ltd."
2017 - 2018 Zoological Studies (1810-522X) Springer
2016 - 2018 Conservation Genetics (1572-9737) Springer
2016 - 2016 Journal of Heredity (1471-8505) Oxford University Press
2015 - 2015 Animal Genetics (1365-2052) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2015 - 2015 Integrative Zoology (1749-4877) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2014 - 2014 Journal for Nature Conservation (1617-1381) Elsevier
2014 - 2014 NeoBiota (1314-2488) Pensoft Publishers
2012 - 2014 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1095-8312) Oxford University Press

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/01 - Current Animal Science Sarra Chalbi
2012/04 - 2013/12 DNA barcoding and food forensics: genetic ID of the bird species resident in Cyprus and placement of geolocators on endemics for purpose of conservation MSc student Andreas Dimitriou (University of Cyprus )
2012/07 - 2013/04/29 Conservation genetics of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) Alessia Cappello
2010 - 2013 Teaching assistant for the course "Animal Conservation Biology" held by Prof. Filippo Barbanera at the University of Pisa (Conservation and Evolution Master Degree). Various
2012 - 2012 Conservation genetics of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) Alessandra Berti
2010 - 2011/07/21 Conservation genetics and wildlife forensics of the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion) Caterina Beccani
2010 - 2011 Population genetics of wild ungulates Alessia Rossi

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/11 - Current Guest Editor for a special number of the journal Animals (MDPI) ISSN 2076-2615 (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/special_issues/New_Tools_for_Monitoring_Genetic_Diversity_in_Animals)
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/04 Member of the evaluation commitee for the thesis "Patrones de diversidad genética en cinco especies de aves Passeriformes codistribuidas en un gradiente ambiental" of M.Sc. student Marcela Restrepo Arias Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Distinctions

Other distinction

2024 Research incentive for university ranking improvement (805,50 €)
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2023 Research incentive for university ranking improvement (787,50 €)
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2019 Winner of a JSPS (Japan Society for the promotion of Science) postdoctoral felowship at the Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University
Nihon Gakujutsu Shinkokai, Japan
2017 Winner of an EURASIACAT - Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National University of Singapore
Universidad de Málaga, Spain
2015 Winner of a Severo Ochoa Postdoctoral Fellowship at Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain
Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades, Spain
2013 Best poster presentation
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
2010 Winner of Post-Graduate Research Fellowship within the cross-border cooperation project “Field Survey and Environmental Variability: from Dataset to Common Actions” Countdown 2010" (IUCN-Malahide, Ireland - 2004) 2007 - 2013 Italy - Switzerland
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
2010 Winner of a Post-Graduate Research Fellowship at the University of Pisa
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy