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Elena Tricarico

Elena Tricarico

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
6934
World Ranking
5108
National Ranking
93

Overview

Elena Tricarico is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research encompasses a broad range of topics, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Elena Tricarico has contributed to several notable publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region", 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable", 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Identifying economic costs and knowledge gaps of invasive aquatic crustaceans", 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Different facets of the same niche: Integrating citizen science and scientific survey data to predict biological invasion risk under multiple global change drivers", 2023, Global Change Biology
  • "Speaking their language - Development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders", 2020, Environmental Modelling & Software

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Tim Adriaens
  • Helen E. Roy
  • Quentin Groom
  • Cristina Preda
  • Elizabete Marchante

Elena Tricarico publishes extensively in several venues, particularly:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Biological Invasions
  • NeoBiota
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Their body of work reflects a significant engagement with ecological research, biological invasions, and conservation practices, integrating diverse methodologies including ecological modeling and citizen science data.

Best Publications

  • Managing invasive crayfish: is there a hope?

    Francesca Gherardi;Laura Aquiloni;Javier Diéguez-Uribeondo;Elena Tricarico

  • The red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii in Europe: Impacts on aquatic ecosystems and human well-being

    Catherine Souty-Grosset;Pedro Manuel Anastácio;Laura Aquiloni;Filipe Banha

  • Pan-continental invasion of Pseudorasbora parva: towards a better understanding of freshwater fish invasions

    Rodolphe E Gozlan;Demetra Andreou;Takashi Asaeda;Kathleen Beyer

  • The top 27 animal alien species introduced into Europe for aquaculture and related activities

    D. Savini;A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi;A. Marchini;E. Tricarico

  • Biological invaders are threats to human health: an overview

    G. Mazza;E. Tricarico;P. Genovesi;F. Gherardi

  • Developing a list of invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the European Union

    Helen E. Roy;Sven Bacher;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Tim Adriaens

  • Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

    Kevin A. Hughes;Oliver L. Pescott;Jodey Peyton;Tim Adriaens

  • Animal xenodiversity in Italian inland waters: distribution, modes of arrival, and pathways

    Francesca Gherardi;Sandro Bertolino;Marco Bodon;Sandra Casellato

  • Pathways and gateways of freshwater invasions in Europe

    Ana L. Nunes;Elena Tricarico;Vadim E. Panov;Ana C. Cardoso

  • Alien Pathogens on the Horizon: Opportunities for Predicting their Threat to Wildlife

    Helen E. Roy;Helen Hesketh;Bethan V. Purse;Jørgen Eilenberg

  • How ecosystems change following invasion by Robinia pseudoacacia: Insights from soil chemical properties and soil microbial, nematode, microarthropod and plant communities.

    Lorenzo Lazzaro;Giuseppe Mazza;Giada d'Errico;Arturo Fabiani

  • Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable

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  • Calibration of FI-ISK, an invasiveness screening tool for nonnative freshwater invertebrates.

    Elena Tricarico;Lorenzo Vilizzi;Francesca Gherardi;Gordon H. Copp;Gordon H. Copp

  • A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions

    Lorenzo Vilizzi;Gordon H. Copp;Jeffrey E. Hill;Boris Adamovich

  • Biological Invasions in Conservation Planning: A Global Systematic Review

    Vesna Mačić;Paolo G. Albano;Vasiliki Almpanidou;Joachim Claudet

  • Biological control of invasive populations of crayfish: the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) as a predator of Procambarus clarkii

    Laura Aquiloni;Sara Brusconi;Elena Cecchinelli;Elena Tricarico

  • Identifying economic costs and knowledge gaps of invasive aquatic crustaceans.

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  • Movement patterns of an invasive crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, in a temporary stream of southern Portugal

    F. G Herardi;E. Tricarico;M. Ilhéu

  • Factors inducing the intense burrowing activity of the red-swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, an invasive species.

    Silvia Barbaresi;Elena Tricarico;Francesca Gherardi

  • Ranging behaviour of the invasive crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Girard)

    Silvia Barbaresi;Giacomo Santini;Elena Tricarico;Francesca Gherardi

  • Effects of Climate Change, Invasive Species, and Disease on the Distribution of Native European Crayfishes

    César Capinha;Eric R. Larson;Elena Tricarico;Julian D. Olden

  • I know my neighbour: individual recognition in Octopus vulgaris.

    Elena Tricarico;Luciana Borrelli;Francesca Gherardi;Graziano Fiorito

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesca Gherardi
Francesca Gherardi University of Florence
Helen E. Roy
Helen E. Roy Anglia Ruskin University
Gordon H. Copp
Gordon H. Copp Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Wolfgang Rabitsch
Wolfgang Rabitsch Umweltbundesamt, Austria
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Argyro Zenetos
Argyro Zenetos Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Jan Pergl
Jan Pergl Czech Academy of Sciences
Stelios Katsanevakis
Stelios Katsanevakis University of the Aegean
Frances E. Lucy
Frances E. Lucy Institute of Technology Sligo

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