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7921
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Overview

Marino Gatto is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Their research spans several main fields, focusing primarily on Environmental Science and Medicine. Within these broad fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Ecology, Modeling and Simulation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Plant Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The primary topics of their research cover a range of areas related to infectious diseases and environmental impacts. These topics include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Marino Gatto has published research in a variety of venues, with a notable presence in the following:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Frequent collaborators include Lorenzo Mari, Renato Casagrandi, Andrea Rinaldo, and Chiara Vanalli, among others, indicating a strong network of coauthors within epidemiology and environmental modeling communities.

Some of Marino Gatto's recent papers include:

  • "Spread and dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy: Effects of emergency containment measures," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The geography of COVID-19 spread in Italy and implications for the relaxation of confinement measures," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Optimal control of the spatial allocation of COVID-19 vaccines: Italy as a case study," 2022, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Shifts in the thermal niche of fruit trees under climate change: The case of peach cultivation in France," 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "The geography of COVID-19 spread in Italy and implications for the relaxation of confinement measures," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In addition to journal articles, Marino Gatto has contributed to book publications, including the title "River Networks as Ecological Corridors: Species, Populations, Pathogens," published by the University of Padua in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Spread and dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy: Effects of emergency containment measures.

    Marino Gatto;Enrico Bertuzzo;Lorenzo Mari;Stefano Miccoli

  • Modelling cholera epidemics: the role of waterways, human mobility and sanitation

    L. Mari;E. Bertuzzo;L. Righetto;R. Casagrandi

  • Reassessment of the 2010–2011 Haiti cholera outbreak and rainfall-driven multiseason projections

    Andrea Rinaldo;Enrico Bertuzzo;Lorenzo Mari;Lorenzo Righetto

  • Lyapunov exponents and the mathematics of invasion in oscillatory or chaotic populations

    R. Ferriere;M. Gatto

  • The geography of COVID-19 spread in Italy and implications for the relaxation of confinement measures.

    Enrico Bertuzzo;Lorenzo Mari;Damiano Pasetto;Stefano Miccoli

  • Sustainability: is it a well defined concept?

    M. Gatto

  • Assessing the effectiveness of a large marine protected area for reef shark conservation

    Timothy D. White;Aaron B. Carlisle;David A. Kroodsma;Barbara A. Block

  • On the space-time evolution of a cholera epidemic

    E. Bertuzzo;E. Bertuzzo;S. Azaele;A. Maritan;M. Gatto

  • A size and age-structured model of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.)

    G. A. De Leo;M. Gatto

  • Pricing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: The Never-Ending Story

    Marino Gatto;Giulio A. De Leo

  • Metapopulation persistence and species spread in river networks

    Lorenzo Mari;Lorenzo Mari;Renato Casagrandi;Enrico Bertuzzo;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • River networks and ecological corridors: reactive transport on fractals, migration fronts, hydrochory

    E. Bertuzzo;A. Maritan;M. Gatto;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Prediction of the spatial evolution and effects of control measures for the unfolding Haiti cholera outbreak

    E. Bertuzzo;L. Mari;L. Righetto;M. Gatto

  • Estimation of Functional Responses of Predators on Juvenile Salmon

    Randall M. Peterman;Marino Gatto

  • Trends in vital rates of the European eel: Evidence for density dependence?

    G. A. De Leo;M. Gatto

  • River networks as ecological corridors: A coherent ecohydrological perspective.

    Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo;Marino Gatto;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Generalized reproduction numbers and the prediction of patterns in waterborne disease

    Marino Gatto;Lorenzo Mari;Lorenzo Mari;Enrico Bertuzzo;Renato Casagrandi

  • A mesoscale approach to extinction risk in fragmented habitats

    Renato Casagrandi;Marino Gatto

  • Age and growth of Anguilla anguilla in the Camargue lagoons

    P. Melià;D. Bevacqua;A. J. Crivelli;G. A. De Leo

  • Chaotic Population Dynamics can Result from Natural Selection

    R. Ferriere;M. Gatto

  • VVF: integrating modelling and GIS in a software tool for habitat suitability assessment

    G.Ranci Ortigosa;G.A De Leo;M Gatto

  • The ecology of natural disturbance and patch dynamics: S.T.A. Pickett and P.S. White (Editors). Academic Press, London/Orlando, FL, U.S.A., 1985. 472 pp. ISBN 0-12-554520-7

    Marino Gatto

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Enrico Bertuzzo
Enrico Bertuzzo Ca Foscari University of Venice
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University
Giulio A. De Leo
Giulio A. De Leo Stanford University
Sergio Rinaldi
Sergio Rinaldi Polytechnic University of Milan
Jukka Jokela
Jukka Jokela Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Paolo Guidetti
Paolo Guidetti Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Pierluigi Viaroli
Pierluigi Viaroli University of Parma
Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Gianluca Botter
Gianluca Botter University of Padua

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