Sonia Smeraldo

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno — Italy

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

16h-index1.2kcitations24works1.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Species Distribution and Climate Change(13), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(9), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species(6), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(4), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(4)

Publications24 total

Island Life and Interspecific Dynamics Influence Body Size, Distribution and Ecological Niche of Long‐Eared Bats
Journal of Biogeography·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
ORMEF: a geospatial web platform for mapping and visualizing exotic fish records in the Mediterranean and surrounding seas
Management of Biological Invasions·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Integrating citizen science and spatial ecology to inform management and conservation of the Italian seahorses
Ecological Informatics·2023· 62 citedOpen Access
Risk valuation for E. coli contamination in Campania region shellfish from 2016 to 2021
Heliyon·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Unveiling the Potential Distribution of the Highly Threatened Madeira Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus maderensis): Do Different Evolutionary Significant Units Exist?
Biology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Shedding light on the effects of climate and anthropogenic pressures on the disappearance of Fagus sylvatica in the Italian lowlands: evidence from archaeo-anthracology and spatial analyses
The Science of The Total Environment·2023· 71 citedOpen Access
Salinity, not only temperature, drives tropical fish invasions in the Mediterranean Sea, and surface-only variables explain it better
Coral Reefs·2023· 13 cited
Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed
Global Change Biology·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
The spread of Lessepsian fish does not track native temperature conditions
ICES Journal of Marine Science·2022· 10 cited
ORMEF: a Mediterranean database of exotic fish records
Scientific Data·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
The rise and fall of an alien: why the successful colonizer Littorina saxatilis failed to invade the Mediterranean Sea
Biological Invasions·2022· 64 cited
Do We Need to Use Bats as Bioindicators?
Biology·2021· 92 citedOpen Access
Artificial illumination influences niche segregation in bats
Environmental Pollution·2021· 60 cited
Generalists yet different: distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits
Mammal Review·2021· 85 cited
The Case of Lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Mediterranean Sea Demonstrates Limitations in EU Legislation to Address Marine Biological Invasions
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering·2021· 44 citedOpen Access
An African bat in Europe, <i>Plecotus gaisleri</i>: Biogeographic and ecological insights from molecular taxonomy and Species Distribution Models
Ecology and Evolution·2020· 42 citedOpen Access
Modelling risks posed by wind turbines and power lines to soaring birds: the black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Italy as a case study
Biodiversity and Conservation·2020· 93 cited
Ignoring seasonal changes in the ecological niche of non-migratory species may lead to biases in potential distribution models: lessons from bats
Biodiversity and Conservation·2018· 90 cited
Loss of potential bat habitat following a severe wildfire: a model-based rapid assessment
International Journal of Wildland Fire·2018· 70 cited
A methodological assessment of Species Distribution Models as tools to plan species conservation and niche modelling
2017
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Frequent Co-authors

Luciano Bosso(15), Danilo Russo(13), Leonardo Ancillotto(7), Ernesto Azzurro(6), Manuela D‘Amen(5), Valeria B. Salinas‐Ramos(3), Luca Cistrone(3), Mirko Di Febbraro(3), Maria Luisa Chiusano(3), Antonio Pietro Garonna(2), Francesca Raffini(2), Nicola Luchi(1), G. Maresi(1), Gennaro Cristinzio(1), Maurizio Fraissinet(1), Lucio Bordignon(1), Massimo Brunelli(1), Carles Flaquer(1), David Guixé(1), Fulgencio Lisón(1)