Michele Chiacchio

MSc Ecology

Contact/address

Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig

michele.chiacchio@ufz.de

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Web registries

ORCID     |    Google Scholar     |    Research Gate

Research interests

  • Herpetology
  • Community ecology
  • Functional diversity
  • Trophic interactions
  • Niche partitioning

Co-operations / Projects

Effects of climate change on a reptile community in arid Australia
Project duration: 2012 onwards
In the project: since 2017

Influence of winter tourism on montane herpetological communities in Europe
Project duration: 2018 onward
In the project: since 2018

Field-work contributions

Sakaerat Najas Project

Project duration: 2013 onwards
In the project: Sep.2016 - Mar.2017

Black-tailed prairie dogs phenology
Project duration: 2014 onwards
In the project: Apr.2016 - Aug.2016


Publications

Chiacchio M, Nadolski BS, Suwanwaree P and Waengsothorn S. (2017)
Centipede, Scolopendra dawydoffi (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae), predation on an egg-laying snake, Sibynophis triangularis (Squamata: Colubridea), in Thailand.
Journal of Insect Behavior, 30: 563-566

Chiacchio M. (2016)
First photographic documentation of Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae preying on a frog.
Tropical Ecology, 57: 619-620