Dr Carlo Meloro
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science
Email: C.Meloro@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2312
ORCID
I am a vertebrate palaeontologist, also passionate about wildlife, zoology and conservation biology. My research focus on mammalian ecomorphology and functional adaptation in the vertebrate skeleton.
I employ methods such as geometric morphometrics and comparative approaches to reveal ecology and evolution of extant and fossil species.
The aim of my research is to promote an integrated approach to our understanding of animal diversity on earth in the past, the present and the future.
Languages
Italian
Degrees
2008, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, PhD
2004, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, First class honours degree in Natural Sciences
Academic appointments
Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, University of Naples Federico II, 2012 - 2013
Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, 2008 - 2011
Highlighted publications
Rafiq K, Bryce CM, Rich LN, Coco C, Miller DAW, Meloro C, Wich SA, McNutt JW, Hayward MW. 2019. Tourist photographs as a scalable framework for wildlife monitoring in protected areas. Current Biology, 29 :R681-R682 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Charters D, Abrams G, De Groote I, Di Modica K, Bonjean D, Meloro C. 2019. Temporal variation in cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) dentition: The stratigraphic sequence of Scladina Cave, Belgium Quaternary Science Reviews, 205 :76-85 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Raia P, Boggioni M, Carotenuto F, Castiglione S, Di Febbraro M, Di Vincenzo F, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Papini A, Profico A, Serio C, Veneziano A, Vero V, Rook L, Meloro C, Manzi G. 2018. Unexpectedly rapid evolution of mandibular shape in hominins Scientific Reports, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Guidarelli G, Colangelo P, Ciucci P, Loy A. 2017. Mandible size and shape in extant Ursidae (Carnivora, Mammalia): A tool for taxonomy and ecogeography Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Hunter J, Tomsett L, Portela Miguez R, Prevosti FJ, Brown RP. 2017. Evolutionary ecomorphology of the Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis Russo D. Mammal Review, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Clauss M, Nurutdinova I, Meloro C, Gunga HC, Jiang D, Koller J, Herkner B, Sander PM, Hellwich O. 2016. Reconstruction of body cavity volume in terrestrial tetrapods Journal of Anatomy, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Van Valkenburgh B, Hayward MW, Ripple WJ, Meloro C, Roth VL. 2015. The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Caceres NC, Carotenuto F, Sponchiado J, Melo GL, Passaro F, Raia P. 2015. Chewing on the trees: Constraints and adaptation in the evolution of the primate mandible EVOLUTION, 69 :1690-1700 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Piras P, Maiorino L, Teresi L, Meloro C, Lucci F, Kotsakis T, Raia P. 2013. Bite of the Cats: Relationships between Functional Integration and Mechanical Performance as Revealed by Mandible Geometry Systematic Biology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Jones MEH. 2012. Tooth and cranial disparity in the fossil relatives of Sphenodon (Rhynchocephalia) dispute the persistent 'living fossil' label. J Evol Biol, 25 :2194-2209 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Louys J, Ditchfield P, Meloro C, Elton S, Bishop LC. 2012. Stable isotopes provide independent support for the use of mesowear variables for inferring diets in African antelopes Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 279 :4441-4446 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Louys J, Meloro C, Elton S, Ditchfield P, Bishop LC. 2011. Mammal community structure correlates with arboreal heterogeneity in faunally and geographically diverse habitats: implications for community convergence Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20 :717-729 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Journal article
Duque-Correa MJ, Clauss M, Meloro C, Abraham AJ. 2024. Does intestine length explain digesta retention times in birds and mammals? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 300 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Russo LF, Loy A, Lanzetti A, Goswami A, Meloro C. 2024. Exploring fluctuating asymmetry in two recovering populations of the Eurasian otter Biology letters, 20 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Serio C, Brown RP, Clauss M, Meloro C. 2024. Morphological disparity of mammalian limb bones throughout the Cenozoic: the role of biotic and abiotic factors Palaeontology, 67 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Serio C, Brown RP, Clauss M, Meloro C. 2024. Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analyses of humerus ecomorphology: New perspectives for paleohabitat reconstruction in carnivorans and ungulates The Anatomical Record, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Charters D, Brown RP, Abrams G, Di Modica K, Pirson S, De Groote I, Ghiraldi L, Meloro C. 2024. Mandibular ecomorphology in the genus ursus (Ursidae, Carnivora): relevance for the palaeoecological adaptations of cave bears (U. spelaeus) from Scladina cave Historical Biology, :1-15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Lacy H, De Cuyper A, Dalerum F, Tosoni E, Clauss M, Ciucci P, Meloro C. 2024. Estimating body condition of Apennine brown bears using subjective scoring based on camera trap photographs Mammal Research, 69 :355-364 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Crampton DA, Giacomini G, Meloro C. 2024. Mandibular morphology in four species of insectivorous bats: the impact of sexual dimorphism and geographical differentiation Journal of Zoology, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Duque-Correa MJ, Clements KD, Meloro C, Ronco F, Boila A, Indermaur A, Salzburger W, Clauss M. 2024. Diet and habitat as determinants of intestine length in fishes Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34 :1017-1034 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wang L, Meloro C, Fagan MJ, Kissane RWP, Bates KT, Askew GN, Watson PJ. 2024. Regional variation of the cortical and trabecular bone material properties in the rabbit skull Shah FA. PLoS One, 19 :e0298621 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Galvez-Bravo L, Perdices A, De Miguel RJ, Lambea-Camblor Á, Penney C, Meloro C, Martinez-Cruz B, Brown RP. 2023. Hybridization and invasive species in a threatened freshwater fish community under environmental pressures: Morphometric and molecular evidence Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Dalerum F, Cipollone M, Cordischi F, Di Croce A, Ferri D, Giovannini S, La Civita F, Monaco A, Paglione G, Paniccia C, Petriccione B, Romano M, Shivij I, Trei JN, Meloro C. 2023. Effects of phylogenetic associations on environmental and temporal niche partitioning among sympatric mammals Basic and Applied Ecology, 74 :98-107 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Brown RP, Sun H, Jin Y, Meloro C. 2023. Habitat-associated genomic variation in a wall lizard from an oceanic island Betancourt A. