List of works - Stefano Mammola

A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome

scientific article published on 13 August 2021

A dark side of conservation biology: Protected areas fail in representing subterranean biodiversity

scientific article published in 2023

A literature-based database of the natural heritage, the ecological status and tourism-related impacts in show caves worldwide

scientific article published on 10 November 2022

A multi-layered approach uncovers overlooked taxonomic and physiological diversity in Alpine subterranean spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae:

scientific article published on 5 May 2022

A protocol for reproducible functional diversity analyses

scientific article published on 30 August 2022

A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe

scholarly article by Stefano Mammola published in December 2017

A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders

scientific article published on 26 May 2022

Advances in the systematics of the spider genus Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae)

scientific article published in 2017

Alien Crayfish Species in the Deep Subalpine Lake Maggiore (NW-Italy), with a Focus on the Biometry and Habitat Preferences of the Spiny-Cheek Crayfish

scientific article

Aliens in caves: the global dimension of biological invasions in subterranean ecosystems

scientific article published in 2023

Alpine endemic spiders shed light on the origin and evolution of subterranean species

scientific article

An ecological survey of the invertebrate community at the epigean/hypogean interface

An expert-based global assessment of threats and conservation measures for subterranean ecosystems

scientific article published in July 2023

An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

Applying species distribution models to caves and other subterranean habitats

article published in 2017

Artificial lighting triggers the presence of urban spiders and their webs on historical buildings

scientific article published on 13 September 2018

Associations between habitat quality, body size and reproductive fitness in the alpine endemic spider <i>Vesubia jugorum</i>

scientific article published in 2019

Brazilian cave heritage under siege ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 March 2022

Cave spiders choose optimal environmental factors with respect to the generated entropy when laying their cocoon

scientific article

Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators

scientific article published on 29 October 2021

Climate and landscape changes enhance the global spread of a bloom-forming dinoflagellate related to fish kills and water quality deterioration

scientific article published in 2021

Climate change going deep: The effects of global climatic alterations on cave ecosystems

article by Stefano Mammola et al published April 2019 in Anthropocene Review

Climate change may drive cave spiders to extinction

scholarly article by Stefano Mammola et al published 4 April 2017 in Ecography

Climatic stability, not average habitat temperature, determines thermal tolerance of subterranean beetles

scientific article published in 2022

Collecting eco‐evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them

scientific article published in 2021

Concepts and applications in functional diversity

scientific article published on 16 July 2021

Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae)

scientific article published on 08 October 2019

Day–night and seasonal variations of a subterranean invertebrate community in the twilight zone

Dimension and impact of biases in funding for species and habitat conservation

scientific article published in 2022

Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

scientific article published in 2022

Distributional dynamics of a specialized subterranean community oppose the classical understanding of the preferred subterranean habitats

Does weighting presence records improve the performance of species distribution models? A test using fish larval stages in the Yangtze Estuary

scientific article published on 20 June 2020

Don’t forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas

Ecological speciation in darkness? Spatial niche partitioning in sibling subterranean spiders (Araneae : Linyphiidae : Troglohyphantes)

Ecology and sampling techniques of an understudied subterranean habitat: the Milieu Souterrain Superficiel (MSS).

scientific article published on 6 October 2016

Effective conservation of subterranean‐roosting bats

scientific article published in 2023

Environmental filtering and convergent evolution determine the ecological specialization of subterranean spiders

scientific article published on 10 January 2020

Explainable artificial intelligence enhances the ecological interpretability of black-box species distribution models

scholarly article

Exploring ecological specialization in pipefish using genomic, morphometric and ecological evidence

scientific article published on 05 May 2021

Exploring the morphospace in subterranean spiders

Extending Janzen’s hypothesis to temperate regions: A test using subterranean ecosystems

scientific article published on 07 June 2019

Finding answers in the dark: caves as models in ecology fifty years after Poulson and White

article by Stefano Mammola published 17 October 2018 in Ecography

Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Future climate change will severely reduce habitat suitability of the Critically Endangered Chinese giant salamander

scientific article published in 2020

Getting the ‘most out of the hotspot’ for practical conservation of groundwater biodiversity

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 13 May 2022

Global wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

scientific article published in 2023

Habitat differences filter functional diversity of low dispersive microscopic animals (Acari, Halacaridae)

scientific article published on 05 May 2021

Human-induced Alterations of the Mycobiota in an Alpine Show Cave (Italy, SW-Alps)

Identifying ‘climate keystone species’ as a tool for conserving ecological communities under climate change

scientific article published on 25 August 2023

Impact of the reference list features on the number of citations

scientific article published in 2020

Integrating Multiple Lines of Evidence to Explore Intraspecific Variability in a Rare Endemic Alpine Plant and Implications for Its Conservation

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

Intraspecific genetic variation matters when predicting seagrass distribution under climate change

scientific article published on 22 May 2021

Let research on subterranean habitats resonate!

