Publications
I have published 99 papers on journals with Impact Factor. Total citations >2800, H-index: 29. Eleven papers feature in the top 10% papers cited in ‘Ecology & Environment’ for the year of publication (source: ISI Essential Science Indicators ©)
2021-2024
99. Humphreys B.R, Mortelliti A. 2024, Pilfering personalities: effects of small mammal personality on cache pilferage. Journal of Animal Ecology, in press
98. Twining J., Sutherland C, (….), Mortelliti A., (….), Powell R. 2024. Sociality in unexpected places: Using global remote camera data of a “solitary” species complex to evaluate the drivers of group formation. PNAS, 121 (12): e2312252121
97. Agus Sudibyo Jati, Bayu Wisnu Broto, Gabriela Franzoi Dri Kurnia Latifiana, Shawn Fraver c , Ikeu Sri Rejeki, Bustang, Alessio Mortelliti. 2024. Conserving large mammals on small islands: a case study on one of the world’s most understudied pigs, the Togean Islands babirusa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 33:1207–1223
96. Brehm, Allison; Mortelliti, Alessio 2024. Environmental heterogeneity modifies the link between personality and survival in fluctuating small mammal populations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93:196–207.
95. Matthew A. Mensinger; James P. Hawkes; Graham S. Goulette; Alessio Mortelliti; Erik J. Blomberg; Joseph D. Zydlewski. 2023. Dams facilitate predation during Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolt migration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 10.1139/cjfas-2023-0175
94. Franzoi Dri G., Hunter M, Mortelliti A.Patterns of acorn selection in Peromyscus mice and possible implications in a changing climate. Journal of Mammalogy, in press
93. Yen I, Gardner, A., Mortelliti A. In the Lyme light: individual trait determinants of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in Peromyscus mice. 2024. Journal of Mammalogy, 105 (1): 143–156. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad108
92. Evans BH, Brehm AM, Franzoi Dri G., Archambault G, Bolinjcar G., Mortelliti A. 2024. Differential habitat use between demographic states of black bears in managed timber forests. The Journal of wildlife management, Volume88 (1)e22501. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22501
91. Shamon (…) Mortelliti, A. McShea. 2023. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology, in press
90. Fusco (..) Mortelliti (..) 2024. Population genomic structure of a widespread, urban-dwelling mammal, the Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Molecular Ecology,33(3)e17230 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17230
89. Butler A., Evans BH, Mortelliti A, Moll R. 2023 Forest and snow rather than food or foe limit the distribution of a generalist mesocarnivore in winter. Ecosphere, 2023;14:e4706
88. Mortelliti A. 2023. The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38(4), 320-323
87. Biello, R., Brunelli, A., Sozio, G., Mortelliti A., Ketmaier V., Torres Vilaça S. Bertorelle G. 2022. The genetic structure and connectivity in two sympatric rodent species with different life histories are similarly affected by land use disturbances. Conservation Genetics 24, 59–72 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01485-z
86. Franzoi-Dri G., Blomberg E.J., Hunter M, Vauchan J., Mortelliti A. 2022. Developing cost-effective monitoring protocols for track-surveys: an empirical assessment using a Canada lynx Lynx canadensis dataset spanning 16 years. Biological Conservation 276, 109793.
85. Merz M.R., Boone S.R. Mortelliti A. 2023. Predation risk and personality influence seed predation and dispersal by a scatter-hoarding small mammal. Ecosphere, 14:e4377.
84. Franzoi-Dri G., Hunter M, Witham J., Mortelliti A. 2022. Pulsed resources and the resource-prediction strategy: a field-test using a 36-year study of small mammals. Oikos, 11, e09551..
83. Evans BH, Mortelliti A. Forest disturbance and occupancy patterns of short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) and long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata): results from a large-scale natural experiment in Maine, USA. Journal of mammalogy, 103, 1338–1349
82. Kays, R.,Cove, M., (...) Mortelliti A., (...)McShea W.J. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology, 103,e3775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3775.
81. Brehm A.M., Mortelliti A. Small mammal personalities generate context-dependence in the seed dispersal mutualism. PNAS, 119 (15), e2113870119.
80. Brehm A.M., Mortelliti A., Land-use change alters associations between personality and microhabitat selection.
Ecological applications 31: e02443
79. Mortelliti A., Brehm, A., Evans. Umbrella effect of monitoring protocols for mammals in the Northeast US. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 1-12.
78. Evans, B., Mortelliti A.2021. Effects of forest disturbance, snow depth and intraguild dynamics on American marten (Martes americana) and fisher (Pekania pennanti) occupancy patterns in Maine, USA. Ecosphere 13 (4), e4027..
77. Mensinger, M., Brehm, A., Mortelliti A., Blomberg E., Zydlewski J. 2021. Eel personality and body length influence passage success in experimental fishway. Journal of Applied Ecology 58:2760-2769
76. Boone S., Brehm A.M., Mortelliti A. Seed predation and dispersal by small mammals in a landscape of fear: effects of personality, predation risk, and land-use change. Oikos (in press)
75. Cove M.V, Kays R., (...), Mortelliti A., (...) McShea W.J. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 102: e03353 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3353
74. Hunter M., Boone S., Brehm, A.M. Mortelliti A. Modulation of ecosystem services by animal personalities. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20 (1), 58-63.
2020
73. Mortelliti A., Brehm A.M. 2020. Environmental heterogeneity and population density affect the functional diversity of personality traits in small mammal populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (287: 20201713. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1713)
72. Buyaskas M, Evans B, Mortelliti A. 2020 Assessing the effectiveness of trail cameras with attractants to detect northeastern mammals. Mammalian Biology, 100, 91–100.
