List of works by Gentile Francesco Ficetola

6-kyr record of flood frequency and intensity in the western Mediterranean Alps – Interplay of solar and temperature forcing

scholarly article

A New Disease Caused by an Unidentified Etiological Agent Affects European Salamanders

scientific article published on 10 March 2022

A framework for prioritising present and potentially invasive mammal species for a national list

scientific article

A high-quality reference genome for the critically endangered Aeolian wall lizard, <i>Podarcis raffonei</i>

A multi-scale approach to facultative paedomorphosis of European newts (Salamandridae) in the Montenegrin karst: Distribution pattern, environmental variables, and conservation

Abundance, distribution and spread of the invasive Asian toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus in eastern Madagascar

scientific article published on 02 March 2019

Activity of stygobionts in spring habitats: behavioral, ecological and evolutionary insights

scientific article published on 14 July 2022

Alien reptiles on Mediterranean Islands: A model for invasion biogeography ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

All that changes is not shift: methodological choices influence niche shift detection in freshwater invasive species

scientific article published in 2022

Amphibians breeding in refuge habitats have larvae with stronger antipredator responses

article

Amphibians in a human-dominated landscape: the community structure is related to habitat features and isolation

scientific article from 2004

Amplified fragment length homoplasy: in silico analysis for model and non-model species

scientific article

An evaluation of the robustness of global amphibian range maps

An in silico approach for the evaluation of DNA barcodes

scientific article

Ancient DNA, lipid biomarkers and palaeoecological evidence reveals construction and life on early medieval lake settlements

scientific article published in 2021

Ancient plant DNA in lake sediments.

scientific article

Assessing the consequences of biological invasions on species with complex life cycles: Impact of the alien crayfish Procambarus clarkii on Odonata

article

Assessing the value of secondary forest for amphibians: Eleutherodactylus frogs in a gradient of forest alteration

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians from the Po River Delta, Northern Italy ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 December 2011

Batracobdella leeches, environmental features and Hydromantes salamanders.

scientific article published on 9 January 2018

Bergmann’s rule in amphibians: combining demographic and ecological parameters to explain body size variation among populations in the common toadBufo bufo

scientific article published in 2009

Biogeographical structure and endemism pattern in reptiles of the Western Palearctic

scholarly article by Gentile Francesco Ficetola et al published April 2018 in Progress in Physical Geography

Biphasic predators provide biomass subsidies in small freshwater habitats: A case study of spring and cave pools

Buying environmental problems: The invasive potential of imported freshwater turtles in Argentina

article

Can patterns of spatial autocorrelation reveal population processes? An analysis with the fire salamander

article

Causes and consequences of crayfish extinction: Stream connectivity, habitat changes, alien species and ecosystem services

scholarly article by Raoul Manenti et al published 2 December 2018 in Freshwater Biology

Cave exploitation by an usual epigean species: a review on the current knowledge on fire salamander breeding in cave

Cave features, seasonality and subterranean distribution of non-obligate cave dwellers.

scientific article

Cave morphology, microclimate and abundance of five cave predators from the Monte Albo (Sardinia, Italy)

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

ClimCKmap, a spatially, temporally and climatically explicit distribution database for the Italian fauna

scientific article published on 08 October 2019

Climate affects global patterns of COVID-19 early outbreak dynamics

scientific article (preprint)

Climate and land-use changes drive biodiversity turnover in arthropod assemblages over 150 years

scientific article published on 15 July 2021

Combining genetic and ecological data to assess the conservation status of the endangered Ethiopian walia ibex

article by B. Gebremedhin et al published April 2009 in Animal Conservation

Comparative reproductive biology of European cave salamanders (genus Hydromantes): nesting selection and multiple annual breeding ⬇️

scholarly article in Salamandra, vol. 54 no. 2, 2018

Comparison of markers for the monitoring of freshwater benthic biodiversity through DNA metabarcoding

scientific article published on 13 September 2020

Complex impact of an invasive crayfish on freshwater food webs

Conditionally autoregressive models improve occupancy analyses of autocorrelated data: An example with environmental DNA

