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Science 

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Research Report 2010-2011

Science 

at Museo delle Scienze 

Research Report 2010-2011

Museo delle scienze 

President 

Giuliano castelli (Marco Andreatta since october 16th, 2011) 

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Michele lanzinger 

Mds Research Report 2010-2011 

© 2012 Museo delle scienze, Via calepina 14, 38122 Trento, italy 

Managing editor 

Valeria lencioni 

editorial committee 

Marco Avanzini, costantino Bonomi, Marco cantonati, Giampaolo dalmeri, Valeria lencioni, 

Paolo Pedrini, Francesco Rovero 

editorial assistant 

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cover and layout design 

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Preface 

PART 1 

1. introducing Mds as museum and research centre 

2. The research programmes 

Programme 1R 

ecology and biodiversity of mountain ecosystems in relation to environmental 

and climate change 

Programme 2R 

documenting and conserving nature 

Programme 3R 

Plant conservation: seedbanking and plant translocation 

Programme 4R 

Tropical Biodiversity 

Programme 5R 

earth sciences 

Programme 6R 

Alpine Prehistory 

3. The research staff and activities 

4. The scientific collections 

5. The main results and projects 

PART 2 

Appendix 1: The staff of the scientific sections 

Appendix 2: The staff of the science communicators 

Appendix 3: Research projects, high education and teaching 

Appendix 4: Publications 

Appendix 5: collaborations: the research national network 

Appendix 6: collaborations: the research international network

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Science at Museo delle Scienze: Research Report 2010-2011

Preface 

Fully developed as a natural history museum since the beginning of the 1900, 

the Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali, since May 2011 named Museo delle 

scienze (Mds) over the past decade has developed a new cultural approach 

through innovative exhibitions and public programmes which prompted a wider 

interpretation of its strictly naturalistic institutional scope. nowadays the 

museum manages, besides the head centre in Trento, a whole network of 

centres for scientific dissemination, established during the last 70 years. in 

Trentino: Botanical Alpine Garden on Viotte di Monte Bondone, Museum on 

the Bronze Age at the lago di ledro, Arco Arboretum, Glaciology Museum “J. 

Payer”, Aeronautic Museum “G. caproni” in Trento, Bosco caproni at Arco, 

lymnological Field station at the lago di Tovel and the Geology Museum of 

dolomites in Predazzo. Abroad: ecological Monitoring centre (Tanzania). 

The Mds has grown and evolved over time, and specifically in the last 4 years 

thirty new people were employed in the permanent staff. At present it 

comprises more than sixty employees of which seven curators heads of scientific 

sections (Botany, limnology and Phychology, invertebrate zoology and 

hydrobiology, Vertebrate zoology, Tropical Biodiversity, Prehistory and Geology) 

and five technicians involved in the research and conservation activities 

plus seven cultural mediators and a plethora of more than thirty “unstructured” 

collaborators (Ph.d. students, postdoctoral fellows, research assistants 

and visitor researchers). in the biennium 2010-2011 the Mds promoted and 

participated even with a role of coordinator to several research projects in 

collaboration with local research institutes such as the edmund Mach Foundation, 

the Kessler Foundation and the university of Trento in response to the 

Trento Province’s demands. in particular, within the projects Ace-sAP and 

oPenloc, both financed on the 2008 grant of the Province, the cooperation 

with all these research centres have been strengthened. in the last two years 

also the national and international collaborations with other museums and 

research institutes increased, also thanks to the activation of innovative largescale 

research programmes in Asia and Africa in the fields of biodiversity and 

adaptation to climate change, sustainable development, environmental education. 

Quantitative indicators of such activities are reported in this document, 

with a focus on the main results obtained in 2010-2011 published in scientific 

journals. The implementation of Mds’s collections thanks to these researches 

contributes to increase the relevance of such results (at present about 5 millions 

of specimens/items are preserved at the museum). Furthermore, the 450 

m2 surface of permanent gallery devotes the major part of exhibits to the field 

of nature and biodiversity with special regards to the research activities of the 

Mds and other local institutes, providing the diffusion of scientific data to the 

public in form of easily accessible contents. 

The total renovation of the museum and its relocation in a new building will be 

in 2013. it will change its acronym into Muse, and it will be the first museum 

in italy that harmoniously blends nature, science and technology, including 

also basic contemporary ethical and social issues. This has been requiring a 

considerable strategic and managerial effort that involves all the Mds’s staff, 

being the major challenge for the next future. 

in conclusion, i am grateful to all the personnel who contributed with constant 

care, dedication, enthusiasm and professionalism to the performance of the 

Mds, included the administrative employers. A special mention to the Autonomous 

Province of Trento for its financial support to our research programmes 

and to all the sponsors who support our activities in the last two years. 

Michele Lanzinger 

director of the Museo delle scienze 

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Science at Museo delle Scienze: Research Report 2010-2011 

Trento science Museum (Mds) traces back its origin in the mid XiX century, while only 

in 1964 it was established with the current asset. Throughout this period it progressively 

evolved into a modern museum, dedicated to research, visitor interpretation 

and education. Research at Mds is articulated around two mainstream areas: a multidisciplinary 

investigation of nature and an interest for science interpretation, education 

and training, based on the interconnection between nature science and society. 

environmental research focuses mainly on the Alpine region, and aims at attaining 

both local and global relevance, trying to be effective, integrated and useful to the 

local community and research area but also strategically placed at european level in 

key research networks, valuing international research cooperation and participation 

to consortia and competitive projects, delivering research products relevant at global 

level. since 2008 however, research on mountain ecosystems of other parts of the 

world has begun, especially in biodiversity-rich mountain forests of eastern Africa. 

education research continuously develops new means to raise awareness of the alpine 

environment, promoting the sustainable use of its resources, necessary to grant 

an environmentally friendly development of the local society, highlighting local assets 

and natural heritage, promoting public understanding of science. This is a key role 

that will be further enhanced in view of the future opening of Muse, the new science 

museum of Trentino. The role of this new museum will be to investigate and explain 

nature using scientific tools, addressing the challenges posed by the modern times 

and promoting the value of science, innovation and sustainable development.

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in particular, Mds research activities will include: 

∙∙ investigate the alpine geodynamic system, its endogenous and exogenous 

processes, in order to clarify the active forces, its evolution, the biological component, 

the first human settlements and their evolution in relation to geography 

and climate; 

∙∙ promote biodiversity databases based on museum collections and field records 

as part of long standing monitoring and research activities; 

∙∙ improve our understanding of local plant and animal life and ecosystem functioning 

both aquatic and terrestrial, focusing on indicator species and adaptive 

potential; 

∙∙ produce distribution maps of priority species and habitats that allow to develop 

interpretation and prediction models that take into account global change, in 

order to develop local management plans for forestry, agriculture, hunting and 

fishing; 

∙∙ investigate global change through proxy data derived from limnology, analysing 

sediments, karst, hypogeous water tables; 

∙∙ enhance the research sector on the biogeography, taxonomy, ecology and conservation 

biology of outstanding biodiversity sites in the eastern Afromontane 

Biodiversity hotspot; 

∙∙ interconnect science with society to promote local assets and natural heritage on solid 

scientific grounds; on a wider scope, educate and engage the general public into an 

open dialogue on nature, science and sustainable development; 

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The research activities for 2010-2011 have been articulated into the Programmes 

described in the next chapter. however, since end of 2011, the Mds has begun to 

re-frame its over-arching research themes in search of a unified focus to which all 

the seven research sections contribute. Thus, since 2012 a new focus on documenting 

and valuing the landscape with all its biotic and abiotic dimensions, and with 

emphasis on biodiversity research and conservation is being framed. under this 

theme, that engages all research sections of the Museum, the Programmes as currently 

framed will be discontinued in favor of maintaining the identity of the seven 

research sections. 

such unified research theme clearly encompasses the two main sectors of the museum 

research: biodiversity and landscape and aims to bring up their strategic value 

in the field of conservation planning from the landscape level down to ecosystems, 

communities and species level. This is because environmental research is called more 

and more to inform the public, including the administrators, on scientifically-sound 

ways to manage the environment sustainably. The Museum has an exceptional potential 

towards this goal, as it is among the primary institutions in Trento Province that can 

use its vast documentation knowledge on nature to address key issues of landscape 

and biodiversity planning and management. 

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The research activities of Mds are grouped in six general Programmes (1R-6R) accounting 

each a variable number projects and involving each different section of 

the museum. A brief description of these Programmes is given. 

Programme 1r 

ecology and biodiversity of mountain ecosystems in 

relation to environmental and climate change 

in the framework of the Programme 1, research activities on the biodiversity of terrestrial 

and freshwater ecosystems of mountain areas in italy and abroad are carried 

out in collaboration with regional, national, and international outstanding research 

institutes. These investigations are mostly fundamental research, devoted to ecosystems 

and to organisms (from morphology to physiology, genetics and bioorganic 

chemistry), to their distribution (both in the individual habitats and global from a 

biogeographic perspective), to their ecological preferences (including their eventual 

use as biological monitors), and to the community they belong to (structure, diversity, 

characteristic assemblages). The projects included in this Programme focus 

on specific environments, such as with reference to aquatic systems spring-habitats, 

spring-fed streams, rivers, lakes and high-mountain lakes, and with reference to terrestrial 

systems grasslands, woodlands, and glacier forelands. 

Benthic cyanobacteria and diatoms, bryophytes, chironomid midges and other 

aquatic insects, and carabid beetles are the groups of organisms on which a highly 

developed expertise has been achieved as concerns their taxonomy, distribution, 

physiology, genetics. one of the main goals is the use of target species as indicators 

of environmental change caused by local and global impacts (warming, increasing 

uV radiation, acidification, diversion of water for hydroelectric purposes, eutrophication, 

habitat fragmentation, agriculture pressures, etc.). 

This Programme includes also bird population studies (reproductive biology and 

raptors overwintering, trends of local and migrating populations in Trentino) again 

in relation to climate change and land use. 

The results of these investigations are made available to institutes and Agencies 

in charge for the monitoring, control, management, protection of the territory of 

the Autonomous Province of Trento to foster a land-use planning oriented to the 

respect of organisms and natural systems in a perspective of sustainable development. 

This Programme also includes several bachelor and M.sc. theses, doctoral 

and post- doctoral studies etc. that Mds runs in co-operation with italian and foreign 

universities. The topics investigated are manifold, because ecology is per se 

a multi-disciplinary and trans-ecosystemic study, in which, as a consequence, all 

biological sections of the Mds are involved. 

Programme 2r 

documenting and conserving nature 

The Programme 2 is dedicated to research on distribution, ecology and conservation 

of the flora and fauna of Trento Province, with marked applied implications. it aims to 

document and monitor biodiversity over time, through field data collection, analysis 

of both historical (from collections or project reports) and recent data-sets (collected 

during monitoring campaigns) and predictive modelling. The research elaborates the 

databases in support of sustainable land use planning, with particular relevance to 

Rete Natura 2000 and other protected areas. To this end the Programme collaborates 

with local parks and other relevant Government agencies (such as the nature con- 

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servation service of Trento Autonomous Province (PAT), Wildlife service of PAT, Trento 

municipality, Parco naturale Adamello-Brenta, Parco nazionale dello stelvio, Parco 

naturale di Paneveggio - Pale di san Martino, and Agenzia Provinciale per la Protezione 

dell’Ambiente), which are all stakeholders using the Museum research results to 

orient land use planning. Programme 2 includes publication of results on scientific 

journals, popular science magazine and technical reports. it supports the organization 

of conferences, public seminars, temporal exhibits, and school practical lessons. 

The Programme currently includes 15 projects and it overall involves the Geology 

and Vertebrate zoology sections, and to a less extent invertebrate zoology and 

Botany sections. 

Programme 3r 

Plant conservation: 

seedbanking and Plant translocation 

The ex situ plant conservation and translocation Programme focuses on seed collection 

in the wild, their long term conservation, germination, propagation, plant reintroduction 

and reinforcement. This action is particularly relevant for narrow endemics 

and threatened species. These activities are complementary to the expertise 

present in the other research centres present in Trentino, such as the plant distribution 

mapping project carried out at Rovereto museum, the genetic investigations 

Programme at FeM-environment, the in situ conservation and monitoring actions 

carried out by the protected areas. in an integrated vision all these actions put together 

will lay the foundations for an integrated strategy for plant conservation in 

Trentino, capable to deliver management plans and mitigation tools to mend negative 

impacts on flora and vegetations caused by human activities. These activities 

are consistent with the key international conventions and agreements in this area 

such as art. 8 & 9 of the cBd; target 8 of the GsPc, target 2.5 of the ePcs, the Bern 

convention, the habitat directive. Mds plant conservation unit plays a key role on a 

national level, providing the secretariat of the italian network for seed conservation 

and is involved in international networks. 

Programme 4r 

troPical biodiversity 

The research programmes 

The research is generally aimed at determining the diversity, evolutionary patterns, 

ecological adaptations and at promoting the conservation of biodiversity-rich areas in 

eastern Africa, especially the mountain rainforests of Tanzania, with a marked target 

on the vertebrates. This area is led by the Tropical Biodiversity section that has been 

established in 2008. Museum researchers were however involved since before on zoological 

inventories and ecological research in Tanzania. The activities originated in 2004 

a coordinated Programme integrating research and applied conservation with the latter 

component being especially developed in the udzungwa Mountains, one of the most 

important sites in Africa for biodiversity conservation. here Trento Museum established 

the udzungwa ecological Monitoring centre, a field station annexed to the udzungwa 

Mountains national Park and dedicated to enhancing ecological monitoring and supporting 

local and international researchers. scientific and applied research moves from 

inventories of vertebrates in poorly known forests, population and ecology studies on 

forest mammals especially primates and ungulates, diversity and biogeography of amphibians 

and reptiles. conservation-relevant results are used to provide technical support 

to local stakeholders for enhancing protection of these sites. 

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Activity comprised in the Programme 5, earth sciences, concerns general geology 

and palaeontology. Research involves stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment reconstruction. 

in the last 10 years the team has focused on vertebrate palaeontology, in 

particular palaeoichnology and palaeoecology of dinosaurs and other reptiles reaching 

an acknowledged international role in this field of research. The team has experience 

in palaeontological excavations and the geological mapping of the area. The 

group is part of the research group joined by the italian Geological survey and the 

Trento Autonomous Province to review the italian lithostratigraphical nomenclature 

(“catalogue of the italian Geological Formations”), and edit the new Geological 

Map of italy (cARG Project). The section coordinates all the palaeontological activities 

that are developed in the area by universities and research institutes. The section 

has in his tasks the preservation and valorisation of natural beauties and aims to 

guarantee the population the right use of the interesting sites. 

Team research is also working on palaeoclimate dynamics using Quaternary cave 

deposits (speleothemes) as proxy with high temporal resolution. Present day climate 

is analysed studying underground karsic systems focusing on hydrology and glaciers 

responses to climate change. 

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alPine Prehistory 

The Programme 6 “Alpine Prehistory” deals with topics about the society, the economy, 

and the culture of the populations of hunters and gatherers who lived in the 

alpine environment during late Glacial and Ancient holocene. This first alpine settlement 

is strictly connected with the events of the natural environment and the 

deep environmental changes of Pleistocene. The experimental approach turns into 

research projects on the area with stratigraphic excavation activities. The study of 

the archaeological finds aims to the interpretation of the human strategies in the 

alpine ecosystem, between late Glacial and the present environment. 

This allows the research on the strategies of the occupation of the Adige Valley and 

the centre Alpine area and the elaboration of mobility - nomadism and successively 

transhumance models, by paying attention to the economic and social activities. 

The research on the prehistoric art archaeological finds discovered in the Museum's 

archaeological sites are particularly important. 

The prehistoric research makes use of all the scientific disciplines that define the culture 

and environmental sets; for example: Geoarchaeology, the study of Quaternary 

through datation techniques, paleoclimatic researches, Pedology, Paleobotany and 

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The Museum research activities are organized in seven scientific sections: 

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Tropical Biodiversity Francesco Rovero 

Botany costantino Bonomi 

limnology and Phycology Marco cantonati 

invertebrate zoology and hydrobiology Valeria lencioni 

Vertebrate zoology Paolo Pedrini 

Geology Marco Avanzini 

Prehistory Giampaolo dalmeri 

each working group (section) is represented by a curator (with the role of coordinator), 

one technician and a variable number of research collaborators (Table 1; 

Appendix 1). A group of six science communicators are involved for 50% of their 

time in outreach activities of the museum research (Appendix 2). Therefore they are 

included in the research staff. 

Table 1 - Research staff in 2010-2011 (as full time equivalent). 

Staff 2010 2011 

curators head of section 7 7 

Research collaborators (post doc, Phd 

students, research assistants, research fellows) 

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Technicians 6 6 

science communicators 3 3 

Total 34 38 

Table 2 and Appendix 3 show data referred to teaching and research activity carried 

out in 2010-2011, with the list of projects classified on the basis of the funding type: 

10 by grants (of which 2 “Grandi Progetti” and 5 incoming post-doc funded by PAT), 

12 by agreements and 34 institutional (= funded by the grant in aid from PAT). 

Table 2 - Quantitative data on research and teaching activities (2010-2011). 

Research and teaching activities (2010-2011) Number 

Research projects 56 

Teaching activity (masters, training courses) 27 

seminars c/o universities and museums 4 

lectures 7 

in-house workshops and congresses organizations 3 

Ph.ds 8 

Masters and degrees 26 

other research grants 3 

Trainings 30 

Volunteers 19

The research staff and activities 

More than 150 publications have been produced in 2010-2011 by the Mds research 

staff (see Table 3 and Appendix 4). 

Table 3 - Number of publications by MdS researchers (2010-2011). 

Publications (2010-2011) Nr. 

scientific papers on isi journals 60 

scientific papers on non- isi journals 51 

Books or book chapters 27 

Popular science papers 30 

oral communications (with published abstract) 53 

oral communications (without published abstract) 20 

Posters (with published abstract) 29 

Posters (without published abstract) 10 

congress participation 77 

Among the outputs of the Mds research activities are the following scientific journals 

edited by the Mds: Preistoria Alpina (since 1963), studi Trentini di scienze naturali 

(since 1926), Monografie del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali (since 2004) 

and Quaderni del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali (since 2007). The scientific 

committee is represented by curators of the Mds and italian and foreign experts in 

the different disciplines. 

About 1.000 pages/year have been published on average over the last 5 years. in 

2010-2011, 12 volumes were printed for a total of 2596 printed pages (Table 4). 

Table 4 - Publications edited by MdS in 2010-2011. 

Jounal, volume Title 

Atti del Xii congresso nazionale 

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studi Trentini di scienze naturali 87 

dell’Associazione italiana ittiologi 

Acque dolci (AiiAd), san Michele 

all’Adige, Tn, 2008 

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studi Trentini di scienze naturali 88 miscellanea 2011 315 

studi Trentini di scienze naturali 89 

Atti XiX congresso Gadio, olbia 

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2011 191 

Preistoria Alpina 45 Miscellanea 2011 332 

Monografia 5 

il linguaggio degli animali nell’arte 

delle situle 

2010 124 

Quaderni Mds 4 le faune dei prati (vol. 4/1) 2011 175 

natura alpina 3-4.2008 Miscellanea 2010 160 




libro ed. Mds idea di natura 2010 566 

libro ed. Mds 

Atlante degli uccelli acquatici 

svernanti in Trentino 

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overall, the Mds collaborates with about 100 research institutions, museums, and 

scientific associations in italy and abroad (Table 5, Appendixes 5, 6). of these, 19 

are supported by formal agreements (with financial support) and 3 by a Memorandum 

of understanding; 40 of these institutions are partners of the Mds on the basis 

of structured research programmes while with the remaining 38 institutions the collaboration 

is less structured and involves co-authorships and information exchange. 

Table 5 - Number of collaborations of the research staff of MdS. 

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Collaborations (2010-2011) In Italy Abroad 

Agreements (with financial support) 18 2 

Memorandum of understanding 

(without financial support) 

Partnerships 10 26 

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Funds for research activities amounted at 2,923,943 euros in 2010 and 2,637,962 euros 

in 2011 (Table 6). overall, the research activities were financed mainly by the Grant-inaid 

from the Autonomous Province of Trento (PAT) through the service of university and 

scientific Research (about 90%) and through other PAT services (nature conservation 

and Geological) with whom the Mds has a long-term background of providing research 

assistance. The amount of non-institutional funding was 28% in 2010 and 19% in 2011 

(Figure 1). This difference reflects the fact that funding from PAT for two large collaborative 

projects (oPenloc and Ace-sAP) and for two incoming post-docs (inTcliM e 

ecoGenFi) was granted all in 2010 even if also related to activities conducted in 2011. 

Table 6 - Funding for research activities in Euros (2010-2011). 

Fund type 

2010 2011 

Amount % Amount % 

Grant in aid by PAT 2.092.487,26 72% 2.128.000,00 81% 

PAT - other services 109.472,50 

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PAT - large collaborative projects 508.116,00 28% 144.650,00 

other revenues 213.867,30 303.404,55 

Total (Euros) 2.923.943,06 100% 2.637.962,55 100% 

Fig. 1 - Funding for research activities in 2010- 

2011 as percentage of institutional (grant-in-aid 

by PAT) (in blue) and other revenues (= self-financing) 

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Financial data were compiled by the administration staff of Mds (Massimo eder, 

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The natural history and archaeological collections of the Museo delle scienze (about 

300 collections and 5 millions objects) are of great interest for their close relationship 

with the Trentino area. Besides the objects of local origin, there are many specimens 

coming from the rest of italy and from foreign countries, obtained through 

donations, travels, exchanges and research expeditions abroad. The oldest materials 

were collected more than two centuries ago and the collections increase every 

year through many new acquisitions. As vouchers of the natural and human diversity 

in time and space, the collections are precious research infrastractures, always available 

to the research community. 

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Tropical Biodiversity 1 4,250 4,250 

Botany 44 150,000 370,000 

limnology and Phycology 12 8,000 10,000 

invertebrate zoology 17 4,500 1,200,000 

Vertebrate zoology 19 11,000 13,000 

Geology 8 16,700 42,000 

Prehistory 196 95,000 3,300,000 

total 297 289,450 4,939,250 

The Mds collections are constantly investigated and cared for conservation by the 

staff, in order to go in depth in their documentation and study, and to make them 

available to the research community as to the general public. At present more than 

half of the preserved heritage (56.7%) is fully catalogued with a specific software in 

accordance with the national standards. 

in 2010-1011 Mds received several loan requests: 67 outgoing loans were approved, 

49 for research purposes and 18 for temporary exhibitions. The Mds collections 

specimens were described or used as material in 62 different publications 

written by the museum staff or by other researchers who borrowed Mds collections 

objects. Acquisition and documentation increased conspicuously with 13,900 new 

objects, 14,490 new catalogue cards digitized and 76,688 revised. 

collections 2010-2011: loans, publications, acquisitions and cataloguing (digitization). 

collections 2010 2011 

Research outgoing loans 33 16 

exhibitions outgoing loans 7 11 

Publications about collections 28 34 

new acquisitions (estimated specimens) 11,200 2,700 

new catalogue cards 5,346 9,144 

catalogue card revised 19,159 57,529

The scientific colllections 

Tropical Biodiversity 

since 1998 MTsn has conducted several research expeditions in the mountain rainforests 

of Tanzania, that have led to a collection of 4,250 specimens of amphibians 

and reptiles (and mammals to a much less extent). These include over 80 species 

that are new to science. The tropical african herpetology collection of Mds is now 

recognized one of the most important with regards to the mountain forests of Tanzania. 

Among the mammals, the collection includes Rhynchocyon udzungwensis, 

the giant elephant-shrew discovered by Mds researchers and described in 2008. 

Botany 

Botany collections are made up by 

the herbarium and the living collections 

of the museum’s two botanic 

gardens (Viotte Alpine Garden and 

Arco Arbotretum) and the seed bank. 

The herbarium (TR) accounts for approx. 

150,000 specimens mainly collected 

from the mid eighteen century 

to the mid nineteen century. The 

major component is naturally local 

from Trentino and Tirol but a significant 

part of the collections originate 

from other parts of italy, europe and 

north Africa. Viotte alpine garden 

grows more than 1,200 alpine species 

from the major mountain chains 

of the world, with a special interest 

for endemic and threatened species, 

Arco arboretum includes nearly 

200 species of fine and tender trees 

of garden interest. The seeds bank 

focuses on threatened and endemic 

species of conservation interest 

originating from the eastern Alps. 

Limnology and Phycology 

Phycological and limnological collections of the Mds include more than 5,000 items 

collected in the frame of the numerous research projects carried out by the section. 

These are mostly samples of microscopic organisms such as diatoms, cyanobacteria, 

algae, zoobenthos and zooplankton collected mainly in the Alps, and namely in 

the Autonomous Province of Trento. Besides these recently started collections, the 

section also curates four historical algae collections including exsiccata of marine 

and freshwater algae originating from different locations worldwide and collected 

mainly in the nineteenth century. 

Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology 

invertebrate collections of the Mds include more than 1,2 million of specimens, 

aquatic and terrestrial. historical collections (1850-1950 yr) include mainly terrestrial 

insects (about 175,000 specimens) and marine, freshwater and terrestrial molluscs. 

Most part of specimens (terrestrial and aquatic) are preserved in ethanol and 

were collected mainly in mountain regions in italy but also abroad (svalbard islands, 

Pakistan-Karakorum, France-Pyrenees, etc.). A collection of more than 5,000 microscope 

slides of aquatic insects and crustaceans is also present. 

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Vertebrate Zoology 

The Vertebrate zoology collections of the Mds include all classes of this taxon, with 

a marked prevalence of birds and mammals. overall there are more than 11.000 

specimens, of which 4,000 collected between 1850 and 1950, while the rest come 

from recent donations, acquisitions and Mds own research. it is especially interesting 

the small mammal collection, that counts 6,000 specimens among insectivors 

and rodents. The material demonstrate the tight link of Mds with the local environment, 

and it overall includes whole animals prepared as skins or wet specimens, bird 

nests, eggs, prepared skeletons. 

Geology 

Geological collections of the Mds are constituted of rocks, minerals and fossils collected 

from the main localities of the Trentino Alto Adige region and, in minor part, 

from italian and foreign sites. The 16,700 specimens come from different sources, 

and became part of the museum heritage thanks to research activities, donations 

or occasional findings by privates or collaborators of the museum. specimens, collected 

in a temporal range of more then two centuries, well document the local territory 

and testify the geological research enterprise of the Trentino area. 

Prehistory 

Archaeological collections of the Mds are referred to lithic materials, ceramics, bone 

and horn manufacts, art manufacts, wood, vegetal fibres, metal manufacts and faunas. 

Mds’s archaeological finds are more than 3 millions. They mostly belong to 

40 provincial prehistoric sites, studied by the Museum from the 60’s. The precious 

paleolithic painted stones (almost 300) with zoomorphic, antropomorphic and schematic 

pictures, coming from Riparo dalmeri (Trento) are exceptionally relevant. 

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incredibly high number of threatened red list diatom species in 

mountain mire pools 

Section of Limnology and Phycology 

The limnology and Phycology section 

has a long research tradition on different 

oligotrophic habitats such as springs, 

high-mountain lakes, different types of 

mountain streams. other types of freshwater 

environments, such as the large 

peri-Alpine lake Garda and mires, were 

studied more recently. 

Mires are very selective environments, 

and the colonisation by specifically adapted 

organisms makes them very important 

environments both for nature conservation 

and environmental education. They 

have, however, been threatened by different 

types of impacts. our objective was to 

study diatoms in stations representative of 

the main typologies in the site of community 

importance iT3230060 “danta 

Mires”, also to produce data for a management 

plan in the frame of a life Project. 

Five shallow pools within different 

mountain mires were sampled in summer 

2005, and characterized from the morphological 

and physicochemical point of view. 

The sampled sites cover a rather wide ph 

(from acid to circumneutral) and conductivity 

(14÷107 µs cm -1 ) gradient. nitrate 

and silica values were very low. diatoms 

were found to dominate in terms of numbers 

of taxa, followed by desmids, cyanoprokaryotes, 

and filamentous green algae. 

Altogether 86 diatom taxa, belonging to 

35 genera, were found. As expected for 

acidic, low-mineralization waters the genera 

with the highest number of taxa were 

Eunotia and Pinnularia, followed by Encyonema, 

and by Cymbopleura, Gomphonema, 

and Nitzschia. The maximum taxa 

number (26) was found in a sediment sample 

taken in a site with special hydrochemical 

characteristics, and the minimum (11 

taxa) in the sediment sample of the demolition 

materials dump mire. diatom communities 

allowed to characterise the mire 

pools studied as oligotrophic, acidic environments 

often affected by desiccation. 

on the basis of the autecology and distribution 

of the most frequent and abundant 

taxa, ph and hydroperiod appeared to 

be the most relevant environmental determinants. 

A striking result, also in view 

of eventual management consequences, 

was the very high proportion (72%) of rare 

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of the categories “Threatened with extinction”, 

“severely endangered”, and 

“endangered”). To preserve diatom biodiversity, 

these mires must be sheltered 

from uses other than recreational ones, 

and abrupt changes in hydrological regime 

and increases in nutrient input must 

be prevented. 

We are grateful to: the Municipality of 

Danta and to Dott. C. Lasen for promoting and 

supporting this investigation in the frame of 

the Project LIFE04 NAT/IT/000177 (European 

Union 2004). 

cantonati M., lange-Bertalot h., decet F. & 

Gabrieli J. 2011. diatoms in very-shallow pools 

of the site of community importance danta di 

cadore Mires (south-eastern Alps), and the potential 

contribution of these habitats to diatom 

biodiversity conservation. Nova Hedwigia, 93: 

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lM and/or seM micrographs of all the Red list taxa 

of the most endangered categories found in the 

mires of danta.

The main results and projects 2010-2011 

a special issue on springs as neglected key habitats for biodiversity 

conservation 


springs, are seriously threatened by 

several direct and indirect impacts, the 

most important being their capture to obtain 

drinking water etc. This pressure will 

increase even more in the future due to 

climate change. in spite of anthropogenic 

pressures, springs are frequently the last 

unpolluted, high quality freshwater environments 

in densely populated areas, acting 

as refugia for the most pollution-sensitive 

organisms. The potential outstanding 

importance of these habitats for the 

conservation of freshwater biodiversity is 

slowly but increasingly being recognized. 

in an attempt to contribute to the spread 

of knowledge on crenobiology and to promote 

awareness of the relevance of these 

habitats for nature protection, the idea of 

grouping contributions on crenic biology 

and ecology in a special issue of an international 

journal arose. This soon became 

a viable project thanks to the interest with 

which our proposal was welcomed by the 

editorial Board of the Journal of Limnology. 

Most of the proposed contributions 

for the special issue focused on biodiver- 

sity and habitat conservation aspects, so 

this volume is mainly devoted to these aspects 

of crenobiology. We think that this 

is particularly appropriate as the editorial 

initiative reached its final phase in 2010, 

the united nations International Year of 

Biodiversity. 

The core dataset that encouraged us 

to propose a special issue was obtained 

during a large regional project, cRenodAT 

(“Biodiversity assessment and integrity 

evaluation of springs of Trentino 

-italian Alps- and long-term ecological 

research”, 2004-2008). 

This special issue contains 13 papers. 

Most papers deal with the biodiversity 

and community ecology of a variety of autotrophic 

and heterotrophic, macroscopic 

and microscopic groups of organisms. 

several evaluate the relative importance 

of morphological (from microhabitat to 

large scale), physical, and chemical factors 

in determining community composition 

and structure. some discuss the conservation 

implications of the observed patterns. 

one even applies palaeolimnological 

techniques to a crenic habitat, showing 

the effects of land use and management 

practices around the spring-head. spatial 

and temporal changes (from seasonal to 

long-term) are also considered. 

We are grateful to the University and Scientific 

Research Service of the Autonomous 

Province of Trento for funding the CRENODAT 

Project. More than half the papers in this Special 

Issue are based on data obtained during 

this Project. We thank the Museo Tridentino di 

Scienze Naturali, the coordinating Institution 

of the CRENODAT Project, for the many ways 

it has supported crenobiological research, in 

particular of its Limnology and Phycology Section. 

Special thanks also go to the Referees for 

their efforts to ensure and improve the scientific 

quality and consistency of the manuscripts. 

cantonati M., Gerecke R., Jüttner i. & cox 

e.J. (Guest eds.), 2011. springs: neglected 

Key habitats for Biodiversity conservation. 

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single springs under pristine conditions shelter unique chironomid 

assemblages 

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About 27,000 chironomids (diptera 

chironomidae) were collected in the eucrenal 

reach of 81 springs under pristine 

conditions in the italian Prealps and Alps 

(Trentino and Veneto, ne-italy, 46°n, 10- 

11°e). More than 50 genera and 100 species/groups 

of species were identified, 

among which more than 50 taxa were 

new to italian springs and one, Micropsectra 

longicrista, was new to italy. Three 

to 27 taxa were identified per spring, 

and a high number (67%) of rare (= present 

in less than 10% of sites) taxa were 

found. Maximum richness and diversity 

occurred at intermediate altitudes (ca 

900-2100 m a.s.l.) and in the rheocrene 

and rheo-helocrene types, whereas the 

lowest in the mineral (sulphurous) spring. 

Most taxa were crenophilous, including 

lentic, rheobiontic and bryophilous 

taxa. springs differed in species richness 

mainly according to different altitude, 

canopy cover, hydrological regime, ph, 

and granulometry as percentage of cobbles 

and stones. Pseudokiefferiella parva, 

Corynoneura sp. A, Metriocnemus eurynotus 

gr., Paratrichocladius skirwithensis 

and Tvetenia calvescens were the taxa 

better explained by such variables. Most 

taxa were found in a small proportion of 

sites, and frequencies declined gradually 

for more widely distributed species 

and a highly individual nature of springs 

was highlighted, within the same river 

basin, between springs and within a single 

spring. our results suggest that prudent 

and conservative land management 

should assume that all springs sheltering 

such unique faunal assemblages need 

protection. 

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- diversity and distribution of chironomids 

(diptera, chironomidae) in alpine and prealpine 

springs (northern italy). in: cantonati 

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editors), springs: neglected key habitats 

for biodiversity conservation. Journal of 

limnology, 70 (suppl. 1): 106-121.


a new method to identify important conservation areas applied to 

the alpine invertebrates 


invertebrates constitute a substantial 

proportion of terrestrial and freshwater 

biodiversity and are critical to ecosystem 

functions. however, their inclusion in 

prioritization and conservation planning 

is underconsidered, in particular in the 

Alps. 

We coordinated a project where we 

proposed a new methodological solution 

and challenge for the identification 

of priority areas based on the integration 

of three approaches: invertebrate 

multi-taxa based, expert-based, and 

Gis-based. The Trentino Province (eastern 

italian Alps), was investigate as case 

study. 

The first methodological step was to 

select a panel of nineteen experts which 

played a strategic role in the suggestion 

of 229 species, endangered or of mandatory 

conservation interest. The second 

step was to find objective criteria for species 

prioritisation. These criteria, crossed 

with the experts taxonomical and ecological 

knowledge resulted in a list of 

70 focal invertebrate species. The third 

step was to integrate with the Gis-based 

approach data layers from the habitat 

requirements of each of the seventy focal 

species to generate potential spatialdistributional 

maps. Potential distribution 

maps gave information about the sites 

(priority areas) in which the highest number 

of focal species could concentrate, 

thus suggesting where to concentrate 

future monitoring efforts. several priority 

areas resulted outside the protected 

ones. 

