Publications (PDFs)

Pre-print and/or under review for publication

Bellingeri, Bevacqua, Martinetti, Cassi, Alfieri & Bohan Energetic criteria to predict biodiversity loss andkeystone species in empirical agricultural food webs. Proceedings Royal Society - B, Under revision.
Vanalli, Gatto, Casagrandi & Bevacqua Shifting ecological niches of Prunus species under climate changeClimate Change. Under revision doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.17.63352
Martinetti, Stucchi, Bevacqua, Mari & Casagrandi. Potential epidemiological risk of downwind exposure toairborne pathogens from thawing Siberian permafrost. Global Change Biology. Under revision
Radici, Bevacqua, Miele & Martinetti. Network thinking for surveillance and control of crop diseases: a review.Agriculture Sustainability and Development . Under revision
Martinetti, Erbetta, Bevacqua, Bonnefon, Gatto, Mari & Casagrandi. A model for the spatial population dynamics of the European invasion of the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica). Biological invasions. Under revisio

2025

a61. Radici, Martinetti, Bevacqua. Optimizing fungicide deployment in a connected crop landscape while balancing epidemic control and environmental sustainability. 10.1016/j.agee.2025.109722 PDF

2024

a60. Vanalli, Radici, Casagrandi, Gatto, Bevacqua. Phenological and epidemiological impacts of climate change on peach production. Agricultural Systems.

doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103997 PDF

a59. Radici, Martinetti, Vanalli, Cunniffe, Bevacqua. A metapopulation framework integrating landscape heterogeneity to model an airborne plant pathogen: The case of brown rot of peach in France. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment.

doi. 10.1016/j.agee.2024.108994 PDF

a58. Bevacqua, Coppola & Casagrandi. An ecological model to analyze and control the dynamics of the leafminer pest Tuta absoluta on tomato Solanum lycopersicum. Entomologia Generalis 44(2) 451-458

doi. 10.1127/entomologia/2024/2316 PDF

a57. Bevacqua, Coppola & Casagrandi. Life history theory explains observed plasticity in Tuta absoluta age and size at pupation. Entomologia Generalis.

doi. 10.1127/entomologia/2024/2374 PDF

a56. Bellingeri, Bevacqua, Scotognella & Cassi. The critical role of networks to describe disease spreading dynamics in social systems: a perspective.

doi: 10.3390/math12060792 PDF

a55. Lacroix, Lescourret, Génard, Memah, Vercambre, Valsesia, Bevacqua & Grechi. Modeling the effect of multiple pests on ecosystem services provided by fruit crops: Application to apple. Agricultural Systems Am

doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103808 PDF

Evaluated in 2022: IF 2yr = 6.6; IF 5yr = 6.9; rank = 2/58 Agriculture, Multidisciplinary

2023

a54. Miele, Evans, Cunniffe, Torres-Barcelò & Bevacqua. Evolutionary epidemiology consequences of trait-dependent control of heterogeneous parasites. American Naturalist Am

doi.org/10.1086/726062 PDF

Evaluated in 2022: IF 2yr = 2.9; IF 5yr = 3.5; rank = 67/171 Ecology

a53. Bellingeri, Bevacqua, Sartori, Turchetto, Scotognella, Alfieri, Nguyen, TT Trang LE, Q. Nguyen & Cassi. Considering weights in real social networks. A review. Frontiers in Physics

doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2023.1152243 PDF

Evaluated in 2022: IF 2yr = 3.1; IF 5yr = 3.3; rank = 33/85 Physics, Multidisciplinary

a52. Radici, Martinetti & Bevacqua. Global benefits and domestic costs of a cooperative surveillance strategy to control transboundary crop pathogens. Plants, People, Planet.

doi:10.1002/ppp3.10379 PDF

Evaluated in 2022: IF 2yr = 5.1; IF 5yr = 5.2; rank = 27/171 Ecology, 8/65 Biodiv. Conservation, 33/239 Plant Science

a51. Bevacqua, Vanalli, Casagrandi & Gatto. A climate-driven compartmental model for fungal diseases in fruit orchards:
The impacts of climate change on a brown rot-peach system. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109293 PDF

Evaluated in 2022: IF 2yr = 6.2; IF 5yr = 6.9; rank = 6/88 Agronomy , 3/69 Forestry, 16/94 Meteorology & Atm. Sciences

2022

a50. Bellingeri, Bevacqua, Turchetto, Scotognella, Alfieri, Nguyen, LE, Nguyen & Cassi. Network structure indexes to forecast epidemic spreading in real-world complex networks. Frontiers in Physics

https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.1017015 PDF

Evaluated in 2022: IF 2yr = 3.1; IF 5yr = 3.3; rank = 33/85 Physics, Multidisciplinary

a49. Zaffaroni & Bevacqua. Maximizing plant production and minimizing environmental impact: comparingagricultural management scenarios with multi criteria decision analysis. European Journal of Agronomy.

//doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2022.126571 PDF

Evaluated in 2021: IF 2yr = 5.7; IF 5yr = 6.4; rank = 10/90 Agronomy

a48. Radici, Martinetti & Bevacqua. Surveillance of airborne plant disease dissemination at continental scale using air mass trajectory analysis and network theory. Environmental Research Letters

doi: https://10.1088/1748-9326/ac73aa PDF

Evaluated in 2020: IF 2yr = 6.8; IF 5yr = 7.8; rank = 33/274 Env. Sc. , 8/94 Meteor. & Atmosp. Sc.

a47. Casagrande, Génard, Charles, Lurol, Bevacqua, Martinetti & Lescourret. Brown rot disease in stored nectarines: modeling the combined effects of preharvest and storage conditions. Phytopathology.

https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-12-21-0499-R. PDF

Evaluated in 2020: IF 2yr =4.0; IF 5yr = 4.4; rank = 46/235 Plant Science.

2021

a46. Zaffaroni, Rimbaud, Mailleret, Cunni e & Bevacqua. The role of interference between vectors in control ofplant diseases. PLOS Computational Biology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.08.447498. PDF

a45. Bevacqua, Cividini, Mattioli, Melià, Lescourret, Géenard & Casagrandi (2021). A parsimonious mechanistic
model of reproductive and vegetative growth in fruit trees predicts consequences of fruit thinning and branch
pruning. Tree Physiology doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpab050 - PDF
Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 3.7; IF 5yr = 4.3; rank = 4/68 Forestry

a44. Bellingeri, Turchetto, Bevacqua, Scotognella, Alfieri, Nguyen & Cassi (2021). Modeling the Consequences
of Social Distancing Over Epidemics Spreading in Complex Social Networks: From Link Removal Analysis to
SARS-CoV-2 Prevention. Frontiers in Physics, doi: 10.3389/fphy.2021.681343. PDF
Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 2.6; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = 30/85 Physics, Multidisciplinary .

a43.Casagrande, Plenet, Lurol, Charles, Genard, Lescourret & Bevacqua (2021). Impact of pre and postharvest
factors on spreading of brown rot in nectarine: a quantitative compartmental model. Acta Horticulturae, VI
International Symposium on Applications of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Horticultural Supply
Chain - Model-IT 2019 doi 10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1311.21.

a42. Vanalli, Casagrandi, Gatto & Bevacqua (2021). Shifts in the thermal niche of fruit trees under climate change: the case of peach cultivation in France. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. PDF

Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 4.7; IF 5yr = 5.1; rank = 3/91 Agronomy & 2/68 Forestry.

a41. Casagrande, Recanati, Rulli, Bevacqua & Melia (2021). Water balance partitioning for ecosystem service
assessment. A case study in the Amazon. Ecological Indicators. doi org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107155. PDF

Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 4.2; IF 5yr = 5.0; rank = 61/265 Environmental Sciences.

2020

a40. Zaffaroni, Cunniffe & Bevacqua (2020). An ecophysiological model of plant-pest interactions: the role of nutrient
and water availability. Journal of the Royal Society - Interface. doi 10.1098/rsif.2020.0356. PDF

Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 3.7; IF 5yr = 4.3; rank = 19/71 Multidisciplinary Sciences.

a39. Bellingeri, Bevacqua, Scotognella, Aleri, Nguyen, Montepieatra & Cassi (2020). Link and Node Removal in
Real Social Networks: A Review. Frontiers in Physics, doi: 10.3389/fphy.2020.00228. PDF
Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 2.6; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = 30/85 Physics, Multidisciplinary.

a38. Bellingeri, Bevacqua, Scotognella, Aleri & Cassi (2020). A comparative analysis of link removal strategies in
real complex weighted networks. Scientfic Reports, 10:1692. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-60298-7. PDF
Evaluated in 2018: IF 2yr = 4.0; IF 5yr = 4.5; rank = 15/69 Multidisciplinary Sciences.

