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2025

  • Cantera, I., Giachello, S., Münkemüller, T., Caccianiga, M., Gobbi, M., Losapio, G., Marta, S., Valle, B., Zawierucha, K., Thuiller, W., & Ficetola, F. G. (2025). Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 40(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.10.007
  • Crosta, A., Valle, B., Caccianiga, M., Gobbi, M., Ficetola, F. G., Pittino, F., Franzetti, A., Azzoni, R. S., Lencioni, V., Senese, A., Corlatti, L., Buda, J., Poniecka, E., Novotna Jaromerska, T., Zawierucha, K., & Ambrosini, R. (2025). Ecological interactions in glacier environments: A review of studies on a model Alpine glacier. Biological Reviews, 100(1), 227–244. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13138
  • Lo Parrino, E., Ficetola, G. F., Devin, M., Manenti, R., & Falaschi, M. (2025). Integrating adult occurrence and reproduction data to identify conservation measures for amphibians. Conservation Biology, 39(1), e14343. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14343
  • Nodari, A.M., Bonifacino, M., Eustacchio, E., Bonelli, M., Falaschi, M., 2025. Comparing sampling methods to monitor population abundance while accounting for imperfect detection: An application of N-mixture models on Orthoptera. Global Ecology and Conservation, 58, e03435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03435

2024

  • Balestra, V., Galbiati, M., Lapadula, S., Barzaghi, B., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G. F., & Bellopede, R. (2024). The problem of anthropogenic microfibres in karst systems: Assessment of water and submerged sediments. Chemosphere, 363, 142811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142811
  • Balestra, V., Galbiati, M., Lapadula, S., Zampieri, V., Cassarino, F., Gajdošová, M., Barzaghi, B., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G. F., & Bellopede, R. (2024). Microplastic pollution calls for urgent investigations in stygobiont habitats: A case study from Classical karst. Journal of Environmental Management, 356, 120672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120672
  • Berrilli, E., Gambioli, B., Bombi, P., Garzia, M., Muraro, M., Pardo, C., Reale, M., Sherpa, S., Ficetola, G. F., Vignoli, L., & Salvi, D. (2024). Subspecies inflation hampers conservation efforts: A case study on wall lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blae001
  • Biancolini, D., Pacifici, M., Falaschi, M., Bellard, C., Blackburn, T. M., Ficetola, G. F., & Rondinini, C. (2024). Global Distribution of Alien Mammals Under Climate Change. Global Change Biology, 30(11), e17560. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17560
  • Bisaglia, B., Castelli, M., Soresinetti, L., Negri, A., Arnoldi, I., Montarsi, F., Gobbo, F., Defilippo, F., Callegari, E., Di Luca, M., Calzolari, M., Mastrantonio, V., Porretta, D., Ficetola, G. F., Sassera, D., Gabrieli, P., Bandi, C., & Epis, S. (2024). Barcoding of Italian mosquitoes (BITMO): Generation and validation of DNA barcoding reference libraries for native and alien species of Culicidae. Parasites & Vectors, 17, 407. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06478-0
  • Böning, P., Lötters, S., Barzaghi, B., Bock, M., Bok, B., Bonato, L., Ficetola, G. F., Glaser, F., Griese, J., Grabher, M., Leroux, C., Munimanda, G., Manenti, R., Ludwig, G., Preininger, D., Rödel, M., Seibold, S., Smith, S., Tiemann, L., … Plewnia, A. (2024). Alpine salamanders at risk? The current status of an emerging fungal pathogen. PLoS ONE, 19(5), e0298591. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298591
  • Bruno, A., Arnoldi, I., Barzaghi, B., Boffi, M., Casiraghi, M., Colombo, B., Di Gennaro, P., Epis, S., Facciotti, F., Ferrari, N., Fesce, E., Ficetola, G. F., Fumagalli, S., Galimberti, A., Ghisleni, G., Nissim, W. G., Mainardi, L., Manenti, R., Messina, V., … Labra, M. (2024). The One Health approach in urban ecosystem rehabilitation: An evidence-based framework for designing sustainable cities. IScience, 27(10), 110959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110959
  • Cantera, I., Carteron, A., Guerrieri, A., Marta, S., Bonin, A., Ambrosini, R., Anthelme, F., Azzoni, R. S., Almond, P., Alviz Gazitúa, P., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., Ceballos Lievano, J. L., Chand, P., Chand Sharma, M., Clague, J., Cochachín Rapre, J. A., Compostella, C., Cruz Encarnación, R., Dangles, O., … Ficetola, G. F. (2024). The importance of species addition ‘versus’ replacement varies over succession in plant communities after glacier retreat. Nature Plants, 10(2), 256–267. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01609-4
  • Carteron, A., Cantera, I., Guerrieri, A., Marta, S., Bonin, A., Ambrosini, R., Anthelme, F., Azzoni, R. S., Almond, P., Gazitúa, P. A., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., Lievano, J. L. C., Chand, P., Sharma, M. C., Clague, J., Rapre, J. A. C., Compostella, C., Encarnación, R. C., Dangles, O., … Ficetola, G. F. (2024). Dynamics and drivers of mycorrhizal fungi after glacier retreat. New Phytologist, 242(4), 1739–1752. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19682
  • Cecchetto, M., Dettai, A., Gallut, C., Obst, M., Kuklinski, P., Balazy, P., Chelchowski, M., Małachowicz, M., Poćwierz-Kotus, A., Zbawicka, M., Reiss, H., Eléaume, M. P., Ficetola, G. F., Pavloudi, C., Exter, K., Fontaneto, D., & Schiaparelli, S. (2024). Seasonality of primary production explains the richness of pioneering benthic communities. Nature Communications, 15, 8340. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52673-z