71. Brehm A., Tironi S., Mortelliti A. 2020 Time since capture does not affect personality measurements in a guild of forest small mammals. Plos one, DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0221136
2019
70. Brehm A., Mortelliti A.*, Maynard G., Zydlewski J. Land-use change and the ecological consequences of personality in small mammals. Ecology Letters, 22: 1387–1395. * joint first authorship
69. Mortelliti A., Grentzmann I., Fraver S., Brehm A., Calkins S., Fisichelli N. Small mammal controls on the climate-driven range shift of woody plant species. Oikos, 128: 1726–1738
68. Boone S., Mortelliti A. 2019 Small mammal tree seed selection in mixed forests of the Eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 449, 117487.
67. Evans B, Mosby C., Mortelliti A. 2019. Assessing linear arrays with multiple trail cameras to detect North American mammals. Plos One, 14(6), e0217543.
66. Smith A., Kujala H., Lahoz-Monfort J., Guja L.K., Burns E.L., Nathan R., Alacs E., Barton P., Bau S., Driscoll D.A., Lentini P.A., Mortelliti A., Rowe R., Buckley Y.M. 2019 Managing uncertainty in movement knowledge for environmental decisions. Conservation Letters, e12620
65. Broto B., Mortelliti A. 2019. The status of research on the mammals of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Mammal Review 49 (1), 78-93.
2018
64. Brehm A., Mortelliti A. 2018. Mind the trap: large-scale field experiment shows that trappability is not a proxy for personality. Animal Behaviour 142, 101-112.
63. Bani L., Orioli V., Pisa G., Dondina O., Fagiani S., Fabbri E., Randi E., Mortelliti A., Sozio G. 2018. Landscape determinants of genetic differentiation, inbreeding and genetic drift in the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Conservation genetics 19: 283–296.
2017
62. Iannarilli F., Melcore I., Sozio G., Roviani D., Mortelliti A. 2017 Long term colonization and extinction patterns of a forest dependent rodent (Muscardinus avellanarius) in highly fragmented landscapes. Hystrix 28: 73-77.
61. Ogawa, R. Mortelliti A., Witham J.W., Hunter M.L. 2017. Demographic mechanisms linking tree seeds and rodent population fluctuations: insights from a 33-year study. Journal of Mammalogy 98 (2): 419-427.
60. Kay GM., Mortelliti A., Tulloch A., Barton P., Wood J., Lindenmayer D. 2017. Effects of past and present livestock grazing on herpetofauna in a landscape-scale experiment. Conservation Biology 31: 446–45
59. Lindenmayer D., Mortelliti A., Ikin K., Pierson J., Crane M., Michael D., Okada S. 2017. The vacant planting: limited influence of habitat restoration on colonization and extinction patterns by arboreal marsupials in south-eastern Australia. Animal Conservation 20, 294–304.
58. Mouton A., Mortelliti A., Mouton A., Mortelliti A., A. Grill, M. Sara, B. Kryštufek, R. Juškaitis, A. Latinne, G. Amori, E. Randi, S. Büchner, B. Schulz, S. Ehlers, J. Lang, P. Adamik, G. Verbeylen, M. Dorenbosch, R. Trout, M. Elmeros, G. Aloise, S. Mazzoti, F. Matur, F. Poitevin, J. R. Michaux. 2017 Evolutionary history and species delimitations: the hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius as a case of study. Conservation genetics 181–196.
2016
57. Di Marco M., Santini L., Visconti P., Mortelliti A., Boitani L., Rondinini C. 2016. Using habitat suitability models to scale up population persistence targets. Hystrix 27 (1).
56. Bartolommei P., Sozio G., Bencini C., Cinque C., Cozzolino R., Gasperini S., Manzo E., Prete S., Solano E., Mortelliti A. 2016. Field identification of Apodemus flavicollis and Apodemus sylvaticus: development of an empirical model for practical purposes. Mammalia 80: 541-547.
55. Bani L., Orioli V., Pisa G., Fagiani S., Dondina O., Fabbri E., Randi E., Sozio G., Mortelliti A. 2016. Population genetic structure and sex-biased dispersal of the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in a continuous and in a fragmented landscape in central Italy. Conservation genetics 18: 261-274.
54. Kay G., Driscoll D.A., Lindenmayer D., Pulsford S.A., Mortelliti A. 2016. Pasture height and crop direction influence reptile movement in an agricultural matrix. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 235: 164–171.
53. Gasperini S., Mortelliti A., Bartolommei P., Bonacchi A., Manzo E., Cozzolino R. 2016. Effects of forest management on density and survival in three forest rodent species. Forest Ecology and Management 381:151-160
52. Tulloch, A., Mortelliti A., Kay, G.F., Laurance D., Lindenmayer D.B. 2016. Using empirical models of species colonization under multiple threatening processes to identify complementary threat mitigation strategies. Conservation Biology 30: 867–882.
51. Sozio G., Iannarilli F., Melcore I., Boschetti M., Fipaldini D., Luciani M., Roviani D., Schiavano D., Mortelliti A. 2016. Forest management affects individual and population parameters of the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Mammalian Biology 81: 96–103
50. Mortelliti A., Ikin K., Tulloch A., Cunningham R., Stein J., Lindenmayer D.B. 2016. Surviving with a resident despot: do revegetated patches act as refuges from the effects of the noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) in a highly fragmented landscape? Diversity and Distributions 22, 770–782.
