Andrea Bonacchi is a PhD student in Life Sciences at Università degli Studi di Siena (Italy). Since 2012 he collaborates with Ethoikos Foundation, based in Radicondoli (Italy). His research interests cover the study of the spatial and temporal dynamics of mammals in Mediterranean ecosystems. More specifically, the aim of is PhD project currently consists in investigating the spatial ecology of three syntopic small mammal species in sub-Mediterranean deciduous oak woods.