Elena Piano

Department of Medical Sciences — BY

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology(25), Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy(22), Species Distribution and Climate Change(17), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior(14), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology(13)

Publications95 total

Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2026Open Access
Ensuring reliable cave temperature data for climate change research
Scientific Reports·2026Open Access
Author response for "Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans"
2025
Author response for "Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans"
2025
Cave depth and subterranean connectivity are drivers of intraspecific trait variability in two subterranean congeneric beetles
Ecological Entomology·2025Open Access
Author response for "Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans"
2025
Substrate type and light intensity determine <i>lampenflora</i> concentration on paleontological remains in show caves
PeerJ·2025Open Access
Intraspecific body size variation in spiders is mediated by multiple stressors in an urban area
Urban Ecosystems·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
An expert-curated dataset on cave-dwelling spider communities in the Western Italian Alps –an open tool for eco-evolutionary research
Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography·2025Open Access
Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Supplementary material from "Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans"
Figshare·2025Open Access
Kivela_tables_figures_ESM from Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans
Figshare·2025Open Access
Supplementary material from "Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans"
Figshare·2025Open Access
Kivela_tables_figures_ESM from Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans
Figshare·2025Open Access
City as a filter: urban density affects taxonomic and functional diversity of foliage dwelling spiders
Landscape Ecology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Human pressure homogenises species and traits globally
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Studying the effect of climate change in underground systems. A Novel Quality Control Workflow for Subterranean Temperature Data
2024Open Access
Dataset of a flow intermittency study: Benthic communities of 13 alpine intermittent rivers
Data in Brief·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Advancing tourism sustainability in show caves
Cell Reports Sustainability·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Cultivable fungal diversity in two karstic caves in Italy: under-investigated habitats as source of putative novel taxa
Scientific Reports·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Francesca Bona(25), Marco Isaia(22), Elisa Falasco(19), Alberto Doretto(16), Stefano Mammola(15), Stefano Fenoglio(15), Giuseppe Nicolosi(8), Dries Bonte(4), Luc De Meester(4), Frederik Hendrickx(4), Pedro Cardoso(4), Thomas Merckx(3), Katrien De Wolf(3), Luc Lens(3), Pier Mauro Giachino(3), Laura Gruppuso(3), Federico Biagioli(3), Claudia Coleine(3), A. Poli(3), Valeria Prigione(3)