Thesis/Dissertation

Serio C. 2023. Patterns of coevolution in carnivores and ungulates during Cenozoic Meloro C, Brown R, Clauss M. Public Url

Journal article

Mondanaro A, Di Febbraro M, Castiglione S, Melchionna M, Serio C, Girardi G, Belfiore AM, Raia P. 2023. ENphylo: A new method to model the distribution of extremely rare species Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14 :911-922 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Sansalone G, Profico A, Wroe S, Allen K, Ledogar J, Ledogar S, Mitchell DR, Mondanaro A, Melchionna M, Castiglione S, Serio C, Raia P. 2023. Homo sapiens and Neanderthals share high cerebral cortex integration into adulthood Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7 :42-50 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Castiglione S, Mondanaro A, Di Febbraro M, Melchionna M, Serio C, Girardi G, Belfiore AM, Raia P. 2022. Testing for changes in rate of evolution and position of the climatic niche of clades Mammal Review, 52 :573-583 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Castiglione S, Serio C, Mondanaro A, Melchionna M, Raia P, Sansom R. 2022. Fast production of large, time-calibrated, informal supertrees with tree.merger PALAEONTOLOGY, 65 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Melchionna M, Profico A, Castiglione S, Serio C, Mondanaro A, Modafferi M, Tamagnini D, Maiorano L, Raia P, Witmer LM, Wroe S, Sansalone G. 2021. A method for mapping morphological convergence on three-dimensional digital models: the case of the mammalian sabre-tooth Palaeontology, 64 :573-584 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Castiglione S, Serio C, Piccolo M, Mondanaro A, Melchionna M, Di Febbraro M, Sansalone G, Wroe S, Raia P. 2021. The influence of domestication, insularity and sociality on the tempo and mode of brain size evolution in mammals BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 132 :221-231 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Mondanaro A, Melchionna M, Di Febbraro M, Castiglione S, Holden PB, Edwards NR, Carotenuto F, Maiorano L, Modafferi M, Serio C, Diniz-Filho JAF, Rangel T, Rook L, O'Higgins P, Spikins P, Profico A, Raia P. 2020. A Major Change in Rate of Climate Niche Envelope Evolution during Hominid History iScience, 23 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Raia P, Mondanaro A, Melchionna M, Di Febbraro M, Diniz-Filho JAF, Rangel TF, Holden PB, Carotenuto F, Edwards NR, Lima-Ribeiro MS, Profico A, Maiorano L, Castiglione S, Serio C, Rook L. 2020. Past Extinctions of Homo Species Coincided with Increased Vulnerability to Climatic Change ONE EARTH, 3 :480-490 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Melchionna M, Profico A, Castiglione S, Sansalone G, Serio C, Mondanaro A, Di Febbraro M, Rook L, Pandolfi L, Di Vincenzo F, Manzi G, Raia P. 2020. From Smart Apes to Human Brain Boxes. A Uniquely Derived Brain Shape in Late Hominins Clade FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Sansalone G, Allen K, Ledogar JA, Ledogar S, Mitchell DR, Profico A, Castiglione S, Melchionna M, Serio C, Mondanaro A, Raia P, Wroe S. 2020. Variation in the strength of allometry drives rates of evolution in primate brain shape PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 287 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Carotenuto F, Di Febbraro M, Mondanaro A, Castiglione S, Serio C, Melchionna M, Rook L, Raia P. 2020. MInOSSE: A new method to reconstruct geographic ranges of fossil species METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 11 :1121-1132 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Cirilli O, Melchionna M, Serio C, Bernor RL, Bukhsianidze M, Lordkipanidze D, Rook L, Profico A, Raia P. 2020. Target Deformation of theEquus stenonisHolotype Skull: A Virtual Reconstruction FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Castiglione S, Serio C, Mondanaro A, Melchionna M, Carotenuto F, Di Febbraro M, Profico A, Tamagnini D, Raia P. 2020. Ancestral State Estimation with Phylogenetic Ridge Regression EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 47 :220-232 DOI Author Url Publisher 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

Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Serio C, Castiglione S, Di Febbraro M, Rook L, Diniz-Filho JAF, Manzi G, Profico A, Sansalone G, Raia P. 2020. Macroevolutionary trends of brain mass in Primates BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 129 :14-25 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Castiglione S, Serio C, Tamagnini D, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Di Febbraro M, Profico A, Piras P, Barattolo F, Raia P. 2019. A new, fast method to search for morphological convergence with shape data PLOS ONE, 14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Silvestro D, Castiglione S, Mondanaro A, Serio C, Melchionna M, Piras P, Di Febbraro M, Carotenuto F, Rook L, Raia P. 2019. A 450 million years long latitudinal gradient in age-dependent extinction Ecology Letters, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Ruggiero ET, Serio C, Raia P. 2019. ON THE VALIDITY OF TEREBRATULA SINUOSA (BROCCHI) RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA, 125 :631-636 Author Url

