Contacts
At
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi
- Corso di laurea in Scienze Biologiche (L-13)
- Laurea magistrale in Biologia dell'Ambiente
- PhD in Biological Sciences and Applied Biotechnologies
Selected research products
Statistical inference methods for n‐dimensional hypervolumes: Applications to niches and functional diversity
2024-01-01 Chen, Daniel; Laini, Alex; Blonder, Benjamin Wong https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1968112
Color polymorphism and mating trends in a population of the alpine leaf beetle Oreina gloriosa
2024-01-01 Roggero, Angela; Alù, Daniele; Laini, Alex; Rolando, Antonio; Palestrini, Claudia https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1988063
DNA barcoding reference libraries of Italian Plecoptera: a gap analysis
2024-01-01 Laini A.; Fenoglio S.; Bo T. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1954372
Spatio-temporal modelling suggests that some dung beetle species (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) may respond to global warming by boosting dung removal
2024-01-01 Nervo B.; Laini A.; Roggero A.; Palestrini C.; Rolando A. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1945201
DNA metabarcoding of gut microbiota reveals considerable taxonomic differences among wild individuals of the dung beetle Trypocopris pyrenaeus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae)
2024-01-01 NATTA, Gianluca; VOYRON, Samuele; LUMINI, Erica; LAINI, Alex; SANTOVITO, Alfredo; ROGGERO, Angela; PALESTRINI, Claudia; ROLANDO, Antonio https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1956191
Dissecting biodiversity: assessing the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic structure of an insect metacommunity in a river network using morphological and metabarcoding data
2023-01-01 Laini A.; Stubbington R.; Beermann A.J.; Burgazzi G.; Datry T.; Viaroli P.; Wilkes M.; Zizka V.M.A.; Sacco M.; Leese F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1904452
Among demons and killers: current and future potential distribution of two hyper successful invasive gammarids
2023-01-01 Cancellario T.; Laini A.; Wood P.J.; Guareschi S. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1887405
N-dimensional hypervolumes in trait-based ecology: Does occupancy rate matter?
2023-01-01 Laini A.; Datry T.; Blonder B.W. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1904454
Behavioural Repeatability and Behavioural Syndrome in the Dung Beetle Copris umbilicatus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
2023-01-01 Gianluca Natta; Alex Laini; Angela Roggero; Fabrizio Fabbriciani; Antonio Rolando; Claudia Palestrini https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1908851
Personality and behavioural syndromes in dung beetles: evidence from multiple behaviours in Copris umbilicatus Abeille de Perrin, 1901 (Coleoptera, Coprini)
2023-01-01 Natta G., Laini A., Roggero, A., Fabbriciani F., Pizzolato F., Rolando A., Palestrini C. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1913130
The foraging ecology of yellow-billed and red- billed choughs changed between two climatically different years
2023-01-01 Rolando, Antonio; Basso, Cecilia; Brunelli, Nicolò; Bocca, Massimo; Laini, Alex https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1945110
When nets meet environmental DNA metabarcoding: integrative approach to unveil invertebrate community patterns of hypersaline lakes
2023-01-01 Campbell M.A.; Laini A.; White N.E.; Allentoft M.E.; Sacco M. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1945207
Climate change impact on the ecological status of rivers: The case of Albaida Valley (SE Spain)
2023-01-01 Vagheei H.; Laini A.; Vezza P.; Palau-Salvador G.; Boano F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1945206
Ecohydrologic modeling using nitrate, ammonium, phosphorus, and macroinvertebrates as aquatic ecosystem health indicators of Albaida Valley (Spain)
2022-01-01 Vagheei, H; Laini, A; Vezza, P; Palau-Salvador, G; Boano, F https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1886563
Interactions Between Individuals and Sex Rather Than Morphological Traits Drive Intraspecific Dung Removal in Two Dung Beetle Species
2022-01-01 Beatrice Nervo, Alex Laini, Angela Roggero, Fabrizio Fabbriciani, Claudia Palestrini, Antonio Rolando https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1853061
Using invertebrate functional traits to improve flow variability assessment within European rivers
2022-01-01 Laini A.; Burgazzi G.; Chadd R.; England J.; Tziortzis I.; Ventrucci M.; Vezza P.; Wood P.J.; Viaroli P.; Guareschi S. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1863869
Continuous phenotypic modulation explains male horn allometry in three dung beetle species
2022-01-01 Laini, Alex; Roggero, Angela; Palestrini, Claudia; Rolando, Antonio https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1860838
Back to the future: Exploring riverine macroinvertebrate communities' invasibility
2022-01-01 Guareschi S.; Wood P.J.; England J.; Barrett J.; Laini A. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1863870
biomonitoR: an R package for managing ecological data and calculating biomonitoring indices