Lineage‐level distribution models lead to more realistic climate change predictions for a threatened crayfish

scientific article published in 2021

Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β-diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Measuring the influence of non-scientific features on citations

scientific article published in 2022

Microhabitat selection of a Sicilian subterranean woodlouse and its implications for cave management

scientific article published in 2021

Modelling the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of ichthyoplankton in the Yangtze Estuary, China

scientific article published on 03 November 2019

Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies

scientific article published on 04 January 2021

Niche differentiation in Meta Bourneti and M. menardi (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on the life history

scholarly article by Stefano Mammola & Marco Isaia published September 2014 in International Journal of Speleology

Niche‐based processes explaining the distributions of closely related subterranean spiders

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

On Deepest Caves, Extreme Habitats, and Ecological Superlatives

scientific article published on 14 March 2020

On the conservation of subterranean ecosystems

scientific article published on 14 July 2022

Overview: Recent advances in the understanding of the northern Eurasian environments and of the urban air quality in China – a Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) programme perspective

Potential niche displacement in species of aquatic bdelloid rotifers between temperate and tropical areas

scientific article published on 24 August 2021

Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research

scientific article published in 2022

Quantifying troglomorphism in hyperspace

scientific article published on 14 April 2022

Rapid poleward distributional shifts in the European cave-dwelling Meta spiders under the influence of competition dynamics

Rarity facets of biodiversity: Integrating Zeta diversity and Dark diversity to understand the nature of commonness and rarity

scientific article published in 2021

Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them

scientific article

Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems

Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

scientific article published on 09 February 2020

Seasonal dynamics and micro-climatic preference of two Alpine endemic hypogean beetles

article

Specialized terminology limits the reach of new scientific knowledge

Specialized terminology reduces the number of citations of scientific papers

scientific article

Species conservation profile of the alpine stenoendemic spider Vesubia jugorum (Araneae, Lycosidae) from the Maritime Alps

scientific article

Species conservation profile of the stenoendemic cave spider Pimoa delphinica (Araneae, Pimoidae) from the Varaita valley (NW-Italy).

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Species conservation profiles of the endemic spiders Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps and the north-western Dinarides

scientific article published in 2022

Spider World Records: a resource for using organismal biology as a hook for science learning

Spider conservation in Europe: a review

scientific article published on 03 April 2021

Spiders in caves

scientific article

Standardised spider (Arachnida, Araneae) inventory of Kilpisjärvi, Finland

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

Step back! Niche dynamics in cave-dwelling predators

article

Systematics, ecology and distribution of the mygalomorph spider genus Cteniza Latreille, 1829 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae)

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science

scientific article published on 18 March 2024

Taxonomic and functional homogenisation of macroinvertebrate communities in recently intermittent Alpine watercourses

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Taxonomy, ecology and conservation of the cave-dwelling spider Histopona palaeolithica, with the description of H. petrovi sp. nov. (Araneae: Agelenidae)

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits

scientific article

The cost of war for biodiversity: a potential ecocide in Ukraine

scientific article published in 2022

The ecological niche of a specialized subterranean spider

The effect of ageing on the mechanical properties of the silk of the bridge spider Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757).

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

The global social-economic dimension of biological invasions by plankton: Grossly underestimated costs but a rising concern for water quality benefits?

scientific article published in 2022

The searchscape of fear: A global analysis of internet search trends for biophobias

scientific article published in 2023

The use of the term ‘limnology’ and its scientometrics consequences for limnologists

scientific article published in 2021

To invade or not to invade? Exploring the niche-based processes underlying the failure of a biological invasion using the invasive Chinese mitten crab

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Towards a taxonomically unbiased European Union biodiversity strategy for 2030

scientific article published on 09 December 2020

Towards establishment of a centralized spider traits database

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems

scientific article published on 22 March 2022

List of works by Stefano Mammola

A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome

A dark side of conservation biology: Protected areas fail in representing subterranean biodiversity

A literature-based database of the natural heritage, the ecological status and tourism-related impacts in show caves worldwide

A multi-layered approach uncovers overlooked taxonomic and physiological diversity in Alpine subterranean spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae:

A protocol for reproducible functional diversity analyses

A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe

A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders

Advances in the systematics of the spider genus Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae)

Alien Crayfish Species in the Deep Subalpine Lake Maggiore (NW-Italy), with a Focus on the Biometry and Habitat Preferences of the Spiny-Cheek Crayfish