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Connecting high‐throughput biodiversity inventories: Opportunities for a site‐based genomic framework for global integration and synthesis

scientific article published on 15 January 2021

Conserving adaptive genetic diversity in dynamic landscapes.

scientific article published in April 2011

Conserving the functional and phylogenetic trees of life of European tetrapods

scientific article

Consider species specialism when publishing datasets

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Containment measures limit environmental effects on COVID-19 early outbreak dynamics

scientific article published on 16 December 2020

Continental-scale determinants of population trends in European amphibians and reptiles

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

Contrasting effects of temperature and precipitation change on amphibian phenology, abundance and performance

scientific article

Corrigendum to “6-kyr record of flood frequency and intensity in the western Mediterranean Alps - Interplay of solar and temperature forcing” [Quaternary Science Reviews 170 (2017) 121–135]

scientific article published in April 2018

Cost-effective spatial sampling designs for field surveys of species distribution

scientific article published in 2019

Cryophilic Tardigrada have disjunct and bipolar distribution and establish long-term stable, low-density demes

Cumulative effects of road de-icing salt on amphibian behavior

scientific article published on 15 May 2010

DNA from lake sediments reveals long-term ecosystem changes after a biological invasion. ⬇️

scientific article

DNA metabarcoding—Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Deciphering the drivers of negative species-genetic diversity correlation in Alpine amphibians

article

Decline and Extinction of the Italian Agile Frog Rana latastei from Core Areas of Its Range

Deforestation and the structure of frog communities in the Humedale Terraba-Sierpe, Costa Rica

scientific article

Desoria calderonis sp. nov., a new species of alpine cryophilic springtail (Collembola: Isotomidae) from the Apennines (Italy), with phylogenetic and ecological considerations

scientific article

Diet shifts by adult flightless dung beetles Circellium bacchus, revealed using DNA metabarcoding, reflect complex life histories

scientific article published on 30 June 2018

Differences between microhabitat and broad-scale patterns of niche evolution in terrestrial salamanders

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Distribution pattern of the Snake-eyed Lizard,Ophisops elegansMénétriés, 1832 (Squamata: Lacertidae), in Iran

scientific article published in 2014

Do cave features affect underground habitat exploitation by non-troglobite species?

article

Do cave salamanders occur randomly in cavities? An analysis with Hydromantes strinatii

article

Does spatial sorting occur in the invasive Asian toad in Madagascar? Insights into the invasion unveiled by morphological analyses

scientific article published on 26 August 2021

Dynamics of Ecological Communities Following Current Retreat of Glaciers

scientific article published on 31 August 2021

Early assessment of the impact of alien species: differential consequences of an invasive crayfish on adult and larval amphibians

article

Ecogeographic variation of body size in the spectacled salamanders (Salamandrina): influence of genetic structure and local factors

article

Ecogeographical variation of body size in the newtTriturus carnifex: comparing the hypotheses using an information-theoretic approach

scientific article published in 2010

Ecological Observations on Hybrid Populations of European Plethodontid Salamanders, Genus Speleomantes

scientific article published in 2021

Ecological thresholds in herb communities for the management of suburban fragmented forests

scientific article published in 2010

Ecological thresholds: an assessment of methods to identify abrupt changes in speciesâ habitat relationships

article published in 2009

Effects of soil preservation for biodiversity monitoring using environmental DNA

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Elevational gradient and human effects on butterfly species richness in the French Alps.

scientific article

Environmental DNA and metabarcoding for the study of amphibians and reptiles: species distribution, the microbiome, and much more

scientific article published in 2019

Environmental DNA of insects and springtails from caves reveals complex processes of eDNA transfer in soils