2015
49. Mortelliti A., Crane M., Okada S., Lindenmayer D.B. 2015 Marsupial response to matrix conversion: results of a large-scale long-term 'natural experiment' in Australia. Biological Conservation 191: 60-66.
48. Mortelliti A., Lindenmayer D.B. 2015. Effects of landscape transformation on bird colonization and extinction patterns in a large-scale, long-term natural experiment. Conservation Biology 29: 1314-1326. [featured as editor's choice in Science 348: 769]
47. Pierson J.C, Mortelliti A., Barton P.S., Lane P.W., Lindenmayer D.B.L. 2015. Evaluating the effectiveness of overstory cover as a surrogate for bird community diversity and population trends. Ecological Indicators 61:790-798.
46. Sozio G., Mortelliti A. 2015. Empirical evaluation of the strength of interspecific competition in shaping small mammal communities in fragmented landscapes. Landscape Ecology 31:775–789.
45. Stirnemann I., Mortelliti A., Gibbons P., Lindenmayer DB. 2015. Fine-Scale Habitat Heterogeneity Influences Occupancy in Terrestrial Mammals in a Temperate Region of Australia. Plos One E 10(9): e0138681.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138681
44. Barton P.S., Lentini P.E., Alacs E., Bau S., Buckley Y.M., Burns E.L., Driscoll D. a., Guja L.K., Kujala H., Lahoz- Monfort J.J., Mortelliti A., Nathan R., Rowe R., & Smith A.L. (2015) Guidelines for Using Movement Science to Inform Biodiversity Policy. Environmental Management 56: 791-801.
43. Ikin, K. Mortelliti A., Stein J., Michael D., Crane M., Okada S. Wood J. Lindenmayer D. 2015. How do interacting abiotic conditions and agricultural land management practices affect temperate woodland habitat structures? Landscape Ecology 30, 1387–1403.
42. Mortelliti A., Michael D., Lindenmayer D.B. 2015. Contrasting effects of pine plantations on two skinks: results from a large scale ‘natural experiment’ in Australia. Animal Conservation 18:433-441.
41. Lindenmayer D.B., Blanchard W., Tennant P., Barton P., Ikin K., Mortelliti A., Crane M, Okada S. 2015. Major landscape transformation produces contrasting responses in species richness, assemblage composition and functional diversity. Diversity and Distributions 21, 836-847.
40. Mortelliti A., Westgate M, Stein J., Lindenmayer D.B. 2015 Ecological and spatial drivers of population synchrony in bird assemblages. Basic and Applied Ecology 16 (3), 269-278.
39. Pages M., Fabre P., Chaval Y., Mortelliti A., Nicolas V., Wells K., Michaux J.R., Lazzari V. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Southeast Asian arboreal murine rodents. Zoologica scripta 45:349-364.
38. J. Morger, L. Råberg, S. M. Hille, S. Helsen, J. Štefka, M. M. Al-Sabi, C. M. O. Kapel, T. Mappes, S. Essbauer, R. G. Ulrich, P. Bartolommei, A. Mortelliti, L. Balčiauskas, N. W. van den Brink, Rémy, A. Bajer, M. Cheprakov, M. Korva, A. L. García-Pérez, R. Biek, S.Withenshaw, B. Tschirren (2015) Distinct haplotype structure at the innate immune receptor Toll-like receptor 2 across bank vole populations and lineages in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116:124-133.
37. Burrascano S., Del Vico E. , Fagiani S., Giarrizzo E. , Mei M., Mortelliti A. , Sabatini F.M. , Blasi C. 2015. Effects of wild boar (Sus scrofa) rooting activity on understorey composition and functional traits. Community Ecology 16, 244-253.
36. Burrascano S., Giarrizzo E., Bonacquisti S.,Copiz R.,Del Vico E., Fagiani S., Mortelliti A., Blasi C. 2015. Quantifying Sus scrofa rooting effects on the understorey of the deciduous broadleaf forests in Castelporziano Estate (Italy). Rendiconti Lincei 26: 317-324.
35. Ancillotto L., Sozio G., Mortelliti A. 2015. Acorns were good until tannins were found: factors affecting seed- selection in the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Mammalian Biology 80:135-140.
2014
34. Mortelliti A., Sozio G., Driscoll D.A, Bani L., Boitani L., Lindenmayer D.B. 2014. Population and individual-scale responses to patch size, isolation and quality in the hazel dormouse. Ecosphere 5(9): art107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00115.1
33. Capizzi D., Bertolino S., Mortelliti A. 2014. Rating the rat: global patterns and research priorities in impacts and management of rodent pests. Mammal Review 44: 148–162.
32. Fagiani S., Fipaldini D., Santarelli L., Burrascano S., Del Vico E., Giarrizzo E., Mei M., Vigna Taglianti A., Boitani L., Mortelliti A. 2014. Monitoring protocols for the evaluation of the impact of wild boar (Sus scrofa) rooting on plants and animals in forest ecosystems. Hystrix 25: 31-38.
31. Ancillotto L., Sozio G., Mortelliti A., Russo D. 2014. Ultrasonic communication in Gliridae (Rodentia): the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) as a case-study. Bioacustics 23: 129-141.
30. Mortelliti A., Westgate M., Lindenmayer D.B. 2014. Experimental evaluation shows limited influence of pine plantations on the connectivity of highly fragmented bird populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 1179–1187.
2013
29. Sozio G., Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2013. Mice on the move: wheat rows as a means to increase permeability in agricultural landscapes. Biological Conservation 165: 198-202.
28. Sozio G., Mortelliti A., Boccacci F., Ranchelli E., Battisti C, Boitani L. 2013. Conservation of species occupying ephemeral and patchy habitats in agricultural landscapes: the case of the Eurasian reed warbler. Landscape and Urban Planning 119: 9-19.
