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Prof. Emilio Padoa Schioppa
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy

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Published: 23 June 2021 in Sustainability
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Assessing the effects of pollution in groundwaters is recently considered among the most relevant aims for subterranean biology; with this perspective, we aim to provide examples of the most relevant effects that pollution may cause on stygofauna community and underline patterns deserving further investigations. We retrieved different cases in which pollution caused alteration of groundwater trophic webs, favored invasions by epigean mesopredators, damaged stygobiont keystone species, and promoted interspecific competition between stygobionts and epigean animals. The results and the remarks derived from our perspective review underline that pollution may play multifaceted effects on groundwaters communities, and the paucity of information that exists on community-level changes and threats underlines the necessity for further studies.

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Raoul Manenti; Beatrice Piazza; Yahui Zhao; Emilio Padoa Schioppa; Enrico Lunghi. Conservation Studies on Groundwaters’ Pollution: Challenges and Perspectives for Stygofauna Communities. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7030 .

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Raoul Manenti, Beatrice Piazza, Yahui Zhao, Emilio Padoa Schioppa, Enrico Lunghi. Conservation Studies on Groundwaters’ Pollution: Challenges and Perspectives for Stygofauna Communities. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7030.

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Raoul Manenti; Beatrice Piazza; Yahui Zhao; Emilio Padoa Schioppa; Enrico Lunghi. 2021. "Conservation Studies on Groundwaters’ Pollution: Challenges and Perspectives for Stygofauna Communities." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7030.

Journal article
Published: 07 July 2020 in Forests
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Soil biodiversity is fundamental for ecosystems, ensuring many ecosystem functions, such as nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, soil formation, and organic carbon pool increase. Due to these roles, there is a need to study and completely understand how soil biodiversity is composed through different habitats. The aim of this study was to describe the edaphic soil community of the alpine environments belonging to the Gran Paradiso National Park, thus detecting if there are any correlation with environmental features. We studied soil fauna through environmental DNA metabarcoding. From eDNA metabarcoding, 18 families of arthropods were successfully detected, and their abundance expressed in terms of the relative frequency of sequences. Soil faunal communities of mixed coniferous forests were characterized by Isotomidae, Entomobriydae, Hypogastruridae, and Onychiuridae; while mixed deciduous forests were composed mostly by Isotomidae, Cicadidae, Culicidae, and Neelidae. Calcicolous and acidic grasslands also presented families that were not detected in forest habitats, in particular Scarabaeidae, Curculionidae, Brachyceridae, and had in general a more differentiated soil community. Results of the Canonical Component Analysis revealed that the main environmental features affecting soil community for forests were related to vegetation (mixed deciduous forests, tree basal area, tree biomass, Shannon index), soil (organic layers and organic carbon stock), and site (altitude); while for prairies, soil pH and slope were also significant in explaining soil community composition. This study provided a description of the soil fauna of alpine habitats and resulted in a description of community composition per habitat and the relation with the characteristic of vegetation, soil, and topographic features of the study area. Further studies are needed to clarify ecological roles and needs of these families and their role in ecosystem functioning.

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Noemi Rota; Claudia Canedoli; Chiara Ferrè; Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Alessia Guerrieri; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. Evaluation of Soil Biodiversity in Alpine Habitats through eDNA Metabarcoding and Relationships with Environmental Features. Forests 2020, 11, 738 .

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Noemi Rota, Claudia Canedoli, Chiara Ferrè, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Alessia Guerrieri, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. Evaluation of Soil Biodiversity in Alpine Habitats through eDNA Metabarcoding and Relationships with Environmental Features. Forests. 2020; 11 (7):738.

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Noemi Rota; Claudia Canedoli; Chiara Ferrè; Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Alessia Guerrieri; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. 2020. "Evaluation of Soil Biodiversity in Alpine Habitats through eDNA Metabarcoding and Relationships with Environmental Features." Forests 11, no. 7: 738.

