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List of works by Alessandro Cini

<p><strong>The decline of the charismatic <em>Parnassius mnemosyne</em> (L.) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in a Central Italy national park: a call for urgent actions</strong></p>

scientific article published in 2020

A Socio-Spatial Combined Approach Confirms a Highly Compartmentalised Structure in Honeybees

A quantitative threshold for nest-mate recognition in a paper social wasp

scientific article published on May 2009

Adult-larval vibrational communication in paper wasps: the role of abdominal wagging in

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Almost royal: incomplete suppression of host worker ovarian development by a social parasite wasp

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Antennal Protein Profile in Honeybees: Caste and Task Matter More Than Age.

scientific article

Assessing the aesthetic attractivity of European butterflies: A web-based survey protocol

scientific article published in 2023

Autumnal Helpers ofPolistes dominulusRepresent a Distinct Behavioural Phenotype

scientific article (publication date: December 2009)

Behaviour and chemical signature of pre-hibernating females of Polistes dominulus infected by the strepsipteran Xenos vesparum.

scientific article published on 23 November 2006

Behavioural and neurogenomic responses of host workers to social parasite invasion in a social insect

scientific article published in 2020

Competition between the native and the introduced hornetsVespa crabroandVespa velutina: a comparison of potentially relevant life-history traits

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Computer-aided photographic identification ofRosalia alpina(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) applied to a mark-recapture study

Cuticular hydrocarbons rather than peptides are responsible for nestmate recognition in Polistes dominulus.

scientific article

Differential investment in visual and olfactory brain regions is linked to the sensory needs of a wasp social parasite and its host

scientific article published on 02 September 2021

Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps

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Effects of trap baits and height on stag beetle and flower chafer monitoring: ecological and conservation implications

article by Marco Bardiani et al published February 2017 in Journal of Insect Conservation

Facial markings in the social cuckoo wasp Polistes sulcifer: No support for the visual deception and the assessment hypotheses.

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Fight or fool? Physical strength, instead of sensory deception, matters in host nest invasion by a wasp social parasite

Genetic variability in Italian populations of Drosophila suzukii.

scientific article published on 3 November 2017

Guidelines for the monitoring of Rosalia alpina

scientific article published in 2017

Gut microbial composition in different castes and developmental stages of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Honey bees increase social distancing when facing the ectoparasite <i>Varroa destructor</i>

scientific article published on 29 October 2021

How long is 3 km for a butterfly? Ecological constraints and functional traits explain high mitochondrial genetic diversity between Sicily and the Italian Peninsula

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Increased immunocompetence and network centrality of allogroomer workers suggest a link between individual and social immunity in honeybees

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Inquiline social parasites as tools to unlock the secrets of insect sociality

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Integrating three comprehensive data sets shows that mitochondrial DNA variation is linked to species traits and paleogeographic events in European butterflies

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

Just phoresy? Reduced lifespan in red palm weevilsRhynchophorus ferrugineus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) infested by the miteCentrouropoda almerodai(Uroactiniinae: Uropodina)

scientific article published in 2011

No actual conflict over colony inheritance despite high potential conflict in the social wasp Polistes dominulus

scientific article (publication date: 7 May 2009)

Opinion dynamics within a virtual small group: the stubbornness effect

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Paper Wasps (Polistes)

Prehibernating aggregations of Polistes dominulus: an occasion to study early dominance assessment in social insects.

scientific article published on 23 March 2006

Queen succession conflict in the paper wasp Polistes dominula is mitigated by age-based convention

article by Benjamin A. Taylor et al published 20 May 2020 in Behavioral Ecology

Rethinking recognition: social context in adult life rather than early experience shapes recognition in a social wasp

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Rise and fall of island butterfly diversity: Understanding genetic differentiation and extinction in a highly diverse archipelago

article by Leonardo Dapporto et al published 16 August 2017 in Diversity and Distributions

Social biology ofParischnogaster striatula(Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae)

scholarly article by David Baracchi et al published September 2013 in Tropical Zoology

Social parasitism and the molecular basis of phenotypic evolution

scientific article

Sterile Rhynchophorus ferrugineus males efficiently impair reproduction while maintaining their sexual competitiveness in a social context

The chemical basis of host nest detection and chemical integration in a cuckoo paper wasp

scientific article published in November 2011

The molecular basis of socially mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp

scientific article

Tracking the invasion of the alien fruit pest Drosophila suzukii in Europe

article by Alessandro Cini et al published 15 August 2014 in Journal of Pest Science

WASPnest: a worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior

scientific article published in 2018

Why we love bees and hate wasps

scientific article

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