Aliens in caves: the global dimension of biological invasions in subterranean ecosystems

Alpine endemic spiders shed light on the origin and evolution of subterranean species

An ecological survey of the invertebrate community at the epigean/hypogean interface

An expert-based global assessment of threats and conservation measures for subterranean ecosystems

An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites

Applying species distribution models to caves and other subterranean habitats

Artificial lighting triggers the presence of urban spiders and their webs on historical buildings

Associations between habitat quality, body size and reproductive fitness in the alpine endemic spider <i>Vesubia jugorum</i>

Brazilian cave heritage under siege ⬇️

Cave spiders choose optimal environmental factors with respect to the generated entropy when laying their cocoon

Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators

Climate and landscape changes enhance the global spread of a bloom-forming dinoflagellate related to fish kills and water quality deterioration

Climate change going deep: The effects of global climatic alterations on cave ecosystems

Climate change may drive cave spiders to extinction

Climatic stability, not average habitat temperature, determines thermal tolerance of subterranean beetles

Collecting eco‐evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them

Concepts and applications in functional diversity

Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae)

Day–night and seasonal variations of a subterranean invertebrate community in the twilight zone

Dimension and impact of biases in funding for species and habitat conservation

Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

Distributional dynamics of a specialized subterranean community oppose the classical understanding of the preferred subterranean habitats

Does weighting presence records improve the performance of species distribution models? A test using fish larval stages in the Yangtze Estuary

Don’t forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas

Ecological speciation in darkness? Spatial niche partitioning in sibling subterranean spiders (Araneae : Linyphiidae : Troglohyphantes)

Ecology and sampling techniques of an understudied subterranean habitat: the Milieu Souterrain Superficiel (MSS).

Effective conservation of subterranean‐roosting bats

Environmental filtering and convergent evolution determine the ecological specialization of subterranean spiders

Explainable artificial intelligence enhances the ecological interpretability of black-box species distribution models

Exploring ecological specialization in pipefish using genomic, morphometric and ecological evidence

Exploring the morphospace in subterranean spiders

Extending Janzen’s hypothesis to temperate regions: A test using subterranean ecosystems

Finding answers in the dark: caves as models in ecology fifty years after Poulson and White

Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology

Future climate change will severely reduce habitat suitability of the Critically Endangered Chinese giant salamander

Getting the ‘most out of the hotspot’ for practical conservation of groundwater biodiversity

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

Global wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life

Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

Habitat differences filter functional diversity of low dispersive microscopic animals (Acari, Halacaridae)

Human-induced Alterations of the Mycobiota in an Alpine Show Cave (Italy, SW-Alps)

Identifying ‘climate keystone species’ as a tool for conserving ecological communities under climate change

Impact of the reference list features on the number of citations

Integrating Multiple Lines of Evidence to Explore Intraspecific Variability in a Rare Endemic Alpine Plant and Implications for Its Conservation

Intraspecific genetic variation matters when predicting seagrass distribution under climate change

Let research on subterranean habitats resonate!

Lineage‐level distribution models lead to more realistic climate change predictions for a threatened crayfish

Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β-diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe

Measuring the influence of non-scientific features on citations

Microhabitat selection of a Sicilian subterranean woodlouse and its implications for cave management

Modelling the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of ichthyoplankton in the Yangtze Estuary, China

Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies

Niche differentiation in Meta Bourneti and M. menardi (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on the life history

Niche‐based processes explaining the distributions of closely related subterranean spiders

On Deepest Caves, Extreme Habitats, and Ecological Superlatives

On the conservation of subterranean ecosystems

Overview: Recent advances in the understanding of the northern Eurasian environments and of the urban air quality in China – a Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) programme perspective

Potential niche displacement in species of aquatic bdelloid rotifers between temperate and tropical areas

Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research

Quantifying troglomorphism in hyperspace

Rapid poleward distributional shifts in the European cave-dwelling Meta spiders under the influence of competition dynamics

Rarity facets of biodiversity: Integrating Zeta diversity and Dark diversity to understand the nature of commonness and rarity

Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them

Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems

Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

Seasonal dynamics and micro-climatic preference of two Alpine endemic hypogean beetles

Specialized terminology limits the reach of new scientific knowledge

Specialized terminology reduces the number of citations of scientific papers

Species conservation profile of the alpine stenoendemic spider Vesubia jugorum (Araneae, Lycosidae) from the Maritime Alps

Species conservation profile of the stenoendemic cave spider Pimoa delphinica (Araneae, Pimoidae) from the Varaita valley (NW-Italy).