Alluvial forest and hop-hornbeam 

woods resulted to be the habitats with 

the highest number of focal species, and 

thus they represent the habitats of major 

conservation priority. Besides, they are 

usually small, fragmented, and nearing 

proximity of urbanized areas located in 

the bottom of the valleys. 

The relatively simple processes involved 

in species and potential habitat 

distribution produced with this research 

can be conducted with a sustainable effort, 

making it an attractive tool when 

time and funds are in short supply. 

Gobbi, M., Riservato, e., Bragalanti, n., 

& lencioni, V. (in press) An expert-based approach 

to invertebrate conservation: identification 

of priority areas in central-eastern Alps. 

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influences of global climate on the temporal dynamics of 

migratory birds 

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understanding the dynamics of migratory 

bird populations in relation to climate 

is essential for the development of 

adequate conservation strategies in the 

face of global change. however, uncertainty 

remains about the extent to which 

the climate and species biology affect 

the variation in the number of migrants. 

The research activity focused on the 

role of global climate and species biological 

traits determining the dynamics 

of migrant populations in the italian Alps. 

The large data set was gathered for over 

30 species during more than 10 years of 

activity by the vertebrate zoology section 

in the framework of “Progetto Alpi” ringing 

project. 

The species data were analysed in 

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approaches (Generalized linear Mixed 

Models (GlMM). Results show highly 

heterogeneous response between the 

nAo and the species traits, indicating 

a complex response of species to climate. 

interactions between the nAo 

and species level-variables reveal how 

different species respond to environmental 

change and directly inform our 

ability to define conservation strategies 

for migratory birds. 

The seasonal and yearly variation 

in the capture frequency of migratory 

birds was also investigated with the use 

of generalized additive mixed models 

(GAMM). This research was restricted to 

passerine birds ringed at six sites (four 

on alpine passes and two on valley bottoms) 

in the italian Alps, and referred 

to nine post-nuptial migration seasons 

(2000-2008). 

Pedrini P., Tenan s. & spina F. (in press) - 

La migrazione postriproduttiva degli uccelli 

attraverso le Alpi italiane: fenologia ed adattamenti. 

Museo delle scienze (ed.).


a macroecological approach to the study of the impacts of 

environmental change on alpine bird assemblages 


environmental change affects both 

natural ecosystems and civil societies. 

Anthropogenic activities and the degradation 

of natural habitats change the 

population structures of various species 

but also threaten essential ecosystem 

services. it is therefore vital to understand 

the processes that have a negative 

impact on wildlife populations, if these 

are to be preserved in the future. Threats 

caused environmental change are often 

complex and multi-faceted, thus requiring 

the integration of different methods 

and tools into an appropriate research 

framework. 

The research on Macroecology and 

environmental change conducted during 

2010-2011 by the Vertebrate zoology 

on section builds on three key concepts: 

species, space and time. This “threedimensional 

view” aims to integrate the 

spatial and temporal dimensions of ecological 

processes into statistical methods 

in order to i) quantify and ii) predict the 

impact of environmental change across 

many species. The ultimate goal of the 

Macroecology research programme is 

to find practical solutions to current conservation 

challenges, applicable at local 

level and beyond. 

This research topic is carried out in cooperation 

with dipartimento di Biologia 

Animale e dell’uomo, university of Turin, 

and centre for ecology and hydrology 

(uK) and three workshops have been 

held at the museum between 2010 and 

2011. 

up to date, the research conducted 

by section has focussed on predicting 

the changes in the spatial patterns of bird 

species richness in relation to future climatic 

and land-use changes. Results have 

revealed how areas at mid-altudinal ranges 

might experience high levels of losses 

in species richness (1). Further analyses, 

aimed answering questions related to 

population persistence under climate 

change are currently being conducted. 

These analyses have uniquely combined 

species trait and environmental data into 

a single analytical framework. Preliminary 

results have shown how topographically 

complex areas would favour persistence 

of alpine bird populations in future climates, 

and, that species with a broad 

ecological niche might stand a better 

chance against climate change. Finally, 

the section is tackling the complexity 

of multiple threats faced by birds in the 

Alpine region through an analysis that 

combines expert opinion and field data. 

This latter piece of work has received the 

contribution of seventeen international 

experts in subject of alpine bird ecology. 

Girardello M., Tenan s., Pedrini P., 2010 - 

Predicting the potential impacts of future landcover 

changes on breeding bird communites in 

the italian Alps. European Bird Census Council 

18th conference of the European Bird Census 

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Neidiomorpha, a new freshwater diatom genus 


since the beginning of the 1990s, 

the limnology and Phycology section of 

the Museo delle scienze is dealing with 

a very peculiar type of freshwater habitats: 

springs. These environments are 

known to the wider public almost exclusively 

because they are often exploited to 

gain drinking water. on the contrary, it is 

scarcely known that the frequently particularly 

stable environmental conditions, and 

the waters, usually of very high quality, allow 

these habitats to host rare, Red list, 

or even new-to-science species. The most 

important spring study co-ordinated by 

the limnology and Phycology section has 

been cRenodAT. This Project made possible 

the discovery of a notable number of 

new taxa (genera, subgenera, species) of 

different groups of organisms. one of the 

most relevant taxonomic result has been 

the discovery of a diatom genus new to 

science, that has been named Neidiomorpha 

lange-Bertalot et cantonati. The 

description was published in 2010 in the 

journal Botanical Studies. The main morphological 

characters of the new genus 

distinguishing it from Neidium (in which 

known Neidiomorpha taxa were included 

so far) are peculiar longitudinal structures, 

the areolation pattern, and raphe endings 

besides overall valve outline, and chloroplasts 

number and arrangement. The species 

on which the description of the new 

genus is based is Neidiomorpha binodiformis 

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a spring in the Fassa Valley, near Moena. 

From the study of materials deposited in 

the diatom collection of the Museum and 

from the analysis of published data ecological 

preferences and distribution of the 

new species could be reconstructed. The 

cRenodAT springs in which Neidiomorpha 

binodiformis was found are mountain 

pool springs or small flowing-springs 

located at low to medium elevations with 

low discharge and reduced current velocity 

and consequently sediment, debris, 

and bryophytes are prominent substrata. 

Water temperatures are low to medium 

(6-9 °c). The lithology is almost always 

carbonate, and therefore ph values are 

slightly alkaline (8.1), and conductivity values 

are medium (230-260 μs cm -1 ). 

This work was financed by the University 

and Scientific Research Department of the 

Autonomous Province of Trento to the Limnology 

and Phycology Section of the Museo 

Tridentino di Scienze Naturali (CRENODAT 

Project: Biodiversity assessment and integrity 

evaluation of springs of Trentino - Italian 

Alps - and longterm ecological research, 

2004-2008). 

cantonati M., lange-Bertalot h. & n. Angeli, 

2010 - Neidiomorpha gen. nov. (Bacillariophyta): 

A new freshwater diatom genus 

separated from Neidium Pfitzer. Botanical 

Studies, 51: 195-202.


ecological stability vs variability: insights from long-term studies 

on springs 


There has been a growing interest in 

long-term studies because they offer opportunities 

for tracking and understanding 

temporal changes in biodiversity. 

Without the temporal context provided 

by long-term data, the inherent dynamics 

of ecological systems cannot be 

quantified, putting at risk our decisions 

about biodiversity management. since 

at least 16 years the limnology and Phycology 

section of the Museo delle scienze 

is studying a set of springs examining 

temporal changes of the environmental 

factors and of the diatom communities. 

The working group showed that stability 

is a multifaceted dimension, which 

assumes different meanings according 

to the main underlying process. For 

instance, an important source of variability 

was due to random fluctuation of 

the least abundant species, which occur 

from year to year mainly by chance. 

But while this effect was present in the 

diatom communities of all springs, nonstochastic 

mechanisms were differently 

represented. in two springs, changes 

were directional but not explained by 

the environment, suggesting that internal, 

within springs, drivers may be more 

important than extrinsic forces. overall, 

these results provide a benchmark of diatom 

variability over time and in natural 

conditions, delimiting the “limits of acceptable 

changes”. 

The long-term ecological research programme 

on spring habitats benefited greatly 

from inclusion in the ACQUA-TEST_ PNAB 

Project (2008-ongoing) funded by the Adamello-Brenta 

Nature Park, in the CRENO- 

DAT Project (2004-2007) funded by the Autonomous 

Province of Trento, and in a previous 

(2003-2004) Project on long-term ecological 

research in selected springs funded 

by the Adamello-Brenta Nature Park. 

spitale d. & cantonati M., 2011 - understanding 

the natural variability of diatom assemblages 

in springs of the Adamello-Brenta 

nature Park (south-eastern Alps) on a temporal 

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black glaciers provide a suitable habitat for arthropod communities 


Glaciers are progressively suffering 

from an increase in supraglacial debris, 

transforming them into debris-covered 

glaciers, also referred to as ‘black glaciers’. 

it is known that the mantle of supraglacial 

rock debris is probably caused by rare, 

but important cryoclastics and landslide 

events triggered by climate change. 

in the Alps their distribution is less 

significant yet, on the other hand recent 

studies demonstrated a progressive colonization 

of their surface by herbaceous 

vegetation. 

The invertebrate and hydrobiology 

section of the Mds coordinates, in cooperation 

with several research groups, 

a pluriennal research project on the biocoenoses 

(arthropods and plants) living 

on the debris covered glaciers, specifically 

on the Miage Glacier (Ao, Val d’Aosta) 

and on the Amola Glacier (Tn, Trentino 

Alto-Adige). 

The only epigaeic arthropods taxa 

associated permanently with the debris 

covering the glacier surface, are carabid 

beetles and spiders. specifically, 

the carabids belonging to the genera 

Nebria and Oreonebria, and the spider 

Drassodex heeri which are arthropods 

typical of stony high-altitude habitats 

are able to extend their habitats to the 

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find wet and cold microclimate which 

provides a suitable habitat. carabids 

and spiders are predators of several 

dipteran and homopteran coming on 

the glacier as aeroplancton. 

considering the ongoing alpine climate 

warming, and the consequent risk 

of summit traps triggered by the arthropods 

uphill shift, the debris-covered glacier 

could be considered a refuge area 

for climate sensitive species, as coolliving 

stenotherm species. 

Gobbi M., isaia M. & de Bernardi F., 2011 

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heat shock proteins confer thermotolerance in cold-stenothermal 

chironomids 


To better understand the physiological 

capability of cold-stenothermal organisms 

to survive high-temperatures, 

we analyzed the thermotolerance limits 

and the expression level of hsp70 genes 

under temperature stress in the alpine 

midge Pseudodiamesa branickii (diptera 

chironomidae). The resistance to heat 

exposure is generally associated with the 

synthesis of stress proteins, namely heat 

shock proteins (hsPs). These are a family 

of highly conserved proteins that act 

as chaperones to stabilize other proteins, 

refold partially unfolded proteins, and 

detect proteins that are irreversibly damaged 

under stressful conditions. 

A lethal temperature of 36°c and a 

lethal temperature 50% of 32.2°c were 

found for the cold stenothermal larvae 

after short-term shocks. The constitutive 

(hsc70) and inducible (hsp70) forms 

were both analyzed by surveying the 

expression of the hsp70 gene family via 

semi-quantitative reverse transcriptionpolymerase 

chain reaction analysis in 

treated larvae. iV instar larvae of P. branickii 

showed a significant up-regulation 

of inducible hsp70 gene with increasing 

temperatures and an over-expression of 

both hsp70 and hsc70 by increasing the 

time of exposure. According to these results, 

we may conclude that P. branickii 

was able to activate hsp70 genes transcription 

(equal to heat shock response, 

hsR) in response to thermal stress, differently 

from that was shown in many 

cold-stenothermal Antarctic organisms in 

which the hsR was investigated. 

Finally, an unclear relationship between 

hsp70 expression and survival was 

found, leading us to surmise that genes 

other than hsp70 and other processes 

apart from the biochemical processes 

might generate the high thermaltolerance 

of P. branickii larvae. These results 

and future high-throughput studies at 

both the transcriptome and proteome 

level will improve our ability to predict 

the future geographic distribution of 

this species within the context of global 

warming. 

Bernabò P., Martinez Guitarte J.l., Rebecchi 

l., Jousson o. & lencioni V., 2011 - Thermotolerance 

and hsp70 heat shock response 

in the cold-stenothermal chironomid Pseudodiamesa 

branickii (ne italy). Cell Stress and 

Chaperones, 16 (4): 403-410. 

Relative expression ratio (2-log scale) of the 

hsp70 (gray bars) and hsc70 (white bars) after 

1, 2, and 4 h of shock and after 1 h of preexposition 

followed by 1 h at 4°c and by 1 h 

of shock (P +1h) at 26°c and 32°c. Asterisk, 

significant differences (p≤0.05) of the level 

of expression after short-term stress (1 h) 

relative to the level of control larvae; empty 

circle, significant differences (p≤0.05) of the 

level of expression after long-term stress (2 

and 4 h) relative to level of larvae stressed 

for 1 h; number sign, significant differences 

(p≤0.05) of the level of expression after 

shock (1 h) with pre-exposition relative to the 

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habitat selection, freeze tolerance strategy and heat shock 

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Temperature is arguably the most important 

abiotic variable, determining the 

limits to the distribution of species and 

exerting a strong influence on their success 

within the occupied range. Typically, 

extreme fluctuations in temperature is not 

considered as one of the limiting factors 

influencing the life of troglobites, being 

that the inside cave temperature is constant 

throughout the year. cold hardiness 

has been well documented for many taxa, 

but never before for cave dwelling species. 

We testified that adults of two stenothermal 

leptodirin species, Neobathyscia 

pasai and Neobathyscia mancinii (coleoptera, 

cholevidae), may be defined respectively 

as ‘‘strongly freeze tolerant’’ and as 

‘‘moderately freezing tolerant’’ according 

to the mortality and cumulative proportion 

of individual freezing curves, supercooling 

points and lethal temperatures. 

Theseresults may justify the different incave 

habitat selection showed by the two 

species (n. pasai is abundant close to the 

entrance where the temperature is variable 

whereas n. mancinii is confined to the 

internal part of the cave where the temperature 

is constant throughout the year), 

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The different in-cave distribution of 

the two beetle species might justify also 

the responses observed in gene expression 

levels of two members of the family 

of heat shock proteins 70 kda, hsc70 

and hsp70 analyzed by qPcR. in both 

species, hsc70 mRnA level was constant 

with increasing temperature, whereas a 

significant increase in the inducible member 

(hsp70) mRnA was observed, higher 

in N. pasai. These results demonstrated 

for the first time the occurrence of a heat 

shock response in troglobite insects and 

suggest the correlation between the intensity 

of this response and the adaptation 

to the cave environment. 

overall, our studies give new insights 

into possible responses to climate changes 

in cave dwelling species. 

lencioni V., Bernabò P., latella l., 2010 - 

cold resistance in two species of cave-dwelling 

beetles (coleoptera: cholevidae). Journal 

of Thermal Biology, 35: 354-359. 

Bernabò P., lencioni V., latella l., 2011 - 

cold stenothermal cave-dwelling beetles do 

have an hsP70 heat shock response at transcriptomic 

level. Journal of Thermal Biology, 

36: 206-208. 

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hsP70 n. mancinii 28 ≤ 0.001 174.67 31.90 

hsP70 n. mancinii 29 ≤ 0.001 50.19 17.39 

hsP70 n. pasai 25 ≤ 0.001 689.49 3.46 

hsP70 n. pasai 28 ≤ 0.001 236.55 3.18 

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the effect of environmental, spatial and management factors on 

the ecology and conservation of birds in farmland and wetland 


The distribution and abundance of 

animal species is affected by many different 

factors. Abiotic features, habitat, 

interactions, isolation and accessibility 

of patches, crop and land management, 

all can affect presence and abundance 

of animal species. We investigated the 

effect of different factors (environmental, 

spatial and management) on a set 

of conservation-priority bird species and 

derived conservation implications. We 

mainly considered farmland and wetland 

habitats, as the most threatened 

bird species in Trentino inhabit those 

habitats, which undergo unsuitable dynamics 

(intensification and abandonment 

in farmland habitats, destruction 

and fragmentation in wetlands). Results 

led to evaluate the effectiveness of 

measures within the Rural development 

Programme (PsR) for bird conservation, 

and to propose an improvement of the 

programme. 

The evaluation of the Farmland Bird 

Index (FBi) provided a general estimate 

of the status of farmland bird communities, 

and showed an unfavourable general 

status. 

specific studies described breeding 

ecology, population trend and possible 

conservation strategies for Crex crex and 

Lanius collurio, two species of high conservation 

concern undergoing popula- 

tion declines in Trentino. 

in collaboration with APoT (Associazione 

Produttori ortofrutticoli Trentini), we 

investigated the effect of management 

of apple orchards on the avian community 

breeding in this intensively cultivated 

landscape 

A study on factors affecting abundance 

of Rallus aquaticus and Gallinula 

chloropus in the regional wetland system 

revealed effects of habitat, spatial 

and topographical factors. conserving 

or restoring reedbeds and attenuating 

isolation could represent the most urgent 

strategies for current conservation 

of wetland avian species in Trentino. 

Brambilla M. & Pedrini P., 2011. intra-seasonal 

changes in local pattern of corncrake 

Crex crex occurrence require adaptive conservation 

strategies in Alpine meadows. Bird Conservation 

International, 21: 388-393. 

Brambilla M., Rizzolli F. & Pedrini P. (in 

press). The effects of habitat and spatial features 

of wetland fragments on the abundance 

of two rallid species with different degree of 

habitat specialization. Bird Study. 

ceresa F., Bogliani G., Pedrini P. & Brambilla 

M. (in press). The importance of key marginal 

habitat features for birds in farmland: 

an assessment of habitat preferences of Redbacked 

shrikes Lanius collurio in the italian 

Alps. Bird Study. 

Pedrini P., Rizzolli F., Rossi F. & Brambilla M. 

(in press). Population trend and breeding density 

of corncrake Crex crex (Aves: Rallidae) in 

the Alps: monitoring and conservation implications 

of a 15-years survey in Trentino, italy. Italian 

Journal of Zoology. 

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using high definition remote sensed data (lidar) for farmland 

bird models 


since 1950, three general trends in 

land cover change have been observed 

in the Alps: the growth of urban areas, 

taking over large extents of agricultural 

and natural lands; the abandonment of 

marginal agricultural areas due to the distance 

from the cities and lower productivity; 

and the intensification of agricultural 

practices in the most favourable areas. 

even if in Trento Province the agricultural 

land is marginal in terms of extent, it is 

intensively exploited for the cultivation of 

high value crops such as grapes for local 

wineries, apples and small fruits. in 

this context, grasslands and open areas 

are disappearing or modified due to the 

changes in traditional farming practices 

As a result, the wildlife and plant species 

typical of open areas or extensively managed 

agriculture are declining. 

The research activity of vertebrate 

zoology section focused on bird biodiversity 

of rural areas in general and in 

details for four conservation-priority 

bird species, typical of open areas and 

extensive agricultural ecosystems: the 

red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), the 

corncrake (Crex crex), the scops owl 

(Otus scops) and the green woodpecker 

(Picus viridis). 

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distribution modelling it was also evaluated 

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useful information about the vertical 

height of the vegetation. This new approach 

lead to better distribution maps, 

with a more realistic spatial pattern and an 

easier interpretation when defining management 

guidelines. The output of this research 

supported the Rural development 

Plan whit a single species distribution 

maps and a map of bird richness for 25 

species. The habitat of conservation priority 

species, such as the red-backed shrike 

overlaps for about 70% with the highest 

biodiversity areas. 

Tattoni c., Rizzoli F. & Pedrini P. (in press). 

can lidAR data improve bird habitat suitability 

models? Ecological Modelling.


The Eastern Arc Mountains in Trento. 

Developing and designing the new tropical glasshouse of Muse. 

Section of Botany 

The new eastern Arc tropical green 

house is the top living attraction of Muse 

that will recreate the forests of the eastern 

Arc, a biodiversity hotspot located in 

Tanzania and investigated by the section 

of Tropical Biodiversity. A vibrant and engaging 

display will capture the visitor in an 

imaginative journey through the luxuriant 

and colourful rainforest, listening unusual 

sounds of birds and tree frogs, discovering 

elegant butterflies, mimetic chameleons 

and trying new tastes. The itinerary will 

start from the Kilombero valley with tropical 

crops, underutilized landraces, home 

vegetable gardens and local villages; the 

explorer will then climb uphill towards the 

pristine mountain rainforest or “msitu” in 

swahili. Trees, shrubs, vines and flowering 

herbs will be presented together with 

their ethnobotanical use. The display area 

will be thought-provoking, engaging the 

visitor on sustainability issues, illustrating 

international cooperation projects for forest 

conservation and poverty alleviation, 

stimulating the visitors to take active parts 

in supporting them. 

The section of Botany has developed, 

in collaboration with the Royal Botanic 

Garden edinburgh, a two year specialised 

training programme in tropical botany and 

horticulture with the aim to support the 

new glasshouse staff in management of 

seed of Cephalosphaera usambarensis, a tall 

tree found only on few Tanzanian mountains and 

in Kenya with good quality timber belonging to 

the nutmeg family (Myristicaceae). 

tropical plants collection with conservation 

value. since January 2011 the museum 

staff moved to scotland and, through collaboration 

agreements between botanical 

gardens, practiced in world renewed tropical 

glasshouses located at eden Project 

(cornwall, uK) and Royal Botanic Garden 

Kew (london, uK). 

during summer 2011 the section of 

Botany, in collaboration with the section of 

Tropical Biodiversity, undertook an expedition 

in Tanzania to further develop the international 

relations and agreements between 

the Museum and local institutions such as 

the university of dar er salaam (udsM) and 

the Tanzanian Tree seed Agency (TTsA). 

several surveys have been carried out in the 

eastern Arc forests with the herbarium and 

research staff of udsM to develop together 

a strategy for seed collection in the framework 

of a Material Transfert Agreement 

(MTA). The treatment and shipment of the 

collected material to the Trentino seed Bank 

and the eastern Arc tropical glasshouse will 

be carried out following the international 

agreements of access and benefit sharing 

(ABsA) through TTsA. 

The complex living biome under glass, 

the plant nursery and the quarantine facilities 

in Trento will start to engage the visitors 

of the new Museum of science from 

July 2013. 

Fruit of Telfairia pedata (mkweme 

in swahili), climbing 

vine originated in Tropical 

east Africa cultivated both 

for its edible flesh and for its 

seeds which are rich of oil. 

The oil is used for making 

soap and cadles and as a 

medicine for stomach troubles 

and rheumatism. 

A local guide showing 

how to collect safe drinkable 

water from the fleshy 

petiole of Ensete ventricosum 

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investigating alpine grasslands to evaluate their use 

in phytobalneotherapy. 


since 1800, farmers, during the 

haymaking season on certain areas of 

Trentino - Alto Adige used to sleep on 

the freshly cut grass, resting from the 

hard labor and the sore joints. This, soon, 

became a treatment therapy against osteoarthritis 

and more frequent rheumatic 

diseases attracting an increasing health 

related tourism in the region. The cure has 

remained empirical until the 1990 when 

numerous studies has been carried out 

with a scientific approach and were proven 

to be effective by medical science. it 

has been confirmed that 75-90 % of the 

treated patients improved their symptoms 

and their general health, avoiding chemical 

drugs, with a longer lasting effect than 

the other conventional treatments. The 

regional legislation regulates the methodology 

and the requirements to certify 

that the therapy has an actual beneficial 

effect on the patients. The municipality 

of san lorenzo in Banale commissioned 

a study of the alpine grasslands in loc. 

Prada to evaluate the potential use of 

the freshly mowed grass for this therapy. 

The following study defined the vegetation 

communities of the grasslands, their 

productivity and their location using Gis. 

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logistical aspects have been also evaluated. 

The laboratory work investigated 

the chemical and physical processes of 

the fermentation after mowing. The data 

recorded, using specifically designed instruments 

and techniques are: calories 

produced, concentration of methane and 

carbon dioxide and production of volatile 

organic compound. The data showed 

that about 6 ha of the meadows belongs 

to an particularly biodiversity rich vegetation 

association with many officinal and 

medicinal species which produce a strong 

fermentation process. The area has been 

evaluated as suitable for the traditional 

thermotherapy and its production could 

be used to treat about 200-250 patients. 

other vegetation associations could also 

be used to this end, after a specific 3 years 

management practice. About 4 ha were 

not suitable because the vegetation did 

not meet the requirement needed. 

The phytobalneotherapy is a sustainable 

practice with positive aspects that 

range from the conservation of the traditional 

use and management of alpine 

grasslands, to the conservation of the 

landscape and its biodiversity and the use 

of more natural treatments of diseases 

that affect many elderly people.

effects of climate change on alpine plants 


Alpine climates have undergone significant 

change over the past century. 

in many parts of the Alps temperatures 

have risen by up to 2 °c between 1901 

and 2000. in this century, the warming 

in the Alps is projected to continue between 

+2,9 °c and +5,3 °c by 2085. 

Alpine ecosystems are considered to 

be particularly sensitive to the effects of 

global warming, because they are characterised 

by species adapted to low temperatures. 

in response to climate warming 

in alpine habitats there are expected 

and partially documented reductions of 

the duration and dept of snow cover and 

rapid glacier retreat and these changes 

are associated with changing distribution, 

phenology and physiology of several 

plant species. 

since the beginning of 2011, two 

post-doc projects (2011-2014) funded 

by the Provincia Autonoma di Trento/ 

eu Vii Framework Programme (FP7), 

through the programme “People” (Marie 

curie Action - coFund), aim to in- 


vestigate the effects of climate change 

on alpine flora. in the project cAPAce, 

dr. Andrea Mondoni is studying the effects 

of warmer temperatures on seed 

germination and seedling survival of 

the glacier foreland species. here, using 

a novel approach, that considers the 

altitudinal variation of temperature as a 

surrogate for future climate scenarios, 

seeds are exposed to different simulated 

seasonal temperatures in the laboratory 

and in the wild. dr Maurizia Gandini 

is leading the project cliMBVeG, which 

aims to contribute to assess the magnitude 

and the extent of global warming 

impact on alpine plant diversity taking 

into account changes of plant distribution 

(e.g. species extinction, migration) 

and variations of plant responses to climatic 

factors over time. This research 

will use standardized monitoring protocol 

developed under GloRiA project 

(Global observation Research initiative 

in Alpine environment), a worldwide 

project started in 2001. 

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the inQuire ProJect - science education through ibse 


education authorities are increasingly 

worried about the low level of student interest 

in school science. Although much 

of the concern focuses on attitudes towards 

chemistry and physics, plants are 

the basis for all life on earth and botany 

has almost disappeared from school science 

textbooks as well as from young 

people’s minds (link-Perez, dollo, Weber, 

& schussler, 2010, uno 2009). Teachers 

play a crucial role in the development of 

students’ interest in science (osborne & 

dillon 2008). Although some science educators 

argue that pedagogical practices 

based on inquiry-Based science education 

(iBse) methods are more effective 

than ‘traditional’ teaching approaches 

(Rocard 2007), for various reasons, this 

type of teaching is not practised in most 

european classrooms. 

The inQuiRe project aims to support 

novel pedagogies by developing 

and delivering a one-year garden-based 

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through 14 botanic gardens and natural 

history museums - Trento science Museum 

is the italian partner of the project 

- including some of europe’s most 

inspirational cultural and learning institutions. 

These centres act as catalysts, 

training and supporting teachers and 

educators to develop their teaching proficiency. 

To bridge the gap between education, 

research and practice, teachers, 

botanic garden educators and science 

education researchers are working together 

in learning communities to transform 

the simplistic and under-theorised 

model of iBse into actual teaching and 

learning units and activities addressing 

the topics “biodiversity loss and climate 

change”. The teachers and botanic garden 

educators participating in inQuiRe 

are supported in engaging in reflective 

practice through undertaking their own 

classroom-based practitioner research. 

in italy the project will deliver 4 main

outputs: 

- Two annual training courses: “IBSE: 

like a scientist!” for teachers and educators 

who work with children (9 - 14 

years old). A pilot edition was held at 

Trento Science Museum in 2011. A second 

edition will run in 2012 at Botanic 

Garden “Lorenzo Rota” in Bergamo. 

- A training course at national level for 

institution in charge of the training of 

teachers and educators. It will be a 3-day 


course that organised in August 2013 at 

the new Science Museum of Trento; 

- A course manual to support participants 

in developing educational activities 

with IBSE methodology, including 

several examples of activities conducted 

in the classroom or in botanic gardens, 

parks and museums; 

- A train the trainers manual to support 

different kind of institutions to develop 

new courses with the IBSE methodology. 

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research in udzungwa contributes to a global camera trapping 

study on rainforest mammals 

Section of Tropical Biodiversity 

since 2009, the field station in the udzungwa 

Mountains managed by Trento 

Museum is part of a pan-tropical network 

of sites conducting standardized biodiversity 

monitoring. The network is called 

TeAM (Tropical ecology, Assessment and 

Monitoring, http://www.teamnetwork. 

org) and is an initiative of conservation 

international in partnership with leading 

institutions including the Wildlife conservation 

society, the smithsonian institution 

and the Missouri Botanical Garden. With 

17 sites currently active, and a planned 

increase to 25 sites by 2015, TeAM’s mission 

is to generate real time data to monitoring 

long-term trends in tropical biodiversity, 

providing an early warning system 

on the status of tropical forests to effectively 

guide conservation action. Adhering 

to standardized protocols, each site of the 

network monitors trends in (1) the community 

of terrestrial vertebrates (mainly 

mammals) through camera-trapping, (2) 

carbon stock and vegetation diversity 

through tree plots, and (3) several meteorological 

parameters through automatic 

weather stations. here we report on one 

of the first studies that presented a comparison 

of results from a suite of sites on 

rainforest mammals. 

The study compared results from 

camera-trapping sampling conducted 

in the 7 sites across the three continents 

on earth holding rainforest (Africa, southeast 

Asia and south America) for which 

at least one year of data collection was 

conducted. data collection entails the 

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deployment of 60 camera trap stations 

within an area of 120 km 2 for 30 days at 

each site. sampling yielded an unparalleled 

data-set, made of 51.000 camera 

trap images that represented 105 species 

of terrestrial mammals, spanning the size 

from a mouse to an elephant. sites were 

categorized according to the habitat fragmentation 

of the landscape where they 

are inscribed, from continuous forests to 

highly fragmented forests. The analysis 

examined the variation with the degree 

of forest fragmentation of several aspects 

of species and community diversity (species 

richness, species diversity, evenness, 

dominance, functional diversity and community 

structure). Results showed that 

mammal communities from highly fragmented 

sites have lower species richness, 

species diversity, functional diversity and 

higher dominance when compared with 

sites in partially fragmented and continuous 

forest. The study emphasizes the importance 

of standardized camera trapping 

approaches for obtaining baselines for 

monitoring forest mammal communities 

so as to adequately understand the effect 

of global, regional and local threats and 

appropriately inform conservation actions. 

Ahumada J., Faresin c., Gajapersad K., 

hallam c., hurtado J., Martin e., McWilliam 

A., Mugerwa B., o’Brien T., Rovero F., sheil d., 

spironello W., Winarni n., Andelman s. 2011. 

community structure and diversity of tropical 

forest mammals: data from a global camera trap 

network. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal 

Society B: Biological Sciences 366: 2703-2711.

the udzungwa international summer school on tropical biodiversity 


during the first two weeks of July 

2011, the first edition of a summer 

school titled “Tropical rainforest biodiversity: 

field and Gis tools for assessing, 

monitoring and mapping” was held in 

the udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania as 

a collaboration between Trento science 

Museum and the university of Trento 

(department of environmental engineering), 

in partnership with Tanzania national 

Parks. The school was based at the 

udzungwa ecological Monitoring centre, 

the field station managed by Trento science 

Museum, and was designed to address 

one of its objectives: the provision 

of field-based, higher education to university 

students and ecologists. 

Through a combination of field trips 

in the fascinating rainforests of the udzungwa 

Mountains national Park, lessons 

and practical exercises on the computer, 

the course introduced the participants 

with key field and Gis tools for assessing 

forest biodiversity, especially rainforest 

mammals. The course aimed to integrate 

state-of-the-art field techniques to assess 

key indicator species (primates and 

forest ungulates) with Gis tools to map 

and model species distribution. Follow- 


ing introductory lessons on tropical biodiversity 

and its evaluation, the course 

provided the practical and theoretical 

skills on abundance estimation methods 

(line-transect, camera-trapping) and vegetation 

sampling for habitat modeling 

using real-world data, in parallel with Gis 

training on storing, visualizing and analyzing 

environmental using open source 

software (QGis and GRAss). 

The first edition was attended by 20 

participants coming from congo, Tanzania, 

italy, netherland and uK. Besides 

11 international students that contributed 

with a registration fee, the school 

offered free attendance to Tanzanian 

students and ecologists from the udzungwa 

Mountains national Park and 

other parks in Tanzania. The participation 

of ecologists from Tanzania national 

Parks was functional to contribute 

towards capacity building and standardization 

of biodiversity monitoring in the 

country, using the extensive experience 

in udzungwa as a model for replication 

in other parks. Following the successful 

first edition, the school will be repeated 

in 2012 with a view to establish a larger 

and long-term training programme. 

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the discovery and conservation of a highly threatened snake 


during recent biological surveys 

in southern Tanzania, in collaboration 

with the Wildlife conservation society 

(Wcs), a remarkable new species of 

bush viper has been discovered. it resembles 

the usambara bush viper (Atheris 

ceratophora) but is considerably 

larger, differs in scalation and has a genetic 

divergence of the mitochondrial 

gene of 3.18% and an estimated divergence 

time of about 2.2 million years. 

it has been named Matilda’s horned 

Viper (Atheris matildae). 

Matilda’s horned Viper is known just 

from a remote montane forest fragment 

in Tanzania’s south West. The site probably 

represents the remnant of a wider 

forested landscape, interspersed with 

plateau grasslands and possibly naturally 

isolated from other forest blocks. 

it is therefore probable that the viper is 

a highly range-restricted forest species. 

We have estimated an extent of occurrence 

considerably smaller than 100 

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ing decline. According to iucn guidelines 

(iucn, 2010) therefore, it should 

be listed as ‘critically endangered’ cR- 

B1b(i,ii,iii). 

Wildlife trade is now the second 

largest illegal trade in the world after 

drugs, with the global trade, both legal 

and illegal, estimated to be currently 

around us$159 billion a year. Reptiles 

play a large part in this and unfortunately 

the illegal trade - especially in 

wild-caught reptiles - is having a devastating 

effect on wild populations. so 

much so that in many parts of Africa it 

is the single biggest threat to the existence 

of many species in the wild. The 

colourful, fascinating African bush vipers 

of the genus Atheris are popular 

pet snakes in many countries, however, 

their natural habitat is seriously threatened 

and the numbers of wild caught 

animals destined for the pet trade continues 

to be unsustainable. 

it is often the case that the first few 

specimens of a newly discovered bush

viper can be worth a high price and this 

can have a very damaging impact on 

the population, in the case of Matilda’s 

horned Viper, a sudden rush to collect 

as many specimens as possible could 

actually extirpate the species in the wild. 

To avoid the unsustainable collection 

of such a rare snake, we have agreed 

with the editor of the scientific journal 

zootaxa - where the species description 

is published - to keep the locality 

as vague as possible (only very general 

information is given), with the possibility 

of more specific information provided 

by the authors on request, for scientific 

purposes only. such a practice should be 

taken into consideration by taxonomists 

every time a new, rare species of potential 

commercial interest is described. 

in Tanzania, the endemics for which 

the nation is so renowned are seriously 

threatened by habitat loss, disease and 

overexploitation for the wildlife trade. 

The latter is largely unmanaged, often 

illegal and increasingly pervasive. collection 

from the wild is mostly unsustainable 

and has reached a level whereby 

it represents perhaps the biggest 

threat to Tanzania’s amphibians and 

reptiles. And yet with political will, a 


scientifically-derived quota system and 

trade that focuses on captive breeding 

rather than wild capture, the threat 

could be turned into a conservation opportunity. 

Against this background, we have 

initiated a small breeding programme 

for the new viper in Tanzania. This is 

intended not only as ‘insurance population’ 

to protect the new species from 

overexploitation, but also to facilitate 

the conservation of its threatened habitat 

so that this unique animal can persist 

in the wild. We are planning to make 

available (gratis) the first few dozen offspring 

from the captive population, in 

order to provide the market with captive-bred 

specimens of the new species. 

The aim is to avoid collection of 

wild caught specimens, lower the price 

of the animal and encourage responsible 

captive breeding by keepers in the 

most highly demanding countries. The 

ultimate goal is also to raise awareness 

and support for an in situ communitybased 

forest conservation programme, 

including community support, education 

and forest management. Matilda’s 

horned Viper will, it is hoped, be a flagship 

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geo3dmaP project 

Section of Geology 

The Geo3dMAP project - 3d modeling 

of the Jurassic calcari Grigi carbonate 

platform - is funded by the european 

community and the Provincia Autonoma 

di Trento in the frame of the 7 th research 

framework programme - Marie curie Actions 

- coFund - project “Trentino”. 

in the Geo3dMAP project modern 

digital modeling techniques are applied 

to produce a three dimensional structuralgeological 

model of the calcari Grigi platform, 

a carbonate sedimentary body, early 

Jurassic in age, whose rocks are widely dif- 

geological mapping and cartography 


The Geology group is concerned in 

studies on the stratigraphy and past environments 

reconstructions. These are performed 

in collaboration with the Provincia 

Autonoma di Trento Geological survey 

and will lead to the compiling of a new 

geological map of italy (cARG project). in 

2010-2012 research has focused on field 

work, laboratory analyses, computing and 

editing for the Geological hazard Map of 

the Trento Province (scale 1:50.000). 

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fused in Trentino and neighboring regions. 

Main scientific goal of the project 

is to study the network of extensional 

paleo-faults that formed in connection 

with the Jurassic rifting and influenced 

this huge platform during its growth. 

The project combines classical in-field 

geological observation and modern 3d 

geologic modeling in the attempt of giving, 

for the first time, a synthesis glimpse 

to the large-scale structural features that 

developed on the Trento Plateau in the 

geological past.

oPenloc project 


The oPenloc project (Public policies 

and local development) is founded 

by the Research department of the 

Provincia Autonoma di Trento, leaded 

by the Trento university, and conducted 

by the Museo delle scienze in collaboration 

with the university of Bologna, 

the university of Manchester, and 

the edmund Mach Foundation. 

The scope of the project is to define 

and measure the role that resources as 

natural patrimony and social capital can 

have in determining the economic competition 

of local systems. understand 

and quantify the fluxes of values and 

knowledge of a particular natural environment 

can support the local policies 

of rural and mountain communities. 

in this respect the contribution of 

the Muse consists in the naturalistic 

exploration of few key zones in which 

the natural and environmental patrimony 

is studied and documented. on 

these data, local communities action 

plans may find quantitative support 


to stimulate innovative processes and 

forms of sustainable development. 

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intclim Project 


The inTcliM project aims to provide 

a number of well-characterised datasets 

from the climatically sensitive, Alpine region 

of Trentino to address the need for 

further data for the improvement of climate 

models. The project is specifically 

targeting interglacial periods as these 

warm periods in earth history provide a 

comparison with modern, pre-industrial 

times which can be used to test climate 

models over long time-scales. The Trentino 

region provides the perfect location 

for the study because speleothem-hosting 

caves have been identified at a variety of 

altitudes within the pure carbonate bedrocks. 

using this palaeo-temperature data, 

the idea of the inTcliM project is to backcalculate 

the oxygen isotope signal of the 

speleothem-feeding waters. This temperature 

effect during oxygen isotope storage 

in calcite is the largest obstacle currently 

hindering speleothem research and the 

elimination of which would allow the inclusion 

of the dataset in water-isotope enabled 

General circulation Models and permit 

a better understanding of the climate 

system at the time of speleothem formation. 

inTcliM is funded by the european 

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- coFund - project “Trentino”.

dolo P/t Project 


The dolo P/T Project (The Permian- 

Triassic ecological crisis in the dolomites: 

extinction and recovery dynamics in Terrestrial 

ecosytems) is funded by the Research 

department of the Autonomous 

Province of Bolzano. its working group is 

composed of researchers from the naturmuseum 

südtirol/Museo di scienze naturali 

dell’Alto Adige, utrecth university 

and national natural history Museum 

‘naturalis’, and Museo delle scienze. The 

Permian-Triassic (P-T) extinction event 

occurred 251.4 ±0.3 million years ago 

and is considered the most severe extinction 

event of the Phanerozoic, with a loss 


of at least 50% of families both within the 

terrestrial and the marine ecosystems, 

corresponding to an estimated loss of 

between 75% and 96% of all species. 

The general aim of the project is to 

understand the composition and spatiotemporal 

relationships of the late Permian 

and early-Middle Triassic terrestrial 

ecosystems of the eastern southern Alps. 

The rate of extinction within the terrestrial 

realm and the time and mode of the 

plant and animal biotic recovery are investigated 

to understand if the Permian-Triassic 

ecological crisis documented in the 

southern Alps mirrors the global pattern. 

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glaciological researches 


The Museo delle scienze collaborates 

with the Provincia Autonoma di Trento, the 

university and the comitato Glaciologico 

Trentino managing the annual measures 

of maximum snow accumulation and ablation 

on the glaciers of the province. The 

research covered the following glaciers, 

considered to be representative of the 

different groups of mountains of Trentino: 

Ghiacciaio d’Agola, Ghiacciaio del careser, 

Ghiacciaio de la Mare, Ghiacciaio del 

Mandrone, Ghiacciaio della lobbia, Ghiacciaio 

della Marmolada. 

From the analysis of the data, appears 

a situation of strongly negative mass balance. 

This is due to low snowfall winter 

and to summer season prolonged and 

with above average temperatures. An in- 

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has started by conducting evening 

lectures open to the public and workshop 

activities in schools. in particular, with the 

project “Ghiacciai di una volta” has actuated 

an initiative of research involving 

society to photograph the italian glaciers 

in the same location where the glaciological 

took the same photograph in historical 

times. At the project joined all glaciological 

italians groups. Afterwards, by 

comparing photographic, considerations 

quali - quantitatives about the melt of the 

glacial will be do. it is also conducting a 

bibliographic collection of geomorphological 

and glaciological itineraries; the 

material will be published with a monograph 

by the società geologica italiana.


comunicating geoscience for blind and visual impairment 


The project was co-funded by Fondazione 

cARiTRo (Bank Foundation of Trento 

and Rovereto) and Museo delle scienze 

di Trento. The project involved blind and 

visually impaired people to geological sciences 

with the prupouse to reduce their 

disability and make the naturalistic issue 

more accessible and actual. Through a 

network of partnerships with organizations 

working on the safeguard and research in 

the disability field (istituto per la Ricerca, la 

Formazione e la Riabilitazione and unione 

italiana dei ciechi e degli ipovedenti), 

the design of natural pathways (Azienda 

Forestale e Provincia Autonoma di Trento) 

and technology instruments (Fabrica 

ludens spin-off Fondazione Bruno Kesler) 

was created an open-air didatic pathway 

that explain the geology of Trentino and 

severel educative activities were carried 

out on field and inside exposiotional area 

of Muse. our project involved people 

with ages ranging from 5 to 80 years, including 

people who were borne blind and 

people who lost the sight in their infancy, 

in youth or in mature age. in these project, 

geology has been the vehicle to pull 

down physical, psicological, environmental 

and cognitive barriers that follow the 

acute visual impairment, with the aim to 

reduce disability obstacles and to facilitate 

the integration into the cultural fabric. 

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the epigravettian site of Palù echen (folgaria Plateau) 

Section of Prehistory 

The palaeoethnological and palaeoenvironmental 

researches affected 

the north-east edge of the Palù echen 

peat-bog on the Folgaria Plateau (municipality 

of Folgaria, province of Trento), 

and led to recognize an epigravettian site 

partially preserved. The preliminary study 

of Pech 1 has allowed the identification, 

on a total excavated area of 30 square 

meters, of two distinct and marked concentrations 

in flint artifacts that probably 

correspond to two different working areas 

within the same episode of human 

occupation. The particular configuration 

and preservation of the settlement will 

enable a cross-disciplinary work through 

geoarchaeological investigations, techno-typological 

analysis of lithic artifacts, 

spatial distribution of the remains and 

studies on the modality of procurement 

and exploitation of the lithic raw material. 

The chronology of echen 1 is based on a 

radiocarbon date of 10.320 ± 60 14 c Age 

(BP), 12.209 ± 197 (cal BP), and on the 

cultural comparison of the lithic artifacts’ 

features, related to the terminal phase of 

the Recent epigravettian; this chrono-cultural 

stage is documented in the eastern 

italian Alps in open air sites such Piancavallo, 

Andalo, Pian dei laghetti, laghetto 

delle Regole, Bus de la lum, and in two 

rockshelters, the nearest one Riparo la 

cogola at carbonare di Folgaria, and 

Riparo soman in Adige valley. An impor- 

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tant finding in terms of anthropic structures 

is the evidence of two concentrations 

of remains, named A and B. singular 

is the accumulation in B, located 

around a porphyry rock sub-rounded, 

which suggests an overriding transformation 

of raw materials. Previously interpreted 

as a store of stone materials, the 

B area contains flints of various nature 

and consistency, from poor to high quality 

in terms of aptitude to flaking, some 

of which destined to future exploitation. 

This structure is compared with other 

dated to the late upper Paleolithic and 

Mesolithic in various sites of europe, including 

Val lastari and Palughetto. other 

correlations that mainly concern the 

organization and spatial arrangement 

of living space can be made with sauveterrian 

Mesolithic sites in the Alpine 

area, open air stations located at high 

altitude, characterized by evidence of a 

simple spatial organization. Palù echen 

testifies to the Paleolithic-Mesolithic 

transition. 

dalmeri G., Fiore i., Tagliacozzo A., 2011- 

Palù echen 1: fauna epigravettiana recente 

dai settori 3 e 4. nota Breve. Preistoria Alpina, 

45: 323-325. 

dalmeri G., neri s., 2011- siti epigravettiani 

degli Altipiani di Folgaria-lavarone- 

Vezzena. nota Breve. Preistoria Alpina, 45: 

321-322.

monte terlago rockshelter 


The basin of Terlago, as well as the 

surrounding mountainous area, is a very 

interesting area for the research on first 

prehistoric human occupation of the alpine 

environment during lateglacial and 

Post-glacial. The areas closely adjacent 

to the lakes of Terlago, santo and lamar 

are characterized by undulating morphologies 

and hills, bordered to the northwest 

by Paganella-Monte Gazza and to 

the south by Monte Bondone. Just the 

south side of Paganella near the localities 

of Prada-Prà Boral and Monte Terlago, seems 

to offer the morphological situations 

likely to provide guidance for understanding 

the strategies and the prehistoric 

settlements dynamics related to the basin 

of Terlago, the high altitude mountainous 

areas of Monte Gazza-Paganella, and the 

late-Paleolithic sites of Andalo. 

in this context at an altitude of about 

900 m, over Prada plain and just north of 

dos di camosciara, a rockshelter opens 

in a pebbly limestone wall. The excavation 

allowed to identify a stratigraphic 

sequence of layers with distinct anthropic 

occupation historical (late Antiquity) and 

prehistorical (iron Age, Middle Bronze 

Age-old neolithic, Mesolithic); in this shelter, 

the archaeological evidence acquired, 

indicate the presence of a multilayered 

deposit characterized by a stratigraphical 

sequence of undamaged levels variously 

anthropized. 

The set of evaluations based on scientific 

results obtained, can promote the beginning 

of a series of interventions through 

an interdisciplinary research project with the 

involvement of various institutions. An areal- 


Monte Terlago rockshelter: stratigraphic section 1n-s 

stratigraphic excavation under this shelter, 

conducted by multidisciplinary criteria, may 

provide an important contribution to the 

knowledge of the smelting activities (archeometallurgy) 

in the Bronze Age of centralwestern 

Trentino, as well as increase the 

information about the Mesolithic and neolithic 

frequentations of the region. 

dalmeri G., Flor e., neri s., 2011- sondaggio 

con verifica stratigrafica a Riparo Monte 

Terlago (Monte Terlago- Terlago). nota Breve. 

Preistoria Alpina, 45: 327-329. 

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The report of a new epigravettian site 

at an altitude of 1.430 m a.s.l. on Predaia 

Plateau, locality laget/ Bus del spin in 

non Valley (municipality of Tres, province 

of Trento), enriches the regional discoveries 

of these ancient periods. The first 

archaeological intervention in 2011 led 

to confirm the importance of this site, 

in terms of degree of preservation and 

ancient chronology. The archaeological 

data collected in 2011-2012 suggest the 

presence of a living floor well preserved, 

rich in lithic artifacts, areal extended and 

thick several centimeters. The spatial 

arrangement of lithic remains, where 

ploughing has not compromised the 

original stratigraphy of the deposit, are 

overall good. it’s important to note the 

presence of settlement structures preserved, 

like a well-circumscribed accumulation 

of flaking products with more 

than 1.000 findings and two hearths. 

These structural evidences confirm that 

this is a site of medium-high altitude, 

articulated and differentiated in several 

specialized processing areas: from these 

preliminary data the site could be interpreted 

as a single episode of occupation, 

within a seasonal system of mobility. 

consequently, laget’s potential for 

research is not common in contemporary 

sites located at the same altitudes. The 

implementation of the project with fieldwork 

and laboratory studies will provide 

new elements for reconstructing the modality 

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tation of mid-mountain territories of central-eastern 

Trentino during lateglacial 

and Postglacial period, with direct palaeoenvironmental 

and palaeoeconomics 

implications. Finally, laget site is of great 

scientific relevance and is fully inserted in 

the new interdisciplinary research projects 

of the section of Prehistory. 

dalmeri G., Kompatscher K., hrozny Kompatscher 

M., Bassetti M., cusinato A. & Piazzi o., 

2004 - dinamiche comportamentali degli ultimi 

cacciatori-raccoglitori in area alpina. il caso di studio 

del sito lR3 del laghetto delle Regole (castelfondo, 

Trento). Preistoria Alpina 40: 5-26, Trento.

iparo dalmeri: art and rituality 


in the last twenty years of prehistoric 

research in the Alps, dalmeri shelter represented 

a key site for understanding the 

activities, behavioral dynamics and exploitation’s 

methods of the mountain territories 

by the epigravettian human groups. 

The good preservation of faunal remains, 

stone tools and living floors has resulted in 

a partial but approximate reconstruction of 

palaeo-economy, settlement organization 

and site functionality. The site offers the 

unusual opportunity to study both art and 

rituals expressed by a group of late Paleolithic 

hunter-gatherers who frequented the 

Pre-Alpine area. Great symbolic significance 

assumes the context of recovery of 

the paintings, placed outside an housing 

structure and in the proximity of three ritual 

pits. The figurative elements are frequently 

depicted with realism in a way indicative of 

the distinct ability to decipher the character 

of the animals. This innovative pictorial language 

is of considerable scientific interest 

and is part of the broader issues of interpretation 

of art produced by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers 

of europe. consequently, the 

interpretation of this site involves also the 

artistic and religious sphere and is therefore 

much more complex. The paintings in 


ochre are made on clasts taken from the native 

breccias (total 267). At the moment of 

discovery, the paintings on the stones were 

almost completely obscured by calcareous 

concretions. We can distinguish different 

types of figurative expressions, highlighted 

by 11 categories including representations 

or symbols anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, 

schematic or signs, but also for the most 

part, organized surfaces with intentional 

traces of red pigment or with only residual 

color. it’s hard to find a logic in a depositional 

structure designed as “sacred” space, so 

privileged, highly articulated and complex, 

with potential factors of inter-connection of 

the different concentration areas of painted 

stones. it’s also problematic distinguish different 

periods of deposition or relocation 

of individual stones, even if the whole assemblage 

is related to the earliest phase of 

human occupation of the site (Phase i). 

dalmeri G., neri s., Bassetti M., cusinato 

A., Kompatscher K. & hrozny Kompatscher n., 

2011 - Riparo dalmeri: le pietre dipinte dell’area 

rituale. Preistoria Alpina, 45: 67-117. Trento. 

dalmeri G. & neri s., 2011 - la pietra dipinta 

Rd 303 di Riparo dalmeri. Preistoria Alpina, 

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FRAncesco RoVeRo 

Head of the Tropical Biodiversity Section 

Born in Firenze in 1970, he is a zoologist 

and conservation biologist. he obtained a 

degree in natural sciences in 1995 at the 

university of Florence with eco-ethological 

research thesis, and a Ph.d. in Animal 

ecology in 2000 at the university of Wales 

(Bangor), uK. since 1999 is conducting 

research and environmental cooperation 

activities in eastern Africa. since 2003 he 

is affiliated to Mds, and conducted during 

2004-2007 a post-doctoral research 

project funded by the Provincia Autonoma 

di Trento on ecology and conservation of 

primates and forest ungulates in the udzungwa 

Mountains, Tanzania, where he has 

been working since 2002. in 2008 he became the curator of the newlyestablished 

Tropical Biodiversity section within Mds. his main research 

interests are on threatened populations of forest mammals in Tanzania; 

research aims include abundance estimation, habitat use and modeling, 

and conservation status assessment. Besides pure and applied research, 

he developed a keen interest in ecological monitoring, technical support 

to protected areas, habitat connectivity analysis, development of community 

conservation plans. This led to the establishment of the udzungwa 

ecological Monitoring centre (www.udzungwacentre.org) that he directs 

since 2006. it is a field station annexed to the udzungwa Mountains national 

Park that facilitates researchers and provides technical support to 

the park, also serving as a bridge between park management and community’s 

environmental attitudes. The station became the first site in Africa 

of the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TeAM) network, managed 

by conservation international. he wrote over 50 scientific and public 

science papers, and book chapters. 

FABio PuPin 

Research fellow 

Born in Asiago (Vi) in 1978, since 2009 he 

collaborates with Mds where he contributes 

to the various projects on east Africa herpetofauna. 

in particular, he has been involved 

in a research program on the herpetofauna 

of the Albertine Rift and he is implementing 

the contents of the website Tanzaniaherps. 

org. Before joining the Tropical Biodiversity 

section he collaborated with the Animal Biology 

section of the university of Pavia (italy) 

on various researches on ecology, behaviour 

and morphology of amphibians and reptiles. 

in the same university he achieved his bachelor and Ph.d. degrees. 

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silViA Ricci 


The staff of the scientific sections 

Born in Firenze in 1970, she is a zoologist and 

a public science writer. she got a degree in 

natural sciences in 1995 at the university of 

Florence and a Ph.d. with a research thesis 

on population dynamics and trophic ecology 

of desert rodents in 2003 at the university of 

sydney, Australia. since 2004 she has been 

working for different publishing houses, writing 

books and articles of scientific popularization. 

since 2006 she worked as scientific 

consultant, environmental educator, tutor 

of formative courses and translator. From 

2008-2009 she collaborated with Trento Museum studying the new species 

of elephant-shrew. her research interests include population dynamics and 

trophic ecology of small mammals, habitat use and fauna surveys. since 2010, 

she has been also managing Associazione Mazingira, an organization established 

within the Trento Museum itself to conduct community-based projects 

in the area of the udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. 

eMAnuel h. MARTin 


Born in Rombo in 1977, he is a Tanzanian 

zoologist with a degree in wildlife management 

obtained at the sokoine university of 

Agriculture (suA), Tanzania (2002), and Master 

in Management of Protected Areas obtained 

at the university of Klagenfurt, Austria 

(2009). during 2003 - 2007, he worked 

as a conservation officer at the Mokolodi 

nature Reserve in Botswana, gaining wide 

experience in the field of biodiversity monitoring 

and protected area management. he 

was also extensively involved with training 

park personnel on monitoring capacity. in 2009 he was recruited as full-time 

research collaborator by Trento Museum to cover the position of site Manager 

of the newly established TeAM project (Tropical ecology, Assessment and 

Monitoring), managed by conservation international, funded by the Gordon 

and Betty Moore Foundation, and coordinated in the udzungwa Mountains 

by Trento Museum. since February 2012 he has enrolled into a Phd program 

with suA whereby his studies is focusing on the ecology of forest mammal 

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Born in Viareggio (lu) in 1972, she is a zoologist and primatologist. she holds 

a master’s degree (1999) in natural sciences 

at the Florence university on topical ethology 

and a Ph.d. (2007) at the Max Planck 

institute for evolutionary Anthropology and 

leipzig university, Germany on primate reproductive 

strategies. in 2008 she became 

an Alexander von humboldt post-doctoral 

fellow at the German Primate center (dPz), 

Goettingen, Germany. her main research 

interests focused on sexual selection, reproductive 

strategies, vocal communication and 

endocrinology in primates, and in particular, 

in a wild gibbon population of the Khao yai national Park, Thailand. since 

2010 she is a post-doctoral fellow within the program of Marie curie Actionincoming 

- coFund by the Provincia Autonoma di Trento at the Trento Museum 

conducting a multidisciplinary research on the ecology and conservation 

of an endangered and endemic primate species of the udzungwa Mountains 

nP, Tanzania. over 14 publications in peer-reviewed journals and internationally 

recognized research grants achieved. 

Michele MeneGon 

Tecnical assistant 

Born in Montebelluna (Vi) in 1969, since 1998 he is affiliated to Mds where he 

contributes to the establishment of the Tropical 

Biodiversity section. since 1998 he has 

also been conducting research and environmental 

cooperation in east Africa. in 2009 he 

started a Ph.d. at the Tropical ecology of the 

university of Manchester. The research is focused 

on global diversification patterns, species 

phylogenetic relationships and radiation 

and speciations patterns of Amphibians and 

Reptiles that represent the model groups. 

Various techniques are involved: field research, 

taxonomy, morphological and molecular 

systematic and biogeography analysis 

based both on traditional descriptive methods and on molecular analysis. 

combined ecological niche modeling and molecular phylogeography in order 

to reveal the evolutionary history of niche differentiation and to evaluate 

the risk extinction under different scenarios of climate change and/or continued 

habitat loss recently became part of the adopted techniques. Multi-taxon 

mapping of evolutionary information is also used in order to define optimal 

conservation areas for threatened species of montane Amphibians and Reptiles. 

he set up the website Tanzaniaherps.org on the montane herpetofauna 

of Tanzanian mountains in collaboration with the university of dar es salaam 

and Wildlife conservation society. he published over 40 scientific and public 

science papers, books and book chapters. 

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Ahumada J., Faresin c., Gajapersad K., hallam c., hurtado J., Martin e., McWilliam 

A., Mugerwa B., o’Brien T., Rovero F., sheil d., spironello W., Winarni n. & 

Andelman s., 2011 - community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: 

data from a global camera trap network. Philosophical Transactions of the 

Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366: 2703-2711. [iF 2011= 6.401] 

Barelli c., Reichard u.h. & Mundry R., 2011 - is grooming used as a commodity in 

wild whitehanded gibbons, Hylobates lar? Animal Behaviour, 82: 801-809. [iF 

2011= 3.591] 

deFries R., Rovero F., Wright P., Ahumada J., Andelman s., Brandon K., dempewolf 

J., hansen A., hewson J. & liu J., 2010 - From plot to landscape scale: linking 

tropical biodiversity measurements across spatial scales. Frontiers in Ecology 

and the Environment, 8: 153- 160. [iF 2010= 8.820] 

hoffmann A., decher J., Rovero F., schaer J., Voigt c. & Wibbelt G., 2010 - Field Methods 

and Techniques for Monitoring Mammals. in: eymann J., degreef J., häuser 

c., Monje J.c., samyn y., Vandenspiegel d. (eds.), Manual on Field Recording 

Techniques and Protocols for all Taxa Biodiversity Inventories and Monitoring. Abc 

Taxa, 8 (Part 2): 482-529. 

Marshall A.R., Jorgensbye h.i.o., Rovero F., Platts P.J., White P.c.l. & lovett J.c., 

2010 - The species- Area Relationship and confounding Variables in a Threatened 

Monkey community. American Journal of Primatology, 72: 325-336. [iF 

2010= 1.98] 

Menegon M., davenport T.R.B. & howell K.M., 2011 - description of a new and critically 

endangered species of Atheris (serpentes: Viperidae) from the southern 

highlands of Tanzania, with an overview of the country’s tree viper fauna. Zootaxa, 

3120: 43-54. [iF 2011= 0.927] 

Menegon M., Gower d. & loader s.P., 2011 - A remarkable new species of callulina 

(Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) with massive, boldly coloured limb glands. 

Zootaxa, 3120: 43-54. [iF 2011= 0.927] 

Rovero F., Tobler M. & sanderson J., 2010 - camera-trapping for inventorying terrestrial 

vertebrates. in: eymann J., degreef J., häuser c., Monje J.c., samyn y. & 

Vandenspiegel d. (eds.), Manual on Field Recording Techniques and Protocols 

for all Taxa Biodiversity Inventories and Monitoring. Abc Taxa, 8 (Part 1): 100- 

128. 

Tolley K.A., Tilbury c.R., Measey G.J., Menegon M., Branch W.R. & Matthee c.A., 

2011 - Ancient forest fragmentation or recent radiation? Testing refugial speciation 

models in chameleons within an African biodiversity hotspot. Journal of 

Biogeography, 38: 1748-1760. [iF 2011= 4.544] 

Van Bocxlaer i., loader s.P., Roelants K., Biju s.d., Menegon M. & Bossuyt F., 2010 - 

Gradual adaptation toward a range-expansion phenotype initiated the global 

radiation of toads. Science, 327: 679-682. [iF 2010= 31.364] 

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cosTAnTino BonoMi 

Head of the Botany Section 

Born in Trento in 1971. M.sc. in Biology (Padua, 

1997) M.Phil. in Botanical diversity (Reading and 

Birmingham, 2000). Keeper of the herbarium, curator 

of the museum’s two botanic gardens. his 

main research interests are plant conservation 

biology and seed ecology. since 2001 he is in 

charge of the museum’s plant conservation projects, 

and botanic garden management. he promoted 

and developed Trentino seed Bank, now a 

member of ensconet, the european native seed 

conservation network, funded by the eu under 

FP6 research infrestructures. he contributed to 

Plant science Gardens and inquire, two european 

education projects funded by the eu under FP6 & 

FP 7. science and society. he provides the secretariat for RiBes, the italian network of 

seed banks. he is the italian delegate in the european consortium of Botanic Gardens. 

GilBeRTo PARolo 


Born in sondrio in 1975. M.sc. in natural sciences 

(Pavia, 1999) Ph.d. in Plant ecology (Pavia, 

2004), research fellow at Pavia university 

2004-09. his main research interest lies in plant 

population biology of rare and threatened species, 

plant taxonomy (Festuca), conservation 

biology, ecology of extreme mountain ecosystem 

in relation to global change, effects on 

flora and vegetation in the Alps and in the Appennines, 

vegetation ecology. More than 50 

papers published on peer reviewed journals 

(Basic and Applied Ecology, Biological Conservation, 

Biodiversity and Conservation, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecological 

Modelling, Plant Biosystems). he contributed to the eurpean projects GloRiA in 

FP5; ensconeT in FP6, and various other projects promoted locally by Region 

lombardy, and the Provinces of sondrio and Trento (Ace-sAP, oPenloc). 

Renzo VicenTini 

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collaborated with the Museum of science 

where he contributed to various conservation 

projects such as esconeT in FP6 and 

Ace-sAP as well as the study of the biology 

of alpine endemisms. he surveyed biodiversity 

rich alpine grasslands and tested their 

biomass production to evaluate their use in 

the traditional therapy of phytobalneotherapy. 

he collaborates with the seed collection 

and curation of threatened species in italy, 

spain and Tanzania. since 2011 he is actively


training in tropical botany and horticulture in the uK in collaboration with the 

Royal Botanic Garden edinburgh. he is also involved in the design and development 

of the new Tropical Glasshouse of Muse, the tropical nursery and 

quarantine facilities. Before joining the Museum of science he collaborated 

with Rovereto civic Museum on the collection and digitalization of the distribution 

data of the flora of the provinces of Verona and Trento. 

AndReA Mondoni 


Born in Pavia in 1978. M.sc. in natural sciences 

(Pavia, 2003), Ph.d. in Plant ecology 

(Pavia, 2007). Post-doc (Marie curie Action) 

at the Trento Museum of science. his main 

research interest is germination ecology and 

seed bank management. he investigated in 

detail dormancy and germination of woodland 

herbaceous temperate species and has a keen 

interest in seed longevity of alpine species. he 

currently carries out studies on the effects of 

climate change on plant regeneration. he contributed 

to the eurpean project ensconeT in 

FP6 and to the local project Ace-sAP. 

seRenA doRiGoTTi 

Research Assistant 

Born in Rovereto (Tn) in 1975, she graduated 

in natural sciences at the university of Padua 

in July 2005 with a dissertation on a palynologic 

analysis of an Alpine environment. since 

2006 she worked at the educational department 

of the Museum of sciences as senior 

educator in Botany. she performed educational 

activities mainly in the museum two 

botanic gardens, the Viotte Alpine Botanic 

Garden and at the Arco Arboretum. in 2011 

she joined the inquire Project, developing 

and evaluating a training course for teachers 

and educators on iBse methodology. she is skilled and experienced expert in 

the creation and management of workshops based on the iBse technique. 

MAuRiziA GAndini 

Research Fellow 

Born in Broni (PV) in 1977, M.sc. in natural sciences 

(Pavia, 2004), Ph.d. in dendroecology 

(Pavia, 2007). Post-doc (Marie curie Action) at 

Trento Museum of science. her main research 

interest is climate change in relation to alpine 

plant ecology, with a particular focus on Global 

Warming impact on biodiversity and spatiotemporal 

patterns of species living in highaltitude 

environments. she is also involved in 

statistical elaboration of ecological dataset 

and ecological modelling. she currently contributes 

to worldwide project GloRiA and to european project lTeR. 

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Bonomi c., Mondoni A., Bolognesi M., Bortoluzzi e., 2010 - Maturity, Germination and 

longevity studies in a narrow endemic columbine in the italian Alps (Aquilegia 

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limnology & phycology research group 

MARco cAnTonATi 

Head of the Limnology and Phycology Section 

Born in neuburg donau (Germany) in 1967, 

he holds a university teaching habilitation 

(Venia docendi) in limnology (Phycology) 

(2011) and a Phd in freshwater ecology 

(1998) from the university of innsbruck, a 

Msc in natural sciences (1992) and Msc in 

Biology (1990) from the university of Pavia. 

Alumnus at the Ghislieri college (Pavia), 

and Garbini Prize for limnology. Mc dealt 

with an unusually broad spectrum of aquatic 

biota and habitats, with internationally-recognized 

expertise in spring-habitat ecology 

and conservation, and in the ecology and 

taxonomy of freshwater benthic algae (particularly diatoms, cyanobacteria, 

red algae). he discovered several diatom taxa (genera and species) new to 

science. Teaching in international courses (Visiting Professorships, summer 

schools etc.) (5), Phd theses (supervisor 5, opponent 5, Reviewer 2, substantial 

contrib. to 3), Post-docs mentoring (1), Visiting Phd students (1), Msc 

Theses (14), Bachelors (8). Member of the editorial Board of the Journal of 

Limnology, and Guest ed. of Freshwater Science, J. Limnol., and Hydrobiologia. 

Author of 243 scientific contributions, of these: Research Articles on 

isi international Journals with iF (45); special issues, Monographic Volumes, 

Books or chapters (34). organization of international congresses and special 

sessions (8), session chairing (10), invited talks (16) & talks (32 international + 

15 national). R&d Funding acquisition: scientific coordinator or WP coordinator 

of 15 Projects. 

dAniel sPiTAle 


Born in lennep - Remscheid (Germany) in 

1976, he is a Research Fellow of the Muse 

limnology and Phycology section. M.sc. in 

Biology (2003) at the university of Padua 

(italy); Ph.d. in ecology at the university of 

Parma (2007). he initially dealt with lake 

phytoplankton (sAlTo Project), and then 

with the ecology of bryophytes and vascular 

plants in spring habitats (cRenodAT 

Project). in the last years he started investigating 

the physiological adaptations of the 

red alga Bangia atropurpurea in lake Garda 

(Ace-sAP Project). his most relevant skills are related to bryology (with special 

reference to distribution and ecology in aquatic environments), and to the 

statistical analysis of ecological data. he is an author and referee for several 

international journals in the ecological disciplines. 

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Technical assistant 

Born in Trento in 1975, he is the Technical 

Assistant of the limnology and Phycology 

section of the Museo delle scienze (Muse). 

M.sc. in natural sciences (2000) at the university 

of Padua (italy), and Ph.d. in ecology 

(2006) at the university of Parma. since 2000 

he collaborates with the limnology and Phycology 

section of the MTsn. in particular 

he deals and dealt with high-mountain lakes 

and springs, lake inventories, biological databases, 

paleolimnology, and diatoms in the 

frame of several research projects (sAlTo/ 

BesT oloAMBienT, cRenodAT, AcQuA-TesT PnAB, Ace-sAP, cess- 

PA, eBeRs). Moreover, since 2005 he has been appointed to be in technical 

charge for the Muse scanning electron microscope (zeiss eVo40 XVP). since 

2009 he is also in charge for the hydrochemistry lab and for the collections 

of the limnology and Phycology section. he has been recently involved in 

the content-development project team for the new science Museum (Muse). 


Angeli n., cantonati M., spitale d. & lange-Bertalot h., 2010 - A comparison between 

diatom assemblages in two groups of carbonate, low-altitude springs with different 

levels of anthropogenic disturbances. Fottea, 10: 115-128. [iF 2011= 1,327] 

cantonati M. & lange-Bertalot h., 2011 - diatom monitors of close-to-pristine, verylow 

alkalinity habitats: three new eunotia species from springs in nature Parks 

of the south-eastern Alps. Journal of Limnology, 70: 209-221. [iF 2011= 1.207] 

cantonati M., lange-Bertalot h. & Angeli n., 2010 - Neidiomorpha gen. nov. (Bacillariophyta): 

A new freshwater diatom genus separated from Neidium Pfitzer. 

Botanical Studies, 51: 195-202. [iF 2011= 1.103] 

cantonati M., lange-Bertalot h., decet F. & Gabrieli J., 2011 - diatoms in very-shallow 

pools of the site of community importance danta di cadore Mires (south-eastern 

Alps), and the potential contribution of these habitats to diatom biodiversity 

conservation. Nova Hedwigia, 93: 475-507. [iF 2011= 0.615]. 

cantonati M., lange-Bertalot h., scalfi A. & Angeli n., 2010 - Cymbella tridentina sp. 

nov. (Bacillariophyta), a crenophilous diatom from carbonate springs of the Alps. 

Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 29: 775-788. [iF 2011= 

2.800] 

Filippi M.l., Piliposian G., Marziali l., Angeli n., lencioni V. & cantonati M., 2011 - is it 

possible to study palaeoenvironmental changes in Alpine spring habitats? A few 

examples from the south-eastern Alps (ne italy). in: M. cantonati, R. Gerecke, 

i. Jüttner & e.J. cox (eds.), springs: neglected Key habitats for Biodiversity 

conservation. Journal of Limnology, 70 (suppl. 1): 155-167. [iF 2011= 1.207] 

Gerecke R., cantonati M., spitale d., stur e. & Wiedenbrug s., 2011 - The challenges of 

long-term ecological research in springs in the northern and southern Alps: indicator 

groups, habitat diversity, and medium term change. in: M. cantonati, R. Gerecke, 

i. Jüttner & e.J. cox (eds.), springs: neglected Key habitats for Biodiversity 

conservation. Journal of Limnology, 70 (suppl. 1): 168-187. [iF 2011= 1.207] 

spitale d. & cantonati M., 2011 - understanding the natural variability of diatom assemblages 

in springs of the Adamello-Brenta nature Park (south-eastern Alps) 

on a temporal scale. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 179/2: 137-149. [iF 

2011= 1.207] 

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spitale d. & Petraglia A., 2010 - Palustriella falcata (Brid.) hedenäs (Amblystegiaceae, 

Bryopsida) with pluristratose lamina: morphological variability of specimens 

within and among springs of the italian Alps. Plant Systematic and Evolution, 

286: 59-68. [iF 2011= 1.335] 

spitale d., scalfi A., lange-Bertalot h. & cantonati M., 2011 - using different epilithicdiatom 

assemblage metrics for an ecological characterization of the shores of 

lake Garda. Journal of Limnology, 70: 197-208 [iF 2011= 1.207] 

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inverTebraTe zoology 

and hydrobiology research group 

VAleRiA lencioni 

Head of the Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology Section 

Born in salò (Bs) in 1970, obtained a degree 

in Biological sciences in 1996 at the university 

of Milan with a thesis on plancton communities 

from alpine lakes, and a Ph.d. in natural 

sciences in 2000 at the university of innsbruck 

(A) on taxonomy and ecology of invertebrates 

in alpine springs and streams. her present research 

refers mainly to autoecology of stream 

macroinvertebrates (mainly diptera chironomidae) 

and to adaptive potential of target 

species of aquatic insects in relation to environmental 

stressors (e.g. temperature variations, 

presence of pollutants) from a physiological 

and molecular point of view. she is also involved 

in projects on invertebrate biodiversity 

monitoring in protected areas in collaboration with local stakeholders within the 

natura 2000 networking Programme. since 2005 she is member of the ministerial 

working team engaged for the elaboration of the national quality index for 

lakes within to the WFd 60/2000. she is author of more than 100 scientific papers, 

including book chapter, and attended about 70 congresses/workshops with 

more than 30 posters and 70 oral presentations. she collaborates with the Mds 

since 1996, as referent person for the Mds’s collections and scientific publishing 

since 2003 and as head of the invertebrate zoology and hydrobiology section 

from January 2009. 

MAuRo GoBBi 


Born in Milan in 1979, he is an entomologist 

and ecologist with a strong focus in ecology 

and conservation biology of terrestrial ecosystems. 

his research interests include the 

impact of global change on alpine arthropod 

species assemblages (mainly carabid beetles 

and spiders). he is involved in several 

research projects aimed to test the effects of 

climate and land use changes on entomological 

biodiversity of different alpine habitats. 

his stronger expertise is on insect and spider 

species assemblages living at high elevations, 

specifically along the glacier forelands and in the periglacial areas. his scientific 

activity is testified by international collaborations and by publications on 

isi-ranked journals. he won two research fellows (2001 and 2003), a prize for 

the best Msc thesis (2004) and in 2009 he received, on the base of his results 

obtained on the ecological entomology, the award for the best italian young 

entomologist; the award was conferred by the italian Academy of entomology. 

he is a research entomologist at the Mds since 2007. 

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luiGi cAPuTi 


Born in naples in 1975, he is graduated in Biological 

sciences at the university ‘Federico ii’ 

of naples. his thesis project was on the neurophysiology 

of cephalopods (Loligo vulgaris, 

Octopus vulgaris). he received a Ph.d. in life 

science of the open university (london) doing 

work on speciation and population genetics 

in Ciona intestinalis at the zoological station 

‘A. dohrn ‘of naples. his scientific knowledge 

concernes methods of cloning and dnA 

sequencing, sequence analysis, construction 

of phylogenetic trees by the methods of maximum 

likelihood and bayesian analysis, via snP genotyping and gene expression 

analysis. in 2009-2010 he was involved in Mds’s projects on adaptive biology of 

aquatic insects, specifically in gene expression analyses and genebank creation. 

PAolA BeRnABò 


Born in Trento in 1982, she is graduated at 

the university of Padua in evolutionary Biology 

in 2006. in 2009 obtained the Ph.d. in 

evolutionary and environmental Biology at 

the university of Modena and Reggio-emilia 

in collaboration with the section of invertebrate 

zoology and hydrobiology of the Mds 

with a thesis titled “Global climate changes 

and adaptive strategies in two mountain’s 

chironomids: Pseudodiamesa branickii and 

Diamesa cinerella”. since 2008 is focusing on 

the effects of environmental stressors such as 

temperature variations and presence of pollutants in insects (diptera and coleoptera) 

at molecular level (gene expression analyses) within several Mds’s 

projects, in collaboration with the centre of integrative Biology (ciBio) of the 

university of Trento. she is co-author of six scientific papers in international 

journals. 

VAlenTinA GRAzioli 

Ph.D. student 


Born in Genoa in 1981, she was graduated at 

the university of Genoa in sciences of natural 

systems (2006). From 2005 to 2007 she 

collaborated with ARPAl (Regional Agency 

environment Protection-liguria, italy) and 

with different parks, to study macrobenthic 

communities in Apennine streams and 

springs. From 2007 to 2010 carried out her 

Ph.d. in naturalistic and environmental sciences 

at the university of Milan, in collaboration 

with the university Bicocca (Milan) and, 

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since 2009, with the section of invertebrate zoology and hydrobiology of the 

Mds. At Mds she she is involved in studies on toxic resistance in Chironomus 

riparius (diptera chironomidae) from an ecotossicological (toxicity tests) and 

genetic (gene expression analysis) point of view. 

elisA RiseRVATo 


Born in novara in 1977, she achieved a bachelor 

and a Ph.d. degree in university of 

Pavia (italy) on dragonflies ecology and 

conservation. As expert odonatologist, she 

co-authored, among other publications, the 

only two existing atlas of italy (Atlante del 

Piemonte e Val d’Aosta, Atlante della Provincia 

di novara), and she deeply collaborates 

with iucn on european and Mediterranean 

basin dragonflies red list assessing. in 2009 

she cofounded odonata.it -the italian society 

of dragonfly study and conservation of 

which she is the current president. in 2009-2010 she collaborated with Mds 

within projects on conservation and documentation of invertebrate biodiversity 

in natura 2000 sites and on the distribution of Aedes albopictus (tiger 

mosquito) in the Trento city. 

AlessAndRA FRAnceschini 


Born in Venice in 1967, she obtained a degree 

in Biological science at the university 

of Padua in hydrobiology and macroinvertebrates. 

since 1993 she collaborates with the 

section of invertebrate zoology and hydrobiology 

of the Mds within projects on riparian 

zones of rivers, mountain streams and 

alpine lakes. she focused on riparian fauna 

(mainly coleoptera carbidae) and aquatic 

insects (mainly Plecoptera). she was teacher 

for the iBe quality index application (“Metodi 

biologici pratici per il mappaggio di qualità 

dei corsi d’acqua: analisi comunità macroinvertebrati”) and co-author of 

the iFF index “Applicazione dell’indice di Funzionalità Fluviale”. in 2008 she 

was technician at the environmental Agency of Trento in the chemical laboratory. 

since 2009 she is the technical assistant of the section of invertebrate 

zoology and hydrobiology of the Mds. 

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lucA Toldo 


Born in Trento in 1985, he obtained a degree 

in natural sciences at the university 

of Padua in 2011 with a thesis regarding 

the diptera chironomid fauna in mountain 

springs of Trentino (italy). From 2009 to 

2010 he worked as volunteer of civil service 

at the Mds within a project on management 

and conservation of the invertebrate 

collections and one on invertebrate fauna 

of springs. in 2011 he was involved as technical 

assistant of the section of invertebrate 

zoology and hydrobiology of the Mds in 

the monitoring of the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) in the territory of 

the municipality of Trento. 



Bernabò P., lencioni V., latella l., 2011 - cold stenothermal cave-dwelling beetles do 

have an hsP70 heat shock response at transcriptomic level. Journal of Thermal 

Biology, 36: 206-208. [iF 2011= 1.373] 

Bernabò P., Martinez Guitarte J.l., Rebecchi l., Jousson o. & lencioni V., 2011 - Thermotolerance 

and hsp70 heat shock response in the cold-stenothermal chironomid 

Pseudodiamesa branickii (ne italy). Cell Stress and Chaperones, 16 (4): 

403-410. [iF2011= 3.013] 

Filippi M.l., Piliposyan G., Marziali l., Angeli n., lencioni V. & cantonati M., 2011 - is 

it possible to study palaeoenvironmental changes in Alpine spring habitats? A 

few examples from the south-eastern Alps (ne italy). in: cantonati M., Gerecke 

R., Jüttner i. & cox e.J. (Guest editors), springs: neglected key habitats for biodiversity 

conservation, Journal of Limnology, 70 (suppl. 1): 155-167. [iF2011= 

1.207] 

Gobbi M., caccianiga M., cerabolini B., luzzaro A., de Bernardi F. & Pierce s., 2010 - Plant 

adaptive responses during primary succession are associated with functional 

adaptations in ground beetles on deglaciated terrain. Community Ecology, 11 

(2): 223-231. [iF 2010= 0.974] 

Gobbi M., isaia M. & de Bernardi F., 2011 - Arthropod colonisation of a debris-covered 

glacier. The Holocene, 21 (2): 343-349. [iF= 2.595] 

lencioni V., Bernabò P., latella l., 2010 - cold resistance in two species of cave-dwelling 

beetles (coleoptera: cholevidae). Journal of Thermal Biology, 35: 354-359. 

[iF 2010= 1.273] 

lencioni V., Marziali l. & Rossaro B., 2011 - diversity and distribution of chironomids 

(diptera, chironomidae) in alpine and pre-alpine springs (northern italy). 

in: cantonati M., Gerecke R., Jüttner i. & cox e.J. (Guest editors), springs: 

neglected key habitats for biodiversity conservation, Journal of Limnology 70 

(suppl. 1): 106-121. [iF2011= 1.207] 

Melis c., olsen c.B., hyllvang M., Gobbi M., stokke B.G., Roskaft e., 2010. effect of 

traffic intensity on ground beetles (coleoptera: carabidae) assemblages in central 

sweden. Journal of Insect Conservation, 14 (2): 159-168. [iF 2010= 1.769] 

Polidori c., Gobbi M., chatenaud l., santoro d., Montani o. & Andrietti F., 2010 - diet 

preference of the beetle-hunting wasp, cerceris rubida (hymenoptera: crabronidae): 

is there a bias towards specific prey taxa? Biological Journal of Linnean 

Society, 99: 544-558. [iF= 2.166] 

Rossaro B., Boggero A., lods crozet B., Free G., lencioni V. & Marziali l., 2011- A 

comparison of different biotic indices based on benthic macro-invertebrates in 

lakes. Journal of Limnology, 70 (1): 109-122. [iF2011= 1.207] 

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verTebraTe zoology research group 

PAolo PedRini 

Head of the Vertebrate Zoology Section 


in natural sciences, with a post-degree 

specialization in “nature conservation 

and land planning and development” 

(university of Pavia) and “Vertebrate management” 

(university of Pavia). From 1983 

to 1995 he has been working as consultant 

for several institution within the Autonomous 

Province of Trento (PAT) and for 

several national universities and research 

institutions; he has also been teaching in 

high schools. From 1995 is curator of the 

Vertebrate zoology section at the Mds, he 

has also been the curator of the environmental 

education section of the same museum 

until 2001. he has been the supervisor of several degree theses and 

the author of over a hundred of scientific publication, mainly focusing on 

bird ecology, distribution and conservation. he attended and coordinated 

national and international research projects on birds (among which the 

projects “BiodiVeRsiTÀ”; ReTe nATuRA 2000; PRoGeTTo AlPi) on distribution, 

population trend and reproduction and ecology of alpine birds; 

he has been the coordinator of the action plan on threatened species conservation, 

of the atlas of local species distribution as well as of the red-list 

species assessment (Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals). 

FRAnco Rizzolli 



in natural sciences at the Padova 

university with a dissertation on hydrobiology. 

he works as researcher in ornithology, 

with a special focus on monitoring activities 

and databases management aimed 

to data analysis. he collaborates with the 

Vertebrate zoology section on researches 

on bird migration, nesting ecology and 

faunal censuses. he work on management 

and implementation of Gis databases; he 

is author of several scientific publications 

published both on national and international journals, especially on subjects 

dealing with raptors breeding ecology, bird migration and wintering 

water birds. he collaborated to the realization of technical documents on 

land planning and nature management for the Autonomous Province of 

Trento (PAT). 

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dAVide dAlPiAz 


Born in Bolzano in 1971, he graduated in biology 

in Bologna university with a degree thesis 

about ichtyofauna. in the same university 

he achieved in 2002 a Ph.d. degree in animal 

biology, working on common toad and other 

Anurans. he took part to the compilation of 

fish censuses and management plans of emilia-Romagna 

Region and Autonomous Province 

of Trento, and worked in liFe projects as 

fish expert. since 2003 he collaborates with 

Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali, where 

he deals with didactics, divulgation and research. 

he coordinates the communication projects “learn to know the brown 

bear” and “Forests”, in collaboration with the Forest and Wildlife service of the 

Autonomous Province of Trento. 

clARA TATToni 


Born in Milan in 1976, she holds a master’s 

degree in environmetal science at the university 

of Milano-Bicocca (italy) and a Ph.d. 

in “Analysis, protection and management of 

biodiversity” from the university of insubria, 

italy. she received various research grants 

to study in italy and abroad (erasmus, Fratelli 

confalonieri, Parco naturale Adamello 

Brenta, dicA) . since 2006 she has been 

working with the laboratory of Forest ecology 

at the university of Trento (italy) in research 

and teaching activities. her research 

area is applying Gis to wildlife and ecology studies, with a special interest 

for bird migration and conservation. With the Mds she is currently working 

with the avian data base in modeling habitat for species ranked as priority 

by the european community in the framework of the natura 2000 network. 

she is author of 4 isi-ranked publications from 2005 to 2009. 

MATTiA BRAMBillA 



Born in cantù (co) in 1980 he graduated 

in natural sciences at university of Milan in 

April 2003, and continued at Milan with his 

Ph.d. (discussed Jan. 2007). his main interests 

are bird ecology and conservation, evolution 

and phylogeography. he is involved 

in research projects on farmland habitats, 

with particular reference to breeding birds; 

he has contributed to the Monitoring plan 

of terrestrial Vertebrates in Trentino and to 

the analysis of effects of Rural development 

Plan on biodiversity; now he works mainly on 

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ecology and conservation of corncrake and other rallids, red-backed shrike 

and other passerines of open habitats. he has been working also in other 

institutions on projects including regional ecological network in lombardy, 

ecological network among natura 2000 sites in Varese province, Monitoring 

plan for terrestrial Vertebrates of community interest in lombardy, conservation 

and management of areas and species of community interest. he has 

contributed to the “Assessment of conservation status of italian avifauna” 

(liPu - MATTM, 2008-2009). he has published 15 articles in isi-ranked journals 

(2004-2011). 

MARco GiRARdello 


Born in Treviso in 1977, he obtained a 

degree in zoology from the university of 

Abeerdeen (uK) and a Ph.d. degree in Biology 

from the university of newcastle upon 

Tyne (uK). during his Ph.d. he carried out 

a resarch project on the application of machine-learning 

methods to species distribution 

modelling. his main research interests 

are concered with understanding the determinants 

of species distributions at the large 

scale, and predicting how these distributions 

change through time. he has worked 

on several collaborative projects with various research institutes, both in 

italy and europe. his main contribution to these projects has been the application 

spatio-temporal modelling techniques to study the dynamics of 

plant and animal populations. he authour of several pubblications on international 

peer-reviewed journals. From June 2009 he works as Quantitative 

ecologist at the centre for ecology and hydrology (uK). he has been collaborating 

with the Vertebtrate zoology section at the Mds since 2009. his 

work has focussed on developing predictive models for breeding birds in 

the province of Trento to assess the potential impacts of land cover changes 

in the breeding birds. 

siMone TenAn 

Ph.D. student 

Born in Rovigo in 1974, M.sc. (hons) in natural 

science at the university of Padua (italy) 

with a dissertation focussed on ecology of 

bird migration across the Mediterranean 

sea. since 1995, he has been participating 

in different projects on bird migration and 

breeding birds, as collaborator of the italian 

Ringing scheme of the institute for environmental 

Protection and Research (isPRA). he 

has been collaborating with the Vertabrate 

zoology section of the Mds since 2008, on 

the data analyses related to the “Progetto 

Alpi”, on the post-nuptial bird migration. Ph.d. student at the university of 

Pavia (italy) since november 2009, with a Ph.d. fellowship from the Mds, his 

dissertation is focussed on modelling the spatio-temporal dynamics of bird 

migration across the italian Alps. 

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MARiA chiARA deFloRiAn 


Born in Trento in 1976, she obtained a degree 

in natural sciences at the university of Pavia 

with a dissertation on the ecology of the european 

Badger (Meles meles). since 2000 she 

collaborates with the Mds, where she mainly 

deals with the digitalization and data management 

of the scientific collections. in 2004 she 

attended a Master in scientific museology at 

the university of Padova and in 2007 she attended 

a course cnRs (in France) on scientific 

collection management. she collaborates to 

the research activities of the Vertebrate zoology 

section and since 2003 collaborates to the realization of the distribution atlas 

of mammals of the Trento province. she is a skilled and experienced expert on 

the identification of mammals’ presence indexes, on which topic she works as 

consultant, especially as far as big carnivores are concerned. she has been working 

as operator on the environmental education and she collaborated in the realization 

of temporary exhibitions. Moreover she has been teaching in secondary 

and high schools and she has collaborated to a research project on Alpine ibex in 

the Parco naturale di Paneveggio - Pale di s. Martino. 

KARol TABARelli de FATis 


Born in Trento in 1981, he is currently studying 

for a degree in natural sciences at Padova 

university specializing in natural Resources 

conservation. he has conducted 

research and training activities since 1997 

within the vertebrate zoology section of the 

natural sciences Museum of Trento, italy. he 

collaborated to several wildlife monitoring 

projects, mostly with birds, and he is actively 

involved in the education section of the Museum 

pertaining to zoology topics. he has 

been recognized by the Province of Trento 

as a professional taxidermist and he is also a member of the consiglio direttivo 

della società di scienze naturali del Trentino.. 



Bertocchi A., Pedrini P., Rizzolli F., Torboli, c., zanatello M., Tattoni c. & Tabarelli de 

Fatis K., 2011 - Risultati dei censimenti degli uccelli acquatici svernanti in Provincia 

di Trento (2000-09) / Results from the international Waterbird census in 

Trento Province (2000-09). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, 88: 89-157. 

Bettega c., del Mar delgado M., campioni l., Pedrini P. & Penteriani V., 2011 - The 

quality of chicks and breeding output do not differ between first and replacement 

clutches in the eagle owl Bubo bubo. Ornis Fennica, 88: 217-225. [iF 

2011= 0.794] 

Brambilla M. & Pedrini P., 2011 - intra-seasonal changes in local pattern of corncrake 

Crex crex occurrence require adaptive conservation strategies in Alpine mead- 

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ows. Bird Conservation International, 21: 388-393. [iF 2011= 1.25] 

Brambilla M., Bassi e., ceci c. & Rubolini d., 2010 - environmental factors affecting 

patterns of distribution and co-occurrence of two competing raptor species. 

Ibis, 152: 310-322. [iF 2011= 2.43] 

Brambilla M., casale F., Bergero V., Bogliani G., crovetto G.M., Falco R., Roati M. & 

negri i., 2010 - Glorious past, uncertain present, bad future? Assessing effects 

of land-use changes on habitat suitability for a threatened farmland bird species. 

Biological Conservation, 143: 2770-2778. [5-year iF= 4.529] 

Brambilla M., Gustin M. & celada c., 2011 - defining Favourable Reference Value for 

bird populations in italy: setting long-term conservation target for priority species. 

Bird Conservation International, 21: 107-118. [iF 2011= 1.25] 

Brambilla M., Vitulano s., Ferri A., spina F., Fabbri e. & Randi e., 2010 - What are we 

dealing with? An explicit test reveals different levels of taxonomical diagnosability 

in the Sylvia cantillans species complex. Journal of Ornithology, 151: 

309-315. [iF 2011= 1.636] 

Preatoni d.G., Tattoni c., Bisi F., Masseroni e., d’Acunto d., lunardi s., Grimod i., 

Martinoli A. & Tosi G., 2011 - open source evaluation of kilometric indexes of 

abundance. Ecological Informatics, 7: 35-40. [iF 2011= 2.533] 

Tattoni c., ciolli M. & Ferretti F., 2011 - The Fate of Priority Areas for conservation 

in Protected Areas: A Fine-scale Markov chain Approach. Environmental Management, 

47: 263-278. [5-year iF= 3,245] 

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geology research group 

MARco AVAnzini 

Head of the Geology Section 

Born in Rovereto (Tn), in 1963. curator of 

the geology and palaeontology department. 

his research focus on stratigraphy 

and palaeoenvironment reconstruction 

of Mesozoic ecosystems in the southern 

Alps and southern europe. has experience 

in palaeontological excavations and 

the geological mapping of the alpine 

area. is author of more than 300 publications 

in national and international journals 

concerning the study of tetrapod footprints, 

geology and stratigraphy of the Mesozoic of the southern Alps. 

MAssiMo BeRnARdi 


Born in Rovereto (Tn), in 1984. Graduated 

in natural sciences at the university 

of Padova (2006), he gained a Master 

of science in Paleobiology at the university 

of Bristol (uK, 2009) where he is 

now a Phd student. in the last years he 

has been working at the university of 

Padova, and collaborating with Parco 

Adamello-Brenta and Bletterbach geoparks. 

As member of the Geology section 

of the Museo delle scienze he is 

involved in research and outreach activities 

concerning both vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology. 

RossAnA Todesco 



Born in Bassano del Grappa (Vi), in 1983. 

Graduated in Geology at the university 

of Modena (2009). since 2004 she collaborates 

with the Geology section of 

the Museo delle scienze where she is 

involved in several ichnological and palaeoecogical 

studies of the Alpine region. 

now a days she works on geolocical science 

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Born in Rovereto (Tn), in 1972. From 1999 he 

is a member of the Geology and Paleontology 

section of the Museo delle scienze. he 

took part to several ichnological and paleoecological 

research activities on vertebrate 

tracks discovered in the Permian and Triassic 

deposits of the southalpine region. From 

1999 he participate to the 1:50.000-scale 

geological mapping project of italy, as a 

compiler designated by the geological survey 

of the Provincia Autonoma di Trento. 

FABio MAssiMo PeTTi 


Born in Roma, in 1972. holding a Phd in 

Paleontology, from 2007 he cooperates with 

the Geology and Paleontology section of 

the Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali, 

benefiting of a post-doc grant funded by the 

Provincia Autonoma di Trento. The topic of 

the post-doc project is the study of dinosaur 

footprints as constraints in the palaeogeographical 

and palaeoecological reconstructions 

of the central Mediterranean area during 

the late Triassic-late cretaceous interval. 

From 2007 he is assistant editor of the 

Bollettino della società Paleontologica italiana, the italian journal devoted to 

Paleontology. 

Michele zAndonATi 


Born in Trento, in 1969. Regional guide of 

the special list of the Alpine Guides. he is the 

operative responsible of the Alpine Rescue 

team of Rovereto (Tn). From 2004 he works 

in the Geology section of the Museo Tridentino 

di scienze naturali mainly cooperating 

with research activities on hydrogeology and 

karstification. he has a well-established experience 

in speleological explorations and is 

specialized in database creation, Gis systems 

and high-resolution monitoring instruments.

AndReA BoRsATo 


Born in Trento, in 1965. conjoint senior lecturer 

at the university of newcastle (Australia), 

school of environmental and life sciences, 

environmental and climate change 

Research Group, field trip tutor at the 

l’university of newcastle (Australia) school of 

environmental and life sciences and skilled 

user at the european synchrotron Radiation 

Facility (Grenoble, France). his studies mainly 

deals with Quaternary geology, hydrogeology 

and geochemistry. in the last fifteen years 

he contributed to the improvement of paleoclimatic and paleoenvironment 

reconstruction performed by means of speleothems and continental carbonates 

through radiometric dating, isotopic analyses, geochemical studies of 

trace elements and microstratigraphy. 

RenzA MioRAndi 


Born in Rovereto (Tn), in 1975. she has a degree 

in letters and Philosophy from the Trento 

university with a thesis on cultural geography 

concerning the Monte Pasubio springs. 

skilled speleologist (in activity since 1991) 

and speleology instructor of the cAi (italian 

Alpine club) since January 2007. since 2001 

she cooperates with the Geology section of 

the Museo delle scienze being involved in 

several paleoclimatic studies with monthly 

sampling in hypogean environments and 

their digital elaboration. From 2005 to 2009 

she participates to the triennial research program on the paleoclimatic reconstruction 

from speleothems, coordinated by the university of heidelberg 

“dAPhne - dFG-Forschergruppe dated speleothems archives of the peleoenvironment”. 

isABellA sAlVAdoR 



Born in camposanpiero (Pd), in 1982. Graduated 

in Architectural engineering at the university 

of Trento, from 2007 she collaborated 

with the civil and environmental engineering 

department on Apsat project (Ambiente e 

paesaggio dei siti d’altura alpini) studying traditional 

building evolution in mountain areas 

in relation to socio-economic and environmental 

changes. in 2011 she earned a Phd 

in engineering of civil and Mechanical structural 

systems from university of Trento. From 

the same year she cooperates with the Geology 

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where she studies land use changes in upland areas and their interrelation with 

the traditional architecture, physical resources and environmental dynamics. 

MARco FRAnceschi 

Post doc 

Born in Trento, in 1979. Phd in earth sciences 

at the university of Padova in 2009. 

From 2009 to 2011 he held a 2-year postdoc 

position at the dept. of Geosciences 

of the university of Padova, working on the 

3d modeling of the Triassic latemar carbonate 

platform. he’s currently hosted by the 

Museo delle scienze as post-doc researcher, 

P.i. of the Geo3dMAP project (3d modeling 

of the early Jurassic calcari Grigi carbonate 

platform). his areas of expertise are stratigraphy 

of the southern Alps and Apennines, 

cyclostratigraphy, terrestrial laser scanning, 

remote sensing and 3d geological modeling. his current research interests 

focus on 3d modeling of ancient carbonate platforms, study of active laser 

sensors as tool for recognition of rock properties and application of terrestrial 

laser scanning to cyclostratigraphy. 

VAnessA JohnsTon 

Post doc 

PAolo FeRReTTi 


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Born in Bedford (uk), in 1983. Graduated 

with a Master’s degree in environmental 

Geoscience from the university of Bristol 

(uK, 2005) and then went on to gain a Phd 

focusing on cosmogenic isotopes in karst 

settings from university college dublin (ireland, 

2010). Vanessa is currently studying 

past climate changes using speleothems 

from Trentino, focusing on warm periods 

known as interglacials as part of the project 

inTcliM. 

Born in Rovereto (Tn), in 1972. since 2001 is 

member of the Geology section of the Museo 

delle scienze, where he firstly joined several 

research activities regarding hydrogeology 

and quaternary geology. Afterwards he 

addressed his activity towards mineralogy 

and petrography with important discoveries 

in the Alpine region.



Avanzini M., Bernardi M., & nicosia u., 2011 - The Permo-Triassic tetrapod faunal 

diversity in the italian southern Alps. in: Ahmad dar i. & Ahmad dar M. (eds.), 

Earth and Environmental Sciences, inTech: 591-608. (isBn 978-953-307-468-9) 

Avanzini M., Bernardi M. & Petti F.M., 2011 - Boot tracks in a First World War fort 

(Valmorbiawerk, Trento, italy). Ichnos, 18(2), 72-78. [iF 2011= 0.688] 

Avanzini M., Piñuela l. & García-Ramos J.c., 2011 - late Jurassic footprints reveal 

walking kinematics of theropod dinosaurs. Lethaia, 45: 238-252. [iF 2011= 

2.011]. 

Bernardi M. & Avanzini M., 2011 - early reptiles locomotor behaviour: insights from 

an unusual erpetopus-like trackway. Journal of Paleontology, 85(5): 925-929. 

[iF 2011= 1.148] 

Bernardi M. & Minelli A., 2011 - il concetto di specie e la paleontologia: una rassegna 

introduttiva. Rendiconti della Società Geologica Italiana, 13: 1-26. 

Bernardi M., Petti F.M. & Avanzini M., 2010 - Palaeoenvironmental implications of 

Asteriacites lumbricalis in the coste dell’Anglone sinemurian dinosaur ichnosite 

(ne italy). Palaeontologia Electronica, 13(3), 17A. [iF = 0.880] 

Bernardi M., Boschele s., Ferretti P. & Avanzini M., 2010 - Bichordites monastiriensis 

from the oligocene ne italy. Acta Paleontologia Polonica, 55(3): 479-486. [iF 

2010= 1.949] 

Johnston V.e, Mcdermott F. & Tămaş T., 2010 - A radiocarbon dated bat guano 

deposit from n.W. Romania: implications forthe timing of the little ice Age 

and Medieval climate Anomaly. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, 

Palaeoecology, 291, 2010: 217-227. [iF 2010= 2.390] 

Petti F.M., Bernardi M., Todesco R., & Avanzini M., 2011 - dinosaur footprints as 

ultimate evidence for terrestrial environments in the late sinemurian Trento 

carbonate platform. Palaios, 26: 601-606. [iF 2011= 1.804] 

Petti F.M., Bernardi M., Ferretti P., Tomasoni R. & Avanzini M., 2011 - dinosaur tracks 

in a marginal marine envinronment (early Jurassic, Trento Platform, ne italy): 

ichnology and palaeogeographic implications. Italian Journal of Geosciences, 

130: 27-41. [iF 2011= 0.741] 

Petti F.M., d’orazi Porchetti s., sacchi e. & nicosia u., 2010 - A new purported 

ankylosaur trackway in the lower cretaceous (lower Aptian) shallow-marine 

carbonate deposits of Puglia, southern italy. Cretaceous Research, 1: 546-552. 

[iF 2010= 1.576] 

zarcone G., Petti F.M., cillari A., di stefano P., Guzzetta d. & nicosia u., 2010 - A 

possible bridge between Adria and Africa: new palaeobiogeographic and 

stratigraphic constraints on the Mesozoic palaeogeography of the central 

Mediterranean area. Earth Science Review, 3: 154-162. [iF 2010= 6.594] 

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prehisTory research group 

GiAMPAolo dAlMeRi 

Head of the Prehistory Section 

Born in Pergine (Trent) in 1952. in 1977 he 

obtained his degree in Geology at the university 

of Ferrara with a degree in human 

Paleontology. he works for about 35 years 

of prehistoric antiquity. conducts research 

projects sponsored by the Museum relating 

the oldest alpine human population, 

especially in Trentino. currently directs the 

research and palaeoenvironmental paletnologiche 

to shelter dalmeri Grigno in wetlands 

Palù echen in Folgaria and Malga 

Palù (Plateau Vezzene, levico-spa), a laget 

(Predaia-Val di non) and in the shelter of 

Monteterlago (Terlago). in the years ‘80- 

’90 he collaborated on numerous research 

projects on the Mesolithic in Trentino, in the valley and at high altitude , 

and others with the Archaeological superintendence of Trento for excavations 

on different histories in Val d’Adige and Trentino West. he discovered 

the shelter in 1990 he was named, and research and interdisciplinary that 

followed under his direction have shown exceptional employment-related 

human aspects, such as residential mobility, ways of life and hunting, art 

and rituals of the ancient hunter-gatherers of the late upper Paleolithic. 

since 1997, he coordinated more than 30 theses (undergraduate and Phd) 

in science Prehistoric Archaeological and cultural heritage to address. has 

participated in 40 conferences / whorkshop national and internationally, in 

person or as a co-author, 20 posters and 30 oral communications. he is 

co-author of about 100 works in scientific journals. he has published over 

250 scientific articles, popular science and book chapters. he is Associate 

ordinary of ‘italian institute of Prehistory and early history”, based in Florence 

(iiPP). 

elisABeTTA FloR 


Born in cles (Tn) February 28, 1982, received 

his Master degree in Prehistoric sciences at 

university of Ferrara March 20th, 2009 with 

an elaborate analysis of the lithic technology 

of the levels of the shelter sauveterriani Romagnano 

loc iii (Tn). on 21 March 2005, 

he received his Bachelor’s degree in cultural 

heritage, Archaeological and at the university 

of Trento, with an elaborate analysis of the 

lithic technology levels sauveterrinai shelter 

Pradestel (Tn). since 2006 he collaborates 

occasionally with the Tridentine Museum of 

natural science as a technical consultant / scientific materials for inventory 

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project valence provincial oPenloc “social capital and environmental capital. 

it is part of Project Muse Team regarding the exposure of prehistory. 

sTeFAno neRi 


Born in Trento, April 23, 1980, has worked 

since 2005 at the MTsn first as educators, 

then from 2007 as the Technical section of 

Prehistory. he received the 2004-2005 Academic 

year degree in cultural heritage, Archaeological 

and at the university of Trento, 

Faculty of humanities, with thesis on “Records 

and Gis analysis of the archaeological 

record of attendance the last hunter-gatherers 

in Trentino. in the ‘technical-scientific 

field of the section is responsible for operational 

and logistics to the archaeological 

excavations. cooperates with the preparation of excavation data, as well as 

cataloging and archive of artifacts. it is part of Project Team Muse and collaborates 

with the educational services for the Project Team is part of the Muses 

and collaborates with the educational services for the design and delivery of 

educational activities for schools and organized groups, according to the offer 

of the Museum or on projects educational with institutions or institutions 

outside the school in Prehistory. he collaborates in the activity of the scientific 

journal publishing “ Alpine Prehistory “. 

selection of papers (2010-2011) - iF 2010-11: 1.581 

Angelucci d. e., Anesin d., Bassetti M., Bernardo A., neri s. & dalmeri G., 2011 - la 

successione esterna del Riparo dalmeri (Trento, italia). Prime informazioni geoarcheologiche. 


Belli R., dalmeri G., Frongia A., Gialanella s., Mattarelli M., Montagna M. & Toniutti 

l., 2011 - Palaeolithic Paintings at Riparo dalmeri, a northern italian Rock shelter: 

Materials, Technologies, Techniques. Proceedings of the 37th International 

Symposyum on Archaeometry 12-16 May, Siena 2008: 187-192. 

carra M. l., Marinval P. & dalmeri G., 2011 - i bulbi di avena altissima (Arrhenatherum 

elatius var. bulbosum) da Riparo dalmeri (Tn): offerta votiva o cibo quotidiano? 


cristiani e. & dalmeri G., 2011 - Functional analysis of the decorated ground stone 

tool from Terlago (Tn). Preistoria Alpina, 45: 185-191. 

dalmeri G., Flor e. & neri s., 2010 - The Mesolithic series of Pradestel Rockshelter 

(north-east italy, Trento) in the Framework of the Atesin Mesolithic. understanding 

the Past. Papers offered to stefan K. Kozlowski. Center for Research 

on the Antiquity of Southeastern Europe. University of Warsaw: 97-105. 

dalmeri G., neri s., Bassetti M., cusinato A., Kompatscher K. & hrozny Kompatscher 

n., 2011 - Riparo dalmeri: le pietre dipinte dell’area rituale. Preistoria Alpina, 

45: 67-117. 

dalmeri G. & neri s., 2011 - la pietra dipinta Rd 303 di Riparo dalmeri. Preistoria 

Alpina, 45: 119-125. 

