Ugo Mellone
M.Sc.
University of Pavia, Italy (2007)
Ph.
D. student (FPU grant), University of Alicante, Spain (2009-2013)
e-mail
address: ugomellone@libero.it
Research
topics
Bird
migration: ecological barriers, weather effects, stop-over ecology
Model
species
Eleonora’s
falcon, Short-toed eagle, Lesser kestrel, Honey buzzard, Black redstart
Click here to follow the migratory journey of Short-toed eagles followed by satellite telemetry
PAPERS ON ISI
JOURNALS
Limiñana, R., Romero, M., Mellone, U. & Urios, V. 2012. Mapping the migratory routes
and wintering
areas of Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni: new insights from satellite telemetry. Ibis DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01210.x
Loop migration of adult European Honey Buzzards (Pernis apivorus) through the
central-eastern
Mediterranean. Italian Journal of Zoology DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2011.623245
Falco
eleonorae in Madagascar. Bird Study 59: 29-36
interplay
of transport costs and social interactions. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 468-472
departure decisions in response to weather in black redstarts migrating across the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 323-334
Ferrer, M. 2011 Summer staging areas of non-breeding Short-toed Snake Eagles. Bird Study 58: 516– 521
during open ocean
crossing in a long-distance migratory raptor. International Journal of
Biometeorology 55: 463–468 Local weather conditions affect
migration strategies of adult Western honey buzzards (Pernis apivorus) through an isthmus area. Zoological
Studies 49: 651-656. breeding in Central Italy
reflect the colonization history? Journal of Raptor Research 42: 158-159 counts reflect population
trends? A case study of the honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus. Ardeola 59:339-344. orientation behavior of adult
Honey Buzzards Pernis apivorus during migration over water. Acta Ornithologica 40: 71-74. PAPERS ON NON-ISI JOURNALS Lucia G., Agostini N., Panuccio M., Mellone U., Chiatante G.,
Tarini D. & Evangelidis A. 2011. Raptor migration at Antikythira, in southern Greece.
British Birds 104: 266-270.
Evidence for age-dependent
migration strategies in the Short-toed Eagle. British Birds 102:
506-508. at the Straits of Messina. Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia 78: 132-125 spring migration of the booted
eagle Hieraaetus pennatus in Italy in 2004 and 2005. Avocetta 31:
47-52. in Japan. Forktail 23: 182-183. eleonorae, sull’isola di Marettimo (Egadi, Sicilia). Rivista
Italiana di Ornitologia Does the Honey-buzzard feed
during migration? British Birds
99: 365-368. montagu's harriers over land
and over water in the central Mediterranean. Avocetta 29: 27-32. Africa: autumn migration of
some Accipitriformes over two central Mediterranean islands. Ring 26: 71-78. d'Otranto [Spring raptor
migration routes at Capo d’Otranto]. Avocetta 28 : 33-36. CONGRESSES Mellone, U., López-López, P., Limiñana, R. & Urios, V. 2010. Efecto de las barreras ecológicas y meteorológicas en la migración del halcón de Eleonora. Comunicación Oral. XX Congreso Español de Ornitología. 4 al 8 de diciembre de 2010. Tremp, Lleida, Spain. López-López, P., Limiñana, R., Mellone, U., García-Ripollés, C., Pavón, D., Muñiz, R., Romero, M., Godino, A., Cadahía, L., Soutullo, A. & Urios, V. 2010. Diez años de seguimiento vía satélite de aves rapaces: nuevas aportaciones a su conocimiento. Comunicación Oral. XX Congreso Español de Ornitología. 4 al 8 de diciembre de 2010. Tremp, Lleida, Spain. Mellone U., Lopez Lopez P.,
Liminana R., Urios V., 2010.Linking environment characteristics with migration
behaviour: the case of Eleonora’s falcons. 2nd.
Conference Bird Migration and Global Change. Strait of Gibraltar, Algeciras, Spain; oral
presentation. Morganti M., Mellone U., Bogliani G., Ferri A., Spina
F., Saino N., Rubolini D. 2009. Dinamiche di sosta del codirosso spazzacamino, Phoenicurus ochruros, in un isola del
Mediterraneo centrale durante le migrazioni primaverile e autunnale: influenza dei fattori meteorologici
e delle condizioni fisiche. XV Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia, comunicazione orale. Lopez Lopez P., Liminana R., Mellone U., Urios V., 2009. Migration
strategies of Eleonora’s falcons (Falco eleonorae)
breeding in the Western Mediterranean: individual variation based on an
inherited program? Oral presentation. 7th
Conference of the European Ornithologists' Union. Zurich, Switzerland Mellone U. 2009. Raptor
migration across the Central Mediterranean: how, where and when. Oral presentation. First
Adriatic Flyway Conference. Ulcinj, Montenegro. Oral presentation. Morganti M., Mellone U., Rubolini D., Bogliani G., Ferri A.,
Spina F., 2008. Dinamiche di sosta del codirosso spazzacamino (Phoenicurus ochruros) in un’isola del
Mediterraneo. Atti X Convegno Inanellatori Italiani: 26-27. attraverso le isole Eolie: primi dati. Atti CIO: 67. Serre Catanzaresi: Important Bird Area (IBA) per la
migrazione autunnale dei rapaci. Atti CIO:
68. OTHERS Urios V.,
Mellone U., Lopez Lopez P., Liminana R. 2010. Estudio de la migración e
invernada del halcón de Eleonora. Nostra Terra
5: 10-12. December 2009: Interview about
raptor migration research in the Mediterranean basin LINK D'Amicis B., Mellone U., 2009.
