Area of research
Ecology · Insect Science
Research interest
Research interests include Biology, Ecology, Bark beetle, Longhorn beetle, Curculionidae, and Ambrosia beetle.
Mating before host colonization: a common trait in outbreeding Scolytinae, potentially linked to invasiveness
Spruce Bark Beetle Outbreak Prediction through Automatic Classification of Sentinel-2 Imagery
The first full host plant dataset of Curculionidae Scolytinae of the world: tribe Xyleborini LeConte, 1876
Anisandrus maiche Kurentzov (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), an Asian species recently introduced and now widely established in Northern Italy
Ambrosia beetle response to ethanol concentration and host tree species
Preventing invasions of Asian longhorn beetle and citrus longhorn beetle: are we on the right track?
Climate change and invasions by nonnative bark and ambrosia beetles
Relationships between drought, coniferous tree physiology, and Ips bark beetles under climatic changes
Effect of Trap Color on Captures of Bark- and Wood-Boring Beetles (Coleoptera; Buprestidae and Scolytinae) and Associated Predators
Exploiting trap color to improve surveys of longhorn beetles
A first worldwide multispecies survey of invasive Mediterranean pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
Maximizing Bark and Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Catches in Trapping Surveys for Longhorn and Jewel Beetles
Bark beetles and pinhole borers recently or newly introduced to France (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae and Platypodinae)
Response of native and exotic longhorn beetles to common pheromone components provides partial support for the pheromone‐free space hypothesis
Fungal pathogen and ethanol affect host selection and colonization success in ambrosia beetles
Do Torymus sinensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) and agroforestry system affect native parasitoids associated with the Asian chestnut gall wasp?
First report of the ambrosia beetle <i>Xylosandrus compactus</i> and associated fungi in the Mediterranean maquis in Italy, and new host–pest associations
National Trade can Drive Range Expansion of Bark- and Wood-Boring Beetles
Forest health in a changing world: effects of globalization and climate change on forest insect and pathogen impacts
Alien Wood-Boring Beetles in Mediterranean Regions
Habitat and climatic preferences drive invasions of non-native ambrosia beetles in deciduous temperate forests
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles Show Different Invasion Patterns in the USA
Reproductive biology of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a European parasitoid developing on three species of invasive longhorn beetles
Bark Beetles of Mediterranean Conifers
Two newly introduced tropical bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) damaging figs (Ficus carica) in southern Italy
Host preference and host colonization of the Asian long-horned beetle,<i>Anoplophora glabripennis</i>(Coleoptera Cerambycidae), in Southern Europe
Thousand cankers disease in Europe: an overview
Improving the early detection of alien wood‐boring beetles in ports and surrounding forests
Testing phenotypic trade-offs in the chemical defence strategy of Scots pine under growth-limiting field conditions
Composition and Elevation of Spruce Forests Affect Susceptibility to Bark Beetle Attacks: Implications for Forest Management