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

Environmental DNA provides information on sediment sources: A study in catchments affected by Fukushima radioactive fallout

scientific article published on 13 February 2019

Environmental factors determining growth of salamander larvae: A field study

scientific article published in 2015

Environmental suitability and potential range expansion of the Eurasian beaver in Italy

Environmental suitability models predict population density, performance and body condition for microendemic salamanders.

scientific article published on 14 May 2018

Erratum to “Variation in genotoxic stress tolerance among frog populations exposed to UV and pollutant gradients” [Aquat. Toxicol. 95 (2009) 152–161]

scholarly article published in Aquatic Toxicology

Erratum to: Molecular evolution of antigen processing genes in salamanders: do they coevolve with MHC class I genes?

scientific article published in April 2021

Estimating patterns of reptile biodiversity in remote regions

article

Evaluation of Soil Biodiversity in Alpine Habitats through eDNA Metabarcoding and Relationships with Environmental Features

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

Even worms matter: cave habitat restoration for a planarian species increased environmental suitability but not abundance

Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in the Number of Tail Vertebrae in Salamanders: Comparing Multiple Hypotheses

Explaining declines of newt abundance in northern Italy

scientific article published in 2022

Field-recorded data on the diet of six species of European Hydromantes cave salamanders.

scientific article

Fine-scale phylogeography of Rana temporaria (Anura: Ranidae) in a putative secondary contact zone in the southern Alps

Flagship umbrella species needed for the conservation of overlooked aquatic biodiversity.

scientific article

Foraging plasticity favours adaptation to new habitats in fire salamanders

article by Raoul Manenti et al published August 2013 in Animal Behaviour

Four years monitoring of the endangered European plethodontid salamanders

scientific article published on 27 June 2024

Frequency of Occurrence and Ingested Biomass of Different Prey of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in an Island Ecosystem

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

From introduction to the establishment of alien species: bioclimatic differences between presence and reproduction localities in the slider turtle

article

From the Andes to the Apennines: Rise and Fall of a Free-Ranging Population of Feral Llamas

scientific article published on 18 March 2021

Frontiers in identifying conservation units: from neutral markers to adaptive genetic variation

Genetic and ecological data reveal species boundaries between viviparous and oviparous lizard lineages

scientific article

Genetic depletion does not prevent rapid evolution in island‐introduced lizards

scientific article published in 2023

Genetic diversity, but not hatching success, is jointly affected by postglacial colonization and isolation in the threatened frog, Rana latastei

scientific article published on May 2007

Global bioregions of reptiles confirm the consistency of bioregionalization processes across vertebrate clades

scientific article published in 2023

Global conservation of species' niches

scientific article published on 25 March 2020

Global determinants of zoogeographical boundaries

scientific article published in 2017

Global drivers of population density in terrestrial vertebrates

scientific article published in 2018

Global patterns of β-diversity along the phylogenetic time-scale: The role of climate and plate tectonics

scholarly article by Florent Mazel et al published 18 September 2017 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Global response of conservationists across mass media likely constrained bat persecution due to COVID-19

scientific article published on 13 May 2022

Habitat availability for amphibians and extinction threat: a global analysis

article

Habitat conservation research for amphibians: methodological improvements and thematic shifts

Habitat features and distribution of Salamandra salamandra in underground springs ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 December 2009

Heterochrony in a complex world: disentangling environmental processes of facultative paedomorphosis in an amphibian

scientific article published on 6 January 2014

High habitat invasibility unveils the invasiveness potential of water frogs

scientific article published in 2022

How many predictors in species distribution models at the landscape scale? Land use versus LiDAR-derived canopy height

article

How the South was won: current and potential range expansion of the crested porcupine in Southern Italy

scientific article published in 2020

How to limit false positives in environmental DNA and metabarcoding?

scientific article published in May 2016

Human activities alter biogeographical patterns of reptiles on Mediterranean islands

scholarly article by Gentile Francesco Ficetola & Emilio Padoa-Schioppa published March 2009 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Impacts of Human Activities and Predators on the Nest Success of the Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, in the Arabian Gulf

Importance of landscape features and Earth observation derived habitat maps for modelling amphibian distribution in the Alta Murgia National Park

Influence of Landscape Elements in Riparian Buffers on the Conservation of Semiaquatic Amphibians

scientific article published on 20 October 2008

Inter-specific and inter-population variation in individual diet specialization: do environmental factors have a role?

