Papers

Agostini, N., Cento, M., Gustin, M. & Chiatante, G. 2025. Factors affecting spring migration strategy of black kites across the Central Mediterranean. Biologia 80: 2441-2448.
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Agostini, N., Chiatante, G. & Canobbio, A. 2025. On the origin of the name Girifalco, an Italian town in a hotspot of the autumn migration of soaring raptors. Natural History Sciences 12: 79-83.
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Mellone, U., Tsiopelas, N. & Barboutis, C. 2025. Akritas Cape: a new raptor migration hot spot in the Balkans. Bird Conservation International 35, e19.
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Agostini, N., Muñoz Arroyo, G., De la Cruz, A., Benjumea, R., Guerrero Molina, M., Pérez, B., Rollán, L., Mellone, U., von Hardenberg, J. & Chiatante, G. 2025. Sea-crossing behaviour of two migratory eagles in relation to weather conditions. Journal of Ornithology DOI: 10.1007/s10336-025-02310-3.
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Chiatante G., Gustin M., Cento M., Dell'Omo G., Agostini N. 2024. Sex differences in the timing of spring migration of adult European Honey Buzzards Pernis apivorus in the Central Mediterranean. Journal of Ornithology DOI 10.1007/s10336-024-02156-1.
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Assandri, G., Bazzi, G., Bermejo-Bermejo, A., Bounas, A., Calvario, E., Catoni, C., Catry, I., Catry, T., Champagnon, J., De Pascalis, F., de la Puente, J., del Moral, J.C., Duriez, O., Evangelidis, A., Gameiro, J., García-Silveira, D., Garcés-Toledano, F., Jiguet, F., Kordopatis, P., Lopez-Ricaurte, L., Martínez, J., Mascara, R., Mellone, U., Molina, B., Morinay, J., Pilard, P., Ramellini, S., Rodríguez-Moreno, B., Romero, M., Sarà, M., Saulnier, N., Tsiopelas, N., Urios, V., Morganti, M., Rubolini, D. & Cecere, J.G. 2024. Assessing exposure to wind turbines of a migratory raptor through its annual life cycle across continents. Biological Conservation 293: 110592.
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Serratosa, J., Oppel, S., Rotics, S., Santangeli, A., Butchart, S.H.M., Cano-Alonso, L.S., Tellería, J.L., Kemp, R., Nicholas, A., Kalvāns, A., Galarza, A., Franco, A.M.A., Andreotti, A., Kirschel, A.N.G., Ngari, A., Soutullo, A., Bermejo-Bermejo, A., Botha, A.J., Ferri, A., Evangelidis, A., Cenerini, A., Stamenov, A., Hernández-Matías, A., Aradis, A., Grozdanov, A.P., Rodríguez, B., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H., Cerecedo-Iglesias, C., Kassara, C., Barboutis, C., Bracebridge, C., García-Ripollés, C., Kendall, C.J., Denac, D., Schabo, D.G., Barber, D.R., Popov, D.V., Dobrev, D.D., Mallia, E., Kmetova-Biro, E., Álvarez, E., Buechley, E.R., Bragin, E.A., Cordischi, F., Zengeya, F.M., Monti, F., Mougeot, F., Tate, G., Stoyanov, G., Dell’Omo, G., Lucia, G., Gradev, G., Ceccolini, G., Friedemann, G., Bauer, H-G., Kolberg, H., Peshev, H., Catry, I., Øien, I.J., Carbonell Alanís, I., Literák, I., Pokrovsky, I., Ojaste, I., Østnes, J.E., de la Puente, J., Real, J., Guilherme, J.L., González, J.C., Fernández-García, J.M., Gil, J.A., Terraube, J., Poprach, K., Aghababyan, K., Klein, K., Bildstein, K.L., Wolter, K., Janssens, K., Kittelberger, K.D., Thompson, L.J., AlJahdhami, M.H., Galán, M., Tobolka, M., Posillico, M., Cipollone, M., Gschweng, M., Strazds, M., Boorman, M., Zvidzai, M., Acácio, M., Romero, M., Wikelski, M., Schmidt, M., Sarà, M., McGrady, M.J., Dagys, M., Mackenzie, M.L., Al Taq, M., Mgumba, M.P., Virani, M.Z., Kassinis, N.I., Borgianni, N., Thie, N., Tsiopelas, N., Anglister, N., Farwig, N., Sapir, N., Kleven, O., Krone, O., Duriez, O., Spiegel, O., Al Nouri, O., López-López, P., Byholm, P., Kamath, P.L., Mirski, P., Palatitz, P., Serroni, P., Raab, R., Buij, R., Žydelis, R., Nathan, R., Bowie, R.C.K., Tsiakiris, R., Stratton Hatfield, R., Harel, R., Kroglund, R.T., Efrat, R., Limiñana, R., Javed, S., Marinković, S.P., Rösner, S., Pekarsky, S., Kapila, S.R., Marin, S.A., Krejčí, Š., Giokas, S., Tumanyan, S., Turjeman, S., Krüger, S.C., Ewing, S.R., Stoychev, S., Nikolov, S.C., Qaneer, T.E., Spatz, T., Hadjikyriakou, T.G., Mueller, T., Katzner, T.E., Aarvak, T. & Nygård, T. 2024. Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale. Biological Conservation 293: 110525.
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Agostini N., Gustin M., Cento M., Von Hardenberg J., Chiatante G. 2023. Differential Flight Strategies of Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus in Relation to Sex and Age Class during Spring Migration in the Central Mediterranean. Acta Ornithologica 58: 41-53.
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Mellone U., Urios V., Chiatante G. 2023. Migrating eagles stopping in the Sahara Desert: Aberrant behaviour or foraging strategy? Journal of Zoology 321: 83-89.
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Chiatante G., Panuccio M., Pastorini A., Dell’Omo G., Scacco M. & Agostini N. 2022. Small-scale migratory behavior of three facultative soaring raptors approaching a water body: a radar study investigating the effect of weather, topography and flock size. Journal of Ethology DOI:10.1007/s10164-022-00766-x .
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