Topical Advisory Panel
Topical Advisory Panel Members (129)

Interests: functional morphology; shape evolution; ecomorphology; diversification; functional and behavioural inference

2. Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein”, SIMUA, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Interests: Mediterranean marine biology;marine biodiversity;population genetics; barcoding; systematics and taxonomy of amphipoda; non-indigenous species
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Interests: meiofauna; nematoda; taxonomy; benthic biodiversity; pollution; ecological quality assessment
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Interests: floristics; plant taxonomy; vegetation science; community ecology; plant biology; biogeography; fire ecology; biodeteriogenic plants on monuments and archaeological sites; plant biodiversity assessment and conservation
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2. MaRHE (Marine Research and High Education Center), Magoodhoo, Maldives
Interests: coral diseases; coral reef ecology; coral restoration; biodiversity; symbiosis; hydrozoans taxonomy
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Interests: use of floristic and vegetation data to prioritize sites for the conservation of botanical diversity multitaxa approach; landscape scale analyses, studies on the effects of fragmentation on biodiversity; definition of ecological networks at different scale; conservation social sciences and Invasive Alien Species
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Interests: functional ecology of plant-soil interactions; plant functional traits; agroecology; ecological engineering; nutrients; trace metals; sustainable soil management
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Interests: ciliates; Parameciu; protists; symbiosis; bacterial symbionts; microbiomes; mating types; speciation mechanisms; the species concept
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Interests: protists; ciliates; systematics; phylogeny; evolution; ecology
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Interests: prokaryotic and eukaryotic symbionts of ciliates; microbial ecology; adaptation; evolution; intracellular bacteria; Paramecium; Rickettsia; Holospora; Caedibacter; Megaira
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Interests: marine biodiversity conservation; population genetic and genomics; marine invertebrates ecology; environmental DNA

Interests: wildlife/behavioural endocrinology; non-invasive hormone monitoring; reproductive endocrine function; stress-associated hormone alterations

Interests: evolution; meiofauna; Annelida; nervous system; extreme habitats; morphology; transcriptomics

Interests: phylogenetic diversity; macroecology; biogeography; plant community ecology; plant-insect interactions; biodiversity; eco-evolutionary approaches evolutionary; ecology

Interests: molecular and chemical ecology of insect plant interactions and associated symbionts; basic and applied chemical ecology; insect biology and ecology; insect sensory biology and host plant selection mechanisms; enhancement of host plant resistance to biotic stresses; biological control and insect pest management

Interests: biometry, morphology, sclerochronology, demography, growth strategies, skeletal crystallography, mechanical properties, reproduction, zooxanthellae photosynthesis, population dynamics, and microbiome ecology in temperate and subtropical corals and their relationships with environmental factors; growth and population dynamics multiscale modeling; effect of global climate change on temperate and tropical coral reef communities
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Interests: ecology of meiofauna; taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of free-living marine Nematoda and Arctic Kinorhyncha
Interests: estuarine and marine ecology; ecology of meiobenthos and nematodes assemblages of the estuarine and deep sea sediments; ecological indicators and food webs

Interests: forest and landscape restoration; Theobroma cacao genetic resources; Bertholletia excelsa ecology; GIS; species suitability modeling; inter- and intra-specific spatial diversity analysis; ethnobotany
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Interests: marine and intertidal ecology; barnacle ecology and biodiversity; coral reef symbiosis; larval biology
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