Serio C, Castiglione S, Tesone G, Piccolo M, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Di Febbraro M, Raia P. 2019. Macroevolution of Toothed Whales Exceptional Relative Brain Size EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 46 :332-342 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Mondanaro A, Di Febbraro M, Melchionna M, Carotenuto F, Castiglione S, Serio C, Danisi S, Rook L, Diniz-Filho JAF, Raia P. 2019. Additive effects of climate change and human hunting explain population decline and extinction in cave bears BOREAS, 48 :605-615 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Saborit G, Mondanaro A, Melchionna M, Serio C, Carotenuto F, Tavani S, Modafferi M, Panarello A, Mietto P, Raia P, Casinos A. 2019. A dynamic analysis of Middle Pleistocene human walking gait adjustment and control ITALIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES, 138 :231-238 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Castiglione S, Serio C, Mondanaro A, Di Febbraro M, Profico A, Girardi G, Raia P. 2019. Simultaneous detection of macroevolutionary patterns in phenotypic means and rate of change with and within phylogenetic trees including extinct species PLOS ONE, 14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Dipineto L, Raia P, Varriale L, Borrelli L, Botta V, Serio C, Capasso M, Rinaldi L. 2018. Bacteria and parasites in Podarcis sicula and P-sicula klemmerii BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH, 14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Carotenuto F, Di Febbraro M, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Castiglione S, Serio C, Rook L, Loy A, Lima-Ribeiro MS, Diniz-Filho JAF, Raia P. 2018. The well-behaved killer: Late Pleistocene humans in Eurasia were significantly associated with living megafauna only PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 500 :24-32 DOI Author Url Publisher 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

Piras P, Silvestro D, Carotenuto F, Castiglione S, Kotsakis A, Maiorino L, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Sansalone G, Serio C, Vero VA, Raia P. 2018. Evolution of the sabertooth mandible: A deadly ecomorphological specialization PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 496 :166-174 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Melchionna M, Di Febbraro M, Carotenuto F, Rook L, Mondanaro A, Castiglione S, Serio C, Vero VA, Tesone G, Piccolo M, Felizola Diniz-Filho JA, Raia P. 2018. Fragmentation of Neanderthals' pre-extinction distribution by climate change PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 496 :146-154 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Castiglione S, Tesone G, Piccolo M, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Serio C, Di Febbraro M, Raia P. 2018. A new method for testing evolutionary rate variation and shifts in phenotypic evolution METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 9 :974-983 DOI Author Url Publisher 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

Castiglione S, Mondanaro A, Melchionna M, Serio C, Di Febbraro M, Carotenuto F, Raia P. 2017. Diversification Rates and the Evolution of Species Range Size Frequency Distribution FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 5 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Mondanaro A, Castiglione S, Melchionna M, Di Febbraro M, Vitagliano G, Serio C, Vero VA, Carotenuto F, Raia P. 2017. Living with the elephant in the room: Top-down control in Eurasian large mammal diversity over the last 22 million years PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 485 :956-962 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Raia P, Ferranti L, Castiglione S, Melchionna M, Saggese F, Raimondi R, Serio C, Carotenuto F, Passaro F, Antonioli F. 2017. Predicted sea-level changes and evolutionary estimates for age of isolation in Central Mediterranean insular lizards HOLOCENE, 27 :418-426 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Carotenuto F, Di Febbraro M, Melchionna M, Castiglione S, Saggese F, Serio C, Mondanaro A, Passaro F, Loy A, Raia P. 2016. The influence of climate on species distribution over time and space during the late Quaternary QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 149 :188-199 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Raia P, Carotenuto F, Mondanaro A, Castiglione S, Passaro F, Saggese F, Melchionna M, Serio C, Alessio L, Silvestro D, Fortelius M. 2016. Progress to extinction: increased specialisation causes the demise of animal clades SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Other

Castiglione S, Serio C, Tamagnini D, Melchionna M, Mondanaro A, Di Febbraro M, Profico A, Piras P, Barattolo F, Raia P. 2021. Erratum: A new, fast method to search for morphological convergence with shape data (PLoS ONE (2019) 16:5 (E0252264) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226949) PLoS ONE, 16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url