EVMC 25

Session

Oral Presentations

13 May 2025, 11:00

Ankaran

Conveners

Oral Presentations: S5: (Invasive) alien vertebrates

• Hubert Potočnik
• László Kövér

Oral Presentations: S7: Taxonomy and genetics

• Isa-Rita Russo
• Elena Bužan

Oral Presentations: S4: Population monitoring and management

• Nikica Šprem

44. Invasive species management strategies in a One Health system

Katherine August

13/05/2025, 11:00

Oral presentation

August, Katherine1*; Beatham, Sarah2; Birtles, Richard3; Bray, Daniel1; Broadhurst, Holly3; Croft, Simon2; Marshall, Harry4; Massei, Giovanna5; Orchard, Rachel4; Parkes-Withers, Amy2; Belmain, Steven1

1 University of Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute, Medway, UK
2 Animal and Plant Health Agency, York, UK
3 University of Salford, School of Science, Engineering & Environment,...

45. Using novel methods to prioritise grey squirrel control

Cally Ham

13/05/2025, 11:20

Oral presentation

Ham, Cally1*; Scopes, Ellie2; Pickering, Mark3; Gill, Robin1

1 Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, UK
2 Forest Research, Forestry Commission National Office, Bristol, UK
3 University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
* cally.ham@forestresearch.gov.uk

DOI: 10.20315/evmc.2025.063

Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is a non-native, invasive species threatening the...

46. Balancing control methods for invasive tree squirrels with lethal and non-lethal approaches

Francesco Bisi

13/05/2025, 11:40

Oral presentation

Bisi, Francesco1*; Santicchia, Francesca1; Panzeri, Mattia1; Tranquillo, Claudia1; Panebianco, Matteo1; Sclip, Alessandro1; Grespan, Pietro1; Tortini, Alessia1; Bertolino, Sandro2; La Morgia, Valentina3; Paoloni, Daniele4; Marsan, Andrea5; Preatoni, Damiano1; Wauters, Lucas1; Martinoli, Adriano1; Mazzamuto, Maria Vittoria2

1 Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Department of Theoretical...

47. Distribution, social perception and potential range expansion of invasive raccoons in Italy

Emiliano Mori

13/05/2025, 12:00

Oral presentation

Mori, Emiliano1,2*; Paletto, Alessandro3; Ancillotto, Leonardo1,2; Lagrotteria, Alessandro1,4; De Meo, Isabella5; Viviano, Andrea1; Simoncini, Andrea6; Menchetti, Mattia7; Mazza, Giuseppe8; Falaschi, Mattia6

1 Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri IRET, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Florence, Italy
2 National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
3 Research Centre...

48. Presence, distribution and potential spreading of the invasive alien species, raccoon (Procyon lotor), in Tuscany, in relation to environmental characteristics at different spatial scales

Matilde Martini

13/05/2025, 12:20

Oral presentation

Martini, Matilde1*; Tuti, Marco1; Ghinassi, Giulia1; Cappai, Nadia2; Franco, Alessandro3; Zaccaroni, Marco4; Ponzetta, Maria Paola1; Ferretti, Marco5; Mattioli, Luca5; Romeo, Giorgia5; Mazzarone, Vito5; Lenuzza, Andrea5; Merli, Federico5; Bertolucci, Antonio5; Panicucci, Alberto5; Muzzi, Roberta5; Conti, Leonardo1; Becciolini, Valentina1; Sottili, Caterina1; Santini, Giacomo4; Bozzi,...

49. Sacred or unholy? Assessing the impact of sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) on heronries in northern Italy

Nicola Larroux

13/05/2025, 12:40

Oral presentation

Larroux, Nicola1*; Gagliardi, Alessandra2; Volponi, Stefano3; Tenan, Simone4; Preatoni, Damiano1; Martinoli, Adriano1

1 Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Varese, Italy
2 Istituto Oikos ETS, Italy
3 Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Italy
4 National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences...

68. Vanishing beasts: the conservation of African rhinoceros

Isa-Ritta Russo

15/05/2025, 11:00

Oral presentation

Russo, Isa-Rita1*

1 Cardiff University, School of Biosciences, Cardiff, Wales, UK
* russoim@cardiff.ac.auk

DOI: 10.20315/evmc.2025.077

Molecular tools are used for the assessment and monitoring of biodiversity which aid in conservation decisions and management. Recent developments in molecular methods have allowed researchers to analyse species at a genetic and/or genomic level....

69. Conservation management of an endangered endemic freshwater fish, Sandelia bainsii

Alexander Carr

15/05/2025, 11:20

Oral presentation

Carr, Alexander1*; Scheepers, Martinus2; Chakona, Albert2; Russo, Isa-Rita1

1 Cardiff University, School of Biosciences, Cardiff, Wales, UK
2 South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
* carra2@cardiff.ac.auk

DOI: 10.20315/evmc.2025.078

Named after its province of origin in South Africa, the Eastern Cape Rocky (Sandelia bainsii) is an endangered...

