Almo Farina

Publications

  • Landscape ecology and the General Theory of Resources: Comparing two paradigms. Journal of Landscape Ecology 4: 18-29 (Farina A)
  • Soundscape Ecology: The Science of Sound in Landscapes. BioScience 61, 203-216 (Pijanowski B.C., Villanueva-Rivera L.J., Dumyahn S., Farina A., Krause B., Napoletano B., Gage, S., Pieretti N.)
  • What is soundscape ecology? An introduction and overview of an emerging new science. Landscape Ecology 26(9): 1213-1232. (Pijanowski B.C., Farina A., Gage S.H., Dumyahn S.L., Krause B.L.)
  • A new methodology to infer the singing activity of an avian community: The Acoustic Complexity Index (ACI). Ecological Indicators 11 (3): 868-873 (Pieretti N., Farina A., Morri D.)
  • Avian soundscapes and cognitive landscapes: theory, application and ecological perspectives. Landscape Ecology 26(9):257-1267 (Farina A., Lattanzi E., Malavasi R., Pieretti N., Piccioli L.)
  • The soundscape methodology for long-term bird monitoring: A Mediterranean Europe case-study. Ecological Informatics 6: 354-363.(Farina A., Pieretti N., Piccioli L.)
  • An Essay on the Relationship of Warfare Ecology to General Ecology. In: Machlis, G.E., Hanson, T., Spiriç, Z., McKendry, J.E. (Eds.), Warfare ecology. Springer. Pp. 273-290 (A. Farina)
  • Ecologia del Paisaje. Universidad de Alicante (Farina A)
  • Les paysages sonores:une nouvelle dimension pour la recherche écologique. Sonorité, Paris (Farina A)
  • BirdSong. In: D Favareau, P Cobley, K Kull (eds.) A more developed sign. Tartu University Press. Pp. 37-39. (Farina A)
  • A Biosemiotic Perspective of the Resource Criterion: Toward a General Theory of Resources. Biosemiotics 5: 17-32. (Farina A)
  • The soundscape ecology: A new frontier of landscape research and its application to islands and coastal systems. Journal of Marine and Island Cultures (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imic.2012.04.002 . 1(1): 21-26 (Farina A & Pieretti N).
  • The SoundscapeMeter. http://www.disbef.uniurb.it/biomia/soundscapemeter/(Farina A., Lattanzi E., Piccioli L., Pieretti N.)
  • A contribution to theoretical ecology: the biosemiotic perspective. In: Timo Maran, Kati Lindström, Riin Magnus and Morten Tønnessen (eds.) Biosemiotics turning wild. Tartu University Press. Pp. 87-93.( Farina A)
  • Ecologia della percezione nel peregrinare tra cultura , storia e paesaggi. In: Bettini V., Marotta L., Tosi S.S. (eds.) La via Francigena in Italia. Alla ricerca del paesaggio. EdicloEditore, Portogruaro (Ve). Pp. 35-41.(Farina A.)
  • Acoustic patterns of an invasive species: the Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea Scopoli 1796) in a Mediterranean maqui. Bioacoustics 22 (3): 175-194 (Farina A., Pieretti N., Morganti N.)
  • Neighbours' talk: interspecific choruses among songbirds. Bioacoustics 22 (1):33-48.(Malavasi, R. & Farina, A.)
  • Soundscape ecology: principles, patterns, methods and applications. Springer Dordrecht. (Farina A)
  • The Acoustic Codes: How Animal Sign Processes Create Sound-Topes and Consortia via Conflict Avoidance Biosemiotics 7: 89-95. (Malavasi R., Kull K., Farina, A.)
  • Application of a recently introduced index for acoustic complexity to an avian soundscape with traffic noise. J.Acoust.Soc.Am.134(1): 891-900. (Pieretti, N. & Farina, A.)
  • Patterns and dynamics of (bird) soundscapes: a biosemiotic interpretation. Semiotica (in print) 10.1515/sem-2013-0109. (Farina A, Pieretti N, Malavasi R)
  • Low cost (audio) recording (LCR) for advancing soundscape ecology towards the conservation of sonic complexity and biodiversity in natural and urban landscapes. Urban Ecosystem 17: 923_944. (Farina A. et al.)
  • Acoustic indices for biodiversity assessment and landscape ecology. Acta Acustica 100: 772-781. (Sueur J, Farina A, Gasc A, Pieretti N, Pavoine S)
  • The soundscape approach for the assessment and conservation of Mediterranean landscapes: principles and case studies. Landscape Ecology Journal 7: 10-22 (Farina A, Buscaino G, Ceraulo M, Pieretti N)
  • Acoustic Codes in Action in a Soundscape Context. Biosemiotics 7: 321-328 (Farina A & Pieretti N)
  • Sonic environment and vegetation structure: A methodological approach for a soundscape analysis of a Mediterranean maqui. Ecol. Informatics 21: 120-132. ( Farina A. & Pieretti N.)
  • ACI (Acoustic Complexity Index): Nueva herramienta para el estudio del canto de anuros ACI (Acoustic Complexity Index): a new tool to study anuran calls. Quehacer Científico en Chiapas 9 (2) 2014. (Lozano A, Farina A, Márquez R)
  • From Umwelt to Soundtope: An Epistemological Essay on Cognitive Ecology. Biosemiotics 7:1-10. (Farina A & Pieretti N
  • Spatial and temporal variation of bird dawn choruses in a Mediterranean landscape. Bioacoustics (in press). Doi/10.1080/09524622.2015.1070282. (Farina A, Ceraulo M, Bobryk C, Pieretti N, Lattanzi E)
  • Animals in a Noisy World. (in press) (Farina A.)
  • Ecoacoustics: the ecological investigation and interpretation of environmental sound. Biosemiotics. (in press). (Sueur J, Farina A)
  • Determining temporal sampling schemes for passive acoustic studies in different tropical ecosystems. Tropical Conservation Science Vol.8 (1): 215-234. (Pieretti N, Duarte MHL, Sousa-Lima RS, Rodrigues M, Young RJ, Farina A)
  • The impact of noise from open-cast mining on Atlantic forest biophony. Biological Conservation 191 (2015) 623–631 (M.H.L. Duarte, R.S. Sousa-Lima, R.J. Young, A. Farina, M. Vasconcelos , M. Rodrigues , N. Pieretti)
  • Acoustic community structure and dynamics: a fundamental component of ecoacoustics. Sub. (Farina A, Philip J)
  • Application of landscape and soundscape ecology to the Mediterranean region. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology 13: 21-27. (Farina A)
  • Utility of soundscape assessment for understanding conservation benefits of temperate agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems (in press). (Christopher W B, Rega CC, Bardhan S, Farina A, He HS, Jose S)