XXXVIII CICLO | Scrivano Giorgia

I have a deep passion for traveling and immersing myself in nature, specifically by exploring hiking trails. These passions come alive in fieldwork, where I find joy in directly observing the phenomena that captivate me. However, I believe my adaptability, versatility, and flexibility lend themselves well to laboratory environments. I work well both individually and in team collaborations, as I view each partnership as an opportunity for personal and professional growth. I am passionate about evolutionary ecology and biology, particularly in the context of research that could help us better understand how to address the urgent environmental issues of our time. By combining my love for nature with analytical rigour, I hope to contribute to the understanding and conservation of biodiversity, whether it involves ecological surveying, performing laboratory tests, or data analysis.

My research aims to: a) learn about the level of biodiversity in a forest of high ecological integrity located in the UNESCO MaB Biosphere Reserve in Sila National Park; b) identify target species indicative of ecosystem integrity and assess their state of health; c) understand how functional, compositional and structural forest attributes influence the conservation of species. To achieve these aims, I decided to assess the diversity of the insect community. Insects are a mega-diverse group that provides many services and is a global change indicator. Indeed, as with most taxa, the decline in insect populations is largely due to loss of habitat and habitat quality. Integrated monitoring will be carried out in mixed beech and silver fir forests with different levels of age/ecosystem integrity to quantify the role of these factors in the conservation of insect biodiversity and to contribute to the definition of silvicultural approaches that can better combine the conservation of biodiversity with the use of forest resources.