PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles
(* indicates when Giacomo Assandri is the corresponding author; ^ indicates shared first or last name)

P46) Berlusconi, A., Scridel, D., Eberle, L., Martinoli, Alessio, Bazzi, G., Assandri, G., Grattini, N., Preatoni, D., Cecere, J.G., Martinoli, Adriano, Rubolini, D., Morganti, M., 2024. Ecological and social factors affecting the occurrence of kleptoparasitism in two recently established sympatric breeding falcons. Behavioural Ecology Sociobioliology, 78, 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-024-03433-y

P45) Bazzi, G., Galimberti, A., Foglini, C., Bani, L., Bazzi, L., Bonvicini, P., Brembilla, R., Brigo, M., Cavenaghi, A., Colombo, G., Della Pietà, C., Galliani, C., Guarnaroli, E., Larroux, N., Monti, A., Orioli, V., Ornaghi, F., Pilon, N., Pirotta, G., Radaelli, G., Tessa, G. & Assandri, G. 2023. Odonate diversity of a highly urbanised region: An annotated checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Lario and Brianza (Lombardy, N Italy). Biodiversity Data Journal, 11, e111358. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e111358
 
P44) Andreotti, A., Aradis, A., Assandri, G., Bazzi, G., Cecere, J.G., Ferri, A., Imperio, S., Marcon, A., Nardelli, R., Pirrello, S., Raganella Pelliccioni, E., Spina, F., Serra, L., 2023. The need for a flyway approach in defining the onset of prenuptial migration of huntable bird species across Europe. Ibis. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13258
 
P43) Corregidor‐Castro, A., Morinay, J., McKinlay, S.E., Ramellini, S., Assandri, G., Bazzi, G., Glavaschi, A., De Capua, E.L., Grapputo, A., Romano, A., Morganti, M., Cecere, J.G., Pilastro, A., Rubolini, D., 2023. Experimental nest cooling reveals dramatic effects of heatwaves on reproduction in a Mediterranean bird of prey. Global Change Biology, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16888
 
P42) Morinay, J., Riotte‐Lambert, L., Aarts, G., De Pascalis, F., Imperio, S., Morganti, M., Catoni, C., Assandri, G., Ramellini, S., Rubolini, D., & Cecere, J. G. (2023). Within‐colony segregation of foraging areas: from patterns to processes. Oikos: e09926. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09926
 
P41) Dijkstra, K. B. ^, Assandri, G. ^, & Galimberti, A. (2023). Morphological and molecular evidence supports the species status of the Italian endemic Coenagrion castellani Roberts, 1948 (Coenagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 26, 44–53. https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2023.1917025
 
P40) Assandri, G*., Bazzi, G., Siddi, L., Nardelli, R., Cecere, J. G., Rubolini, D., & Morganti, M. (2023). The occurrence of a flagship raptor species in intensive agroecosystems is associated with more diverse farmland bird communities: Opportunities for market-based conservation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 349, 108441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108441

P39) La Porta, G., Landi, F., Leandri, F., Assandri, G. (2023). The new Checklist of the Italian Fauna: Odonata. Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.21426/B638158781
 
P38) Romano A., Morganti M., Assandri G., Bazzi G., Corregidor-Castro A., Morinay J., Cecere J.G., Pilastro A., Rubolini D., 2022. Sibling competition for food and kin selection in nestlings of a colonial raptor. Animal Behaviour 194: 233–238. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.10.002

37) Cioccarelli, G., Terras, A., Assandri, G., Berlusconi, A., Grattini, N., Mercogliano, A., Pazhera, A., Sbrilli, A., Cecere, J.G., Rubolini, D., Morganti, M. (2022) Vegetation height and structure drive foraging habitat selection of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) in intensive agricultural landscapes. PeerJ 10, e13979. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13979

36) Assandri, G.* (2022) Editorial - Do ornithologists still play a role in reversing the crisis of farmland biodiversity? Avocetta 46, 3–5. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.30456/AVO.2022E1
 
35) Assandri, G.*, Bazzi, G., Festi, A. & Leandri, F. (2022) Distribution, ecology and conservation of Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1793) and Aeshna subarctica elisabethae Djakonov, 1922 (Insecta: Odonata) at the southernmost limits of their range. Aquatic Insects, in press. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2022.2098341
 
34) Assandri, G.*, & Bazzi, G. (2022) Natural and anthropogenic determinants of peatland dragonfly assemblages: Implications for management and conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 31: 703-722. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-022-02358-0
 
33) Assandri, G.*, Cecere, J.G., Sarà, M., Catoni, C., De Pascalis, F., Morinay, J., Berlusconi, A., Cioccarelli, S., Mercogliano, A., Pazhera, A., Terras, A., Imperio, S., Morganti, M., Rubolini, D. (2022) Context-dependent foraging habitat selection in a farmland raptor along an agricultural intensification gradient. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 326, 107782. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880921004862
 