  • Coppari, L., Di Gregorio, M., Corti, C., Merilli, S., Mulargia, M., Cogoni, R., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G. F., & Lunghi, E. (2024). Four years monitoring of the endangered European plethodontid salamanders. Scientific Data, 11, 706. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03555-y
  • Ficetola, G. F., Guerrieri, A., Cantera, I., & Bonin, A. (2024). In silico assessment of 18S rDNA metabarcoding markers for the characterization of nematode communities. PLoS ONE, 19(4), e0298905. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298905
  • Ficetola, G. F., Manenti, R., Barzaghi, B., Romagnoli, S., Lo Parrino, E., Melotto, A., Marta, S., Giachello, S., Balestra, V., Lana, E., Maiorano, L., Pennati, R., Lunghi, E., & Falaschi, M. (2024). Integrating historical and recent data to measure long-term trends of endangered subterranean species. Biological Conservation, 296, 110695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110695
  • Ficetola, G. F., Marta, S., Guerrieri, A., Cantera, I., Bonin, A., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., Ambrosini, R., Caccianiga, M., Anthelme, F., Azzoni, R. S., Almond, P., Alviz Gazitúa, P., Ceballos Lievano, J. L., Chand, P., Chand Sharma, M., Clague, J. J., Cochachín Rapre, J. A., Compostella, C., Encarnación, R. C., … Carteron, A. (2024). The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat. Nature, 632(8024), 336–342. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07778-2
  • Ficetola, G. F., Melotto, A., Scali, S., Sacchi, R., & Salvi, D. (2024). Interference competition with an invasive species as potential driver of rapid extinction in an island-endemic lizard. Global Ecology and Conservation, 55, e03251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03251
  • Giachello, S., Cantera, I., Carteron, A., Bonin, A., Guerrieri, A., Ambrosini, R., Caccianiga, M., Gobbi, M., Marta, S., & Ficetola, G. F. (2024). Functional changes of protist communities in soil after glacier retreat. Science of The Total Environment, 956, 177265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177265
  • Guerrieri, A., Cantera, I., Marta, S., Bonin, A., Carteron, A., Ambrosini, R., Caccianiga, M., Anthelme, F., Azzoni, R. S., Almond, P., Alvizgazitua, P., Cauvy-Fraunie, S., Ceballoslievano, J. L., Chand, P., Chandsharma, M., Clague, J., Cochachinrapre, J. A., Compostella, C., Cruzencarnacion, R., … Ficetola, G. F. (2024). Local climate modulates the development of soil nematode communities after glacier retreat. Global Change Biology, 30(1), e17057. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17057
  • Lin, Q., Zhang, K., Giguet-Covex, C., Arnaud, F., Mcgowan, S., Gielly, L., Capo, E., Huang, S., Ficetola, G. F., Shen, J., Dearing, J. A., & Meadows, M. E. (2024). Transient social–ecological dynamics reveal signals of decoupling in a highly disturbed Anthropocene landscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(17), e2321303121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2321303121
  • Lunghi, E., Ficetola, G. F., Manenti, R., & Mancinelli, G. (2024). Yearly variation in individual diet specialization: Evidence from cave salamanders. Global Ecology and Conservation, 51, e02864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02864
  • Manenti, R., Di Nicola, M. R., Zampieri, V., Grassi, G., Creanza, T., Mauri, E., Ficetola, G. F., & Barzaghi, B. (2024). Wandering outside of the Styx: Surface activity of an iconic subterranean vertebrate, the olm (Proteus anguinus). Ecology, 105(3), e4252. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4252
  • Manenti, R., Vinci, L., Barzaghi, B., Lombardi, B., Teodoro, C., Baglioni, L., Melotto, A., & Ficetola, G. F. (2024). Sit-and-wait foraging is not enough in food-deprived environments: Evidence from groundwater and salamanders. Animal Behaviour, 207, 191–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.11.005
  • Manenti, R., Zampieri, V., Pacinotti, G., Cassarino, F., Galbiati, M., Lapadula, S., Gajdošová, M., Messina, V., Balestra, V., Falaschi, M., Ficetola, G. F., & Barzaghi, B. (2024). Back from the underworld: The exploitation of spring habitats by stygobiont species. Hydrobiologia, 582, 43–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05638-8
  • Nania, D., Ficetola, G. F., Falaschi, M., Pacifici, M., Lumbierres, M., & Rondinini, C. (2024). A systematic approach for scoping potential key biodiversity areas. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(11), e13230. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13230
  • Paris, J. R., Ficetola, G. F., Ferrer Obiol, J., Silva-Rocha, I., Carretero, M. A., & Salvi, D. (2024). Does hybridization with an invasive species threaten Europe’s most endangered reptile? Genomic assessment of Aeolian lizards on Vulcano island. IScience, 27(11), 111097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111097
  • Pennati, R., Cartelli, N., Castelletti, C., Ficetola, G. F., Bailly, X., & Mercurio, S. (2024). Bisphenol A affects the development and the onset of photosymbiosis in the acoel Symsagittifera roscoffensis. Marine Environmental Research, 199, 106617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106617
  • Sherpa, S., Salvi, D., Silva‐rocha, I., Capblancq, T., Paris, J. R., Carretero, M. A., & Ficetola, G. F. (2024). Reconstructing the complex colonisation histories of lizards across Mediterranean archipelagos. Journal of Biogeography, 51(2), 151–172. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14739

2023

  • Bonin, A., Guerrieri, A., & Ficetola, G. F. (2023). Optimal sequence similarity thresholds for clustering of molecular operational taxonomic units in DNA metabarcoding studies. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(2), 368–381. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13709