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Interspecific Social Interactions and Breeding Success of the Frog Rana latastei: A Field Study

Invasive Species and Amphibian Conservation

scientific article

Invasive crayfish does not influence spawning microhabitat selection of brown frogs ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

Is interest toward the environment really declining? The complexity of analysing trends using internet search data

Is the European "pond" turtle Emys orbicularis strictly aquatic and carnivorous?

Knowing the past to predict the future: land-use change and the distribution of invasive bullfrogs

article by Gentile Francesco Ficetola et al published February 2010 in Global Change Biology

Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations

scientific article published on 14 February 2021

Landscape of fear in freshwater ecotones: How predation risk and light conditions affect mesopredator activity and foraging in springs

scientific article published in 2023

Landscape-stream interactions and habitat conservation for amphibians.

scientific article published in June 2011

Large‐scale DNA‐based survey of frogs in Amazonia suggests a vast underestimation of species richness and endemism

Larval development and poor trophic resource availability: Local adaptations and plasticity in a widespread amphibian species

Length - Mass allometries in Amphibians

scientific article published on 11 May 2017

Lockdown policy effects on invasive species: a perspective

scientific article published in 2021

Long-term drivers of persistence and colonization dynamics in spatially structured amphibian populations

scientific article published on 23 December 2020

Massive invasion of exotic Barbus barbus and introgressive hybridization with endemic Barbus plebejus in Northern Italy: where, how and why?

scientific article

Metabarcoding data reveal vertical multitaxa variation in topsoil communities during the colonization of deglaciated forelands

scientific article published in 2022

Microhabitat analyses support relationships between niche breadth and range size when spatial autocorrelation is strong

scientific article published in 2020

Modelling the potential distribution of the Bridled Skink,Trachylepis vittata(Olivier, 1804), in the Middle East

scientific article published in 2014

Modelling the potential spread of the Red-billed Leiothrix <i>Leiothrix lutea</i> in Italy

scientific article published in 2019

Molecular Evolution of Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders: Do They Coevolve with MHC Class I Genes?

scientific article published on 3 February 2021

Morphological Differences between Larvae of the Ciona intestinalis Species Complex: Hints for a Valid Taxonomic Definition of Distinct Species

scientific article

Morphological variation in salamanders and their potential response to climate change

scientific article

Morphological vs. DNA metabarcoding approaches for the evaluation of stream ecological status with benthic invertebrates: testing different combinations of markers and strategies of data filtering

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

Multi‐taxa colonisation along the foreland of a vanishing equatorial glacier

scientific article published on 07 May 2021

N-mixture models reliably estimate the abundance of small vertebrates.

scientific article published on 9 July 2018

NA2RE is reliable but aims for improvement: an answer to Vamberger and Fritz (2018)

Nesting of cave salamanders (Hydromantes flavus and H. italicus) in natural environments ⬇️

scholarly article in Salamandra, vol. 50 no. 2, 2014

Network‐scale effects of invasive species on spatially‐structured amphibian populations

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

New insights on lake sediment DNA from the catchment: importance of taphonomic and analytical issues on the record quality

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

Numerical methods for sedimentary‐ancient‐DNA‐based study on past biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

scientific article published in 2020

Odonata Occurrence in Caves: Active or Accidentals? A new Case Study

Offspring size and survival in the frog Rana latastei: from among-population to within-clutch variation

On the stability of the dorsal pattern of European cave salamanders (genus Hydromantes)

scientific article

Pattern of distribution of the American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana in Europe