Flor e., Fontana F. & Peresani M., 2011 - contribution to the study of sauveterrian 

technical systems. Technological analysis of the lithic industry from layers AF- 

Ac1 of Romagnano loc iii rockshelter (Trento). Preistoria Alpina, 45: 193-219. 

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Flor e. & Avanzini M., 2011 - nuovi ritrovamenti mesolitici nel gruppo del Pasubio 

(Trentino meridionale). Preistoria Alpina, 45: 221-228. 

Gialanella s., Belli R., dalmeri G., lonardelli i., Mattarelli M., Montagna M. & Toniutti 

l., 2011 - Artificial or natural origin of hematite-based red pigments in archaeological 

contexts: the case of Riparo dalmeri (Trento-italy). Archaeometry, 53: 

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chRisTiAn cAsARoTTo 

Geologist 

Born in Busto Arsizio (Va) in 1975. since 2003 

he is member of the Geology and educational 

section of the Museo Tridentino di scienze 

naturali of Trento. he firstly took part to educational 

activities; afterwards he addressed his activity 

towards monitoring of alpine glacial also 

as part of comitato Glaciologico Trentino. he 

is involved in territorial studies of sustainable 

development through the valorisation of natural 

heritage. since 2009 he is geomorphologist 

and science communicator of the Museo delle 

scienze. he join his research activities with the 

popularization of study results in several meeting and public communication. 

clAudiA lAuRo 

Geologist 

Born in Trento, in 1970, she collaborated 

with the Museo delle Scienze since 1993. 

she firstly carried out educational and research 

activities for the educational, Geology 

and Prehistory sections. she was also 

charged with technical assignments: geological-geomorphological 

surveys, applied 

geology and hydrogeology tasks for private 

and public offices. For the museum she has 

dealt with science communication since 2001, 

planning temporary and permanent exhibitions, 

natural paths and cultural events. since 

2009 she is member of the communication science team and curator of the exhibition 

galleries dedicated to earth sciences of the new MUSE project. 

osVAldo neGRA 

Zoologist 

Born in Bolzano, in 1966, he achieved a 

master degree in Biology at Parma university 

in 1991 (with a thesis “ecophysiology of 

the autumn migration of the sedge Warbler 

in a site on the italian mainland”). in 1994 

he gained a Phd in Animal Biology at Pisa 

university (with a thesis “ stable and transient 

components of a bird community of 

the Tyrrhenian coast of Tuscany”). in 1997, 

he won a contest for “technician of zoology” 

at the Museum of natural sciences in Trento 

(MTsn), where he carried out research and 

science dissemination for many years and curated several temporary exhibitions 

about natural sciences. since 2008 he works at Mds as cultural Mediator 

for Biodiversity and curator of the new science museum developed in Trento. 

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AlessAndRA PAllAVeRi 

Zoologist 

Born in Trento, in 1971, she obtained a 

degree in natural sciences at the university 

of Parma with a dissertation in animal 

behavior. since 1998 she collaborates with 

the Museum. she dealt with research and 

science communication for the Vertebrate 

zoology section and was a facilitator for 

the education department. she took part 

to many projects of temporary exhibitions, 

discovery rooms for children, visitor centers 

and guided paths. in 2008-2009 she 

worked on the renovation of the permanent 

exhibition of the Museum. since 2009 she is a science communicator of the 

Museo delle scienze and is part of the project team of the new Muse for 

the biodiversity area. 

FRAncesco RiGoBello 

Botanist 

Born in Vicenza, in 1961. Francesco Rigobello 

graduated in natural science with 

an experimental thesis on phytosociology 

in 1993. From that year he is collaborating 

with the Botany section of the Museum of 

science of Trento. From 2009 he is one of 

science communicators of the museum. 

he manages the museum’s satellite visitor 

centre of Tremalzo and he is involved in the 

project management and set up of exhibitions, 

educational programs and botanical 

gardens piloting. he projects and lead refresher 

courses for science teachers. he authored more than 50 scientific and 

divulgative papers. 

MAssiMiliAno TARdio 

Limnologist 

The staff of the science communicators 

Born in cles (Tn) in 1973, he is Muse cultural 

Mediator for projects on the territory. 

M.sc. in Biology (2001) at the university of 

Bologna (italy) with a thesis on mesocosmstudies 

on the phytoplankton of lake Tovel; 

Ph.d. in evolutionistic Biology at the university 

of Pisa (2007) specializing on dinoflagellates, 

in particular on their use as biological 

monitors in hyperdiluted high-mountain 

lakes and as a proxy (dinocysts) in paleolimnology. 

At present he is mainly dealing with 

cultural mediation and environmental interpretation 

(he is coordinator and supervisor of the activities at the Tovel limnological 

station of the Muse). 

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Angeli nicola limnology and Phycology nicola.angeli@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270342 

Avanzini Marco Geology marco.avanzini@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270312 

Barelli claudia Tropical Biodiversity claudia.barelli@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270319 

Bernabò Paola 

invertebrate zoology and 

hydrobiology 

paola.bernabo@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270371 

Bernardi Massimo Geology massimo.bernardi@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270344 

Bonomi costantino Botany costantino.bonomi@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270381 

Borsato Andrea Geology andrea.borsato@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270325 

Brambilla Mattia Vertebrate zoology mattia.brambilla@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270310 

cantonati Marco limnology and Phycology marco.cantonati@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270342 

caputi luigi 


hydrobiology 

luigi.caputi@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270371 

casarotto christian science communicators christian.casarotto@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270345 

dalmeri Giampaolo Prehistory giampaolo.dalmeri@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270314 

dalpiaz davide Vertebrate zoology davide.dalpiaz@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270377 

deflorian Maria chiara Vertebrate zoology mariachiara.deflorian@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270340 

dorigotti serena Botany serena.dorigotti@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270313 

Ferretti Paolo Geology paolo.ferretti@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270344 

Flor elisabetta Prehistory elisabetta.flor@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270314 

Franceschi Marco Geology marco.franceschi@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270329 

Franceschini Alessandra 


hydrobiology 

alessandra.franceschini@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270372 

Gandini Maurizia Botany maurizia.gandini@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270381 

Girardello Marco Vertebrate zoology marco.girardello@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270340 

Gobbi Mauro 


hydrobiology 

mauro.gobbi@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270372 

Grazioli Valentina 


hydrobiology 

valentina.grazioli@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270371 

Johnston Vanessa Geology vanessa.johnston@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270325 

lauro claudia science communicators claudia.lauro@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270365 

lencioni Valeria 


hydrobiology 

valeria.lencioni@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270371 

Martin emanuel h. Tropical Biodiversity team_udzungwa@yahoo.co.uk +255 785274469 

Menegon Michele Tropical Biodiversity michele.menegon@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270374 

Miorandi Renza Geology renza.miorandi@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270345 

Mondoni Andrea Botany andrea.mondoni@unipv.it +39 0461270381 

negra osvaldo science communicators osvaldo.negra@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270383 

neri stefano Prehistory stefano.neri@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270314 

Pallaveri Alessandra science communicators alessandra.pallaveri@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270365 

Parolo Gilberto Botany gilberto.parolo@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270381 

Pedrini Paolo Vertebrate zoology paolo.pedrini@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270310 

Petti Fabio Massimo Geology fabio.petti@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270344 

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Pupin Fabio Tropical Biodiversity fabio.pupin@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270354 

Ricci silvia Tropical Biodiversity silvia.ricci@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270319 

Rigobello Francesco science communicators francesco.rigobello@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270354 

Riservato elisa 


hydrobiology 

elisa.riservato@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270372 

Rizzolli Franco Vertebrate zoology franco.rizzolli@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270340 

Rovero Francesco Tropical Biodiversity francesco.rovero@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270374 

salvador isabella Geology isabella.salvador@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270344 

spitale daniel limnology and Phycology daniel.spitale@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270342 

Tabarelli de 

Fatis 

Karol Vertebrate zoology karol.tabarelli@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270340 

Tardio Massimiliano science communicators massimiliano.tardio@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270339 

Tattoni clara Vertebrate zoology clara.tattoni@ mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270340 

Tenan simone Vertebrate zoology simone.tenan@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270310 

Todesco Rossana Geology rossana.todesco@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270345 

Toldo luca 


hydrobiology 

luca.toldo@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270372 

Tomasoni Riccardo Geology riccardo.tomasoni@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270332 

Vicentini Renzo Botany renzo.vicentini@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270313 

zandonati Michele Geology michele.zandonati@mtsn.tn.it +39 0461270345


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Research projects 56 

Teaching activity (masters, training courses) 27 

seminars c/o universities and museums 4 

lectures 7 

in-house workshops and congresses organizations 3 

Ph.ds 8 

Masters and degrees 26 

other research grants 3 

Trainings 30 

Volunteers 19 

RESEARCH PRoJECTS: 

Grant projects 

1. Ace-sAP - “Alpine ecosystems in a changing environment: Biodiversity sensitivity and 

Adaptive Potential”. Project funded by Autonomous Province of Trento servizio università 

e Ricerca (2008-2012), “Bando grande progetto”. 

2. cAPAce - capacità di adattamento delle piante alpine ai cambiamenti climatici. Postdoc 

funded by Autonomous Province of Trento and cofunded by the european union 

under the seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), Marie curies Actions 

(2011-2014), “Bando incoming post-doc”. 

3. cliMBiVeG - effetti dei cambiamenti climatici sulla biodiversità vegetale in ambienti 

d’alta quota. Post-doc funded by Autonomous Province of Trento and cofunded by the 

european union under the seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), Marie 

curies Actions (2011-2014), “Bando incoming post-doc”. 

4. determining the evolutionary history and ecology of the newly described giant elephant-shrew, 

Rhynchocyon udzungwensis, in the udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. 

Funded by the national Geographic society’s committee for Research and exploration 

and by the Mohamed Bin zayed’s species conservation Fund (2010-2011). 

5. dolo P/T Project (The Permian-Triassic ecological crisis in the dolomites: extinction and 

recovery dynamics in Terrestrial ecosytems). Project funded by the Research department 

of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (2011-2014). 

6. ecoGenPhi - effetti della frammentazione dell’habitat e del disturbo antropico su popolazioni 

di primati in un hotspot di biodiversità in Tanzania: integrazione di approcci 

ecologici, genetici e fisiologici. Post-doc funded by Autonomous Province of Trento 

and cofunded by the european union under the seventh Framework Programme for 

Research (FP7), Marie curies Actions (2010-2013), “Bando incoming post-doc”. 

7. Geo3dMAP- Modellazione tridimensionale della piattaforma giurassica dei calcari Grigi 

/ 3d modeling of the Jurassic calcari Grigi carbonate platform. Post-doc funded 

by Autonomous Province of Trento and cofunded by the european union under the 

seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), Marie curies Actions (2011-2013), 

“Bando incoming post-doc”. 

8. inQuiRe - inquiry based teacher training for a sustainable future. Funded by the european 

union under the seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) (2010-2013). 

9. inTcliM Reconstructing interglacial climate with Trentino speleothems using stable and 

‘clumped’ isotopes. Post-doc funded by Autonomous Province of Trento and cofunded 

by the european union under the seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), 

Marie curies Actions (2010-2012), “Bando incoming post-doc”. 

10. oPenloc - Politiche pubbliche e sviluppo locale: politiche per l’innovazione e ricadute

Research Projects, high education and teaching 

locali di dinamiche globali / Public policies and local development: innovation 

policy and its effects on locally embedded global dynamics. Project funded by 

Autonomous Province of Trento, servizio università e Ricerca (2008-2012), “Bando 

grande progetto”. 

Projects by agreements 

1. AcQuA-TesT_PnAB - habitat acquatici del Parco naturale Adamello Brenta: 

testimoni del cambiamento climatico e ambientale / Aquatic habitats of the 

Adamello-Brenta natural Park sentinels of climate and environmental change. 

Project co-funded by the Adamello-Brenta natural Park and by Mds. (long-term 

ecological research since 2008). 

2. eBeRs: exploring the Biodiversity of emilia-Romagna springs. Project funded by 

the emilia-Romagna Region; Geological, sismic and soils service (2011-2013). 

3. Geological guide - Foglio Appiano Project funded by the Autonomous Province 

of Trento (2010-2012). 

4. Geological hazard Map of the Trento Province (scale 1:50.000). Project funded by 

the Autonomous Province of Trento (2010-2012). 

5. Geological mapping and cartography - Foglio cARG Mezzolombardo and Bagolino. 

Project funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento (2010-2012). 

6. Glaciological researches on Agola Glacier, careser Glacier, la Mare Glacier, Mandrone 

Glacier, lobbia Glacier, Marmolada Glacier. in collaboration with the Autonomous 

Province of Trento, the university of Trento and the comitato Glaciologico 

Trentino (2010-2012). 

7. hAyBAThinG - Assessing the therapeutical potential of the grasslands of the 

Prada area, s. lorenzo in Banale, southern Brenta dolomites. Project supported 

by s. lorenzo in Banale town council (2010). 

8. l’avifauna degli ambienti rurali del Trentino Project supported by PsR-PAT (Piano 

sviluppo Rurale - Autonomous Province of Trento) (2010-2011). 

9. Misure di conservazione e priorità a favore dell’erpetofauna degli ambienti agricoli 

di fondovalle. Project supported by PsR-PAT (Piano sviluppo Rurale - Autonomous 

Province of Trento) (2010-2011). 

10. Ricerca applicata alla gestione della fauna vertebrata del Trentino. Project supported 

by the Autonomous Province of Trento (2010-2011). 

11. Tropical ecology, Assessment and Monitoring (TeAM) network. long-term standardized 

biodiversity monitoring in the udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Funded 

by conservation international (2010-2011). 

12. Vertebrate monitoring plan in the nature 2000 network, Plan validation. Funded 

by servizio conservazione della natura e Valorizzazione Ambientale Autonomous 

Province of Trento. in collaboration with the university of Pavia (2008-2009). 

Institutional projects 

1. Approfondimento delle conoscenze sull’ecologia e la tassonomia dei ditteri chironomidi 

nelle acque interne italiane / implementation of knowledge on chiornomid 

communities. Phd grant from the univeristy of Milan, (2010-2011). 

2. Azioni propedeutiche alla redazione di un piano gestionale degli invertebrati 

nella Rete natura 2000 /studies supporting a new managing planning of invertebrates 

within natura 2000 network. Project co-financed by the Autonomous 

Province of Trento (servizio conservazione della natura e Valorizzazione Ambientale) 

(2009-2010). 

3. Bear project in Trentino. in collaboration with servizio Foreste e fauna Autono- 

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mous Province of Trento (since 2006). 

4. Biocenosi di piante e artropodi sui rock glacier / Biocenosis of palnts and arthropods 

on rock glaciers. Project supported by Mds (2010-2011). 

5. Biodivesità e cambiamenti ambientali. Project supported by Autonomous Province 

of Trento (2010-2011). 

6. campagna di scavo archeologico a Palù echen i. Project supported by Mds (institutional 

project) and by Medio credito / cassa centrale Banca / cassa Rurale 

Folgaria (2010-2011). 

7. campagna di scavo archeologico nel sottoroccia di Monte Terlago (Bus de la 

Vecia). Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

8. cartografia e modellistica Gis. Project supported by Autonomous Province of 

Trento (2010-2011). 

9. censimento della biodiversità algale e della fauna invertebrata terrestre e acquatica 

della Val di Tovel. Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010- 

2011). 

10. censimento della fauna del suolo nel Parco nazionale dello stelvio, Tn / Monitoring 

of soil fauna in the stelvio national Park. Project funded by stelvio national 

Park-Trentino sector (2009-2011). 

11. conservazione della biodiversità in himalaya e Karakorum / conservation of Biodiversity 

in himalaya e Karakorum. Project supported by evK2-cnR (2008) and 

by Mds (2009-2012). 

12. eastern Arc, the new tropical greenhouse of Muse. Project supported by Mds 

(strategic project) (2010-2011). 

13. impatto dei cambiamenti climatici sulle comunità di coleotteri carabidi alpini / 

impact of climate changes on alpine carabid communities. Project co-funded by 

the university of Rende (cs, italy) (2009-2011). 

14. implementazione e organizzazione della banca dati della fauna vertebrata del 

Trentino. Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

15. landscape redevelopment and plant data verification on the collections of Viotte 

Alpine Botanic Garden. Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010- 

2011). 

16. Management of Botanical collections - making them accessible on line to a wider 

audience. Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

17. Management of the udzungwa ecological Monitoring centre: biodiversity monitoring 

and local capacity building. Funded by Mds and various other donors 

(2010-2011). 

18. MiRAGe (Mediterranean intermittent River Management). Project funded by the 

institute of Freshwater Biology and inland Fisheries di Berlino (iGB) (2011). 

19. Modellazione tridimensionale del sottoroccia e delle strutture antropiche del Riparo 

dalmeri. Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

20. Monitoraggio della zanzara tigre (Aedes albopictus) nella città di Trento / Monitoring 

of tiger mosquitos (Aedes albopictus) in the Trento Municipality (italy). 

Project funded by the Trento Municipality (2010-2012). 

21. nATec - caratterizzazione ecologica e tassonomica di taxa (specie, generi) di 

alghe e cianoprocarioti nuovi per la scienza o comunque di particolare interesse 

scientifico. (new And interesting Taxa: ecological and Taxonomical characterization 

- nATec). Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

22. ornithological data base, ornitho.it. Funded by Mds, in collaboration with liPu, 

eBn italia, ciso and isPRA (since 2010). 

23. Progetto AlPi, multiannual investigation aimed to the study of post-breeding


migration. in collaboration with schwezerische Vogelwarte sempach (ch), 

euRinG, isPRA - centro nazionale di inanellamento, Ministero dell’Ambiente e 

della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, centre of ecology and hidrology, oxford 

(uK); funded by Mds (since 1997). 

24. Prospezioni archeologiche nei territori del Monte Pasubio (Val zuccaria). supported 

by openloc Project (2011). 

25. Restauro conservativo e studio dei reperti faunistici relativi alle tre fosse rituali 

del Riparo dalmeri. Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

26. Ricerche ecologiche a lungo termine su ambienti acquatici di alta quota / longterm 

ecological researches on high mountain ecosystems. Project supported by 

the Autonomous Province of Trento (since 2007). 

27. Riparo Gaban (Trento). Verifiche con accertamenti stratigrafici del sottoroccia. 

Project supported by Mds and university of Trento (2011). 

28. sondaggio stratigrafico areale sito epigravettiano laget / Bus del spin (Predaia). 

Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

29. sondaggio stratigrafico-areale nella zona umida di Malga Palù (Passo Vezzena - 

levico Terme). Project supported by Mds (institutional project) (2011). 

30. studio del macrozoobenthos lacustre / study of lake macroinvertebrates. Project 

funded by the Agenzia Provinciale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente, Trento 

(APPA) (2010-2011). 

31. studio delle pietre dipinte del Riparo dalmeri: stili e tipologie pittoriche. Project 

supported by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

32. studio delle relazioni tra migratori e cambiamenti climatici. Project supported by 

Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

33. The herpetofauna of the eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot: under standing 

evolutionary history to identify extinction risk and key areas for conservation, 

in collaboration with university of Manchester Metropolitan. Partly funded by 

Wildlife conservation society (2009-2012). 

34. Trentino seedbank - seedbanking Trentino endangered species. Project supported 

by Mds (institutional project) (2010-2011). 

Teaching activity (masters, training courses) 

1. Avanzini M., Ferretti P., Bernardi M., Tomasoni R., Todesco R., 2011 - Tra gusto e 

preistoria: escursione naturalistica alla scoperta dei paesaggi, ambienti e vita di 

un passato lontano in Vallarsa Alta Vallarsa. 31 July 2011, 10 hours. 

2. Bonomi c., Battistotti M., dorigotti s., Galetto M., 2011/2012 - corso di formazione 

per insegnanti e operatori museali: iBse: come uno scienziato. 60 hours. 

3. cantonati M., 2011 - corso pratico. Ws 2011/2012 lV 717040 student Project - 

Algae sampling in streams according to European standards / Hydrobotanische 

Projektstudie Botany Institute, Practical Project: PJ 1 [part of a student Project, 

jointly directed with Prof. eugen Rott], university of innsbruck, 25 hours. 

4. casarotto c., 2011 - AINEVA, Osservatore Nivologico, modulo 2°. Passo Rolle 

(Tn), 17-21 January 2011. 40 hours. 

5. casarotto c., 2011 - Comunicare il clima. euRAc Bolzano, 26 october 2011, 4 

hours. 

6. casarotto c., 2011 - Formazione ed evoluzione del manto nevoso. corpo nazionale 

soccorso Alpino e speleologico. lavis, 10 March 2011, 3 hours. 

7. casarotto c., 2011 - Geologia e ghiacciai del Trentino. collegio nazionale delle 

Guide Alpine, cogolo di Peio, 28 september 2011, 6 hours. 

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8. casarotto c., 2011 - Ghiacciai e l’andare in alta montagna. società degli Alpinisti 

Tridentini, scuola d’Alpinismo G. Graffer. Trento, 25 May 2011, 3 hours. 

9. casarotto c., 2011 - Ghiacciai. società degli Alpinisti Tridentini, scuola d’Alpinismo 

e scialpinismo G. Graffer. Trento, 7 september 2011, 2 hours. 

10. casarotto c., 2011 - Nuove sfide per la glaciologia nel 2020 sulle Alpi. Museo 

delle scienze, Trento, italy, 7 september 2011. 60 hours. 

11. casarotto c., 2011 - Trentinoclima 2011 - Nuove sfide per la glaciologia nel 2020 

sulle Alpi. canazei (Tn), 11 september 2011, 6 hours. 

12. dalmeri G., neri s., 2011 - Conferenza su arte e spiritualità di Riparo Dalmeri. 

dipartimento di Archeologia university of Padova, scuola di dottorato in studio 

e conservazione dei Beni Archeologici e Architettonici, scuola di specializzazione 

in Beni Archeologici. Padova, 28 March 2011, 2 hours. 

13. Ferretti P., 2011 - Formazione operatori didattici Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta. 

Valle di Tovel, 4 July 2011, 7 hours. 

14. Ferretti P., 2011 - Guida all’escursione presso le Miniere di erdemolo e Tingherla 

per corso di mineralogia applicata università di Modena, 25 May 2011, 5 hours. 

15. Ferretti P., 2011 - Guida all’escursione presso le Miniere di Vetriolo e cinquevalli 

per corso di giacimentologia. università di Padova, 04 november 2011, 8 hours. 

16. Franceschini A., 2011 - Corsi d’acqua in Trentino. corso per Accompagnatori del 

Territorio, candriai (Tn), 11 April 2011, 2 hours. 

17. Franceschini A., 2011 - Lezioni teorico-pratiche di aggiornamento per Operatori 

Didattici sul tema della zanzara tigre in occasione di “Secondo Me 4” (11 August 

2011; 12 september 2011) e “L’angolo del racconto”. 30 september 2011. 5 

hours. 

18. Gobbi M. & Franceschini A., 2010 - Corso di formazione per Accompagnatori di 

Territorio del Trentino, interventi vari. candriai (Tn), May 2010, 3 hours. 

19. Gobbi M. 2011 - Gli Insetti. Corso di formazione per Accompagnatori di Territorio 

del Trentino, candriai (Tn), 11 April 2011, 2 hours. 

20. Pedrini P., 2011 - Corso di Formazione per rilevatori Ornitho, uccelli acquatici 

svernanti, studio delle migrazioni e rapaci diurni. indirizzato ai rilevatori volontari 

della sezione, al personale interno, agli studenti coinvolti, 15 hours. 

21. Rovero F., 2011 - Sostenibilità ambientale e cooperazione internazionale. centro 

per la Formazione alla solidarietà internazionale, Trento, 11 May 2011, 3 hours. 

22. Tabarelli de Fatis K., 2011 - La forza della collaborazione nel mondo animale. 

serata divulgativa organizzata dal Rotary club Trento nord. Trento, 22 February 

2011, 1 hour. 

23. Tabarelli de Fatis K., 2010 - Biologia e gestione degli Ungulati alpini. corso per 

Accompagnatori di Territorio del collegio Guide Alpine del Trentino. candriai 

(Tn), May 2010, 2 hours. 

24. Tabarelli de Fatis K., 2011 - Biologia ed Etologia degli Ungulati alpini. corso per 

Accompagnatori di Territorio del collegio Guide Alpine del Trentino. candriai 

(Tn), May 2011, 2 hours. 

25. Tattoni c., 2010 - Modelli matematici per l’analisi delle relazioni fauna-ambiente. 

ufficio studi Faunistici della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, udine, december 

2010, 16 hours (due giornate). 

26. Todesco R., 2011 - Come si studiano le tracce fossili. L’esempio Bletterbach. corso 

di formazione per le guide del geopark Bletterbach. Museo delle scienze, 2 

April 2011, 4 hours. 

27. Todesco R., 2011 - le tracce fossili: cosa sono e come si studiano. Formazione per 

le guide del naturmuseum di Bolzano, Museo delle scienze, 8 June 2011, 4 hours. 

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Seminars c/o universities and museums 

1. Avanzini M., 2010 - Sulle tracce dei dinosauri in Italia: origine, provenienza e vincoli 

paleogeografici. i seminari di scienze della Terra, university of Modena and 

Reggio emilia, 22 April 2010. 3 hours. 

2. Bonomi c., Battistotti M., dorigotti s., Galetto M., 2011 - Primo caso di studio: 

sviluppo di una vallata alpina. 22 october 2011, 3 hours. 

3. Bonomi c., Battistotti M., dorigotti s., Galetto M., 2011 - Revisione del secondo 

caso di studio: Piante a rischio. 26 november 2011, 3 hours. 

4. Bonomi c., Battistotti M., dorigotti s., Galetto M., 2011 - secondo caso di studio: 

Piante a rischio. 5 november 2011, 3 hours. 

Lectures 

1. cantonati M., 2010 - ACE-SAP results. invited lecture (Visiting Professor) at the 

Faculty of science of the Palacký university (depts of Botany and of ecology & 

environmental sciences), olomouc, czech Republic. 24 March 2010, 2 hours. 

2. cantonati, M., 2010 - Use of benthic organisms from multiple taxonomic groups 

for the conservation-oriented classification of spring habitats: Neglected and 

threatened key habitats for biodiversity conservation. invited lecture at the Faculty 

of science of the Palacký university (depts of Botany and of ecology & environmental 

sciences), olomouc, czech Republic. 24 March 2010, 5 hours. 

3. cantonati M., 2011 - Multidisciplinary research in limnology /freshwater ecology. 

invited lecture at the department of Plant and environmental sciences of the 

norwegian university of life sciences, Ås, norway. 02 February 2011, 3 hours. 

4. Parolo G., 2010 - Biologia ed ecologia di popolazioni vegetali. lezione al corso 

di Botanica ambientale, modulo di ecologia Vegetale, university of Pavia. 26 

January 2010 and 10 February 2010, 3 hours. 

5. Rovero F., 2011 - I primati dei Monti Udzungwa, hotspot di biodiversità: diversità, 

ecologia e conservazione. lezione a scuola di Paleo-antropologia, university of 

Perugia, 18 February 2011, 2 hours. 

6. Rovero F., 2011 - Use and applications of camera-trapping. Summer school: Advances 

in species distribution modeling in ecological studies and conservation. 

university of Pavia and Parco del Gran Paradiso 17 september 2011, 4 hours. 

7. Todesco R., 2011 - Paleoicnologia. corso i anno laurea triennale. university of 

Modena and Reggio emilia, dipartimento di scienze della Terra, Modena, 5 May 

2011, 3 hours. 

In-house workshops and congresses organizations 

1. 1° Meeting of the national Advisory Groups of the project inquire. Trento 30 

May 2011. 

2. Bioweek, Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali, 19-22 May 2010. 

3. Fourth TeAM network meeting, dar es salaam e udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania, 

04-09 April 2011. 

Ph.Ds 

1. Bernabò Paola, 2007/2010 - Strategie adattative in chironomidi d’alta quota 

(Diptera, Chironomidae) e cambiamenti climatici, dottorato di ricerca in Biologia 

evoluzionistica e dell’Ambiente ciclo XXii, università di Modena e Reggio emilia. 

Tutors: l. Rebecchi V. lencioni. 146 p.p. 

2. contessi M., 2011/2013 - Studio paleontologico dei giacimenti a vertebrati fossili 

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del bacino di Tataouine (Tunisia meridionale). università di Bologna, dipartimento 

di scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali, dottorato in scienze della Terra 

XXV ciclo - Anno i. co-tutor: M. Avanzini. in prep. 

3. duches Rossella, 2009/2011 - Pratiche venatorie e dinamiche comportamentali 

dei gruppi tardoglaciali dell’Italia nord-orientale: analisi tecnologica, economica 

e funzionale delle armature litiche. dottorato di Ricerca in “scienze e Tecnologie 

per l’Archeologica e i Beni culturali”. curriculum: Quaternario, Preistoria e Protostoria, 

XXiV ciclo. università degli studi di Ferrara. Tutors: M. Perasani, G. 

dalmeri. 338 pp. 

4. Grazioli Valentina, 2008/2010 - Approfondimento delle conoscenze sull’ecologia 

e la tassonomia dei Ditteri Chironomidi nelle acque interne Italiane. dottorato di 

Ricerca in scienze naturalistiche e Ambientali ciclo XXiii, università degli studi di 

Milano. Tutors: B. Rossaro, V. lencioni. 152 pp. 

5. Menegon Michele, 2009/2012 - The herpetofauna of the Eastern Afromontane 

biodiversity hotspot: understanding evolutionary history to identify extinction risk 

and key areas for conservation. university of Manchester. director of study: s. 

Marsden, external supervisors: T. davenport, s. loader. 

6. Mogna Marcella 2009/2011 - Spring ecosystems in the Alta Valle Pesio e Tanaro 

Nature Park and nearby valleys. university of eastern Piedmont, dept. of environmental 

and life sciences. dottorato di Ricerca in scienze Ambientali (Acque 

interne). XXXiV ciclo, supervisors: G. Berta, F. Andreucci & M. cantonati. in prep. 

7. Taxböck lukas 2010/2012 - Diatoms in Swiss springs (biodiversity, seasonality, 

population dynamics). supervisors: M. cantonati, P. linder. institute of systematic 

Botany, university of zürich (switzerland). in prep. 

8. Tenan simone 2009/2013 - Modellizzazione delle dinamiche spaziotemporali della 

migrazione degli uccelli attraverso le Alpi italiane. university of Pavia. supervisors: 

G. Bogliani, P. Pedrini, M. Girardello, A. Provenzale. in prep. 

Masters and degrees 

1. Bernardo A., 2009/2010 - Processi di formazione delle unità esterne del Riparo 

Dalmeri (Grigno, Valsugana, TN). Tesi di laurea triennale in scienze dei Beni culturali, 

Facoltà di lettere e Filosofia, università degli studi di Trento, Trento, pp. 

130. 

2. Bonomi Jurij, 2010/2011 - Fitocenosi e artropodecnosi di due Rock Glacier Alpini. 

Tesi di laurea in scienze naturali, laurea triennale, università degli studi di Milano. 

Tutors: M. cacciniga, M. Gobbi. 63 pp. laurea in data 19 luglio 2011. 

3. Bortolotti sabrina, 2010/2011 - Macroinvertebrati lacustri: verso un nuovo indice 

di stato ecologico. Tesi di laurea specialistica in scienze naturali, università di 

Padova. Tutors: M. Guidolin, V. lencioni. 

4. Boscaini Alberto 2010/2011, Affidabilità degli alberi filogenetici ed affidabilità 

del fossil record: un caso di studio. Tesi di laurea in scienze naturali università di 

Padova, Tutors: A. Minelli, M. Bernardi. 

5. Bussolati silvia, 2010/2011 - Biocenosi di piante e artropodi sui rock glacier: biodiversità 

e aspetti funzionali. Tesi di laurea specialistica in scienze naturali, università 

degli studi di Milano. Tutors: M. caccianiga, M. Gobbi. in prep. 

6. cauzzi Paolo, 2010/2011 - Recalcitranza e germinazione nei semi tropicali: un 

caso di studio di alcune specie della Repubblica Dominicana. Tesi di laurea Magistrale 

in scienze della natura, dipartimento di scienze della Terra e dell’Ambiente, 

università degli studi di Pavia. Tutors: G. Rossi, A. Mondoni, T. ulian. 

7. ceresa Francesco, 2009/2010 - Analisi delle preferenze ambientali di una specie 

minacciata: confronto tra metodi quantitativi. Tesi di laurea specialistica in scienze 

naturali, università di Pavia. Tutors: P. Pedrini, M. Brambilla, 39 pp.


8. chelodi sonia, 2010 - Ricostruzione di un ecosistema continentale del Permiano 

superiore (Bletterbach, BZ). Tesi di laurea in scienze della natura, università di 

Bologna. since 01.12.2010. 

9. Fambri letizia, 2011/2012- Studio demografico di Callienthemum kernerianum 

(Ranunculaceae) sul Monte Baldo (NE-Italia). Tesi di laurea in scienze naturali, 

università di Ferrara. Tutors: R. Gerdol, G. Parolo, c. Bonomi. 

10. Ferretti daniela 2009/2010 - Analisi dei dati della migrazione notturna al valico 

Bocca di Caset. Tesi di laurea in scienze naturali, laurea triennale università di 

Bologna. 20 August - 31 october 2010. 

11. Fontanari Arianna, 2010/2011 - Monitoraggio della zanzara tigre (Aedes albopictus) 

nel Comune di Trento. Tesi di laurea triennale in scienze e Tecnologie per 

l’Ambiente, Facoltà di Agraria, università degli studi di Padova. Tutors: G. Fusco, 

V. lencioni, A. Franceschini. 37 pp. 

12. Gozzini Matteo, 2011/2012 - Studio delle cenosi araneiche del settore trentino 

del Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio. Tesi di laurea in scienze naturali, laurea specialistica, 

università degli studi di Milano. Tutors: B. Rossaro, M. Gobbi. in prep. 

13. imperiale Giada, 2010/2011- L’erpetofauna della piana dell’Adige: metodi di 

censimento e proposte gestionali. Tesi di laurea in scienze Biologiche, Facoltà 

di scienze MM. FF. nn., università degli studi di Padova. Tutors: M. Menegon, 

F. Pupin. 25 pp. 

14. lampo chiara, 2009/2010 - Odonatofauna in aree protette del Trentino. Tesi di 

laurea specialistica in scienze della natura, università di Padova. Tutors: A. Minelli, 

V. lencioni, e. Riservato. 99 pp. 

15. losapio Gianalberto, 2010/2011 - Fitocenosi e artropodocenosi su debris-covered 

glacier e rock glaciers alpini. Tesi di laurea in scienze naturali, laurea triennale, 

università degli studi di Milano. Tutors: M. cacciniga, M. Gobbi. 73 pp. 

