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  1. Dataset of a flow intermittency study: Benthic communities of 13 alpine intermittent rivers

    Article • Data in Brief, June 2024, Elsevier

    Elena Piano

  2. Cultivable fungal diversity in two karstic caves in Italy: under-investigated habitats as source of putative novel taxa

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  3. Double dare: Climate change and volcanic activity threatens local populations of Meta menardi (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in Sicily

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

  4. A global meta-analysis reveals multilevel and context-dependent effects of climate change on subterranean ecosystems

    Article • One Earth, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano

  5. Meta menardi and M. bourneti (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) segregate along the altitudinal gradient of Mount Etna (Sicily, S–Italy)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, October 2023, American Arachnological Society

    Elena Piano

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

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Dr Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano

  7. Tourism affects microbial assemblages in show caves

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, May 2023, Elsevier

    Elena Piano

  8. First Insights into the Bacterial Diversity of Mount Etna Volcanic Caves

    Article • Microbial Ecology, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  9. Scheduling Closure Periods Is Not an Effective Management Strategy to Reduce Lampenflora in Show Caves

    Article • Geoheritage, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  10. Dispersal capacity underlies scale‐dependent changes in species richness patterns under human disturbance

    Article • Ecology, January 2023, Wiley

    Elena Piano

  11. Microbial diversity and proxy species for human impact in Italian karst caves

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

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

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Dr Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano

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

    Article • Nature Conservation, November 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Dr Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano

  14. Measuring the influence of non-scientific features on citations

    Article • Scientometrics, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano

  15. Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems

    Article • Biological Reviews, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Oana Moldovan, Dr Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano

  16. Modulating lighting regime favours a sustainable use of show caves: A case study in NW-Italy

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, December 2021, Elsevier

    Elena Piano, Dr. Marco ISAIA

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

    Article • Database, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Dr Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano

  18. Effects of flow intermittence on ecosystem processes in mountain streams: are artificial and field experiments comparable?

    Article • Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie, June 2021, Schweizerbart

    Elena Piano

  19. Beta-diversity and stressor specific index reveal patterns of macroinvertebrate community response to sediment flushing

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2021, Elsevier

    Elena Piano

  20. Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies

    Article • Ecologies, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Dr Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano

  21. Abundance and biogeography of methanogenic and methanotrophic microorganisms across European streams

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, December 2020, Wiley

    Elena Piano

  22. The River Continuum Concept: lessons from the past and perspectives for the future

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, November 2020, Canadian Science Publishing

    Elena Piano

  23. Hydrological intermittency drives diversity decline and functional homogenization in benthic diatom communities

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2020, Elsevier

    Elena Piano

  24. Flow intermittency negatively affects three phylogenetically related shredder stoneflies by reducing CPOM availability in recently intermittent Alpine streams in SW-Italian Alps

    Article • Hydrobiologia, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

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

    Article • Freshwater Biology, August 2020, Wiley

    Elena Piano, Dr Stefano Mammola

  26. Islands in cities: Urbanization and fragmentation drive taxonomic and functional variation in ground arthropods

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, March 2020, Elsevier

    Elena Piano, Dr. Marco ISAIA

  27. Urbanization drivers differentially affect ground arthropod assemblages in the city of Turin (NW-Italy)

    Article • Urban Ecosystems, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

  28. Supraseasonal drought in an Alpine river: effects on benthic primary production and diatom community

    Article • Journal of Limnology, January 2020, PAGEPress Publications

    Elena Piano

  29. Urbanization drives cross‐taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales

    Article • Global Change Biology, January 2020, Wiley

    Elena Piano

  30. Stay with the flow: How macroinvertebrate communities recover during the rewetting phase in Alpine streams affected by an exceptional drought

    Article • River Research and Applications, December 2019, Wiley

    Elena Piano

  31. Environmental and spatial factors drive diatom species distribution in Alpine streams: Implications for biomonitoring

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2019, Elsevier

    Elena Piano

  32. Evaluating Nutrient Reduction, Grazing and Barley Straw as Measures Against Algal Growth

    Article • Wetlands, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  33. The role of recurrent dewatering events in shaping ecological niches of scrapers in intermittent Alpine streams

    Article • Hydrobiologia, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  34. Extending Janzen's hypothesis to temperate regions: a test using subterranean ecosystems

    Article • Functional Ecology, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr Stefano Mammola, Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

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

    Article • The Anthropocene Review, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Stefano Mammola, Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

  36. If Alpine streams run dry: the drought memory of benthic communities

    Article • Aquatic Sciences, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  37. Resilience of benthic diatom communities in Mediterranean streams: role of endangered species

    Article • Marine & Freshwater Research, January 2019, CSIRO Publishing

    Elena Piano

  38. Lentification in Alpine rivers: patterns of diatom assemblages and functional traits

    Article • Aquatic Sciences, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  39. Investigating the role of refuges and drift on the resilience of macroinvertebrate communities to drying conditions: An experiment in artificial streams

    Article • River Research and Applications, June 2018, Wiley

    Elena Piano

  40. Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities

    Article • Nature, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  41. How to assess the impact of fine sediments on the macroinvertebrate communities of alpine streams? A selection of the best metrics

    Article • Ecological Indicators, January 2018, Elsevier

    Elena Piano

  42. Trophic availability buffers the detrimental effects of clogging in an alpine stream

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2017, Elsevier

    Elena Piano

  43. How does water scarcity affect spatial and temporal patterns of diatom community assemblages in Mediterranean streams?

    Article • Freshwater Biology, May 2017, Wiley

    Elena Piano

  44. Local versus landscape spatial influence on biodiversity: a case study across five European industrialized areas

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

  45. Urbanization drives community shifts towards thermophilic and dispersive species at local and landscape scales

    Article • Global Change Biology, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

  46. Microhabitat preference of sympatric Hydraena Kugelann, 1794 species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) in a low-order forest stream

    Article • Aquatic Insects, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Elena Piano

  47. Diatom flora in Mediterranean streams: flow intermittency threatens endangered species

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elena Piano

  48. Niche dynamics in two cave apex predators evaluated via Hutchinson' niche hypervolumes

    Article • Acta Oecologica, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Stefano Mammola, Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

  49. Mediterranean rivers: consequences of water scarcity on benthic algal chlorophyll a content

    Article • Journal of Limnology, June 2016, PAGEPress Publications

    Elena Piano

  50. Suggestions for diatom-based monitoring in intermittent streams

    Article • Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, January 2016, EDP Sciences

    Elena Piano

  51. Fine sedimentation affects CPOM availability and shredder abundance in Alpine streams

    Article • Journal of Freshwater Ecology, December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Elena Piano

  52. Environmental drivers of phototrophic biofilms in an Alpine show cave (SW-Italian Alps)

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

  53. Increased Sediment Loads in Alpine Streams: An Integrated Field Study

    Article • River Research and Applications, August 2015, Wiley

    Elena Piano

  54. Nupela troglophila sp. nov., an aerophilous diatom (Bacillariophyta) from the Bossea cave (NW Italy), with notes on its ecology

    Article • Fottea, April 2015, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano