Dr. Almo Farina
ProfessorUniversity of Urbino, Italy
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Natural Sciences from University of Pisa, Italy
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University of Urbino, Italy
Biography
Dr. Almo Farina holds a position of Professor of Ecology at University of Urbino, Italy. He has completed his Ph.D. in Natural Sciences from University of Pisa, Italy. His recent principal interests are in understanding how complexity operates across a range for Ecological Scales affecting the Organization of Communities, Ecosystems and Landscapes. He has published more than 250 reports, articles and books on Zoology, Eco-Ethology, Bird Community Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Landscape Changes, Rural Landscape Modifications, Soundscape Ecology, and Eco-Informatics.
Area of Interest:
Environmental Sciences
100%
Landscape Ecology
62%
Wildlife Management
90%
GIS
75%
Biodiversity
55%
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Selected Publications
- Sueur, J., A. Farina, A. Gasc, N. Pieretti and S. Pavoine, 2014. Acoustic indices for biodiversity assessment and landscape investigation. Acta Acustica united Acustica, 100: 772-781.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Malavasi, R., K. Kull and A. Farina, 2014. The acoustic codes: How animal sign processes create sound-topes and consortia via conflict avoidance. Biosemiotics, 7: 89-95.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., P. James, C. Bobryk, N. Pieretti, E. Lattanzi and J. McWilliam, 2014. Low cost (audio) recording (LCR) for advancing soundscape ecology towards the conservation of sonic complexity and biodiversity in natural and urban landscapes. Urban Ecosyst., 17: 923-944.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., N. Pieretti and R. Malavasi, 2014. Patterns and dynamics of (bird) soundscapes: A biosemiotic interpretation. Semiotica, 10.1515/sem-2013-0109.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., G. Buscaino, M. Ceraulo and N. Pieretti, 2014. The soundscape approach for the assessment and conservation of Mediterranean landscapes: principles and case studies. J. Landscape Ecol., 7: 10-22.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., 2014. Soundscape Ecology: Principles, Patterns, Methods and Applications. Springer, Netherlands., ISBN: 978-94-007-7373-8, Pages: 315..
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A. and N. Pieretti, 2014. Sonic environment and vegetation structure: a methodological approach for a soundscape analysis of a Mediterranean maqui. Ecol. Informatics, 21: 120-132.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A. and N. Pieretti, 2014. Acoustic codes in action in a soundscape context. Biosemiotics, 7: 321-328.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Malavasi, R. and A. Farina., 2013. Neighbours' talk: interspecific choruses among songbirds. Bioacoustics, 22: 33-48.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., N. Pieretti and N. Morganti, 2013. Acoustic patterns of an invasive species: the Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea Scopoli 1786) in a Mediterranean shrubland. Bioacoustics, 22: 175-194.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., 2012. A more developed sign. Tartu Univ. Press, .
- Farina, A., 2012. A biosemiotic perspective of the resource criterion: toward a general theory of resources. Biosemiotics, 5: 17-32.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A. and N. Pieretti, 2012. The soundscape ecology: A new frontier of landscape research and its application to islands and coastal systems. J. Mar. Isl. Cult., 1: 21-26.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Pijanowski, B.C., L.J. Villanueva-Rivera, S.L. Dumyahn, A. Farina, B.L. Krause, B.M. Napoletano and N. Pieretti, 2011. Soundscape ecology: the science of sound in the landscape. Biosci., 61: 203-216.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Pijanowski, B.C., A. Farina, S.H. Gage, S.L. Dumyahn and B.L. Krause, 2011. What is soundscape ecology? An introduction and overview of an emerging new science. Landscape Ecol., 26: 1213-1232.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Pieretti, N., A. Farina and D. Morri, 2011. A new methodology to infer the singing activity of an avian community: the Acoustic Complexity Index (ACI). Ecol. Indic., 11: 868-873.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., N. Pieretti and L. Piccioli, 2011. The soundscape methodology for long-term bird monitoring: a Mediterranean Europe case-study. Ecol. Inf., 6: 354-363.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., E. Lattanzi, R. Malavasi, N. Pieretti and L. Piccioli, 2011. Avian soundscapes and cognitive landscapes: theory, application and ecological perspectives. Landscape Ecol., 25: 1257-1267.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., 2011. Landscape ecology and the general theory of resources: comparing two paradigms. J. Landscape Ecol., 4: 18-29.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Farina, A., 2011. An Essay on the Relationship of Warfare Ecology to General Ecology. In: Warfare Ecology. Machlis, G.E., T. Hanson, Z. Spiric and J.E. McKendry (Ed.). Springer, Netherlands., ISBN: 978-94-007-1213-3, pp: 273-289..
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