Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology

Selected research products

There You Are! Automated Detection of Indris’ Songs on Features Extracted from Passive Acoustic Recordings
2023-01-01 Ravaglia, Davide; Ferrario, Valeria; De Gregorio, Chiara; Carugati, Filippo; Raimondi, Teresa; Cristiano, Walter; Torti, Valeria; Hardenberg, Achaz Von; Ratsimbazafy, Jonah; Valente, Daria; Giacoma, Cristina; Gamba, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1886058

Notes on a tree: reframing the relevance of primate choruses, duets, and solo songs
2022-01-01 De Gregorio, Chiara; Carugati, Filippo; Valente, Daria; Raimondi, Teresa; Torti, Valeria; L. Miaretsoa; Gamba, Marco; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1834499

Parent-offspring turn-taking dynamics influence parents’ song structure and elaboration in a singing primate
2022-01-01 Chiara De Gregorio, Anna Zanoli, Filippo Carugati, Teresa Raimondi , Daria Valente , Valeria Torti , https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1876958

Evidence for acoustic discrimination in lemurs: a playback study on wild indris (Indri indri)
2022-01-01 Spezie, Giovanni; Torti, Valeria; Bonadonna, Giovanna; De Gregorio, Chiara; Valente, Daria; Giacoma, Cristina; Gamba, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1857980

First evidence of contagious yawning in a wild lemur
2022-01-01 Valente, Daria; Torti, Valeria; De Gregorio, Chiara; Gamba, Marco; Carugati, Filippo; Miaretsoa, Longondraza; Pavoni, Francesca; Raimondi, Teresa; Ratsimbazafy, Jonah; Giacoma, Cristina; Norscia, Ivan https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1884422

Comparative Analysis of the Vocal Repertoires of the Indri (Indri indri) and the Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)
2022-01-01 Valente, Daria; Miaretsoa, Longondraza; Anania, Alessio; Costa, Francesco; Mascaro, Alessandra; Raimondi, Teresa; De Gregorio, Chiara; Torti, Valeria; Friard, Olivier; Ratsimbazafy, Jonah; Giacoma, Cristina; Gamba, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1857639

Feeding Ecology and Regurgitation/Reingestion Behavior of the Critically Endangered Indri indri in the Maromizaha Protected Area, Eastern Madagascar
2022-01-01 Rose Marie Randrianarison; Meredith Lutz; Valeria Torti; Chia Tan; Giovanna Bonadonna; Blanchard Randrianambinina; Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona; Harison Rabarison; Longondraza Miaretsoa; Nianja Jemisa Rarojoson; Chiara De Gregorio; Daria Valente; Marco Gamba; Jonah Ratsimbazafy; Cristina Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1883583

Marking Versus Overmarking: Spatial and Behavioral Patterns of Scent Marking in Wild Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)
2022-01-01 Miaretsoa L.; Cascella A.; Vadala L.; Valente D.; De Gregorio C.; Torti V.; Norscia I.; Ratsimbazafy J.; Friard O.; Giacoma C.; Gamba M. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1858575

Born to sing! Song development in a singing primate
2021-01-01 Chiara De Gregorio, Filippo Carugati, Vittoria Estienne, Daria Valente, Teresa Raimondi, Valeria Torti, L. Miaretsoa, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Marco Gamba, Cristina Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1780295

Fungal Patterns from Soils in Madagascar: an Insight from Maromizaha Forest (Evergreen Humid Forest) to Outside (Deciduous Forest)
2021-01-01 Ghignone S.; Zampieri E.; Tinti F.; Torti V.; Giacoma C.; Mello A. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1857478

Sex and age-specific survival and life expectancy in a free ranging population of Indri indri (Gmelin, 1788)
2021-01-01 Rolle F.; Torti V.; Valente D.; De Gregorio C.; Giacoma C.; Von Hardenberg A. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1801373

Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates
2021-01-01 Kavanagh, Eithne; Street, Sally E.; Angwela, Felix O.; Bergman, Thore J.; Blaszczyk, Maryjka B.; Bolt, Laura M.; Briseño-Jaramillo, Margarita; Brown, Michelle; Chen-Kraus, Chloe; Clay, Zanna; Coye, Camille; Thompson, Melissa Emery; Estrada, Alejandro; Fichtel, Claudia; Fruth, Barbara; Gamba, Marco; Giacoma, Cristina; Graham, Kirsty E.; Green, Samantha; Grueter, Cyril C.; Gupta, Shreejata; Gustison, Morgan L.; Hagberg, Lindsey; Hedwig, Daniela; Jack, Katharine M.; Kappeler, Peter M.; King-Bailey, Gillian; Kuběnová, Barbora; Lemasson, Alban; Inglis, David MacGregor; Machanda, Zarin; MacIntosh, Andrew; Majolo, Bonaventura; Marshall, Sophie; Mercier, Stephanie; Micheletta, Jérôme; Muller, Martin; Notman, Hugh; Ouattara, Karim; Ostner, Julia; Pavelka, Mary S. M.; Peckre, Louise R.; Petersdorf, Megan; Quintero, Fredy; Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel; Robbins, Martha M.; Salmi, Roberta; Schamberg, Isaac; Schülke, Oliver; Semple, Stuart; Silk, Joan B.; Sosa-Lopéz, J. Roberto; Torti, Valeria; Valente, Daria; Ventura, Raffaella; van de Waal, Erica; Weyher, Anna H.; Wilke, Claudia; Wrangham, Richard; Young, Christopher; Zanoli, Anna; Zuberbühler, Klaus; Lameira, Adriano R.; Slocombe, Katie https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1795275

Linguistic laws of brevity: conformity in Indri indri
2021-01-01 Valente, Daria; De Gregorio, Chiara; Favaro, Livio; Friard, Olivier; Miaretsoa, L.; Raimondi, Teresa; Ratsimbazafy, Jonah; Torti, Valeria; Zanoli, Anna; Giacoma, Cristina; Gamba, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1780301

I Like the Way You Eat It: Lemur (Indri indri) Gut Mycobiome and Geophagy
2021-01-01 Borruso, Luigimaria; Checcucci, Alice; Torti, Valeria; Correa, Federico; Sandri, Camillo; Luise, Daine; Cavani, Luciano; Modesto, Monica; Spiezio, Caterina; Mimmo, Tanja; Cesco, Stefano; Di Vito, Maura; Bugli, Francesca; Randrianarison, Rose M.; Gamba, Marco; Rarojoson, Nianja J.; Zaborra, Cesare Avesani; Mattarelli, Paola; Trevisi, Paolo; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1768012

Disentangling the Possible Drivers of Indri indri Microbiome: A Threatened Lemur Species of Madagascar
2021-01-01 Correa F.; Torti V.; Spiezio C.; Checcucci A.; Modesto M.; Borruso L.; Cavani L.; Mimmo T.; Cesco S.; Luise D.; Randrianarison R.M.; Gamba M.; Rarojoson N.J.; Sanguinetti M.; Di Vito M.; Bugli F.; Mattarelli P.; Trevisi P.; Giacoma C.; Sandri C. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1800976

Categorical rhythms in a singing primate
2021-01-01 De Gregorio, Chiara; Valente, Daria; Raimondi, Teresa; Torti, Valeria; Miaretsoa Longondraza; Friard, Olivier; Giacoma, Cristina; Ravignani, Andrea; Gamba, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1817536

Insights into an endemic medicinal plant species of Madagascar: The case of famelona (Chrysophyllum boivinianum (Pierre) Baehni)
2020-01-01 Rakotoniaina E.; Donno D.; Randriamampionona D.; Andriamaniraka H.; Soifoini T.; Ramonta I.; Solo N.; Torti V.; Giacoma C.; Beccaro G.L. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1730240

SEXUAL DIMORPHIC CHORUSING IN THE WILD INDRIS
2020-01-01 Valeria Torti; Daria Valente; Chiara De Gregorio; Anna Zanoli; L. Miaretsoa; Cristina Giacoma; Marco Gamba https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1736938

