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Maurizio G. Paoletti

Maurizio G. Paoletti

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Ecology and Evolution

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46
Citations
10990
World Ranking
4574
National Ranking
84

Overview

Maurizio G. Paoletti is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on insect science and ecology as well as related interdisciplinary areas.

Their work involves a variety of topics, including:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Paoletti has contributed to several research publications across diverse venues. Notable papers include:

  • "An increase in food production in Europe could dramatically affect farmland biodiversity" (2021), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Unpredicted ecological and ecosystem services of biodiversity. Spontaneous vegetation, hedgerows, and maple trees as useful landscape components to increase predatory mite population in agroecosystems" (2020), published in Applied Soil Ecology
  • "New species and records of the family Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938 from Venezuela (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)" (2021), published in Tropical Zoology
  • "Indicateurs de biodiversité dans les exploitations agricoles biologiques et conventionnelles des Vallées et Coteaux de Gascogne, cas d'étude français du projet européen BIOBIOInnovations agronomiques 32, 333-349" (2023), published by Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications
  • "Preliminary archaeometric analysis on a marble bas-relief of unknown origin" (2023), published in ACTA IMEKO

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Philippe Jeanneret
  • Philippe Pointereau
  • Debra Bailey
  • Katalin Balázs
  • Jean-Philippe Choisis

Paoletti's research is presented in specialized venues such as Communications Earth & Environment, Applied Soil Ecology, Tropical Zoology, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications, and ACTA IMEKO, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to topics in environmental and agricultural sciences.

Best Publications

  • Environmental Impact of Different Agricultural Management Practices: Conventional vs. Organic Agriculture

    Tiziano Gomiero;David Pimentel;Maurizio G. Paoletti

  • Current views on fungal chitin/chitosan, human chitinases, food preservation, glucans, pectins and inulin: A tribute to Henri Braconnot, precursor of the carbohydrate polymers science, on the chitin bicentennial

    Riccardo A.A. Muzzarelli;Joseph Boudrant;Diederick Meyer;Nicola Manno

  • Edible Insects in a Food Safety and Nutritional Perspective: A Critical Review

    Simone Belluco;Carmen Losasso;Michela Maggioletti;Cristiana C. Alonzi

  • The role of earthworms for assessment of sustainability and as bioindicators

    Maurizio G. Paoletti

  • Using bioindicators based on biodiversity to assess landscape sustainability

    Maurizio G. Paoletti

  • Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea): their potential for assessing sustainability and use as bioindicators

    Maurizio G. Paoletti;Mark Hassall

  • Edible and Tended Wild Plants, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Agroecology

    Nancy J. Turner;Łukasz Jakub Łuczaj;Paola Migliorini;Andrea Pieroni

  • Energy and Environmental Issues in Organic and Conventional Agriculture

    T Gomiero;Maurizio Paoletti;D. Pimentel

  • Is There a Need for a More Sustainable Agriculture

    Tiziano Gomiero;David Pimentel;Maurizio G. Paoletti

  • Earthworms as useful bioindicators of agroecosystem sustainability in orchards and vineyards with different inputs

    M.G Paoletti;D Sommaggio;M.R Favretto;G Petruzzelli

  • Insects in the human diet: nutritional aspects.

    S. G. F. Bukkens;M. G. Paoletti

  • Soil Invertebrates as Bioindicators of Human Disturbance

    M. G. Paoletti;M. Bressan

  • Invertebrates as bioindicators of soil use

    Maurizio G. Paoletti;Maria R. Favretto;Benjamin R. Stinner;F.F. Purrington

  • Soil algae composition under different agro-ecosystems in North-Eastern Italy

    Santina Zancan;Renata Trevisan;Maurizio G. Paoletti

  • House cricket small-scale farming.

    A. Collavo;R. H. Glew;Y. S. Huang;L. T. Chuang

  • Environmental Risks of Pesticides Versus Genetic Engineering for Agricultural Pest Control

    Maurizio G. Paoletti;David Pimentel

  • Gains to species diversity in organically farmed fields are not propagated at the farm level

    Manuel K. Schneider;Gisela Lüscher;Philippe Jeanneret;Michaela Arndorfer

  • Diversity of soil fauna in the canopy and forest floor of a Venezuelan cloud forest

    Maurizio G. Paoletti;R. A. J. Taylor;Benjamin R. Stinner;Deborah H. Stinner

  • Biofuels: efficiency, ethics, and limits to human appropriation of ecosystem services.

    Tiziano Gomiero;Maurizio G. Paoletti;David Pimentel

  • Agroecosystem biodiversity: matching production and conservation biology

    M.G. Paoletti;D. Pimentel;B.R. Stinner;D. Stinner

Frequent Co-Authors

Felix Herzog
Felix Herzog Agroscope
Gerardo Moreno
Gerardo Moreno University of Extremadura
Rob H. G. Jongman
Rob H. G. Jongman Wageningen University & Research
Ilse R. Geijzendorffer
Ilse R. Geijzendorffer Louis Bolk Instituut
David Pimentel
David Pimentel Cornell University
Andrea Squartini
Andrea Squartini University of Padua
András Báldi
András Báldi Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Andy Hector
Andy Hector University of Oxford

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