Original article
Published: 02 December 2018 in Freshwater Biology
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Given the ongoing decline of many species, it is important to perform multifactorial analyses of conservation status and to assess the effects of species extinction on ecosystem services. In this study, we used long‐term surveys to assess the influence of habitat change, landscape alteration and invasive species on extinction risk of the native crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes. We reviewed the existing literature to assess which ecosystem services are threatened by local extinction of A. pallipes and replacement with alien crayfish. We sampled 196 streams and wetlands in northern Italy. Of these, 117 received multiple surveys over a 13‐year period (2004–2017), thus allowing accurate measurement of extinction rate. Thirty‐four percent of A. pallipes populations underwent extinction between 2004 and 2017. The occurrence of alien crayfish in the catchment basin and urban growth in the landscape surrounding streams were associated with A. pallipes extinction. The probability of persistence was significantly higher in populations close to stream springs and with physical barriers (especially waterfalls) separating them from basins with alien crayfish. Extinction of native crayfish alters community structure and impairs regulating services such as detrital breakdown and pest regulation. Replacement by alien crayfish (Procambarus clarkii and Faxonius limosus) also threatens supporting and regulating services by altering nutrient cycling, food webs, sediments and erosion. The implementation of management practices that control river connectivity using selective barriers is needed to prevent further local extinction of native species. Integrating information on extinction with knowledge of impacts on ecosystem services is essential in developing more effective conservation policies.

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Raoul Manenti; Daniela Ghia; Gianluca Fea; Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Claudia Canedoli. Causes and consequences of crayfish extinction: Stream connectivity, habitat changes, alien species and ecosystem services. Freshwater Biology 2018, 64, 284 -293.

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Raoul Manenti, Daniela Ghia, Gianluca Fea, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Claudia Canedoli. Causes and consequences of crayfish extinction: Stream connectivity, habitat changes, alien species and ecosystem services. Freshwater Biology. 2018; 64 (2):284-293.

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Raoul Manenti; Daniela Ghia; Gianluca Fea; Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Claudia Canedoli. 2018. "Causes and consequences of crayfish extinction: Stream connectivity, habitat changes, alien species and ecosystem services." Freshwater Biology 64, no. 2: 284-293.

Research article
Published: 17 April 2018 in Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment
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The analysis of biogeographical structure and patterns of endemism are central topics of biogeography, but require exhaustive distribution data. A lack of accurate broad-scale information on the distribution of reptiles has so far limited the analyses of biogeographical structure. Here we analysed the distribution of reptiles within the broad-sense Western Palearctic to assess biogeographical regionalization using phylogenetic and non-phylogenetic approaches, identified areas of endemism and evaluated the environmental factors promoting community uniqueness and endemism. We gathered distributional records from the literature and from the field, mapping the distribution of all the Western Palearctic reptiles on a 1-degree resolution grid. βsim dissimilarity and hierarchical clustering was used to identify bioregions, analysing data both at the species and at the genus level, and considering phylogenetic dissimilarity. Consensus areas of endemism were identified on the basis of the optimality criterion. We then assessed whether biogeographical structure is related to present-day climate, insularity, orography and velocity of climate change during the Late Quaternary. The genus-level analysis identified five main biogeographical regions within the Western Palearctic, in partial agreement with previous proposals, while the species-level analysis identified more bioregions, largely by dividing the ones identified by genera. Phylogenetic bioregions were generally consistent with the non-phylogenetic ones. The strongest community uniqueness was observed in subtropical warm climates with seasonal precipitation and low productivity. We found nine consensus areas of endemism, mostly in regions with limited velocity of Quaternary climate change and warm subtropical climates. The biogeographical structure of Western Palearctic reptiles is comparable to what has been observed in other vertebrates, with a clear distinction between the Saharo-Arabian-Sindian and Euro-Mediterranean herpetofaunas. Unlike other vertebrates, in reptiles the highest uniqueness and endemism is observed in dry climates, but the velocity of climate change during the Quaternary remains a major driver of endemism across all the vertebrates.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Mattia Falaschi; Anna Bonardi; Emilio Padoa Schioppa; Roberto Sindaco. Biogeographical structure and endemism pattern in reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 2018, 42, 220 -236.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Mattia Falaschi, Anna Bonardi, Emilio Padoa Schioppa, Roberto Sindaco. Biogeographical structure and endemism pattern in reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 2018; 42 (2):220-236.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Mattia Falaschi; Anna Bonardi; Emilio Padoa Schioppa; Roberto Sindaco. 2018. "Biogeographical structure and endemism pattern in reptiles of the Western Palearctic." Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 42, no. 2: 220-236.

