Malacarne G. & Cucco M.
(1991) Chick mortality and hatching asynchrony in
the Pallid Swifts Apus pallidus. Avocetta 15:
19-24. PDF
Malacarne G., Cucco M. &
Camanni S. (1991) Coordinated visual displays and
vocal duetting in different ecological situations
among Western Palearctic non-passerine birds. Ethol.
Ecol. Evol. 3:207-219. PDF
Cucco M., Malacarne G., Orecchia
G. & Boano G. (1992) Influence of weather
condition on Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
breeding success. Ecography 15:184-189. PDF
Malacarne G., Cucco M. &
Orecchia G. (1992) Nest attendance, parental roles
and breeding success in the Pallid Swift. Vogelwarte
36:203-210. PDF
Cucco M., Bryant D.M. &
Malacarne G. (1993) Differences in the diet of the
Common (Apus apus) and Pallid (A.
pallidus) Swifts. Avocetta
17:131-138. PDF
Boano G., Cucco M., Malacarne G. &
Orecchia G. (1993) Survival rate and mate fidelity
in the Pallid Swift. Avocetta 17:
189-197. PDF
Malacarne G., Cucco M. &
Bertolo E. (1994) Sibling competition in
asynchronously hatched broods of the Pallid Swift
(Apus pallidus). Ethol. Ecol. Evol.
6:293-300. PDF
Cucco M. & Malacarne
G. (1995) Increase of parental effort in
experimentally enlarged broods of Pallid Swifts.
Canadian
Journal Zoology 73:1387-1395. PDF
Malacarne G. & Cucco M.
(1996) Adattamenti riproduttivi nel rondone
pallido. Le Scienze (ed. it. Scientific
American) 332, aprile 1996, 76-82. PDF
Cucco M. & Malacarne G. (1996)
Effect of food availability on nestling growth and
fledging success in manipulated Pallid Swift
broods. Journal Zoology London 240:
141-151. PDF
Mazzotto M., Cucco M. &
Malacarne G. (1996) Cohabitation et ségrégation
chez les Martinets pâle (Apus pallidus) et
alpins (Apus melba) en colonies mixtes de
la côte méditerrannéenne. Nos Oiseaux 43:
337-344. PDF
Cucco M. & Levi L., Maffei G.
& Pulcher C. (1996) Atlante degli uccelli del
Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta in inverno. Monografie
XIX. Museo Reg. Sc. Nat. Torino,
1-326. ISBN 88-86041-15-2.
Cucco M. & Malacarne G. (1996)
Factors affecting egg mass in the Pallid Swift Apus
pallidus. Bird Study 43: 314-319. PDF
Cucco M. & Malacarne G. (1996)
Reproduction of the Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
in relation to weather and aerial insect
abundance. Ital. J. Zool. 63: 47-253. PDF
Cucco M. & Malacarne G. (1997)
The effect of supplemental food on time budget and
body condition in the Black Redstart. Ardea
85: 211-221. PDF
Acquarone C., Baiardi R., Cucco M.
& Malacarne G. (1998) Variation of body mass
in Moorhens Gallinula chloropus wintering
in a temperate area. Revue Ecologie Terre Vie
53: 353-365. PDF
Cucco M., Lingua G., Bocchio D.,
Acquarone C. & Malacarne G. (1999) Sex
identification in the moorhen (Gallinula
chloropus) by flow cytometry and
morphometric analysis. Ital. J. Zool. 66:
1-6. PDF
Cucco M. & Malacarne G. (1999)
Is the song of Black Redstart males an honest
signal of status? Condor 101: 689-694. PDF
Silvano F., Acquarone C. & Cucco
M. (2000) Distribution of the eastern
Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus in the
province of Alessandria. Hystrix 11:45-48.
