Dr. Roberto Rozzi

Small or Simple: generality and causality of brain size reduction and simplification of cortical folding in insular large mammals

Tasks

DFG Postdoc (‘Eigene Stelle’)

Research interests

• Evolution and extinction of insular mammals from Mediterranean, Asian, and American islands
• Plio-Pleistocene mammal palaeoecology, taxonomy, and biochronology (with emphasis on Bovidae)
• Processes influencing the diversity and conservation of endangered species, especially insular mammals
• Management and enhancement of natural history collections

Publications (Selection)

Zizka, A., Onstein, R.E., Rozzi, R., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H., Steinbauer, M.J., Bruelheide, H., Lens, F., 2022. The evolution of insular woodiness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (37) e2208629119. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2208629119

Rozzi, R., Varela, S., Bover, P., Martin, J., 2020. Causal explanations for the evolution of ‘low gear’ locomotion in insular ruminants. Journal of Biogeography, 47: 2274-2285 (cover article). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.13942

Rozzi, R., 2018. Space-time patterns of body size variation in island bovids: The key role of predatory release. Journal of Biogeography 00, 1-12. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.13197/full

Rozzi, R., Lomolino, M.V., 2017. Rapid Dwarfing of an Insular Mammal - The Feral Cattle of Amsterdam Island. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 8820(2017). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-08820-2

Rozzi, R., 2017. A new extinct dwarfed buffalo from Sulawesi and the evolution of the subgenus Anoa: An interdisciplinary perspective. Quaternary Science Reviews 157: 188-205. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379116306795

Rozzi, R., Palombo, M.R., 2014. Lights and shadows in the evolutionary patterns of insular bovids. Integrative Zoology 9: 213-228. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1749-4877.12055/full

Rozzi, R., Winkler, D.E., De Vos, J., Schulz, E., Palombo, M.R., 2013. The enigmatic bovid Duboisia santeng (Dubois, 1891) from the Early-Middle Pleistocene of Java: a multiproxy approach to its palaeoecology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 377: 73-85. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018213001417

Lomolino, M.V., Van Der Geer, A., Lyras, G.A., Palombo, M.R., Sax, D.F., Rozzi, R., 2013. Of mice and mammoths: generality and antiquity of the island rule. Journal of Biogeography 40: 1427-1439. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.12096/abstract

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