Daniela Rippa

TL;DR: It is contended that when population density is either low or fluctuating annually as a result of environmental unpredictability, it may be advantageous to individuals to behave more aggressively, to raise their rate of food intake, and allocate more energy into reproduction.

TL;DR: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

TL;DR: It is shown that severe DNA damage occurred in the north Campania where the emergence of environmental waste exploded recently, and a similar magnitude of genotoxic damage was observed in some southern populations, it is attributable to a massive pesticide pollution related to intensive farming.

TL;DR: It is shown that wild boar sows bearing nonsynonymous MC1R mutations produced larger litters, which directly suggests that artificially selected traits reaching wild populations, through interdemic gene flow, could bypass natural selection if and only if they increase the fitness in the wild.

TL;DR: A non-invasive pilot study to analyse the diet composition of the Italian hare from southern Italy, starting from fecal pellets, and using, for the first time on this species, DNA metabarcoding and next generation sequencing, indicating that this approach provides reliable qualitative and semi-quantitative information.