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15 :evad193 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Vicedo T, Meloro C, Penteriani V, García J, Lamillar , Marsella E, Gómez P, Cruz A, Cano B, Varas MJ, Álvarez E, Dalerum F. 2023. Temporal activity patterns of bears, wolves and humans in the Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tamagnini D, Michaud M, Meloro C, Raia P, Soibelzon L, Tambusso PS, Varela L, Maiorano L. 2023. Conical and sabertoothed cats as an exception to craniofacial evolutionary allometry Scientific Reports, 13 :13571 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Jiménez-Hidalgo E, Estebaranz-Sánchez F, Krajcarz MT, Meloro C, DeSantis L. 2023. Editorial: Reconstructing paleodiets: challenges and advances Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Brown RP, Jin Y, Thomas J, Meloro C. 2023. Life on a beach leads to phenotypic divergence despite gene flow for an island lizard. Communications Biology, 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Vicari D, McGowen MR, Lambert O, Brown RP, Bianucci G, Sabin RC, Meloro C. 2023. Ecomorphology of toothed whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti) as revealed by 3D skull geometry Journal of Mammalian Evolution, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Tamagnini D. 2022. Macroevolutionary ecomorphology of the Carnivora skull: adaptations and constraints in the extant species Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196 :1054-1068 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
García-Vázquez A, Crampton DA, Lamb AL, Wolff GA, Kiriakoulakis K, Guidarelli G, Loy A, Ciucci P, Groff C, Pinto-Llona AC, Grandal-d’Anglade A, Meloro C. 2022. Isotopic signature in isolated south-western populations of European brown bear (Ursus arctos) Mammal Research, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Russo LF, Meloro C, De Silvestri M, Chadwick EA, Loy A. 2022. Better sturdy or slender? Eurasian otter skull plasticity in response to feeding ecology Cristescu BOGDAN. PLoS One, 17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Vicari D, Lorenzen ED, Skovrind M, Szpak P, Louis M, Olsen MT, Brown RP, Lambert O, Bianucci G, Sabin RC, Meloro C. 2022. Skull ecomorphological variation of narwhals (Monodon monoceros, Linnaeus 1758) and belugas (Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas 1776) reveals phenotype of their hybrids PLoS ONE, 17 :e0273122 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Steiner N, Clauss M, Martin LF, Imper C, Meloro C, Duque-Correa MJ. 2022. No news from old drawings? Stomach anatomy in muroid rodents in relation to body size and ecology Journal of Morphology, 283 :1200-1209 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Duque-Correa MJ, Clauss M, Hoppe MI, Buyse K, Codron D, Meloro C, Edwards MS. 2022. Diet, habitat and flight characteristics correlate with intestine length in birds Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C. 2022. Evolution: The shape of cetacean skulls through deep time Current Biology, 32 :R457-R481 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Sansalone G. 2022. Palaeoecological significance of the “wolf event” as revealed by skull ecometrics of the canid guilds Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal, 281 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Vicari D, Sabin RC, Brown RP, Lambert O, Bianucci G, Meloro C. 2022. Skull morphological variation in a British stranded population of false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens, Owen 1846): a 3D geometric morphometric approach Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100 :119-132 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Charters D, Brown RP, Abrams G, Bonjean D, De Groote I, Meloro C. 2021. Morphological evolution of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) mandibular molars: coordinated size and shape changes through the Scladina Cave chronostratigraphy Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 587 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tamagnini D, Canestrelli D, Meloro C, Raia P, Maiorano L. 2021. New Avenues for Old Travellers: Phenotypic Evolutionary Trends Meet Morphodynamics, and Both Enter the Global Change Biology Era Evolutionary Biology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Greco I, Chizzola M, Meloro C, Swanepoel L, Tamagnini D, Dalerum F. 2021. Similarities between lions and sympatric carnivores in diel activity, size and morphology Hystrix : the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 32 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bubadué J, Cáceres N, Melo G, Sponchiado J, Battistella T, Newton J, Meloro C. 2021. Niche partitioning in small mammals: interspecific and biome-level analyses using stable isotopes Journal of Mammalogy, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Hoppe MI, Meloro C, Edwards MS, Codron D, Clauss M, Duque-Correa MJ. 2021. Less need for differentiation? Intestinal length of reptiles as compared to mammals PLoS One, 16 :e0253182-e0253182 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Giacomini G, Herrel A, Chaverri G, Brown RP, Russo D, Scaravelli D, Meloro C. 2021. Functional correlates of skull shape in Chiroptera: feeding and echolocation adaptations. Integrated Zoology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tamagnini D, Meloro C, Raia P, Maiorano L. 2021. Testing the occurrence of convergence in the cranio-mandibular shape evolution of living carnivorans. Evolution, 75 :1738-1752 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Duque-Correa MJ, Codron D, Meloro C, McGrosky A, Schiffmann C, Edwards MS, Clauss M. 2021. Mammalian intestinal allometry, phylogeny, trophic level and climate Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bubadue J, Meloro C, Hendges C, Battistella T, Carvalho R, Caceres N. 2020. Clinal and Allometric Variation in the Skull of Sexually Dimorphic Opossums Journal of Mammalian Evolution, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Serio C, Raia P, Meloro C. 2020. Locomotory Adaptations in 3D Humerus Geometry of Xenarthra: Testing for Convergence Houssaye A. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Rafiq K, Hayward MW, Wilson AM, Meloro C, Jordan NR, Wich SA, McNutt JW, Golabek KA. 2020. Spatial and temporal overlaps between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the African large predator guild Journal of Zoology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
