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Stefano Mazzoleni is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and has contributed extensively to research within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their work spans numerous subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics focus on areas such as Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Lichen and Fungal Ecology.

Recent scholarly articles authored or co-authored by Stefano Mazzoleni include:

  • Arabidopsis thaliana Response to Extracellular DNA: Self Versus Nonself Exposure, 2021, Plants
  • The Role of DNA in the Extracellular Environment: A Focus on NETs, RETs and Biofilms, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Microbiota modulation of allelopathy depends on litter chemistry: Mitigation or exacerbation?, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Riding the wave: Response of bacterial and fungal microbiota associated with the spread of the fairy ring fungus Calocybe gambosa, 2021, Applied Soil Ecology
  • A Sight on Single-Cell Transcriptomics in Plants Through the Prism of Cell-Based Computational Modeling Approaches: Benefits and Challenges for Data Analysis, 2021, Frontiers in Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their publications include Fabrizio Cartenì, Francesco Giannino, Giuliano Bonanomi, Maurizio Zotti, and Elisabetta de Alteriis.

Mazzoleni's work has been published in a range of scientific venues, with multiple contributions to Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers in Microbiology, and the SSRN Electronic Journal, alongside publications in Plants and The Science of The Total Environment.

Best Publications

  • Phytotoxicity dynamics of decaying plant materials

    Giuliano Bonanomi;Maria Grazia Sicurezza;Silvia Caporaso;Assunta Esposito

  • Roost selection by barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus, Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in beech woodlands of central Italy: consequences for conservation

    Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo;Luca Cistrone;Gareth Jones;Stefano Mazzoleni

  • Linking organic matter chemistry with soil aggregate stability: Insight from 13C NMR spectroscopy

    Tushar C. Sarker;Guido Incerti;Riccardo Spaccini;Alessandro Piccolo

  • Litter quality assessed by solid state 13C NMR spectroscopy predicts decay rate better than C/N and Lignin/N ratios

    Giuliano Bonanomi;Guido Incerti;Francesco Giannino;Antonio Mingo

  • Fire regime: history and definition of a key concept in disturbance ecology

    Patrik Krebs;Gianni Boris Pezzatti;Stefano Mazzoleni;Lee M. Talbot

  • Inhibitory and toxic effects of extracellular self-DNA in litter : A mechanism for negative plant-soil feedbacks?

    Stefano Mazzoleni;Giuliano Bonanomi;Guido Incerti;Maria Luisa Chiusano

  • Negative plant-soil feedback and species coexistence

    Giuliano Bonanomi;Francesco Giannino;Stefano Mazzoleni

  • Ethnobotanical and phytomedicinal knowledge in a long-history protected area, the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park (Italian Apennines).

    Marisa Idolo;Riccardo Motti;Stefano Mazzoleni

  • Phytotoxicity, not nitrogen immobilization, explains plant litter inhibitory effects: evidence from solid‐state 13C NMR spectroscopy

    Giuliano Bonanomi;Guido Incerti;Elisa Barile;Manuela Capodilupo

  • Decomposition and nutrient dynamics in mixed litter of Mediterranean species.

    Giuliano Bonanomi;Guido Incerti;Vincenzo Antignani;Manuela Capodilupo

  • Theoretical considerations on the combined use of System Dynamics and individual-based modeling in ecology

    Christian Ernest Vincenot;Francesco Giannino;Max Rietkerk;Kazuyuki Moriya

  • Self-organized criticality of wildfires ecologically revisited

    Carlo Ricotta;Margarita Arianoutsou;Ricardo Dı́az-Delgado;Beatriz Duguy

  • Inhibitory effects of extracellular self‐DNA: a general biological process?

    Stefano Mazzoleni;Fabrizio Cartenì;Giuliano Bonanomi;Mauro Senatore

  • The Physiological Mechanisms Behind the Earlywood-To-Latewood Transition: A Process-Based Modeling Approach

    F. Cartenì;A. Deslauriers;S. Rossi;S. Rossi;H. Morin

  • Recent Dynamics of the Mediterranean Vegetation and Landscape: Mazzoleni/Recent Dynamics of the Mediterranean Vegetation and Landscape

    Stefano Mazzoleni;Gaetano Di Pasquale;Mark Mulligan;Paolo Di Martino

  • Post-fire bryophyte dynamics in Mediterranean vegetation

    A. Esposito;S. Mazzoleni;S. Strumia

  • Negative plant soil feedback explaining ring formation in clonal plants.

    Fabrizio Cartenì;Addolorata Marasco;Giuliano Bonanomi;Stefano Mazzoleni

  • Assessing occurrence, specificity, and mechanisms of plant facilitation in terrestrial ecosystems

    Giuliano Bonanomi;Guido Incerti;Stefano Mazzoleni

  • Solid Waste and Water Quality Management Models for Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal

    Emanuela Chiara Manfredi;Bastian Flury;Gaetano Viviano;Sudeep Thakuri

  • Islands of fertility induce co-occurring negative and positive plant-soil feedbacks promoting coexistence

    Giuliano Bonanomi;Max Rietkerk;Stefan C. Dekker;Stefano Mazzoleni

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuliano Bonanomi
Giuliano Bonanomi University of Naples Federico II
Carlo Ricotta
Carlo Ricotta Sapienza University of Rome
Max Rietkerk
Max Rietkerk Utrecht University
Francisco Rego
Francisco Rego University of Lisbon
Felice Scala
Felice Scala University of Naples Federico II
Carlo Blasi
Carlo Blasi Sapienza University of Rome
Danilo Russo
Danilo Russo University of Naples Federico II
Marco Conedera
Marco Conedera Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Sandrine Godefroid
Sandrine Godefroid Université Libre de Bruxelles
Alessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo University of Naples Federico II

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