All Stories

  1. Disentangling biodiversity and temperature effects on bees and pollination services in mountain agroecosystems

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, January 2026, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  2. Eco-physiological responses of Hieracium pilosella and Trifolium pratense to reduced air pressure

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, December 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Matteo Dainese

  3. Air pressure as a driver of plant-specific microbial responses in the rhizosphere

    Article • Environmental Microbiome, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  4. Influence of land management on soil organic matter pools, plant traits and enzymatic activity in mountain grasslands

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, July 2025, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  5. Global change experiments in mountain ecosystems: A systematic review

    Article • ARPHA Conference Abstracts, May 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Matteo Dainese

  6. New distribution records of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in South Tyrol (Italy): expanding the wild bee database

    Article • Biodiversity Data Journal, February 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Matteo Dainese

  7. Pesticides have negative effects on non-target organisms

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  8. Short-term impact of low air pressure on plants’ functional traits

    Article • PLOS One, January 2025, PLOS

    Silvia Lembo, Matteo Dainese

  9. Global change experiments in mountain ecosystems: A systematic review

    Article • Ecological Monographs, September 2024, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  10. Cascading social-ecological benefits of biodiversity for agriculture

    Article • Current Biology, June 2024, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  11. Maintaining habitat diversity at small scales benefits wild bees and pollination services in mountain apple orchards

    Article • Ecological Solutions and Evidence, April 2024, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  12. Relationship between landscape complexity and ecosystem services from the perspective of smallholder agroecosystems in China—A review

    Article • Cell Reports Sustainability, February 2024, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  13. Pollination supply models from a local to global scale

    Article • Web Ecology, October 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Matteo Dainese

  14. The impact of pesticides on non-target organisms

    Article • March 2023, Research Square

    Matteo Dainese

  15. Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, February 2023, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens

  16. The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

    Article • Scientific Data, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  17. Plant genetic diversity affects multiple trophic levels and trophic interactions

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese, Professor Christoph Scherber

  18. Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land‐use change

    Article • Ecological Applications, June 2022, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  19. Plant genetic diversity affects interactions among multiple trophic levels

    Article • May 2022, Research Square

    Matteo Dainese, Professor Christoph Scherber

  20. Spatial aggregation of herbivores and predators enhances tri‐trophic cascades in paddy fields: rice monoculture vs. rice‐fish co‐culture

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, May 2022, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  21. Ground cover vegetation promotes biological control and yield in pear orchards

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, December 2021, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  22. CropPol : a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

    Article • Ecology, December 2021, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  23. Models of natural pest control: Towards predictions across agricultural landscapes

    Article • Biological Control, November 2021, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  24. Decline of three farmland pest species in rapidly urbanizing landscapes

    Article • iScience, September 2021, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  25. Ground Cover Vegetation Promotes Ecological Intensification of Pear Production

    Article • February 2021, Research Square

    Matteo Dainese

  26. Ecotrons: push the buttons of an ecosystem

    Article • Global Change Biology, January 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Sarah Garre, Matteo Dainese

  27. Decline of Dominant Native Farmland Moths in Rapidly Urbanized Landscapes

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2021, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  28. Networks of epiphytic lichens and host trees along elevation gradients: climate change implications in mountain ranges

    Article • Journal of Ecology, October 2020, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  29. Species traits elucidate crop pest response to landscape composition: a global analysis

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2020, Royal Society Publishing

    Matteo Dainese

  30. Understanding the pathways from biodiversity to agro-ecological outcomes: A new, interactive approach

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, October 2020, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  31. The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis

    Article • Ecology Letters, August 2020, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  32. Global synthesis of effects of plant species diversity on trophic groups and interactions

    Article • Nature Plants, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  33. Global synthesis of the effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield

    Article • April 2020, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  34. A review of models of natural pest control: toward predictions across agricultural landscapes

    Article • March 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Matteo Dainese

  35. Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  36. Why does biodiversity matter for agriculture?

    Article • TheScienceBreaker, January 2020, The Science Breaker

    Matteo Dainese

  37. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

    Article • Global Change Biology, December 2019, Wiley

    Tereza Mašková, Piermaria Corona, Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens, Dr Julia C Sfair, Dr David YP Tng, Dr Fabio Carvalho, Katarina Cufar, Péter Török, Dr Jaime E Villacís, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  38. Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, December 2019, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  39. Exploring patterns of beta‐diversity to test the consistency of biogeographical boundaries: A case study across forest plant communities of Italy

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, October 2019, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  40. A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Article • Science Advances, October 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Matteo Dainese, Berta Caballer-López

  41. The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

    Article • Ecology Letters, April 2019, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese, Berta Caballer-López

  42. Altitudinal Shift of Tetrao urogallus in an Alpine Natura 2000 Site: Implications for Habitat Restoration

    Article • Applied Sciences, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Matteo Dainese

  43. A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Article • February 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Matteo Dainese, Berta Caballer-López

