Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology

Selected research products

From paper to data: a georeferenced list of prehistoric personal ornaments from the Italian archaeological record
2022-01-01 Melissa Capo; Alessia Monticone; Jorune Sakalauskaite; Francesca Marucco; Beatrice Demarchi https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1851463

Wolf Dispersal Patterns in the Italian Alps and Implications for Wildlife Diseases Spreading
2022-01-01 Marucco, Francesca; Pilgrim, Kristine L.; Avanzinelli, Elisa; Schwartz, Michael K.; Rossi, Luca https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1859463

Integration of modelling and policy: Wolf reproductive-site model for Natura 2000 conservation measures in Italian Alps
2022-01-01 Francesca, Marucco; Elisa, Avanzinelli https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1858798

Ecological correlates of large carnivore depredation on sheep in Europe
2021-01-01 Gervasi V.; Linnell J.D.C.; Berce T.; Boitani L.; Cerne R.; Ciucci P.; Cretois B.; Derron-Hilfiker D.; Duchamp C.; Gastineau A.; Grente O.; Huber D.; Iliopoulos Y.; Karamanlidis A.A.; Kojola I.; Marucco F.; Mertzanis Y.; Mannil P.; Norberg H.; Pagon N.; Pedrotti L.; Quenette P.-Y.; Reljic S.; Salvatori V.; Talvi T.; von Arx M.; Gimenez O. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1804066

Fly fishing no-kill zones: a possible way to conjugate conservation issues, sustainable sport enhancement and local development in Alpine areas?
2021-01-01 Fenoglio Stefano ; Baltieri Marco ; Lo Conte Paolo;Marucco Francesca ; Ruffino Carlo ; Doretto Alberto https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1799542

European agreements for nature conservation need to explicitly address wolf-dog hybridisation
2020-01-01 Salvatori V.; Donfrancesco V.; Trouwborst A.; Boitani L.; Linnell J.D.C.; Alvares F.; Akesson M.; Balys V.; Blanco J.C.; Chiriac S.; Cirovic D.; Groff C.; Guinot-Ghestem M.; Huber D.; Kojola I.; Kusak J.; Kutal M.; Iliopulos Y.; Ionescu O.; Majic Skrbinsek A.; Mannil P.; Marucco F.; Melovski D.; Myslajek R.W.; Nowak S.; Ozolins J.; Rauer G.; Reinhardt I.; Rigg R.; Schley L.; Skrbinsek T.; Svensson L.; Trajce A.; Trbojevic I.; Tzingarska E.; von Arx M.; Ciucci P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770123

Dirofilaria immitis in wolves recolonizing northern Italy: are wolves competent hosts?
2020-01-01 Moroni B.; Rossi L.; Meneguz P.G.; Orusa R.; Zoppi S.; Robetto S.; Marucco F.; Tizzani P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770113

Gastrointestinal helminths of wolves Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 in Piedmont, north-western Italy
2020-01-01 De Macedo M.R.P.; Zanet S.; Bruno S.; Tolosano A.; Marucco F.; Rossi L.; Muller G.; Ferroglio E. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1725561

Unravelling the scientific debate on how to address wolf-dog hybridization in Europe
2019-01-01 Donfrancesco V.; Ciucci P.; Salvatori V.; Benson D.; Andersen L.W.; Bassi E.; Blanco J.C.; Boitani L.; Caniglia R.; Canu A.; Capitani C.; Chapron G.; Czarnomska S.D.; Fabbri E.; Galaverni M.; Galov A.; Gimenez O.; Godinho R.; Greco C.; Hindrikson M.; Huber D.; Hulva P.; Jedrzejewski W.; Kusak J.; Linnell J.D.; Llaneza L.; Lopez-Bao J.V.; Mannil P.; Marucco F.; Mattioli L.; Milanesi P.; Milleret C.; Myslajek R.W.; Ordiz A.; Palacios V.; Pedersen H.C.; Pertoldi C.; Pilot M.; Randi E.; Rodriguez A.; Saarma U.; Sand H.; Scandura M.; Stronen A.V.; Tsingarska E.; Mukherjee N. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770161

