Environmental Resources Analysis and Management Unit Laboratory – DiSTA – Varese

The laboratory carries out activities related to the recognition and identification of vertebrate and invertebrate animal species, laboratory analyses supporting field-based zoological activities, calorimetric analyses of food that may influence population dynamics, analysis of vertebrate diets, analysis of eco-ethological data collected from field observations, and in silico simulations of wildlife–environment scenarios (population and range dynamics, space use and resource selection).

Equipment

• Optical microscopes for scanning and transmission
• Berthelot–Mahler calorimeter and thermometric data acquisition system
• Local network infrastructure for data storage from camera traps and digital cartography
• Dedicated servers for spatial and behavioural data analysis and for simulations
• Equipment and materials for field data collection and specialised wildlife monitoring (live traps, camera traps, UV and Berlese traps, ultrasonic detectors, systems for audio recording and playback in the field). 
   

Head of the Laboratory 
Prof. Adriano Martinoli

Technical Manager 
Dr Lucas Wauters 
 

Access conditions and opening hours 
Access is restricted exclusively to:

• Department staff
• authorised students (enrolled in DiSTA degree programmes, including those on international mobility schemes)
• authorised external collaborators

during all working days.

Location 
Single-storey Pavilion 
Via J. H. Dunant 3 – 21100 Varese