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  • Ficetola, G. F., Marta, S., Guerrieri, A., Cantera, I., Bonin, A., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., … & Carteron, A. (2024). The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat. Nature, 1-7.
  • Valle, B., Eustacchio, E., GALLO, G. R., Beretta, M., Bonelli, M., Zanzottera, A., … & Caccianiga, M. (2024). Campanula bergomensis (Campanulaceae), a new species from Bergamo Prealps (Northern Italy). Phytotaxa, 637(2), 120-132.
  • Orlandi, A. R., Ambrosini, R., Rubolini, D., Romano, A., Orsi, L., Brambilla, M., & Costanzo, A. (2024). Long-term monitoring of a flagship bird species in agroecosystems enhances stakeholder engagement in biodiversity conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation, 54, e03090.
  • Spurgin, L. G., Bosse, M., Adriaensen, F., Albayrak, T., Barboutis, C., Belda, E., … & Slate, J. (2024). The great tit HapMap project: A continental‐scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird. Molecular ecology resources, 24(5), e13969.
  • Tremolada, P., Saliu, F., Winkler, A., Carniti, C. P., Castelli, M., Lasagni, M., … & Rubolini, D. (2024). Indigo-dyed cellulose fibers and synthetic polymers in surface-feeding seabird chick regurgitates from the Gulf of Alaska. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 203, 116401.
  • Assandri, G., Bazzi, G., Bermejo-Bermejo, A., Bounas, A., Calvario, E., Catoni, C., … & Cecere, J. G. (2024). Assessing exposure to wind turbines of a migratory raptor through its annual life cycle across continents. Biological Conservation, 293, 110592.
  • McKinlay, S. E., Morganti, M., Mazzoleni, A., Labate, A., Sorrenti, M., & Rubolini, D. (2024). Non-breeding ranging behaviour, habitat use, and pre-breeding migratory movements of Fieldfares (Turdus pilaris) wintering in southern Europe. Journal of Ornithology, 165(2), 337-346.
  • Berlusconi, A., Scridel, D., Eberle, L., Martinoli, A., Bazzi, G., Assandri, G., … & Morganti, M. (2024). Ecological and social factors affecting the occurrence of kleptoparasitism in two recently established sympatric breeding falcons. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 78(2), 14.
  • Le Clercq, L. et al. (2023) Time trees and clock genes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of contemporary avian migration genetics, Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.12943. IF2021: 14.355
  • Secomandi S, Gallo GR, Sozzoni M, Iannucci A, Galati E, et al. (2023) A chromosome-level reference genome and pangenome for barn swallow population genomics. Cell Reports 42 (1), 111992 doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.111992 IF 2021: 9.995. 
  • Assandri G, G Bazzi, L Siddi, R Nardelli, JG Cecere, D Rubolini, … (2023). The occurrence of a flagship raptor species in intensive agroecosystems is associated with more diverse farmland bird communities: Opportunities for market-based conservation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 349, 108441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108441
  • Matyjasiak P, C López-Calderón, R Ambrosini, J Balbontín, A Costanzo, … (2023). Wing morphology covaries with migration distance in a highly aerial insectivorous songbird. Current Zoology 69 (3), 255-263. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoac044
  • Theissinger K, C Fernandes, G Formenti, I Bista, PR Berg, C Bleidorn, … (2023). How genomics can help biodiversity conservation. Trends in Genetics 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005
  • Romano A, LZ Garamszegi, D Rubolini, R Ambrosini (2023). Temporal shifts in avian phenology across the circannual cycle in a rapidly changing climate: A global meta‐analysis. Ecological Monographs 93 (1), e1552. doi: 10.1002/ecm.1552.
  • Gabrielli M, A Benazzo, R Biello, L Ancona, S Fuselli, A Iannucci, …(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
  • Bonin A, A Guerrieri, GF Ficetola (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
  • Ficetola GF, P Taberlet (2023) Towards exhaustive community ecology via DNA metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16881.
  • Soravia C, A Bisazza, JG Cecere, D Rubolini (2023). Extra food provisioning does not affect behavioral lateralization in nestling lesser kestrels. Current Zoology 69 (1), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoac021
  • Pittino F, K Zawierucha, E Poniecka, J Buda, A Rosatelli, S Zordan, … (2023). Functional and Taxonomic Diversity of Anaerobes in Supraglacial Microbial Communities Microbiology Spectrum 11 (2), e01004-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01004-22
  • Jaroměřská TN, R Ambrosini, M Mazurkiewicz, A Franzetti, P Klimaszyk, … (2023). Spatial distribution and stable isotopic composition of invertebrates uncover differences between habitats on the glacier surface in the Alps. Limnology 24 (2), 83-93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-023-00713-w
  • Pittino F, J Buda, R Ambrosini, M Parolini, A Crosta, K Zawierucha, …(2023). Impact of anthropogenic contamination on glacier surface biota. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 80, 102900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102900
  • Balestrieri A, et al. (2022) Faecal DNA-Based Genetic Survey of a Relict Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) Population (Sila Massif, S Italy). Conservation Genetics Resources, 2022 doi:10.1007/s12686-022-01286-z IF 2021: 0.99
  • Lombardo G, et al. (2022) The Mitogenome Relationships and Phylogeography of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica). Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msac113 IF 2020: 16.24
  • Secomandi S. et al. (2022) Pangenomics Provides Insights into the Role of Synanthropy in Barn Swallow Evolution. BioRxiv, 2022.03.28.486082 doi: 10.1101/2022.03.28.486082
  • Balestrieri A, et al. (2021) Genetic and viability assessment of a reintroduced Eurasian otter Lutra lutra population on the River Ticino, Ital. Oryx, 1-10 IF 2021: 2.957 doi: 10.1017/S0030605321000107
  • Giani AM, Gallo GR, Gianfranceschi L, Formenti G (2020). Long walk to genomics: History and current approaches to genome sequencing and assembly. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 18: 9-19, ISSN 2001-0370. doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2019.11.002. IF 2020: 7.271 
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