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Giovanni Polverino

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9737-7995

  • The University of Western Australia (M092), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

  • 3 Citations
  • 1 h-Index
20182021
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Personal profile

Education/Academic qualification

Life Sciences, PhD, Humboldt University of Berlin

Ecological Biology, M.Sc., University of Rome La Sapienza

Biological Sciences, B.Sc., University of Rome La Sapienza

Natural Sciences, B.Sc., University of Rome La Sapienza

Management, Access and Conservation of Species in Trade, M.Sc., International University of Andalucía

External positions

Postdoc, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2017

PhD Fellow, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

1 Sep 2013 → 31 Dec 2016

Research Scholar, New York University

1 Jan 2011 → 30 Jun 2013

Keywords

  • Animal behaviour
  • Personality
  • Behavioural plasticity
  • Life history theory
  • Adaptation
  • Invasive species
  • Robotics

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Research Output 2018 2019

  • 3 Citations
  • 1 h-Index
  • 3 Article

Individual plasticity in alternative reproductive tactics declines with social experience in male guppies

Polverino, G., Palmas, B. M., Evans, J. P. & Gasparini, C., 1 Feb 2019, In : Animal Behaviour. 148, p. 113-121 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Poecilia reticulata
plasticity
courtship
animal behavior
copulation

The bold and the sperm: positive association between boldness and sperm number in the guppy

Gasparini, C., Speechley, L. & Polverino, G., Jun 2019, In : Royal Society Open Science. 6, 7, 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Poecilia reticulata
spermatozoa
sperm competition
sexual selection
animals
3 Citations (Scopus)

Ecological conditions drive pace-of-life syndromes by shaping relationships between life history, physiology and behaviour in two populations of Eastern mosquitofish

Polverino, G., Santostefano, F., Díaz-Gil, C. & Mehner, T., 1 Dec 2018, In : Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 14673.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Gambusia holbrooki
physiology
life history
metabolism
coevolution

Projects 2018 2021

Integrating phenotypic plasticity in biological invasions and climate change to predict species response to a changing world

Polverino, G., Evans, J. & Gasparini, C.

University of Western Australia

1/03/18 → 28/02/21

Project: Research

Prizes

18th degree Award Marco Marchesini to the best Italian M.Sc. thesis in the field of Animal Behaviour

Giovanni Polverino (Recipient), 2013

Prize

Best M.Sc. thesis in 2010 in Rome

Giovanni Polverino (Recipient), 2011

Prize

Contribution to the scientific excellence in the USA with the outstanding achievement in the field of Natural Sciences

Giovanni Polverino (Recipient), 2013

Prize

Fellowship for research and educational exchanges between Italy and USA

Giovanni Polverino (Recipient), 2011

Prize: Other distinction

Forrest Research Fellowship

Giovanni Polverino (Recipient), 2017

Prize: Other distinction

Press / Media

The biologist that studied in Berlin the personality of fishes (Italian translated)

Giovanni Polverino

28/05/18

1 media contribution

Press/Media: Press / Media