Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology

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Combining environmental niche models, multi-grain analyses, and species traits identifies pervasive effects of land use on butterfly biodiversity across Italy
2023-01-01 Riva, Federico; Barbero, Francesca; Balletto, Emilio; Bonelli, Simona https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1890579

Forests influence yeast populations vectored by insects into vineyards
2022-01-01 Valentini, Beatrice; Barbero, Francesca; Casacci, Luca Pietro; Luganini, Anna; Stefanini, Irene https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1880154

Southeast Asian clearwing moths buzz like their model bees
2021-01-01 Skowron Volponi M.; Casacci L.P.; Volponi P.; Barbero F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1795049

The Inquiline Ant Myrmica karavajevi Uses Both Chemical and Vibroacoustic Deception Mechanisms to Integrate into Its Host Colonies
2021-01-01 Casacci, Luca Pietro; Barbero, Francesca; Ślipiński, Piotr; Witek, Magdalena https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1814404

Scaling-up targets for a threatened butterfly: A method to define Favourable Reference Values
2021-01-01 Bonelli, Simona; Barbero, Francesca; Zampollo, Arianna; Cerrato, Cristiana; Genovesi, Piero; La Morgia, Valentina https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1817639

Francesca Barbero, Michela Guglielmotto, Monirul Islam, Massimo Maffei (2021)
Extracellular Fragmented Self-DNA Is Involved in Plant Responses to Biotic Stress.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1794996

Didham R K , Barbero F , Collins C M , Forister M L , Hassall C , Leather S R , Packer L , Saunders M E , Stewart A J A (2020)
Spotlight on insects: trends, threats and conservation challenges.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1734174

Bertea, Cinzia Margherita, Casacci, Luca Pietro, Bonelli, Simona, Zampollo, Arianna, Barbero, Francesca (2020)
Chemical, Physiological and Molecular Responses of Host Plants to Lepidopteran Egg-Laying.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1727527

Casacci, Luca Pietro, Schönrogge, Karsten, Thomas, Jeremy Ambler, Balletto, Emilio, Bonelli, Simona, Barbero, Francesca (2019)
Host specificity pattern and chemical deception in a social parasite of ants.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1690959

Tartally, András, Thomas, Jeremy A , Anton, Christian, Balletto, Emilio, Barbero, Francesca, Bonelli, Simona, Bräu, Markus, Casacci, Luca Pietro, Csősz, Sándor, Czekes, Zsolt, Dolek, Matthias, Dziekańska, Izabela, Elmes, Graham, Fürst, Matthias A , Glinka, Uta, Hochberg, Michael E , Höttinger, Helmut, Hula, Vladimir, Maes, Dirk, Munguira, Miguel L , Musche, Martin, Nielsen, Per Stadel, Nowicki, Piotr, Oliveira, Paula S , Peregovits, László, Ritter, Sylvia, Schlick-Steiner, Birgit C , Settele, Josef, Sielezniew, Marcin, Simcox, David J , Stankiewicz, Anna M , Steiner, Florian M , Švitra, Giedrius, Ugelvig, Line V , Van Dyck, Hans, Varga, Zoltán, Witek, Magdalena, Woyciechowski, Michal, Wynhoff, Irma, Nash, David R (2019)
Patterns of host use by brood parasitic Maculinea butterflies across Europe.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1694092

Di Salvo, Marco, Calcagnile, Matteo, Talà, Adelfia, Tredici, Salvatore Maurizio, Maffei, Massimo E , Schönrogge, Karsten, Barbero, Francesca, Alifano, Pietro (2019)
The Microbiome of the Maculinea-Myrmica Host-Parasite Interaction.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1704278

Casacci L P , Bonelli S , Balletto E , Barbero F (2019)
Multimodal Signaling in Myrmecophilous Butterflies.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1727515