  • Campbell Grant, E. H., Amburgey, S. M., Gratwicke, B., Acosta-Chaves, V., Belasen, A. M., Bickford, D., Bruhl, C. A., Calatayud, N. E., Clemann, N., Clulow, S., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Dawson, J., De Angelis, D. A., Dodd, C. K., Evans, A., Ficetola, G. F., Falaschi, M., Gonzalez-Mollinedo, S., Green, D. M., … Muths, E. (2023). Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(9), e12988. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12988
  • Dondero, L., Allaria, G., Rosa, G., Costa, A., Ficetola, G. F., Cogoni, R., Grasselli, E., & Salvidio, S. (2023). Threats of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) to Italian wild salamander populations. Acta Herpetologica, 18(1), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-13279
  • Falaschi, M., Ficetola, G. F., Viviano, A., Mazza, G., & Mori, E. (2023). Environmental suitability and potential range expansion of the Eurasian beaver in Italy. Animal Conservation, 27(3), 324–337. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12910
  • Falaschi, M., Marta, S., Lo Parrino, E., Roll, U., Meiri, S., & Ficetola, G. F. (2023). Global bioregions of reptiles confirm the consistency of bioregionalization processes across vertebrate clades. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(8), 1272–1284. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13694
  • Ficetola, G. F., Manenti, R., Lo Parrino, E., Muraro, M., Barzaghi, B., Messina, V., Giachello, S., Melotto, A., & Falaschi, M. (2023). Decline and Extinction of the Italian Agile Frog Rana latastei from Core Areas of Its Range. Animals, 13(20), 3187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13203187
  • Ficetola, G. F., & Taberlet, P. (2023). Towards exhaustive community ecology via DNA metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology, 32(23), 6320–6329. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16881
  • Gabrielli, M., Benazzo, A., Biello, R., Ancona, L., Fuselli, S., Iannucci, A., Balacco, J., Mountcastle, J., Tracey, A., Ficetola, G. F., Salvi, D., Sollitto, M., Fedrigo, O., Formenti, G., Jarvis, E. D., Gerdol, M., Ciofi, C., Trucchi, E., & Bertorelle, G. (2023). A high-quality reference genome for the critically endangered Aeolian wall lizard, Podarcis raffonei. Journal of Heredity, 114(3), 279–285. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad014
  • Giachello, S., Cantera, I., Carteron, A., Marta, S., Cipriano, C., Guerrieri, A., Bonin, A., Thuiller, W., & Ficetola, G. F. (2023). Toward a common set of functional traits for soil protists. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 187, 109207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109207
  • Giguet-Covex, C., Bajard, M., Chen, W., Walsh, K. J., Rey, P.-., Messager, E., Etienne, D., Sabatier, P., Ficetola, G. F., Gielly, L., Blanchet, C., Guffond, C., Chiquet, P., Arnaud, F., & Poulenard, J. (2023). Long-term trajectories of mountain agro-ecosystems in the North-Western Alps. Regional Environmental Change, 23, 58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02030-5
  • Huston, G. P., Lopez, M. L. D., Cheng, Y., King, L., Duxbury, L. C., Picard, M., Thomson-Laing, G., Myler, E., Helbing, C. C., Kinnison, M. T., Saros, J. E., Gregory-Eaves, I., Monchamp, M.-., Wood, S. A., Armbrecht, L., Ficetola, G. F., Kurte, L., Voneggers, J., Brahney, J., … Capo, E. (2023). Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities. Environmental DNA, 5(6), 1449–1472. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.467
  • Licata, F., Ficetola, G. F., Falaschi, M., Muller, B. J., Andreone, F., Harison, R. F., Freeman, K., Monteiro, A. T., Rosa, S., & Crottini, A. (2023). Spatial ecology of the invasive Asian common toad in Madagascar and its implications for invasion dynamics. Scientific Reports, 13, 3526. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29467-2
  • Licata, F., Mohanty, N. P., Crottini, A., Andreone, F., Harison, R. F., Randriamoria, T. M., Freeman, K., Muller, B., Birkinshaw, C., Tilahimena, A., & Ficetola, G. F. (2023). Using public surveys to rapidly profile biological invasions in hard-to-monitor areas. Animal Conservation, 26(4), 477–491. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12835
  • Lo Parrino, E., Falaschi, M., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. (2023). All that changes is not shift: Methodological choices influence niche shift detection in freshwater invasive species. Ecography, 2023(2), e06432. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06432
  • Mammola, S., Falaschi, M., & Ficetola, G. F. (2023). Biodiversity communication in the digital era through the Emoji tree of life. IScience, 26(12), 108569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108569
  • Manenti, R., Forlani, M., Lapadula, S., Galbiati, M., Barzaghi, B., Ficetola, G. F., & Melotto, A. (2023). Landscape of fear in freshwater ecotones: How predation risk and light conditions affect mesopredator activity and foraging in springs. Freshwater Biology, 68(10), 1716–1725. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14160
  • Manenti, R., Galbiati, M., Lapadula, S., Forlani, M., Barzaghi, B., Melotto, A., & Ficetola, G. F. (2023). Behavioural drivers of ecotone exploitation: Activity of groundwater animals in spring. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 77, 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03297-8
  • Manenti, R., Kristensen, N., Cogliati, P., Barzaghi, B., Melotto, A., & Ficetola, G. F. (2023). Larval development and poor trophic resource availability: Local adaptations and plasticity in a widespread amphibian species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36(3), 529–541. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14155
