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Cristina Vallino
PhD student
Departement of Life Sciences and Systems Biology
University of Turin
e-mail: crisval91@live.it
Skype: crisval91@live.it
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Project:
The study is carried out in two areas with different levels of anthropization.
OBJECTIVE 1: to understand the relationships between food availability and Alpine Chough distribution assessing the presence or absence of phenological mismatch (potentially caused by climate change) between Alpine Chough's key-prey during the reproduction, grasshoppers, and the corvid.
A. altitudinal transects to know the spatio-temporal distribution of grasshoppers
B. telemetry an direct observations of colour ringed individuals to understand the habitat use
C. isotope analysis and barcoding on feathers and faeces to study the diet
OBJECTIVE N.2: to evaluate the effects of human presence and a human-derived food diet
A. ecotoxicology analysis to evaluate the presence of pollutants
B. chemical analysis of food to state the difference in terms of chemical composition between natural and human food
C. body condition measurements
D. direct observations of foraging behaviour with disturbance
PhD student
Departement of Life Sciences and Systems Biology
University of Turin
e-mail: crisval91@live.it
Skype: crisval91@live.it
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristina_Vallino
twitter: https://twitter.com/CristinaVallino
Project:
Climate change, phenology of reproduction and resource availability in alpine birds
The study is carried out in two areas with different levels of anthropization.
OBJECTIVE 1: to understand the relationships between food availability and Alpine Chough distribution assessing the presence or absence of phenological mismatch (potentially caused by climate change) between Alpine Chough's key-prey during the reproduction, grasshoppers, and the corvid.
A. altitudinal transects to know the spatio-temporal distribution of grasshoppers
B. telemetry an direct observations of colour ringed individuals to understand the habitat use
C. isotope analysis and barcoding on feathers and faeces to study the diet
OBJECTIVE N.2: to evaluate the effects of human presence and a human-derived food diet
A. ecotoxicology analysis to evaluate the presence of pollutants
B. chemical analysis of food to state the difference in terms of chemical composition between natural and human food
C. body condition measurements
D. direct observations of foraging behaviour with disturbance
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