20192

a37. Bellingeri, Bevacqua, Scotognella & Cassi (2019). The heterogeneity in link weights may decrease the
robustness of real-world complex weighted networks. Scientific Reports . doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47119-2. PDF
Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 4.1; IF 5yr = 4.6; rank = 12/64 Multidisciplinary Sciences.

a36. Bevacqua, Melia, Schiavina, Crivelli, De Leo & Gatto (2019). A demographic model for the conservation and management of the European eel: an application to a Mediterranean coastal lagoon. ICES Journal of Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz118. PDF

Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 2.9; IF 5yr = 3,0; rank = 7/51 Fisheries, 15/106 Mar. & Freshw. Biol., 9/64 Oceanography.

a35. Bevacqua, Genard, Lescourret, Martinetti, Vercambre, Valsesia & Miras-Avalos (2019). Coupling epidemiological and tree growth models to control fungal diseases spread in fruit orchards. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44898-6.

PDF.

Evaluated in 2019: IF 2yr = 4.1; IF 5yr = 4.6; rank = 12/64 Multidisciplinary Sciences.

a34. Silva-Araujo, Ribeiro-Paiva, Geraldo-Alves, Bevacqua, Edson-Nava, Lavigne, & Mello-Garcia (2019).
Phenological asynchrony between the fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus and early maturing peach cultivars could
contribute to pesticide use reduction. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, doi: 10.5424/sjar/2019171-13294. PDF Evaluated in 2020: IF 2yr = 1.2; IF 5yr = 1.7; rank = 31/57 Agriculture, Multidisciplinary

2018

a33. Bellingeri, Bevacqua, Zhe-Ming, Scotognella & Cassi (2018). Efficacy of local attack strategies on the Bejing road complex weighted network. Physica A - Statistical mechanics and its applications. doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2018.06.127. PDF
Evaluated in 2018: IF 2yr = 2.2; IF 5yr = 2.1; rank = 18/79 Physics Multidisciplinary.

a32. Bevacqua, Quilot-Turion, & Bolzoni (2018). A model for temporal dynamics of brown rot spreading in fruit orchards. Phytopathlogy doi: 10.1094/phyto-07-17-0250-R. PDF
Evaluated in 2017: IF 2yr = 2.9; IF 5yr = 3.2; rank = 42/242 Plant Science.

a31. Bellingeri, Quilot-Turion, Oliveira Lino, & Bevacqua (2018). The Crop Load Affects Brown Rot Progression in Fruit Orchards: High Fruit Densities Facilitate Fruit Exposure to Spores but Reduce the Infection Rate by Decreasing Fruit Growth and Cuticle Cracking. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00170. PDF
Evaluated in 2020: IF 2yr = 4.0 ; IF 5yr = 4.4.; rank = 46/235 Ecology

a30. Rousselin, Bevacqua, Vercambre, Sauge, Lescourret & Jordan (2018). Rosy apple aphid abundance is shaped by apple tree vegetative growth and water status. Crop Protection. doi 10.1016/j.cropro.2017.11.001. PDF
Evaluated in 2017: IF 2yr = 1.8; IF 5yr = 1.9; rank = 20/83 Agronomy.

2017

a29. Rousselin, Bevacqua, Sauge, Lescourret, Mody & Jordan (2017). Harnessing the aphid life cycle to reduce insecticide reliance in apple and peach orchards. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. doi: 10.1007/s13593-017-0444-8. PDF
Evaluated in 2016: IF 2yr = 4.1 ; IF 5yr = 4.8; rank = 4/83 Agronomy

a28. Génard, Lescourret, Bevacqua & Boivin (2017). Genotype-by-Environment Interactions emerge from simple assemblages of mathematical functions in ecological models. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00013. PDF
Evaluated in 2020: IF 2yr = 4.0 ; IF 5yr = 4.4.; rank = 46/235 Ecology

a27. De Dea-Lindner, Paggi, Duarte-Pinto, Soares, Danieli-Dolzan, Bevacqua, Amadeu-Micke & Oliveira (2017).
A Novel Functional Fruit/Vegetable Beverage for the Elderly: Development and Evaluation of Different Preservation Processes on Functional and Enriched Components and Microorganisms. Journal of Food Research, doi:10.5539/jfr.v6n4p17
Evaluated in 2016: IF 2yr = n.a. ; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = n.a.

