Роберто Кацолла Гатти Roberto Cazzolla Gatti

Должность (Position): Associate Professor 

Отдел лаб (Department): Department of Botany, Biological Institute 

Обучение предмет курса (Teaching course subject): Biological diversity (Master’s and Ph.D. Degree 

courses) 

темы исследований (Area of research): Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 

Прочая информация (Other information): Reception time: 11-13 Thursday, Room 84, Faunistic Group, 4th 

floor Biological Diversity and Ecology Laboratory, Bio-Clim-Land Centre of Excellence Tel: +79138063861 

email: robertocazzollagatti@mail.tsu.ru website: robertocazzollagatti.com

Научные публикации (Scientific publications):

IN PREPARATION OR REVIEW

 Messina G., Sciandrello S., Cazzolla Gatti R., Barchitta M., Montesanto G., Pezzino E., Agodi A., 

Lombardo M. B., Relationships between terrestrial isopod populations, plant communities and 

weather conditions: a case study in western Sicily (Italy), under review by Italian Journal of Zoology, 

2016

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Laurin-Vaglio G., Valentini R., An exhaustive arboreal diversity analysis of three 

Ghanaian tropical forests, under review by African Journal of Ecology, 2015

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Di Paola A., Bombelli A., Valentini R., May canopy height influence terrestrial 

plant diversity? A global perspective, under review by Basic and Applied Ecology, 2016

 Cazzolla Gatti R. and Hordijk W., Biodiversity is autocatalytic, under review by Theoretical Ecology, 

2016

 Cazzolla Gatti R., The reduction of aggressive behaviour through sexual stimuli in orang-utans 

(Pongo pygmaeus), in preparation, 2016

 Messina G., Cazzolla Gatti R., Dalla Nora V., Lombardo B. M., Species-Area relationship is 

mediated by habitat diversity in Isopoda distribution of Sicily’s archipelago, in preparation, 2016

PUBLISHED

 Avitabile V., Herold M. , Lewis S.L., Phillips O.L., Aguilar-Amuchastegui N., Asner G.P, Brienen 

R.J.W., DeVries B., Cazzolla Gatti R., Feldpausch T.R., Girardin C., de Jong B., Kearsley E., Klop 

E, Lin X., Lindsell J. , Lopez-Gonzalez G., Lucas R., Malhi Y., Morel A., Mitchard E., Pandey D., Piao 

S., Ryan C., Sales M., Santoro M., Vaglio Laurin G., Valentini R., Verbeeck H., Wijaya A., Willcock 

S., An integrated pan-tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets, Global Change 

Biology, 22(4), 2016 LINK [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Trends in Human Development and Environmental 

Protection, International Journal of Evironmental Studies, 2(73), 2016 LINK [PEER-REVIEWED 

ARTICLE] 

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Biological Diversity and Current Threats of Lotic Ecosystems, in Riparian Zones: 

Characteristics, Management Practices and Ecological Impacts, Oleg S. Pokrovsky (Eds.), Nova 

Science Publisher, New York, 2016 LINK [SCIENTIFIC BOOK CHAPTER]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., A graphic model of new hypothesis on the evolution of biodiversity, Biologia, 

3(71), 2016 [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Messina G., Cazzolla Gatti R., Droutsa A., Barchitta M., Pezzino E., Agodi A., Lombardo B.M., A 

sampling optimization analysis of soil-bugs diversity (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea), Ecology and 

Evolution, 6(25), 2015 LINK | DOWNLOAD [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Vaglio Laurin G., Hawthorne W., Chiti T., Di Paola A., Cazzolla Gatti R., Marconi S., Noce S., 

Grieco E., Pirotti F., Valentini R., Does degradation from selective logging and illegal activities 

differently impact forest resources? A case study in Ghana, iForest, 8(6), 2016 LINK [PEER-

REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Self-recognition: beyond the looking-glass and what dogs found there, Ethology, 

Ecology and Evolution, 28(2), 2016 LINK | DOWNLOAD [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Mitra A., Kakoli B., Cazzolla Gatti R., Do all mangroves exhibit uniform resilience to climate change 

induced salinity alteration?, Economology Journal, 5(3):45-68, 2015 [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Mitra A. and Cazzolla Gatti R., Carbon census in the mangrove ecosystem of lower Gangetic 

delta, Economology Journal, 5(3):11-27, 2015 [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., A new idea on the evolution of biodiversity, bioRxiv, 

2015, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/019828 [PREPRINT ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Castaldi S., Coomes D., Linsdell J., Marchetti M., Maesano M., Di Paola A., 

Valentini R., The impact of selective logging and clearcutting on forest structure, tree diversity and 

above-ground biomass of African tropical forests, Ecological Research, 1-14, December 2014, DOI: 

10.1007/s11284-014-1217-3 LINK; DOWNLOAD

 Battipaglia G., Zalloni E., Castaldi S., Marzaioli F., Cazzolla Gatti R., Lasserre B., Tognetti R., 

Marchetti M., Valentini R., Long tree-ring chronologies provide evidences of tree growth decrease in 

the 21st century in a central Africa tropical forest, PlosONE, 10(3): e01209622014, 

2015 DOWNLOAD [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Biodiversità, in teoria e in pratica, LibreriaUniversitaria.it Edizioni, 2014 LINK 

1; LINK 2 [ACADEMIC BOOK]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Bioetica della sperimentazione animale e dei metodi sostitutivi, 01/2014, Camera 

dei Deputati, Atti | DOWNLOAD [SEMINAR PAPER]

 Valentini R., Arneth A., Bombelli A., Castaldi S., Cazzolla Gatti R., Chevallier F., Ciais P., Grieco 

E., Hartmann J., Henry M. , Houghton R. A. , Jung M., Kutsch W. L. , Malhi Y. , Mayorga 

E. , Merbold L., Murray-Tortarolo G., Papale D., Peylin P., Poulter B., Raymond P. A., Santini M., 

Sitch S., Vaglio Laurin G., van der Werf G. R., Williams C. A., and Scholes R. J., The full 

greenhouse gases budget of Africa: synthesis, uncertainties, and 

vulnerabilities, Biogeosciences, 11, 381-407, 2014 DOWNLOAD [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Il paradosso della civiltà, Adda Editore, 2013 [Anthropological/ecological 

book] LINK 1; LINK 2 [BOOK]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Castaldi S., Coomes D., Linsdell J., Marchetti M., Maesano M., Di Paola A., 

Valentini R., A model for tropical forests subject to localized disturbance, SISC, Conference 

Proceedings, 2013 DOWNLOAD [CONFERENCE PAPER]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Indonesia, the kningdom of beauty and hell, Villaggio Globale Editore, 07/2013 

| LINK DOWNLOAD [ESSAY] 

 Vaglio Laurin G., Chen Q., Lindsell J., Coomes D., Cazzolla Gatti R., Grieco E., Valentini 

R., Aboveground biomass estimation from lidar and hyperspectral airbone data in West African moist 

forest, EGU General Assembly Conference, 2013 DOWNLOAD [CONFERENCE PAPER]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Di Paola A., Valentini R., Paparella, F., Modelling tropical forests response to 

logging, EGU General Assembly Conference, 2013 DOWNLOAD [CONFERENCE PAPER]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Biodiversity is a cauliflower in the sunlight: a fractal theory to explain patterns and 

gradients, Nature Precedings, 2011 DOWNLOAD [PREPRINT ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Ambienti flora e fauna delle Murge di sud-est, Adda Editore, 2011 [field 

guidebook] LINK [NATURALISTIC BOOK]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Evolution is a cooperative process: the Biodiversity-related Niches Differentiation 

Theory (BNDT) can explain why, Theoretical Biology Forum 104-1, 2011 DOWNLOAD [PEER-

REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Delitto di Avetrana e Dilemma del Prigioniero, un equilibrio emergente per la 

teoria dei giochi, 02/2011, Matematicamente.it | LINK DOWNLOAD [ESSAY]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., The Biodiversity-related Niches Differentiation Theory (BNDT): a new way to 

consider relations between species and niches within the economy of nature, Economology Journal, 

Vol. I Year I, Jun 2011 DOWNLOAD [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Cazzolla Gatti R. & Notarnicola C., Analisi di specie e di ecosistemi – La ricca biodiversità delle 

Murge di Sud-Est rilevata al suolo e da immagini satellitari, Umanesimo della Pietra, 34-2011, pp. 

129-138 DOWNLOAD [PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE]

 Andrade A. P., Herrera B. F. and Cazzolla Gatti R., Building Resilience to Climate Change: 

Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field, IUCN (Gland, Svizzera). 164 pp., 

2010 DOWNLOAD [SCIENTIFIC BOOK]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., The anthropogenic impacts on tropical forest ecology and dynamics, PhD 

Thesis, University of Tuscia, Italy, 2013 DOWNLOAD [PHD THESIS]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Developments of biodiversity analysis: the Biodiversity-related Niches 

Differentiation Theory (BNDT), XX Congress of the Italian Society of Ecology (SITE), 

2010 DOWNLOAD [CONFERENCE PAPER]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Biodiversity monitoring in the Mediterranean ecoregion: synergy between remote 

sensing analysis and field researches, IUCN Bulletin, May 2010, Gland, 

Switzerland DOWNLOAD [BULLETIN PAPER]

 Cazzolla Gatti R. & Notarnicola C., Il monitoraggio della biodiversità nell’Ecoregione Mediterranea: 

sinergia fra ricerche in campo ed analisi satellitari, Congress Acts of the Italian Society of Ecology 

(SITE), Bolzano, 2009 DOWNLOAD [CONFERENCE PAPER]

 AA.VV, Terrestrial observtion of our planet, GTOS Biennial report, FAO-UN, Rome, 

2009 DOWNLOAD [REPORT]

 Cazzolla Gatti R. Africa and Climate Change: impacts on biodiversity, populations and natural 

resources, Global Environmental Protection, University of Tuscia & Italian Ministry of Environment, 

2009 [REPORT]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Fire monitoring and the environment, FAO-UN, Environmental series, 2009 

[REPORT]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Alternative methods and protocols to animal laboratory experiments in 

biochemistry, University of Bari, 2009 [REPORT]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Valutazione dello status di conservazione delle risorse marine del Mediterraneo, 

MEDITS Atti, vol. 15, Università degli Studi di Bari, Marine Ecology Department, 2007 [REPORT] 

 Cazzolla Gatti R. D’Ippolito D., Guagnano G., Paradiso E., La cava di Monte Rotondo: da scempio 

artificiale a serbatoio naturale, WWF Ed. & Italian Ministry of Environment, 2007 

| DOWNLOAD [REPORT]

 Cazzolla Gatti R., Gravina S. Croce: un patrimonio di biodiversità, WWF Ed., 2007 [REPORT]