DOMINANCE STYLE AND VOCAL COMMUNICATION IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES
2020-01-01 Katie Slocombe; Eithne Kavanagh; Sally Street; Felix O. Angwela; Thore J. Bergman; Maryjka B. Blaszczyk; Laura M. Bolt; Margarita Briseño-Jaramillo; Michelle Brown; Chloe Chen-Kraus; Zanna Clay; Camille Coye; Melissa Emery Thompson; Alejandro Estrada; Barbara Fruth; Claudia Fichtel; Marco Gamba; Cristina Giacoma; Kirsty E. Graham; Samantha Green; Cyril Grueter; Shreejata Gupta; Morgan L. Gustiso; Lindsey Hagberg; Daniela Hedwig; Katharine M. Jack; Peter M. Kappeler; Gillian King-Bailey; Barbora Kuběnová; Alban Lemasson; David Macgregor Inglis; Zarin Machanda; Andrew Macintosh; Bonaventura Majolo; Sophie Marshall; Stephanie Mercier; Jérôme Micheletta; Martin Muller; Hugh Notman; Karim Ouattara; Julia Ostnera; Mary Sm Pavelka; Louise R. Peckre; Megan Petersdorf; Fredy Quintero; Gabriel Ramos- Fernández; Martha M. Robbins; Roberta Salmi; Isaac Schamberg; Oliver Schülke; Stuart Semple; Joan B. Silk; J. Roberto Sosa-Lopéz; Valeria Torti; Daria Valente; Raffaella Ventura; Erica Van De Waal; Anna H. Weyher; Claudia Wilke; Richard Wrangham; Christopher Young; Anna Zanoli; Klaus Zuberbühler; Adriano Lameira. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1736940

From whispers to howling cries: Sound production and perception in nonhuman primates
2020-01-01 TORTI VALERIA https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1787597

Phytochemical characterization of traditional villagers’ remedies in Madagascar: Brachylaena ramiflora decoctions and infusions
2020-01-01 Beccaro G.L.; Donno D.; Randriamampionona D.; Torti V.; Andriamaniraka H.; Mellano M.G.; Giacoma C. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1730226

Intra- and Intergroup Spatial Dynamics of a Pair-Living Singing Primate, Indri indri: A Multiannual Study of Three Indri Groups in Maromizaha Forest, Madagascar
2020-01-01 Bonadonna, Giovanna; Zaccagno, Michele; Torti, Valeria; Valente, Daria; De Gregorio, Chiara; Randrianarison, Rose Marie; Tan, Chia; Gamba, Marco; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729015

Ethnobotany in the Maromizaha’s protected area: Malagasy medicinal plants as source of phytochemicals for human health
2020-01-01 Beccaro G.L.; Roman A.; Donno D.; Torti V.; Mellano M.G.; Giacoma C. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1730222

Sexually dimorphic phrase organization in the song of the indris (Indri indri)
2020-01-01 Zanoli, Anna; De Gregorio, Chiara; Valente, Daria; Torti, Valeria; Bonadonna, Giovanna; Randrianarison, Rose Marie; Giacoma, Cristina; Gamba, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1736268

Song structure and sex-specific features in the indris
2019-01-01 Gamba, Marco; Valente, Daria; De Gregorio, Chiara; Zanoli, Anna; Randrianarison, Rose Marie; Torti, Valeria; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1702782

First ethnobotanical inventory and phytochemical analysis of plant species used by indigenous people living in the Maromizaha forest, Madagascar
2019-01-01 Isidoro Riondato, Dario Donno, Alessandro Roman, Vahinalahaja Eliane Razafintsalama, Thomas Petit, Maria Gabriella Mellano, Valeria Torti, Marta De Biaggi, Ernest Naivonirina Rakotoniaina, Cristina Giacoma, Gabriele Loris Beccaro https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1684523

Evidence of genetic monogamy in the lemur Indri (Indri indri)
2019-01-01 Bonadonna, Giovanna; Torti, Valeria; Gregorio, Chiara; Valente, Daria; Randrianarison, Rose Marie; Pozzi, Luca; Gamba, Marco; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1704214

Finding Meanings in Low Dimensional Structures: Stochastic Neighbor Embedding Applied to the Analysis of Indri indri Vocal Repertoire
2019-01-01 Valente, Daria; De Gregorio, Chiara; Torti, Valeria; L. Miaretsoa; Friard, Olivier; Randrianarison, Rose Marie; Giacoma, Cristina; Gamba, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1702239