32) Berlusconi, A., Preatoni, D., Assandri, G., Bisi, F., Brambilla, M., Cecere, J.G., Cioccarelli, S., Grattini, N., Gustin, M., Martinoli, A., Rubolini, D., Sbrilli, A., Zanichelli, A., Martinoli, A., Morganti, M., 2022. Intra-guild spatial niche overlap among three small falcon species in an area of recent sympatry. European Zoological Journal, 89: 510–526. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2055170
 
31) Deng, J., Assandri, G., Chauhan, P., Futahashi, R., Galimberti, A., Hansson, B., Lancaster, L.T., Takahashi, Y., Svensson, E.I., Duplouy, A. (2021) Wolbachia-driven selective sweep in a range expanding insect species. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21(1), 181. https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-021-01906-6
 
30) Barbaro, L.L., Assandri, G., Brambilla, M., Castagneyrol, B., Froidevaux, J., Giffard, B., Pithon, J., Puig‐Montserrat, X., Torre, I., Calatayud, F., Gaüzère, P., Guenser, J., Macià‐Valverde, F.‐X., Mary, S., Raison, L., Sirami, C. and Rusch, A. (2021) Organic management and landscape heterogeneity combine to sustain multifunctional bird communities in European vineyards. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58: 1261-1271. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.13885
 
29) Geiger, M., Koblmüller, S., Assandri, G., Chovanec, A., Ekrem, T., Fischer, I., Galimberti, A., Grabowski, M., Haring, E., Hausmann, A., Hendrich, L., Koch, S., Mamos, T., Rothe, U., Rulik, B., Rewicz, T., Sittenthaler, M., Stur, E., Tonczyk, G., Zangl, L., Moriniere, J., 2021. Coverage and quality of DNA barcode references for Central and Northern European Odonata. PeerJ 9, e11192. https://peerj.com/articles/11192/
 
28) Alba R., Assandri G., Boano G., Cravero F., Chamberlain D., (2021). An assessment of the current and historical distribution of the Corncrake Crex crex in the Western Italian Alps. Avocetta, 45: 9-19. https://doi.org/10.30456/AVO.2021101
 
27) Maggioni, D., Assandri, G., Ramazzotti F., Magnani, D., Pellegrino, I., Valsecchi, E., Galimberti, A. (2021) Differential genetic variability at two mtDNA COI regions does not imply mismatches in Odonata molecular identification performances. The European Zoological Journal, 88: 425-435. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2021.1896795

26) Galimberti, A., Assandri, G. ^, Maggioni, D., Ramazzotti, F., Baroni, D., Bazzi, G., Chiandetti, I., Corso, A., Ferri, V., Galuppi, M., Ilahiane, L., La Porta, G., Laddaga, L., Landi, F., Mastropasqua, F., Ramellini, S., Santinelli, R., Soldato, G., Surdo, S., Casiraghi, M. (2021) Italian Odonates in the Pandora’s Box: A Comprehensive DNA Barcoding Inventory Shows Taxonomic Warnings at the Holarctic Scale. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21: 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13235
 
25) Assandri, G.* (2021) Anthropogenic-driven transformations of dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) communities of low elevation mountain wetlands during the last century. Insect Conservation & Diversity, 14: 26-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12439
 
24) Assandri, G.*, Bazzi, G., Maggioni, D., Galimberti, A. & Kunz, B. (2020) Distribution, autecology, genetic characterization, and conservation of the Western Mediterranean endemic dragonfly Orthetrum nitidinerve (Selys, 1841): insights from Italy. International Journal of Odonatology, 23: 405-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2020.1828194
 
23) Mori, E., Saavedra, S., Menchetti, M., Assandri, G. (2020) Past and present distribution of the Common Myna Acridotheres tristis in Italy: a review. Avocetta, 44, 32–36. https://doi.org/10.30456/AVO.2020102
 
22) Brambilla, M., Scridel, D., Bazzi, G., Ilahiane, L., Iemma, A., Pedrini, P., Bassi, E., Bionda, R., Marchesi, L., Genero, F., Teufelbauer, N., Probst, R., Vrezec, A., Kmecl, P., Mihelič, T., Bogliani, G., Schmid, H., Assandri, G., Pontarini, R., Braunisch, V., Arlettaz, R. & Chamberlain, D. (2020) Species interactions and climate change: how the disruption of species co-occurrence will impact on an avian forest guild. Global Change Biology, 26: 1212-1224. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14953
 
21) Paiola, A.^, Assandri, G.^, Brambilla, M., Zottini, M., Pedrini, P. & Nascimbene, J. (2020) Exploring the potential of vineyards for biodiversity conservation and delivery of biodiversity-mediated ecosystem services: A global-scale systematic review. Science of the Total Environment, 706: 135839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135839
 