Article
Published: 09 April 2018 in Urban Ecosystems
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A significant decline in biodiversity is associated with the current and upcoming degree of urbanization. A challenging strategy to address this conflict is to make urban growth compatible with biodiversity protection and in this context urban parks can play a crucial role. Urban systems are highly dynamic and complex human-shaped ecosystems, where the relationship between species and environment may be altered and make the preservation of biodiversity within them a challenging goal. In this study, we analysed how different environmental features affect bird biodiversity in one of the most urbanized areas of Italy (the metropolitan area of Milan) at different spatial scales. Bird surveys were conducted in fifteen urban and peri-urban parks and environmental variables at landscape and local scale recorded. Results showed that a mixture of land covers and the presence of water bodies inside urban parks favoured species occurrence and abundance at landscape scale, but a surrounding dense urban matrix deflated biodiversity. At local scale, woodland cover and presence of water bodies were key determinants in ensuring overall high biodiversity but local-specific vegetation management produced an unusual pattern for forests species. In particular, the maintenance of large trees may not result in biodiversity support for forest bird species if large trees are not located in woodland areas with a significant tree density. To understand biodiversity patterns and provide useful information for urban planning and design, we need to provide insights into species/environment relationships at multiple scales in the urban environment.

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Claudia Canedoli; Raoul Manenti; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. Birds biodiversity in urban and periurban forests: environmental determinants at local and landscape scales. Urban Ecosystems 2018, 21, 779 -793.

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Claudia Canedoli, Raoul Manenti, Emilio Padoa Schioppa. Birds biodiversity in urban and periurban forests: environmental determinants at local and landscape scales. Urban Ecosystems. 2018; 21 (4):779-793.

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Claudia Canedoli; Raoul Manenti; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. 2018. "Birds biodiversity in urban and periurban forests: environmental determinants at local and landscape scales." Urban Ecosystems 21, no. 4: 779-793.

Journal article
Published: 19 December 2017 in Forests
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Urban and peri-urban forests determine different habitat services for biodiversity according to their characteristics. In this study, we relate ecological characteristics of urban and peri-urban forests to forest bird species richness and we assess whether their effect changed over time due to the urban sprawl within the urban region of Milan, Italy. We analyse two periods (1998–2002 and 2010–2014) using weighted generalized linear models that considered urban and peri-urban forests collectively and urban and peri-urban forests separately. Patch area, proximity to source areas and number of surrounding urban and peri-urban forests were the main factors predicting species richness within urban and peri-urban forests in both periods. While there were no differences in factors affecting bird richness in peri-urban forests between the two periods, the negative effect of urban matrix density was statistically significant for birds inhabiting urban forests in the second period. Moreover, protected areas within urban and peri-urban forests and urban forests in the second period were important determinants in providing suitable habitat for birds at the regional scale. This study offered important insights regarding urban and peri-urban forests characteristics that should be maintained to ensure biodiversity conservation across changing urban landscapes.

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Claudia Canedoli; Valerio Orioli; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Luciano Bani; Olivia Dondina. Temporal Variation of Ecological Factors Affecting Bird Species Richness in Urban and Peri-Urban Forests in a Changing Environment: A Case Study from Milan (Northern Italy). Forests 2017, 8, 507 .

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Claudia Canedoli, Valerio Orioli, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Luciano Bani, Olivia Dondina. Temporal Variation of Ecological Factors Affecting Bird Species Richness in Urban and Peri-Urban Forests in a Changing Environment: A Case Study from Milan (Northern Italy). Forests. 2017; 8 (12):507.

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Claudia Canedoli; Valerio Orioli; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Luciano Bani; Olivia Dondina. 2017. "Temporal Variation of Ecological Factors Affecting Bird Species Richness in Urban and Peri-Urban Forests in a Changing Environment: A Case Study from Milan (Northern Italy)." Forests 8, no. 12: 507.

Articles
Published: 31 May 2017 in Landscape Research
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Spatial expansion of cities appears to be unavoidable. Despite concern around landscape alterations caused by urban expansion, the understanding of the amounts and patterns of this phenomenon is sorely lacking. In this study, we quantified the current pattern of landscape fragmentation in the urban region (UR) of Milan and analysed the trend of urban sprawl over more than 50 years. The UR of Milan was spatially defined using a standardised and repeatable methodology that combines land-use and population density data. Fragmentation was assessed using the effective mesh size (meff). The trend of sprawl was monitored between 1954 and 2012 and over different areas to detect the magnitude (amount and direction) and patterns of changes. Results revealed a positive trend and a high degree of sprawl over the whole study area.

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Claudia Canedoli; Francesco Crocco; Roberto Comolli; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. Landscape fragmentation and urban sprawl in the urban region of Milan. Landscape Research 2017, 43, 632 -651.