2022-01-01 Laini, Alex; Guareschi, Simone; Bolpagni, Rossano; Burgazzi, Gemma; Bruno, Daniel; Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano; Miranda, Rafael; Mondy, Cédric; Várbíró, Gábor; Cancellario, Tommaso https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1876978
Disentangling responses to natural stressor and human impact gradients in river ecosystems across Europe
2021-01-01 Stubbington R.; Sarremejane R.; Laini A.; Cid N.; Csabai Z.; England J.; Munne A.; Aspin T.; Bonada N.; Bruno D.; Cauvy-Fraunie S.; Chadd R.; Dienstl C.; Fortuno Estrada P.; Graf W.; Gutierrez-Canovas C.; House A.; Karaouzas I.; Kazila E.; Millan A.; Morais M.; Paril P.; Pickwell A.; Polasek M.; Sanchez-Fernandez D.; Tziortzis I.; Varbiro G.; Voreadou C.; Walker-Holden E.; White J.; Datry T. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1835255
Metabarcoding under brine: Microbial ecology of five hypersaline lakes at Rottnest Island (WA, Australia)
2021-01-01 Saccò M.; White N.E.; Campbell M.; Allard S.; Humphreys W.F.; Pringle P.; Sepanta F.; Laini A.; Allentoft M.E. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1835256
Multiple co-occurrent alien invaders constrain aquatic biodiversity in rivers
2021-01-01 Guareschi S.; Laini A.; England J.; Barrett J.; Wood P.J. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1842798
Invasive species influence macroinvertebrate biomonitoring tools and functional diversity in British rivers
2021-01-01 Guareschi S.; Laini A.; England J.; Johns T.; Winter M.; Wood P.J. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843966
Effect of microhabitats, mesohabitats and spatial position on macroinvertebrate communities of a braided river
2021-01-01 Burgazzi, Gemma; Vezza, Paolo; Negro, Giovanni; Astegiano, Luca; Pellicanó, Riccardo; Pinna, Beatrice; Viaroli, Pierluigi; Laini, Alex https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843858
Integrating habitat- and species-based perspectives for wetland conservation in lowland agricultural landscapes
2020-01-01 Guareschi S.; Laini A.; Viaroli P.; Bolpagni R. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1842799
Stygofaunal community trends along varied rainfall conditions: Deciphering ecological niche dynamics of a shallow calcrete in Western Australia
2020-01-01 Saccò M.; Blyth A.J.; Humphreys W.F.; Karasiewicz S.; Meredith K.T.; Laini A.; Cooper S.J.B.; Bateman P.W.; Grice K. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843963
Exploring the potential of metabarcoding to disentangle macroinvertebrate community dynamics in intermittent streams
2020-01-01 Laini A.; Beermann A. J.; Bolpagni R.; Burgazzi G.; Elbrecht V.; Zizka V. M. A.; Leese F.; Viaroli P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1842450
Spatial and temporal patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblages in the River Po Catchment (Northern Italy)
2020-01-01 Fornaroli R.; White J.C.; Boggero A.; Laini A. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843860
Communities in high definition: Spatial and environmental factors shape the micro-distribution of aquatic invertebrates
2020-01-01 Burgazzi Gemma; Laini Alex; Ovaskainen Otso; Saccò Mattia; Stubbington Rachel; Viaroli Pierluigi https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843600
Analysis of 13,312 benthic invertebrate samples from German streams reveals minor deviations in ecological status class between abundance and presence/absence data
2019-01-01 Buchner D.; Beermann A.J.; Laini A.; Rolauffs P.; Vitecek S.; Hering D.; Leese F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843765
Taxonomic and functional responses of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to hydrological and water quality variations in a heavily regulated river
2019-01-01 Laini A.; Viaroli P.; Bolpagni R.; Cancellario T.; Racchetti E.; Guareschi S. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1842457
Testing the response of macroinvertebrate communities and biomonitoring indices under multiple stressors in a lowland regulated river
2018-01-01 Laini, Alex; Bolpagni, Rossano; Cancellario, Tommaso; Guareschi, Simone; Racchetti, Erica; Viaroli, Pierluigi https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843737
Biomonitoring with macroinvertebrate communities in Italy: what happened to our past and
2017-01-01 Tiziano, Bo; Doretto, Alberto; Alex, Laini; Bona, Francesca; Stefano, Fenoglio https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1599629
How do low-abundance taxa affect river biomonitoring? Exploring the response of different macroinvertebrate-based indices
2017-01-01 GUARESCHI, SIMONE; Laini, Alex; Sánchez-Montoya, Maria M. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843620
Courses
- Entomologia (SVB0155)
Laurea magistrale in Biologia dell'Ambiente - PhD Toolbox for data analysis
PhD in Biological Sciences and Applied Biotechnologies - Servizi ecosistemici degli animali (SVB0253B)
Laurea magistrale in Biologia dell'Ambiente - Servizi ecosistemici dei vegetali e degli animali (SVB0253)
Laurea magistrale in Biologia dell'Ambiente - Tecniche applicate alla zoologia (SVB0244B)
Laurea magistrale in Biologia dell'Ambiente - Tecniche biomolecolari applicate all'ambiente (SVB0244)
Laurea magistrale in Biologia dell'Ambiente - ZOOLOGIA GENERALE (corso B) (MFN0369)
Corso di laurea in Scienze Biologiche (L-13)
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