Female indris determine the rhythmic structure of the song and sustain a higher cost when the chorus size increases
2019-01-01 De Gregorio, Chiara; Zanoli, Anna; Valente, Daria; Torti, Valeria; Bonadonna, Giovanna; Randrianarison, Rose Marie; Giacoma, Cristina; Gamba, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1688263

PRIMATE SONGS AND THEIR RELEVANCE IN THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION
2018-01-01 Gamba Marco, Torti Valeria, Miaretsoa Longondraza, Valente Daria, De Gregorio Chiara, Tubito Martina, Zarantonello Martina, Bianco Vittorio L., Favaro Livio, Friard Olivier, Giacoma Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1703245

Insights into an endemic medicinal plant species of Madagascar and Comoros: The case of Famelona (Chrysophyllum boivinianum (Pierre) Baehni, Sapotaceae family)
2018-01-01 Rakotoniaina, E.N.; Donno, D.*; Randriamampionona, D.; Harinarivo, H.L.; Andriamaniraka, H.; Solo, N.R.; Soifoini, T.; Torti, V.; Rabemanantsoa, C.; Andrianjara, C.; Ratsimiala, I.R.; Giacoma, C.; Beccaro, G.L. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1671265

Call and be counted! Can we reliably estimate the number of callers in the indri's (Indri indri) song?
2018-01-01 Valeria Torti; Daria Valente; Chiara De Gregorio; Carlo Comazzi; Longondraza Miaretsoa; Jonah Ratsimbazafy; Cristina Giacoma; Marco Gamba https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1678145

PHYTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BRACHYLAENA RAMIFLORA (DC.) HUMBERT DECOCTIONS AND INFUSIONS
2017-01-01 Dario, Donno; Denis, Randriamampionona; Valeria, Torti; Daniela, Antonacci; Harilala, Andriamaniraka; Alessando Kim, Cerutti; Maria Gabriella, Mellano; Cristina, Giacoma; Gabriele Loris, Beccaro https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1634935

Insights into an endemic medicinal plant species of Madagascar: the case of famelona (Chrysophyllum boivinianum (Pierre) Baehni)
2017-01-01 E. Rakotoniaina, D. Donno, D. Randriamapionona, H. Andriamaniraka, T. Soifoini, I. Ramonta, N. R .Solo, V. Torti, C. Giacoma, G. L. Beccaro https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1651790

Biodiversity and traditional medicinal plants from Madagascar: Phytochemical evaluation of Brachylaena ramiflora (DC.) Humbert decoctions and infusions
2017-01-01 Donno, Dario; Randriamampionona, Denis; Andriamaniraka, Harilala; Torti, Valeria; Mellano, Maria Gabriella; Giacoma, Cristina; Beccaro, GABRIELE LORIS https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1645880

An intra-population analysis of the indris' song dissimilarity in the light of genetic distance
2017-01-01 Torti, Valeria; Bonadonna, Giovanna; De Gregorio, Chiara; Valente, Daria; Randrianarison, Rose Marie; Friard, Olivier; Pozzi, Luca; Gamba, Marco; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1647889

Ethnobotany in the Maromizaha's protected area: Malagasy medicinal plants as source of phytochemicals for human health
2017-01-01 G. L Beccaro, A. Roman, D. Donno, V. Torti, M.G. Mellano, C. Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1651792

Phytochemical characterization of traditional villagers remedies in Madagascar: Brachylaena ramiflora decoctions and infusions
2017-01-01 Beccaro, GABRIELE LORIS; Donno, Dario; Randriamampionona, D.; Torti, Valeria; Andriamaniraka, H.; Mellano, Maria Gabriella; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1651791

Territory exclusivity and intergroup encounters in the indris (Mammalia: Primates: Indridae: Indri indri) upon methodological tuning
2017-01-01 G. BONADONNA; V. TORTI; V. SORRENTINO; R. M. RANDRIANARISON; M. ZACCAGNO; M. GAMBA; C. L. TAN; C. GIACOMA https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1636283

