Giuseppe Orlando

g.orlando.1@research.gla.ac.uk

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Giuseppe-Orlando-7

 

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5262-7230

Research title: Time, light and sound: the effect of the urban environment on the movement ecology of owls

Research Summary

My research invloves the study of owls to investigate changes in the behaviour of nocturnal species in response to urbanisation, especially roads, noise and light pollution.

By using the Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) as study system, I'm currently investigating whether road proximity and sensory pollutans (anthropogenic noise and artificial light at night) affect owl breeding behaviour and productivity as well as owl activity patterns and hunting startegy. To do this, I work with Tawny Owls breeding in nestboxes and I use GPS-accelerometer loggers to track their movements.

Publications

Orlando, G., Varesio, A., & Chamberlain, D. (2021). Field evaluation for playback surveys: species- specific detection probabilities and distance estimation errors in a nocturnal bird community. Bird Study, 68(1):78-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2021.1968790

Orlando, G., & Chamberlain, D. (2023). Tawny Owl Strix aluco Distribution in the Urban Landscape: The Effect of Habitat, Noise and Light Pollution. Acta Ornithologica, 57(2), 167-179. https://doi.org/10.3161/00016454AO2022.57.2.005

Orlando, G., Passarotto, A., Morosinotto, C., Ahola, K., Karstinen, T., Brommer, J. E., ... & Karell, P. (2023). Changes in over-winter prey availability, rather than winter climate, are associated with a long- term decline in a northern Tawny Owl population. Journal of Ornithology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02085-5

 

Supervisors

Grants

NERC IAPETUS2 Scholarship 2022 (Application Ref: 01021537) to conduct a PhD at the University of Glasgow

Conference

European Ornithologists’ Union Congress – Giessen, March 2022: e-poster entitled “Tawny Owl distribution in the urban nightscape: the effects of urban intensity, noise and artificial light at night” (the abstract was accepted for a talk, which then was cancelled due to Congress cancellation because of the COVID-19 pandemic)

European Ornithologists’ Union Congress – Lund, August 2023: poster presentation entitled “Anthropogenic noise lowers prey detection in acoustic predators: an experiment on developing juvenile Tawny Owls (Strix aluco)”

 Italian Ornithological Congress – Varese, September 2023: talk entitled “Anthropogenic noise lowers prey detection in acoustic predators: an experiment on developing juvenile Tawny Owls (Strix aluco)”

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant (part-time Demonstrator and part-time Tutor)

- Zoology, Animal Biology, Marine & Freshwater Biology (Level 2)
Bird diversity fieldwork

- Zoology, Animal Biology, Marine & Freshwater Biology (Level 3)
Animal behaviour projects

- Environmental Biology (Level 1)
Animal diversity lab
Exam/report marking and grading
Careers tutorial