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Fabio Bulleri

Fabio Bulleri

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
10159
World Ranking
4194
National Ranking
73

Overview

Fabio Bulleri is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a significant range of topics, with an emphasis on marine ecosystems and coastal environments.

Bulleri's notable recent papers include:

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • Greening of grey infrastructure should not be used as a Trojan horse to facilitate coastal development, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Heterogeneity within and among co-occurring foundation species increases biodiversity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns, 2021, Advances in marine biology
  • Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Bulleri frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Chiara Ravaglioli
  • Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
  • Iacopo Bertocci
  • Martín Thiel
  • Lucia De Marchi

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Research
  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series

Bulleri's research interests cover a set of main and subfields, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Ocean Engineering

The main focus of their work revolves around these topics:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

Best Publications

  • The introduction of coastal infrastructure as a driver of change in marine environments

    Fabio Bulleri;Maura G. Chapman

  • Marine reserves: size and age do matter

    Joachim Claudet;Craig W. Osenberg;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Paolo Domenici

  • Predicting the consequences of anthropogenic disturbance: large-scale effects of loss of canopy algae on rocky shores

    L. Benedetti-Cecchi;F. Pannacciulli;F. Bulleri;P. S. Moschella

  • Low-crested coastal defence structures as artificial habitats for marine life: Using ecological criteria in design

    P. S. Moschella;M. Abbiati;P. Åberg;L. Airoldi

  • Artificial marine structures facilitate the spread of a non-indigenous green alga, Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides, in the north Adriatic Sea

    Fabio Bulleri;Laura Airoldi

  • Intertidal seawalls—new features of landscape in intertidal environments

    M.G. Chapman;F. Bulleri

  • Facilitation and the niche: implications for coexistence, range shifts and ecosystem functioning

    Fabio Bulleri;John F. Bruno;Brian R. Silliman;John J. Stachowicz

  • Intertidal assemblages on artificial and natural habitats in marinas on the north-west coast of Italy

    Fabio Bulleri;Fabio Bulleri;Mg Chapman

  • The influence of canopy algae on vertical patterns of distribution of low-shore assemblages on rocky coasts in the northwest Mediterranean

    Fabio Bulleri;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Stefano Acunto;Francesco Cinelli

  • Grazing by the sea urchins Arbacia lixula L. and Paracentrotus lividus Lam. in the Northwest Mediterranean

    Fabio Bulleri;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Francesco Cinelli

  • Anthropogenic Disturbance Can Determine the Magnitude of Opportunistic Species Responses on Marine Urban Infrastructures

    Laura Airoldi;Laura Airoldi;Fabio Bulleri;Fabio Bulleri

  • Beyond competition: incorporating positive interactions between species to predict ecosystem invasibility.

    Fabio Bulleri;John F Bruno;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

  • Intertidal assemblages on seawalls and vertical rocky shores in Sydney Harbour, Australia

    Fabio Bulleri;Fabio Bulleri;Mg Chapman;Aj Underwood

  • Hard coastal-defence structures as habitats for native and exotic rocky-bottom species

    Stefano Vaselli;Fabio Bulleri;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

  • The seaweed Caulerpa racemosa on Mediterranean rocky reefs: from passenger to driver of ecological change

    Fabio Bulleri;David Balata;Iacopo Bertocci;Iacopo Bertocci;Laura Tamburello

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

    Amanda E. Bates;Richard B. Primack;Brandy S. Biggar;Tomas J. Bird

  • The interplay of physical and biological factors in maintaining mid-shore and low-shore assemblages on rocky coasts in the north-west Mediterranean.

    L. Benedetti-Cecchi;F. Bulleri;F. Cinelli

  • Role of recruitment in causing differences between intertidal assemblages on seawalls and rocky shores

    Fabio Bulleri

  • Density dependent foraging of sea urchins in shallow subtidal reefs on the west coast of Italy (western Mediterranean)

    Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Fabio Bulleri;Francesco Cinelli

  • Commonness and rarity in the marine biosphere

    Sean R. Connolly;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Julian Caley;Nancy Knowlton

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi University of Pisa
Laura Airoldi
Laura Airoldi University of Padua
Paul E. Gribben
Paul E. Gribben University of New South Wales
Iacopo Bertocci
Iacopo Bertocci University of Pisa
Tasman P. Crowe
Tasman P. Crowe University College Dublin
Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Francesco Cinelli
Francesco Cinelli University of Pisa
Jonne Kotta
Jonne Kotta University of Tartu
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Giulia Ceccherelli
Giulia Ceccherelli University of Sassari

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