Phytochemical characterization of Brachylaena ramiflora (DC.) Humbert decoctions and infusions
2016-01-01 Donno, D.; Randriamampionona, D.; Torti, V.; Antonacci, D.; Andriamaniraka, H.; Cerutti, A.K.; Mellano, M.G.; Giacoma, C.; Beccaro, G.L. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1564256

The Indris Have Got Rhythm! Timing and Pitch Variation of a Primate Song Examined between Sexes and Age Classes
2016-01-01 Gamba, Marco; Torti, Valeria; Estienne, Vittoria; Randrianarison, Rose M.; Valente, Daria; Rovara, Paolo; Bonadonna, Giovanna; Friard, Olivier; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1566587

Singing primates e evoluzione della musica.
2015-01-01 Marco Gamba; Valeria Torti; Davide Iannitti https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/145786

Comparative Analysis of the Vocal Repertoire of Eulemur: A Dynamic Time Warping Approach
2015-01-01 Gamba, Marco; Friard, Olivier; Riondato, Isidoro; Righini, Roberta; Colombo, Camilla; Miaretsoa, Longondraza; Torti, Valeria; Nadhurou, Bakri; Giacoma, Cristina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1529037

Overlapping And Synchronization In The Song Of The Indris (Indri indri)
2014-01-01 Gamba M; Torti V; Bonadonna G; Guzzo G; Giacoma C https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/143748

Behavioral correlates of extra-pair copulation in Indri indri
2014-01-01 Giovanna Bonadonna; Valeria Torti; Rose Marie Randrianarison; Nicole Martinet; Marco Gamba; Cristina Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/138580

Maromizaha: Conservation and Community Involvement
2013-01-01 Marco Gamba; Rose Marie Randrianarison; Valeria Torti; Giancarlo Bounous; Cesare Avesani Zaborra; Jonah Ratsimbazafy; Cristina Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/139490

DEMOGRAFIA E DINAMICA DI POPOLAZIONE IN Indri
2013-01-01 MARCO GAMBA; VALERIA TORTI; JONAH RATSIMBAZAFY; ZO H. RABEMANANJARA; ROSE MARIE RANDRIANARISON; VIVIANA SORRENTINO; GIOVANNA BONADONNA; CRISTINA GIACOMA https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/138578

COOPERAZIONE E STAZIONI DI RICERCA IN MADAGASCAR E COMORE: DUE IMPORTANTI STRUMENTI PER ATTUARE PIANI DI CONSERVAZIONE
2013-01-01 CRISTINA GIACOMA; MARCO GAMBA; VALERIA TORTI; MARCO BONATO; EMILIO BALLETTO; DANIELA ANTONACCI; MARIA CHIARA PAIRE; JONAH RATSIMBAZAFY; ROSE MARIE RANDRIANARISON; AHMED OULEDI; KAMALIDDINE AFRAITANE; EUSTACHE MIASA; GABRIELE BECCARO; GIANCARLO BOUNOUS https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/138579

The songs of the indris (Mammalia: Primates: Indridae): contextual variation in the long-distance calls of a lemur
2013-01-01 V. Torti; M. Gamba; Z. H. Rabemananjara; C. Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/139512

SUCCESS AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAROMIZAHA FOREST, MADAGASCAR
2012-01-01 Cristina Giacoma; Jonah Ratsimbazafy; Valeria Torti; Marco Gamba; Giancarlo Bounous; Caterina Spiezio; Cesare Avesani Zaborra; Rose Marie Randrianarison https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/131994

Vocal Tract Modeling Techniques: From Human Voice to Non-Human Primates Vocalizations
2012-01-01 M. Gamba; V. Torti; C. Colombo; C. Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/123406

CHANGES IN THE BEHAVIOURAL AND SINGING PATTERN OF Indri indri IN PLAYBACK EXPERIMENTS
2012-01-01 Giovanna Bonadonna; Valeria Torti; Marco Gamba; Cristina Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/131955

DOES OVERLAPPING CHANGE BETWEEN INDRIS SONGS EMITTED IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS?
2012-01-01 V. Torti; M. Gamba; G. Farris; Z. H. Rabemananjara; C. Giacoma https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/131349

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