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Claudia Canedoli, Francesco Crocco, Roberto Comolli, Emilio Padoa Schioppa. Landscape fragmentation and urban sprawl in the urban region of Milan. Landscape Research. 2017; 43 (5):632-651.

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Claudia Canedoli; Francesco Crocco; Roberto Comolli; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. 2017. "Landscape fragmentation and urban sprawl in the urban region of Milan." Landscape Research 43, no. 5: 632-651.

Journal article
Published: 24 May 2017 in Sustainability
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Ecosystem services may be underestimated, and consequently threatened, when land-use planning and management decisions are based on inadequate information. Unfortunately, most of the studies aimed to evaluate and map cultural ecosystem services (CES) are not used for actual decision support therefore there is a gap in the literature about its use in practice. This study aimed to reduce this gap by: (i) mapping CES perceived by city park users through participatory mapping (PPGIS); (ii) mapping CES arising from park management (management perception); (iii) comparing citizens and park management perception to identify matches or mismatches; and (iv) discussing the utility of the data acquired and the methodology proposed to inform urban planning. The methodology presented in this study resulted in data directly informative for urban planning. It provided spatially explicit data about perceived cultural services of the park as well as information about the matching or mismatching patterns about cultural services provision comparing the users’ view with the management dimension. This research demonstrated a way to use the potential of ES mapping to inform urban planning and explored the local management demand for CES mapping, showing this to be a valuable tool for effective integration into actual decision making.

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Claudia Canedoli; Craig Bullock; Marcus J. Collier; Deirdre Joyce; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. Public Participatory Mapping of Cultural Ecosystem Services: Citizen Perception and Park Management in the Parco Nord of Milan (Italy). Sustainability 2017, 9, 891 .

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Claudia Canedoli, Craig Bullock, Marcus J. Collier, Deirdre Joyce, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. Public Participatory Mapping of Cultural Ecosystem Services: Citizen Perception and Park Management in the Parco Nord of Milan (Italy). Sustainability. 2017; 9 (6):891.

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Claudia Canedoli; Craig Bullock; Marcus J. Collier; Deirdre Joyce; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. 2017. "Public Participatory Mapping of Cultural Ecosystem Services: Citizen Perception and Park Management in the Parco Nord of Milan (Italy)." Sustainability 9, no. 6: 891.

Book chapter
Published: 31 March 2017 in Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry
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Emilio Missing-Value; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Claudia Canedoli. Urban forests and biodiversity. Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry 2017, 123 -135.

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Emilio Missing-Value, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Claudia Canedoli. Urban forests and biodiversity. Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry. 2017; ():123-135.

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Emilio Missing-Value; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Claudia Canedoli. 2017. "Urban forests and biodiversity." Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry , no. : 123-135.

Journal article
Published: 14 October 2016 in Environmental Pollution
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Plants and their associated bacteria have been suggested to play a role in air pollution mitigation, especially in urban areas. Particularly, epiphytic bacteria might be able to degrade atmospheric hydrocarbons. However, phyllospheric bacterial communities are highly variable depending on several factors, e.g. tree species, leaf age and physiology, environmental conditions. In this work, bacterial communities hosted by urban Platanus x acerifolia leaves were taxonomically characterized using high throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene, and their temporal and spatial variability was assessed by comparing samples collected from different locations in the city of Milan (Italy) and in different months. The diversity of alkane hydroxylase (alkB) phylotypes harboured by phyllospheric bacteria associated to urban Platanus trees was also evaluated. Results revealed that temporal changes, which are related to seasonality, acted as a stronger driver both on Platanus phyllospheric community structure and on alkB phylotype diversity than sampling location. Biodiversity of bacterial communities decreased along the growing season, leading to a strong dominance by the genus Stenotrophomonas. On the contrary, diversity of hydrocarbon-degrading populations increased over the months, although it resulted lower than that reported for other habitats. It was therefore hypothesized that atmospheric hydrocarbons might play a key role in the selection of phyllospheric populations in urban areas.

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Isabella Gandolfi; Claudia Canedoli; Valeria Imperato; Ilario Tagliaferri; Panagiotis Gkorezis; Jaco Vangronsveld; Emilio Padoa Schioppa; Maddalena Papacchini; Giuseppina Bestetti; Andrea Franzetti. Diversity and hydrocarbon-degrading potential of epiphytic microbial communities on Platanus x acerifolia leaves in an urban area. Environmental Pollution 2016, 220, 650 -658.

