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Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination by Gazzea, Elena, Batáry, Péter, Marini, Lorenzo

“…Animal pollination supports the production of a wide range of food crops fundamental to maintaining diverse and nutritionally balanced diets. Here, we present…”
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Conservation tillage mitigates the negative effect of landscape simplification on biological control by Tamburini, Giovanni, De Simone, Serena, Sigura, Maurizia, Boscutti, Francesco, Marini, Lorenzo, Kleijn, David

“…Biological pest control is a key ecosystem service, and it depends on multiple factors acting from the local to the landscape scale. However, the effects of…”
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Pollination contribution to crop yield is often context-dependent: A review of experimental evidence by Tamburini, Giovanni, Bommarco, Riccardo, Kleijn, David, van der Putten, Wim H., Marini, Lorenzo

“…•Soil properties and crop pests affect pollination contribution to yield.•Pollination and concomitant services often display synergistic relationships.•Crop…”
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Impact of urbanization on predator and parasitoid insects at multiple spatial scales by Corcos, Daria, Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Caruso, Valerio, Mei, Maurizio, Falco, Matteo, Marini, Lorenzo

“…Landscapes are becoming increasingly urbanized, causing loss and fragmentation of natural habitats, with potentially negative effects on biodiversity. Insects…”
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Pollination benefits are maximized at intermediate nutrient levels by Tamburini, Giovanni, Lami, Francesco, Marini, Lorenzo

“…Yield production in flowering crops depends on both nutrient availability and pollination, but their relative roles and potential interactions are poorly…”
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Short-term response of ground-dwelling arthropods to storm-related disturbances is mediated by topography and dispersal by Nardi, Davide, Giannone, Filippo, Marini, Lorenzo

“…Wind disturbances and consequent salvage logging lead to drastic changes in forest soil conditions, vegetation and microclimate, potentially affecting…”
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Acquisition of fungi from the environment modifies ambrosia beetle mycobiome during invasion by Rassati, Davide, Marini, Lorenzo, Malacrinò, Antonino

“…Microbial symbionts can play critical roles when their host attempts to colonize a new habitat. The lack of symbiont adaptation can in fact hinder the invasion…”
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Large-scale patterns of epiphytic lichen species richness: Photobiont-dependent response to climate and forest structure by Marini, Lorenzo, Nascimbene, Juri, Nimis, Pier Luigi

“…Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic association of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner. Although the photobiont type is a key…”
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Habitat and climatic preferences drive invasions of non-native ambrosia beetles in deciduous temperate forests by Rassati, Davide, Faccoli, Massimo, Battisti, Andrea, Marini, Lorenzo

“…The introduction of non-native ambrosia beetles can cause severe damage in forest ecosystems. Understanding the environmental drivers affecting their invasion…”
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Consistent population declines but idiosyncratic range shifts in Alpine orchids under global change by Geppert, Costanza, Perazza, Giorgio, Wilson, Robert J., Bertolli, Alessio, Prosser, Filippo, Melchiori, Giuseppe, Marini, Lorenzo

“…Mountains are plant biodiversity hotspots considered particularly vulnerable to multiple environmental changes. Here, we quantify population changes and…”
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Soil management shapes ecosystem service provision and trade-offs in agricultural landscapes by Tamburini, Giovanni, De Simone, Serena, Sigura, Maurizia, Boscutti, Francesco, Marini, Lorenzo

“…Agroecosystems are principally managed to maximize food provisioning even if they receive a large array of supporting and regulating ecosystem services (ESs)…”
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Crop rotations sustain cereal yields under a changing climate by Marini, Lorenzo, St-Martin, Audrey, Vico, Giulia, Baldoni, Guido, Berti, Antonio, Blecharczyk, Andrzej, Malecka-Jankowiak, Irena, Morari, Francesco, Sawinska, Zuzanna, Bommarco, Riccardo

“…Agriculture is facing the complex challenge of satisfying increasing food demands, despite the current and projected negative impacts of climate change on…”
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Hedgerow trees and extended-width field margins enhance macro-moth diversity: implications for management by Merckx, Thomas, Marini, Lorenzo, Feber, Ruth E., Macdonald, David W.

“…1. Improving the effectiveness of agri-environment schemes is essential for reversing declines in farmland biodiversity. Crucial to achieving this is…”
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The Smart Drifter Cluster: Monitoring Sea Currents and Marine Litter Transport Using Consumer IoT Technologies by Merlino, Silvia, Calabrò, Vincenzo, Giannelli, Carlotta, Marini, Lorenzo, Pagliai, Marco, Sacco, Lorenzo, Bianucci, Marco

“…The study of marine Lagrangian transport holds significant importance from a scientific perspective as well as for practical applications such as…”
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Habitat type and community age as barriers to alien plant invasions in coastal species-habitat networks by Lami, Francesco, Vitti, Stefano, Marini, Lorenzo, Pellegrini, Elisa, Casolo, Valentino, Trotta, Giacomo, Sigura, Maurizia, Boscutti, Francesco

“…•Species-habitat networks were applied for the first time to plant communities.•The network approach elucidated plant community interactions through…”
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Management intensity and topography determined plant diversity in vineyards by Nascimbene, Juri, Marini, Lorenzo, Ivan, Diego, Zottini, Michela

“…Vineyards are amongst the most intensive forms of agriculture often resulting in simplified landscapes where semi-natural vegetation is restricted to small…”
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Effect of Trap Color on Captures of Bark- and Wood-Boring Beetles (Coleoptera; Buprestidae and Scolytinae) and Associated Predators by Cavaletto, Giacomo, Faccoli, Massimo, Marini, Lorenzo, Spaethe, Johannes, Magnani, Gianluca, Rassati, Davide

“…Traps baited with attractive lures are increasingly used at entry-points and surrounding natural areas to intercept exotic wood-boring beetles accidentally…”
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Fungal pathogen and ethanol affect host selection and colonization success in ambrosia beetles by Rassati, Davide, Contarini, Mario, Ranger, Christopher M., Cavaletto, Giacomo, Rossini, Luca, Speranza, Stefano, Faccoli, Massimo, Marini, Lorenzo

“…Ambrosia beetles exhibit broad host ranges but a narrow preference based on the condition of the host. Tissues infected by pathogens or containing ethanol can…”
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The staging and grading system in defining periodontitis cases: consistency and accuracy amongst periodontal experts, general dentists and undergraduate students by Marini, Lorenzo, Tonetti, Maurizio S., Nibali, Luigi, Rojas, Mariana A., Aimetti, Mario, Cairo, Francesco, Cavalcanti, Raffaele, Crea, Alessandro, Ferrarotti, Francesco, Graziani, Filippo, Landi, Luca, Sforza, Nicola M., Tomasi, Cristiano, Pilloni, Andrea

“…Aim The objective of this study was to evaluate consistency and accuracy of the periodontitis staging and grading classification system. Methods Thirty…”
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Cross-taxon congruence between predatory arthropods and plants across Mediterranean agricultural landscapes by Corcos, Daria, Lami, Francesco, Nardi, Davide, Boscutti, Francesco, Sigura, Maurizia, Giannone, Filippo, Pantini, Paolo, Tagliapietra, Andrea, Busato, Francesco, Sibella, Rossella, Marini, Lorenzo

“…•Cross-taxon congruence was generally weak (correlations < 0.5).•Correlations in species composition were weaker than those in species richness.•Correlations…”
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