70. Last of its kind: Danubian lacustrine brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Gašper Renko

15/05/2025, 11:40

Oral presentation

Renko, Gašper1*; Bravničar, Jernej1; Sušnik Bajec, Simona1; Palandačić, Anja2; Snoj, Aleš1

1 University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Animal Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 Vienna Museum of Natural History, First Zoological Department, Vienna, Austria
* gasper.renko@bf.uni-lj.si

DOI: 10.20315/evmc.2025.079

Brown trout (Salmo trutta), native to Europe, North...

71. Status of rock partridge (Alectoris graeca) on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea

Andrea Rezić

15/05/2025, 12:00

Oral presentation

Rezić, Andrea1*; Bužan, Elena2,3; Gančević, Pavao4; Fabijanić, Nera5; Pobega, Urška2; Šprem, Nikica1

1 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife Management and Special Zoology, Zagreb, Croatia
2 University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, Koper, Slovenia
3 Faculty of Environmental...

72. Genomic signature of bottleneck and founder effect in Alpine ibex populations in Slovenia

Elena Bužan

15/05/2025, 12:20

Oral presentation

Bužan, Elena1,2*; Pokorny, Boštjan2,3; Pobega, Urška1; Cidilko, Stefan1; Černe, Rok4; Nève Repe, Andreja4

1 University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, Koper, Slovenia
1 Faculty of Environmental Protection, Velenje, Slovenia
3 Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
4 Slovenia Forest Service, Ljubljana,...

73. Genomic insights into hybridization and genetic introgression in European wildcats from the northern Dinaric Mountains and Pannonian Basin

Urška Gerič

15/05/2025, 12:40

Oral presentation

Gerič, Urška1; Sollitto, Marco1; Šprem, Nikica2; Potočnik, Hubert3; Šnjegota, Dragana4; Ćirović, Duško5; Branković, Luka1; Bužan, Elena1,6*

1 University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, Koper, Slovenia
2 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife Management and Special Zoology, Zagreb,...

74. Developing a new panel of genomic loci for mammalian taxonomic identification: MIPs (Multi-locus Intron Polymorphisms)

Lara Marinangeli

15/05/2025, 13:00

Oral presentation

Marinangeli, Lara1,2*; Boscari, Elisa3; Scapolatiello, Annalisa3; Crestanello, Barbara1; Galla, Giulio1; Ferloni, Maria4; Piálek, Jaroslav5; Nonnis-Marzano, Francesco2; Congiu, Leonardo3,6,7; Hauffe, Heidi C.1,7

1 Fondazione Edmund Mach, Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
2 University of Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life...

75. Craniometric characters of European badger (Meles meles) from the west Pannonian mountain

Krešimir Krapinec

15/05/2025, 13:20

Oral presentation

Krapinec, Krešimir1*; Mijić, Marija2; Vucelja, Marko1; Tomljanović, Kristijan1; Konjević, Dean3; Bujanić, Miljenko3; Bjedov, Linda1

1 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Institute of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Zagreb, Croatia
2 Agriculture and Forestry School, Vinkovci, Croatia
3 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb,...

88. Conservation of capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in Poland: monitoring the effects of reintroduction and genetic rescue

Anna Santorek

16/05/2025, 11:00

Oral presentation

Santorek, Anna1; Rutkowski, Robert1*; Gwiazdowska, Aleksandra1; Grabowska, Julia1; Merta, Dorota2; Ławreszuk, Dorota3; Flis-Martyniuk, Ewa4

1 Museum and Institute of Zoology, Warsaw, Poland
2 Pedagogical University of Cracow, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Cracow, Poland
3 State Forests, Głęboki Bród Forest District, Głęboki Bród, Poland
4 State Forests, Janów...

89. Before and after: long term monitoring of birds and bats in a wind farm do not show significative impact

Dino Scaravelli

16/05/2025, 11:20

Oral presentation

Scaravelli, Dino1,2*

1 University of Bologna, BIGEA Department, Bologna, Italy
2 STERNA scarl, Forlì, Italy
* dino.scaravelli@unibo.it
DOI: 10.20315/evmc.2025.059

Careful monitoring of wind farm installation sites is essential to reduce the impacts generated on birds and bats by these plants. A long-term monitoring program was applied in the design and control of a plant of 6 wind...

90. Nocturnal raptors for vole control: studying their populations

Carlos Cuéllar-Basterrechea

16/05/2025, 11:40

Oral presentation

Cuéllar-Basterrechea, Carlos1; Hernández-Garavís, Lorena1; Báscones-Reina, Miriam1; Garcés-Toledano, José Fernando1; Blanca-Chana, Fernando1; Rodríguez-Moreno, Beatriz1; González-Simón, Paula1; Peiteado-Morales, Celsa2

1 Group for the Rehabilitation of Native Fauna and its Habitat (GREFA), Majadahonda, Spain
2 World Wildlife Found – Spain (WWF/España), Madrid,...

91. Monitoring olm (Proteus anguinus) populations in karstic springs via remote sensing

Meta Valenčič

Oral presentation