27. Mortelliti A. 2013. Targeting habitat management in fragmented landscapes: a case study with forest vertebrates. Biodiversity and Conservation 22:187-207.
26. Bartolommei P., Mortelliti A., Puglisi L., Pezzo F. 2013. Distribution of nocturnal birds (Strigiformes and Caprimulgidae) in relation to land use types, extent and configuration in agricultural landscapes of Central Italy. Rendiconti Lincei 24: 13-21.
25. Mortelliti A., Santarelli L., Sozio G., Fagiani S., Boitani L. 2013. Long distance field crossings by hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) in fragmented landscapes. Mammalian Biology 78: 309-312.
24. Cagnacci F., Cardini A., Ciucci P., Ferrari N., Mortelliti A., Preatoni D., Russo D., Scandura M., Wauters L., Amori, G. 2013. Less is more: researcher survival guide in times of economic crisis. Hystrix 23: 1-7.
23. Battisti C, Amori G, Angelici F, Capizzi D, De Felici S, Mortelliti A., Schiavano A , Verucci P, Zapparoli M. 2013. Evidence of a local range expansion in a fragmentation-sensitive species: the case of the red squirrel in central Italy. Vie et Milieu 63: 59-65.
22. Bartolommei P., Bonesi L., Gui I., Monaco A., Mortelliti A. 2013. First report on the distribution of the American mink Neovison vison (Mammalia: Mustelidae) in central Italy. Italian Journal of Zoology 80: 455-461.
21. Ancillotto L, Sozio G., Mortelliti A. 2013. Multiple broods from a single mating in the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Mammalia 77: 455-456.
2012
20. Mortelliti A., Castiglia R., Amori G., Maryanto I., Musser G.G. 2012. A New Species of Margaretamys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini) from Pegunungan Mekongga, Southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tropical Zoology 25, 1–34.
19. Mouton A., Krystufek B, Sarà M., Randi E., Amori G., Juskaitis R., Grill A., Aloise G., Mortelliti A., Panchetti F., Michaux J. 2012. Mitochondrial DNA reveals a complex phylogeographic structure of the common dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius (Rodentia: Gliridae), in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 648-664.
18. Mortelliti A., Boccacci F., Ranchelli E., Sozio G., Battisti C., Cecere J., Boitani L. 2012. Effect of habitat amount, configuration and quality in fragmented landscapes. Acta Oecologica 45:1-7.
17. Amori G., Mortelliti A., Guidarelli G., Schiavano A., Luiselli L. 2012. Detectability of the European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in a Mediterranean area. Rendiconti lincei 23: 203-206.
2011
16. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Capizzi D., Cervone C., Fagiani S., Pollini B., Boitani L. 2011. Independent effects of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and structural connectivity on the distribution of two arboreal rodents. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 163-172.
2010
12. Mortelliti A., Fagiani S., Battisti C., Capizzi D., Boitani L. 2010. Independent effects of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and structural connectivity on forest-dependent birds. Diversity and Distributions 16: 941-951.
14. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Boitani L. 2010. The role of habitat quality in fragmented landscapes: a conceptual overview and prospectus for future research. Oecologia 163: 535-547.
13. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Capizzi D., Rondinini C., Boitani L. 2010. Experimental design and taxonomic scope of fragmentation studies of European mammals: current status and future priorities. Mammal Review 40:125-154.
12. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Cervone C., Boitani L. 2010. The effect of non-target species in presence-absence distribution surveys: a case study with hair-tubes. Italian Journal of Zoology 77:211-215.
11. Hille, S.M., Mortelliti, A. 2010. Microhabitat partitioning of Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus in sub- montane Alps, a preliminary assessment. Hystrix 21:157-163.
2009
10. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2009. Distribution and coexistence of shrews in patchy landscapes: a field test of multiple hypotheses. Acta Oecologica 35: 797-804.
9. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Annesi F., Boitani L. 2009. Testing for the relative contribution of patch neighborhood, patch internal structure, and presence of predators and competitor species in determining distribution patterns of rodents in a fragmented landscape. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 662-670.
8. Mortelliti A., Santulli Sanzo G., Boitani L. 2009. Species surrogacy for conservation planning: caveats from comparing the response of three arboreal rodents to habitat loss and fragmentation. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 1131-1145.
2008
7. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2008. Interaction of food resources and landscape structure in determining the probability of patch use by carnivores in fragmented landscapes. Landscape Ecology 23: 285-298.
6. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2008. Evaluation of scent-stations surveys to monitor the distribution of three European carnivore species (Martes foina, Meles meles, Vulpes vulpes) in a fragmented landscape. Mammalian Biology 73: 287-292.
5. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2008. Inferring red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) absence with hair tubes surveys: a sampling protocol. European Journal of Wildlife Research 54: 353-356.
2007
4. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2007. Estimating species’ absence, colonization and local extinction in patchy landscapes: an application of occupancy models with rodents. Journal of Zoology 273: 244-248.
3. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2007. Patterns of interspecific and intraspecific microhabitat segregation of two rodents Praomys jacksoni (De Winton, 1897) and Hylomyscus stella (Thomas 1911) (Rodentia) in an African rainforest subjected to various levels of anthropogenic disturbance. Tropical Zoology 20(2):163-186.
2. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Sammuri G., Boitani L. 2007. Factors affecting the distribution of Sorex samniticus, and endemic Italian shrew, in an heterogeneous landscape. Acta Theriologica 52 (1): 75-84.