Bonelli, Simona, Casacci, Luca P , Barbero, Francesca, Cerrato, Cristiana, Dapporto, Leonardo, Sbordoni, Valerio, Scalercio, Stefano, Zilli, Alberto, Battistoni, Alessia, Teofili, Corrado, Rondinini, Carlo, Balletto, Emilio (2018)
The first red list of Italian butterflies.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1661062

Csata, Enikő, Timus, Natalia, Witek, Magdalena, Luca Pietro Casacci,, Lucas, Christophe, Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève, Sztencel-Jabłonka, Anna, Barbero, Francesca, Bonelli, Simona, Rákosy, László, Marko, Bálint (2017)
Lock-picks: fungal infection facilitates the intrusion of strangers into ant colonies.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1631097

Schönrogge, K , Barbero, F , Casacci, L P , Settele, J , Thomas, J A (2017)
Acoustic communication within ant societies and its mimicry by mutualistic and socially parasitic myrmecophiles.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1615259

Barbero, Francesca, Guglielmotto, Michela, Capuzzo, Andrea, Maffei, Massimo (2016)
Extracellular Self-DNA (esDNA), but Not Heterologous Plant or Insect DNA (etDNA), Induces Plasma Membrane Depolarization and Calcium Signaling in Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus) and Maize (Zea mays).
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1597316

Barbero, Francesca (2016)
Cuticular Lipids as a Cross-Talk among Ants, Plants and Butterflies.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1618550

Barbero F , Casacci L P
Butterflies that trick ants with sound.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/155800

Emilio Balletto, Francesca Barbero, Luca Casacci, Hamada Chakira, Abdillah Dafiné, Ahmed Ouledi (2015)
LES PAPILLONS DIURNES DES ÎLES COMORES/THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE COMOROS.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/141171

Patricelli, Dario, Barbero, Francesca, Occhipinti, Andrea, Bertea, Cinzia M , Bonelli, Simona, Casacci, Luca P , Zebelo, Simon A , Crocoll, Christoph, Gershenzon, Jonathan, Maffei, Massimo, Thomas, Jeremy A , Balletto, Emilio (2015)
Plant defenses against ants provide a pathway to social parasitism in butterflies.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1521360

M Witek, F Barbero, B Markó (2014)
Myrmica ants host highly diverse parasitic communities: from social parasites to microbes.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/150149

Luca Pietro Casacci, Francesca Barbero, Emilio Balletto (2014)
The ?Evolutionary Significant Unit? concept and its applicability in biological conservation.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/139718

Dario Patricelli, Francesca Barbero, Valentina La Morgia, Luca P Casacci, Magdalena , Witek, Emilio Balletto, Simona Bonelli (2011)
TO LAY OR NOT TO LAY: OVIPOSITION OF MACULINEA ARION IN RELATION TO MYRMICA ANTPRESENCE AND HOST PLANT PHENOLOGY.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/89760

Barbero F, Thomas JA, Bonelli S, Balletto E, Schönrogge K (2009)
Queen Ants Make Distinctive Sounds that Are Mimicked by a Butterfly Social Parasite.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/104905

 

Courses

• The evolution of eusociality: advanced mechanism of living together (SVB0238)
  Scienze Naturali, Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali,
  Evoluzione del comportamento animale e dell’uomo
• Zoologia Generale (on line) (SVB0158)
  Scienze Naturali, Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali,
  Evoluzione del comportamento animale e dell’uomo
• Zoologia generale con Laboratorio Corso A (MFN0681)
  Scienze Naturali, Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali,
  Evoluzione del comportamento animale e dell’uomo
• Zoologia generale con Laboratorio Corso B (MFN0681)
  Scienze Naturali, Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali,
  Evoluzione del comportamento animale e dell’uomo

Research groups

• Evolution of Communication
• Plant-Arthropod Interactions

• Evoluzione della comunicazione
• Interazioni piante-artropodi

Activities in agenda

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Academic bodies

• Consiglio di Dipartimento

• LT Scienze Naturali - Commissione Monitoraggio e Riesame

Office hours

Martedì, Mercoledì e Giovedì dalle 14:30 alle 16:30
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