List of works by Andrea Battisti

A review of pest surveillance techniques for detecting quarantine pests in Europe

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A spatio-temporal dataset of plant pests’ first introductions across the EU and potential entry pathways

scientific article published in 2023

A suite of models to support the quantitative assessment of spread in pest risk analysis

scientific article

Alien and native plant life-forms respond differently to human and climate pressures

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Bark and Ambrosia Beetles Show Different Invasion Patterns in the USA

scientific article

Birds as predators of the pine processionary moth (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

scholarly article by Luc Barbaro & Andrea Battisti published February 2011 in Biological Control

Chemical control of Popillia japonica adults on high-value crops and landscape plants of northern Italy

scientific article published in December 2021

Citizen science at school increases awareness of biological invasions and contributes to the detection of exotic ambrosia beetles

scientific article published in 2023

Climate Warming and Past and Present Distribution of the Processionary Moths (Thaumetopoea spp.) in Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa

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Climate affects severity and altitudinal distribution of outbreaks in an eruptive bark beetle

Commodity risk assessment of <i>Ficus carica</i> plants from Israel

scientific article published on 21 January 2021

Commodity risk assessment of <i>Juglans regia</i> plants from Turkey

scientific article published on 23 June 2021

Commodity risk assessment of Juglans regia plants from Moldova

scientific article from 2021

Commodity risk assessment of black pine (Pinus thunbergii Parl.) bonsai from Japan

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Commodity risk assessment of bonsai plants from China consisting of <i>Pinus parviflora</i> grafted on <i>Pinus thunbergii</i>

scientific article published on 08 February 2022

Commodity risk assessment of oak logs with bark from the US for the oak wilt pathogen <i>Bretziella fagacearum</i> under an integrated systems approach

scientific article published on 22 December 2020

Complex Insect-Pathogen Interactions in Tree Pandemics

scientific article published on 08 May 2019

Construction of a Pseudomonas sp. derivative carrying the cry9Aa gene from Bacillus thuringiensis and a proposal for new standard criteria to assess entomocidal properties of bacteria.

scientific article published on 26 February 2005

Contrasting Patterns of Host Adaptation in Two Egg Parasitoids of the Pine Processionary Moth (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae).

scientific article published on May 2015

Defoliators in Native Insect Systems of the Mediterranean Basin

scholarly article published 2016

Disentangling effects of habitat diversity and area on orthopteran species with contrasting mobility

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Distribution of Norway spruce bark and wood-boring beetles along Alpine elevational gradients

Drought effects on damage by forest insects and pathogens: a meta-analysis

article by Hervé Jactel et al published 6 September 2011 in Global Change Biology

EXPANSION OF GEOGRAPHIC RANGE IN THE PINE PROCESSIONARY MOTH CAUSED BY INCREASED WINTER TEMPERATURES

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Ecological Responses of Parasitoids, Predators and Associated Insect Communities to the Climate-Driven Expansion of the Pine Processionary Moth

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Ecological costs on local adaptation of an insect herbivore imposed by host plants and enemies.

scientific article published on May 2008

Economic assessment of managing processionary moth in pine forests: a case-study in Portugal

scientific article published on 11 March 2008

Effects of climate and density-dependent factors on population dynamics of the pine processionary moth in the Southern Alps

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Effects of conventional and transgenicBacillus thuringiensisgalleriaetoxin onExorista larvarum(Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of forest defoliating Lepidoptera

article by Elisa Marchetti et al published May 2009 in Biocontrol Science and Technology

Evidence of potential hybridization in the Thaumetopoea pityocampa-wilkinsoni complex

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Exploring associations between international trade and environmental factors with establishment patterns of exotic Scolytinae

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Exploring the role of wood waste landfills in early detection of non-native wood-boring beetles

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Extended plant protection by an epiphyticPseudomonassp. derivative carrying thecry9Aagene fromBacillus thuringiensis galleriaeagainst the pine processionary mothThaumetopoea pityocampa

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Foliage Feeding Invasive Insects: Defoliators and Gall Makers

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From refugia to contact: Pine processionary moth hybrid zone in a complex biogeographic setting