Mapping range dynamics from opportunistic data: spatiotemporal modelling of the lynx distribution in the Alps over 21 years
2018-01-01 Molinari-Jobin A.; Kery M.; Marboutin E.; Marucco F.; Zimmermann F.; Molinari P.; Frick H.; Fuxjager C.; Wolfl S.; Bled F.; Breitenmoser-Wursten C.; Kos I.; Wolfl M.; Cerne R.; Muller O.; Breitenmoser U. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770153

I lupi delle Alpi Marittime: Storie e curiosità sui branchi che per primi hanno ricolonizzato le Alpi
2016-01-01 Marucco Francesca https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770880

Decades of population genetic research reveal the need for harmonization of molecular markers: The grey wolf Canis lupus as a case study
2016-01-01 de Groot G.A.; Nowak C.; Skrbinsek T.; Andersen L.W.; Aspi J.; Fumagalli L.; Godinho R.; Harms V.; Jansman H.A.H.; Liberg O.; Marucco F.; Myslajek R.W.; Nowak S.; Pilot M.; Randi E.; Reinhardt I.; Smietana W.; Szewczyk M.; Taberlet P.; Vila C.; Munoz-Fuentes V. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770125

The role of human-related risk in breeding site selection by wolves
2016-01-01 Sazatornil V.; Rodriguez A.; Klaczek M.; Ahmadi M.; Alvares F.; Arthur S.; Blanco J.C.; Borg B.L.; Cluff D.; Cortes Y.; Garcia E.J.; Geffen E.; Habib B.; Iliopoulos Y.; Kaboli M.; Krofel M.; Llaneza L.; Marucco F.; Oakleaf J.K.; Person D.K.; Potocnik H.; Razen N.; Rio-Maior H.; Sand H.; Unger D.; Wabakken P.; Lopez-Bao J.V. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770162

Il Lupo: biologia e gestione sulle Alpi e in Europa
2014-01-01 Marucco Francesca https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770879

Recovery of large carnivores in Europe's modern human-dominated landscapes
2014-01-01 Chapron G.; Kaczensky P.; Linnell J.D.C.; Von Arx M.; Huber D.; Andren H.; Lopez-Bao J.V.; Adamec M.; Alvares F.; Anders O.; Baleciauskas L.; Balys V.; Bedo P.; Bego F.; Blanco J.C.; Breitenmoser U.; Broseth H.; Bufka L.; Bunikyte R.; Ciucci P.; Dutsov A.; Engleder T.; Fuxjager C.; Groff C.; Holmala K.; Hoxha B.; Iliopoulos Y.; Ionescu O.; Jeremic J.; Jerina K.; Kluth G.; Knauer F.; Kojola I.; Kos I.; Krofel M.; Kubala J.; Kunovac S.; Kusak J.; Kutal M.; Liberg O.; Majic A.; Mannil P.; Manz R.; Marboutin E.; Marucco F.; Melovski D.; Mersini K.; Mertzanis Y.; Myslajek R.W.; Nowak S.; Odden J.; Ozolins J.; Palomero G.; Paunovic M.; Persson J.; Potoecnik H.; Quenette P.-Y.; Rauer G.; Reinhardt I.; Rigg R.; Ryser A.; Salvatori V.; Skrbinsek T.; Stojanov A.; Swenson J.E.; Szemethy L.; Trajce A.; Tsingarska-Sedefcheva E.; Vana M.; Veeroja R.; Wabakken P.; Wolfl M.; Wolfl S.; Zimmermann F.; Zlatanova D.; Boitani L. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770122

