ACADEMIC CURRICULUM VITAE. Dr. Silvio Marta, PhD. Personal

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1 ACADEMIC CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Silvio Marta, PhD Personal Education Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2011 Dissertation: Evoluzione del paesaggio in un rifugio glaciale. Cambiamenti nello spazio e nel tempo del limite degli alberi in Italia M.Sc., summa cum laude in Ecology and Evolution, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2007 Thesis: Distribuzione, filogeografia ed effetti delle glaciazioni pleistoceniche nel genere Salamandrina (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) B.Sc., cum laude in Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2005 Thesis: Contributo alla conoscenza del popolamento di anfibi dei Monti Prenestini Scholarships, Awards and Professional assignments CNR-ISE Postdoctoral Fellowship: Montane butterflies and mammals as ecosystem indicators of climate effects: upgrading the NextData bank, Societas Herpetologica Italica (SHI): Georef-Herp - Toward an automated georeferencing of Italian amphibian and reptile distribution data, CNR-ISE Postdoctoral Fellowship: Montane butterflies and mammals as ecosystem indicators of climate effects: upgrading the NextData bank, WWF Italia Postdoctoral Fellowship: Aree protette, cambiamento climatico e modelli di idoneità ambientale nell'erebia tyndarus complex, MIUR - PRIN Postdoctoral Fellowship: Filogeografia comparata di farfalle degli Appennini per lo sviluppo di modelli bioclimatici descrittivi e predittivi - Comparative phylogeography of butterflies from Apennines addressed to the development of descriptive and predictive bioclimatic models,

2 Prizewinner, Sebastiano and Rita Raeli, 2008 Osservatorio per la Biodiversità delle Aree Protette del Lazio (OBL) Predoctoral Fellowship, Teaching positions M.Sc. Co-Advisor: Daniele Druella - Filogeografia comparata di Anfibi endemici italiani, M.Sc. Co-Advisor: Dario Domeneghetti - Aree protette, cambiamento climatico e modelli di idoneità ambientale, Teaching assistant, Zoology, Profs. Sbordoni and Allegrucci, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2010 Invited lecturer: Aspetti zoologici delle Aree Protette Gli Anfibi ; Master in Management per Enti Imprese ed Associazioni, operanti nel settore della conservazione del Patrimonio Ambientale e dei Beni Culturali, Rome, 2009 Teaching assistant, Zoology, Dr. Lucarelli, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2006 Other positions Visiting Scholar, hosted by Prof. Claudio Gratton, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA, February- December 2015 Visiting Scholar, hosted by Prof. Claudio Gratton, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA, June-December 2011 Research Assistant in the genetic lab, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Research Assistant in field surveys on Salamandrina terdigitata - S. perspicillata (Amphibia, Urodela) and Bombina pachypus (Amphibia, Anura), Research Interests The most part of my research focuses on the mechanisms shaping species' geographic ranges and maintaining biological diversity through time. Specifically, I m interested in the association between environmental conditions, species life history attributes (in terms of distribution ranges and climatic niche) and evolutionary patterns using multi-species approaches, looking at various spatial (from local to global) and temporal scales (the last 21 kyrs - from the LGM to the present). For this, my work has an emphasis on the spatially explicit analysis of present and past distribution patterns using multiproxy approaches (integrating current distribution, plant and animal macrofossil, genetic and pollen data). I m also interested in the effects of short-term climatic fluctuations (e.g., Little Ice

3 Age, Holocene Climate Optimum, Younger Dryas) and climatically stable areas in shaping both total species richness and single species distribution patterns. Computing abilities Platforms: Windows 199x, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 Statistical and GIS softwares: R (frequently used packages: raster, sp, rgeos, mgcv, biomod2, vegan, dismo) ArcView 3.2 Quantum GIS (Valmiera and previous versions) Maxent Fragstat 4.x EcoSim PAST Graphics softwares: Adobe Illustrator CS6 Responsibilities Referee: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation & Geoinformation, Ecological Applications, Herpetological Journal, Journal of Biogeography, Museologia Scientifica Publications F. Lacasella, S. Marta and A. Antonelli. On the origins and maintenance of alpine biodiversity. In preparation. F. Lacasella, S. Marta, S. De Felici, M. Isaia, M. Luciani, L. Middei and M. Zapparoli Island biogeography theory and habitat amount hypothesis: deciphering biodiversity patterns in small patch systems. In preparation. D. Druella, P. Gratton, M. Mattoccia and S. Marta. Palaeoclimatic legacies on current Amphibian phylogeographic structure. In preparation. S. Marta, D. Domeneghetti and F. Lacasella. Effect of landscape composition and configuration on the community structure: a case study using amphibians. In preparation.