2016

a26. Rousselin, Sauge, Jordan, Vercambre, Lescourret & Bevacqua (2016). Nitrogen and water supplies affect peach tree-green peach aphid interactions: the key role played by vegetative growth. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 18(4): 367-375, doi: 10.111/afe.12168. PDF
Evaluated in 2015: IF 2yr = 1.8; IF 5yr = 1.9; rank = 19/94 Entomology

a25. Bevacqua, Grechi, Génard & Lescourret (2016). The consequences of aphid infestation on fruit production
become evident in a multi-year perspective: Insights from a virtual experiment. Ecological Modelling, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.07.022. PDF
Evaluated in 2015: IF 2yr = 2.3; IF 5yr = 2.6; rank = 61/149 Ecology

a24. Bevacqua, Génard, Lescourret & Grechi (2016). Modelling the effect of multi-year aphid infestation on fruit
production in perennial trees. Acta Horticulturae 1130:215-218, doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1130.31. PDF
Evaluated in 2016: IF 2yr = n.a. ; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = n.a.

a23. Rousselin, Sauge, Vercambre, Bevacqua, Lescourret, Jordan (2016). Effects of nitrogen fertilization and
vegetative growth on the population dynamics of the aphid, Myzus persicae, in the peach tree, Prunus persica.
Acta Horticulturae 1137:137-144, wos: 000385238100019
Evaluated in 2016: IF 2yr = n.a. ; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = n.a.

2015

a22. Bevacqua, Melià, Gatto & De Leo (2015). A viability analysis for the European eel stock. Global Change
Biology 21(9): 3323-3335, doi:10.1111/gcb.12972 PDF

Suppl. Information
Evaluated in 2015: IF 2yr = 8.4; IF 5yr = 9.0; rank = 1/48 Biodiv. Cons, 6/149 Ecology, 4/225 Env. Sc.

a21. Schiavina, Bevacqua, Melià, Crivelli, Gatto & De Leo (2015). A user-friendly tool to assess management plans for European eel fishery and conservation. Environmental Modelling & Software 64:9-17, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.10.008 PDF
Evaluated in 2015: IF 2yr = 4.2; IF 5yr = 4.5; rank = 27/225 Env. Sc.

2014

a20. Melià, Crivelli, Durif, Poole & Bevacqua (2014). A simplified method to estimate body growth parameters of
the European eel Anguilla anguilla. Journal of Fish Biology 85(3):978-984

doi:10.1111/jfb.12486 PDF
Evaluated in 2014: IF 2yr = 1.7; IF 5yr = 1.9; rank = 42/103 Mar. Freshw. Biol.

2012
a19. Bevacqua, Capoccioni, Melià, Vincenzi, Pujolar, De Leo & Ciccotti (2012). Fishery-Induced selection for slow
somatic growth in European eel. Plos One 7(5):e37622

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037622 PDF
Evaluated in 2012: IF 2yr = 3.7; IF 5yr = 4.2; rank = 7/56 Multidip. Sc.

a18. Bevacqua, Génard & Lescourret (2012). A simple model to predict the probability of a peach (Prunus persicae)
tree bud to develop as a long or short shoot as a consequence of winter pruning intensity and previous year growth. PloS One

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052185. PDF
Evaluated in 2012: IF 2yr = 3.7; IF 5yr = 4.2; rank = 7/56 Multidip. Sc.

a17. Rossetto, De Leo, Bevacqua & Micheli (2012). Allometric scaling of mortality rates with body mass in abalones.
Oecologia 168(4):989-996

doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2163-1 PDF
Evaluated in 2012: IF 2yr = 3.0; IF 5yr = 3.8; rank = 37/136 Ecology

a16. Ciccotti, Leone, Bevacqua, De Leo, Tancioni & Capoccioni (2012). Integrating habitat restoration and fisheries
management: A small-scale case-study to support EEL conservation at the global scale. Knowledge and management of aquatic ecosystem 407(4), doi:10.1051/kmae/2012030

PDF
Evaluated in 2012: IF 2yr = 0.5; IF 5yr = 0.6; rank = 88/100 Mar. Freshw. Biol.

a15. Harper, Bevacqua, Chudnow, Giorgi, Guillonneau, Le Manach, Sutor & Sumaila (2012). Fuelling the fisheries subsidy debate: Agreements, loopholes and implications. Fisheries Research 113(1):143-146.

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2011.10.007 PDF
Evaluated in 2012: IF 2yr = 1.7; IF 5yr = 1.8; rank = 17/50 Fisheries

2011

a14. Andrello, Bevacqua, Maes & De Leo (2011). An integrated genetic-demographic model to unravel the origin of genetic structure in European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.). Evolutionary Applications 4(4):517-533

doi:10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00167.x PDF
Evaluated in 2011: IF 2yr = 4.9; IF 5yr = 6.2; rank = 9/45 Evol. Biol.