De Cuyper A, Meloro C, Abraham AJ, Müller DWH, Codron D, Clauss M, Janssens GPJ. 2020. The uneven weight distribution between predators and prey: Comparing gut fill between terrestrial herbivores and carnivores Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 243 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Rafiq K, Jordan NR, Meloro C, Wilson AM, Hayward MW, Wich SA, McNutt JW. 2020. Scent-marking strategies of a solitary carnivore: boundary and road scent marking in the leopard Animal Behaviour, 161 :115-126 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Rafiq K, Jordan NR, Wilson AM, McNutt JW, Hayward MW, Meloro C, Wich SA, Golabek KA. 2019. Spatio-temporal factors impacting encounter occurrences between leopards and other large African predators Journal of Zoology, 310 :191-200 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Rafiq K, Bryce CM, Rich LN, Coco C, Miller DAW, Meloro C, Wich SA, McNutt JW, Hayward MW. 2019. Tourist photographs as a scalable framework for wildlife monitoring in protected areas. Current Biology, 29 :R681-R682 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
McGrosky A, Meloro C, Navarrete A, Heldstab SA, Kitchener AC, Isler K, Clauss M. 2019. Gross intestinal morphometry and allometry in primates American Journal of Primatology, 81 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Giacomini G, Scaravelli D, Herrel A, Veneziano A, Russo D, Brown RP, Meloro C. 2019. 3D Photogrammetry of Bat Skulls: Perspectives for Macro-evolutionary Analyses Evolutionary Biology, 46 :249-259 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Charters D, Abrams G, De Groote I, Di Modica K, Bonjean D, Meloro C. 2019. Temporal variation in cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) dentition: The stratigraphic sequence of Scladina Cave, Belgium Quaternary Science Reviews, 205 :76-85 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Veneziano A, Irish JD, Meloro C, Stringer C, De Groote I. 2019. The functional significance of dental and mandibular reduction in Homo: A catarrhine perspective. American Journal of Primatology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tamagnini D, Stephenson J, Brown RP, Meloro C. 2018. Geometric morphometric analyses of sexual dimorphism and allometry in two sympatric snakes: Natrix helvetica (Natricidae) and Vipera berus (Viperidae) Zoology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Raia P, Boggioni M, Carotenuto F, Castiglione S, Di Febbraro M, Di Vincenzo F, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Papini A, Profico A, Serio C, Veneziano A, Vero V, Rook L, Meloro C, Manzi G. 2018. Unexpectedly rapid evolution of mandibular shape in hominins Scientific Reports, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Watson P, Fitton L, Meloro C, Fagan M, Gröning F. 2018. Mechanical adaptation of trabecular bone morphology in the mammalian mandible Scientific Reports, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Veneziano A, Meloro C, Irish JD, Stringer C, Profico A, De Groote I. 2018. Neuromandibular integration in humans and chimpanzees: implications for dental and mandibular reduction in Homo American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bubadué J, Polidoro G, Melo G, Sponchiado J, Serio C, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Castiglione S, Meloro C, Raia P, Cáceres N, Carotenuto F. 2018. Rensch’s and Bergmann’s Rules in Cis-Andean South-American Howler Monkeys (Mammalia: Alouatta) Hystrix : the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Marques De Oliveira A. 2017. Elbow Joint Geometry in Bears (Ursidae, Carnivora): a Tool to Infer Paleobiology and Functional Adaptations of Quaternary Fossils Journal of Mammalian Evolution, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Guidarelli G, Colangelo P, de Francesco MC, Nicolosi P, Meloro C, Loy A. 2017. Phenotypic Changes Across a Geographic Gradient: The Case of Three Sympatric Dolphin Species Evolutionary Biology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tamagnini D, Meloro C, Cardini A. 2017. Anyone with a Long-Face? Craniofacial Evolutionary Allometry (CREA) in a Family of Short-Faced Mammals, the Felidae Evolutionary Biology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Guidarelli G, Colangelo P, Ciucci P, Loy A. 2017. Mandible size and shape in extant Ursidae (Carnivora, Mammalia): A tool for taxonomy and ecogeography Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Hunter J, Tomsett L, Portela Miguez R, Prevosti FJ, Brown RP. 2017. Evolutionary ecomorphology of the Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis Russo D. Mammal Review, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Clauss M, Nurutdinova I, Meloro C, Gunga HC, Jiang D, Koller J, Herkner B, Sander PM, Hellwich O. 2016. Reconstruction of body cavity volume in terrestrial tetrapods Journal of Anatomy, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Caceres N, Weber M, Melo G, Meloro C, Sponchiado J, Carvalho R, Bubadue J. 2016. Which Factors Determine Spatial Segregation in the South American Opossums (Didelphis aurita and D. albiventris)? An Ecological Niche Modelling and Geometric Morphometrics Approach PLoS One, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Eldred T, Meloro C, Scholtz C, Murphy D, Fincken K, Hayward M. 2016. Does size matter for horny beetles? A geometric morphometric analysis of interspecific and intersexual size and shape variation in Colophon haughtoni Barnard, 1929, and C. kawaii Mizukami, 1997 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) Organisms Diversity and Evolution, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Elton S, Jansson A-U, Meloro C, Louys J, Plummer T, Bishop LC. 2016. Exploring morphological generality in the Old World monkey postcranium using an ecomorphological framework Journal of Anatomy, 228 :531-560 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meir AR, Schmuck U, Meloro C, Clauss M, Hofmann RR. 2015. Convergence of Macroscopic Tongue Anatomy in Ruminants and Scaling Relationships with Body Mass or Tongue Length Journal of Morphology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bubadue J, Caceres N, Carvalho R, Meloro C. 2015. Ecogeographical Variation in Skull Shape of South-American Canids: Abiotic or Biotic Processes? Evolutionary Biology, :1-15 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Van Valkenburgh B, Hayward MW, Ripple WJ, Meloro