4 S. Marta, F. Lacasella, D. Cesaroni and V. Sbordoni. Effects of Holocenic climate changes on alpine ecosystems: nonequilibrium dynamics drive insect species richness on alpine islands. Global Change Biology, under review. S. Marta, F. Lacasella, A. Romano, G.F. Ficetola. Planning cost-effective field surveys: different designs for different aims Ecological applications, under review. P. Gratton, S. Marta, G. Bocksberger, M. Winter, P. Keil, E. Trucchi and H. Kühl Which latitudinal gradients for genetic diversity? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(10), F. Lacasella, S. Marta, A. Singh, K. Stack-Whitney, K. Hamilton, P. Townsend, C. Kucharik, T.D. Meehan and C. Gratton From pest data to abundance-based risk maps combining eco-physiological knowledge, weather and habitat variability. Ecological applications, 27(2), P. Gratton, S. Marta, G. Bocksberger, M. Winter, E. Trucchi and H. Kühl A world of sequences: can we use georeferenced nucleotide databases for a robust automated phylogeography? Journal of Biogeography, 44, S. Marta, F. Lacasella, P. Gratton, D. Cesaroni and V. Sbordoni Deciphering range dynamics: effects of niche stability areas and post-glacial colonization on alpine species distribution. Journal of Biogeography, 43, P. Gratton, E. Trucchi, A. Trasatti, G. Riccarducci, S. Marta, G. Allegrucci, D. Cesaroni and V. Sbordoni Testing classical species properties with contemporary data: how 'Bad Species' in the Brassy Ringlets (Erebia tyndarus complex, Lepidoptera) turned good. Systematic Biology, 65, F. Lacasella, C. Gratton, S. De Felici, M. Isaia, M. Zapparoli, S. Marta and V. Sbordoni Asymmetrical responses of forest and "beyond edge" arthropod communities across a forestgrassland ecotone. Biodiversity and Conservation, 24, S. Marta, M. Mattoccia and V. Sbordoni Modelling landscape dynamics in a glacial refugium - or the spatial and temporal fluctuations of tree line altitudes. Journal of Biogeography, 40, M. Mattoccia, S. Marta, A. Romano and V. Sbordoni Phylogeography of an Italian endemic salamander (genus Salamandrina): glacial refugia, postglacial expansions and secondary contact. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 104, A. Romano, M. Mattoccia, S. Marta, S. Bogaert, F. Pasmans and V. Sbordoni Distribution and morphological characterization of the endemic Italian salamanders Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821) and S. terdigitata (Bonnaterre, 1789) (Caudata: Salamandridae). Italian Journal of Zoology, 76(4),

5 Conference Presentations P. Gratton, S. Marta, G. Bocksberger, M. Winter, E. Trucchi and H. Kühl A world of sequences. Can we use georeferenced nucleotide databases for an Automated Phylogeography? Oral communication: the 8 th biennial meeting of the International Biogeography Society, Tucson, AZ, Unites States of America. Abstract book, 85. F. Lacasella, S. Marta, S. De Felici, M. Isaia, M. Zapparoli and C. Gratton Relative effects of habitat amount and patch size on ground-dwelling arthropod communities in small forest remnants. Oral communication: the 63 rd meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, Unites States of America. S. Marta, F. Lacasella, D. Cesaroni and V. Sbordoni Mountain biogeography: does the temporal evolution in sky island area matter?. Oral communication: the 13 th conference of the European Ecological Federation, Rome, Italy. Abstract book, 449. D. Domeneghetti, S. Marta and V. Sbordoni A modeling approach for the distribution of two Reptiles species: Mediodactylus kotschyi and Zamenis situla. Oral communication: the 10 th meeting of the Societas Herpetologica Italica, Genova, Italy. Abstract book, 51. M. Basile, R. Raimondi, D. Scinti Roger, R. Balestrieri, S. Marta, A. Iudici, A. Gallietti and A. Romano Nuovi dati distributivi sull erpetofauna della Campania: Anfibi. Oral communication: the 10 th meeting of the Societas Herpetologica Italica, Genova, Italy. Abstract book, 50. F. Lacasella, S. Marta, C. Gratton, S. De Felici, M. Isaia, M. Zapparoli, M. Luciani, L. Middei and A. Vigna Taglianti Quanto è importante l'area del frammento? Risposte della comunità di artropodi forestali alla frammentazione dell habitat. Poster: the 24 th meeting of the Società Italiana di Ecologia, Ferrara, Italy. Abstract book, 54. Sbordoni Bad species? RAD sequencing, DNA barcoding, and a role for Wolbachia in the evolutionary history of the Erebia tyndarus species complex. Poster: the 7 th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies, Turku, Finland. V. Sbordoni, G.C. Bozano, K. Wangdi, S. Marta and D. Cesaroni A georeferenced checklist of the butterflies of Bhutan. Oral communication: the 5 th international and interdisciplinary symposium of "Biodiversity and Natural Heritage of the Himalaya", Erfurt, Germany. Sbordoni Buone specie senza barcoding gap? Primi dati genomici sulla filogenesi delle

6 specie alpine del gruppo Erebia tyndarus (Lepidoptera). Oral communication: the 74 th meeting of the Unione Zoologica Italiana, Modena, Italy. Abstract book, 113. Sbordoni Bad species? Restriction sites associated DNA sheds light on the evolution of the Erebia tyndarus species complex. Oral communication: the 5 th meeting of the Società Italiana di Biologia Evoluzionistica, Trento, Italy. Abstract book, 19. Sbordoni The Erebia tyndarus species complex in the Alps and Apennines: new genetic data on a biogeographic riddle. Oral communication: the 39 th meeting of the Società Italiana di Biogeografia, Rapallo, Italy. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell Università di Genova, 75, D. Domeneghetti, S. Marta, M. Mattoccia and V. Sbordoni Aree protette, cambiamento climatico e modelli di idoneità ambientale nelle farfalle. Poster: the 72 nd meeting of the Unione Zoologica Italiana, Bologna, Italy. Abstract book, 139. Non-ISI publications & Technical reports V. Sbordoni, G.C. Bozano, K. Wangdi, S. Sherub, S. Marta, S. De Felici and D. Cesaroni Towards a georeferenced checklist of the butterflies of Bhutan: a preliminary account (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya V, pp S. Marta Aree protette, cambiamento climatico e modelli di idoneità ambientale nell'erebia tyndarus complex. WWF Italia.