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Cucco M. & Ferro M. (1988). Biometry of the Rock bunting Emberiza cia in North Western Italy. Sitta 2:99-103. PDF

Cucco M. (1988). Civetta nana Glaucidium passerinum, Allocco Strix aluco, Rondone pallido Apus pallidus, Allodola Alauda arvensis, Merlo acquaiolo Cinclus cinclus, Passera d'Italia Passer domesticus italiae. In: Atlante degli Uccelli Nidificanti in Piemonte e Valle d'Aosta. Monografie VIII, Museo Reg. Sc. Nat. Torino, 1-513.

Ferro M. & Cucco M. (1989). Observations sur la recherche de la cavité de nidification chez l'Etourneau, Sturnus vulgaris. Nos Oiseaux 40:25-27. PDF

Cucco M. (1989). Dormitorio su larice di Balestruccio Delichon urbica. Riv. ital. Orn. 59:287. PDF

Gentile P., Beltramino L. & Cucco M. (1989). Nidificazione di Civetta nana Glaucidium passerinum sulle Alpi piemontesi. Riv. ital. Orn. 59:297-298. PDF

Turroni E. & Cucco M. (1990). Osservazioni sulla crescita dei nidiacei di Rondine Hirundo rustica, e relazioni con parametri ambientali. Atti Museo Reg. Sc. Nat. Torino: 215-220.

Boano G. & Cucco M. (1991). Annual survival rates of a Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris breeding population in Northern Italy. Riv. ital. Orn. 61:10-18. PDF

Ghigo R. & Cucco M. (1998). Geographical variation of Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) territorial call in Aosta valley. Atti 18° Convegno Societą Ital. Etologia, Urbino, p. 72.

Acquarone C., Cucco M. & Malacarne G. (2003). Reproduction of the Crag Martin in relation to weather and colony size. Ornis Fennica 80: 79-85. PDF

Bonisoli-Alquati A., Rubolini D., Romano M., Cucco M., Fasola M., Caprioli M. & Saino N. (2010) Egg antimicrobials, embryo sex and chick phenotype in the yellow-legged gull. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 64: 845-855. doi

Pertoldi C., Pellegrino I., Cucco M., Mucci N., Randi E., Laursen J.T, Sunde P., Loeschke V. & Kristensen T.N. (2012) Genetic consequences of population decline in the Danish population of the Little Owl (Athene noctua). Evolutionary Ecology Research 14: 921-932. PDF

Treggiari A.A., Gagliardone M., Pellegrino I. & Cucco M. (2013) Habitat selection in a changing environment: the relationship between habitat alteration and Scops Owl (Aves: Strigidae) territory occupancy. Ital. J. Zool. 80: 574-586. doi

Pellegrino I., Negri A., Cucco M., Mucci N., Pavia M., Šįlek M., Boano G. & Randi E. (2014) Phylogeography and Pleistocene refugia of the little owl (Athene noctua) as inferred from mtDNA sequence data. Ibis 156: 639–657. doi

Pellegrino I., Negri A., Boano G., Cucco M., Kristensen T.N., Pertoldi C., Randi E., Šįlek M. & Mucci N. (2015) Evidence for strong genetic structure in European populations of the little owl Athene noctua. Journal of Avian Biology 46: 462-475. doi

Pellegrino I., Cucco M., Follestad A. & Boos M. (2015) Lack of genetic structure in greylag goose (Anser anser) populations along the European Atlantic flyway. PeerJ 3: e1161. PDF doi

Pellegrino I., Boatti L., Cucco M., Mignone F., Kristensen T.N., Mucci N., Randi E., Ruiz-Gonzalez A. & Pertoldi C. (2016) Development of SNP markers for population structure and phylogeography characterization in little owl (Athene noctua) using a genotyping- by-sequencing approach. Conservation Genetics Resources 8: 13-16. doi

Pellegrino I., Cucco M., Calą E., Boano G. & Pavia M. (2020) Plumage coloration and morphometrics of the Little Owl Athene noctua in the Western Palearctic. Journal of Ornithology 161: 1071-1081. doi

Cucco M., Alessandria G., Bissacco M., Carpegna F., Fasola M., Gagliardi A., Gola L., Volponi S., Pellegrino I. (2021) The spreading of the invasive sacred ibis in Italy. Scientific Reports 11 (86): 1-13. PDF doi PDF

Ilahiane L., De Pascalis F., Pisu D., Pala D., Ferrario F., Cucco M., Rubolini D., Cecere J.C., Pellegrino I. (2022) No evidence of avian malaria occurrence in two Mediterranean endemic seabirds. Marine Ornithology 50: 13-17. link PDF

Pellegrino I., Galimberti A., Nasuelli M., Pioltelli E., Boano G., Cucco M., Pavia M., Shafaeipour A., Ilahiane L., Voelker G. (2022) Phylogeography of Lanius senator on its breeding range: conflicts between alpha taxonomy, subspecies distribution and genetics. European Zoological Journal 89: 941-956. PDF doi

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