2006
1. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2006. Patterns of rodent species abundance and diversity in a Kenyan relict tropical rainforest. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 1425-1440.
2021-2024
99. Humphreys B.R, Mortelliti A. 2024, Pilfering personalities: effects of small mammal personality on cache pilferage. Journal of Animal Ecology, in press
98. Twining J., Sutherland C, (….), Mortelliti A., (….), Powell R. 2024. Sociality in unexpected places: Using global remote camera data of a “solitary” species complex to evaluate the drivers of group formation. PNAS, 121 (12): e2312252121
97. Agus Sudibyo Jati, Bayu Wisnu Broto, Gabriela Franzoi Dri Kurnia Latifiana, Shawn Fraver c , Ikeu Sri Rejeki, Bustang, Alessio Mortelliti. 2024. Conserving large mammals on small islands: a case study on one of the world’s most understudied pigs, the Togean Islands babirusa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 33:1207–1223
96. Brehm, Allison; Mortelliti, Alessio 2024. Environmental heterogeneity modifies the link between personality and survival in fluctuating small mammal populations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93:196–207.
95. Matthew A. Mensinger; James P. Hawkes; Graham S. Goulette; Alessio Mortelliti; Erik J. Blomberg; Joseph D. Zydlewski. 2023. Dams facilitate predation during Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolt migration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 10.1139/cjfas-2023-0175
94. Franzoi Dri G., Hunter M, Mortelliti A.Patterns of acorn selection in Peromyscus mice and possible implications in a changing climate. Journal of Mammalogy, in press
93. Yen I, Gardner, A., Mortelliti A. In the Lyme light: individual trait determinants of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in Peromyscus mice. 2024. Journal of Mammalogy, 105 (1): 143–156. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad108
92. Evans BH, Brehm AM, Franzoi Dri G., Archambault G, Bolinjcar G., Mortelliti A. 2024. Differential habitat use between demographic states of black bears in managed timber forests. The Journal of wildlife management, Volume88 (1)e22501. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22501
91. Shamon (…) Mortelliti, A. McShea. 2023. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology, in press
90. Fusco (..) Mortelliti (..) 2024. Population genomic structure of a widespread, urban-dwelling mammal, the Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Molecular Ecology,33(3)e17230 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17230
89. Butler A., Evans BH, Mortelliti A, Moll R. 2023 Forest and snow rather than food or foe limit the distribution of a generalist mesocarnivore in winter. Ecosphere, 2023;14:e4706
88. Mortelliti A. 2023. The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38(4), 320-323
87. Biello, R., Brunelli, A., Sozio, G., Mortelliti A., Ketmaier V., Torres Vilaça S. Bertorelle G. 2022. The genetic structure and connectivity in two sympatric rodent species with different life histories are similarly affected by land use disturbances. Conservation Genetics 24, 59–72 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01485-z
86. Franzoi-Dri G., Blomberg E.J., Hunter M, Vauchan J., Mortelliti A. 2022. Developing cost-effective monitoring protocols for track-surveys: an empirical assessment using a Canada lynx Lynx canadensis dataset spanning 16 years. Biological Conservation 276, 109793.
85. Merz M.R., Boone S.R. Mortelliti A. 2023. Predation risk and personality influence seed predation and dispersal by a scatter-hoarding small mammal. Ecosphere, 14:e4377.
84. Franzoi-Dri G., Hunter M, Witham J., Mortelliti A. 2022. Pulsed resources and the resource-prediction strategy: a field-test using a 36-year study of small mammals. Oikos, 11, e09551..
83. Evans BH, Mortelliti A. Forest disturbance and occupancy patterns of short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) and long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata): results from a large-scale natural experiment in Maine, USA. Journal of mammalogy, 103, 1338–1349
82. Kays, R.,Cove, M., (...) Mortelliti A., (...)McShea W.J. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology, 103,e3775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3775.
81. Brehm A.M., Mortelliti A. Small mammal personalities generate context-dependence in the seed dispersal mutualism. PNAS, 119 (15), e2113870119.
80. Brehm A.M., Mortelliti A., Land-use change alters associations between personality and microhabitat selection.
Ecological applications 31: e02443
79. Mortelliti A., Brehm, A., Evans. Umbrella effect of monitoring protocols for mammals in the Northeast US. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 1-12.
78. Evans, B., Mortelliti A.2021. Effects of forest disturbance, snow depth and intraguild dynamics on American marten (Martes americana) and fisher (Pekania pennanti) occupancy patterns in Maine, USA. Ecosphere 13 (4), e4027..
77. Mensinger, M., Brehm, A., Mortelliti A., Blomberg E., Zydlewski J. 2021. Eel personality and body length influence passage success in experimental fishway. Journal of Applied Ecology 58:2760-2769
76. Boone S., Brehm A.M., Mortelliti A. Seed predation and dispersal by small mammals in a landscape of fear: effects of personality, predation risk, and land-use change. Oikos (in press)
75. Cove M.V, Kays R., (...), Mortelliti A., (...) McShea W.J. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 102: e03353 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3353
74. Hunter M., Boone S., Brehm, A.M. Mortelliti A. Modulation of ecosystem services by animal personalities. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20 (1), 58-63.
2020
73. Mortelliti A., Brehm A.M. 2020. Environmental heterogeneity and population density affect the functional diversity of personality traits in small mammal populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (287: 20201713. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1713)
72. Buyaskas M, Evans B, Mortelliti A. 2020 Assessing the effectiveness of trail cameras with attractants to detect northeastern mammals. Mammalian Biology, 100, 91–100.
