Author: Enrico Cavina

born 1936- Bologna Italy M.D. Univ. Perugia - Italy- 1961 Professor of Surgery 1967-2003( retired)-University of Pisa - Italy Fellow American College Surgeons Honorary Member European Ass.Trauma Emergency Surgery and Past President (1993-1997) Starting from 2003 Research work in Ornithology and Nature Science. Published Papers and Conference Lectures in Ornithology ( 2007-2018) . Editor "Colombaccio Scientifico " for Club Italiano del Colombaccio . Check on Google motor-research by " Woodpigeons Migration Research" and "Beccacciascientifica" - Editor http://journal.ilcolombaccio.it - Italian Journal Woodpigeon Research.

AAA. Hobson -May 2024 – Isotopes’ research on the origins of Woodpigeons crossing Italian peninsula in autumn: updating discussion on aggressive criticism and true “evidence based” results

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AAA. Hobson – May 2024 Isotopes’ research on the origins of Woodpigeons crossing Italian peninsula in autumn: updating discussion on aggressive criticism and true “evidence based”results. Ricerca con isotopi sulle origini dei Colombacci che attraversano la penisola Italiana durante la migrazione: aggiornamento di discussione sulle critiche aggressive e sui reali risultati “evidence based”. Enrico Cavina  Read More …

Woodpigeons’ and wild-birds’ migration-decision-making abiotic factor : evidence based data concerning Air Pressure increasing monitored for 24 years of 152 peaks/waves in autumn in Italy and Europe

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Enrico Cavina * • Club Italiano del Colombaccio – ecavinaster@gmail,com Key-words : Woodpigeon,wild birds,mass migration,Air Pressure, peaks/waves ,evidence based,references Abstract Seasonal migratory peaks are represented as the most important and exhaustive expression of the migratory impulse of migratory birds, impulse itself subject to the determinism of biotic and abiotic factors connected to each other in Read More …

Woodpigeon ( Columba palumbus) – Long-term prediction 2021 of migration on a climatological basis: approximation attempt

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  Colombaccio ( Columba palumbus) – Previsione 2021  a lungo termine della migrazione su base climatologica : tentativo in approssimazione Enrico Cavina ecavinaster@gmail.com Club Italiano del Colombaccio INTRODUCTION La previsione  si basa esclusivamente su dati di previsione   ( 2 Agosto 2021)  a lungo termine ( 28 Sept.-15 Nov.) presenti sul WEB a https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/cfse_cartes.php?ech=1080&mode=0&carte=0&run=0. La base di analisi considera i valori e collocazione Read More …

Citizen scientists meet “Scientific science”

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Editorial  2021 & paper review  – Italian Journal Woodpigeon Research – vol.1 February 2021  Enrico Cavina  https://enricocavina.academia.edu/ Abstract The  text of the Editorial uses as basis  a short overview of a very recent (4th February 2021 )  paper https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246572  that analyzes the relationship between contributions from citizen science and official science, documenting the need with statistical details. that citizen Read More …

Woodpigeons’ ( Columba palumbus) migration in autumn 2020: live monitoring (MCL)’s results in Italy –

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Introduction to the analysis –Preliminary short-report  -on-line in Italian Journal Woodpigeon Research –february 2021 Enrico Cavina  , Vasco Feligetti * (*) Club Italiano del Colombaccio  E.Cavina ( analysis),V.Feligetti ( compared data Archives), ABSTRACT-SUMMARY Based on concrete results (raw numbers : 2.162.171 Woodpigeons  in 7.375 flocks) obtained by a telematic system recording  (154 hunters/observers -1st October-15th November )“live” autumn Read More …

Woodpigeon’s ( Columba palumbus ) autumn migration in Europe and Italy : critical updating 2020 by live monitoring (MCL) .

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Enrico Cavina , Vasco Feligetti(*) (*) Club Italiano del Colombaccio  Key-words: woodpigeon migration ,flyways ,flocks,peakes-waves,climatologic changes,abiotic biotic factors,Europe,monitoring methods ABSTRACT-SUMMARY  More than two millions of Woodpigeons were “live monitored” (MCL supported by observations-records of 154 hunters distributed along  6 selective corridors ) crossing Italy during autumn 2020. The data collected and available by main Ornithological Read More …

Hunters as citizen  scientists: a difficult pathway characterized by obstacles and errors. Focus on”Ethics in Research”. 

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Enrico Cavina https://researchgate.net https://independent.academia.edu  ABSTRACT/SUMMARY  Recently (2020) the involvement of hunters in the true Research process has been strongly valued depending on the hunters’ ability to collect data on the field then offered available for scientific analysis.. The present paper is mainly aimed at highlighting the concept of ethics in Research. Experiences ( obstacles,conflicts,results) of Read More …

EDITORIAL march 2020 : Instructions’ FLEXIBILITY

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  ITALIAN Il Journal nato due anni fa’ in fusione di spirito e d’intenti di “ Citizen Science” si è dato a suo tempo un’impostazione d’intenti come da “Istruzioni” per contributi stilati sul classico rigido  schema scientifico Titolo,Autori,Keywords,Abstract/Summary,Introduzione,Materiali e Metodi,Risultati,Discussione,Conclusioni,Bibliografia . Oggi -sempre nello spirito di Citizen Science- rileviamo la necessità di lasciare ai potenziali Read More …

Updating Woodpigeon( Columba palumbus) autumn migration’s “peaks/ waves-data” in Europe until 2019 : relationship with a single abiotic factor as Air Pressure’changes.

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citation : Italian Journal Woodpigeon Research –IJWR-online –Vol.3-2020-18/01/2020 Updating Woodpigeon( Columba palumbus) autumn migration’s “peaks/ waves-data” in Europe until 2019 : relationship with a single abiotic factor as Air Pressure’s changes.  Enrico Cavina (*-**)Rinaldo Bucchi(**)Denis Bianchi (**) (**)Club Italiano del Colombaccio  (*-**)https://enricocavina.academia.edu/            ecavinaster@gmail.com SUMMARY In the present report we udpate 2010-2019 the data Read More …

EDITORIAL 2020

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Editorial 2020 – please use ” translate in your Language” – Il compito di un Editoriale ad inizio d’anno – nel nostro caso per Columba palumbus – è quello di fare il punto sullo status di una Specie e sulla Ricerca specifica . La Migrazione autunnale 2019 del Colombaccio ha evidenziato un’incremento massivo ( 200-300 Read More …