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We are a group based at the University of Padova (DAFNAE) with a strong focus on applied ecology. Our overarching aim is to understand the impact of multiple human-induced pressures on biodiversity and ecosystem services and to provide management solutions to mitigate their negative effects. We address pressing environmental questions in both managed and natural ecosystems using plants and arthropods as model organisms. We work on three main research areas:
● Impact of land-use on biodiversity and ecosystem services ● Global change and species range shifts ● Landscape ecology and population dynamics of harmful species We used multiple approaches including manipulative experiments, observational studies, and macro-ecological analyses studying population dynamics, diversity patterns, and ecological interactions in terrestrial ecosystems |
Selected publications led by the group
●Gazzea E., Batary P., Marini L. (2023) Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination. Nature Communications, 14, 4463
●Geppert C., Bertolli A., Prosser F., Marini L. (2023) Red-listed plants are contracting their elevational range faster than common plants in the European Alps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2211531120
● Gazzea E., Battisti A., Marini L. (2024) Strategies and Barriers to Reconcile Pest Management with Insect Conservation in Temperate and Boreal Forest. Current Forestry Reports
●Marini L., Jactel H., Ayres M. (2022) Impact of stand and landscape managment on forest pest damage. Annual Review of Entomology, 67, 181-199.
● Lami F., Bartomeus I., Nardi D., Beduschi T.,Boscutti F., Pantini P., Santoiemma G., Scherber C., Tscharntke T., Marini L. (2021) Species-habitat networks elucidate landscape effects on habitat specialization of natural enemies and pollinators. Ecology Letters 24, 288-297.
● Marini L., St-Martin A., Vico G., Baldoni G., Berti A., Blecharczyc A., Malecka-Jankowiak I., Morari F., Sawinska S., Bommarco R. (2021) Crop rotations sustain cereal yields under a changing climate. Environmental Research Letters 15, 124011
● Geppert C., Perazza G., Wilson R.J., Melchiori G., Prosser F., Bertolli A., Marini L. (2020) Consistent population declines but idiosyncratic range shifts in Alpine orchids. Nature Communications 11, 5238
● Dainese M., Aikio S., Hulme P.E., Bertolli A., Prosser F., Marini L. (2017) Human disturbance and upward expansion of plants in a warming climate. Nature Climate Change 7, 577-580
● Marini L., Økland B., Jönsson A.M., Bentz B., Carroll A., Forster B., Grégoire J.-C., Hurling R., Nageleisen L.M., Netherer S., Weed A., Schroeder M. (2017) Climate drives bark beetle outbreak dynamics in Norway spruce forests. Ecography 40, 1426-1435
●Gazzea E., Batary P., Marini L. (2023) Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination. Nature Communications, 14, 4463
●Geppert C., Bertolli A., Prosser F., Marini L. (2023) Red-listed plants are contracting their elevational range faster than common plants in the European Alps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2211531120
● Gazzea E., Battisti A., Marini L. (2024) Strategies and Barriers to Reconcile Pest Management with Insect Conservation in Temperate and Boreal Forest. Current Forestry Reports
●Marini L., Jactel H., Ayres M. (2022) Impact of stand and landscape managment on forest pest damage. Annual Review of Entomology, 67, 181-199.
● Lami F., Bartomeus I., Nardi D., Beduschi T.,Boscutti F., Pantini P., Santoiemma G., Scherber C., Tscharntke T., Marini L. (2021) Species-habitat networks elucidate landscape effects on habitat specialization of natural enemies and pollinators. Ecology Letters 24, 288-297.
● Marini L., St-Martin A., Vico G., Baldoni G., Berti A., Blecharczyc A., Malecka-Jankowiak I., Morari F., Sawinska S., Bommarco R. (2021) Crop rotations sustain cereal yields under a changing climate. Environmental Research Letters 15, 124011
● Geppert C., Perazza G., Wilson R.J., Melchiori G., Prosser F., Bertolli A., Marini L. (2020) Consistent population declines but idiosyncratic range shifts in Alpine orchids. Nature Communications 11, 5238
● Dainese M., Aikio S., Hulme P.E., Bertolli A., Prosser F., Marini L. (2017) Human disturbance and upward expansion of plants in a warming climate. Nature Climate Change 7, 577-580
● Marini L., Økland B., Jönsson A.M., Bentz B., Carroll A., Forster B., Grégoire J.-C., Hurling R., Nageleisen L.M., Netherer S., Weed A., Schroeder M. (2017) Climate drives bark beetle outbreak dynamics in Norway spruce forests. Ecography 40, 1426-1435
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