C, Roth VL. 2015. The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Clauss M, Raia P. 2015. Ecomorphology of Carnivora challenges convergent evolution Organisms Diversity and Evolution, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Caceres NC, Carotenuto F, Sponchiado J, Melo GL, Passaro F, Raia P. 2015. Chewing on the trees: Constraints and adaptation in the evolution of the primate mandible EVOLUTION, 69 :1690-1700 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Louys J, Meloro C, Elton S, Ditchfield P, Bishop LC. 2015. The potential and pitfalls of using simple dental metrics to infer the diets of African antelopes (Mammalia: Bovidae) Palaeontologia Africana, 49 Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Hudson A, Rook L. 2015. Feeding habits of extant and fossil canids as determined by their skull geometry Kitchener A. Journal of Zoology, 295 :178-188 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Louys J, Meloro C, Elton S, Ditchfield P, Bishop LC. 2015. Corrigendum to “Analytical framework for reconstructing heterogeneous environmental variables from mammal community structure” [J. Hum. Evol. 78 (2015) 1-11] Journal of Human Evolution, 78 :1-2 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Louys J, Meloro C, Elton S, Ditchfield P, Bishop LC. 2015. Analytical framework for reconstructing heterogeneous environmental variables from mammal community structure Journal of Human Evolution, 78 :1-11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C, Louys J. 2014. Ecomorphology of radii in Canidae: Application to fragmentary fossils from Plio-Pleistocene hominin assemblages Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, DOI Publisher Url
Meloro C, Louys J. 2014. Ecomorphology of radii in Canidae: Application to fragmentary fossils from Plio-Pleistocene hominin assemblages Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60 :795-806 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cáceres N, Meloro C, Carotenuto F, Passaro F, Sponchiado J, Melo GL, Raia P. 2014. Ecogeographical variation in skull shape of capuchin monkeys Journal of Biogeography, 41 :501-512 DOI
Meloro C, Cáceres N, Carotenuto F, Sponchiado J, Melo GL, Passaro F, Raia P. 2014. In and Out the Amazonia: Evolutionary Ecomorphology in Howler and Capuchin Monkeys Evolutionary Biology, 41 :38-51 DOI
Meloro C, Cáceres N, Carotenuto F, Passaro F, Sponchiado J, Melo GL, Raia P. 2014. Ecogeographical variation in skull morphometry of howler monkeys (Primates: Atelidae) Zoologischer Anzeiger, 253 :345-359 DOI
Meloro C, Caceres N, Carotenuto F, Passaro F, Sponchiado J, Melo GL, Raia P. 2014. Ecogeographical variation in skull morphometry of howler monkeys (Primates: Atelidae) ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, 253 :345-359 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Piras P, Maiorino L, Teresi L, Meloro C, Lucci F, Kotsakis T, Raia P. 2013. Bite of the Cats: Relationships between Functional Integration and Mechanical Performance as Revealed by Mandible Geometry Systematic Biology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Kovarovic K. 2013. Spatial and ecometric analyses of the Plio-Pleistocene large mammal communities of the Italian peninsula Journal of Biogeography, 40 :1451-1462 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Elton S, Louys JC, Bishop LC, Ditchfield P. 2013. Cats in the forest: predicting habitat adaptations from humerus morphometry in extant and fossil Felidae (Carnivora) Paleobiology, 39 :323-344 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Clauss M, Dittmann MT, Müller DWH, Meloro C, Codron D. 2013. Bergmann ’ s rule in mammals: a cross-species interspecific pattern Oikos, 122 :1465-1472 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Mueller DWH, Codron D, Meloro C, Munn A, Schwarm A, Hummel J, Clauss M. 2013. Assessing the Jarman-Bell Principle: Scaling of intake, digestibility, retention time and gut fill with body mass in mammalian herbivores COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 164 :129-140 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Cáceres N, Meloro C, Carotenuto F, Passaro F, Raia P, Sponchiado J, Melo GL. 2013. Ecogeographical variation in skull shape of capuchin monkeys Journal of Biogeography, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Carotenuto F, Passaro F, Raia P, Cáceres N, Sponchiado J, Melo GL. 2013. In and Out the Amazonia: Evolutionary Ecomorphology in Howler and Capuchin Monkeys Evolutionary Biology, :1-14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Jones MEH. 2012. Tooth and cranial disparity in the fossil relatives of Sphenodon (Rhynchocephalia) dispute the persistent 'living fossil' label. J Evol Biol, 25 :2194-2209 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Walmsley A, Elton S, Louys J, Bishop LC, Meloro C. 2012. Humeral Epiphyseal Shape in the Felidae: The Influence of Phylogeny, Allometry and Locomotion Journal of Morphology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C. 2012. Mandibular shape correlates of tooth fracture in extant Carnivora: Implications to inferring feeding behaviour of Pleistocene predators Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 106 :70-80 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Clauss M. 2012. Predator-prey biomass fluctuations in the Plio-Pleistocene Palaios, 27 :90-96 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Louys J, Ditchfield P, Meloro C, Elton S, Bishop LC. 2012. Stable isotopes provide independent support for the use of mesowear variables for inferring diets in African antelopes Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 279 :4441-4446 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Elton S. 2012. The evolutionary history and palaeo-ecology of primate predation: Macaca sylvanus from Plio-Pleistocene Europe as a case study. Folia Primatol (Basel), 83 :216-235 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Slater GJ. 2012. COVARIATION IN THE SKULL MODULES OF CATS: THE CHALLENGE OF GROWING SABER-LIKE CANINES JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 32 :677-685 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Raia P, Carotenuto F, Cobb SN. 2011. Phylogenetic signal, function and integration in the subunits of the carnivoran mandible Evolutionary Biology, 38 :465-475 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, O'Higgins P. 2011. Ecological Adaptations of Mandibular Form in Fissiped Carnivora Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 18 :185-200 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Louys J, Meloro C, Elton S, Ditchfield P, Bishop LC. 2011. Mesowear as a means of determining diets in African antelopes JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 