Tommaso Savini

Academic Position : Associate Professor

Tel. : (+66)2-470-7571

Email : tommaso.sav@kmutt.ac.th

Research Interests

Ecology and conservation biology

Education

Ph.D. (Biology), Liege University, Belgium

Recent Publications

  1. Savini, T. ; Grainger, MJ. ; Ngoprasert, D. ; McGowan, PJK., A 2019 “Informing decisions on an extremely data poor species facing imminent extinction” ORYX
  2. Savini, T. ; Dhungana, R. ; Lamichhane, BR. ; Dhakal, M. ; Poudel, BS. ; Karki, JB., A 2019 “Livestock depredation by leopards around Chitwan National Park, Nepal” MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY
  3. Savini, T. ; Gale, G.A. ; Yu, CX. ; Ngoprasert, D. ; Round, PD. ; Pierce, AJ., A 2019 “Roost selection of the endangered Spotted Greenshank (Tringa guttifer) in critical habitat in the Inner Gulf of Thailand” AVIAN RESEARCH Volume: 10
  4. Savini, T. ; Petersen, WJ. ; Steinmetz, R. ; Ngoprasert, D., A 2019 “Periodic resource scarcity and potential for interspecific competition influences distribution of small carnivores in a seasonally dry tropical forest fragment” MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY Volume: 95 , Pages: 112-122
  5. Savini, T. ; Oliver, K. ; Ngoprasert, D., A 2019 “Slow loris density in a fragmented, disturbed dry forest, north-east Thailand” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY Volume: 81 , Issue: 3
  6. Savini, T. ; Gale, G.A. ; Pierce, AJ. ; Angkaew, R. ; Sankamethawee, W. ; Pierce, AJ., A 2019 “Nesting near road edges improves nest success and post-fledging survival of White-rumped Shamas (Copsychus malabaricus) in northeastern Thailand” CONDOR Volume: 121 , Issue: 1
  7. Gale, G.A. ; Savini, T. ; Lynam, AJ. ; Irving, GJ. ; Round, PD., A 2018 “Collapse of a tropical forest bird assemblage surrounding a hydroelectric reservoir” GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
  8. Savini, T. ; Petersen, W.J. ; Savini, T. ; Steinmetz, R. ; Ngoprasert, D., A 2019 “Estimating Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis Kerr, 1792 (Carnivora: Felidae) density in a degraded tropical forest fragment in northeastern Thailand” Journal of Threatened Taxa Volume 11 , Issue 4 , Pages 13448-13458
  9. Nongkaew, S., Bumrungsri, S., Brockelman, W.Y., Savini, T., Pattanavibool, A., Thong-Ari, S. 2018 “Population density and habitat of siamang and agile gibbon in Bala Forest, southern Thailand” Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 62(2), pp. 117-130
  10. Kaisin, O., Gazagne, E., Savini, T., Huynen, M.-C., Brotcorne, F. 2018 “Foraging strategies underlying bird egg predation by macaques: A study using artificial nests” American Journal of Primatology 80(11),e22916
  11. Vy, NT; Ngoprasert, D ; Browne, S ; Savini, T  2018 “Status and range decline of two galliform species in South-East Asia” BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Volume: 28 Issue: 3 Pages: 423-438
  12. Khamcha, D; Corlett, RT ; Powell, LA ; Savini, T ; Lynam, AJ  ; Gale, GA 2018 “Road induced edge effects on a forest bird community in tropical Asia” AVIAN RESEARCH   Volume: 9     Article Number: 20
  13. Thunhikorn, S; Grainger, MJ ; McGowan, PJK;  Savini, T 2018 “Spatial distribution of display sites of Grey Peacock-pheasant in relation to micro-habitat and predators during the breeding season” AVIAN RESEARCH   Volume: 9     Article Number: 17   Published: MAY 21 2018
  14. Grainger, MJ; Garson, PJ ; Browne, SJ ; McGowan, PJK ; Savini, T  2018 “Conservation status of Phasianidae in Southeast Asia” BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION Volume: 220 Pages: 60-66
  15. Hossain, ANM; Lynam, AJ ; Ngoprasert, D ; Barlow, A ; Barlow, CG ; Savini, T  2018 “Identifying landscape factors affecting tiger decline in the Bangladesh Sundarbans”  GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION Volume: 13 Article Number: e00382
  16. Dhungana, R; Savini, T ; Karki, JB  ; Dhakal, M ; Lamichhane, BR ; Bumrungsri, S 2018 “Living with tigers Panthera tigris: patterns, correlates, and contexts of human-tiger conflict in Chitwan National Park, Nepal” ORYX Volume: 52 Pages: 55-65
  17. Phiphatsuwannachai, S; Westcott, DA  ; McKeown, A ; Savini, T  2018 “Inter-group variability in seed dispersal by white-handed gibbons in mosaic forest” BIOTROPICA Volume: 50  Pages: 106-115
  18. de Souza, RT; Naves, RD  ; Conceicao, MAF ; da Costa, SM ] ; Savini, T 2018 “Frequency of fungicide application for controlling downy mildew in seedless grape plant ‘BRS Vitoria’” REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE FRUTICULTURA Volume: 40 Issue: 3 Article Number: e-443
  19. Sukumal, N; Dowell, S D.; Savini, T 2017 “Micro-habitat selection and population recovery of the Endangered Green Peafowl Pavo muticus in western Thailand: implications for conservation guidance” BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL
  20. Phommachanh, C; Ngoprasert, D ; Steinmetz, R ; Savini, T ; Gale, GA  2017 “Habitat Use of the Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis (Mammalia; Bovidae) Based on Local Sightings in the Northern Annamite Mountains of Lao PDR” TROPICAL CONSERVATION SCIENCE   Volume: 10    Article Number: 1940082917713014
  21. Ong-In, T., Pierce, A.J., Gale, G.A., Browne, S.J., Savini, T. 2016 “Nesting ecology and nest site selection of green-legged partridge” 64, pp. 89-97Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
  22. Tantipisanuh, N., Savini, T., Cutter, P., Gale, G.A. 2016 “Biodiversity gap analysis of the protected area system of the Indo-Burma Hotspot and priorities for increasing biodiversity representation” 195, pp. 203-213Biological Conservation
  23. Thunhikorn, S., Grainger, M.J., McGowan, P.J., Savini, T. 2016 “Assessing the population of grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) in a Southeast Asian conservation landscape” Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64, pp. 302-312
  24. SaviniI, T. and  Gale, GA. 2015,  “Establishing a Conservation ecology graduate program : Past experiences and future developments” Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (Asia-Pacific Chapter), 30 March-2 April 2015, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  25. Mohsin, Hossain , Barlow, A., Greenwood, Barlow C,. Lynam AJ. and Savini, T. 2015, “Investigating the use of camera trapping to quantify illegal human activity in three protected areas of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh” Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (Asia-Pacific Chapter), 30 March-2 April 2015, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  26. SaviniI, T. and  Gale, GA. 2015,  “Establishing a Conservation ecology graduate program : Past experiences and future developments” Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (Asia-Pacific Chapter), 30 March-2 April 2015, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.