PhD Dissertation Review in Ornithology (Fifth Edition)

In this fifth review section we are presenting the abstracts of some of the PhD-Dissertations defended by Italian PhD students between 2019/2020 and 2023/2024 academic years. In line with the previous edition we are including in this collection also the Italian students who undertook an international PhD programme developing its thesis in Europe or in collaboration with foreign institutions. This was absolutely needed since the number of Italian students looking at PhD opportunities abroad has been growing over the last decade. We are aware that we could have missed some thesis but at the same time we are confident that the review provides a comprehensive view of the research topics. The PhD-Dissertations are presented in alphabetical order by author’s surname and, then, by year. We can appreciate that nowadays the students are highly motivated to publish their research producing a significant number of scientific articles. The Reference section below provides a comprehensive list of publications authored by the PhD students during their doctoral studies or shortly after.