38 :1485-1495 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C. 2011. Locomotor adaptations in plio-pleistocene large carnivores from the italian peninsula: Palaeoecological implications Current Zoology, 57 :269-283 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C. 2011. Morphological disparity in Plio-Pleistocene large carnivore guilds from Italian peninsula Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 56 :33-44 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C. 2011. Feeding habits of Plio-Pleistocene large carnivores as revealed by the mandibular geometry Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31 :428-446 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Louys J, Meloro C, Elton S, Ditchfield P, Bishop LC. 2011. Mammal community structure correlates with arboreal heterogeneity in faunally and geographically diverse habitats: implications for community convergence Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20 :717-729 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Raia P, Carotenuto F, Meloro C, Piras P, Barbera C. 2011. Species accumulation over space and time in European Plio-Holocene mammals EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY, 25 :171-188 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Raia P. 2010. Cats and Dogs Down the Tree: The Tempo and Mode of Evolution in the Lower Carnassial of Fossil and Living Carnivora Evolutionary Biology, 37 :177-186 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Piras P, Colangelo P, Adams DC, Buscalioni A, Cubo J, Kotsakis T, Meloro C, Raia P. 2010. The Gavialis-Tomistoma debate: the contribution of skull ontogenetic allometry and growth trajectories to the study of crocodylian relationships EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT, 12 :568-579 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Raia P, Carotenuto F, Meloro C, Piras P, Pushkina D. 2010. The shape of contention: Adaptation, history, and contingency in ungulate mandibles Evolution, 64 :1489-1503 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Raia P, Carotenuto F, Meloro C, Piras P, Barbera C, Kotsakis T. 2009. More than three million years of community evolution. The temporal and geographical resolution of the Plio-Pleistocene Western Eurasia mammal faunas Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 276 :15-23 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Raia P, Piras P, Barbera C, O'Higgins P. 2008. The shape of the mandibular corpus in large fissiped carnivores: Allometry, function and phylogeny Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 154 :832-845 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Raia P, Carotenuto F, Barbera C. 2008. Diversity and turnover of Plio-Pleistocene large mammal fauna from the Italian Peninsula Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 268 :58-64 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Meloro C, Raia P, Barbera C. 2007. Effect of predation on prey abundance and survival in Plio-Pleistocene mammalian communities EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 9 :505-525 Author Url
Raia P, Meloro C, Barbera C. 2007. Inconstancy in predator/prey ratios in Quaternary large mammal communities of Italy, with an appraisal of mechanisms QUATERNARY RESEARCH, 67 :255-263 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Raia P, Meloro C, Loy A, Barbera C. 2006. Species occupancy and its course in the past: macroecological patterns in extinct communities EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 8 :181-194 Author Url
Chapters
Bubadué J, Cáceres N, Brum M, Meloro C. 2023. Skull Morphological Evolution in Faunivorous Marsupials American and Australasian Marsupials: An Evolutionary, Biogeographical, and Ecological Approach :431-451 Springer, Cham 9783031084188 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Meloro C. 2022. Ecomorphological Disparity of Small Carnivore Guilds Do Linh San E, Sato JJ, Belant JL, Somers MJ. Small Carnivores: Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation, First Edition :93-106 Wiley-Blackwell 978-1-118-94326-7 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bubadué J, Cáceres N, Brum M, Meloro C. 2022. Skull Morphological Evolution in Faunivorous Marsupials American and Australasian Marsupials :1-21 Springer International Publishing 9783030888008 DOI Publisher Url
Kitchener A, Meloro C, Terry W. 2017. Form and function of the musteloids Macdonald DW, Newman C, Harrington LA. Biology and Conservation of Musteloids 3 :92-128 Oxford University Press. Oxford 978-0198759812 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Kitchener AC, Meloro C, Williams TM. 2017. Form and function of the musteloids BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF MUSTELOIDS :92-128 978-0-19-875981-2 DOI
preprint
Brown R, Jin Y, Thomas J, Meloro C. 2022. Life on a beach for island lizards: phenotypic divergence in the face of gene flow Authorea, Inc. DOI Publisher Url
Conference publication
Loy A, Ciucci P, Colangelo P, Guidarelli G, Meloro C. 2020. More than twenty years of geometric morphometrics and the species conservation. A tribute to Dennis E. Slice AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 171 :166-166
Giacomini G, Herrel A, Chaverri G, Brown RP, Russo D, Scaravelli D, Meloro C. 2019. Evolutionary Constraints On Bat Skull Morphology: Does Echolocation Matter? JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, 280 :S60-S60 Author Url
Vicari D, McGowen MR, Lambert O, Sabin RC, Brown RP, Meloro C. 2019. Cranial Ecomorphology of Odontocetes: a 3D-Evolutionary Approach JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, 280 :S235-S235 Author Url
Giacomini G, Scaravelli D, Herrel A, Russo D, Veneziano A, Meloro C. 2018. Murciélagos en 3D: fotogrametría como un método de escaneo portátil y confiable COLAM - II CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO Y DEL CARIBE DE MURCIÉLAGOS Publisher Url
Giacomini G, Scaravelli D, Herrel A, Russo D, Brown R, Meloro C. 2018. Morfología de cráneo y mandíbula en los murciélagos: ¿Compensación entre ecolocación y fuerza de mordida? COLAM Il Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Murciélagos Publisher Url
Giacomini G, Scaravelli D, Herrell A, Brown R, Meloro C. 2017. Echo from the skulls: is there a trade-off between echolocation and feeding function in bats 14th European Bat Research Symposium - EBRS 2017 Abstract book, 14th European Bat Research Symposium :98-98
Giacomini G, Scaravelli D, Herrell A, Veneziano A, Meloro C. 2017. Bat skull in three dimensions: photogrammetry as a portable and reliable scanning solution 14th European Bat Research Symposium - EBRS 2017 Abstract book, 14th European Bat Research Symposium
