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David Costantini

University of Tuscia

Viterbo

Italy

  • University of Tuscia

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Scholarly Papers (6)

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Hidden Markers of Health: How Mercury Affects Gene Expression in Developing Seabirds

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Hidden Markers of Health: How Mercury Affects Gene Expression in Developing Seabirds

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 May 2025
Manrico Sebastiano, Olivier Chastel, Paco Bustamante, Marcel Eens and David Costantini
University of Antwerp, affiliation not provided to SSRN, La Rochelle University, University of Antwerp and University of Tuscia
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Gene expression, Biomarkers, mercury exposure, wild animals, frigatebirds, Ecotoxicology

Hidden Markers of Health: How Mercury Affects Gene Expression in Developing Seabirds

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Jul 2025
Manrico Sebastiano, Olivier Chastel, paco bustamante, Marcel Eens and David Costantini
University of Antwerp, affiliation not provided to SSRN, La Rochelle University, University of Antwerp and University of Tuscia
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gene expression, biomarkers, Mercury exposure, wild animals, Ecotoxicology

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Offspring innate immunity varies with parental age in a long-lived seabird

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Oct 2025
Beatrice Berardi, Gianluca Damiani, Gábor Á. Czirják, Silvia Filippi, Giacomo Dell'Omo and David Costantini
University of Tuscia, University of Tuscia, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, University of Tuscia, Ornis italica and University of Tuscia
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Ageing Parental effects Seabirds Oxidative stress Immunity Transgenerational

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Gene Expression Provides Mechanistic Insights into Disease Outbreaks in Seabirds

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 May 2024
Manrico Sebastiano, Olivier Chastel, Marcel Eens and David Costantini
University of Antwerp, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Antwerp and University of Tuscia
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gene expression, immune responses, diseases, wild animals, frigatebirds, metabolism

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City Life Anticipates the Breeding of a Bird of Prey Without Affecting the Reproductive Success

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Dec 2024
Gianluca Damiani, Giacomo Dell'Omo and David Costantini
University of Tuscia, Ornis italica and University of Tuscia
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reproductive rate, common kestrel, urbanisation, hatching success, laying date, fledging success

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Lower Adaptive Immunity in Invasive Egyptian Geese Compared to Sympatric Native Waterfowls

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Aug 2024
Simone Messina, Hanna Prüter, Gábor Á. Czirják and David Costantini
University of Tuscia, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and University of Tuscia
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biological invasion, birds, immune system, adaptive immunity, oxidative status, invasive species, oxidative stress

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Agricultural landscapes reshape progeny through transcriptomic and physiological changes ​

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Apr 2026
David Costantini, Beatrice Berardi, Sebastian Cannarella, Gianluca Damiani, Silvia Filippi, Gábor Á. Czirják, Simone Messina, Paolo Franchini and Giacomo Dell'Omo
University of Tuscia, University of Tuscia, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Tuscia, University of Tuscia, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, University of Tuscia, University of Tuscia and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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birds, croplands, early life, European roller, habitat homogenisation, oxidative stress, transcriptomics, vertebrates