Dr. Marco Basile

I have 10+ year experience in biodiversity and ecological research. My bullet points are:

1. research on species distribution and habitat selection, using field methods or existing databases;
2. research on biodiversity responses to human activities, including forestry, pastoralism, and human disturbance in urban habitats and roads;
3. research on interactions among species, co-existence and co-occurrence patterns in ecological communities;
4. research on ecological modelling.
    

I established several international collaborations within the COST actions UB3GUARD CA20132 and BOTTOMS-UP CA18207. My past and present collaborations include: 1) Swiss Ornithological Institute (CH); 2) Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome (IT); 3) Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China; 4) the Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho; 5) Department of Earth and Life Sciences, University of Genoa (IT); 6) BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning (PT); 7) Department of Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (IT); 8) Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova (IT); 9) Environment and Climate Change Canada

Education

• 2021-present
  Post-Doc Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH
• 2016-2020
  PhD, University of Freiburg, DE
• 2012-2015
  Master in Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, IT

Past and present projects

• 2024
  Bark beetle population modelling
• 2023-ongoing
  The potential role of migratory birds in the spread of epidemiologically important tree pathogens ("Migratory Birds")
• 2023-ongoing
  Role of birds in biosecurity of urban trees and forests (“Urban birds”); Swiss National Science Foundation IZCOZ0_213381
• 2021-ongoing
  COST Action Urban Tree Guard - Safeguarding European urban trees and forests through improved biosecurity (UB3Guard); CA20132 https://ub3guard.eu/
• 2021-ongoing
  Effects of resource pulses caused by bark beetle outbreaks and other environmental factors on woodpecker populations; Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL https://www.wsl.ch/de/projekte/effects-of-bark-beetle-resource-pulses-on-woodpecker-populations.html
• 2019-ongoing
  COST Action Biodiversity Of Temperate forest Taxa Orienting Management Sustainability by Unifying Perspectives (BOTTOMS-UP); CA18207 https://www.bottoms-up.eu/en/
• 2016-ongoing
  Research Training Group ‘Conservation of Forest Biodiversity in Multiple-Use Landscapes of Central Europe’ – ConFoBi; German Research Foundation GRK 2123 https://confobi.uni-freiburg.de/en
• 2012-2015
  LIFE+ Managing forests for multiple purposes: carbon, biodiversity and socio-economic wellbeing - ManFor CBD; Life Environment Project LIFE09 ENV/IT/000078 https://www.manfor.eu/new/