Status and distribution of the lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Italian Alps 2005–2009
2012-01-01 Paolo Molinari, Radames Bionda, Giorgio Carmignola, Stefano Filacorda, Claudio Groff, Toni Mingozzi, Francesca Marucco, Anja Molinari-Jobin https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770249

Non-invasive Integrated Sampling Design to Monitor the Wolf Population in Piemonte, Italian Alps
2012-01-01 Marucco F.; Avanzinelli E.; Boitani L. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770156

Evaluating the efficacy of non-invasive genetic methods and estimating wolf survival during a ten-year period
2012-01-01 Marucco F.; Vucetich L.M.; Peterson R.O.; Adams J.R.; Vucetich J.A. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770157

Wolf population monitoring and livestock depredation preventive measures in Europe
2012-01-01 Marucco F.; Boitani L. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770121

Bridging the gaps between non-invasive genetic sampling and population parameter estimation
2011-01-01 Marucco F.; Boitani L.; Pletscher D.H.; Schwartz M.K. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770163

Predicting spatio-temporal recolonization of large carnivore populations and livestock depredation risk: Wolves in the Italian Alps
2010-01-01 Marucco F.; McIntire E.J.B. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770158

Spatial population dynamics of recolonizing wolves in the Western Alps
2009-01-01 Marucco Francesca https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770874

Wolf survival and population trend using non-invasive capture-recapture techniques in the Western Alps
2009-01-01 Marucco F.; Pletscher D.H.; Boitani L.; Schwartz M.K.; Pilgrim K.L.; Lebreton J.-D. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770159

Accuracy of scat sampling for carnivore diet analysis: Wolves in the Alps as a case study
2008-01-01 Marucco F.; Pletscher D.H.; Boitani L. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770120

From the Apennines to the Alps: Colonization genetics of the naturally expanding Italian wolf (Canis lupus) population
2007-01-01 Fabbri E.; Miquel C.; Lucchini V.; Santini A.; Caniglia R.; Duchamp C.; Weber J.-M.; Lequette B.; Marucco F.; Boitani L.; Fumagalli L.; Taberlet P.; Randi E. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770119

Noninvasive molecular tracking of colonizing wolf (Canis lupus) packs in the western Italian Alps
2002-01-01 Lucchini V.; Fabbri E.; Marucco F.; Ricci S.; Boitani L.; Randi E. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770124

Courses

• Biologia animale (SVB0115_CN)
  Corso di laurea Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 - Cuneo
• La sostenibilità ambientale e la progettazione di sport outdoor (SVB0312)
  Corso di laurea Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 - Cuneo
• Rilevamento di dati territoriali (SVB0275)
  Scienze Naturali, Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali,
  Evoluzione del comportamento animale e dell’uomo
• Sostenibilità ambientale della pratica sportiva (SVB0291)
  Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 - Torino
• Strumenti e metodi di scienze della terra (SVB0105)
  Scienze Naturali, Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali,
  Evoluzione del comportamento animale e dell’uomo

Research topics

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY and INTERESTS

My research focus is on animal ecology, distribution and abundance assessment of rare and abundant species, predator-prey and habitat selection studies. Areas of expertise include designing and conducting research studies on population dynamics, occupancy analysis, non-invasive genetic analysis, and CMR applications, in particular with large carnivores and wolves.  Work with endangered and threatened species includes planning field surveys over large areas often incorporating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and analyses, and non-invasive genetic analysis. Other experience involves educating and training in ecology, wildlife management, survey techniques, and environmental education. My career goals are to contribute to wildlife conservation and management through research and teaching. 

General qualifications

Wildlife conservation, modelling distribution and abundance, CMR applications, GIS, landscape genetics, carnivore conservation and wolf research.

Research projects

• LIFE WOLFALPS EU - Coordinated actions to improve wolf-human coexistence at the apline population level

Activities in agenda

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Academic bodies

• Consiglio di Dipartimento

• Comunicazione docenti a.a. 2022/23
• Consiglio di Corso di Laurea in Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22