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Michela Podestà
Researcher at American Museum of Natural History
Publications - 39
Citations - 1238
Michela Podestà is an academic researcher from American Museum of Natural History. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stenella coeruleoalba & Sperm whale. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 35 publications receiving 1021 citations. Previous affiliations of Michela Podestà include Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano.
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Collisions between ships and whales
TL;DR: In this article, the authors search historical records and computerized stranding databases for evidence of ship strikes involving great whales (i.e., baleen whales and the sperm whale).
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Sometimes Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Cannot Find Their Way Back to the High Seas: A Multidisciplinary Study on a Mass Stranding
Sandro Mazzariol,Giovanni Di Guardo,Antonio Petrella,Letizia Marsili,Cristina Fossi,Claudio Leonzio,Nicola Zizzo,Salvatrice Vizzini,Stefania Gaspari,Gianni Pavan,Michela Podestà,Fulvio Garibaldi,Margherita Ferrante,Chiara Copat,Donato Traversa,Federica Marcer,S. Airoldi,Alexandros Frantzis,Yara De Bernaldo Quirós,Bruno Cozzi,Antonio Fernández +20 more
TL;DR: A multi-factorial cause underlying this sperm whales' mass stranding is proposed herein based upon the results of postmortem investigations as well as of the detailed analyses of the geographical and historical background.
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The effects of inbreeding on mortality during a morbillivirus outbreak in the Mediterranean striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
TL;DR: It was found that dolphins dying early in the outbreak were significantly more inbred than those dying later, suggesting an important role for inbreeding in the dynamics of disease spread and that, in marine mammal research, caution should be exercised when inferring demographic parameters from stranded specimens.
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Mammals of Italy: an annotated checklist
Anna Loy,Gaetano Aloise,Leonardo Ancillotto,Francesco M. Angelici,Sandro Bertolino,Dario Capizzi,Riccardo Castiglia,Paolo Colangelo,Longino Contoli,Bruno Cozzi,Diego Fontaneto,Luca Lapini,Nicola Maio,Andrea Monaco,Emiliano Mori,Armando Nappi,Michela Podestà,Danilo Russo,Maurizio Sarà,Massimo Scandura,Giovanni Amori +20 more
TL;DR: This research highlights the need to understand more fully the interplay of natural resources, climate and human activity in order to design and implement effective and efficient conservation strategies.
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Cetacean strandings in Italy: an unusual mortality event along the Tyrrhenian Sea coast in 2013.
Cristina Casalone,Sandro Mazzariol,Alessandra Pautasso,Giovanni Di Guardo,Fabio Di Nocera,Giuseppe Lucifora,Ciriaco Ligios,Alessia Franco,Gianluca Fichi,Cristiano Cocumelli,A. Cersini,Annalisa Guercio,Roberto Puleio,Maria Goria,Michela Podestà,Letizia Marsili,Gianni Pavan,Antonio Pintore,Esterina De Carlo,Claudia Eleni,Santo Caracappa +20 more
TL;DR: Based on post-mortem analyses carried out according to body condition on 66 dolphins, dolphin morbillivirus was deemed the most likely cause, although other infectious agents or environmental factors may also have contributed to this recent mortality event.