Marokko: Ein K nigreich f r Naturfotografen. Naturfoto 3/09: 26-37 Mellone U. 2008. Laghi Prespa: gli
occhi azzurri dei Balcani. AQVA 235: 74-83.
(text and pictures) Catoni C., Mellone U. & Tordi A. 2004. Grecia
continentale: Epiro e Macedonia. Quaderni di Birdwatching 11: online Mellone U., Coppola E. & Guarrera L. 2003. Identifying
monk seal habitat in Puglia. The Monachus Guardian 6 (2): online
Agostini N., Lucia G., Mellone U., Panuccio M., Von Hardenberg J., Evangelidis A. & Kominos T., 2012
Mellone, U., López-López, P., Limiñana, R., Urios, V. 2012
Wintering habitats of Eleonora's Falcons
Mellone U., Limiñana, R., Mallìa E. & Urios V. 2011. Extremely detoured migration in an inexperienced bird:
Morganti M., Mellone U., Bogliani G., Saino N., Ferri A., Spina F. & Rubolini D., 2011. Flexible tuning of
Mellone, U., Yáñez, B., Limiñana, R., Muñoz, A.R., Pavón, D., González, J.M., Urios, V. & Mellone
U., López- López P., Limiñana R., Urios V. 2011. Weather
conditions promote route flexibility López-López P., Limiñana R.,
Mellone U., Urios V., 2010. From the Mediterranean Sea to
Madagascar. Are there
ecological barriers for the long-distance migrant Eleonora’s falcon? Landscape Ecology 25: 803-813Panuccio M., Agostini N., Lucia G.,
Mellone U., Ashton-Boot J., Wilson S., Chiatante G., & Todisco S. 2010.Agostini
N. & Mellone U. 2008. Does migration flyway of Short-toed Eagles (Circaetus
gallicus) Agostini N., Panuccio M., Mellone U.,
Lucia G., Wilson S., Ashton-Boot J., 2007. Do migration
Agostini N., Premuda G., Mellone U.,
Panuccio M., Logozzo D., Bassi E. & Cocchi L. 2005. Influence
of wind and geography on Agostini N., Panuccio M., Lucia G.,
Liuzzi C., Amato P., Provenza A., Gustin M. & Mellone U. 2009. Panuccio M. & Mellone U. 2009.
Autumn migration of the Bee-eaters Baghino L., Premuda G., Gustin M.,
Corso A., Mellone U., & Cardelli C. 2007. Exceptional
wintering and
Agostini N. & Mellone U. 2007.
Migration strategies of Oriental Honey-buzzards Pernis ptilorhyncus breeding
Premuda G. & Mellone U. 2007.
Presenza regolare del Falco della Regina, Falco Panuccio
M., Agostini N., Wilson S., Lucia G., Ashton-Boot J., Chiatante G., Mellone U.
& Todisco S. 2006.
Panuccio
M., Agostini N. & Mellone U. 2005. Autumn migration strategies of honey
buzzards, black kites, marsh and Agostini
N., Premuda G., Mellone U., Panuccio M., Logozzo D., Bassi E. & Cocchi L.
2004. Crossing the sea en route to
Premuda G., Mellone U. & Cocchi
L. 2004. Osservazioni sulla modalità della migrazione primaverile dei rapaci a
Capo
Mellone U., Agostini N., Panuccio M.
& Gustin M. 2007. La migrazione primaverile dei rapaci accipitriformi
Panuccio M., Agostini N., Lucia G.,
Mellone U., Ashton-Boot J., Wilson S., Chiatante G., & Todisco S. 2007. Le
Mellone
U. & Sighele M. (red.) 2007. Resoconto Ornitologico Italiano. Avocetta 31: 79-86.Mellone U. & Sighele M. (red.)
2006. Resoconto Ornitologico Italiano. Avocetta 30: 81-86.Mellone U., Sighele M. &
Arcamone E. (red.) 2005. Resoconto Ornitologico Italiano. Avocetta 29:
98-102.
Mellone U. & Catoni C. 2005.
Summer birding at Kerkini lake. Alula 11:
180-184.