Dr. post-doc

Paolo Becciu

Overall, my scientific interests focus on the way in which external factors - such as atmospheric and geographic conditions, as well as the behavior and health status of the partners - influence the movements and the birds’ decisions on different spatial-temporal scales, from looking for food to migrating several thousands of kilometers. I recently began a post-doc within this group to work on several projects using movement data previously collected on Barn Owls. More specifically, I study how reproductive parameters, color polymorphism, and the partner can influence the exploratory behavior - which is mostly rare but increasingly observed - in females during their first clutch of eggs. I received my PhD at the University of Haifa (Israel) where I studied the effects of environmental conditions on the diurnal migratory movements of large birds flying in Israel, Turkey, and Italy. My bachelor’s and master’s studies were completed at the University of Rome “Sapienza” and the University of Turin, respectively.