16. Marisa ilaria, 2009/2010 - Studio delle cenosi di Coleotteri Stafilinidi del Settore 

trentino del Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio. Tesi di laurea triennale in scienze naturali, 

università di Modena e Reggio-emilia. Tutors: i. Ansaloni, M. Gobbi. 37 pp. 

17. oliviero Gabriele, 2010/2011 - Studio archeometrico di reperti ossei dal sito di 

Riparo Dalmeri. Tesi di laurea in scienze dei Beni culturali percorso Archeologico, 

Facoltà di lettere e Filosofia, università degli studi di Trento. Tutors: s. 

Gialanella, G. dalmeri. 

18. Parmesani Mattia, 2009/2010 - Valutazione della qualità ambientale, tramite l’utilizzo 

delle diatomee come bioindicatori, di tratti di riva del Lago di Garda alla fine 

degli anni Settanta e confronto con la situazione attuale. Tesi di laurea triennale 

in scienze e Tecnologie per l’Ambiente, università di Padova. Tutors: V. Matozzo, 

M. cantonati. 31 pp. 

19. santini chiara, 2011/2012 - Localizzazione spaziale delle strutture riproduttive 

dell’alga rossa Bangia atropurpurea prelevata dal litorale roccioso del Lago di 

Garda. Tesi di laurea triennale in scienze naturali, università di Genova. Tutors: 

s. salvidio, M. cantonati, in prep. 

20. segnana Michela, 2009/2010 - Diatomee bentoniche in laghi d’alta quota e sorgenti 

con acque a bassa alcalinità del Parco Naturale Adamello-Brenta (Trentino), 

con particolare attenzione alla distribuzione con la profondità nel Lago Nero di 

Cornisello [Benthic diatom assemlbages in low alkalinity high-mountain freshwater 

environments of th Adamello-Brenta Nature Park (Trentino), with special reference 

to the depth distribution in Lake Nero di Cornisello]. Tesi di laurea specialistica 

in scienze della natura, università di Padova. Tutors: R. Trevisan, M. 

cantonati. 83 pp. 

21. soardi erica, 2010/2011 - Disponibilità di piante selvatiche da frutto per gli uccelli 

migratori in provincia di Trento. Tesi di laurea specialistica in ingegneria Ambientale, 

(dicA) università di Trento. Tutors: Marco ciolli, clara Tattoni. 

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22. sossai esther, 2010/2011. Effetto del riscaldamento climatico sulla germinazione 

primaverile delle piante alpine di ambienti periglaciali. Tesi di laurea Magistrale in 

scienze della natura, università degli studi di Pavia/dipartimento di scienze della 

Terra e dell’Ambiente. Tutors: G. Rossi, A. Mondoni. 

23. steffanini chiara, 2010/2011 - Didattica della Botanica al Museo delle Scienze 

di Trento: il laboratorio “I Dinosauri Vegetali” in modalità IBSE. Tesi di laurea in 

scienze naturali, università di Modena e Reggio emilia - Tutors: G. Bosi, c. Bonomi, 

M. Galetto; pag. 119. 

24. Toldo luca, 2010/2011 - Studio della fauna a Chironomidi (Diptera: Chironomidae) 

di 18 sorgenti nelle Valli del Leno e di Ledro (Trentino). Tesi di laurea specialistica 

in scienze della natura, laurea specialistica, università di Padova. Tutors: 

prof. l. Guidolin, V. lencioni. 75 pp. 

25. Trentini ilaria, 2010/2011 - Approccio multidisciplinare per la documentazione di 

un sito archeologico: il caso di Riparo Dalmeri. Tesi di laurea specialistica in Gestione 

e conservazione dei Beni culturali, Facoltà di lettere e Filosofia, università 

degli studi di Trento. pp. 184. Relatori: s. Gialanella, F. Remondino; correlatori: d. 

e. Angelucci e G. dalmeri. 

26. zubani lino, 2010/2011 - Studio dell’asimmetria fluttuante in Aquilegia thalictrifolia 

specie stenoendemica delle Alpi Orientali. Tesi di laurea triennale in scienze e 

tecnologie per la natura, università di Pavia. Tutors: G. Rossi, G. Parolo, T. Abeli. 

other research grants 

1. ceconi claudio. Attività di ricerca e specializzazione professionale “Censimento 

e strumenti di tutela degli alberi monumentali nel comune di Trento e territori 

limitrofi”, Funded by Trento city council. Tutors: R. leonardelli, c. Bonomi. 01 

May 2010 - 31 december 2010. 

2. corezzola serena. Attività di ricerca e specializzazione professionale “Censimento 

e strumenti di tutela degli alberi monumentali nel comune di Trento e territori 

limitrofi”, Funded by Trento city council. Tutors: R. leonardelli, c. Bonomi. 01 

January 2010 - 30 April 2010. 

3. dal Prà stefania. Attività di ricerca e specializzazione professionale “Parco Monte 

Bondone una cultura per l’uso sociale, scientifico, ricreativo, turistico e sportivo”, 

Funded by Trento city council. Tutors: R. leonardelli, c. Bonomi. 01 January 

2010 - 31 december 2010. 

Trainings 

1. Ambrosi chiara, scuola Tridentum, Trento, at the Vertebrate and invertebrate sections. 

06-17 december 2010. Tutors: P. Pedrini & V. lencioni. 

2. Andermarcher Federico, university of Bologna, at the Vertebrate zoology section, 

“studio delle collezioni ornitologiche e partecipazione all’attività di inanellamento”. 

Tirocinio corso di laurea triennale in scienze naturali. July - november 

2010. Tutor: P. Pedrini. 

3. Andreatta stefano, university of Ferrara at the Geology section. “Ablazione del 

Ghiacciaio occidentale di Presena nelle zone provviste e sprovviste di teli geotessili”. 

Tirocinio corso di laurea in scienze naturali. 04 July - 05 september 2011. 

Tutor: c. casarotto. 

4. Andreis Federico, istituto Professionale Agricoltura e Ambiente. At the Geology 

section, “nivologia e ghiacciai del Trentino”. 21-26 March 2011. Tutor: c. casarotto. 

5. Baitella silvia, istituto Agrario di san Michele all’Adige, at the Vertebrate zoology 

section, “inanellamento Bocca del caset”. 23-August -24 september 2011, 18-22 

october 2011. Tutor: P. Pedrini. 

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6. Biasiolli nicola, at the Botany section. “seedbank e gestione Giardino Botanico 

delle Viotte”. 16-28 August 2010. Tutor: c. Bonomi. 

7. Bridi Federico, liceo scientifico “da Vinci”, at the Botany section, “seedbank e 

gestione Giardino Botanico delle Viotte”. 27 June - 08 July 2010. Tutors: Bonomi 

c. & e. coser. 

8. Bulgan Andre, Mongolian state university of Agriculture, ulan Bator, Mongolia, 

at the Botany section, “seedbank”. 10 January 2010 - 30 March 2010. Tutor: c. 

Bonomi. 

9. comper Tommaso, istituto Agrario di san Michele all’Adige, at the Geology section. 

25-29 october 2010. Tutor: c. casarotto. 

10. dallagiovanna Matteo, istituto Agrario di san Michele all’Adige, at the Botany 

section. 18-22 october 2010. Tutor c. Bonomi. 

11. dallapè Federico, at the Botany section “seedbank e gestione Giardino Botanico 

delle Viotte”. 05-16 July 2010. Tutors: c. Bonomi & e. coser. 

12. dellai Alice, ist. ivo de carneri, civezzano, at the limnology and Phycology section 

and invertebrate zoology section. 01 - 26 February 2010. Tutors: n. Angeli, 

A. Franceschini & M. Gobbi. 

13. demattè Michele, istituto Professionale Agricoltura e Ambiente, at the Geology 

section “nivologia e ghiacciai del Trentino”. 28 March - 01 April 2011. Tutor: c. 

casarotto. 

14. ercolani Alberto, ist. ivo de carneri, civezzano, at the limnology and Phycology 

section and invertebrate zoology section. 01 - 28 February 2011. Tutors: 

n.Angeli, A.Franceschini & M. Gobbi. 

15. Facchinelli consuelo, istituto Agrario di san Michele all’Adige, at the Vertebrate 

zoology section, “inanellamento Bocca del caset”. 18-22 ottobre 2010. Tutors: 

P. Pedrini. 

16. Failo Manuel, istituto Agrario di san Michele all’Adige, a the Vertebrate zoology 

section. 22 - 25March 2010. Tutor: P. Pedrini. 

17. Fedrizzi Roberto, istituto Tecnico Pilati cles, at the limnology and Phycology 

section and invertebrate zoology section. 13 June - 08 July 2011. Tutors: n. 

Angeli & A. Franceschini. 

18. Filippi Martina, liceo classico Prati, Trento, 07 - 19 June 2010. Tutor: V. lencioni. 

19. Giosele cristina 2010/2011, university of Venice, at the Vertebrate zoology section, 

“stazione di inanellamento Bocca di caset”. Tirocinio corso di laurea in 

scienze Ambientali. Tutor: P. Pedrini. 

20. lazari Alberto, liceo classico Prati, at the limnology & Phycology section. 05 

July - 16 July 2010. Tutor: n. Angeli. 

21. legrand elisa, 2010/2011 - les pierres peintes aux figures animales de l’Abri 

dalmeri (Grigno, Province de Trento) et l’art du Paléolithique supérieur terminal 

dans les Préalpes orientales italiennes. Premiére approche: problématique, méthode 

et contexte. Tesi di laurea inedita: Mémoire présenté en vue de l’obtention 

du Master ii université de Toulouse le Mirail, France. A186. Tutors: M. Michel 

Barbaza, G. dalmeri. 

22. lorenzini sabrina, seedbank e gestione Giardino Botanico delle Viotte. 02-14 

August 2010. Tutor: c. Bonomi. 

23. lotti Filippo, istituto Agrario di san Michele all’Adige, at the the Geology section. 

08-12 november 2010. Tutor: c. casarotto. 

24. Moran luca Matteo, usA, at the Viotte Botanic Garden. 27 June-08 July. Tutor: 

e. coser. 

25. osti sara, liceo scientifico “da Vinci”, seedbank e gestione Giardino Botanico 

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delle Viotte. 14-30 June 2010. Tutor: c. Bonomi & e. coser. 

26. Tomasi Margherita, liceo Rosmini, Trento, at the limnology & Phycology section. 

19 - 30 July 2010. Tutor: n. Angeli. 

27. Trentin Arianna, scuola Tridentum, Trento, at the invertebrate zoology section. 

18-29 April 2011. Tutor: A. Franceschini. 

28. Virtanen laura, 2010 - Visiting Ph.d. student; university of helsinki (Finland). Main 

topics: Taxonomy and ecology of diatoms in low alkalinity waters. Achnanthidium 

minutissimum (Bacillariophyta) teratological forms as indicators of heavy metal 

enrichment / pollution in different freshwater environments. (september-october 

2011 ). Tutor: Janne soininen. internal tutor at the science Museum: M. cantonati. 

29. zambaldi Giorgia, istituto Agrario di san Michele all’Adige, at the Vertebrate 

zoology section “inanellamento Bocca del caset”. 22 August - 04 september. 

Tutor: P. Pedrini. 

30. zanin caterina, seedbank e gestione Giardino Botanico delle Viotte. 02-20 August 

2010. Tutor: c. Bonomi. 

Volunteers 

1. Angelini lisa - Antiche varietà e piante uniche, una diversità da proteggere. 28 

september 2009 - 27 september 2010. 

2. Bolognesi Maddalena - Progetto +6 servizio civile: diversità vegetale: la conservazione 

di alcune specie endemiche trentine. 14 september 2009 - 13 March 

2010. 

3. Bortoluzzi elena - Progetto +6 servizio civile: conservazione e biodiversità vegetale 

di alcune specie endemiche trentine. 14 september 2009 - 13 March 2010. 

4. cappelletti Giorgia - uomo, risorse, territorio: lo sfruttamento delle risorse geologiche 

in Trentino dalla preistoria all’età moderna. 01 december 2010 - 30 

november 2011. 

5. casagrande lara - uomo e Territorio: lo sfruttamento delle risorse geologiche 

in Trentino dalla preistoria all’età moderna. 01 december 2010 - 30 november 

2011. 

6. conci Francesca - uomo e Territorio: lo sfruttamento delle risorse geologiche 


2011. 

7. Fontanari Martina - inventario e gestione delle collezioni naturalistiche del Museo 

Tridentino di scienze naturali. 28 september 2009 - 27 september 2010. 

8. iemma Aaron - Biodiversità in rete: banche dati biologiche al servizio della conservazione 

dell’ambiente. 03 november 2011 - 01 november 2012. 

9. Menegoz Giuseppe - Antiche varietà e piante uniche, una diversità da proteggere. 

28 september 2009 - 27 september 2010. 

10. Micheli silvia - Progetto +6 servizio civile: catalogazione e studio degli exsiccata 

storici conservati negli erbari del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali e arricchimento 

del patrimonio botanico. 01 April 2010 - 30 september 2010. 

11. Pederzolli Moira - uomo, risorse, territorio: lo sfruttamento delle risorse geologiche 


2011 . 

12. Plank Rachele - Progetto di servizio civile: inventario e Gestione delle collezioni 

naturalistiche del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali. 28 september 2009 - 27 

september 2010. 

13. Plank Rachele - Progetto +6 servizio civile inventario e gestione delle collezioni


naturalistiche del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali. 01 october 2010 - 31 

March 2011. 

14. sansoni lorenzo - Progetto di servizio civile: uomo, risorse, territorio: lo sfruttamento 

delle risorse geologiche in Trentino dalla preistoria all’età moderna. 27 

June -26 August 2011. 

15. Todesco Rossana - Progetto di servizio civile: le collezioni geologiche: catalogazione, 

inventariazione, valorizzazione. 28 september 2009 - 27 september 2010. 

16. Todesco Rossana - Progetto +6 servizio civile. la didattica nelle scienze della 

Terra. 01 october 2010 - 31 March 2011. 

17. Toldo luca - inventario e Gestione delle collezioni naturalistiche del Museo Tridentino 

di scienze naturali. Progetto di servizio civile. 28 september 2009 - 27 


18. Toldo luca - Progetto +6 servizio civile “Monitoraggio inquinamento delle acque 

di sorgente tramite l’analisi di bioindicatori nelle zone della Vallarsa e della Val di 

ledro”. 01 october 2010 - 31 March 2011. 

19. Wiesinger helen catherine - Progetto di servizio civile: Biodiversità in rete: banche 

dati biologiche al servizio della conservazione dell’ambiente. 03 november 

2011 - 01 november 2012. 

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scientific papers on isi journals 60 

scientific papers on non- isi journals 51 

Books or book chapters 27 

Popular science papers 30 

oral communications (with published abstract) 53 

oral communications (without published abstract) 20 

Posters (with published abstract) 29 

Posters (without published abstract) 10 

congress attendances 77 

Scientific papers on ISI journals 

1. Ahumada J., Faresin c., Gajapersad K., hallam c., hurtado J., Martin e., McWilliam 

A., Mugerwa B., o’Brien T., Rovero F., sheil d., spironello W., Winarni n. & Andelman 

s., 2011 - community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a 

global camera trap network. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological 

Sciences, 366: 2703-2711. 

2. Angeli n., cantonati M., spitale d. & lange-Bertalot h., 2010 - A comparison between 

diatom assemblages in two groups of carbonate, low-altitude springs with different 

levels of anthropogenic disturbances. Fottea, 10: 115-128. 

3. Avanzini M., Bernardi M. & Petti F.M., 2011 - Boot tracks in a First World War fort 

(Valmorbiawerk, Trento, italy). Ichnos, 18(2): 72-78. 

4. Avanzini M., Piñuela l. & Garcia-Ramos J., 2011 - late Jurassic footprints reveal walking 

kinematics of theropod dinosaurs. Lethaia:1-15. 

5. Avanzini M., Piñuela l. & Garcia-Ramos J.c., 2010 - First report of a late Jurassic lizardlike 

footprint (Asturias, spain). Journal of iberian geology, 36(2): 175-180. 

6. Barelli c., Reichard u.h. & Mundry R., 2011 - is grooming used as a commodity in wild 

white-handed gibbons, hylobates lar? Animal Behaviour, 82: 801-809. 

7. Bernabò P., lencioni V. & latella l., 2011 - cold stenothermal cave-dwelling beetles do 

have an hsP70 heat shock response at transcriptomic level. Journal of Thermal Biology, 

36: 206-208. 

8. Bernabò P., Martinez Guitarte J.l., Rebecchi l., Jousson o. & lencioni V., 2011 - 

Thermotolerance and hsp70 heat shock response in the cold-stenothermal chironomid 

Pseudodiamesa branickii (ne italy). Cell Stress and Chaperones, 16: 401-413. 

9. Bernardi M., & Avanzini M., 2011 - early reptiles locomotor behaviour: insights from an 

unusual erpetopus-like trackway. Journal of Paleontology 85(5): 925-929. 

10. Bernardi M., Boschele s., Ferretti P. & Avanzini M., 2010 - echinoid burrow Bichordites 

monastiriensis from the oligocene of ne italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 55 (3): 

479-486. 

11. Bernardi M., Petti F. M., Ferretti P. & Avanzini M., 2010 - Palaeoenvironmental implications 

of Asteriacites lumbricalis in the coste dell’Anglone sinemurian dinosaur ichnosite (ne 

italy), Palaeontologia electronica, 13, 3, 17A: 1-8. 

12. Bettega c., del Mar delgado M., campioni l., Pedrini P. & Penteriani V., 2011 - The 

quality of chicks and breeding output do not differ between first and replacement 

clutches in the eagle owl Bubo bubo. Ornis Fennica, 88: 217-225. 

13. Bonomi c., Mondoni A., Bolognesi M. & Bortoluzzi e., 2010 - Maturity, Germination 

and longevity studies in a narrow endemic columbine in the italian Alps (Aquilegia 

thalictrifolia scott et Kotschy). in Pendelton R., Meyer s., schultz B., Seed Ecology 3 

Conference Proceedings: 16-17. 

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14. Brambilla M. & Pedrini P., 2011 - intra-seasonal changes in local pattern of corncrake 

crex crex occurrence require adaptive conservation strategies in Alpine meadows. Bird 

Conservation International, 21: 388-393. 

15. Brambilla M., Bassi e., ceci c. & Rubolini d., 2010 - environmental factors affecting 

patterns of distribution and co-occurrence of two competing raptor species. Ibis, 152: 

310-322. 

16. Brambilla M., casale F., Bergero V., Bogliani G., crovetto G.M., Falco R., Roati M. & 

negri i., 2010 - Glorious past, uncertain present, bad future? Assessing effects of landuse 

changes on habitat suitability for a threatened farmland bird species. Biological 

Conservation, 143: 2770-2778. 

17. Brambilla M., Gustin M. & celada c., 2011 - defining Favourable Reference Value for 

bird populations in italy: setting long-term conservation target for priority species. Bird 

Conservation International, 21: 107-118. 

18. Brambilla M., Vitulano s., Ferri A., spina F., Fabbri e. & Randi e. 2010. What are we 

dealing with? An explicit test reveals different levels of taxonomical diagnosability in the 

Sylvia cantillans species complex. Journal of Ornithology, 151: 309-315. 

19. cantonati M. & lange-Bertalot h., 2010 - diatom biodiversity of springs in the 

Berchtesgaden national Park (northern Alps, Germany), with the ecological and 

morphological characterization of two species new to science. Diatom Research, 25: 

251-280. 

20. cantonati M. & lange-Bertalot h., 2011 - diatom monitors of close-to-pristine, very-low 

alkalinity habitats: three new eunotia species from springs in nature Parks of the southeastern 

Alps. Journal of Limnology, 70: 209-221. 

21. cantonati M., Gerecke R., Jüttner i. & cox e.J., 2011 - introduction to the special issue. 

Acknowledgements. in: M. cantonati, R. Gerecke, i. Jüttner & e.J. cox (eds.), springs: 

neglected Key habitats for Biodiversity conservation. Journal of Limnology, 70 (suppl. 

1): 1-2. 

22. cantonati M., lange-Bertalot h. & Angeli n., 2010 - neidiomorpha gen. nov. 

(Bacillariophyta): A new freshwater diatom genus separated from neidium Pfitzer. 

Botanical Studies, 51: 195-202. 

23. cantonati M., lange-Bertalot h., decet F. & Gabrieli J., 2011 - diatoms in very-shallow 

pools of the site of community importance danta di cadore Mires (south-eastern Alps), 

and the potential contribution of these habitats to diatom biodiversity conservation. 

Nova Hedwigia, 93: 475-507. 

24. cantonati M., lange-Bertalot h., scalfi A. & Angeli n., 2010 - cymbella tridentina sp. 

nov. (Bacillariophyta), a crenophilous diatom from carbonate springs of the Alps. Journal 

of the North American Benthological Society, 29: 775-788. 

25. chamberlain d., Arlettaz R., caprio e., Maggini R., Pedrini P., Rolando A. & zbinden n., 

2011 - The altitudinal frontier in avian climate impact research. Ibis. in press. 

26. deFries R., Rovero F., Wright P., Ahumada J., Andelman s., Brandon K., dempewolf 

J., hansen A., hewson J. & liu J., 2010 - From plot to landscape scale: linking 

tropical biodiversity measurements across spatial scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the 

Environment, 8: 153-160. 

27. Filippi M.l., Piliposian G., Marziali l., Angeli n., lencioni V. & cantonati M., 2011 - 

is it possible to study palaeoenvironmental changes in Alpine spring habitats? A few 

examples from the south-eastern Alps (ne italy). in: M. cantonati, R. Gerecke, i. Jüttner 

& e.J. cox (eds.), springs: neglected Key habitats for Biodiversity conservation. Journal 

of Limnology 70, (suppl. 1): 155-167. 

28. Fohlmeister J., schröder-Ritzrau A., spötl c., Frisia s., Miorandi R., Kromer B. & Mangini 

A., 2010 - The influences of hydrology on the radiogenic and stable carbon isotope 

composition of cave drip water, Grotta di ernesto (italy). Radiocarbon, 52 (4): 1529-1544. 

29. Frisia s., Fairchild i.J., Fohlmeister J., Miorandi R., spötl c. & Borsato A., 2011 - carbon 

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dioxide and carbon isotopes mass balance modelling in dynamic cave systems 

and implications for stalagmite capture of seasonal climate proxies. Geochim. 

Cosmochim. Acta, 75: 380-400. 

30. Gerecke R., cantonati M., spitale d., stur e. & Wiedenbrug s., 2011 - The 

challenges of long-term ecological research in springs in the northern and 

southern Alps: indicator groups, habitat diversity, and medium term change. in: 

M. cantonati, R. Gerecke, i. Jüttner & e.J. cox (eds.), springs: neglected Key 

habitats for Biodiversity conservation. Journal of Limnology 70, (suppl. 1): 168- 

187. 

31. Gialanella s., Belli R., dalmeri G., lonardelli i., Mattarelli M., Montagna M. & 

Toniutti l., 2011 - Artificial or natural origin of hematite-based red pigments in 

archaeological contexts: the case of Riparo dalmeri (Trento-italy). Archaeometry, 

53: 1-13. 

32. Gobbi M., caccianiga M., cerabolini B., luzzaro A., de Bernardi F. & Pierce s., 

2010 - Plant adaptive responses during primary succession are associated with 

functional adaptations in ground beetles on deglaciated terrain. Community 

Ecology, 11 (2): 223-231. 

33. Gobbi M., isaia M. & de Bernardi F., 2011 - Arthropod colonisation of a debriscovered 

glacier. The Holocene, 21 (2): 343-349. 

34. Gower J.d., Papadopoulou A., doherty-Bone T., Pupin F., san Mauro d., loader 

P.s. & Wilkinson M., 2011 - The systematics of Boulengerula fischeri (Amphibia: 

Gymnophiona: caeciliidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa, 

2767: 14-24. 

35. lencioni V., Bernabò P. & latella l., 2010 - cold resistance in two species of cavedwelling 

beetles (coleoptera: cholevidae). Journal of Thermal Biology, 35: 354- 

359. 

36. lencioni V., Marziali l. & Rossaro B., 2011 - diversity and distribution of 

chironomids [diptera, chironomidae] in alpine and pre-alpine springs [northern 

italy]. in: cantonati M., Gerecke R., Jüttner i. & cox e.J. [Guest editors], springs: 

neglected key habitats for biodiversity conservation, Journal of Limnology, 70 

(suppl. 1): 106-121. 

37. loader s.P., Wilkinson M., cotton J., Müller h., Menegon M., howell K.M. & Gower 

dJ., 2011 - Molecular phylogenetics of Boulengerula (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: 

caeciliidae) and implications for taxonomy, biogeography and conservation. 

Herpetological Journal: 21: 5-16. 

38. loader sP, Gower dJ, ngalason W & Menegon M., 2010 - Three new species 

of callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and 

conservation plight of Africa’s eastern Arc forests. Zoological Journal of Linnean 

Society, 160: 496-514. 

39. loader sP., Müller h., Gower dJ. & Menegon M., 2010 - Two new species 

of callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) from the nguru Mountains, Tanzania. 

Zootaxa, 2694: 26-42. 

40. Marshall A.R., Jørgensbye h.i.o., Rovero F., Platts P.J., White P.c.l. & lovett J.c., 

2010 - The species-Area Relationship and confounding Variables in a Threatened 

Monkey community. American Journal of Primatology, 72: 325-336. 

41. Melis c., olsen c.B., hyllvang M., Gobbi M., stokke B.G. & Roskaft e., 2010 - 

effect of traffic intensity on ground beetles (coleoptera: carabidae) assemblages 

in central sweden. Journal of Insect Conservation,14(2): 159-168. 

42. Menegon M., davenport T. R. B. & howell K.M, 2011 - description of a new and 

critically endangered species of Atheris (serpentes: Viperidae) from the southern 

highlands of Tanzania, with an overview of the country’s tree viper fauna. Zootaxa, 

3120: 43-54. 

43. Menegon M., Gower J.d. & loader P.l., 2011 - A remarkable new species of


callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) with massive, boldly coloured limb glands. 

Zootaxa, 3095: 15-26. 

44. Miorandi R., Borsato A., Frisia s., Fairchild i.J. & Richter d.K., 2010 - epikarst hydrology 

and implications for stalagmite capture of climate changes at Grotta di ernesto (n.e. 

italy): results from long-term monitoring. Hydrological Processes, 24: 3101-3114. 

45. nascimbene J., spitale d., Thüs h. & cantonati M., 2011 - congruencies between 

photoautotrophic groups in springs of the italian Alps: implications for conservation 

strategies. in: M. cantonati, R. Gerecke, i. Jüttner & e.J. cox (eds.), springs: neglected 

Key habitats for Biodiversity conservation. Journal of Limnology, 70 (suppl.1): 3-8. 

46. Petti F.M., Bernardi M., Ferretti P., Tomasoni R. & Avanzini M., 2011 - dinosaur tracks in a 

marginal marine envinronment (early Jurassic, Trento Platform, ne italy): ichnology and 

palaeogeographic implications. Italian Journal of Geosciences ,130: 27-41. 

47. Petti F.M., Bernardi M., Todesco R., & Avanzini M., 2011 - dinosaur footprints as ultimate 

evidence for terrestrial environments in the late sinemurian Trento carbonate platform. 

Palaios, 26: 601-606. 

48. Polidori c., Gobbi M., chatenaud l., santoro d., Montani o. & Andrietti F., 2010 - diet 

preference of the beetle-hunting wasp, cerceris rubida (hymenoptera: crabronidae): is 

there a bias towards specific prey taxa? Biological Journal of Linnean Society, 99: 544- 

558. 

49. Preatoni d.G., Tattoni c., Bisi F., Masseroni e., d’Acunto d., lunardi s., Grimod i., 

Martinoli A. & Tosi G., 2011 - open source evaluation of kilometric indexes of abundance. 

Ecological Informatics, 7: 35-40. 

50. Remondino F., Rizzi A., Girardi s., Petti F.M. & Avanzini M., 2010 - 3d ichnology - 

Recovering digital 3d models of dinosaur footprints. Photogrammetric record, 25 (131): 

266-282. 

51. Rossaro B., Boggero A., lods crozet B., Free G., lencioni V. & Marziali l., 2011 - A 

comparison of different biotic indices based on benthic macro-invertebrates in lakes. 

Journal of Limnology, 70 (1): 109-122. 

52. spitale d. & cantonati M., 2011 - understanding the natural variability of diatom 

assemblages in springs of the Adamello-Brenta nature Park (south-eastern Alps) on a 

temporal scale. Fundamental and Applied Limnology,179/2: 137-149. 

53. spitale d. & Petraglia A., 2010 - Palustriella falcata (Brid.) hedenäs (Amblystegiaceae, 

Bryopsida) with pluristratose lamina: morphological variability of specimens within and 

among springs of the italian Alps. Plant Systematic and Evolution, 286: 59-68. 

54. spitale d., 2010 - new national and regional bryophyte records, 22. sciuro-hypnum 

tromsoeense. Journal of Bryology, 32: 140-149. 

55. spitale d., scalfi A., lange-Bertalot h. & cantonati M., 2011 - using different epilithicdiatom 

assemblage metrics for an ecological characterization of the shores of lake 

Garda. Journal of Limnology, 70: 197-208. 

56. Tattoni c., ciolli M. & Ferretti F., 2011 - The Fate of Priority Areas for conservation in 

Protected Areas: A Fine-scale Markov chain Approach. Environmental Management, 

47: 263-278. 

57. Tolley K.A., Tilbury c.R., Measey G.J., Menegon M., Branch W.R., Matthee c.A., 2011 - 

Ancient forest fragmentation or recent radiation? Testing refugial speciation models in 

chameleons within an African biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Biogeography, 38: 1748- 

1760. 

58. Tomaselli M., spitale d. & Petraglia A., 2011 - Phytosociological and ecological study of 

the springs in the Trento Province (eastern Alps, northern italy). Journal of Limnology, 

70: 23-53. 

59. Trentin l. & Rovero F., 2011 - Results of an inventory of bats in the udzungwa scarp 

Forest Reserve, Tanzania. Journal of East African Natural History, 100: 45-57. 

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60. Van Bocxlaer i., loader s.P., Roelants K., Biju s.d., Menegon M. & F. Bossuyt, 2010 - 

Gradual adaptation toward a range-expansion phenotype initiated the global radiation 

of toads. Science, 327: 679-682. 

Scientific papers on non- ISI journals 

1. AA.VV., 2011 - Rapporto orso bruno, PAT 2010. 

2. Angeli n., cantonati M., spitale d. & lange-Bertalot h., in press - studio ecologico e 

floristico delle diatomee di sorgenti carbonatiche del bacino del Fiume Adige influenzate 

da disturbi antropici. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.. 

3. Angelucci d. e., Anesin d., Bassetti M., Bernardo A., neri s. & dalmeri G., 2011 

- la successione esterna del Riparo dalmeri (Trento, italia). Prime informazioni 

geoarcheologiche. Preistoria Alpina, 45: 127-146. 

4. Avanzini M., Bernardi M. & Petti F.M., 2010 - crocodyle-like footprints from the upper 

Triassic (carnian) of the italian southern Alps. New Mexico museum of natural history and 

science bulletin, 51: 61-64. 

5. Avanzini M. & Flor e., 2011 - nuovi ritrovamenti mesolitici nel gruppo del Pasubio 

(Trentino meridionale), Preistoria Alpina, 45: 221-228. 

6. Avanzini M., Piñuela l. & Garcia-Ramos J.c., 2010 - Preservational morphotypes of 

crocodylopodus from the late Jurassic of Asturias (spain) New Mexico museum of 

natural history and science bulletin, 51: 239-244. 

7. Avanzini M., Piñuela l. & Garcia-Ramos J.c., 2010 - The crocodile track hatcherichnus, 

from the upper Jurassic of Asturias (spain). New Mexico museum of natural history and 

science bulletin, 51: 89-92. 

8. Belli R., dalmeri G., Frongia A., Gialanella s., Mattarelli M., Montagna M. & Toniutti 

l., 2011 - Palaeolithic Paintings at Riparo dalmeri, a northern italian Rock shelter: 

Materials, Technologies, Techniques. Proceedings of the 37th International Symposyum 

on Archaeometry, 12-16 May, siena 2008 (isabella Turbanti-Memmi editor). isA 2008, 

springer: 187-192. 

9. Bernardi M. & Avanzini M., 2011 - Asteriacites lumbricalis from the Anisian (Middle 

Triassic) of Vallarsa (southern Trentino, ne italy). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, 88: 

187-190. 

10. Bernardi M. & Minelli A., 2011 - il concetto di specie e la paleontologia: una rassegna 

introduttiva. Rendiconti della Società Geologica Italiana, 13: 1-26. 

11. Bernardi M., Avanzini M. & Bizzarini F., 2011 - Vertebrate fauna from the san cassiano 

Formation (early carnian) of the dolomites region. Geo. Alp, 8: 122-127. 

12. Bernardi M., Boschele s., Ferretti P. & Avanzini M., 2011 - Bichordites monastiriensis: 

traccia di escavazione di chinidi dai sedimenti oligocenici della Valsugana. Studi Trentini 

di Scienze Naturali, 88: 311-314. 

13. Bernardi M., Petti F. M & Avanzini M., 2010 - A webber Archosaur footprint from the 

upper Triassic (carnian) of the italian southern Alps. New Mexico Museum of Natural 

History and Science Bulletin, 5: 65-68. 

14. Bernardi M., Petti F. M., Ferretti P. & Avanzini M., 2010 - Asteriacites lumbricalis von 

schlotheim, 1820 from the coste dell’Anglone lower Jurassic (sinemurian) dinosaur 

ichnosite (Valle del sarca, Trentino, ne italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica 

Italiana, 49 (2): 119-122. 

15. Bertocchi A., Pedrini P., Rizzolli F., Rossi F. & Torboli c., 2010 - il censimento degli uccelli 

acquatici svernanti in Trentino (2000-2009). Alula, XVi (1-2): 66-68. 

16. Bertocchi A., Pedrini P., Rizzolli F., Torboli c., zenatello M., Tattoni c. & Tabarelli de Fatis 

K., 2011 - Risultati dei censimenti degli uccelli acquatici svernanti in provincia di Trento 

(2000-09). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, 88: 29-97. 

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17. Bertocchi A., Rizzolli F., Pedrini P. & Torboli c., 2010 - la moretta Aythya fuligula in 

Trentino: evoluzione di una popolazione dai primi casi di svernamento all’insediamento 

come nidificante. Alula, XVi (1-2): 498-500. 

18. Boggero A., zaupa s., Rossaro B., lencioni V. & Gherardi F., 2011 - Guida tecnica alla 

programmazione del campionamento e alla scelta della strumentazione idonea per lo 

studio della fauna macroinvertebrata lacustre. Report CNR-ISE, 02.11: 63 pp. 

19. Bonomi c. & coser e., 2010 - delectus seminum 37 (2010) quae hortus Botanicus 

Alpinus ‘Viotte’ Musei Tridentini scientiarum naturalium pro mutua commutatione offert 

semina Anno 2009 in Horto Botanico Collecta. 

20. Boschele s., Gatto, R., Bernardi M. & Avanzini M., 2011 - Fossili cenozoici della Valsugana: 

catalogo della collezione Boschele, parte 1. Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, 88: 219- 

310. 

21. carra M. l., Marinval P. & dalmeri G., 2011 - i bulbi di avena altissima (Arrhenatherum 

elatius var. bulbosum) da Riparo dalmeri (Tn): offerta votiva o cibo quotidiano? Preistoria 

Alpina, 45: 147-157. 

