Giacomo Santini
Researcher
Department of Biology
University of Firenze
Italy
Biography
Born in Prato on 09/11/1964. Graduated in Biological Sciences in 1989 with the vote of 110 and Lode / 110 at the University of Florence. Ph.D. in Animal Biology (Ethology) in 1994. Holds 2 scholarships for post-doctoral research (1996 and 1997). Since 23/4/1997 he served as Researcher (BIO / 05 week) at the Department of Biology of the University of Florence.
Research Interest
The research activity takes place prevalently in the field of animal ecology, with particular attention to: i) eco-ethology of invertebrates and vertebrates, ii) structure and composition of communities in relation to environmental disturbance, iii) population dynamics in relation habitat and climate change.
Publications
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Frizzi, Filippo; Masoni, Alberto; Çelikkol, Mine; Palchetti, Enrico; Ciofi, Claudio; Chelazzi, Guido; Santini, Giacomo (2017). Serpentine soils affect heavy metal tolerance but not genetic diversity in a common Mediterranean ant. CHEMOSPHERE, vol. 180, pp. 326-334, ISSN: 0045-6535
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Frizzi, Filippo; Bartalesi, Viola; Santini, Giacomo (2017). Combined effects of temperature and interspecific competition on the mortality of the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus: A laboratory study. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY, vol. 65, pp. 76-81, ISSN: 0306-4565
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Masoni, Alberto; Frizzi, Filippo; Brühl, Carsten; Zocchi, Niccolò; Palchetti, Enrico; Chelazzi, Guido; Santini, Giacomo (2017). Management issues: Comparison of ant assemblages in organic and conventional vineyards. AGRICULTURE, ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, vol. 246, pp. 175-183, ISSN: 0167-8809