  • Marta, S., Druella, D., Talarico, L., Ficetola, G. F., & Gratton, P. (2023). Spatial prioritization of amphibian intraspecific genetic diversity: The need of accounting for palaeoenvironmental legacies. Biological Conservation, 284, 110179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110179
  • Marta, S., Zimmer, A., Caccianiga, M., Gobbi, M., Ambrosini, R., Azzoni, R. S., Gili, F., Pittino, F., Thuiller, W., Provenzale, A., & Ficetola, G. F. (2023). Heterogeneous changes of soil microclimate in high mountains and glacier forelands. Nature Communications, 14, 5306. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41063-6
  • Sherpa, S., Paris, J. R., Silva-Rocha, I., Di Canio, V., Carretero, M. A., Ficetola, G. F., & Salvi, D. (2023). Genetic depletion does not prevent rapid evolution in island-introduced lizards. Ecology and Evolution, 13(11), e10721. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10721
  • Theissinger, K., Fernandes, C., Formenti, G. P., Bista, I., Berg, P. R., Bleidorn, C., Bombarely Gomez, A., Crottini, A., Gallo, G. R., Godoy, J. A., Jentoft, S., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R. A., Paez, S., Palsbøll, P. J., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz-López, M. J., Secomandi, S., … Zammit, G. (2023). How genomics can help biodiversity conservation. Trends in Genetics, 39(7), 545–559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005
  • Zawierucha, K., Kasparova, E. S., Mcinnes, S., Buda, J., Ambrosini, R., Devetter, M., Ficetola, G. F., Franzetti, A., Takeuchi, N., Horna, P., Jaromerska, T. N., Ono, M., Sabacka, M., & Janko, K. (2023). Cryophilic Tardigrada have disjunct and bipolar distribution and establish long-term stable, low-density demes. Polar Biology, 46(10), 1011–1027. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03170-4

2022

  • Barzaghi, B., Melotto, A., Cogliati, P., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2022). Factors determining the dorsal coloration pattern of aposematic salamanders. Scientific Reports, 12, 17090. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19466-0
  • Bonardi, A., Ficetola, G. F., Razzetti, E., Canedoli, C., Falaschi, M., Lo Parrino, E., Rota, N., Padoa-Schioppa, E., & Sindaco, R. (2022). ReptIslands: Mediterranean islands and the distribution of their reptile fauna. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(5), 840–847. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13490
  • Cheddadi, R., Taberlet, P., Boyer, F., Coissac, E., Rhoujjati, A., Urbach, D., Remy, C., Khater, C., el Antry, S., Aoujdad, J., Carre, M., & Ficetola, G. F. (2022). Priority conservation areas for Cedrus atlantica in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(6), e12680. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12680
  • Cogliati, P., Barzaghi, B., Melotto, A., Ficetola, G. F., & Manenti, R. (2022). How trophic conditions affect development of fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) larvae: Two extreme cases. Diversity, 14(6), 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14060487
  • Dalpasso, A., Ficetola, G. F., Giachello, S., Lo Parrino, E., Manenti, R., Muraro, M., & Falaschi, M. (2022). Similar species, different fates: Abundance dynamics in spatially structured populations of common and threatened frogs. Diversity and Distributions, 28(4), 770–781. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13483
  • Denoël, M., Duret, C., Lorrain-Soligon, L., Padilla, P., Pavis, J., Pille, F., Tendron, P., Ficetola, G. F., & Falaschi, M. (2022). High habitat invasibility unveils the invasiveness potential of water frogs. Biological Invasions, 24, 3447–3459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02849-9
  • Falaschi, M., Gibertini, C., Lo Parrino, E., Muraro, M., Barzaghi, B., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2022). Assessing Population Trends of Species with Imperfect Detection: Double Count Analyses and Simulations Confirm Reliable Estimates in Brown Frogs. Animals, 12(16), 2085. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12162085
  • Falaschi, M., Muraro, M., Gibertini, C., Delle Monache, D., Lo Parrino, E., Faraci, F., Belluardo, F., Di Nicola, M. R., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2022). Explaining declines of newt abundance in northern Italy. Freshwater Biology, 67(7), 1174–1187. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13909
  • Formenti, G., Theissinger, K., Fernandes, C., Bista, I., Bombarely, A., Bleidorn, C., Ciofi, C., Crottini, A., Godoy, J. A., Hoglund, J., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R. A., Paez, S., Palsboll, P. J., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz-Lopez, M. J., Svardal, H., Theofanopoulou, C., … Zammit, G. (2022). The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37(3), 197–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.008
  • Guerrieri, A., Carteron, A., Bonin, A., Marta, S., Ambrosini, R., Caccianiga, M., Cantera, I., Compostella, C., Diolaiuti, G., Fontaneto, D., Gielly, L., Gili, F., Gobbi, M., Poulenard, J., Taberlet, P., Zerboni, A., Thuiller, W., & Ficetola, G. F. (2022). Metabarcoding data reveal vertical multitaxa variation in topsoil communities during the colonization of deglaciated forelands. Molecular Ecology, 32(23), 6304–6319. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16669
  • Licata, F., Harison, R. F., Ficetola, G. F., Freeman, K., Muller, B. J., Rodriguez Ponga, V., Andreone, F., & Crottini, A. (2022). Toad invasion of Malagasy forests triggers severe mortality of a predatory snake. Biological Invasions, 24(4), 1189–1198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02708-z
