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Nanni, Veronica; Mammola, Stefano; Macías-Hernández, Nuria; Castrogiovanni, Alessia; Salgado, Ana L; Lunghi, Enrico; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Modica, Corrado; Alba, Riccardo; Spiriti, Maria Michela; Holtze, Susanne; de Mello, Érica Munhoz; De Mori, Barbara; Biasetti, Pierfrancesco; Chamberlain, Dan; Manenti, Raoul

Nanni, Veronica; Mammola, Stefano; Macías-Hernández, Nuria; Castrogiovanni, Alessia; Salgado, Ana L; Lunghi, Enrico; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Modica, Corrado; Alba, Riccardo; Spiriti, Maria Michela; Holtze, Susanne; de Mello, Érica Munhoz; De Mori, Barbara; Biasetti, Pierfrancesco; Chamberlain, Dan; Manenti, Raoul.

Nanni V; School for Advanced Studies IUSS, Science, Technology and Society Department, 25100 Pavia, Italy.
Mammola S; Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Macías-Hernández N; Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IRSA), Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania Pallanza, Italy.
Castrogiovanni A; Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Salgado AL; Department of Animal Biology, Edaphology and Geology, University of Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife 38206, Canary Islands, Spain.
Lunghi E; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Cleoria, 10, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Ficetola GF; Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Modica C; Division of Molecular Biology, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Alba R; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Cleoria, 10, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Spiriti MM; Faunico office of species protection, Leanderstraße 16, 54295 Trier, Germany.
Holtze S; Dept. of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Via Accademia Albertina, 13, 10123 Torino, Italy.
de Mello ÉM; Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, 35020 Padua, Italy.
De Mori B; Ethics Laboratory for Veterinary Medicine, Conservation and Animal Welfare, University of Padua, 35020 Padua, Italy.
Biasetti P; Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, 10315 Berlin, Germany.
Chamberlain D; Urban Bats Laboratory, Zoonoses Control Center of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Manenti R; Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, 35020 Padua, Italy.