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Isabella Gandolfi, Claudia Canedoli, Valeria Imperato, Ilario Tagliaferri, Panagiotis Gkorezis, Jaco Vangronsveld, Emilio Padoa Schioppa, Maddalena Papacchini, Giuseppina Bestetti, Andrea Franzetti. Diversity and hydrocarbon-degrading potential of epiphytic microbial communities on Platanus x acerifolia leaves in an urban area. Environmental Pollution. 2016; 220 ():650-658.

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Isabella Gandolfi; Claudia Canedoli; Valeria Imperato; Ilario Tagliaferri; Panagiotis Gkorezis; Jaco Vangronsveld; Emilio Padoa Schioppa; Maddalena Papacchini; Giuseppina Bestetti; Andrea Franzetti. 2016. "Diversity and hydrocarbon-degrading potential of epiphytic microbial communities on Platanus x acerifolia leaves in an urban area." Environmental Pollution 220, no. : 650-658.

Primary research article
Published: 22 February 2016 in Global Change Biology
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Despite the recognition that some species might quickly adapt to new conditions under climate change, demonstrating and predicting such a fundamental response is challenging. Morphological variations in response to climate may be caused by evolutionary changes or phenotypic plasticity, or both, but teasing apart these processes is difficult. Here, we built on the number of thoracic vertebrae (NTV) in ectothermic vertebrates, a known genetically based feature, to establish a link with body size and evaluate how climate change might affect the future morphological response of this group of species. First, we show that in old-world salamanders, NTV variation is strongly related to changes in body size. Secondly, using 22 salamander species as a case study, we found support for relationships between the spatial variation in selected bioclimatic variables and NTV for most of species. For 44% of species, precipitation and aridity were the predominant drivers of geographical variation of the NTV. Temperature features were dominant for 31% of species, while for 19% temperature and precipitation played a comparable role. This two-step analysis demonstrates that ectothermic vertebrates may evolve in response to climate change by modifying the number of thoracic vertebrae. These findings allow to develop scenarios for potential morphological evolution under future climate change and to identify areas and species in which the most marked evolutionary responses are expected. Resistance to climate change estimated from species distribution models was positively related to present-day species morphological response, suggesting that the ability of morphological evolution may play a role for species' persistence under climate change. The possibility that present-day capacity for local adaptation might help the resistance response to climate change can be integrated into analyses of the impact of global changes and should also be considered when planning management actions favouring species persistence.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Emiliano Colleoni; Julien Renaud; Stefano Scali; Emilio Padoa‐Schioppa; Wilfried Thuiller. Morphological variation in salamanders and their potential response to climate change. Global Change Biology 2016, 22, 2013 -24.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Emiliano Colleoni, Julien Renaud, Stefano Scali, Emilio Padoa‐Schioppa, Wilfried Thuiller. Morphological variation in salamanders and their potential response to climate change. Global Change Biology. 2016; 22 (6):2013-24.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Emiliano Colleoni; Julien Renaud; Stefano Scali; Emilio Padoa‐Schioppa; Wilfried Thuiller. 2016. "Morphological variation in salamanders and their potential response to climate change." Global Change Biology 22, no. 6: 2013-24.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2015 in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
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C.A. Mücher; L. Roupioz; H. Kramer; M.M.B. Bogers; R.H.G. Jongman; R.M. Lucas; V.E. Kosmidou; Z. Petrou; I. Manakos; E. Padoa-Schioppa; Maria Adamo; P. Blonda. Synergy of airborne LiDAR and Worldview-2 satellite imagery for land cover and habitat mapping: A BIO_SOS-EODHaM case study for the Netherlands. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 2015, 37, 48 -55.

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C.A. Mücher, L. Roupioz, H. Kramer, M.M.B. Bogers, R.H.G. Jongman, R.M. Lucas, V.E. Kosmidou, Z. Petrou, I. Manakos, E. Padoa-Schioppa, Maria Adamo, P. Blonda. Synergy of airborne LiDAR and Worldview-2 satellite imagery for land cover and habitat mapping: A BIO_SOS-EODHaM case study for the Netherlands. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 2015; 37 ():48-55.