22. casarotto c., 2010 - Ghiacciai in Trentino. Ricerca e stato di salute, Atti Acc. Rov. Agiati, 

a. 260, ser. Viii, vol. X, B. 

23. cristiani e., dalmeri G., 2011 - Functional analysis of the decorated ground stone tool 

from Terlago (Tn). Preistoria Alpina, 45: 185-191. 

24. dalmeri G., Fiore i. & Tagliacozzo A., 2011 - Palù echen 1: fauna epigravettiana recente 

dai settori 3 e 4. nota Breve. Preistoria Alpina, 45: 323-325. 

25. dalmeri G., Flor e. & neri s., 2010 - The Mesolithic series of Pradestel Rockshelter 

(north-east italy, Trento) in the Framework of the Atesin Mesolithic. Understanding the 

Past. Papers offered to Stefan K. Kozlowski. center for Research on the Antiquity of 

southeastern europe. university of Warsaw, Poland: 97-105. 

26. dalmeri G., Flor e. & neri s., 2011 - sondaggio con verifica stratigrafica a Riparo Monte 

Terlago (Monte Terlago- Terlago). nota Breve. Preistoria Alpina, 45: 327-329. 

27. dalmeri G., neri s., 2011 - la pietra dipinta Rd 303 di Riparo dalmeri. Preistoria Alpina, 

45: 119-125. 

28. dalmeri G. & neri s., 2011 - siti epigravettiani degli Altipiani di Folgaria-lavarone- 

Vezzena. nota Breve. Preistoria Alpina, 45: 321-322. 

29. dalmeri G., neri s., Bassetti M., cusinato A., Kompatscher K. & hrozny Kompatscher n., 

2011 - Riparo dalmeri: le pietre dipinte dell’area rituale. Preistoria Alpina, 45: 67-117. 

30. deflorian M.c. & Pedrini P., 2010 - le collezioni ornitologiche del Museo Tridentino di 

scienze naturali. Alula, XVi (1-2): 661-663. 

31. deflorian M.c., Ferretti P. & Todesco R., 2010 - il Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali. 

le collezioni mineralogiche e minerarie. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 4: 242-255. 

32. deflorian M.c., Menegon M. & Pedrini P., 2010 - le collezioni erpetologiche del Museo 

Tridentino di scienze naturali. in: Mazzotti (ed.), le collezioni erpetologiche dei Musei 

italiani. Museologia scientifica Memorie, 5: 78-84. 

33. Ferretti P., 2011 - storia e geologia della “miniera d’oro” di Val Gerlano presso speccheri 

(Vallarsa, Trentino-Alto Adige). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, 88: 191-202. 

34. Flor e. & Avanzini M., 2011 - nuovi ritrovamenti mesolitici nel gruppo del Pasubio 

(Trentino meridionale). Preistoria Alpina, 45: 221-228. 

35. Flor e., Fontana F. & Perasani M., 2011 - contribution to the study of sauveterrian 

technical systems. Technological analysis of the lithic industry from layers AF-Ac1 of 

Romagnano loc iii rockshelter (Trento). Preistoria Alpina, 45: 193-219. 

36. Fornasari l., londi G. Buvoli l., Tellini Florenzano G., la Gioia G., Pedrini P., Brichetti P. & 

de carli e., 2010 - distribuzione geografica e ambientale degli uccelli comuni nidificanti 

in italia, 2000-04 (dati del Progetto MiTo). Avocetta, 35: 5-224. 

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37. Gobbi M., Bragalanti n. & lencioni V., 2010 - le cenosi di coleotteri carabidi nei siti 

forestali del settore trentino del Parco nazionale dello stelvio. in: Bottarin R., schirpke 

u. & Tappeiner u. (eds), Analisi spazio-temporali: dinamiche e processi a confronto. Vol. 

2. Atti XIX Congresso S.It.E. “Dalle vette alpine alle profondità marine”, Bolzano, 15-18 

settembre 2009. euRAc Research ed.: 21-28. 

38. lampo c., Riservato e. & lencioni V., 2011 - contributo alla conoscenza dell’odonatofauna 

della Val di ledro (Trentino). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, 89: 29-34. 

39. latella l., 2010 - Redescription of Eocatops ambiguus, Peyerimhoff, 1924 (coleoptera; 

cholevidae; catopinae; eucatopinae) from lybia Ridescrizione di eocatops ambiguus, 

Perymhoff, 1924 (coleoptera; cholevidae; catopinae; eucatopinae) della libia. Bollettino 

del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Botanica Zoologia, 34: 87-92. 

40. lencioni V. & Rossaro B., 2010 - chironomid assemblages in different alpine stream 

types. in: Ferrington l.c. Jr. (ed.), Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on 

Chironomidae (2003), The university of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (usA): 95- 

102. 

41. lockley M.G., Milan J., lucas, s. & Avanzini M., 2010 - The fossil record of crocodylian 

tracks and traces: an overview. New Mexico museum of natural history and science 

bulletin, 51: 1-14. 

42. Marziali l., casalegno c., lencioni V. & Rossaro B., 2010 - definition and assignment 

of indicator weights to different chironomid species. in: Ferrington l.c. Jr. (ed.), 

Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Chironomidae (2003), The university 

of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (usA): 103-108. 

43. Pedrini P., sottovia l. & Brambilla M., 2010 - Proposta di Piano per il monitoraggio delle 

specie ornitiche di interesse comunitario e locale in Trentino. Alula, XVi (1-2): 525-530. 

44. Petti F.M., sarti c., Bernardi M., deflorian M.c., Ferretti P., Todesco R. & Avanzini M., 

2011 - le ammoniti del Giurassico superiore di cima campo (Trentino Alto-Adige) nelle 

collezioni paleontologiche del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali. Studi Trentini di 

Scienze Naturali, 88: 159-186. 

45. Rossaro B., Boggero A., Marziali l. & lencioni V., 2010 - Benthic macroinvertebrates 

as indicators in lakes. in: Bottarin R., schirpke u. & Tappeiner u. (eds), Analisi spaziotemporali: 

dinamiche e processi a confronto. Vol. 2. Atti XIX Congresso S.It.E. “Dalle 

vette alpine alle profondità marine”, Bolzano, 15-18 september 2009. euRAc Research 

ed.: 107-114. 

46. Rossaro B., Marziali l., lencioni V. & Boggero A., 2011 - Response of benthic 

macroinvertebrates to environmental factors in italian lakes. in: Wang X. & liu W. (eds), 

contemporary chironomid studies. Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium 

on Chironomidae (06-09 July 2009), nankai university Press, nankai, china: 357-372. 

47. Rossi G. & Mondoni A., 2010 - la conservazione delle piante nelle banche del 

germoplasma. Protecta, 11: 42-44. 

48. Rovero F. & de Fries R., 2010 - Towards the definition of a “zone of interaction” of 

protected areas to quantify and monitor the human impact on biodiversity. Atti del XIX 

convegno della Società Italiana di Ecologia (S.It.E.), Bolzano: 189-196. 

49. speranza G., segatta M., Volcan G., Tabarelli de Fatis K. & Pedrini P., 2011 - la migrazione 

prenuziale dei rapaci diurni in Trentino. Info Migrans, 27:5-6. 

50. Tattoni, c. & Bertocchi, A., 2011 - Foss per la ricerca e soccorso, l’esperienza della 

scuola provinciale cani da ricerca e catastrofe onlus Trento Geomatics Workbooks, 10: 

161-170. 

51. Todesco R. & Bernardi M., 2011 - una nuova icnoassociazione nel Triassico medio 

(Anisico) del Trentino meridionale (Val Gerlano, Vallarsa). Studi Trentini di Scienze 

Naturali, 88: 203-218. 

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Books or book chapters 

1. Avanzini M., 2010 - Le orme di Terapodi dei Monti Pisani (Tetrapod tracks from Monti 

Pisani) in. Monechi s. Rook l. (eds.), il Museo di storia naturale dell’università degli studi 

di Firenze vol iii, le collezioni paleontologiche: 181-183. 

2. Avanzini M. & Bargossi G., 2010 - studi Precedenti. Trento - Carta geologica d’Italia alla 

scala 1:50.000 note illustrative della carta geologica d’italia alla scala 1:50.000: 15-25. 

3. Avanzini M., Bargossi G., Borsato, A. & selli l. (eds), 2010 - Carta geologica d’Italia alla 

scala 1:50.000; note illustrative della carta geologica d’italia alla scala 1:50.000; 060: 

244. Roma. 

4. Avanzini M., Bernardi M. & nicosia u., 2011 - The Permo-Triassic tetrapod faunal 

diversity in the Italian Southern Alps. in: Ahmad dar i. & Ahmad dar M. (eds.), earth and 

environmental sciences, inTech: 591-608. 

5. Avanzini M., Bernardi M., Melchiori l. & Petti F.M., 2010 - Le orme dei dinosauri del 

Castello di San Gottardo a Mezzocorona: con cenni alla storia del castello. comune di 

Mezzocorona ed. 140 p. 

6. Avanzini M., Breda A. & Kustatscher e., 2010 - day 1 : the Permo-Triassic succession 

at Bletterbach gorge. international Triassic field workshop, 7., dolomiti, 2010 oth. 

dolomites: 20-59. 

7. Avanzini M. & Kustatscher e., 2011 - Die Bletterbachschlucht - Geschichten in Stein. 

Aldino (Bz) : Geoparc Bletterbach. 72 pp. 

8. Avanzini M. & Kustatscher e., 2011 - La gola del Bletterbach : storie nella roccia. Aldino 

(Bz) : Geoparc Bletterbach. 72 pp. 

9. Avanzini M. & Kustatscher e., 2011 - The Bletterbach Gorge - History in the Rocks. Aldino 

(Bz) : Geoparc Bletterbach. 72 pp. 

10. Avanzini M. & Pasquali T., 2010 - un’ascia in pietra levigata neolitica in località Maso 

strada di caldonazzo. in: Pasquali T. (ed.), Castellieri preistorici del Trentino. saggi / 

[Publistampa] P. 307-311. 

11. Avanzini M. & Tomasoni R., 2010 - stratigrafia. Trento - Carta geologica d’Italia alla 

scala 1:50.000 Note illustrative della Carta geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000: ill., c. 

topogr.: 27-115. 

12. Avanzini M. & lencioni V., 2011 - Miscellanea. studi Trentini di scienze naturali, 88. 314 

pp. 

13. Avanzini, M. Groaz, o. & Viganò A., 2010 - sismicità. Trento - Carta geologica d’Italia 

alla scala 1:50.000 Note illustrative della Carta geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000: p. 

205-208. 

14. Avesani d. & lencioni V., 2011 - ditteri (capitolo 4). in: Gobbi M. & latella l., 2011 - 

la fauna dei prati - 1: tassonomia, ecologia e metodi di studio dei principali gruppi di 

invertebrati terrestri italiani. Quaderni del Museo delle Scienze, 4/1: 37-167. 

15. caldonazzi M. & Avanzini M., 2011 - Storia geologica del Trentino. società degli alpinisti 

tridentini, sezione universitaria della società degli alpinisti tridentini 191 pp. 

16. cantonati, M., Bertuzzi e., & scalfi A., 2010. CRENODAT (Biodiversity assessment and 

integrity evaluation of springs of Trentino -Italian Alps- and long-term ecological research): 

project design and preliminary results. Pages:121-132 in e. Beheim, G. s. Rajwar, M. 

haigh and J. Krecek (editors). integrated Watershed Management: Perspectives and 

Problems (Proceedings of the headwater ’05 conference, Bergen, norway, June 2005). 

springer Publishers, netherlands. 

17. cantonati M., Gerecke R., Jüttner i. & cox e.J. (Guest eds.), 2011 - springs: neglected 

Key habitats for Biodiversity conservation. J. Limnol. 70 (suppl. 1). 187 pp. 

18. dalmeri G. & neri s., 2011 - Le grandi vie delle civiltà. catalogo della Mostra, a cura di 

Marzatico F., Gebhard R., Gleirscher P. schede di catalogo-sezione 2 Materie in viaggio: 

418-419; sezione 5 comunicare con segni e immagini: 568-572. Provincia Autonoma di 

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July-13 november 2011. 

19. Gianolla P., Avanzini M., Breda A., Kustatscher e., Preto n., Roghi G. (eds.), 2010 - 7 th 

International Triassic field workshop pan-european correlation of the Triassic: field trip 

to the world heritage site of the tethyan Triassic: 05-10 September 2010, Dolomites, 

Southern Alps, Italy, Guide book. 

20. Gobbi M. & latella l. (a cura di), 2011 - La fauna dei prati - 1: tassonomia, ecologia 

e metodi di studio dei principali gruppi di invertebrati terrestri italiani. Quaderni del 

Museo delle scienze, 4/1, Trento, 176 pp. 

21. Menegon M., 2011 - sulla necessità di un’integrazione reale tra informazione scientifica, 

gestione del territorio e conservazione. in: cresti i & Touadi Jean-lèonard (eds.), Il 

continente verde, Bruno Mondadori ed.: 162-173,. 

22. negra o., 2011 - Miscellanea Natura alpina 1-2.2010. 

23. negra o., 2011 - Miscellanea Natura alpina 3-4.2010. 

24. occhipinti et al., 2011 - Atti XIX Congresso Gadio, Olbia, May 2010 studi Trentini di 

scienze naturali 89. 

25. Pedrini et al., 2011 - Atlante degli uccelli acquatici svernanti in Trentino libro ed. Mds. 

26. Rovero F., 2011 - la conservazione dei parchi di foresta in Africa sub-sahariana. il progetto 

di cooperazione ambientale del Museo di scienze naturali di Trento in Tanzania. in: 

cresti i & Touadi Jean-lèonard (eds.), Il continente verde, Bruno Mondadori ed.: 341- 

358. 

27. selli l., Piccin, G. & Avanzini M., 2010 - Assetto strutturale. Trento - carta geologica 

d’italia alla scala 1:50.000. note illustrative della carta geologica d’italia alla scala 

1:50.000: 177-203. 

Popular science papers 

1. Avanzini M., 2010 - storie di terre che dovevano essere mare. Piccole dolomiti. Meridiani 

Montagne: 40-41. 

2. Avanzini M., 2011 - A spasso nel tempo: le orme fossili lasciate dagli ominidi e dagli 

uomini che ci hanno preceduto rivelano ciò che gli studi sui resti scheletrici spesso non 

riescono a raccontare. darwin. Roma: editoriale Darwin, 43: 16-21. 

3. Avanzini M., 2011 - dolomiti: le forme del tempo. come in un gigantesco calendario 

pietrificato queste montagne consentono di leggere la storia della terra e l’antica 

geografia di isole emergenti dal mare. Darwin, 45: 14-19. 

4. Avanzini M., 2011 - il ponte di speccheri tra fossili e storia. Vallarsa notizie, 48: 26-27. 

5. Avanzini M., 2011 - Paesaggi, geositi, valutazioni: la sfida di strutturare l’inafferrabile. in: 

Dolomiti: paesaggi in rete. Per una vivibilità attiva delle Dolomiti (a cura di Gabriella de 

Fino e ugo Morelli). Trento, TsM: 67-71. 

6. Avanzini M. & curzel e., 2010 - i dinosauri del Pasubio. Uomo città territorio, A.35, 

(418):31. 

7. Avanzini M. & curzel e., 2010 - Pasubio: storie di uomini e rocce - una scoperta importante 

a margine del 116° congresso sAT. Bollettino SAT, Trento. A.73 (4): 32-34. 

8. Avanzini M. & curzel e., 2010 - Prima delle montagne: dinosauri e rettili fossili in Vallarsa. 

Vallarsa notizie, (47): 28-29. 

9. Avanzini M. & Rosà V., 2011 - cacciatori preistorici in Val del Parol (Monte Baldo). 

Giurisdizione di Penede, 36: 119-123. 

10. Avanzini M. & zambotto P., 2010 - la Kriegsgeologie e i geologi in prima linea. Strenna 

Trentina: 219-222. 

11. Bernardi M., 2011 - l’evoluzione oltre lo specchio. Darwin, 41: 66-67.

12. Bernardi M., 2011 - Recensione del libro “strane creature” di Tracy chevalier. Natura 

Alpina, 60 (3/4): 136-137. 

13. cantonati M., 2010 - sorgenti... di specie. Natura Alpina, (1/2) 2009: 23-32. 

14. curzel e. & Avanzini M., 2010 - impronte “digitali”: dall’orma al suo autore. Newton 

oggi, A.14 (9): 94-97. 

15. dalmeri G. & neri s., 2010 - Monte Tegazzo, Alberè di Tenna. in “I Castellieri Preistorici 

del Trentino” (a cura di T. Pasquali), Associazione castelli del Trentino. Publistampa 

edizioni, Pergine (Trento). 

16. dalmeri G. & neri s., 2011 - Tra stambecchi, cervi e spiriti della montagna. il mistero 

delle pietre dipinte di Riparo dalmeri. Natura Alpina, 60 (3/4).2009: 25-38. 

17. Ferretti P., 2010 - cristalli giganti di granitica origine. le pegmatiti e la loro presenza in 

Trentino Natura alpina, 59 (2008): 19-36. 

18. Ferretti P., 2010 - l’oro in Vallarsa, leggenda o realtà? Vallarsa notizie, 47: 30-31. 


19. Ferretti P., 2011 - Basilio Arlanch detto “il Polenta” e un suo illustre discendente. Vallarsa 

notizie, 48: 28-29. 

20. Ferretti P., 2011 - otto minerali “doc” in regione: le specie minerali con “località tipo” 

in Trentino-Alto Adige. Natura alpina, 60.2009: 73-88. 

21. Ferretti P.& Rosà V., 2011 - un nuovo ritrovamento di ascia neolitica in pietra verde in 

località la Gort nel comune di nago-Torbole. La giurisdizione di Pénede, 37: 113-120. 

22. Flor e., 2011 - Appunti sull’Archeologia della Vallarsa. Vallarsa Notizie, anno XiV (49): 

26-27. 

23. Flor e., 2011 - Pasubio Preistorico. Voce comune. Notiziario di Trambileno, anno XVi 

(48): 9-10. 

24. Gobbi M. & lencioni V., 2010 - Alieni a sei zampe - insetti “esotici” in Trentino. Natura 

Alpina, 1/2. 2009: 15-22. 

25. Gobbi M., 2011 - la fauna entomologica per lo studio e la gestione dei prati montani. 

Dendronatura, 32(1): 53-59. 

26. lencioni V. & Riservato e., 2010 - combattere le zanzare: il contributo del museo. e-news 

- Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali, la rete dei musei della scienza in Trentino, italia, 

17. http://www.mtsn.tn.it/newsletter/e-news_continualeggere.asp?id=79. 

27. lencioni V., 2011 - insetti: quale mi ha punto? e-news - Museo delle scienze, la rete 

dei musei della scienza in Trentino, italia, 42. http://www.mtsn.tn.it/newsletter/e-news_ 

continualeggere.asp?id=140. 

28. Petti F.M. & Avanzini M., 2011 - A lezione di geografia dai dinosauri italiani. Darwin, (41): 

30-37. 

29. Todesco R., 2010 - “zeoliti minerali da collezione con una marcia in più…” Natura Alpina, 

1/2 2009. 

30. zandonati M., 2010 - “GPs e coordinate: proviamo a fare chiarezza” Notiziario 

Associazione Italiana Canyoning, 25. 

oral communications (with published abstract) 

1. Avanzini M., 2010 - Geositi: paesaggi e valutazioni, “dolomiti paesaggi in rete” sTeP, 

Trento, 03 december 2010. 

2. Avanzini M., 2010 - la ricerca scientifica nel Geopark Adamello Brenta. il patrimonio 

geologico e la ricerca scientifica: buone pratiche a confronto nei Geoparchi e nelle Aree 

Protette. 10 Convegno Geoparchi SIGEA, GEOFLUID 2010, Piacenza, 09 october 2010. 

3. Avanzini M., 2010 - The role of the dolomites in the development of the geology and 

palaeontology. 7 th International Triassic Field Workshop (Pan-European Correlation of 

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the Triassic) Dolomites Field trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Tethyan 

Triassic. 

4. Avanzini M., Bernardi M. & Petti F.M., 2011 - soldier traks in a First World Wast 

(Valmorbiawerk, Trentino-Alto Adige). Geoitalia 2011, Epitome 4: 296-297. 

5. Avanzini M., Grassi c. & Masè V., 2011 - The Adamello Brenta Geopark. Geoitalia 2011, 

Epitome 4: 129. 

6. Belli R., Frisia s., Borsato A., drysdale R., Maas R. & hellstrom J., 2011 - evidence for 

complex early holocene climate variability in the northern Mediterranean region from 

stalagmite sV1, savi cave (ne italy). AGU Fall Meeting 2011. san Francisco, cA, usA, 

05-09 december 2011. 

7. Bonomi c., 2011 - inquire: a european project to promote inquiry based science education 

(iBse) for plant conservation. oral contribution to the 6 th Planta Europa Conference 

“Actions for wild plants” Kraków, Poland, 23-27 May 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 24. 

8. Bonomi c., Battistotti M. & dorigotti s., 2011 - “inQuiRe: un progetto europeo per 

promuove la metodologia iBse (inquiry Based science education) in scuole, musei, 

parchi naturali e orti botanici. comunicazione orale presentata al XXI Congresso ANMS 

- La ricerca nei musei scientifici Padova 09-11 november 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 48. 

9. Brambilla M., negri i., Bergero V. & Pedrini P., 2011 - Mid-season habitat shifts in farmland 

birds: implications for research and conservation. Abstract book, VIII EOU Congress, 

Riga (lV), 27-30 August 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 70. 

10. Brambilla M., negri i., Bergero V. & Pedrini P., 2011 - Variazioni intra-stagionali nelle 

preferenze ambientali e nella distribuzione delle specie ornitiche di ambienti agricoli e 

implicazioni per la conservazione. Atti del XVI Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia, cervia 

(RA), 22-25 september 2011. 

11. Brandmayr P., Gobbi M. & Pizzolotto R., 2011 - effetti del cambiamento climatico sul 

“paesaggio faunistico” alpino delle dolomiti. XXXViii Congresso della Società Italiana 

di Biogeografia, i cambiamenti spaziali e temporali nella biodiversità: valutazioni e 

testimonianze dei biogeografi italiani. Roma, 15-17 december 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 

10. 

12. cantonati M. & spitale d., 2010 - Gli habitat sorgivi delle Alpi come hotspot di 

biodiversità: una prospettiva museologica. in: 20. Congresso dell’Associazione Nazionale 

Musei Scientifici, 17-19 november 2010, Ferrara, italy, Abstracts and Program Book: 87. 

13. cantonati M. & spitale d., 2011 - The contribution of benthic cyanobacteria and algae 

to the definition of spring types as a prerequisite for the development of ecologicalintegrity 

and environmental-quality assessment procedures for spring habitats. 10 th 

International Conference of the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society. 

siena (italy). 13-15 June. Program & Abstracts (s. loiselle & M. Munawar eds.) s3.04: 36. 

14. cantonati M., 2011 - Water crisis: spring habitats as hotspots of freshwater biodiversity, 

and their potential role for its conservation. North American Benthological Society 

(NABS), 2011 Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode island, usA, 22-26 May 2011. 

15. cantonati M., Kociolek J.P. & lange-Bertalot h., 2010 - diatoms in benthic oligotrophic 

habitats: Towards combining perspectives from europe and north America. Central 

European Diatom Meeting, CEDIATOM4, island of Reichenau - lake constance, 

Germany, 12-14 March 2010. Book of Abstracts: 12-13. 

16. cantonati M., Rott e., spitale d., Bertuzzi e., Angeli n. & Komárek J., 2010 - 

cyanoprokaryotes and algae forming macroscopic structures in springs of the Alps, 

and their contribution to the re-definition of spring types. in: 18 th Symposium of the 

International Association for Cyanophyte Research, 15 th -20 th August 2010, České 

Budějovice, czech republic, Book of Abstracts: 13. 

17. cantonati M., spitale d. & nascimbene J., 2010 - Biodiversità delle “piante inferiori”: 

stato delle conoscenze e prospettive. Bioweek 2010. Biodiversità. L’insostituibile valore 

della diversità in natura. Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali (Tn). 19-22 May 2010. 

Book of Abstracts: 20.


18. cantonati M., spitale d., Guella G. & la Rocca n., 2010 - Adaptive traits of the 

rhodophyte Bangia atropurpurea in relation to water-level-fluctuations-related stressors 

in the phytobenthos of the large, peri-Alpine lake Garda. ACE-SAP 3 rd Annual General 

Meeting, Mt. zugna (Tn), 19-20 May 2010. Book of Abstracts: 19-22. 

19. cantonati M., Taxböck l., Mogna M. & spitale d., 2011 - A first comparison among the 

diatom communities in spring habitats of carbonate mountain ranges of the Alps. 5 th 

Central European Diatom Meeting (CEDIATOM5), szczecin, Poland, 24-27 March 2011 - 

Book of Abstracts (M. Bąk, A. Witkowski, M. Wroniecki, T. Radziejewska, d. Krawczyk, A. 

Kierzek eds.): 70-71. isBn 978-83-7241—823-4. 

20. cantonati M., Wojtal A., Falasco e., Gabrieli J. & Angeli n., 2011 - Achnanthidium 

minutissimum (Bacillariophyta) teratological forms as indicators of heavy metal (cu) 

enrichment / pollution in different freshwater environments. 5 th Central European Diatom 

Meeting (CEDIATOM5), szczecin, Poland, 24-27/03/2011 - Book of Abstracts (M. Bąk, 

A. Witkowski, M. Wroniecki, T. Radziejewska, d. Krawczyk, A. Kierzek eds.): 19-20. isBn 

978-83-7241—823-4. 

21. casarotto c., 2010 - Fondazione cassa di Risparmio Trento e Rovereto. Convegno 

scientifico “Cambiamenti climatici e montagna: quale futuro dopo Copenaghen”. 

Relazione scientifica “lo stato dei ghiacciai in Trentino” 04 May 2010. 

22. casarotto c., 2010 - i ghiacciai del Trentino. Convegno “Dalle Ande alle Alpi: genti di 

montagna in difesa dell’acqua” 22 July 2010. 

23. deflorian M.c. & Pedrini P., 2010 - le collezioni microteriologiche del Museo Tridentino 

di scienze naturali e il loro contributo alla descrizione della biodiversità locale. XX 

Congresso ANMS, Ferrara, november 2010. Book of Abstracts: 63. 

24. Ferretti P., 2011 - Aspetti geologici e geomorfologici della Val di non. in: Atti del I 

Convegno Internazionale “Le antiche stufe ad olle di Sfruz - Val di Non, Trentino. 

Produzione, storia, materie prime e tecniche: rapporti con altri centri”, sfruz 05-07 

september 2008, pp. 17-31. 

25. Ferretti P., casagrande l., conci F. & zandonati M., 2011 - Proposal for a georeferenced 

database of mining and mineralogical sites in the Trento Province. Epitome 2011 - 

Geoitalia 2011, pag. 265. 

26. Frisia s., Martin-Garcia R., Woodhead J., Borsato A., & zobec J., 2011 - deposition and 

alteration - key to the interpretation of speleothem proxies. Climate Change - The Karst 

Record (KR6), Birmingham 26-29 th June 2011: 54. 

27. Gobbi M., Riservato e., Bragalanti n. & lencioni V., 2010 - dalle collezioni museali alla 

prima lista di specie prioritarie di invertebrati per il Trentino. XX congresso AnMs “i 

musei delle scienze e la biodiversità - in ricordo di sandro Ruffo”. Riassunto in: Mazzotti s. 

(a cura di), XX Congresso ANMS 2010. Programma e Riassunti. Ferrara, 17-19 november 

2010. Annali dell’università di Ferrara, sez. Museologia scientifica e naturalistica, 

volume speciale: 89. 

28. Gobbi M., Tomasi G. & lencioni V., 2011 - la collezione di stefano de Bertolini al Museo 

Tridentino di scienze naturali. XXIII Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia, 

Genova, 13-16 June 2011 - Atti: 371. 

29. hartland A., Fairchild i.J., lead J.R., Borsato A., Baker A., Frisia s. & Baalousha M., 2011 

- From soil to cave: noM-facilitated transport of trace metals in speleothem-forming 

groundwaters. Climate Change - The Karst Record (KR6), Birmingham 26-29 th June 2011: 

61. 

30. latella l., lencioni V. Bon M. & Mizzan l., 2011 - Tempi e modi di penetrazione e 

dispersione delle specie aliene in Veneto e Trentino. 38° Congresso della Società 

Italiana di Biogeografia, i cambiamenti spaziali e temporali nella biodiversità: valutazioni 

e testimonianze dei biogeografi italiani. Roma, 14-16 december 2011: 37. 

31. lencioni V. & Gobbi M., 2010 - documentazione e conservazione della biodiversità 

“glaciale”: studi e collezioni entomologiche del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali. 

XX congresso AnMs “i musei delle scienze e la biodiversità - in ricordo di sandro Ruffo”. 

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Riassunto in: Mazzotti s. (a cura di), XX Congresso ANMS 2010. Programma e Riassunti. 

Ferrara, 17-19 november 2010. Annali dell’università di Ferrara, sez. Museologia 

scientifica e naturalistica, volume speciale: 65. 

32. lencioni V., Bernabò P., caputi l., Franceschini A., Grazioli V., Guella G., Jousson o., 

sandron T. & sterni A., 2010 - The adaptive potential of natural populations of two 

aquatic insect species in relation to temperature variations and pollutants. ACE-SAP 3 rd 

Annual General Meeting. Rifugio Monte zugna, Rovereto, 19-20 May 2010. Abstract and 

Program book: 13-14. 

33. lencioni V., Bernabò P., Grazioli V., Guella G. & Jousson o., 2011 - The adaptive potential 

of natural populations of two aquatic insect species in relation to temperature variations 

and pollutants. ACE-SAP Annual General Meeting. sperimentArea, Bosco della città 

Rovereto, 05 september 2011. Abstract and Program book: 16. 

34. Mondoni A. & Rossi G., 2011 - orti botanici, cambiamenti climatici e ricerca sulla 

longevità dei semi conservati ex situ. comunicazione orale al 106° congresso della 

società Botanica italiana onlus. Genova 21-24 september 2011 - Boll. Mus. Ist. Biol. 

Univ. Genova, 73(2011): 38. 

35. Mondoni A., Probert R., Rossi G. & Vegini e., 2010 - climate change in alpine ecosystems: 

will seed banking be an effective strategy to halt biodiversity loss?. seed ecoloGy 3 - 

The 3 rd international meeting on seeds and the environment, salt lake city, utah, usA, 

17-24 June 2010.extended Abstract - Book of Abstracts: 118 - 119. 

36. Parolo G., 2010 - Reintroduzione di Leucojum aestivum (Amaryllidaceae) in Pianura 

Padana: un approccio “cost-effective” Workshop nazionale: la Reintroduzione Delle 

Piante, problematiche e prospettive. Milano, Palazzo della Regione, 26 november 2010. 

Book of Abstracts, 11. 

37. Parolo G., Abeli T., Bonomi c. & Rossi G., 2010 - using population biology to develop 

cost-effective translocations of leucojum aestivum (Amaryllidaceae) in the valley of the 

river Po (nW italy). 24 th International Congress of Conservation Biology - edmonton, 

canada, 02-07 July 2010. Book of Abstracts, 185. 

38. Pedrini P., 2011 - The role of raptors as indicators of environmental changes in the 

Alpine region. Abstract book, VIII EOU Congress, Riga (lV), 27-30 agosto 2011 - Book 

of Abstracts: 298. 

39. Petti F.M., sarti c., Bernardi M., deflorian M.c., Ferretti P., Todesco R. & Avanzini M., 

2011 - upper Jurassic ammonites from the First World War fort lusern (Trentino-Alto 

Adige): the lakom collection. Geoitalia 2011, Epitome 4: 297. 

40. Rossaro B., Boggero A., lods crozet B., Free G., lencioni V. & Marziali l., 2011 - Benthic 

quality index in european lakes. 18 th International Symposium on Chironomidae, 

Trondheim, norway, 4-6 July 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 42. 

41. Rossi G., Bonomi c., Müller J., Mondoni A., Parolo G., linington s. & eastwood R., 

2010 - seed conservation of alpine plants as a mitigation tool against the impacts of 

climate change. International congress “Global Change and the World’s Mountains”, 

Perth, scotland, uK, 26-30 september 2010 Book of Abstracts: 27. 

42. Rovero F. & Menegon M., 2011 - Trento science Museum in Tanzania: biological surveys, 

research and conservation in the rainforests of the eastern Arc Mountains. in: 20. 

Congresso della Associazione Nazionale dei Musei Scientifici, 17-19 november 2011, 

Ferrara, italy, Book of Abstracts: 47. 

43. Rovero F., 2010 - studiare mammiferi elusivi nelle foreste della Tanzania tramite 

phototrapping. Convegno settimana dei mammiferi, Milano, november 2010. 

44. Rovero F. & Menegon M., 2010 - il ruolo del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali 

nella documentazione, gestione collezione e dati, monitoraggio e conservazione della 

biodiversità delle foreste montane dell’eastern Arc della Tanzania. congresso AnMs, 

Ferrara, november 2010. Museologia scientifica e naturalistica, volume speciale 2010, 

Annali dell’Università degli Studi di Ferrara: 47. 

45. Frisia s., Fairchild i. J., Borsato A., Fohlmeister J., Miorandi R. & spötl c., 2010 - “carbon


mass balance modelling and carbon isotopes exchange processes in dynamic caves” 

Daphne Workshop, innsbruck 30 June - 02 July 2010. 

46. Pedrini P., Brambilla M., Rizzolli F., Tattoni c. & Fin V., 2011 - il Re di quaglie crex crex 

in Trentino e il PsR provinciale: dalla ricerca ornitologica alla definizione di misure 

agroambientali per la tutela di una specie minacciata. XVI Convegno Italiano di 

Ornitologia, cervia 21-25 september, 2011. 

47. salvador i. & Vitti A., 2011 - survey, representation and analysis of a war i complex 

system of surface and underground fortifications in the Gresta Valley, italy” in ISPRS 

Workshop - 3D-ARCH 2011, 3d Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization of complex 

Architectures, Trento. 

48. Tattoni c. & Pedrini P., 2011 - il ruolo dei dati lidAR nell’elaborazione dei modelli di 

idoneità ambientale per l’avifauna. Atti del XVI Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia, cervia 

(RA), 22-25 september 2011. 

49. Tattoni c., Rizzolli F., & Pedrini P., 2011 - can lidAR data improve bird-habitat models? 

VII European Conference on Ecological Modelling, Riva del Garda (Tn), 30 May - 02 

June 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 99. 

50. Tenan s., Girardello M., Pedrini P., Bogliani G. & spina F., 2010 - short term influences 

of global climate on the temporal dynamics of migratory birds in the italian Alps. 2 nd 

Conference Bird Migration and Global Change. Algeciras, spain, 17-20 March 2010. 27. 

51. Todesco R., casarotto c., Ferretti P., ceccato F., de nicola M. & caccaro A., 2011 - The 

rediscovered geology. communication geosciences for visual and hearing impairment 

through educational path of Museo delle scienze of Trento. Geoitalia 19-23 september 

2011, Torino italy, Epitome Volume 4, 2011: 287. 

52. Todesco R., Ferretti A. & schönlaub hP., 2011 - life in colour. The silurian of the 

Valentintörl section (carnic Alps, Austria) in: 8 th . Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, 

19-23 september 2011, Torino. epitome Volume 4, 2011. 