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Genetic Diversity and Structure at Different Spatial Scales in the Processionary Moths

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Genetic differentiation in the winter pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa--wilkinsoni complex), inferred by AFLP and mitochondrial DNA markers.

scientific article published on November 2002

Genetic differentiation of the pine processionary moth at the southern edge of its range: contrasting patterns between mitochondrial and nuclear markers.

scientific article published on 26 May 2016

Genetic structure and phylogeography of pine shoot beetle populations (Tomicus destruens and T. piniperda, Coleoptera Scolytidae) in Italy

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Geometrid outbreak waves travel across Europe.

scientific article

Growth and survival of larvae ofThaumetopoea pinivorainside and outside a local outbreak area

Habitat and climatic preferences drive invasions of non-native ambrosia beetles in deciduous temperate forests

High prevalence of chitotriosidase deficiency in Peruvian Amerindians exposed to chitin-bearing food and enteroparasites

scientific article

Host and phenology shifts in the evolution of the social moth genus Thaumetopoea

scientific article

Impact and control of the cone tortricid Pseudococcyx tessulatana (Staudinger), damaging the cone crop of a selected clone of cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.) in Italy

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Impact of farm size and topography on plant and insect diversity of managed grasslands in the Alps

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Improving the early detection of alien wood-boring beetles in ports and surrounding forests

scientific article published in 2014

Influence of silvicultural practices and population genetics on management of the spruce sawfly, Cephalcia arvensis

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Insect – Tree Interactions in Thaumetopoea pityocampa

scholarly article published 13 September 2014

Invasion by the chestnut gall wasp in Italy causes significant yield loss inCastanea sativanut production

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Invasive Sap-Sucker Insects in the Mediterranean Basin

Large Male Caterpillars Are the Primary Builders: Exploring Tent Construction and Foraging Behaviour in Gregarious Pine Processionary Caterpillar

scientific article published on 21 October 2023

Life-history traits promoting outbreaks of the pine bark beetle Ips acuminatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in the south-eastern Alps

Light Traps in Shipping Containers: A New Tool for the Early Detection of Insect Alien Species

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Limited emigration from an outbreak of a forest pest insect

scientific article published on 18 October 2011

Low temperature tolerance and starvation ability of the oak processionary moth: implications in a context of increasing epidemics

article by Nicolas Meurisse et al published 16 January 2012 in Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Management of Popillia japonica in container-grown nursery stock in Italy

scientific article published on 27 July 2021

Mitigating the impacts of the decline of traditional farming on mountain landscapes and biodiversity: a case study in the European Alps

Modelling diapause termination and phenology of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica

scientific article published on 20 September 2021

Monitoring a genetically modified Pseudomonas sp. released on pine leaves reveals concerted successional patterns of the bacterial phyllospheric community.

scientific article

Movement behaviour of two social urticating caterpillars in opposite hemispheres

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Natural History of the Processionary Moths (Thaumetopoea spp.): New Insights in Relation to Climate Change

scholarly article published 13 September 2014

Nutritional and pathogenic fungi associated with the pine engraver beetle trigger comparable defenses in Scots pine.

scientific article published on 19 June 2012

Occupational Exposure of Forest Workers to the Urticating Setae of the Pine Processionary Moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa

scientific article published in 2023

On the occurrence of Pityophthorus carniolicus Wichmann (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) in Italy

scientific article

Oviposition Sites of the Cypress Seed Bug Orsillus maculatus and Response of the Egg Parasitoid Telenomus gr. Floridanus

article by Gaëlle Rouault et al published 22 June 2006 in BioControl

Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions

scientific article

Performance of Trichopria drosophilae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), a Generalist Parasitoid of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), at Low Temperature

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Pest categorisation of Cephalcia lariciphila

scientific article published in December 2017

Pest categorisation of Gilpinia hercyniae

scientific article published in December 2017

Population monitoring of the pine processionary moth (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) with pheromone-baited traps

scholarly article by H. Jactel et al published November 2006 in Forest Ecology and Management

Predation by the hoopoe (Upupa epops) on pupae of Thaumetopoea pityocampa and the likelyinfluence on other natural enemies

