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Lorenzo Marini

Lorenzo Marini

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
11484
World Ranking
3126
National Ranking
47

Overview

Lorenzo Marini is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research predominantly spans the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Insect Science; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Plant Science; and Ecology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics including Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

Recent notable publications by Marini include:

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • Crop rotations sustain cereal yields under a changing climate (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Consistent population declines but idiosyncratic range shifts in Alpine orchids under global change (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Urban sprawl facilitates invasions of exotic plants across multiple spatial scales (2022, Biological Invasions)
  • Drought and stand susceptibility to attacks by the European spruce bark beetle: A remote sensing approach (2022, Agricultural and Forest Entomology)

Marini frequently collaborates with coauthors such as Costanza Geppert, Andree Cappellari, Francesco Boscutti, Francesco Lami, and Davide Nardi, reflecting a network of research partnerships.

The scientist publishes mainly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal of Applied Ecology, Basic and Applied Ecology, and Ecology Letters.

Best Publications

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

    Emily A. Martin;Matteo Dainese;Yann Clough;András Báldi

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis.

    Matthias Albrecht;David Kleijn;Neal M. Williams;Matthias Tschumi

  • Insect pollination enhances seed yield, quality, and market value in oilseed rape

    Riccardo Bommarco;Lorenzo Marini;Lorenzo Marini;Bernard E. Vaissière

  • Climate drivers of bark beetle outbreak dynamics in Norway spruce forests

    Lorenzo Marini;Bjørn Økland;Anna Maria Jönsson;Barbara Bentz

  • Vascular plant and Orthoptera diversity in relation to grassland management and landscape composition in the European Alps

    Lorenzo Marini;Paolo Fontana;Michele Scotton;Sebastian Klimek

  • Effects of local factors on plant species richness and composition of Alpine meadows

    Lorenzo Marini;Michele Scotton;Sebastian Klimek;Johannes Isselstein

  • Climate affects severity and altitudinal distribution of outbreaks in an eruptive bark beetle

    Lorenzo Marini;Lorenzo Marini;Matthew P. Ayres;Andrea Battisti;Massimo Faccoli

  • Human disturbance and upward expansion of plants in a warming climate

    Matteo Dainese;Matteo Dainese;Sami Aikio;Philip E. Hulme;Alessio Bertolli

  • Conservation tillage mitigates the negative effect of landscape simplification on biological control

    Giovanni Tamburini;Serena De Simone;Maurizia Sigura;Francesco Boscutti

  • Mitigating the impacts of the decline of traditional farming on mountain landscapes and biodiversity: a case study in the European Alps

    Lorenzo Marini;Sebastian Klimek;Andrea Battisti

  • Large-scale patterns of epiphytic lichen species richness: Photobiont-dependent response to climate and forest structure

    Lorenzo Marini;Juri Nascimbene;Pier Luigi Nimis

  • Response of orthopteran diversity to abandonment of semi-natural meadows

    Lorenzo Marini;Paolo Fontana;Andrea Battisti;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Impact of farm size and topography on plant and insect diversity of managed grasslands in the Alps

    Lorenzo Marini;Lorenzo Marini;Paolo Fontana;Sebastian Klimek;Andrea Battisti

  • Influence of tree age, tree size and crown structure on lichen communities in mature Alpine spruce forests

    Juri Nascimbene;Lorenzo Marini;Renzo Motta;Pier Luigi Nimis

  • High cover of hedgerows in the landscape supports multiple ecosystem services in Mediterranean cereal fields

    Matteo Dainese;Matteo Dainese;Silvia Montecchiari;Tommaso Sitzia;Maurizia Sigura

  • Density of insect-pollinated grassland plants decreases with increasing surrounding land-use intensity

    Yann Clough;Johan Ekroos;András Báldi;Péter Batáry

  • Agricultural management, vegetation traits and landscape drive orthopteran and butterfly diversity in a grassland–forest mosaic: a multi‐scale approach

    Lorenzo Marini;Lorenzo Marini;Paolo Fontana;Andrea Battisti;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Population dynamics of the spruce bark beetle: a long-term study

    Lorenzo Marini;Ake Lindelow;Anna Maria Jönsson;Soeren Wulff

  • Mitigating the impacts of the decline of traditional farming on mountain landscapes and biodiversity: a case study in the

    Lorenzo Marini;Sebastian Klimek;Andrea Battisti

Frequent Co-Authors

Juri Nascimbene
Juri Nascimbene University of Bologna
Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Andrea Battisti
Andrea Battisti University of Padua
David Kleijn
David Kleijn Wageningen University & Research
Henrik G. Smith
Henrik G. Smith Lund University
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Ignasi Bartomeus
Ignasi Bartomeus Spanish National Research Council
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg

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