  • Lunghi, E., Cianferoni, F., Corti, C., Zhao, Y., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G. F., & Mancinelli, G. (2022). The trophic niche of subterranean populations of Speleomantes italicus. Scientific Reports, 12, 18257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21819-8
  • Lunghi, E., Corti, C., Biaggini, M., Merilli, S., Manenti, R., Zhao, Y., Ficetola, G. F., & Cianferoni, F. (2022). Capture–mark–recapture data on the strictly protected Speleomantes italicus. Ecology, 103(5), e3641. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3641
  • Lunghi, E., Valle, B., Guerrieri, A., Bonin, A., Cianferoni, F., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2022). Environmental DNA of insects and springtails from caves reveals complex processes of eDNA transfer in soils. Science of The Total Environment, 826, 154022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154022
  • Manenti, R., Mercurio, S., Melotto, A., Barzaghi, B., Epis, S., Tecilla, M., Pennati, R., Scari’, G., & Ficetola, G. F. (2022). A new disease caused by an unidentified etiological agent affects European salamanders. Animals, 12(6), 696. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12060696
  • Mori, E., Molteni, R., Ancillotto, L., Ficetola, G. F., & Falaschi, M. (2022). Spatial ecology of crested porcupine in a metropolitan landscape. Urban Ecosystems, 25(6), 1797–1803. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01264-1
  • Muraro, M., Falaschi, M., & Ficetola, G. (2022). Patterns of Performance Variation Between Animal Hybrids and their Parents: A Meta-analysis. Evolutionary Biology, 49(4), 482–496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-022-09585-x
  • Muraro, M., Sherpa, S., Barzaghi, B., Bombi, P., Borgatti, D., Di Canio, V., Dalpasso, A., Falaschi, M., Gambioli, B., Manenti, R., Marta, S., Momigliano, P., Nanni, V., Pardo, C., Lo Parrino, E., Scali, S., Storniolo, F., Vignoli, L., Zuffi, M. A. L., … Ficetola, G. F. (2022). Condition- and context-dependent variation of sexual dimorphism across lizard populations at different spatial scales. Scientific Reports, 12, 16969. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21358-2
  • Nania, D., Lumbierres, M., Ficetola, G. F., Falaschi, M., Pacifici, M., & Rondinini, C. (2022). Maps of area of habitat for Italian amphibians and reptiles. Nature Conservation, 49, 117–129. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.49.82931
  • Nanni, V., Mammola, S., Macías-Hernández, N., Castrogiovanni, A., Salgado, A. L., Lunghi, E., Ficetola, G. F., Modica, C., Alba, R., Spiriti, M. M., Holtze, S., de Mello, E. M., De Mori, B., Biasetti, P., Chamberlain, D., & Manenti, R. (2022). Global response of conservationists across mass media likely constrained bat persecution due to COVID-19. Biological Conservation, 272, 109591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109591
  • Rozwalak, P., Podkowa, P., Buda, J., Niedzielski, P., Kawecki, S., Ambrosini, R., Azzoni, R. S., Baccolo, G., Ceballos, J. L., Cook, J., Di Mauro, B., Ficetola, G. F., Franzetti, A., Ignatiuk, D., Klimaszyk, P., Lokas, E., Ono, M., Parnikoza, I., Pietryka, M., … Zawierucha, K. (2022). Cryoconite – From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier’s surfaces. Science of The Total Environment, 807(Pt 2), 150874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150874

2021

  • Arribas, P., Andujar, C., Bidartondo, M. I., Bohmann, K., Coissac, E., Creer, S., deWaard, J. R., Elbrecht, V., Ficetola, G. F., Goberna, M., Kennedy, S., Krehenwinkel, H., Leese, F., Novotny, V., Ronquist, F., Yu, D. W., Zinger, L., Creedy, T. J., Meramveliotakis, E., … Emerson, B. C. (2021). Connecting high-throughput biodiversity inventories: Opportunities for a site-based genomic framework for global integration and synthesis. Molecular Ecology, 30(5), 1120–1135. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15797
  • Bates, A. E., Primack, R. B., Biggar, B. S., Bird, T. J., Clinton, M. E., Command, R. J., Richards, C., Shellard, M., Geraldi, N. R., Vergara, V., Acevedo-Charry, O., Colon-Pineiro, Z., Ocampo, D., Ocampo-Penuela, N., Sanchez-Clavijo, L. M., Adamescu, C. M., Cheval, S., Racoviceanu, T., Adams, M. D., … Duarte, C. M. (2021). Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation, 263, 109175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109175
  • Brown, A. G., Van Hardenbroek, M., Fonville, T., Davies, K., Mackay, H., Murray, E., Head, K., Barratt, P., McCormick, F., Ficetola, G. F., Gielly, L., Henderson, A. C. G., Crone, A., Cavers, G., Langdon, P. G., Whitehouse, N. J., Pirrie, D., & Alsos, I. G. (2021). Ancient DNA, lipid biomarkers and palaeoecological evidence reveals construction and life on early medieval lake settlements. Scientific Reports, 11, 11807. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91057-x
  • Canedoli, C., Ficetola, G. F., Corengia, D., Tognini, P., Ferrario, A., & Padoa-Schioppa, E. (2021). Integrating landscape ecology and the assessment of ecosystem services in the study of karst areas. Landscape Ecology, 37, 347–365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01351-2
  • Capo, E., Giguet-Covex, C., Rouillard, A., Nota, K., Heintzman, P. D., Vuillemin, A., Ariztegui, D., Arnaud, F., Belle, S., Bertilsson, S., Bigler, C., Bindler, R., Brown, A. G., Clarke, C. L., Crump, S. E., Debroas, D., Englund, G., Ficetola, G. F., Garner, R. E., … Parducci, L. (2021). Lake sedimentary dna research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations. Quaternary, 4(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010006
  • Castiglione E., Lo Parrino E., Manti F., Tomasi F. 2021. First records of Lethocerus cfr. patruelis (Stål, 1854) from Calabria (southern Italy) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Belostomatidae). Fragmenta Entomologica, 53, 85–88.