53. Wynn P.M., Fairchild i.J., loader n.J. Baker A., Frisia s., Borsato A. & spotl c., 2011 - 

interrogating speleothems and trees as archives of sulphur deposition. Climate Change 

- The Karst Record (KR6), Birmingham, 26-29 th June 2011: 143. 

oral communications (without published abstract) 

1. Avanzini M., 2011 - storia della ricerca geologica nelle dolomiti. Convegno “Dolomiti: 

dalla storia geologica alla storia umana”, Fiera di Primiero. 09 september 2011. 

2. Avanzini M., Goio i. & Gios G., 2011 - capitale sociale e capitale ambientale: il contributo 

del Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali allo sviluppo di politiche economiche rispettose 

dell’ambiente naturale. Accademia nazionale dei lincei - Convegno i musei naturalistici 

degli enti locali: realtà e strategie. Roma, 04 May 2011. 

3. Barelli c. & heistermann M., 2011 - Fecal Androgens in wild white-handed gibbon 

(hylobates lar) males. in: 19. Congresso della Associazione Primatologica Italiana, 

Bussolengo, italy, 10-13 April 2011. 

4. Bernardi M., 2011 - “Congresso sulle classificazioni”, università di Padova, centro di 

Ricerca in storia e Filosofia delle scienze, 13-15 october 2011 - sessione “classificazioni 

nelle scienze naturali” seminario dal titolo “using quantitative tools in carving out 

species taxa for classification purposes”. 

5. Bonomi c., 2010 - seed conservation of alpine plants as a mitigation tool against the 

impacts of climate change. International congress “Global Change and the World’s 

Mountains”, Perth, scotland, uK, 26-30 september 2010. 

6. Bonomi c., 2011 - The inquire project: inquiry based education in european Botanic 

Gardens. oral contribution to the International Conference of Botanic Gardens: Back to 

the Eden - the Challenges for Contemporary Gardens. ustroń-Mikołów, slesia, Polonia. 

22-23 May 2011. 

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7. casagrande l., 2011 - Verso il database georeferenziato dei siti mineralogici e minerari 

in Trentino. Convegno “Dolomiti: dalla storia geologica alla storia umana”, Fiera di 

Primiero 09 september 2011. 

8. dorigotti s. & Bonomi c., 2011 - Giardini botanici e “inquiry based science education” 

il progetto europeo inQuiRe. comunicazione orale presentata alla Riunione Annuale 

del gruppo Orti Botanici e giardini storici della Società Botanica Italiana, Parma, 16 April 

2011. 

9. Ferretti P., 2011 - Risorse minerarie e tesori mineralogici nelle valli di Fiemme e di Fassa. 

Convegno “Dolomiti: dalla storia geologica alla storia umana”, Fiera di Primiero, 09 


10. Flor e.,Fontana F. & M. Peresani, 2010 - An evolutionary perspective on Mesolithic 

lithic technology from Romagnano loc iii rockshelter in the italian Alps. 8 th International 

Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, santander, spain, 13-17 september 2010. 

11. Girardello M., Tenan s. & Pedrini P. 2010 - Predicting the potential impacts of future 

land-cover changes on breeding communities in the italian Alps. 18 th Conference of the 

European Bird Census Council. caceres spain, 22-26 March 2010. 

12. Gobbi M., 2010 - life on the edge: effects of climate warming on alpine arthropods. 

Workshop: Finse Research Workshop 2010, norway, 26-27 April 2010. 

13. Gobbi M., 2011 - insetti, ragni e global warming: gli ambienti d’alta quota come trappola, 

chance e rifugio. Climaticamente Trentino 2011,Fondazione Bruno Kessler FBK, Trento, 

09 september 2011. 

14. lencioni V. & Gobbi M., 2010 - diversità e distribuzione degli insetti in Trentino: stime 

e stato dell’arte. Bioweek 2010, Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali, 21 May 2010. 

Program book: 20. 

15. lencioni V., 2010 - la Banca dati della Fauna invertebrata del Museo Tridentino di 

scienze naturali. Workshop: Banche dati sulla biodiversità nella provincia di Trento, stato 

dell’arte e nuove proposte (GEO-BIO), Trento, 11 February 2010. 

16. Martinelli l., 2011 - “Bio-objects in policy rooms: how should the social sciences and 

humanities contribute?”. COST Action IS1001: Bio-objects and their Boundaries: 

Governing Matters at the Intersection of Society, Politics and Science. Public Meeting, 

Brussels, Belgium, 27 september 2011. 

17. Martinelli l., 2011 - Technical visions and emotional perceptions on Biotechnology. VIII 

Congreso Internacional de Biotecnología Vegetal, BioVeg 2011, ciego de Ávila, cuba, 

02-04 May 2011. 

18. Perna F., d’Alessandro M., Rodari P., caliari s. & Martinelli l., 2011 - la complessità delle 

questioni ambientali nelle conoscenze e nell’immaginario del pubblico. X Convegno 

Nazionale sulla Comunicazione della Scienza, Trieste, 23-25 november 2011. 

19. soardi e., Tattoni c., & ciolli M., 2011 - disponibilità di piante selvatiche da frutto per gli 

uccelli migratori in provincia di Trento. XII Meeting degli utenti italiani GRASS e GFOSS. 

Trento 09 -11 February 2011. 

20. spina F., saino n., Rubolini d., Tenan s., serra l. & Morganti M., 2010 - decision making 

in relation to different strategies of migration. 25 th International Ornithological Congress, 

campos do Jordao sP, Brasile, 22-28 August 2010. 

Posters (with published abstract) 

1. Abeli T., Parolo G., Bonomi c., zubani l., Varotto c. & lega M., 2010 - Absence of 

differences in fluctuating asymmetry (FA) between small populations of the narrow 

endemic Aquilegia thalictrifolia (south-eastern Alps, italy). 24th International Congress 

of Conservation Biology - edmonton, canada, 02-07 July 2010. Book of Abstracts: 1. 

2. Belli R., Frisia s., drysdale R., Borsato A. & Maas R., 2011 - A multi-proxy record of 

local ecosystem dynamics and soil development during the late-Glacial to holocene 

transition from a Grotta savi (italy) stalagmite. Climate Change - The Karst Record (KR6), 

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3. Bernabò P., Jousson o., lencioni V. & latella l., 2010 - heat shock Response in the 

leptodirins neobathyscia mancinii and neobathyscia pasai. XX International Conference 

on Subterranean Biology, Postojna (slovenia) 29 August - 03 september 2010. Abstract 

book: 116. 

4. Bernabò P., Viero G., Jousson o. & lencioni V., 2011 - Global warming and cold 

stenothermal organisms: the hsP70 heat shock Response of diamesa cinerella (diptera, 

chironomidae) from Alpine streams. 7 th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences 

(SEFS7), “Freshwater ecosystems - Challenges between conservation and management 

under global change”, Girona (spagna), 26 June - 01 July 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 26. 

5. Bernardi M., Avanzini M. & Bizzarini F., 2011 - Vertebrate fauna from the san cassiano 

Formation (early carnian) of the dolomites region. Workshop on Cassian Beds 2011, 

Abstract volume, p. 10. 

6. Bonomi c., Battistotti M., dorigotti s. & Galetto M., 2011 - The inQuiRe project: science 

education in european Botanic Gardens using iBse. Poster presentato al 106° congresso 

della società Botanica italiana onlus, Genova, 21-24 september 2011 - Boll. Mus. Ist. 

Biol. Univ. Genova, 73: 168. 

7. Bonomi c., Mondoni A., Bolognesi M. & Bortoluzzi e., 2010 - Maturity, Germination 

and longevity studies in a narrow endemic columbine in the italian Alps (Aquilegia 

thalictrifolia scott et Kotschy). seed ecoloGy 3 - The 3 rd international meeting on 

seeds and the environment, salt lake city, utah, usA, 17-24 June 2010. extended 

abstract - Book of Abstracts: 16-17. 

8. cantonati M., spitale d. & scalfi A. 2010. Adaptive traits of the rhodophyte Bangia 

atropurpurea in relation to water-level-fluctuations-related stressors in the phytobenthos 

of the large, peri-Alpine lake Garda. 13. Scientific Meeting of the Phycology Section 

of the German Botanical Society, island Reichenau, lake constance (Germany). 14-17 

March 2010 http://www.bgbm.org/diatoms/2010.htm. 

9. casarotto c., 2011 - “let’s discover now!”, Geoitalia, Torino italy 19-23 september 2011, 

epitome Volume 4, 2011: 289. 

10. ceresa F., Bogliani G., Pedrini P. & Brambilla M., 2011 - importanza di elementi marginali 

del paesaggio rurale nelle preferenze ambientali dell’Averla piccola Lanius collurio in 

un contesto alpino. Atti del XVI Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia, cervia (RA), 22-25 


11. ciolli M., Tattoni c. & Ferretti F., 2011 - Forest coverage changes in protected areas: a 

fine scale Markov chain approach. 7th European Conference on Ecological Modelling, 

Riva del Garda (Trento, italy), 30 May - 02 June 2011. Book of Abstracts: 111. 

12. d’orazi Porchetti s., Manni R., Petti F.M. & sottili G., 2011 - A salamandrid from the 

Middle Pleistocene of northern latium (Fosso di san Martino, Rome, italy). Geoitalia 

2011, VIII Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra. Torino, 19-23 september 2011 - epitome, 

4: 302-303. 

13. Ferretti P., Avanzini M., Bernardi M., Petti F.M. & Maganzini n., 2011 - An “home-made” 

geological trail: the experience of the liceo Galilei (Trento) school garden. Geoitalia 

2011, epitome 4: 289. 

14. Gandini M., Abeli T., Gentili R., Mondoni A., cristofanelli P., Bonomi c. & Rossi G., 2011 - 

effect of the extreme summer heat waves on isolated populations of two orophitic plants 

in the n-Apennines (italy). poster presented to the 12 th International congress of the 

European Ecological Federation, Avila, spain, 25-29 september 2011: 443. 

15. Gobbi M., Bragalanti n. & lencioni V., 2010 - effects of grassland fragmentation and 

management on functional traits of ground beetle assemblages. 2 nd International GMBA- 

DIVERSITAS conference “Functional significance of mountain biodiversity“ in chandolin 

(Valais), switzerland, 26-30 th July 2010. Book of Abstracts: 48. 

16. Gobbi M., Bragalanti n. & lencioni V., 2010 - le cenosi di coleotteri carabidi nei siti 

forestali del settore Trentino del Parco nazionale dello stelvio. Atti del XIX Congresso 

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Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ecologia, Bolzano, 15-18 september 2009, Book of 

Abstracts: 138. 

17. Gobbi M., caccianiga M., compostella c., Bonomo J., Bussolati s., seppi R. & lencioni 

V., 2011 - i rock glacier come “warm stage refugia”: un modello di studio applicato alle 

artropodocenosi alpine. XXIII Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia, Genova 13- 

16 June 2011 - Atti: 62. 

18. Johnston V.e., Borsato A. & spötl c., 2011 - interglacial speleothems from Trentino, italy: 

Preliminary dating and stable isotope results. in: European Geosciences Union General 

Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 03-08 th April 2011. Geophysical Research Abstracts: 13. 

19. latella l., Verdari n. & Gobbi M., 2010 - distribution and frequency of cave-dwelling 

terrestrial arthropods in two spatially closed karst areas of the eastern italian Prealps. 

20 th International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Postojna, slovenia, 29 Aug - 03 

september 2010, Abstract Book: 42. 

20. lencioni V. & lanzinger M., 2011 - il Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali: realtà e 

strategie di un museo naturalistico provinciale nel settore della ricerca scientifica. 

Convegno nazionale: “I musei naturalistici degli enti locali: realtà e strategie. In ricordo 

di Sandro Ruffo”. Accademia dei lincei, Roma, 04 May 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 37-38. 

21. lencioni V., Marziali l., & Rossaro B., 2010 - A diversity-based model for chironomids 

in alpine and pre-alpine springs in relation to environmental factors. ASLO-NABS 

International joint Meeting, santa Fe (new Mexico), 06-11 June 2010. Book of Abstracts: 

138. 

22. Pedrini P., Tattoni c., Rizzolli F. & Brambilla M., 2011 - Ricchezza potenziale di specie 

nelle aree agricole del Trentino. Atti del XVI Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia, cervia 

(RA), 22-25 september 2011. in press. 

23. Petti F.M., Bernardi M., Avanzini M. & Ashley-Ross M.A., 2011 - Transition between 

terrestrial-submerged walking and swimming revealed by lower Permian amphibian 

trackways. The Palaeontological Association 55 th Annual Meeting, Book of Abstracts: 72. 

24. Petti F.M., Bernardi M., Todesco R. & Avanzini M., 2011 - Vertebrate palaeontology 

and palaeoenvironment of the lower Rotzo formation (early Jurassic, Trento carbonate 

platform, ne italy). Giornate di Paleontologia SPI 2011, Abstract Volume. 

25. Rossaro B., Boggero A., lencioni V. & Marziali l., 2011 - Additional notes about the revision 

of the genus orthocladius s. str. Van der Wulp, 1874. 18 th International Symposium on 

Chironomidae, Trondheim, norway, 04-06 July 2011 - Book of Abstracts: 41. 

26. spitale d. & M. cantonati 2010 - diversità e distribuzione delle briofite di sorgenti del 

Trentino. in: 20. Congresso dell’Associazione Nazionale Musei Scientifici, Ferrara, italy 

17-19 november 2010, Program and Abstracts Book: 97. 

27. spitale d., cantonati M., scalfi A., lange-Bertalot h., Battistotti M. & Parmesani M., 2011 

- epilithic and epiphytic diatoms of the shores of the largest italian lake investigated in the 

frame of a Project on the adaptive biology of the rhodophyte Bangia atropurpurea (AcesAP 

Project, A2.WP2). 5 th Central European Diatom Meeting (CEDIATOM5), szczecin, 

Poland, 24-27 March 2011 - Book of Abstracts (M. Bąk, A. Witkowski, M. Wroniecki, T. 

Radziejewska, d. Krawczyk, A. Kierzek eds.): 102-103. isBn 978-83-7241—823-4. 

28. spitale d., Guella G., la Rocca n., Angeli n., Moro i., sciuto K., scalfi A. & cantonati 

M., 2011 - coping with desiccation and high irradiance in the eulittoral of a large lake: 

Adaptive biology of the rhodophyte Bangia atropurpurea (Ace-sAP Project, A2.WP2). 

10 th International Conference of the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society. 

siena (italy). 13-15June 2011. Program & Abstracts book (s. loiselle & M. Munawar eds.) 

P.08: 76. 

29. Tenan s., Girardello M., spina F. & Pedrini P., 2011 - Modellizzazione di trend non lineari: 

il caso dei migratori in transito sulle Alpi italiane. Atti del XVI Convegno Italiano di 

Ornitologia, cervia (RA), 22-25 september 2011.

Posters (without published abstract) 

1. Bonomi c., dorigotti s., Battistotti M.& Galetto M., 2011 - iBse: Think like a scientist! 

poster presented to the Inquire 1st partners meeting - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 

Wakehurst Place , Ardingly, england, uK. 

2. Bonomi c., dorigotti s., Battistotti M. & Galetto M., 2011 - iBse: Think like a scientist: 

planned outcomes and evaluation. Poster presented to the Inquire ‘train the trainers’ 

course. innsbruck university centre, obergurgl Austria, 23-25 June 2011. 

3. Bonomi c., dorigotti s. & Galetto M., 2011 - education at Trento Botanic Gardens. 

poster presented to the Inquire kick off meeting - national Botanic Garden of Belgium, 

Meise, Belgium 20-21 January 2011. 

4. Borsato A., Johnston V.e., Miorandi R., Frisia s. & corradini F., 2011 - dripwater 

hydrochemistry from alpine caves: altitudinal and seasonal variability and implications 

for speleothem studies. in: Karst Record 6, Birmingham, uK, 26-29 th June 2011. 

5. Borsato A., Miorandi R., s. Frisia, i. J. Fairchild & d. K. Richter “long-term drip-rate 

and hydrochemical study at Grotta di ernesto (northern italy) and their implications for 

stalagmite capture of climate changes” Daphne Workshop, innsbruck, 30 June - 02 July 

2010. 

6. Ferretti A., cavalazzi B., Barbieri R. & Todesco R., 2010 - “The colour of the silurian: just 

biopaintings?” in section 26: time-specific facies: the colour and texture of biotic events 

- IPC3-2010, londra. 

7. Filippi R., Ahn y., Brecher h., Thompson l. G., Mark B., Burns P., Gabrielli P., Kyung-in 

huh & lanzinger M., 2010 - “Recent ice area and volume changes of the Kilimanjaro ice 

cap using automatic deM extraction” columbus, oh, IGS workshop 2010. 

8. Johnston V.e., Borsato A., spötl c. & hellstrom J.c., 2011 - early Termination ii inception 

recorded in Trentino speleothems. in: Karst Record 6, Birmingham, uK, 26-29th June 

2011. 

9. Marisa i., Gobbi M., lencioni V. & zanetti A., 2011 - staphylinids richness and traits 

in different habitat typologies of stelvio national park (Trentino - italy). 26 th Meeting 

Staphylinidae, Verona, 02-04 June 2011. 

10. Probert R., carasso V., hay F.R., Mondoni A., Mucciarelli M. & Vandelook F., 2010 - does 

slow germination have to mean the presence of dormancy? seed ecoloGy 3 - The 3 rd 

international meeting on seeds and the environment, salt lake city, utah, usA, 17-24 

June 2010. 

Congress attendances 

1. “Congresso sulle classificazioni”, università di Padova, centro di Ricerca in storia e 

Filosofia delle scienze, 13-15 october 2011. 

2. “Dolomiti paesaggi in rete” STEP, Trento, 03 december 2010. 

3. “Etnoarcheologia dei paesaggi montani” summer school di APsAT (Ambiente e 

Paesaggi dei siti d’Altura del Trentino) s.Michele all’Adige (Tn), 08 July 2010. 

4. 10 th International Conference of the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society. 

siena (italy). 13-15 June 2011. 

5. 11 th International Ichnofabric Workshop - Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MuJA), 

colunga, spain, 01 st -05th July 2011. 

6. 18 th Symposium of the International Association for Cyanophyte Research - České 

Budějovice, czech republic, Book of Abstracts: 13. 15 th -20 th August 2010 

7. Bioweek 2010, Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali, 19-22 May 2010. 


8. 24 th International Congress of Conservation Biology - edmonton, canada, 02-07 July 

2010. 

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9. 26 th Meeting internazionale sui Coleotteri Staphylinidae, Verona, 02-04 June 2011. 

10. 55 th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Plymouth, uK, 17-20 december 

2011. 

11. 5 th Central European Diatom Meeting (CEDIATOM5), szczecin, Poland, 24-27 March 

2011. 

12. 7 th International Triassic Field Workshop (Pan-European Correlation of the Triassic) 

Dolomites Field trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Tethyan Triassic - iPc3- 

2010, londra, 2010 

13. 7 th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS7), “Freshwater ecosystems- 

challenges between conservation and management under global change”, Girona 

(spagna), 26 June - 01 July 2011. 

14. ACE_SAP Annual Project Meeting. sperimentarea, Rovereto, 05 september 2011. 

15. ACE-SAP 3 rd Annual General Meeting, Mt. zugna (Tn), 19-20 May 2010. 

16. ANMS, 20° Congresso: I musei delle scienze e la biodiversità. In ricordo di Sandro Ruffo. 

Ferrara, 17-19 november 2010. 

17. ASLO-NABS International joint Meeting, santa Fe (new Mexico, usA), 06-11 June 2010. 

18. Botanic Gardens and biodiversity at the 200 anniversary Ljubljana Botanic Gardens, 

lubiana, slovenia, 13-16 May 2010. 

19. Central European Diatom Meeting, CEDIATOM4, island of Reichenau - lake constance, 

Germany, 12-14 March 2010. 

20. Climaticamente Trentino 2011, 06-09 september 2011. 

21. Meeting annuale Commissione Italiana Ornitologica. segnalazione 2010, Aggiornamento, 

Validazioni, Metodi e check lisk, isPRA Bologna, 15 April 2011. 

22. congresso “Conservazione ex situ con illustrazione di esperienze di reintroduzione”, 

Banca del Germoplasma dell’orto Botanico “selva di Gallignano”, università politecnica 

delle Marche, Gallignano, Ancona, 23 April 2010. 

23. congresso dell’Associazione nazionale Musei scientifici, Ferrara (italy) 17-19 november 

2010. 

24. convegno “Cartografia e geografia” IASMA, san Michele all’Adige (Tn). 02 december 

2010. 

25. convegno “Dalle Ande alle Alpi: genti di montagna in difesa dell’acqua”, 22 July 2010. 

26. convegno “Dolomiti: dalla storia geologica alla storia umana”, Fiera di Primiero 09 


27. convegno “Gestione integrata della Natura 2000, i contributi dei progetti LIFE+ al tutela 

della Biodiversità” univ. di Mantova - Bosco della Fontana, 18 May 2011. 

28. convegno “Ghiacciai, quale futuro”, Roma, 15 october 2010. 

29. convegno “I musei naturalistici degli enti locali: realtà e strategie”. - Accademia 

nazionale dei lincei, Roma, 04 May 2011. 

30. convegno “Parco Lagorai. Vale la pena pensarci?” Borgo Valsugana, 26-27 november 

2010. 

31. convegno Comitato Glaciologico Trentino della SAT. conferenza “metodo di costruzione 

del Report annuale attività glaciologica: analisi e risultati. dati generali su Gruppo del 

Brenta e Val di sole”. Trento. 04 december 2010. 

32. convegno scientifico “Cambiamenti climatici e montagna: quale futuro dopo 

Copenaghen”. Fondazione cassa di Risparmio Trento e Rovereto, 04 May 2010. 

33. convegno Settimana dei mammiferi, Milano, november 2010. 

34. introduction to capture-recapture models applied to animal populations conservation 

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35. Daphne Workshop, innsbruck, 30 June - 02 July 2010. 

36. Finse Research Workshop 2010, norway, 26-27 April 2010. 

37. First annual meeting of the European Botanic Gardens Consortium, lubiana, 15 May 

2010. 

38. First annual meeting of the European Botanic Gardens Consortium, silesian Botanical 

Garden, Katowice, Poland, 21 May 2011 

39. Functional significance of mountain biodiversity, 2nd International GMBA-DIVERSITAS 

Conference Chandolin (Valais), switzerland, 26-30th July 2010. 

40. Geoitalia 2011, Forum italiano di scienze della Terra, Torino, 19-23 september 2011. 

41. Global Change and the World’s Mountains, Perth, scotland, uK, 26-30 september 2010. 

42. IGS workshop 2010, columbus, oh, 2010. 

43. il patrimonio geologico e la ricerca scientifica: buone pratiche a confronto nei Geoparchi 

e nelle Aree Protette. 10 Convegno Geoparchi SIGEA, GEOFLUID 2010, Piacenza, 09 

october 2010. 

44. Incontro annuale del Gruppo Orti Botanici e Giardini storici - sBi - university of Genova 

centro universitario di servizi Giardini Botanici hanbury, la Mortola di Ventimiglia, 28 

May 2010. 

45. Incontro PAT ed Enti locali a Levico Terme su Salamandra atra aurorae, priorità di 

conservazione della popolazione trentina e nell’Altopiano dei Sette Comuni, February 

2011. 

46. inquire 2nd partners meeting - Botanika Rhododensdron Park, universitaet Bremen, 

schulbioloziecentrum hanover, Brema and hannover, Germany, 24-28 september 2011. 

47. Interpretazione Ambientale negli Orti Botanici e Nelle Aree Protette d’Italia. Villa 

carlotta, Tremezzo, como, 07-08-09 november 2011. 

48. IPC3-2010, londra, 2010. 

49. Management Board meeting innsbruck, 27-30 november 2011. 

50. Management Board meeting london, 02-03 september 2011. 

51. Meeting “Green Paper, Towards a common strategic Frame Work for eu Research and 

innovation Funding”, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, 18 April 2011. 

52. Meeting Farmland Bird index - MiTo, Torrile liPu, incontro annuale di programmazione 

e aggiornamento sui metodi e analisi della Banca dati MiTo nazionale. 11-12 March 

2011. 

53. Meeting oRniTho incontro di programmazione e di aggiornamento sulla Banca dati 

ornitho.it, Atlante nidificanti e svernanti 2011 - Bologna ozzano dell’emilia isPRA, 03 

April 2011; 24 september 2011. 

54. North American Benthological Society (NABS), 2011 Annual Meeting, Providence, 

Rhode island, usA, 22-26 May 2011. 

55. Ornitho.it - Meeting nazionale Roma, 17 november 2010. 


56. Plenary session - Bioindication - chairs: Marco cantonati, luc ector. 5th Central European 

Diatom Meeting (CEDIATOM5), szczecin, Poland, 24-27 March 2011. (4 hours). 

57. Progetto ALPI, Meeting annuale, Museo civico di storia naturale di Verona, 14 June 

2010. 

58. Riunione Annuale del gruppo Orti Botanici e giardini storici della Società Botanica 

Italiana. Parma, 16 April 2011. 

59. Scientific Meeting oft he Section Phycology of the German Botanical Society (DBG) e.V., 

island of Reichenau - lake constance, Germany, 14-17 March 2010. 

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60. Second annual meeting of the European Botanic Gardens Consortium, Palermo, 03 

december 2010. 

61. Second annual meeting of the European Botanic Gardens consortium, national Botanic 

Gardens of Belgium, Meise, Belgium, 21 May 2011. 

62. Seed Ecology 3 - The 3 rd international meeting on seeds and the environment, salt lake 

city, utah, usA, 17-24 June 2010. 

63. Bayesian Population Analysis using WinBuGs, swiss ornithological institute, sempach, 

switzerland. February 2011. 

64. Symposium Impact of envitomental change on birds in alpine enviroments. Viii eou 

congress, Riga (lV), 27-30 August 2011. 

65. Bayesian capture-Recapture Workshop; university of st Andrews, st Andrews, uK, 

university of Reading, Reading, uK, Practical Bayesian data Analysis. February 2011. 

66. VII assemblea annuale di RIBES - Rete italiana Banche del Germoplasma per la 

conservazione ex situ della flora italiana spontanea. Giardino botanico Michele Tenore, 

Parco nazionale della Majella, lama dei Peligni (ch), 09 April 2011. 

67. VII European Conference on Ecological Modelling, Riva del Garda (Tn), 30 May - 02 

June 2011. 

68. VIII EOU Congress, Riga (LV), 27-30 August 2011. 

69. Workshop “Clima”, in occasione del Trento Film Festival, cassa di Risparmio di Trento e 

Rovereto, 04 May 2010. 

70. Workshop Annuale Progetto AlPi, isPRA. Bologna, 13 June 2011. 

71. Workshop nazionale: la Reintroduzione delle Piante, problematiche e prospettive. 

Milano, Palazzo della Regione, 26 november 2010. 

72. Workshop on cassian Beds, Bolzano, 28-29 July 2011. 

73. Workshop PAT/MTsn inerente il “Progetto liFe+ “Rete ecologica Trentino”, servizio 

conservazione della natura e Valorizzazione Ambientale PAT, Trento 6 May 2011. 

74. Workshop “GnewArchaeology-Free/libre software, open data and open Knowledge 

in Archaeology”. Ferrara 13-14 october 2011. 

75. XI Giornate di Paleontologia della Società Paleontologica Italiana, serpiano (Ti-ch), 02- 

04 June 2011. 

76. XVI Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia, cervia (RA), 22-25 september 2011. 

77. XXIII Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia, Genova, 13-16 June 2011. 

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national collaborations (2010-2011) in italy 

Agreements (with financial support) 18 

Memorandum of understanding (without financial support) 3 

Partnerships 10 

other collaborations (co-authorship, free consultancies, etc.) 20 

total 51 

agreements 

1. Agenzia Provinciale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente, Trento 

2. comune di Trento, Trento 

3. Fondazione Bruno Kessler, lab. optical Metrology - 3doM, Trento 

4. Museo Pigorini, laboratorio Archeozoologia, Roma 

5. Parco naturale Adamello-Brenta, ufficio Tecnico Ambientale, strembo, Trento 

6. Parco nazionale dello stelvio, cogolo, Trento 

7. PAT, dip. Agricoltura, servizio Vigilanza e Agricoltura, Trento 

8. PAT, dip. Foreste e Montagna, Trento 

9. PAT, servizio conservazione della natura e valorizzazione ambientale, Trento 

10. soprintendenza Beni culturali Regione Puglia, Bari 

11. università di Firenze, dip. Genetica, Firenze 

12. università di Pavia, dip. di scienze della Terra e dell’Ambiente, Pavia 

13. università di Trento, centro interdipartimentale per la Biologia integrata (ciBio), Bioorganic 

chemistry lab and lab of Microbial Genomics, Trento 

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Padova 

Bolzano 

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Bologna 

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collaborations: the research national network 

15. università del salento cedAd, dip. di ingegneria dell’innovazione, centro di datazione 

e diagnostica, lecce 

16. università della calabria, dip. di ecologia, Rende, cosenza 

17. università di Ferrara, dip. Biologia ed evoluzione, Ferrara 

18. università di Roma la sapienza, dip. Antropologia, Roma 

memorandum of understanding 

1. istituto per lo studio degli ecosistemi - cnR, sezione di idrobiologia, Verbania, Pallanza 

2. università degli studi di Milano, dip. di Protezione dei sistemi Agroalimentare e urbano 

e Valorizzazione delle Biodiversità (diPsA), Milano 

3. università degli studi di Milano, Facoltà di agraria, sede di edolo, Brescia 

Partnerships 

1. distretto del Porfido e delle Pietre trentine, Trento 

2. Fondazione edmund Mach, Biodiversity and Molecular ecology dept., Trento 

3. istituto superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (isPRA), centro italiano di 

inanellamento, ozzano dell’emilia, Bologna 

4. Museo di scienze naturali dell’Alto Adige, Bolzano 

5. università Bicocca, dip. di scienze dell’ambiente e del territorio, Milano, 

6. università degli studi di Milano, dip. scienze della Terra, Milano 

7. università di Bologna, Facoltà di economia, Bologna 

8. università di Padova, dip. di Biologia, laboratorio di Algologia, Padova 

9. università di Trento, Facoltà di economia, Trento 

10. università Ferrara, dip. scienze della Terra, Ferrara 

other collaborations 

1. coRA Ricerche Archeologiche snc, Trento 

2. Fondazione lombardia per l’Ambiente, seveso, Milano 

3. istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque, cnR-iRsA, Brugherio, Milano 

4. Museo civico di Rovereto, sezione di Botanica, Rovereto, Trento 

5. Museo civico di storia naturale di Verona, Verona 

6. PAT, soprintendenza dei Beni Archivistici, librari e Archeologici, Trento 

7. Regione emilia-Romagna, direzione Generale Ambiente e difesa del suolo e della 

costa, servizio Geologico, sismico e dei suoli, Bologna 

8. servizio Geologico P.A.T., dip. Protezione civile PAT, Trento 

9. studio di Architettura K.n. Kompatscher, Bolzano 

10. università degli studi dell’insubria, dip. di Biologia strutturale e Funzionale, Varese 

11. università degli studi di Milano, dip. di Biologia, Milano 

12. università degli studi di Trento, dip. di Filosofia, storia e Beni culturali, Trento 

13. università degli studi di Trento, dip. di ingegneria dei Materiali, Trento 

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15. università del Piemonte orientale, dip. di scienze dell’Ambiente e della Vita, Alessandria 

16. università dell’Aquila, dip. di scienze Ambientali, l’Aquila 

17. università di Bologna, dip. di scienze della Terra, Bologna 

18. università di Parma, dip. di scienze Ambientali, Parma 

19. università di Torino, dip. di Biologia Animale, laboratorio di ecologia, Torino 

20. università di Venezia & idPA-cnR, dip. di scienze Ambientali, Belluno 

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Agreements (with financial support) 2 

Partnerships 26 

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total 48 

Agreements 

1. Foundation conservation international, Washington dc, usA 

2. Wildlife conservation society, dar es salaam, Tanzania 

Partnerships 

1. Bordeaux Botanic Garden, Bordeaux, France 

2. Botanic Gardens conservation international, Richmond, uK 

3. Botanika Gmbh, Rhododendron Park, Bremen, Germany 

4. eTh zurigo, zurigo, svizzera 

5. German Primate center (dPz), Reproductive Biology unit, Gene Bank of Primates and 

Primate Genetics laboratory, Goettingen, Germany 

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6. King´s college london, dept. of education & Professional studies, london, uK 

7. M.V. lomonosov Moscow state university, Botanic Garden, Moscow, Russia 

8. national Botanic Garden of Belgium, education dept., Meise, Belgium 

9. Royal Botanic Garden, education dept., Madrid, spain 

10. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, education dept., Richmond, uK 

11. school Biology centre, hanover, Germany 

12. smithsonian institution national history Museum Washington, Washington, usA 

13. Tanzania national Parks, Tanzania 

14. univerisity Bristol, earth science dept., Bristol, uK 

15. university innsbruck, Geology dept., innsbruck, Austria 

16. university of Alcala, Real Jardín Botánico Juan carlos i, Alcala de hernares, spain 

17. university of Bremen, instiutute of Biology education, Bremen, Germany 

18. university of california, Berkley, usA 

19. university of coimbra, Botanic Garden, coimbra, Portugal 

20. university of dar es salaam, dept. of zoology and dept. of Botany, Tanzania 

21. university of innsbruck, institute of Botany, Botanic Garden, Green school, innsbruck, 

Austria 

22. university of lisbon, Botanic Garden, lisbon, Portugal 

23. university of Manchester, Manchester institute of science innovation Research of innovation 

Businnes school, Manchester, uK 

24. university of oslo, natural history Museum Botanic Garden, dept. of exhibitions and 

public services, oslo, norway 

25. university of Plimouth, school of earth, ocean and environmental sciences, Plimouth, 

uK 

26. university of sofia, Botanic Gardens dept., sofia, Bulgaria 

other collaborations 

1. centre For ecology & hydrology, oxford, uK 

2. Karakorum international univerity, Gilgit, Pakistan 

3. national Museum & Galleries, Biodiversity, cardiff, uK 

4. Polish Academy of sciences, institute of Botany, Algology dept., Krakow, Polonia 

5. The natural history Museum, Botany dept., diatom lab, london, uK 

6. universidad nacional de educación a distancia, Group of Biology and environmetal 

Toxicology, Madrid, spagna 

7. universitè de Toulouse le Mirail, cnRs laboratoire Traces, Tolosa, Francia 

8. university of Brno, dept. of Botany and zoology, Brno, czech Republic 

9. university of Frankfurt, Botany institute, Germany 

10. university of Girona, dept. of environmental sciences, Girona, spain 

11. university of helsinki, dept. of environmental sciences, Aquatic community ecology 

Group, helsinki, Finland 

12. university of innsbruck, ecology institute, innsbruck, Austria 

13. university of innsbruck, Botany institute, hydrobotany, innsbruck, Austria 

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14. university of newcastle, earth science dept., newcastle, Australia 

15. university of olomouc, dept. of Botany, Phycology, olomouc, czech Republic 

16. university of south Bohemia, ceske Budejowice, czech Republic 

17. univerity of science and Tecnology, dept. of Biology, Trondeheim, norway 

18. university of Tübingen, Germany 

19. university of zürich, institute of Botany, Phycology, switzerland 

20. WWF - Pakistan, nli colony, shahrh-e-Quaid-i-Azam, Jutial, Gilgit, Pakistan 

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