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C.A. Mücher; L. Roupioz; H. Kramer; M.M.B. Bogers; R.H.G. Jongman; R.M. Lucas; V.E. Kosmidou; Z. Petrou; I. Manakos; E. Padoa-Schioppa; Maria Adamo; P. Blonda. 2015. "Synergy of airborne LiDAR and Worldview-2 satellite imagery for land cover and habitat mapping: A BIO_SOS-EODHaM case study for the Netherlands." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 37, no. : 48-55.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2015 in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Maria Adamo; Anna Bonardi; Vito De Pasquale; Cristiano Liuzzi; Francesco Paolo Lovergine; Francesco Marcone; Fabio Mastropasqua; Cristina Tarantino; Palma Blonda; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. Importance of landscape features and Earth observation derived habitat maps for modelling amphibian distribution in the Alta Murgia National Park. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 2015, 37, 152 -159.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Maria Adamo, Anna Bonardi, Vito De Pasquale, Cristiano Liuzzi, Francesco Paolo Lovergine, Francesco Marcone, Fabio Mastropasqua, Cristina Tarantino, Palma Blonda, Emilio Padoa Schioppa. Importance of landscape features and Earth observation derived habitat maps for modelling amphibian distribution in the Alta Murgia National Park. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 2015; 37 ():152-159.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Maria Adamo; Anna Bonardi; Vito De Pasquale; Cristiano Liuzzi; Francesco Paolo Lovergine; Francesco Marcone; Fabio Mastropasqua; Cristina Tarantino; Palma Blonda; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. 2015. "Importance of landscape features and Earth observation derived habitat maps for modelling amphibian distribution in the Alta Murgia National Park." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 37, no. : 152-159.

Journal article
Published: 22 December 2014 in Diversity and Distributions
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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Carlo Rondinini; Anna Bonardi; Daniele Baisero; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. Habitat availability for amphibians and extinction threat: a global analysis. Diversity and Distributions 2014, 21, 302 -311.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Carlo Rondinini, Anna Bonardi, Daniele Baisero, Emilio Padoa Schioppa. Habitat availability for amphibians and extinction threat: a global analysis. Diversity and Distributions. 2014; 21 (3):302-311.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Carlo Rondinini; Anna Bonardi; Daniele Baisero; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. 2014. "Habitat availability for amphibians and extinction threat: a global analysis." Diversity and Distributions 21, no. 3: 302-311.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2014 in Ecological Indicators
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Matteo Elio Siesa; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Jürgen Ott; Fiorenza De Bernardi; Gentile Francesco Ficetola. Assessing the consequences of biological invasions on species with complex life cycles: Impact of the alien crayfish Procambarus clarkii on Odonata. Ecological Indicators 2014, 46, 70 -77.

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Matteo Elio Siesa, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Jürgen Ott, Fiorenza De Bernardi, Gentile Francesco Ficetola. Assessing the consequences of biological invasions on species with complex life cycles: Impact of the alien crayfish Procambarus clarkii on Odonata. Ecological Indicators. 2014; 46 ():70-77.

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Matteo Elio Siesa; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Jürgen Ott; Fiorenza De Bernardi; Gentile Francesco Ficetola. 2014. "Assessing the consequences of biological invasions on species with complex life cycles: Impact of the alien crayfish Procambarus clarkii on Odonata." Ecological Indicators 46, no. : 70-77.

Journal article
Published: 18 June 2014 in Global Ecology and Biogeography
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Species richness is one of the commonest measures of biodiversity, and is a basis for analyses at multiple scales. Data quality may affect estimations of species richness, but most broad‐scale studies do not take sampling biases into account. We analysed reptile richness on islands that have received different sampling efforts, and assessed how inventory completeness affects the results of ecogeographical analyses. We also used simulations to evaluate under what circumstances insufficient sampling can bias the outcome of biodiversity analyses.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Massimo Cagnetta; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Anita Quas; Edoardo Razzetti; Roberto Sindaco; Anna Bonardi. Sampling bias inverts ecogeographical relationships in island reptiles. Global Ecology and Biogeography 2014, 23, 1303 -1313.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Massimo Cagnetta, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Anita Quas, Edoardo Razzetti, Roberto Sindaco, Anna Bonardi. Sampling bias inverts ecogeographical relationships in island reptiles. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2014; 23 (11):1303-1313.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Massimo Cagnetta; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa; Anita Quas; Edoardo Razzetti; Roberto Sindaco; Anna Bonardi. 2014. "Sampling bias inverts ecogeographical relationships in island reptiles." Global Ecology and Biogeography 23, no. 11: 1303-1313.

