Publications-USEit

Scientific publications

• Azzurro E, Strafella P, Bertolino S, Carnevali L, Crocetta F, Di Muri C, et al. 2026. TRACKS: Six good practices for Non-Indigenous Species research and their SWOT evaluation. NeoBiota 105: 229-257. DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.105.171461 
• Chiappi M, Azzurro E, Strafella P, Ferrà C, Luzi F, Guicciardi S, et al. 2025. Enhancing scientific knowledge to support the exploitation of invasive Anadara spp. in the Adriatic Sea. Marine Policy 182, 106889. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106889
• Chiappi M, Di Muri C, Azzurro E, Luzi F, Rosati I, Despalatović M, et al. 2025. A spatiotemporal dataset of invasive Anadara kagoshimensis and Anadara transversa in the Adriatic Sea. Scientific Data 12, 1588. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05860-6
• Tavoloni T, Bacchiocchi S, Stramenga A, Siracusa M, Ciriaci M, Griffoni F, et al. 2025. Safe consumption of marine invaders: a snapshot of Diadema setosum contamination levels in the frame of European novel food standards. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 42(6), 746-757. DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2025.2494215
• Azzurro E, Bonanomi S, Chiappi M, De Marco R, Luna GM, Cella M, et al. 2024. Uncovering unmet demand and key insights for the invasive blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) market before and after the Italian outbreak: Implications for policymakers and industry stakeholders. Marine Policy, 167: 106295. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106295
• D’Amen M, Bonora N, Azzurro E, 2024. Exploring the impact of temporal resolution on detecting shifts in the invasive species niche: Insights from Lessepsian fishes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 00: 1–11. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14137
• Giacalone VM, Badalamenti F, Buffa G, Camedda A, D’Anna G, De Lucia G, et al. 2024. Monitoraggio degli spostamenti e del comportamento del granchio blu Callinectes sapidus: approccio metodologico e sperimentale. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 28(1): 212-215. Available at: https://biologiamarinamediterranea.it/index.php/metis/article/view/193
• Viviano A, Cocco A, Colangelo P, Delitala GM, Pantaleoni RA, Loru L, 2024. Worldwide distribution and phylogeography of the agave weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae): the rise of an overlooked invasion. NeoBiota, 90: 53–78. DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.90.101797
• Cianferoni F, Tortorici F, Pataleoni RA, Loru L, 2023. The spread of two alien species of assassin bugs, Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1857 and Nagusta goedelii (Kolenati, 1857) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Sardinia (Italy). Heteroptera Poloniae – Acta Faunistica, 17: 131–135. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8436170
• D’Amen M, Smeraldo S, Azzurro E, 2023. Salinity, not only temperature, drives tropical fish invasions in the Mediterranean Sea, and surface‑only variables explain it better. Coral Reefs, 42:467–472. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-023-02357-9
• Grati F, Froglia C, Souissi JB, Bolognini L, Azzurro E, 2023. The blue swimming crab Portunus segnis (Forskål, 1775) reaches the Adriatic Sea: a distant and disjointed occurrence. BioInvasions Records, 12. DOI: 10.3391/bir.2023.12.4.15
• Tortorici F, Bombi P, Loru L, Mele A, Moraglio ST, Scaccini D, et al. 2023. Halyomorpha halys and its egg parasitoids Trissolcus japonicus and T. mitsukurii: the geographic dimension of the interaction. NeoBiota, 85: 197–221. DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.85.102501
• Azzurro E, Smeraldo S, D’Amen M, 2022. Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed. Global Change Biology, 28(21): 6268-6279. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16362

Conference contributions

• Di Muri C, Azzurro E, Chiappi M, Ciolfi M, Flore S, Giacalone VM, et al. 2025. One method to rule them all: a FAIR and Open approach for the study and integrated management of Invasive Alien Species. Rosati I, Muresan AN, De Leo F, Gavrichkova O, Macci C, Pioli S, Traversari S, Zenone T, Raho D eds. 2025. CNR-IRET 2025: risultati e prospettive per la gestione integrata degli ecosistemi del futuro. Book of Abstracts. 18-19 Febbraio 2025. Roma, CNR.          
  https://doi.org/10.61008/CONFIRET2025
• Di Muri C, Azzurro E, Strafella P, Rosati I, 2025. A FAIR and Open Approach for the Study and Integrated Management of Invasive Alien Species in Italy. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 9: e179182. DOI: 10.3897/biss.9.179182 
• Loru L, Flore S, Lai C, Marongiu G, Marras PM, Nannini M, et al. 2025. National programs of classical biological control of the invasive alien pests Halyomorpha halys and Drosophila suzukii in Sardinia (Italy). Rosati I, Muresan AN, De Leo F, Gavrichkova O, Macci C, Pioli S, Traversari S, Zenone T, Raho D eds. 2025. CNR-IRET 2025: risultati e prospettive per la gestione integrata degli ecosistemi del futuro. Book of Abstracts. 18-19 Febbraio 2025. Roma, CNR.          
  https://doi.org/10.61008/CONFIRET2025
• Di Muri C, Azzurro E, Strafella P, Rosati I, 2024. Adopting operational synergies for the study and integrated management of invasive alien species. Azzurro E, Bongiorni L, Cherubini L, Pollegioni P, Fontaneto D, Rosati I eds. 2024. Biodiversity Change in the Anthropocene: Priorities for research. Book of Abstract. April 10th, 11th 2024, No. 704. Rome, CNR. https://doi.org/10.32095/BIOCHANGE2024
• Flore S, Lai C, Marongiu G, Marras PM, Nannini M, Pantaleoni RA, et al. 2024. Biological control of Halyomorpha halys in Sardinia. Azzurro E, Bongiorni L, Cherubini L, Pollegioni P, Fontaneto D, Rosati I eds. 2024. Biodiversity Change in the Anthropocene: Priorities for research. Book of Abstract. April 10th, 11th 2024, No. 704. Rome, CNR. https://doi.org/10.32095/BIOCHANGE2024
• Giacalone VM, Badalamenti F, Buffa G, Camedda A, Cucco A, D’Anna G, et al. 2024. The effect of water temperature on movements and home range of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in a Mediterranean lagoon: preliminary results. The Crustacean Society (TCS) Meeting 2024.  PDF
• Cianferoni F, Tortorici F, Pantaleoni RA, Loru L, 2023. Diffusione di due predatori alieni in Sardegna: Zelus renardii e Nagusta goedelii (Hemiptera Heteroptera Reduviidae). XXVII Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia PDF
• Ciolfi M, Chiocchini F, Pollegioni P, Volterrani C, Badalamenti E, La Mantia T, et al. 2023. A multidisciplinary approach for studying the invasion mechanisms of the alien tree species Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle. XIV Convegno Nazionale sulla Biodiversità PDF
• Di Muri C, Azzurro E, Rosati I, 2023. Using operational synergies for the study and integrated management of invasive alien species in Italy. GenOA week 2023. DOI: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10074364
• Giacalone VM, Badalamenti F, Buffa G, Camedda A, D’Anna G, De Lucia GA, et al. 2023. Studio degli spostamenti e del comportamento del granchio blu Callinectes sapidus: approccio metodologico e sperimentale. 52° Congresso della Società Italiana di Biologia Marina. PDF
• Rosati I, Di Muri C, Giacalone VM, Lauteri M, Loru L, Mancinelli G, et al. 2023. Using operational synergies for the study and integrated management of invasive alien species in Italy. Available at: https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2023/abstract-book-presentations/