Marco Scotti
Personal Notes
Born in Codogno (Italy) the 20th of April 1978
Address:
Marco Scotti
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Parma
Viale Usberti, 11/A, 43100 Parma (Italy)
email: scotti@dsa.unipr.it
tel: +39 0521 905614
fax: +39 0521 905402
Professional Experiences
Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study.
Junior Fellow - Guest of the Rector (October 2006 - December 2006).
Mentor: Dr. Ferenc Jordán
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Parma.
Project: Data processing and development of spreadsheets to analyze urban Ecological Footprint.
October 2004 - Principal investigator: Dr. Antonio Bodini
Education and Academic Training
2007 - Ph.D. in Ecology - 3 years
University of Parma
Dissertation: Single species features in ecological networks
Major Advisor: Dr. Antonio Bodini
Committee: Dr. Stefano Allesina, Dr. Luis Gerardo Abarca-Arenas, Dr. Chiara Naldi
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2005 - PhD Course on Ecosystem Modelling (June 6-14)
University of Copenhagen
2004 - Bachelor Degree in Environmental Sciences (cum laude) - 5 years
University of Parma
Dissertation: Linee guida per il calcolo delle Impronte Ecologiche
locali - In Italian (Guidelines for local Ecological Footprint
calculation)
Advisors: Dr. Antonio Bodini, Dr. Cristina Bondavalli
1997 - High school: Agricultural Institute (60/60) ITAS "Stanga"
Manuscripts in preparation
Scotti, M., Bondavalli, C., Bodini, A.
The higher the better? Linking trophic positions and flow structure constraints in ecological networks.
In preparation.
Scotti, M., Bondavalli, C., Bodini, A.
Rnet: a free package for Ecosystem Network Analysis with R.
In preparation.
Scotti, M., Bondavalli, C., Bodini, A.
Trophic hierarchy as a criterion for link distribution around the energy flow in ecosystems.
In preparation.
Scotti, M., Jordán, F.
Are topological keystone species necessarily top predators?
In preparation.
Scotti, M., Jordán, F.
Testing the structural analysis hypothesis in social networks.
In preparation.
Submitted Manuscripts
Scotti, M., Bondavalli, C., Bodini, A.
Linking trophic positions and flow structure constraints in ecological networks: efficiency or topology effect?
Ecological Modelling, in review.
Scotti, M., Bondavalli, C., Bodini, A.
Ecological Footprint as a tool for local sustainability: the municipality of Piacenza (Italy) as a case study.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, in review.
Scotti, M., Jordán, F.
On the relation between centralities and trophic positions in ecological networks.
Proceedings of the joint AIOL-SItE meeting (Ancona 2007), in review.
Publications
Scotti, M.
Ecological Indicators: Development Capacity and Overhead.
For Jřrgensen, S.E., Encyclopedia of Ecology - Elsevier.
in press
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Scotti, M., Podani, J., Jordán, F.
Weighting, scale dependence and indirect effects in ecological networks: A comparative study.
Ecological Complexity, 4(3):148-159.
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Scotti, M., Allesina, S., Bondavalli, C., Bodini, A., Abarca-Arenas, L.G., 2006.
Effective trophic positions in ecological acyclic networks.
Ecological Modelling, 198(3-4):495-505.
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Conferences and Talks
Scotti, M., Bondavalli, C., Bodini, A.
Linking trophic positions and flow structure constraints in ecological networks: efficiency or topology effect?
The 6th European Conference on Ecological Modelling, ECEM'07.
November 30, 2007. Trieste, Italy.
Scotti, M., Jordán, F.
On the relation between centralities and trophic positions in ecological networks.
Italian Society of Ecology (SItE)
September 20, 2007. Ancona, Italy.
Scotti, M., Bodini, A.
The higher the better? Linking trophic position and flow structure constraints in ecological networks.
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Ecology, Eötvös
Loránd University.
June 1, 2007. Budapest, Hungary. Invited.
Scotti, M.
Taking a walk on the wild (and hidden) side of a mountain lake ecosystem and an urban network.
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Ecology, Eötvös
Loránd University.
November 30, 2006. Budapest, Hungary. Invited.
Scotti, M.
Detecting ecosystem stress and tracing the sustainability of human settlements. A whole-system approach using network analysis.
Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study.
November 23, 2006. Budapest, Hungary. Invited.
Scotti, M.
Una proposta per il calcolo dell'Impronta Ecologica locale - in
Italian (A new approach to calculate local Ecological Footprint).
Festival della Scienza.
October 29, 2004. Savona, Italy. Invited.
Honors and Awards
"Roberto Marchetti" Prize.
Italian Society of Ecology (SItE)
September 20, 2007. Ancona, Italy.
Computer
Expertise
Operating Systems
Windows (all versions)
Linux (RedHat 9 - Fedora)
MS DOS
Programming
Languages
C/C++ (gcc, MS Visual C++)
Fortran
MS
Visual Basic (basic knowledge)
Turbo Pascal (basic knowledge)
GIS packages
ArcView
3.2
GRASS
6.0.2
Other
MS Office Suite
OpenOffice
2.0
LATEX
R
Statistical Software (Programming)
STELLA
8.1
CorelDRAW
9
Pajek
Boustead Model 5.0 (LCA)
Languages
Italian (mother tongue)
English (good)
French (good)
Research
Interests
Ecological Modelling: Ecosystem Network Analysis (ENA).
Computer Science applied to ecological complexity: trophic structure,
centralities, topological regularities and ecosystem functioning.
Environmental Management: Ecological Footprint; territorial planning and
management; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
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