Original article
Published: 17 April 2014 in Journal of Zoology
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Body size is influenced by the interaction of multiple forces, whose effects can determine the occurrence of sexual size dimorphism (SSD). Rensch's rule is the increase of SSD with body size in taxa where males are the largest sex, and the opposite pattern in female‐biased SSD taxa. This pattern was detected in many animal groups, but contrasting results were also highlighted. This study evaluated the existence of Rensch's patterns for body size and for the number of caudal vertebrae in salamandrid caudate amphibians. Furthermore, we tested the support of alternative hypotheses on processes that may determine allometric patterns: sexual selection, fecundity selection and constraining selection by performing separate analyses on species with male‐ and female‐biased SSD. We used the literature and original data to gather information on body size and number of caudal vertebrae in 52 species of salamandrids over four continents. We then tested the support of the three hypotheses using a phylogenetic approach. Rensch's rule was valid for body size in salamanders only for species with male‐biased dimorphism. No allometric relationships were detected by analyses on all the species, or by analyses on female‐biased SSD species. Analyses performed on the number of caudal vertebrae showed no significant patterns. Our study supports the role of sexual selection in promoting positive allometry for body size in male‐biased SSD species, whereas the alternative hypotheses were not supported by our data. These results highlight the importance of distinguishing male‐ and female‐biased species as different evolutionary pressures and constraints may be at the basis of evolution of SSD in these groups.

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E. Colleoni; Mathieu Denoël; E. Padoa-Schioppa; S. Scali; Gentile Francesco Ficetola. Rensch's rule and sexual dimorphism in salamanders: patterns and potential processes. Journal of Zoology 2014, 293, 143 -151.

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E. Colleoni, Mathieu Denoël, E. Padoa-Schioppa, S. Scali, Gentile Francesco Ficetola. Rensch's rule and sexual dimorphism in salamanders: patterns and potential processes. Journal of Zoology. 2014; 293 (3):143-151.

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E. Colleoni; Mathieu Denoël; E. Padoa-Schioppa; S. Scali; Gentile Francesco Ficetola. 2014. "Rensch's rule and sexual dimorphism in salamanders: patterns and potential processes." Journal of Zoology 293, no. 3: 143-151.

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Published: 01 April 2014 in International Journal of Geographical Information Science
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At the local spatial scale, land-use variables are often employed as predictors for ecological niche models (ENMs). Remote sensing can provide additional synoptic information describing vegetation structure in detail. However, there is limited knowledge on which environmental variables and how many of them should be used to calibrate ENMs. We used an information-theoretic approach to compare the performance of ENMs using different sets of predictors: (1) a full set of land-cover variables (seven, obtained from the LGN6 Dutch National Land Use Database); (2) a reduced set of land-cover variables (three); (3) remotely sensed laser data optimized to measure vegetation structure and canopy height (LiDAR, light detection and ranging); and (4) combinations of land cover and LiDAR. ENMs were built for a set of bird species in the Veluwe Natura 2000 site (the Netherlands); for each species, 26–214 records were available from standardized monitoring. Models were built using MaxEnt, and the best performing models were identified using the Akaike’s information criterion corrected for small sample size (AICc). For 78% of the bird species analysed, LiDAR data were included in the best AICc model. The model including LiDAR only was the best performing one in most cases, followed by the model including a reduced set of land-use variables. Models including many land-use variables tended to have limited support. The number of variables included in the best model increased for species with more presence records. For all species with 33 records or less, the best model included LiDAR only. Models with many land-use variables were only selected for species with >150 records. Test area under the curve (AUC) scores ranged between 0.72 and 0.92. Remote sensing data can thus provide regional information useful for modelling at the local and landscape scale, particularly when presence records are limited. ENMs can be optimized through the selection of the number and identity of environmental predictors. Few variables can be sufficient if presence records are limited in number. Synoptic remote sensing data provide a good measure of vegetation structure and may allow a better representation of the available habitat, being extremely useful in this case. Conversely, a larger number of predictors, including land-use variables, can be useful if a large number of presence records are available.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Anna Bonardi; Sander Mucher; Niels L.M. Gilissen; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. How many predictors in species distribution models at the landscape scale? Land use versus LiDAR-derived canopy height. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 2014, 28, 1723 -1739.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Anna Bonardi, Sander Mucher, Niels L.M. Gilissen, Emilio Padoa Schioppa. How many predictors in species distribution models at the landscape scale? Land use versus LiDAR-derived canopy height. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 2014; 28 (8):1723-1739.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Anna Bonardi; Sander Mucher; Niels L.M. Gilissen; Emilio Padoa Schioppa. 2014. "How many predictors in species distribution models at the landscape scale? Land use versus LiDAR-derived canopy height." International Journal of Geographical Information Science 28, no. 8: 1723-1739.