PDF
Cucco M. & Malacarne
G. (2000) Delayed maturation in passerine birds:
an examination of plumage effects and some
indications of a related effect in song. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 12: 291-308. PDF
Acquarone C., Cucco M. &
Malacarne G. (2001) Daily and seasonal activity
pattern of Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus)
studied by motion-sensitive transmitters. Waterbirds
24: 1-7. PDF
Acquarone
C., Cucco M. & Malacarne G. (2001)
Body condition, immunocompetent organs, and
blood parameters in the Hooded Crow. Israel
J. Zool. 47:
287-294. PDF
Acquarone C., Cucco M. &
Malacarne G. (2001) Short-term effects on body
condition and size of immunocompetent organs in
the hooded crow. Ital. J. Zool. 68:
195-199. PDF
Fenoglio S., Cucco M. &
Malacarne G. (2002) Bill colour and body condition
in the Moorhen Gallinula chloropus.
Bird Study 49: 89-92. PDF
Acquarone C., Cucco M., Li Cauli
S. & Malacarne G. (2002) Effects of food
abundance and predictability on body condition and
health parameters: experimental tests with the
Hooded Crow. Ibis 144: 155-163. PDF
Cucco M., Ottonelli R., Raviola M.
& Malacarne G. (2002) Variations of body mass
and immune function in response to food
unpredictability in magpies. Acta Oecologica
23: 271-276. PDF
Acquarone C., Cucco M. &
Malacarne G. (2002) Annual variation of immune
condition in the Hooded Crow Corvus corone
cornix. Journal Ornithology 143:
351-355. PDF
Fenoglio S., Agosta P., Bo
T. & Cucco M. (2002) Field
experiments on colonization and movements of
stream invertebrates in an Apennine river
(Visone, NW Italy). Hydrobiologia 474:
125-130. PDF
Fenoglio S., Cucco M. &
Malacarne G. (2002) The effect of a
carotenoid-rich diet on immunocompetence and
behavioural performances in the Moorhen chicks.
Ethol. Ecol.
Evol.
14: 149-156. PDF doi
Fenoglio S., Cucco M. & Malacarne
G. (2003) Moorhen females lay eggs of
different size and ß-carotene content. Ardea 91: 117-121. PDF
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
Fenoglio
S.,
Bo T., Gallina G. & Cucco
M. (2004) Vertical distribution in the
water column of drifting macroinvertebrates. J.
Freshwater Ecol. 19: 485-492. PDF doi
Fenoglio S., Cucco M., Fracchia
L., Martinotti M.G. & Malacarne G. (2004)
Shield colours of the Moorhen are differently
related to bacterial load and health parameters.
Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 16: 171-180. PDF doi
Acquarone
C.,
Cucco M., Malacarne G. & Silvano F.
(2004) Temporary shift of body size in hooded
crows Corvus corone cornix of NW Italy. Folia
Zool. 53: 379-384. PDF
Castellano S., Cucco M. &
Giacoma C. (2004). Reproductive investment of
female green toads (Bufo viridis). Copeia
10: 659-664. PDF doi
Fenoglio S., Bo T., Agosta P. & Cucco
M. (2005) Mass loss and macroinvertebrate
colonisation of fish carcasses in riffles and
pools of a NW Italian stream. Hydrobiologia
532: 111–122. PDF
Fenoglio S., Bo T. & Cucco M.
(2005) Winter prey preference of Perlodes
microcephalus (Pictet, 1833) (Plecoptera,
Perlodidae) nymphs in an Apenninic creek,
Northwestern Italy. Entomological News 532: 111–122.
PDF
Cucco M., Malacarne G.,
Ottonelli R. & Patrone M. (2006)
Repeatability of cell-mediated and innate
immunity, and other fitness-related traits, in
the Grey Partridge. Can. J. Zool. 84:
72-79. doi
Fenoglio S., Gay
P., Malacarne G. & Cucco M. (2005) Rapid
recolonisation of agricultural soil by
microarthropods after steam disinfestation. J.
Sustainable Agricolture 27: 125-135. PDF doi
Bo T., Cucco M., Fenoglio S.