71. Brehm A., Tironi S., Mortelliti A. 2020 Time since capture does not affect personality measurements in a guild of forest small mammals. Plos one, DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0221136
2019
70. Brehm A., Mortelliti A.*, Maynard G., Zydlewski J. Land-use change and the ecological consequences of personality in small mammals. Ecology Letters, 22: 1387–1395. * joint first authorship
69. Mortelliti A., Grentzmann I., Fraver S., Brehm A., Calkins S., Fisichelli N. Small mammal controls on the climate-driven range shift of woody plant species. Oikos, 128: 1726–1738
68. Boone S., Mortelliti A. 2019 Small mammal tree seed selection in mixed forests of the Eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 449, 117487.
67. Evans B, Mosby C., Mortelliti A. 2019. Assessing linear arrays with multiple trail cameras to detect North American mammals. Plos One, 14(6), e0217543.
66. Smith A., Kujala H., Lahoz-Monfort J., Guja L.K., Burns E.L., Nathan R., Alacs E., Barton P., Bau S., Driscoll D.A., Lentini P.A., Mortelliti A., Rowe R., Buckley Y.M. 2019 Managing uncertainty in movement knowledge for environmental decisions. Conservation Letters, e12620
65. Broto B., Mortelliti A. 2019. The status of research on the mammals of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Mammal Review 49 (1), 78-93.
2018
64. Brehm A., Mortelliti A. 2018. Mind the trap: large-scale field experiment shows that trappability is not a proxy for personality. Animal Behaviour 142, 101-112.
63. Bani L., Orioli V., Pisa G., Dondina O., Fagiani S., Fabbri E., Randi E., Mortelliti A., Sozio G. 2018. Landscape determinants of genetic differentiation, inbreeding and genetic drift in the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Conservation genetics 19: 283–296.
2017
62. Iannarilli F., Melcore I., Sozio G., Roviani D., Mortelliti A. 2017 Long term colonization and extinction patterns of a forest dependent rodent (Muscardinus avellanarius) in highly fragmented landscapes. Hystrix 28: 73-77.
61. Ogawa, R. Mortelliti A., Witham J.W., Hunter M.L. 2017. Demographic mechanisms linking tree seeds and rodent population fluctuations: insights from a 33-year study. Journal of Mammalogy 98 (2): 419-427.
60. Kay GM., Mortelliti A., Tulloch A., Barton P., Wood J., Lindenmayer D. 2017. Effects of past and present livestock grazing on herpetofauna in a landscape-scale experiment. Conservation Biology 31: 446–45
59. Lindenmayer D., Mortelliti A., Ikin K., Pierson J., Crane M., Michael D., Okada S. 2017. The vacant planting: limited influence of habitat restoration on colonization and extinction patterns by arboreal marsupials in south-eastern Australia. Animal Conservation 20, 294–304.
58. Mouton A., Mortelliti A., Mouton A., Mortelliti A., A. Grill, M. Sara, B. Kryštufek, R. Juškaitis, A. Latinne, G. Amori, E. Randi, S. Büchner, B. Schulz, S. Ehlers, J. Lang, P. Adamik, G. Verbeylen, M. Dorenbosch, R. Trout, M. Elmeros, G. Aloise, S. Mazzoti, F. Matur, F. Poitevin, J. R. Michaux. 2017 Evolutionary history and species delimitations: the hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius as a case of study. Conservation genetics 181–196.
2016
57. Di Marco M., Santini L., Visconti P., Mortelliti A., Boitani L., Rondinini C. 2016. Using habitat suitability models to scale up population persistence targets. Hystrix 27 (1).
56. Bartolommei P., Sozio G., Bencini C., Cinque C., Cozzolino R., Gasperini S., Manzo E., Prete S., Solano E., Mortelliti A. 2016. Field identification of Apodemus flavicollis and Apodemus sylvaticus: development of an empirical model for practical purposes. Mammalia 80: 541-547.
55. Bani L., Orioli V., Pisa G., Fagiani S., Dondina O., Fabbri E., Randi E., Sozio G., Mortelliti A. 2016. Population genetic structure and sex-biased dispersal of the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in a continuous and in a fragmented landscape in central Italy. Conservation genetics 18: 261-274.
54. Kay G., Driscoll D.A., Lindenmayer D., Pulsford S.A., Mortelliti A. 2016. Pasture height and crop direction influence reptile movement in an agricultural matrix. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 235: 164–171.
53. Gasperini S., Mortelliti A., Bartolommei P., Bonacchi A., Manzo E., Cozzolino R. 2016. Effects of forest management on density and survival in three forest rodent species. Forest Ecology and Management 381:151-160
52. Tulloch, A., Mortelliti A., Kay, G.F., Laurance D., Lindenmayer D.B. 2016. Using empirical models of species colonization under multiple threatening processes to identify complementary threat mitigation strategies. Conservation Biology 30: 867–882.
51. Sozio G., Iannarilli F., Melcore I., Boschetti M., Fipaldini D., Luciani M., Roviani D., Schiavano D., Mortelliti A. 2016. Forest management affects individual and population parameters of the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Mammalian Biology 81: 96–103
50. Mortelliti A., Ikin K., Tulloch A., Cunningham R., Stein J., Lindenmayer D.B. 2016. Surviving with a resident despot: do revegetated patches act as refuges from the effects of the noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) in a highly fragmented landscape? Diversity and Distributions 22, 770–782.
2015
49. Mortelliti A., Crane M., Okada S., Lindenmayer D.B. 2015 Marsupial response to matrix conversion: results of a large-scale long-term 'natural experiment' in Australia. Biological Conservation 191: 60-66.