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Published: 01 April 2014 in Current Zoology
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Crop damages by wildlife is a frequent form of human-wildlife conflict. Identifying areas where the risk of crop damages is highest is pivotal to set up preventive measures and reduce conflict. Species distribution models are routinely used to predict species distribution in response of environmental changes. The aim of this paper was assessing whether species distribution models can allow to identify the areas most at risk of crop damages, helping to set up management strategies aimed at the mitigation of human-wildlife conflicts. We obtained data on wild boar Sus scrofa damages to crops in the Alta Murgia National Park, Southern Italy, and related them to landscape features, to identify areas where the risk of wild boar damages is highest. We used MaxEnt to build species distribution models. We identified the spatial scale at which landscape mostly affects the distribution damages, and optimized the regularization parameter of models, through an information-theoretic approach based on AIC. Wild boar damages quickly increased in the period 2007-2011; cereals and legumes were the crops more affected. Large areas of the park have a high risk of wild boar damages. The risk of damages was related to low cover of urban areas or olive grows, intermediate values of forest cover, and high values of shrubland cover within a 2-km radius. Temporally independent validation data demonstrated that models can successfully predict damages in the future. Species distribution models can accurately identify the areas most at risk of wildlife damages, as models calibrated on data collected during only a subset of years correctly predicted damages in the subsequent year.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Anna Bonardi; Paola Mairota; Vincenzo Leronni; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. Predicting wild boar damages to croplands in a mosaic of agricultural and natural areas. Current Zoology 2014, 60, 170 -179.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Anna Bonardi, Paola Mairota, Vincenzo Leronni, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. Predicting wild boar damages to croplands in a mosaic of agricultural and natural areas. Current Zoology. 2014; 60 (2):170-179.

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola; Anna Bonardi; Paola Mairota; Vincenzo Leronni; Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. 2014. "Predicting wild boar damages to croplands in a mosaic of agricultural and natural areas." Current Zoology 60, no. 2: 170-179.

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Published: 01 January 2014 in Ecological Indicators
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Cited By 19Monitoring land cover and habitat change is a key issue for conservation managers because of its potential negative impact on biodiversity. The Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) and the General Habitat Categories (GHC) System have been proposed by the remote sensing and ecological research community, respectively, for the classification of land covers and habitats across various scales. Linking the two systems can be a major step forward towards biodiversity monitoring using remote sensing. The translation between the two systems has proved to be challenging, largely because of differences in definitions and related difficulties in creating one-to-one relationships between the two systems. This paper proposes a system of rules for linking the two systems and additionally identifies requirements for site-specific contextual and environmental information to enable the translation. As an illustration, the LCCS classification of the Le Cesine protected area in Italy is used to show rules for translating the LCCS classes to GHCs. This study demonstrates the benefits of a translation system for biodiversity monitoring using remote sensing data but also shows that a successful translation is often depending on the degree of ecological knowledge of the habitats and its relationship with land cover and contextual information.Peer reviewe

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Vasiliki Kosmidou; Zisis Petrou; Robert G.H. Bunce; Sander Mucher; Robert H.G. Jongman; Marion M.B. Bogers; Richard Lucas; Valeria Tomaselli; Palma Blonda; Emilio Padoa Schioppa; Ioannis Manakos; Maria Petrou. Harmonization of the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) with the General Habitat Categories (GHC) classification system. Ecological Indicators 2014, 36, 290 -300.

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Vasiliki Kosmidou, Zisis Petrou, Robert G.H. Bunce, Sander Mucher, Robert H.G. Jongman, Marion M.B. Bogers, Richard Lucas, Valeria Tomaselli, Palma Blonda, Emilio Padoa Schioppa, Ioannis Manakos, Maria Petrou. Harmonization of the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) with the General Habitat Categories (GHC) classification system. Ecological Indicators. 2014; 36 ():290-300.

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Vasiliki Kosmidou; Zisis Petrou; Robert G.H. Bunce; Sander Mucher; Robert H.G. Jongman; Marion M.B. Bogers; Richard Lucas; Valeria Tomaselli; Palma Blonda; Emilio Padoa Schioppa; Ioannis Manakos; Maria Petrou. 2014. "Harmonization of the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) with the General Habitat Categories (GHC) classification system." Ecological Indicators 36, no. : 290-300.