Work experiences in wildlife management:

2016-17    Consultancy for Ungulate management, Arezzo province

2013          Up-dating of the General Game Management Plan 2014-2019 of the Bologna Province

2012          Critical evaluation of deer censuses (2007-2012) in the Bologna Province

2011-12    Measures of conservation and management plans for Natura 2000 sites in the Province of Forlì-Cesena (Mammals)

2010          Up-dating of the chapter on Ungulates for the Guidelines for Game Management of the Emilia-Romagna Region

2009-10    Conservation Program for the Italian Red Deer (Mesola Wood), with the University of Siena

2008          Conservation plan for the Roe Deer population of the Gargano National Park (with the Research Unit of Behavioural Ecology, Ethology and Wildlife Management, University of Siena)

2006-07    National Action Plan for the Italian Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus italicus on behalf of the Ministry of Environment (two chapters)

2006-07    Zoological advice for the permanent exhibition on Italian Red Deer in the Castle of Mesola (Ferrara)

2006-07    Management guidelines for Ungulates for the third Game Management Plan of the Province of Bologna

2005          Management guidelines for private hunting estates for the Game Management Plan of the Province of Arezzo

2005          Plan for habitat enhancement for the Roe Deer in the Gargano National Park (University of Siena)

2004          Evaluation of the performance of private hunting estates in game management (province of Arezzo)

2003          Supervision of the reintroduction of Red Deer in the Pollino National Park (with the University of Siena)

2002          Chapter on Red Deer and Fallow Deer for the Ten-year Management Plan of the Gran Bosco della Mesola Nature Reserve (Fe), on behalf of Ministry of Forestry and the National Institute of Game Biology

2001          Plan for habitat enhancement for the Roe Deer in the Pollino National Park (with the University of Siena)

2000          Supervision of the second Game Management Plan of the Province of Bologna

1999-today Member of the Interregional Scientific Commission, responsible for the management of Red Deer in the central Tuscan-Emilian Apennine

1998          Chapter on Birds and Mammals of the preliminary management plan of the Regional Park of Lakes Brasimone and Suviana, province of Bologna

1997-99    Responsible for fauna in the wildlife management of Nature Reserves of the Province of Arezzo (Parks and Reserves Unit, Environment Agency, Arezzo Provincial Administration)

1995-97    Chapter on Ungulates for the Guidelines for Game Management of the Emilia-Romagna Region

1993-94    Supervision of the first Game Management Plan of the Province of Bologna

Work experience in research :

2017-22    Member of the Deer Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission

2014          Description of a new subspecies for the red deer population of Mesola Wood (Cervus elaphus italicus)

2010-16    Research on History of Sciences (the biological thought in 18th century, with particular reference to G.W. Steller and P.S. Pallas)

2007          Member of the Scientific Commitee of the International Congress on genus Cervus

2001-08    Survey on status and distribution of native Roe Deer, Gargano National Park (with the University of Siena)

2000-01    Survey on status and distribution of native Roe Deer, Pollino National Park (with the University of Siena)

1996-today Investigation on morphometric characteristics of Roe Deer and Fallow Deer in the Northern Apennine

1994-today Investigation on biometry, ecology and population dynamics of Red Deer in the Northern Apennine

1992-today Active collaboration with the Research Unit of Behavioural Ecology, Ethology and Wildlife Management, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Siena

1990          Investigation on Sardinian Red Deer Cervus elaphus corsicanus on behalf of WWF Italian Branch

1989-92    Investigation on biometry and reproductive performance of the Wild Boar in Tuscany (provinces of Arezzo, Pisa and Siena)

1986-90    Collaboration in field studies on eco-ethology of Fallow Deer in the Presidential Estate of San Rossore, Pisa (with the National Institute of Game Biology and the University of Pisa

1983-85    Check-list of Mammal species in the summit meadows of Northern Apennine (project of the “Institute of Cultural and Environmental Resources” of the Emilia-Romagna Region)

1982-today Biometry, ecology, genetics and management of the Red Deer of Mesola Wood (Ferrara), the only native of the peninsular Italy

1980-81    Translation into Italian of the Latin treatise De Bestiis Marinis by G.W. Steller (unpublished)

Work experience in teaching :

1989-today Collaboration to teaching activities at University courses(Lectures on Behavioural Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Siena, 2005-07; on Game Management, University of Firenze, Grosseto, 1991; on Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, University of Parma, 1989; on Systematic Zoology, University of Bologna, 1989-92

1988-today Lectures, workshops, training and refresher courses, in zoology, ethology, game management, organised by public and private institutions