7. CHIARA CASLINI
Information acquired: 2025
CHIARA CASLINI is an academic who published a paper in 2013 entitled WILD RED DEER (CERVUS ELAPHUS, LINNAEUS, 1758) POPULATIONS STATUS ASSESSMENT: NOVEL METHODS USING HA. CHIARA CASLINI published this work as part of a team: CASLINI, CHIARA. Here is a description of this work: The assessment of free-ranging wild red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations status is an important tool in wildlife management, because of, in some areas, this species reaches high densities, which can increase the occurrence of road accidents, of damages to agriculture and forest regeneration, and, not last, can reduce the fitness of the species itself. In fact, high density populations compared to low density ones usually show lower levels of fertility, higher prevalence of disease, higher mortality, worst general body conditions and nutritional status. Nevertheless, collecting samples to assess free-ranging populations status is often difficult. Hair is a safe, readily available, and easy to store and transport matrix, and hair sampling does not involve pain or infection risk for the animals. Furthermore, hair assay provi.