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

scientific article published in 2006

Photographic database of the European cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Polygyny, census and effective population size in the threatened frog, Rana latastei

Population genetics reveals origin and number of founders in a biological invasion

scientific article published on 8 January 2008

Potential range of the invasive fish rotan (Perccottus glenii) in the Holarctic

scholarly article by Andrey Reshetnikov & Gentile Francesco Ficetola published 19 March 2011 in Biological Invasions

Predicting wild boar damages to croplands in a mosaic of agricultural and natural areas

scientific article published in 2014

Prediction and validation of the potential global distribution of a problematic alien invasive species - the American bullfrog

article

Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 19 July 2023

Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana

scientific article published on 28 April 2013

Raised by aliens: constant exposure to an invasive predator triggers morphological but not behavioural plasticity in a threatened species tadpoles

scientific article published on 06 August 2021

Rapid adaptation to invasive predators overwhelms natural gradients of intraspecific variation ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

Rapid selection against inbreeding in a wild population of a rare frog

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Reconstructing long-term human impacts on plant communities: an ecological approach based on lake sediment DNA.

scientific article

Reconstructing the complex colonisation histories of lizards across Mediterranean archipelagos

scientific article published in 2023

Rensch's rule and sexual dimorphism in salamanders: patterns and potential processes

Replication levels, false presences and the estimation of the presence/absence from eDNA metabarcoding data

scientific article

Reproductive isolation between oviparous and viviparous lineages of the Eurasian common lizardZootoca viviparain a contact zone

ReptIslands: Mediterranean islands and the distribution of their reptile fauna

scientific article published in 2022

Risk of invasion by frequently traded freshwater turtles

article

Role of density and resource competition in determining aggressive behaviour in salamanders

article

Safe as a cave? Intraspecific aggressiveness rises in predator-devoid and resource-depleted environments

scientific article published in 2019

Salamanders breeding in subterranean habitats: local adaptations or behavioural plasticity?

article by Raoul Manenti & G. F. Ficetola published 31 January 2013 in Journal of Zoology: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Sampling bias inverts ecogeographical relationships in island reptiles

article

Seasonal variation in microhabitat of salamanders: environmental variation or shift of habitat selection?

scientific article published on 13 August 2015

Similar local and landscape processes affect both a common and a rare newt species

scientific article

Similar species, different fates: Abundance dynamics in spatially structured populations of common and threatened frogs

scientific article published in 2022

Spatial analyses of multi‐trophic terrestrial vertebrate assemblages in Europe

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Spatial autocorrelation and the analysis of invasion processes from distribution data: a study with the crayfish Procambarus clarkii

article

Spatial ecology of crested porcupine in a metropolitan landscape

scientific article published in 2022

Spatial segregation among age classes in cave salamanders: habitat selection or social interactions?

article

Species detection using environmental DNA from water samples

scientific article

Species distribution models as a tool to estimate reproductive parameters: a case study with a passerine bird species

scientific article

Starting size and tadpole performance in the frog Rana latastei

article

Status of the largest extant population of the critically endangered Aeolian lizard Podarcis raffonei (Capo Grosso, Vulcano island)

scientific article published on 23 June 2021

Subspecies inflation hampers conservation efforts: a case study on wall lizards

Supplementation or in situ conservation? Evidence of local adaptation in the Italian agile frog Rana latastei and consequences for the management of populations

article

Switching from mesopredator to apex predator: how do responses vary in amphibians adapted to cave living?

scientific article published in 2020

Synergies and trade-offs in achieving global biodiversity targets

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

TETRA‐EU 1.0: A species‐level trophic metaweb of European tetrapods ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 June 2020

Taking the lead on climate change: modelling and monitoring the fate of an Amazonian frog

scholarly article by Elodie A. Courtois et al published 1 June 2015 in Oryx

Teratogenic potential of nanoencapsulated vitamin A evaluated on an alternative model organism, the tunicate Ciona intestinalis