& Malacarne G. (2006) Colonisation patterns
and vertical movements of stream invertebrates
in the interstitial zone: a case study in the
Apennines, NW Italy. Hydrobiologia 568:
67-78. PDF doi
Fenoglio S., Bo T., Cucco M.
& Malacarne G. (2006) Leaf breakdown
patterns in a NW Italian stream: the effect of
leaf type, environmental conditions, and patch
size. Biologia, Section Zoology 61:
555-563. PDF doi
Cucco M., Guasco B., Malacarne
G. & Ottonelli R. (2006) Effects of
ß-carotene supplementation on chick growth,
immune status and behaviour in the grey
partridge, Perdix perdix. Behavioural
Processes 73: 325-332. PDF doi
Fenoglio S., Cucco M., Bo T. & Malacarne
G. (2006) Colonisation by ground and edaphic
invertebrates of soil patches with different
pollution levels. Periodicum Biologorum 109:
37-45. PDF
Cucco M.,
Guasco B., Malacarne G. & Ottonelli R.
(2007) Effects of ß-carotene on adult immune
condition and antibacterial activity in the eggs of the Grey
Partridge, Perdix perdix. Comp. Biochem.
Physiol. A 147: 1038-1046. doi
Fenoglio S., Bo T., Cucco M.
& Malacarne G. (2007) Response of benthic
invertebrate assemblages to varying drought
conditions in the Po river (NW Italy). Ital.
J. Zoology 74: 191-201. doi
Fenoglio S., Bo T., J.M.T. de Figueroa
& Cucco M. (2008) Nymphal growth,
life cycle and feeding habits of Potamanthus luteus
(Linnaeus, 1767) (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in the
Bormida River (NW Italy). Zoological Studies
47: 185-190. PDF
Cucco M.,
Guasco B., Malacarne G., Ottonelli R. &
Tanvez A. (2008) Yolk testosterone levels and
dietary carotenoids influence growth and
immunity of grey partridge chicks. Gen. Comp. Endocr.
156: 418-425. doi
Cucco M.,
Guasco B., Ottonelli R., Balbo V. &
Malacarne G. (2009) The influence of temperature
on egg composition in the grey partridge Perdix perdix.
Ethol. Ecol.
Evol. 21: 63-77. PDF doi
Fenoglio S., Bo T., Cucco M.,
Mercalli L. & Malacarne G. (2010) Effects of
global climate change on freshwater biota: a
review with special emphasis on the Italian
situation. Ital.
J. Zoology 77: 374-383. doi
Bo T., Fenoglio S., Lopez-Rodriguez
M.J., Tierno de Figueroa J.M., Grenna M. & Cucco
M. (2010) Do predators condition the
distribution of prey within micro habitats? An
experiment with stoneflies (Plecoptera). Internat. Rev.
Hydrobiol. 95: 285-295. PDF doi
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
Garcia-Fernandez V., Guasco B., Tanvez
A., Lacroix A., Cucco M., Leboucher G. &
Malacarne G. (2010) Influence of mating
preferences on yolk testosterone in the Grey
Partridge.
Animal
Behaviour 80: 45-49. doi
Cucco
M., Pellegrino I. & Malacarne G.
(2010) Immune challenge affects female condition
and egg size in the Grey Partridge. J. Exp. Zool. A
313:
597-604. doi
Cucco
M., Grenna M., Pellegrino I. &
Malacarne G. (2011) Egg-sequence rather than
mating preference influences female egg
investment in the red-legged partridge. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 23: 343-357. doi
Cucco
M., Grenna M., Pellegrino I. &
Malacarne G. (2011) Effects of immune challenge
and supernormal clutch production on egg quality
in the red-legged partridge. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13: 269-282. doi
Cucco
M., Grenna M. & Malacarne G. (2012)
Female condition, egg shape and hatchability: a
study on the grey partridge. Journal of Zoology
287: 186-194. 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
Grenna M., Avidano L., Malacarne G.,
Leboucher G. & Cucco
M. (2014) Influence of male dominance on
egg testosterone and antibacterial substances in
the egg of Grey Partrdiges. Ethology
120: 149-158. doi
Pellegrino
I., Negri A., Cucco
M., Mucci N., Pavia M., Šálek 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., Šálek 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
Cucco M. (2015) Nuova
segnalazione di Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander
Linden, 1825) nelle Alpi Graie (Insecta,
Odonata). Riv.