  • Diolaiuti, G., Maugeri, M., Senese, A., Panizza, M., Ambrosini, R., Ficetola, G. F., Parolini, M., Fugazza, D., Traversa, G., Scaccia, D., Franceschini, M., Citron, L., & Pelfini, M. (2021). Immersive and virtual tools to see and understand climate change impacts on glaciers: A new challenge for scientific dissemination and incluse education. Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, 44(1), 67–77. https://doi.org/10.4461/GFDQ.2021.44.6
  • Falaschi, M., Giachello, S., Lo Parrino, E., Muraro, M., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Long‐term drivers of persistence and colonization dynamics in spatially structured amphibian populations. Conservation Biology, 35(5), 1530–1539. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13686
  • Ficetola, G. F., Marta, S., Guerrieri, A., Gobbi, M., Ambrosini, R., Fontaneto, D., Zerboni, A., Poulenard, J., Caccianiga, M., & Thuiller, W. (2021). Dynamics of ecological communities following current retreat of glaciers. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52(1), 405–426. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-010521-040017
  • Ficetola, G. F., Mazel, F., Falaschi, M., Marta, S., & Thuiller, W. (2021). Determinants of zoogeographical boundaries differ between vertebrate groups. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(9), 1796–1809. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13345
  • Ficetola, G. F., & Rubolini, D. (2021). Containment measures limit environmental effects on COVID-19 early outbreak dynamics. Science of The Total Environment, 761, 144432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144432
  • Ficetola, G. F., Silva-Rocha, I., Carretero, M. A., Vignoli, L., Sacchi, R., Melotto, A., Scali, S., & Salvi, D. (2021). Status of the largest extant population of the critically endangered Aeolian lizard Podarcis raffonei (Capo Grosso, Vulcano island). PLoS ONE, 16(6), e0253631. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253631
  • Galiana, N., Barros, C., Braga, J., Ficetola, G. F., Maiorano, L., Thuiller, W., Montoya, J. M., & Lurgi, M. (2021). The spatial scaling of food web structure across European biogeographical regions. Ecography, 44(5), 653–664. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05229
  • Gargioni, C., Monaco, A., Ficetola, G. F., Lazzeri, L., & Mori, E. (2021). From the andes to the apennines: Rise and fall of a free-ranging population of feral llamas. Animals, 11(3), 857. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030857
  • Gebremedhin, B., Chala, D., Flagstad, O., Bekele, A., Bakkestuen, V., van Moorter, B., Ficetola, G. F., Zimmermann, N. E., Brochmann, C., & Stenseth, N. C. (2021). Quest for New Space for Restricted Range Mammals: The Case of the Endangered Walia Ibex. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.611632
  • Gobbi, M., Ambrosini, R., Casarotto, C., Diolaiuti, G., Ficetola, G. F., Lencioni, V., Seppi, R., Smiraglia, C., Tampucci, D., Valle, B., & Caccianiga, M. (2021). Vanishing permanent glaciers: Climate change is threatening a European Union habitat (Code 8340) and its poorly known biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30(7), 2267–2276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02185-9
  • Khedim, N., Cecillon, L., Poulenard, J., Barre, P., Baudin, F., Marta, S., Rabatel, A., Dentant, C., Cauvy-Fraunie, S., Anthelme, F., Gielly, L., Ambrosini, R., Franzetti, A., Azzoni, R. S., Caccianiga, M. S., Compostella, C., Clague, J., Tielidze, L., Messager, E., … Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Topsoil organic matter build-up in glacier forelands around the world. Global Change Biology, 27(8), 1662–1677. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15496
  • Licata, F., Andreone, F., Crottini, A., Harison, R. F., & Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Does spatial sorting occur in the invasive Asian toad in Madagascar? Insights into the invasion unveiled by morphological analyses. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59(8), 2161–2169. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12523
  • Lo Parrino, E., Falaschi, M., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Lockdown policy effects on invasive species: A perspective. Biodiversity, 22(1–2), 35–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2021.1919554
  • Lo Parrino E., Tomasi F. 2021. Using citizen science to monitor non-native species: the case of Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1855) (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in Italy. Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 36, s005.
  • Lunghi, E., Cianferoni, F., Giachello, S., Zhao, Y., Manenti, R., Corti, C., & Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Updating salamander datasets with phenotypic and stomach content information for two mainland Speleomantes. Scientific Data, 8, 150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00931-w
  • Lunghi, E., Cianferoni, F., Merilli, S., Zhao, Y., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G. F., & Corti, C. (2021). Ecological Observations onHybrid Populations of European Plethodontid Salamanders, Genus Speleomantes. Diversity, 13(7), 285. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13070285
  • Manenti, R., Barzaghi, B., Nessi, A., Cioccarelli, S., Villa, M., & Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Not Only Environmental Conditions but Also Human Awareness Matters: A Successful Post-Crayfish Plague Reintroduction of the White-Clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) in Northern Italy. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.621613
  • Marta, S., Azzoni, R. S., Fugazza, D., Tielidze, L., Chand, P., Sieron, K., Almond, P., Ambrosini, R., Anthelme, F., Alviz Gazitua, P., Bhambri, R., Bonin, A., Caccianiga, M., Cauvy-Fraunie, S., Lievano, J. L. C., Clague, J., Rapre, J. A. C., Dangles, O., Deline, P., … Ficetola, G. F. (2021). The retreat of mountain glaciers since the little ice age: A spatially explicit database. Data, 6(10), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/data6100107
  • Marta, S., Brunetti, M., Manenti, R., Provenzale, A., & Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Climate and land-use changes drive biodiversity turnover in arthropod assemblages over 150 years. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5(9), 1291–1300. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01513-0
  • Melotto, A., Ficetola, G. F., Alari, E., Romagnoli, S., & Manenti, R. (2021). Visual recognition and coevolutionary history drive responses of amphibians to an invasive predator. Behavioral Ecology, 32(6), 1352–1362. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab101