Prepupal diapause synchronizes adult emergence in the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

article by Md Habibur Rahman Salman et al published 1 June 2018 in Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Prevalence of cutaneous reactions to the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) in an adult population

scientific article

Processionary Moths and Associated Urtication Risk: Global Change-Driven Effects

scientific article published on 16 November 2016

Proteome Analysis of Urticating Setae From Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae).

scientific article published on 21 July 2017

Quaternary history and contemporary patterns in a currently expanding species

scientific article

Recent invasion and eradication of two members of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from tropical greenhouses in Europe

scientific article published in 2022

Response of orthopteran diversity to abandonment of semi-natural meadows

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Serotinous cones of Cupressus sempervirens provide viable seeds in spite of high seed predation

Setae from the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) contain several relevant allergens

scientific article

Size and dispersion of urticating setae in three species of processionary moths.

scientific article published on June 2014

Spatial orientation of social caterpillars is influenced by polarized light

scientific article published on 17 February 2021

Spatio-temporal dynamics of anIps acuminatusoutbreak and implications for management

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Special issue on invasive pests of forests and urban trees: pathways, early detection, and management

scientific article published in 2019

Spread of the introduced biocontrol agent Torymus sinensis in north-eastern Italy: dispersal through active flight or assisted by wind?

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Stepping-stone expansion and habitat loss explain a peculiar genetic structure and distribution of a forest insect

scientific article

Survival at low temperature of larvae of the pine processionary mothThaumetopoea pityocampafrom an area of range expansion

article by Gernot Hoch et al published August 2009 in Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Temperature Alters the Response to Insecticides in Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae).

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

Temperature Tolerance and Thermal Environment of European Seed Bugs

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Temperature as a predictor of survival of the pine processionary moth in the Italian Alps

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Testing a trapping protocol for generic surveillance of wood-boring beetles in heterogeneous landscapes

scientific article published in 2024

Testing for host-associated differentiation in two egg parasitoids of a forest herbivore

article by Mauro Simonato et al published 7 September 2012 in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Testing phenotypic trade-offs in the chemical defence strategy of Scots pine under growth-limiting field conditions.

scientific article published on 6 September 2014

The Apennines as a cryptic Pleistocene refugium of the bark beetle Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

The Risk of Bark and Ambrosia Beetles Associated with Imported Non-Coniferous Wood and Potential Horizontal Phytosanitary Measures

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

The allergenic protein Tha p 2 of processionary moths of the genus Thaumetopoea (Thaumetopoeinae, Notodontidae, Lepidoptera): Characterization and evolution

scientific article

The complete mitochondrial genome of the bag-shelter moth Ochrogaster lunifer (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae).

scientific article

The pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Notodontidae) species complex: a phylogeny-based revision

scientific article published in 2023

The role of topography in structuring the demographic history of the pine processionary moth,Thaumetopoea pityocampa(Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

article by Jérôme Rousselet et al published March 2010 in Journal of Biogeography

Trapping wood boring beetles in Italian ports: a pilot study

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Tree colonization by the Asian longhorn beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): effect of habitat and tree suitability.

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Tree rings and stable isotopes reveal the tree-history prior to insect defoliation on Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.)

article by Yuri Gori et al published May 2014 in Forest Ecology and Management

Urticating Hairs in Arthropods: Their Nature and Medical Significance

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Use of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for detection of Ophiostoma clavatum, the primary blue stain fungus associated with Ips acuminatus

scientific article (publication date: April 2013)

Winter bird numerical responses to a key defoliator in mountain pine forests

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Winter temperature predicts prolonged diapause in pine processionary moth species across their geographic range

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Asymmetrical insect invasions between three world regions

scientific article published in 2024

Cosmopolitan Scolytinae: strong common drivers, but too many singularities for accurate prediction

scientific article published in 2023

Jewels on the go: exotic buprestids around the world (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

scientific article published in 2023

Management options for non-native forest pests along their invasion pathways

scientific article published in 2023

Testing early detection of pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa nests using UAV-based methods

scientific article published in 2023

Worldwide tests of generic attractants, a promising tool for early detection of non-native cerambycid species

scientific article published in 2023