Piem. St. Nat. 36: 77-87. PDF
Boano
G.,
Pellegrino I. & Cucco
M. (2015)
Moult and morphometrics of the pallid swift Apus pallidus
in northwestern Italy. Ardeola 62: 35-48. 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., Curletti G.,
Liberatore F. & Cucco M. (2017) Cryptic diversity
of the jewel beetles Agrilus viridis (Coleoptera:
Buprestidae) hosted on hazelnut. European Zoological
Journal 84: 465-472. doi
PDF
Pellegrino
I., Cucco M.,
Harvey J., Liberatore F., Pavia M., Voelker G.
& Boano G. (2017) So similar and yet so
different: taxonomic status of Pallid swift Apus pallidus
and Common swift Apus apus. Bird Study
64:1-9. doi
Cucco M.,
Grenna M. & Pellegrino I. (2017) Egg
characteristics in relation to skipped days of
laying in the Grey Partridge. Avian Biology
Research 10:231-240. doi
Cucco M. &
Bowman R. (2018) Mass fluctuation in breeding
females, males, and helpers of the Florida
scrub-jay Aphelocoma
coerulescens. PeerJ 6: e5607. doi PDF
Subrero
E., Sforzini S., Viarengo A. & Cucco M.
(2019) Exposure to anti-mosquito insecticides
utilized in rice fields affects survival of two
non-target species, Ischnura elegans and Daphnia magna.
Paddy and Water
Environment 17:
1-11. doi
Pellegrino I., Cucco M., Calà
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
Boano
G., Pellegrino I., Ferri M., Cucco M.,
Minelli F., Åkesson S. (2020) Climate anomalies
affect annual survival rates of swifts wintering
in sub‐Saharan Africa. Ecology and Evolution
10: 7916-7928. doi PDF
Toffoli R.
& Cucco M. (2020) Habitat
suitability, connection analysis, and
effectiveness of protected areas for
conservation of the Barbastelle bat Barbastella
barbastellus in NW Italy. Acta
Chiropterologica 22: 281-291. 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. doi PDF
Pellegrino I., Ilahiane L.,
Boano G., Cucco M., Pavia M., Prestridge
H.L., Voelker G. (2021) Avian haemosporidian
diversity on Sardinia is driven by both isolation
and host migration pattern. Diversity 13:
75. doi PDF
Subrero
E., Pellegrino I. & Cucco M. (2021)
Different stress from parasites and mate choice in
two female morphs of the blue-tailed damselfly. Evolutionary
Ecology 35: 687-704. 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
Godio
I., Toffoli R., Trombin D. & Cucco M.
(2022) Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from a cave
area in NW Italy. Revue Suisse de Zoologie
129: 137-145. doi
Boano
G. & Cucco M. (2022) Age at first
reproduction and longest-lived individuals in the
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus. Avocetta
46: 33-39. doi
PDF
Boano
G., Casola D., Cucco M., Ferri M.,
Micheloni P., Manica M. & Pellegrino I. (2022)
Onset of primary moult in immature and breeding
adult Common Swifts Apus apus. Ringing
& Migration 37: 116-122. doi
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
Ilahiane
L., Colominas-Ciurò R., Bize P., Boano G., Cucco
M., Ferri M., Masoero G., Meier C.M., Pavia
M., Ramello G., Voelker G. & Pellegrino I.
(2023) Molecular investigation on infection by
haemosporidians in three Western Palearctic
species of swift (Apodidae) and their
ectoparasitic louse flies. Parasitology
Research 122: 1-8. doi