Mustelidae project

"Study relating to the presence and ecology of mustelids in the forest area Bosco della Selva (Siena)".
The aim of the research project is to gather scientific data on large and medium sized mustelids - badgers (Meles meles), pine martens (Martes martes), beech martens (Martes foina) and European polecat (Mustela putorius), inhabiting a mediterranean oak-wood forest (Quercus cerris, Quercus pubescens). Research interests include territory dynamics such as the use of space and habitat, diet and activity patterns. The project started in August 2005 under the authorization of the Tuscan Region. Scientific board: Ethoikos - Radicondoli, and Department of Biology - Tor Vergata University - Rome.

Macaca tonkeana

Ethoikos e the Associazione Giardino Faunistico di Piano dell'Abatino (GFPA) have an exclusive agreement concerning ethological studies on a group of Tonkean macaques (Macaca Tonkeana), housed in the Parco Faunistico di Piano dell'Abatino (close to Rome). Part of the research is carried out in collaboration with the Centre d'Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie, Equipe d'Ethologie des Primates, CNRS Strasbourg.

photo Arianna De Marco

Wolf project

During Easter 2007 a youg wounded wolf was sighted by the Forest guards in the countryside near Rieti. The wolf was taken to the Parco Faunistico del Piano dell'Abatino where it was cured and then set free. A satellite controlled collar was fixed onto the wolf. Through the data collected we are able to monitor its state of health and collect other useful information for research on wolves in Italy.
This project is a collaboration between the Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; Associazione Giardino Faunistico di Piano dell'Abatino (GFPA); Provincia di Rieti.