  • Melotto, A., Ficetola, G. F., Pennati, R., Ancona, N., & Manenti, R. (2021). Raised by aliens: Constant exposure to an invasive predator triggers morphological but not behavioural plasticity in a threatened species tadpoles. Biological Invasions, 23(12), 3777–3793. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02603-7
  • Mercurio, S., Messinetti, S., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G. F., & Pennati, R. (2021). Embryotoxicity characterization of the flame retardant tris(1-chloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TCPP) in the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 335(3), 339–347. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2446
  • Meyer, A., Boyer, F., Valentini, A., Bonin, A., Ficetola, G. F., Beisel, J.-., Bouquerel, J., Wagner, P., Gaboriaud, C., Leese, F., Dejean, T., Taberlet, P., & Usseglio-Polatera, P. (2021). Morphological vs. DNA metabarcoding approaches for the evaluation of stream ecological status with benthic invertebrates: Testing different combinations of markers and strategies of data filtering. Molecular Ecology, 30(13), 3203–3220. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15723
  • Mori, E., Ficetola, G. F., Bartolomei, R., Capobianco, G., Varuzza, P., & Falaschi, M. (2021). How the South was won: Current and potential range expansion of the crested porcupine in Southern Italy. Mammalian Biology, 101, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00058-2
  • Mori, E., Gregorio, M. D., Mazza, G., & Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Seasonal consumption of insects by the crested porcupine in Central Italy. Mammalia, 85(3), 231–235. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0131
  • Muraro, M., Romagnoli, S., Barzaghi, B., Falaschi, M., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2021). Invasive predators induce plastic and adaptive responses during embryo development in a threatened frog. Neobiota, 70, 69–86. https://doi.org/10.3897/NEOBIOTA.70.65454
  • Palomar, G., Dudek, K., Migalska, M., Arntzen, J. W., Ficetola, G. F., Jelic, D., Jockusch, E., Martinez-Solano, I., Matsunami, M., Bradley Shaffer, H., Voros, J., Waldman, B., Wielstra, B., & Babik, W. (2021). Coevolution between MHC Class i and Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(11), 5092–5106. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab237
  • Palomar, G., Dudek, K., Wielstra, B., Jockusch, E. L., Vinkler, M., Arntzen, J. W., Ficetola, G. F., Matsunami, M., Waldman, B., Tesicky, M., Zielinski, P., & Babik, W. (2021). Molecular Evolution of Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders: Do They Coevolve with MHC Class I Genes? Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(4), evab058. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa259
  • Rosero, P., Crespo-Perez, V., Espinosa, R., Andino, P., Barragan, A., Moret, P., Gobbi, M., Ficetola, G. F., Jaramillo, R., Muriel, P., Anthelme, F., Jacobsen, D., Dangles, O., Condom, T., Gielly, L., Poulenard, J., Rabatel, A., Basantes, R., Caceres Correa, B., & Cauvy-Fraunie, S. (2021). Multi-taxa colonisation along the foreland of a vanishing equatorial glacier. Ecography, 44(7), 1010–1021. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05478
  • Valle, B., Cucini, C., Nardi, F., Caccianiga, M. S., Gobbi, M., Di Musciano, M., Carapelli, A., Ficetola, G. F., Guerrieri, A., & Paolo Fanciulli, P. (2021). Desoria calderonis sp. Nov., a new species of alpine cryophilic springtail (Collembola: Isotomidae) from the Apennines (Italy), with phylogenetic and ecological considerations. European Journal of Taxonomy, 787, 32–52. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.787.1599
  • Williams, D. R., Clark, M., Buchanan, G. M., Ficetola, G. F., Rondinini, C., & Tilman, D. (2021). Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion. Nature Sustainability, 4, 314–322. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00656-5
  • Zawierucha, K., Porazinska, D. L., Ficetola, G. F., Ambrosini, R., Baccolo, G., Buda, J., Ceballos, J. L., Devetter, M., Dial, R., Franzetti, A., Fuglewicz, U., Gielly, L., Lokas, E., Janko, K., Novotna Jaromerska, T., Koscinski, A., Kozlowska, A., Ono, M., Parnikoza, I., … Takeuchi, N. (2021). A hole in the nematosphere: Tardigrades and rotifers dominate the cryoconite hole environment, whereas nematodes are missing. Journal of Zoology, 313(1), 18–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12832

2020

  • Bajard, M., Poulenard, J., Sabatier, P., Bertrand, Y., Crouzet, C., Ficetola, G. F., Blanchet, C., Messager, E., Giguet-Covex, C., Gielly, L., Rioux, D., Chen, W., Malet, E., Develle, A.-., & Arnaud, F. (2020). Pastoralism increased vulnerability of a subalpine catchment to flood hazard through changing soil properties. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaecology, 538, 109462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109462
  • Bertolino, S., Ancillotto, L., Bartolommei, P., Benassi, G., Capizzi, D., Gasperini, S., Lucchesi, M., Mori, E., Scillitani, L., Sozio, G., Falaschi, M., Ficetola, G. F., Cerri, J., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Loy, A., & Monaco, A. (2020). A framework for prioritising present and potentially invasive mammal species for a national list. Neobiota, 62, 31–54. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.62.52934
  • Falaschi, M., Melotto, A., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2020). Invasive species and amphibian conservation. Herpetologica, 76(2), 216–227. https://doi.org/10.1655/0018-0831-76.2.216
  • Feldmeier, S., Schmidt, B. R., Zimmermann, N. E., Veith, M., Ficetola, G. F., & Lotters, S. (2020). Shifting aspect or elevation? The climate change response of ectotherms in a complex mountain topography. Diversity and Distributions, 26(11), 1483–1495. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13146
  • Ficetola, G. F., Boyer, F., Valentini, A., Bonin, A., Meyer, A., Dejean, T., Gaboriaud, C., Usseglio-Polatera, P., & Taberlet, P. (2020). Comparison of markers for the monitoring of freshwater benthic biodiversity through DNA metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology, 30(13), 3189–3202. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15632
  • Ficetola, G. F., Fanelli, M., Garizio, L., Falaschi, M., Tenan, S., Ghielmi, S., Laddaga, L., Menegon, M., & Delfino, M. (2020). Estimating abundance and habitat suitability in a micro-endemic snake: The Walser viper. Acta Herpetologica, 15(2), 73–85. https://doi.org/10.13128/a_h-7771
  • Ficetola, G. F., Lunghi, E., & Manenti, R. (2020). Microhabitat analyses support relationships between niche breadth and range size when spatial autocorrelation is strong. Ecography, 43(5), 724–734. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04798
