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Roberto Ambrosini

Roberto Ambrosini

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
8513
World Ranking
3352
National Ranking
59

Overview

Roberto Ambrosini is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and is engaged in research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology, and Pollution.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of ecological and environmental themes. These include:

  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Among the recent papers associated with this researcher are:

  • Complete vertebrate mitogenomes reveal widespread repeats and gene duplications, 2021, Genome Biology
  • Dynamics of Ecological Communities Following Current Retreat of Glaciers, 2021, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Topsoil organic matter build-up in glacier forelands around the world, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • A global perspective on microplastic bioaccumulation in marine organisms, 2023, Ecological Indicators
  • Cryoconite - From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Andrea Franzetti
  • Francesca Pittino
  • Alessandra Costanzo
  • Gentile Francesco Ficetola
  • Diego Rubolini

The main publication venues for their work feature journals and platforms focused on environmental and ecological science. Frequent venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Avocetta
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Climate warming, ecological mismatch at arrival and population decline in migratory birds

    Nicola Saino;Roberto Ambrosini;Diego Rubolini;Jost von Hardenberg

  • First evidence of microplastic contamination in the supraglacial debris of an alpine glacier

    Roberto Ambrosini;Roberto Sergio Azzoni;Francesca Pittino;Guglielmina Diolaiuti

  • Ecological conditions during winter affect sexual selection and breeding in a migratory bird.

    Nicola Saino;Tibor Szép;Roberto Ambrosini;Maria Romano

  • Effect of Soil pH on the Growth, Reproductive Investment and Pollen Allergenicity of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

    Rodolfo Gentili;Roberto Ambrosini;Chiara Montagnani;Sarah Caronni

  • Temporal variability and effect of environmental variables on airborne bacterial communities in an urban area of Northern Italy

    Valentina Bertolini;Isabella Gandolfi;Roberto Ambrosini;Giuseppina Bestetti

  • A quantitative measure of migratory connectivity

    Roberto Ambrosini;Anders Pape Møller;Nicola Saino

  • Unravelling the bacterial diversity in the atmosphere

    Isabella Gandolfi;Valentina Bertolini;Roberto Ambrosini;Giuseppina Bestetti

  • Seasonal variability of bacteria in fine and coarse urban air particulate matter

    Andrea Franzetti;Isabella Gandolfi;Eleonora Gaspari;Roberto Ambrosini

  • The distribution and colony size of barn swallows in relation to agricultural land use

    Roberto Ambrosini;Anna Maria Bolzern;Luca Canova;Silvia Arieni

  • Climate change effects on migration phenology may mismatch brood parasitic cuckoos and their hosts

    Nicola Saino;Diego Rubolini;Esa Lehikoinen;Leonid V. Sokolov

  • Complete vertebrate mitogenomes reveal widespread repeats and gene duplications.

    Giulio Formenti;Arang Rhie;Jennifer Balacco;Bettina Haase

  • A VLBI experiment using a remote atomic clock via a coherent fibre link.

    Cecilia Clivati;Roberto Ambrosini;Thomas Artz;Alessandra Bertarini;Alessandra Bertarini

  • Timing of reproduction and egg quality covary with temperature in the insectivorous Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica

    N. Saino;M. Romano;R. Ambrosini;R. P. Ferrari

  • Longevity and lifetime reproductive success of barn swallow offspring are predicted by their hatching date and phenotypic quality.

    Nicola Saino;Maria Romano;Roberto Ambrosini;Diego Rubolini

  • Dynamics of Ecological Communities Following Current Retreat of Glaciers

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Silvio Marta;Alessia Guerrieri;Mauro Gobbi

  • Spatio-temporal variability of airborne bacterial communities and their correlation with particulate matter chemical composition across two urban areas

    I. Gandolfi;V. Bertolini;G. Bestetti;R. Ambrosini

  • Antioxidant Defenses Predict Long-Term Survival in a Passerine Bird

    Nicola Saino;Manuela Caprioli;Maria Romano;Giuseppe Boncoraglio;Giuseppe Boncoraglio

  • Mate fidelity, senescence in breeding performance and reproductive trade-offs in the barn swallow

    Nicola Saino;Roberto Ambrosini;Roberta Martinelli;Anders Pape Møller

  • Microplastic Contamination in Snow from Western Italian Alps.

    Marco Parolini;Diego Antonioli;Franco Borgogno;Maria Cristina Gibellino

  • Climatic connectivity between Africa and Europe may serve as a basis for phenotypic adjustment of migration schedules of trans-Saharan migratory birds

    Nicola Saino;Roberto Ambrosini

  • Immunity, growth and begging behaviour of nestling Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in relation to hatching order

    Nicola Saino;Michele Incagli;Roberta Martinelli;Roberto Ambrosini

  • Clock Gene Variation Is Associated with Breeding Phenology and Maybe under Directional Selection in the Migratory Barn Swallow

    Manuela Caprioli;Roberto Ambrosini;Giuseppe Boncoraglio;Emanuele Gatti

  • Topsoil organic matter build‐up in glacier forelands around the world

    Norine Khedim;Lauric Cécillon;Lauric Cécillon;Jérôme Poulenard;Pierre Barré

  • Patterns of diversity in microscopic animals: are they comparable to those in protists or in larger animals?

    Diego Fontaneto;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Roberto Ambrosini;Claudia Ricci

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Saino
Nicola Saino University of Milan
Diego Rubolini
Diego Rubolini University of Milan
Manuela Caprioli
Manuela Caprioli University of Milan
Andrea Franzetti
Andrea Franzetti University of Milano-Bicocca
Guglielmina Diolaiuti
Guglielmina Diolaiuti University of Milan
Marco Parolini
Marco Parolini University of Milan
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Claudio Smiraglia
Claudio Smiraglia University of Milan
Felix Liechti
Felix Liechti Swiss Ornithological Institute
Gentile Francesco Ficetola
Gentile Francesco Ficetola University of Milan

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