48. Mortelliti A., Lindenmayer D.B. 2015. Effects of landscape transformation on bird colonization and extinction patterns in a large-scale, long-term natural experiment. Conservation Biology 29: 1314-1326. [featured as editor's choice in Science 348: 769]
47. Pierson J.C, Mortelliti A., Barton P.S., Lane P.W., Lindenmayer D.B.L. 2015. Evaluating the effectiveness of overstory cover as a surrogate for bird community diversity and population trends. Ecological Indicators 61:790-798.
46. Sozio G., Mortelliti A. 2015. Empirical evaluation of the strength of interspecific competition in shaping small mammal communities in fragmented landscapes. Landscape Ecology 31:775–789.
45. Stirnemann I., Mortelliti A., Gibbons P., Lindenmayer DB. 2015. Fine-Scale Habitat Heterogeneity Influences Occupancy in Terrestrial Mammals in a Temperate Region of Australia. Plos One E 10(9): e0138681.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138681
44. Barton P.S., Lentini P.E., Alacs E., Bau S., Buckley Y.M., Burns E.L., Driscoll D. a., Guja L.K., Kujala H., Lahoz- Monfort J.J., Mortelliti A., Nathan R., Rowe R., & Smith A.L. (2015) Guidelines for Using Movement Science to Inform Biodiversity Policy. Environmental Management 56: 791-801.
43. Ikin, K. Mortelliti A., Stein J., Michael D., Crane M., Okada S. Wood J. Lindenmayer D. 2015. How do interacting abiotic conditions and agricultural land management practices affect temperate woodland habitat structures? Landscape Ecology 30, 1387–1403.
42. Mortelliti A., Michael D., Lindenmayer D.B. 2015. Contrasting effects of pine plantations on two skinks: results from a large scale ‘natural experiment’ in Australia. Animal Conservation 18:433-441.
41. Lindenmayer D.B., Blanchard W., Tennant P., Barton P., Ikin K., Mortelliti A., Crane M, Okada S. 2015. Major landscape transformation produces contrasting responses in species richness, assemblage composition and functional diversity. Diversity and Distributions 21, 836-847.
40. Mortelliti A., Westgate M, Stein J., Lindenmayer D.B. 2015 Ecological and spatial drivers of population synchrony in bird assemblages. Basic and Applied Ecology 16 (3), 269-278.
39. Pages M., Fabre P., Chaval Y., Mortelliti A., Nicolas V., Wells K., Michaux J.R., Lazzari V. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Southeast Asian arboreal murine rodents. Zoologica scripta 45:349-364.
38. J. Morger, L. Råberg, S. M. Hille, S. Helsen, J. Štefka, M. M. Al-Sabi, C. M. O. Kapel, T. Mappes, S. Essbauer, R. G. Ulrich, P. Bartolommei, A. Mortelliti, L. Balčiauskas, N. W. van den Brink, Rémy, A. Bajer, M. Cheprakov, M. Korva, A. L. García-Pérez, R. Biek, S.Withenshaw, B. Tschirren (2015) Distinct haplotype structure at the innate immune receptor Toll-like receptor 2 across bank vole populations and lineages in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116:124-133.
37. Burrascano S., Del Vico E. , Fagiani S., Giarrizzo E. , Mei M., Mortelliti A. , Sabatini F.M. , Blasi C. 2015. Effects of wild boar (Sus scrofa) rooting activity on understorey composition and functional traits. Community Ecology 16, 244-253.
36. Burrascano S., Giarrizzo E., Bonacquisti S.,Copiz R.,Del Vico E., Fagiani S., Mortelliti A., Blasi C. 2015. Quantifying Sus scrofa rooting effects on the understorey of the deciduous broadleaf forests in Castelporziano Estate (Italy). Rendiconti Lincei 26: 317-324.
35. Ancillotto L., Sozio G., Mortelliti A. 2015. Acorns were good until tannins were found: factors affecting seed- selection in the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Mammalian Biology 80:135-140.
2014
34. Mortelliti A., Sozio G., Driscoll D.A, Bani L., Boitani L., Lindenmayer D.B. 2014. Population and individual-scale responses to patch size, isolation and quality in the hazel dormouse. Ecosphere 5(9): art107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00115.1
33. Capizzi D., Bertolino S., Mortelliti A. 2014. Rating the rat: global patterns and research priorities in impacts and management of rodent pests. Mammal Review 44: 148–162.
32. Fagiani S., Fipaldini D., Santarelli L., Burrascano S., Del Vico E., Giarrizzo E., Mei M., Vigna Taglianti A., Boitani L., Mortelliti A. 2014. Monitoring protocols for the evaluation of the impact of wild boar (Sus scrofa) rooting on plants and animals in forest ecosystems. Hystrix 25: 31-38.
31. Ancillotto L., Sozio G., Mortelliti A., Russo D. 2014. Ultrasonic communication in Gliridae (Rodentia): the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) as a case-study. Bioacustics 23: 129-141.
30. Mortelliti A., Westgate M., Lindenmayer D.B. 2014. Experimental evaluation shows limited influence of pine plantations on the connectivity of highly fragmented bird populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 1179–1187.
2013
29. Sozio G., Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2013. Mice on the move: wheat rows as a means to increase permeability in agricultural landscapes. Biological Conservation 165: 198-202.
28. Sozio G., Mortelliti A., Boccacci F., Ranchelli E., Battisti C, Boitani L. 2013. Conservation of species occupying ephemeral and patchy habitats in agricultural landscapes: the case of the Eurasian reed warbler. Landscape and Urban Planning 119: 9-19.