Bevacqua, Andrello, Melià, Vincenzi, De Leo & Crivelli (2011). Density-dependent and inter-specific interactions affecting European eel settlement in freshwater habitats. Hydrobiologia 672:259-265

doi:10.1007/s10750-011-0725-1. PDF
Evaluated in 2011: IF 2yr = 1.8; IF 5yr = 2.1; rank = 38/97 Mar. Freshw. Biol.

a12. Pujolar, Bevacqua, Capoccioni, Ciccotti,De Leo & Zane. 2011. No apparent genetic bottleneck in the demographically declining European eel using molecular genetics and forward-time simulations. Conservation Genetics 3:813-825, doi10.1007/s10592-011-0188-y. PDF
Evaluated in 2011: IF 2yr = 1.6; IF 5yr = 2.1; rank = 17/32 Biodiv. Cons.

a11. Pujolar, Bevacqua, Andrello, Capoccioni, Ciccotti, De Leo & Zane (2011). Genetic patchiness in European eel adults evidenced by molecular genetics and population dynamics modelling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(2): 198-206 , DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.019 PDF
Evaluated in 2011: IF 2yr = 3.6; IF 5yr = 4.0; rank = 16/45 Evol. Biol.

a10. Bevacqua, Melià, De Leo & Gatto (2011). Intraspecific scaling of natural mortality in fish: the paradigmatic case of the European eel. Oecologia:165: 333-339

doi:10.1007/s00442-010-1729-9 PDF

Evaluated in 2011: IF 2yr = 3.4; IF 5yr = 3.9; rank = 31/134 Ecology

2010

a9. Bevacqua, Melià, Gatto, De Leo, Follesa & Cau (2010). Body growth and mortality of the spiny lobster Palinurus elephas within and outside a small marine protected area. Fisheries Research 160(3): 543-549,

doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.10.008 PDF
Evaluated in 2010: IF 2yr = 1.7; IF 5yr = 1.8; rank = 11/46 Fisheries

2009
a8. Pujolar, Bevacqua, Capoccioni, Ciccotti, De Leo & Zane (2009). Genetic variability is unrelated to growth and parasite infestation in natural populations of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Molecular Ecology 18(22): 4604-4616, doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04390.x PDF
Evaluated in 2010: IF 2yr = 6.5; IF 5yr = 6.6; rank = 6/129 Ecology

a7. Bevacqua, Melià, Gatto & De Leo (2009). Size selectivity of fyke nets for European eel Anguilla anguilla. Journal of Fish Biology 74: 2178–2186,

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02243.x PDF
Evaluated in 2009: IF 2yr = 1.2; IF 5yr = 1.6; rank = 48/88 Mar. Freshw. Biol.

a6. Bevacqua, Melià, Crivelli, Gatto & De Leo 2009. Assessing Management Plans for the recovery of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla): a need for multi-objective analyses. Challenges for diadromous fishes in a dynamic global environment. Book Series: American Fisheries Society Symposium 69: 637-647

wos:000270598800040 PDF
Evaluated in 2009: IF 2yr = n.a. ; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = n.a.

2008

a5. Gatti, De Dea Lindner, Gardini, Mucchetti, Bevacqua, Fornasari & Neviani (2008). A model to assess LAB Aminopeptidase Activities in Parmigiano Reggiano cheese during ripening. Journal of Dairy Science 91: 4129-4137, doi:10.3168/jds.2008-1069 PDF
Evaluated in 2008: IF 2yr = 2.5; IF 5yr = 3.0; rank = 1/45 Agric. Dairy & Anim. Sci.

2007

a4. Bevacqua, Melià, Crivelli, Gatto & De Leo (2007). Multi-objective assessment of conservation measures for the European eel (Anguilla anguilla): an application to the Camargue lagoons. ICES Journal of Marine Science 64(7):1483-1490.

doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsm126 PDF
Evaluated in 2007: IF 2yr = 1.9; IF 5yr = 1.9; rank = 6/40 Fisheries

2006

a3. Bevacqua, Melià, Crivelli, Leo & Gatto (2006). Timing and rate of sexual maturation of European eel in brackish and freshwater environments. Journal of Fish Biology 69:200-208, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01265.x. PDF
Evaluated in 2006: IF 2yr = 1.4; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = 33/79 Mar. Freshw. Biol.

a2. Melià, Bevacqua, Crivelli, Panfili, De Leo & Gatto(2006). Sex differentiation of the European eel in brackish and freshwater environments: a comparative analysis. Journal of Fish Biology 69: 1228-1235,

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01170.x PDF
Evaluated in 2006: IF 2yr = 1.4; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = 33/79 Mar. Freshw. Biol.

a1. Melià, Bevacqua, Crivelli, De Leo, Panfili & Gatto (2006). Age and growth of the European eel Anguilla anguilla in the Camargue lagoons. Journal of Fish Biology 68:876-890,

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.00975.x. PDF
Evaluated in 2006: IF 2yr = 1.4; IF 5yr = n.a.; rank = 33/79 Mar. Freshw. Biol.

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