  44. Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens

  45. Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size‐related traits across the tundra biome

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, November 2018, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  46. Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

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

    Matteo Dainese

  47. Contrasting multi-taxa diversity patterns between abandoned and non-intensively managed forests in the southern Dolomites

    Article • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, October 2017, Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)

    Matteo Dainese

  48. Complementarity among natural enemies enhances pest suppression

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Nature

    Matteo Dainese

  49. Landscape metrics as functional traits in plants: perspectives from a glacier foreland

    Article • PeerJ, July 2017, PeerJ

    Matteo Dainese

  50. Human disturbance and upward expansion of plants in a warming climate

    Article • Nature Climate Change, July 2017, Nature

    Matteo Dainese

  51. Managing trap-nesting bees as crop pollinators: Spatiotemporal effects of floral resources and antagonists

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, June 2017, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  52. Assembly patterns of soil-dwelling lichens after glacier retreat in the European Alps

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, February 2017, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  53. Landscape simplification weakens the association between terrestrial producer and consumer diversity in Europe

    Article • Global Change Biology, February 2017, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  54. Fine-scale population dynamics help to elucidate community assembly patterns of epiphytic lichens in alpine forests

    Article • Fungal Ecology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese, Prof. Matteo Garbarino

  55. Mass-flowering crops dilute pollinator abundance in agricultural landscapes across Europe

    Article • Ecology Letters, August 2016, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  56. High cover of hedgerows in the landscape supports multiple ecosystem services in Mediterranean cereal fields

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, July 2016, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  57. Plant spatial patterns and functional traits interaction along a chronosequence of primary succession: evidence from a central Alpine glacier foreland

    Article • June 2016, PeerJ

    Matteo Dainese

  58. Plant spatial patterns and functional traits interaction along a chronosequence of primary succession: evidence from a central Alpine glacier foreland

    Article • June 2016, PeerJ

    Matteo Dainese

  59. Spillover of tachinids and hoverflies from different field margins

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  60. Different effects of elevation, habitat fragmentation and grazing management on the functional, phylogenetic and taxonomic structure of mountain grasslands

    Article • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Jan Leps, Matteo Dainese

  61. Epiphytic lichen conservation in the Italian Alps: the role of forest type

    Article • Fungal Ecology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  62. Environmental factors interact with spatial processes to determine herbaceous species richness in woody field margins

    Article • Plant Ecology, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  63. Topsoil organic matter properties in contrasted hedgerow vegetation types

    Article • Plant and Soil, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  64. Patterns of traffic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution in mountain areas can be revealed by lichen biomonitoring: A case study in the Dolomites (Eastern Italian Alps)

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2014, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  65. Capturing cross-scalar variation of habitat selection with grid sampling: an example with hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia L.)

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  66. Alien plant species distribution in the European Alps: influence of species’ climatic requirements

    Article • Biological Invasions, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  67. Contrasting responses of epiphytic and dead wood-dwelling lichen diversity to forest management abandonment in silver fir mature woodlands

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, February 2013, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  68. Assessing the influence of environmental gradients on seed mass variation in mountain grasslands using a spatial phylogenetic filtering approach

    Article • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, February 2013, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  69. Using Natural Gradients to Infer a Potential Response to Climate Change: An Example on the Reproductive Performance of Dactylis Glomerata L.

    Article • Biology, December 2012, MDPI AG

    Matteo Dainese

  70. Plant species diversity in alien black locust stands: A paired comparison with native stands across a north-Mediterranean range expansion

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2012, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  71. Does residence time affect responses of alien species richness to environmental and spatial processes?

    Article • NeoBiota, August 2012, Pensoft Publishers

    Matteo Dainese

  72. Do climate, resource availability, and grazing pressure filter floristic composition and functioning in Alpine pastures?

    Article • Community Ecology, June 2012, Akademiai Kiado

    Professor Jan Leps, Matteo Dainese

  73. Stand structure and plant species diversity in managed and abandoned silver fir mature woodlands

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2012, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  74. Plant traits across different habitats of the Italian Alps: a comparative analysis between native and alien species

    Article • Alpine Botany, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  75. Plant and animal diversity in a region of the Southern Alps: the role of environmental and spatial processes

    Article • Landscape Ecology, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  76. Impact of land use intensity and temperature on the reproductive performance of Dactylis glomerata populations in the southeastern Alps

    Article • Plant Ecology, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese

  77. Growth prediction for five tree species in an Italian urban forest

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, January 2011, Elsevier

    Matteo Dainese

  78. Seed production of an Arrhenatherion elatioris hay-meadow in the eastern Italian Alps

    Article • Grass and Forage Science, June 2009, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese

  79. Seed Harvesting for Ecological Restoration: Efficiency of Haymaking and Seed-Stripping on Different Grassland Types in the Eastern Italian Alps

    Article • Ecological Restoration, February 2009, University of Wisconsin Press

    Matteo Dainese