Rafiq K, Stephens P, Golabek K, Meloro C. 2016. Risk-driven behaviour in the African leopard 96th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists
Meloro C. 2016. Macroevolution of the mammalian mandible: primates, ungulates and carnivorans compared 96th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists
Marques de Oliveira A, Meloro C. 2016. Paleobiology of ground sloths and other Pleistocene South American mammals: evidences 96th Annual Meeting of the american Society of Mammalogists
Marques De Oliveira A, Meloro C. 2016. Palaeoecological inferences of Quaternary bears based on humerus size and shape 1st International Meeting of Early-stage Researchers in Palaeontology Publisher Url
Marques De Oliveira A, Veneziano A, De Groote I, Meloro C. 2016. Locomotory behaviour of the giant ground sloth (Megatherium americanum): a three dimensional morphometric approach 1st International Meeting of Early-stage Researchers in Palaeontology Publisher Url
Guidarelli G, Colangelo P, Ciucci P, Loy A, Meloro C. 2016. The marsican bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus): morphological evidences of taxonomic and ecological distinctiveness Chiricella R, Imperio S, Molinari A, Sozio G, Mazzaracca S, Preatoni DG. HYSTRIX the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, X Congresso Italiano di Teriologia 27 (Supplement) Author Url Publisher Url
Veneziano A, Meloro C, Irish JD, Stringer C, De Groote I. 2016. A primate viewpoint on mandibular reduction in Homo: the impact of allometry and encephalisation AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :322-322 Author Url
Meloro C. 2014. BIG CATS AND THE EAST AFRICAN PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTS African Large Carnivores: Impacts on Ecosystems and Humans Interactions Publisher Url
Meloro C. 2013. Ecomorphology of Mustelidae A Conference on the Biology and Conservation of Wild Mustelids
Kitchener A, Meloro C, Williams T. 2013. Why so many mustelids? How form and function have led to global success A Conference on the Biology and Conservation of Wild Mustelids
Meloro C, Elton S, Louys J, Ditchfield P, Bishop L. 2010. WHAT TO DO WITH FRAGMENTARY FOSSILS? AN EXAMPLE BASED ON A FOSSIL DOG FROM OLDUVAI BED II IPC3 -3rd International Paleontological Congress Publisher Url
Louys J, Meloro C, Elton S, Ditchfield P, Bishop L. 2010. QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES IN PALAEOSYNECOLOGY: CORRELATING COMMUNITY STRUCTURE WITH HABITATS IPC3 -3rd International Paleontological Congress
Louys J, Elton S, Meloro C, Ditchfield P, Bishop LC. 2010. Vegetation heterogeneity as a predictor of large mammal community structure in palaeoecology and conservation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 79th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists :158-158 Author Url
Meloro C, Elton S, Louys J, Ditchfield P, Bishop L. 2009. HABITAT ADAPTATION AS PREDICTED BY HUMERUS MORPHOMETRY IN FELIDAE (FISSIPEDIA, CARNIVORA): IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 29 :147A-147A Author Url
Cobb S, Meloro C. 2009. FITTING TEETH IN BENDING JAWS: DO THE SPATIAL DEMANDS OF THE DEVELOPING DENTITION AFFECT THE UTILITY OF THE MANDIBLE IN RECONSTRUCTING DIET? JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 29 :80A-81A Author Url
Meloro C. Megafauna and ecosystem dynamics in the PlioPleistocene: insights from the Italian fossil record Megafauna and Ecosystem Function: from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene Publisher Url
Meloro C. The tempo and mode of chewing evolution in mammals: insights from carnivorans and ungulates Radiation and Extinction: Investigating Clade Dynamics in Deep Time Publisher Url
Meloro C. Adaptações ecogeográficas em mamíferos: uma abordagem por morfometria geométrica. 7 Congresso Brasiliero de Mastozoologia Publisher Url
Meloro C. Mammalian Ecometrics of the Italian Plio-‐Pleistocene XIII Giornate di Paleontologia Publisher Url
Meloro C. WHAT’S ON THE CARNIVORES’ MENU 2 MILLION YEARS AGO? MULTIPLE EVIDENCE FROM MANDIBULAR FORM IPC3 -3rd International Paleontological Congress
Meloro C, Elton S. Primates and felids: a long evolutionary history Primate-Felid Interactions Workshop
Meloro C, Elton S. 'O Granny what big teeth you have'. Carnivore predation on European macaques in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Colloquium on European Primates.
de Moura Bubadué J, Hedges CD, Carvalho RDS, Meloro C, Cáceres NC. What defines phenotypic variation in sexually dimorphic marsupials of South America? Assessing skull shape variation in Didelphis albiventris, D. aurita and D. marsupialis (Mammalia: Didelphidae). 12th International Mammalogical Congress
Brown R, Jin Y, Thomas J, Meloro C. Divergence of beach populations of the Madeiran Wall Lizard International Conference on Herpetological Biodiversity and Conservation in EurAsian Countries
Meloro C, Thomas J, Charters D, Brown R. Ecological drivers of head morphology in the Madeiran wall lizard (Teira dugesii) Ecology Across Borders 2021: Annual Meeting of British Ecological Society and the French Society for Ecology and Evolution
Davide T, De Angelis D, Chatar N, Meloro C, Crampton D, Soibelzon L, Arnaudo ME, Michaud M, Tambusso PS, Varela L, Maiorano L. Elucidating bear eco-evolutionary dynamics using ecological and morphological evolutionary landscapes. Nakrem HA. NGF, Abstracts and Proceedings of the GeologicaI Society of Norway, 21st EAVP Conference 2024 1 :58-59 Publisher Url
Meloro C, Echevarria L, Ebrahim T, Jones A, Lamb A. Steetley Quarry writes the story of a Neolithic lynx from Nottinghamshire, UK British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2024 :777-777 Publisher Url
Dalerum F, Chiaverini L, Cipollone M, Cordischi F, Di Croce A, Ferri D, Giovannini S, La Civita F, Monaco A, Paglione G, Panniccia C, Petriccione B, Romano M, Shivij I, Trei JN, Meloro C. Effects of phylogenetic associations on environmental and temporal niche partitioning among sympatric mammals ECCB 2024 , 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology Publisher Url
Media Coverage:
Twitter on STEM Activity in St Michael's in the Hamlet Primary School (opens in a new tab) 2023
Twitter on STEM Activity in St Michael's in the Hamlet Primary School (opens in a new tab) 2023
Twitter for online talk delivered for Royal Holloway College London (opens in a new tab) 2020
Radio interview by BBC Radio Merseyside Program Science in Action (opens in a new tab) 2017
Articles and youtube video on constraints and adaptation in the evolution of the primate mandible
www.youtube.com (opens in a new tab)
phys.org (opens in a new tab)
sciencevideos.org (opens in a new tab)
Selected media coverages on the impact of large terrestrial carnivores.