27. Mortelliti A. 2013. Targeting habitat management in fragmented landscapes: a case study with forest vertebrates. Biodiversity and Conservation 22:187-207.
26. Bartolommei P., Mortelliti A., Puglisi L., Pezzo F. 2013. Distribution of nocturnal birds (Strigiformes and Caprimulgidae) in relation to land use types, extent and configuration in agricultural landscapes of Central Italy. Rendiconti Lincei 24: 13-21.
25. Mortelliti A., Santarelli L., Sozio G., Fagiani S., Boitani L. 2013. Long distance field crossings by hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) in fragmented landscapes. Mammalian Biology 78: 309-312.
24. Cagnacci F., Cardini A., Ciucci P., Ferrari N., Mortelliti A., Preatoni D., Russo D., Scandura M., Wauters L., Amori, G. 2013. Less is more: researcher survival guide in times of economic crisis. Hystrix 23: 1-7.
23. Battisti C, Amori G, Angelici F, Capizzi D, De Felici S, Mortelliti A., Schiavano A , Verucci P, Zapparoli M. 2013. Evidence of a local range expansion in a fragmentation-sensitive species: the case of the red squirrel in central Italy. Vie et Milieu 63: 59-65.
22. Bartolommei P., Bonesi L., Gui I., Monaco A., Mortelliti A. 2013. First report on the distribution of the American mink Neovison vison (Mammalia: Mustelidae) in central Italy. Italian Journal of Zoology 80: 455-461.
21. Ancillotto L, Sozio G., Mortelliti A. 2013. Multiple broods from a single mating in the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). Mammalia 77: 455-456.
2012
20. Mortelliti A., Castiglia R., Amori G., Maryanto I., Musser G.G. 2012. A New Species of Margaretamys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini) from Pegunungan Mekongga, Southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tropical Zoology 25, 1–34.
19. Mouton A., Krystufek B, Sarà M., Randi E., Amori G., Juskaitis R., Grill A., Aloise G., Mortelliti A., Panchetti F., Michaux J. 2012. Mitochondrial DNA reveals a complex phylogeographic structure of the common dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius (Rodentia: Gliridae), in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 648-664.
18. Mortelliti A., Boccacci F., Ranchelli E., Sozio G., Battisti C., Cecere J., Boitani L. 2012. Effect of habitat amount, configuration and quality in fragmented landscapes. Acta Oecologica 45:1-7.
17. Amori G., Mortelliti A., Guidarelli G., Schiavano A., Luiselli L. 2012. Detectability of the European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in a Mediterranean area. Rendiconti lincei 23: 203-206.
2011
16. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Capizzi D., Cervone C., Fagiani S., Pollini B., Boitani L. 2011. Independent effects of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and structural connectivity on the distribution of two arboreal rodents. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 163-172.
2010
12. Mortelliti A., Fagiani S., Battisti C., Capizzi D., Boitani L. 2010. Independent effects of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and structural connectivity on forest-dependent birds. Diversity and Distributions 16: 941-951.
14. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Boitani L. 2010. The role of habitat quality in fragmented landscapes: a conceptual overview and prospectus for future research. Oecologia 163: 535-547.
13. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Capizzi D., Rondinini C., Boitani L. 2010. Experimental design and taxonomic scope of fragmentation studies of European mammals: current status and future priorities. Mammal Review 40:125-154.
12. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Cervone C., Boitani L. 2010. The effect of non-target species in presence-absence distribution surveys: a case study with hair-tubes. Italian Journal of Zoology 77:211-215.
11. Hille, S.M., Mortelliti, A. 2010. Microhabitat partitioning of Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus in sub- montane Alps, a preliminary assessment. Hystrix 21:157-163.
2009
10. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2009. Distribution and coexistence of shrews in patchy landscapes: a field test of multiple hypotheses. Acta Oecologica 35: 797-804.
9. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Annesi F., Boitani L. 2009. Testing for the relative contribution of patch neighborhood, patch internal structure, and presence of predators and competitor species in determining distribution patterns of rodents in a fragmented landscape. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 662-670.
8. Mortelliti A., Santulli Sanzo G., Boitani L. 2009. Species surrogacy for conservation planning: caveats from comparing the response of three arboreal rodents to habitat loss and fragmentation. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 1131-1145.
2008
7. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2008. Interaction of food resources and landscape structure in determining the probability of patch use by carnivores in fragmented landscapes. Landscape Ecology 23: 285-298.
6. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2008. Evaluation of scent-stations surveys to monitor the distribution of three European carnivore species (Martes foina, Meles meles, Vulpes vulpes) in a fragmented landscape. Mammalian Biology 73: 287-292.
5. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2008. Inferring red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) absence with hair tubes surveys: a sampling protocol. European Journal of Wildlife Research 54: 353-356.
2007
4. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2007. Estimating species’ absence, colonization and local extinction in patchy landscapes: an application of occupancy models with rodents. Journal of Zoology 273: 244-248.
3. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2007. Patterns of interspecific and intraspecific microhabitat segregation of two rodents Praomys jacksoni (De Winton, 1897) and Hylomyscus stella (Thomas 1911) (Rodentia) in an African rainforest subjected to various levels of anthropogenic disturbance. Tropical Zoology 20(2):163-186.
2. Mortelliti A., Amori G., Sammuri G., Boitani L. 2007. Factors affecting the distribution of Sorex samniticus, and endemic Italian shrew, in an heterogeneous landscape. Acta Theriologica 52 (1): 75-84.
2006
1. Mortelliti A., Boitani L. 2006. Patterns of rodent species abundance and diversity in a Kenyan relict tropical rainforest. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 1425-1440.