  • Foucher, A., Evrard, O., Ficetola, G. F., Gielly, L., Poulain, J., Giguet-Covex, C., Laceby, J. P., Salvador-Blanes, S., Cerdan, O., & Poulenard, J. (2020). Persistence of environmental DNA in cultivated soils: Implication of this memory effect for reconstructing the dynamics of land use and cover changes. Scientific Reports, 10, 10502. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67452-1
  • Guerrieri, A., Bonin, A., Munkemuller, T., Gielly, L., Thuiller, W., & Ficetola, G. F. (2020). Effects of soil preservation for biodiversity monitoring using environmental DNA. Molecular Ecology, 30(13), 3313–3325. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15674
  • Hanson, J. O., Rhodes, J. R., Butchart, S. H. M., Buchanan, G. M., Rondinini, C., Ficetola, G. F., & Fuller, R. A. (2020). Global conservation of species’ niches. Nature, 580(7802), 232–234. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2138-7
  • Lo Parrino, E., Ficetola, G. F., Manenti, R., & Falaschi, M. (2020). Thirty years of invasion: The distribution of the invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii in Italy. Biogeographia, 35, 27–34. https://doi.org/10.21426/B635047157
  • Lunghi, E., Cianferoni, F., Ceccolini, F., Zhao, Y., Manenti, R., Corti, C., Ficetola, G. F., & Mancinelli, G. (2020). Same diet, different strategies: Variability of individual feeding habits across three populations of Ambrosi’s cave salamander (Hydromantes ambrosii). Diversity, 12(5), 180. https://doi.org/10.3390/D12050180
  • Lunghi, E., Corti, C., Mulargia, M., Zhao, Y., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G. F., & Veith, M. (2020). Cave morphology, microclimate and abundance of five cave predators from the Monte Albo (Sardinia, Italy). Biodiversity Data Journal, 8, e48623. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e48623
  • Lunghi, E., Ficetola, G. F., Zhao, Y., & Manenti, R. (2020). Are the Neglected Tipuloidea Crane Flies (Diptera) an Important Component for Subterranean Environments? Diversity, 12(9), 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12090333
  • Lunghi, E., Giachello, S., Manenti, R., Zhao, Y., Corti, C., Ficetola, G. F., & Bradley, J. G. (2020). The post hoc measurement as a safe and reliable method to age and size plethodontid salamanders. Ecology and Evolution, 10(20), 11111–11116. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6748
  • Lunghi, E., Giachello, S., Zhao, Y., Corti, C., Ficetola, G. F., & Manenti, R. (2020). Photographic database of the European cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes. Scientific Data, 7, 171. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0513-8
  • Lunghi, E., Manenti, R., Cianferoni, F., Ceccolini, F., Veith, M., Corti, C., Ficetola, G. F., & Mancinelli, G. (2020). Inter‐specific and inter‐population variation in individual diet specialization: Do environmental factors have a role? Ecology, 101(8), e03088. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3088
  • Maiorano, L., Montemaggiori, A., Ficetola, G. F., O’Connor, L., & Thuiller, W. (2020). TETRA-EU 1.0: A species-level trophic metaweb of European tetrapods. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(9), 1452–1457. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13138
  • Manenti, R., Falaschi, M., Monache, D. D., Marta, S., & Ficetola, G. F. (2020). Network-scale effects of invasive species on spatially-structured amphibian populations. Ecography, 43(1), 119–127. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04571
  • Manenti, R., Lunghi, E., Barzaghi, B., Melotto, A., Falaschi, M., & Ficetola, G. F. (2020). Do Salamanders Limit the Abundance of Groundwater Invertebrates in Subterranean Habitats? Diversity, 12(4), 161. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040161
  • Manenti, R., Melotto, A., Guillaume, O., Ficetola, G. F., & Lunghi, E. (2020). Switching from mesopredator to apex predator: How do responses vary in amphibians adapted to cave living? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02909-x
  • Manenti, R., Mori, E., Di Canio, V., Mercurio, S., Picone, M., Caffi, M., Brambilla, M., Ficetola, G. F., & Rubolini, D. (2020). The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country. Biological Conservation, 249, 108728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108728
  • Melotto, A., Manenti, R., & Ficetola, G. F. (2020). Rapid adaptation to invasive predators overwhelms natural gradients of intraspecific variation. Nature Communications, 11, 3608. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17406-y
  • O’Connor, L. M. J., Pollock, L. J., Braga, J., Ficetola, G. F., Maiorano, L., Martinez-Almoyna, C., Montemaggiori, A., Ohlmann, M., & Thuiller, W. (2020). Unveiling the food webs of tetrapods across Europe through the prism of the Eltonian niche. Journal of Biogeography, 47(1), 181–192. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13773
  • Pizzigalli, C., Banfi, F., Ficetola, G. F., Falaschi, M., Mangiacotti, M., Sacchi, R., Zuffi, M. A. L., & Scali, S. (2020). Eco-geographical determinants of the evolution of ornamentation in vipers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(2), 345–358. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa037
  • Romagnoli, S., Ficetola, G. F., & Manenti, R. (2020). Invasive crayfish does not influence spawning microhabitat selection of brown frogs. PeerJ, e8985. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8985
  • Rota, N., Canedoli, C., Ferre, C., Ficetola, G. F., Guerrieri, A., & Padoa-Schioppa, E. (2020). Evaluation of soil biodiversity in alpine habitats through eDNA metabarcoding and relationships with environmental features. Forests, 11(7), 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/F11070738
  • Thuiller, W., Gravel, D., Ficetola, G. F., Lavergne, S., Munkemuller, T., Pollock, L. J., Zimmermann, N. E., & Mazel, F. (2020). Productivity begets less phylogenetic diversity but higher uniqueness than expected. Journal of Biogeography, 47(1), 44–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13630
  • Vacher, J.-., Chave, J., Ficetola, G. F., Sommeria-Klein, G., Tao, S., Thebaud, C., Blanc, M., Camacho, A., Cassimiro, J., Colston, T. J., Dewynter, M., Ernst, R., Gaucher, P., Gomes, J. O., Jairam, R., Kok, P. J. R., Lima, J. D., Martinez, Q., Marty, C., … Fouquet, A. (2020). Large-scale DNA-based survey of frogs in Amazonia suggests a vast underestimation of species richness and endemism. Journal of Biogeography, 47(8), 1781–1791. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13847

2019

  • Lo Parrino E. 2019. Is Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1855) range expanding westward? a new record for Italy might suggest this trend (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Aquatic Insects 40, 375–379.