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

Testing Experimental Results in the Field: Reply to Hettyey and Pearman

TetraDENSITY: A database of population density estimates in terrestrial vertebrates

article

The Ascidian Embryo Teratogenicity assay in Ciona intestinalis as a new teratological screening to test the mixture effect of the co-exposure to ethanol and fluconazole

scientific article published on 2 December 2017

The Geography of Ecological Niche Evolution in Mammals

scientific article

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts ⬇️

scientific article

The Racovitzan impediment and the hidden biodiversity of unexplored environments

article published in 2018

The Retreat of Mountain Glaciers since the Little Ice Age: A Spatially Explicit Database

scientific article published in 2021

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

scientific article

The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat

scientific article published on 31 July 2024

The distribution of cave twilight-zone spiders depends on microclimatic features and trophic supply

The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

scientific article published in March 2022

The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

The importance of aquatic and terrestrial habitat for the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis): implications for conservation planning and management

scientific article published in 2004

The influence of beach features on nesting of the hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata in the Arabian Gulf

The post hoc measurement as a safe and reliable method to age and size plethodontid salamanders

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

The roles of landscape of fear and light in allowing the exploitation of spring habitats by subterranean amphipods: an experimental and field approach

scientific article published on 14 July 2022

Thermal equilibrium and temperature differences among body regions in European plethodontid salamanders

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Thirty years of invasion: the distribution of the invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii in Italy

scientific article published in 2019

Threatened by Legislative Conservationism? The Case of the Critically Endangered Aeolian Lizard

scientific article published in 2017

Toad invasion of Malagasy forests triggers severe mortality of a predatory snake

scientific article published on 20 January 2022

Topsoil organic matter build-up in glacier forelands around the world

scientific article published on 20 December 2020

Toward a common set of functional traits for soil protists

Toward quantification of the impact of 21st-century deforestation on the extinction risk of terrestrial vertebrates.

scientific article

Towards exhaustive community ecology via <scp>DNA</scp> metabarcoding

scientific article published in 2023

Trade-off between larval development rate and Post-metamorphic Traits in the Frog Rana latastei

article

Transgressive niche across a salamander hybrid zone revealed by microhabitat analyses

scientific article published in 2019

Transient social–ecological dynamics reveal signals of decoupling in a highly disturbed Anthropocene landscape

Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe

scholarly article by Neftalí Sillero et al published 1 January 2014 in Amphibia-Reptilia

Usefulness of volunteer data to measure the large scale decline of “common” toad populations

Using ecological niche modelling to infer past, present and future environmental suitability for Leiopelma hochstetteri , an endangered New Zealand native frog

article

Using kernels and ecological niche modeling to delineate conservation areas in an endangered patch-breeding phenotype.

scientific article published in October 2015

Using sets of behavioral biomarkers to assess short-term effects of pesticide: a study case with endosulfan on frog tadpoles.

scientific article published in March 2012

Vanishing permanent glaciers: climate change is threatening a European Union habitat (Code 8340) and its poorly known biodiversity

scientific article published in 2021

Variation in genotoxic stress tolerance among frog populations exposed to UV and pollutant gradients

scientific article published on 17 September 2009

Vertebrates respond differently to human disturbance: implications for the use of a focal species approach

article

Visual recognition and coevolutionary history drive responses of amphibians to an invasive predator

scientific article published in 2021

Water, stream morphology and landscape: complex habitat determinants for the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra

Weak effects of habitat type on susceptibility to invasive freshwater species: an Italian case study

article

What shapes the trophic niche of European plethodontid salamanders?

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Which processes are behind the relationship between species abundance and environmental suitability? Monte Albo cave salamander as model species

article

Invasive predators induce plastic and adaptive responses during embryo development in a threatened frog

scientific article

Maps of area of habitat for Italian amphibians and reptiles

scientific article published on 15 July 2022

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