www.mirror.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
news.sciencemag.org (opens in a new tab)
newsroom.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)
Research Grants Awarded:
NERC, The role of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the British Holocene ecosystems, Angela Lamb (British Geological Survey); Angharad Jones (Creswell Crags), Grant value (£): £21,484, Duration of research project: 1 Year. 2023
INQUA, Teeth as tools to investigate Quaternary palaeoenvironments: the cave bear example, Nicola Nannini, MUSE (Italy); Isabelle de Groote, University of Ghent (Belgium); Marco Peresani, Universita' di Ferrara (Italy), Grant value (£): 4400, Duration of research project: 1 Year. 2022
Nerc, Niche segregation between South American small rodents and marsupials, Dr Jason Newton (Univeristy of Glasgow); Prof. Nilton Cáceres (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria), Miss Jamile Bubadue (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria), Grant value (£): 3,081. 2019
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq, Adaptações morfológicas de marsupiais e roedores neotropicais: papeis do ambiente e do parentesco na evolução da forma e tamanho corporal, Nilton Caceres (PI-Universidad Federal de Santa Maria); Dr. François Catzeflis (University of Montpellier II, France); Luiza Magnus (UFSM, Brasil); Geruza L. Melo (UFMS, Brasil); Jonas Sponchiado (UFSM, Brasil), Grant value (£): 12257, Duration of research project: 35 mnths. 2015
British Council, Researcher Links, Grant value (£): 3311, Duration of research project: 1 month. 2013
European Commission, W-TOOTH, Prof. Marcus Clauss (University of Zurich), Grant value (£): 152126, Duration of research project: 2 years. 2012
FP6 SYNTHESYS (2004-2009), Eco-morphology of extant African carnivores, Grant value (£): 737.92, Duration of research project: 15 days. 2008
FP6 SYNTHESYS (2004-2009), ES TAF – 858 The evolution of feeding habits in extinct European carnivores, Grant value (£): 2204.71, Duration of research project: 7 days. 2005
FP6 SYNTHESYS (2004-2009), The evolution of feeding habits in extinct European carnivores, Grant value (£): 2610.38, Duration of research project: 7 days. 2004
Other Professional Activity:
STEM activity for Year 3 pupils of St Michael's in the Hamlet Primary School. 2023
Editorial boards:
Reconstructing Paleodiets: Challenges and Advances, Editor, https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/29757/reconstructing-paleodiets-challenges-and-advances. 2022
Other invited event:
Skeleton & Fossils, St Philip's Church of England Primary School, This was a virtual STEM activity for Year 3 pupils to explain basic principles of skeletal anatomy and the study of fossil bones. 2021
Predator-prey dynamics in the Plio-Pleistocene ecosystems, Royal Holloway University of London (Online via Zoom), Invited seminar for EPOCH (Exploring Palaeoenvironments, Oceans, Climate and Humans) organised by Royal Holloway University of London.. 2020
Orso bruno marsicano: verso una strategia di conservazione integrata, Bologna (Italy), Invited talk: "Taxonomic distinctiveness of the Apennine brown bear: the morphometric evidences". 2018
Macroevolution of the mammalian mandible: primates, ungulates and carnivorans compared, University of Minnesota, Invited talk for the symposyum "Morphometric Approaches to Studying Mammalian Evolution and Ecology". 2016
7 Congresso Brasileiro de Mastozoologia, Gramado (Brazil), Talk: Adaptações ecogeográficas em mamíferos: uma abordagem por morfometria geométrica.. 2014
Megafauna and Ecosystem Function: from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene, University of Oxford, Talk Megafauna and ecosystem dynamics in the PlioPleistocene: insights from the Italian fossil record. 2014
Large carnivores and climate in the Plio-Pleistocene, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Invited seminar. 2014
The cat that bit the monkey, Hull York Medical School, Invited seminar http://research.hyms.ac.uk/researchcentres/cahs/news-and-events/research-seminar/the-cat-that-bit-the-monkey-evolutionary-ecomorphology-in-felidae-and-primates. 2013
Ecomorphology of Mustelidae, University of Oxford, Invited seminar talk for the conference: Wild Musteloid Conference http://www.wildcru.org/conference/programme.pdf. 2013
Plenary Talk: Why so many mustelids? How form and function have led to global success, University of Oxford, Invited plenary talk for the conference: Wild Musteloid Conference http://www.wildcru.org/conference/programme.pdf. 2013
Morphological diversity of large carnivores and Plio-Pleistocene environments, Universita' degli Studi del Molise, Invited seminar. 2012
Contesto paleoecologico dell’evoluzione umana: l’importanza dello studio delle faune a mammiferi, Universita' di Perugia, Invited lecturer for the Master Program entitled: Scuola di Paleoantropologia, Perugia Terza Edizione (25 Febbraio - 2 Marzo 2013) https://dipartimenti.unipg.it/dipsct/documenti/scuola_paleoantropologia/2013/SecondaCircolare2013.pdf. 2012
External PGR examinations performed:
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, PhD, Impact of ecological strategies on the morphological rate, diversity and integration in Carnivora. 2019
University of Bournemouth, PhD, Faunal and human biogeography during the Terminal Pleistocene. 2018
Università di Firenze, PhD, The Late Pleistocene site of Equi (Massa, Apuane Alps): revaluation of historical data and new discoveries. Morphological comparison of Italian and European Felids. 2015
Public engagement:
Demonstration, Wider public, Organiser, The activity was part of the Being Human Festival, World Museum Liverpool, Ice Age Mammals, https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/events/displayevent.aspx?EventId=40598. 2019
Other, wider public, Development of museum exhibit content, Organiser, World Museum Liverpool, Human Evolution Gallery World Museum Liverpool, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2019/9/10/new-human-evolution-gallery-at-the-world-museum-liverpool-opened-with-a-bang. 2019
Demonstration, School children, Inivited speaker, STEM activity, St Michael in the Hamlet Primary School, Evolution & Inheritance, http://www.stmichaelinthehamletschool.com/stem-ambassadors-visit-year-1-and-year-6/. 2018
Demonstration, Year 1 children, Invited speaker, St Michaels in Hamlet Primary School, Liverpool, L17 7BA, Paws, Jaws and Claws, http://www.stmichaelinthehamletschool.com/stem-ambassador-visit-to-year-one/. 2017
Membership of professional bodies:
Ordinary Member, Italian Mammal Society, https://www.mammiferi.org/en/. 2018
Ordinary Member, American Society of Mammalogists, https://www.mammalogy.org/. 2016
Ordinary Member, Society for the Study of Evolution, http://www.evolutionsociety.org/. 2015
Honorary Fellow, Linnean Society, http://www.linnean.org/. 2014
Conference presentation:
Morfología de cráneo y mandíbula en los murciélagos: ¿Compensación entre ecolocación y fuerza de mordida?, , 2nd Congreso Latinoamericano y del caribe de murciélagos, San Salvador, El Salvador, Poster presentation. 2017
Murciélagos en 3D: fotogrametría como un método de escaneo portátil y confiable., 2nd Congreso Latinoamericano y del caribe de murciélagos, San Salvador, El Salvador, Oral presentation. 2017
Predators from the past, still hiding in the present, The Rewilding Conference, Gibraltar, Oral presentation. 2017
Bat skull in three dimensions: photogrammetry as a portable and reliable scanning solution, 14th European Bat Research Symposium, Donostia, The Basque Country, Oral presentation. 2017
Echo from the skulls: is there a trade-off between echolocation and feeding function in bats?, 14th European Bat Research Symposium, Donostia, The Basque Country, Poster presentation. 2017
Hydrodynamic implications of the long neck in plesiosaurs using computational fluid dynamics, Society of Experimental Biology, Gotenburg, Sweden, Poster presentation. 2017
Ecomorphological patterns in the mammalian humerus: implications for community-based palaeoecological reconstruction, 6th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Madrid, spain, Poster presentation. 2016
Mobility and hydrodynamic implications for the long neck in plesiosaurs, Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Liverpool, Poster presentation. 2016
Big Cats And The East African Palaeo-Environments, African Large Carnivores: Impacts on Ecosystems and Humans Interactions, National Museums of Kenya, Oral presentation. 2014
Megafauna and ecosystem dynamics in the PlioPleistocene: insights from the Italian fossil record, M E G A F A U N A & ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene, University of Oxford, Oral presentation. 2014
Ecomorphology of Mustelidae, Biology and Conservation of Musteloids, University of Oxford, Oral presentation. 2013
Award:
Honourable mention for the most cited paper of 2012, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica Editorial Board., https://www.app.pan.pl/home.html. 2014
Fellowships:
Honorary fellow, Linnean Society, http://www.linnean.org/. 2013
External committees:
Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), National Research Council, Romania, External Reviewer, http://uefiscdi-direct.ro/main/index.php?we=739b3c62c1bb313943067e2dbe65cfb3&wtok=4b8ddaea9a87a2ef9502484ec563f193&wtkps=YTozOntzOjM6InNpZCI7TjtzOjM6IlRUTCI7aTozMDtzOjY6ImluZGF0ZSI7aToxMzk0MTk0MjY1O30=&&wchk=7626cea69ff8038acee5cc3fb5eefe73. 2012
External collaboration:
http://coral.ufsm.br/niltoncaceres/, Federal University of Santa Maria, Nilton C aceres. 2012
http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/mammals_staff_pages/slater_graham.html, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Graham J. Slater. 2012
https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=7521, University of Durham, Kris Kovarovic. 2012
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/marc.jones, The University of Adelaide, Marc Jones. 2011
http://www.zooklinik.uzh.ch/team/mclauss.html, University of Zurich, Marcus Clauss. 2011
http://earth.uq.edu.au/research-profile/dr-julien-louys, The University of Queensland, Australia, Julien Louys. 2008
http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/PD1.html, University of Oxford, Peter Ditchfield. 2008
https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=10596, University of Durham, Sarah Elton. 2008
http://research.hyms.ac.uk/researchcentres/cahs/our-staff/staff-profile?Name=Professor_Paul_O%22Higgins&PID=114, Hull York Medical School, Paul O'Higgins. 2006
http://host.uniroma3.it/laboratori/paleontologia/kotsakis_vert.htm, Universita' degli Studi Roma 3, Anastasssios (Tassos) Kotsakis - Paolo Piras. 2004
https://www.docenti.unina.it/pasquale.raia, Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Pasquale Raia. 2004