20) Assandri G.*, Bogliani G., Pedrini P. & Brambilla M. (2019) Species-specific responses to habitat and livestock management call for carefully targeted conservation strategies for declining meadow birds. Journal for Nature Conservation 52: 125757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2019.125757

19) Assandri G.*, Bogliani G., Pedrini P., Brambilla M. (2019) Toward the next CAP reform: determinants of avian communities in hay-meadows reveal current policies’ inadequacy for biodiversity conservation in grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56: 604–617. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13332
 
18) Mori E., Assandri G. (2019) Coming back home: recolonisation of abandoned dens by crested porcupines Hystrix 2 cristata and European badgers Meles meles after wood-cutting and riparian vegetation 3 mowing events. Hystrix -Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 30: 39-43. https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00176-2019
 
17) Assandri, G.*, Franceschini, A., Lencioni, V. (2019) Dragonfly biodiversity 90 years ago in an Alpine region: The Odonata historical collection of the MUSE (Trento, Italy). Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e32391. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e32391
 
16) Piretta L., Assandri G.* (2019) First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata). Fragmenta Entomologica, 51: 247–250. https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/376/386
 
15) Assandri, G.* (2019) A critical review of the odonate fauna of Trentino: annotated check-list and new relevant data for Italy (Insecta: Odonata). Fragmenta Entomologica, 51: 75–88.
https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/339
 
14) Assandri G.*, Bogliani G., Pedrini P., Brambilla M. (2018) Beautiful agricultural landscapes promote cultural ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation. Agriculture Ecosystem & Environment, 256: 200-210. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880918300343
 
13) Assandri, G.*, Bernardi, A., Schmoliner, A., Bogliani, G., Pedrini, P., Brambilla, M. (2018) A matter of pipes: Wryneck Jynx torquilla habitat selection and breeding performance in an intensive agroecosystem. Journal of Ornithology, 159, 103–114. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-017-1479-y
 
12) Assandri G.*, Bogliani G., Pedrini P., Brambilla M. (2017) Insectivorous birds as 'non-traditional' flagship species in vineyards: Applying a neglected conservation paradigm to agricultural systems. Ecological indicators, 80, 275-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.012
 
11) Brambilla M., Caprio E., Assandri G., Scridel D., Bassi E., Bionda R., Celada C., Falco R., Bogliani G., Pedrini P., Rolando A., Chamberlain D. (2017) A spatially explicit definition of conservation priorities according to population resistance and resilience, species importance and level of threat in a changing climate. Diversity and Distributions, 23: 727-738. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12572
 
10) Brambilla M., Ilahiane L., Assandri G., Ronchi S., Bogliani G. (2017) Combining habitat requirements of endemic bird species and other ecosystem services may synergistically enhance conservation efforts. Science of the Total Environment 586: 206-214.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.203
 
9) Assandri, G.*, Bogliani, G., Pedrini, P., Brambilla, M. (2017) Land-use and bird occurence at the urban margin in the Italian Alps: implication for planning and conservation. North Western Journal of Zoology 13(1): 77-84. https://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/content/v13n1/nwjz_e161601_Assandri.pdf
 
8) Assandri, G.*^, Morganti, M., Bogliani, G., Pulido, F. (2017) The value of abandoned olive groves for blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) in a Mediterranean agroecosystem: a year-round telemetry study. European Journal of Wildlife Research 63: 26. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-017-1082-9
 
7) Assandri, G.*, Bogliani G., Pedrini P., Brambilla M. (2017) Assessing common birds’ ecological requirements to address nature conservation in permanent crops: Lessons from Italian vineyards. Journal of Environmental Management 191: 145–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.071
 
6) Assandri, G.*, Giacomazzo M., Brambilla M., Griggio M., Pedrini P. (2017) Nest density, nest-site selection and breeding success of birds in vineyards: management implication for conservation in a highly intensive farming system. Biological Conservation 205: 23-33.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.020
 
5) Morganti, M., Assandri, G.^, Aguirre, J.I., Ramirez, A., Caffi M., Pulido, F. (2017) How residents behave: home range flexibility and dominance over migrants in a Mediterranean passerine. Animal Behaviour, 123: 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.10.021
 
4) Assandri, G.*, Bogliani, G., Pedrini, P., Brambilla, M. (2016) Diversity in the monotony? Habitat traits and management practices shape avian communities in intensive vineyards. Agriculture Ecosystem & Environment 223, 250–260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.014
 
3) Brambilla, M., Assandri, G., Martino, G., Bogliani, G., Pedrini, P. (2015) The importance of residual habitats and crop management for the conservation of birds breeding in intensive orchards. Ecological Research 30, 597–604. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-015-1260-8
 
2) Assandri G., Morganti M. (2015) Is the Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata Expanding northward because of climate warming? Bird Study 62, 126–131. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.988600
 
1) Assandri, G.* (2013) First breeding attempt of spectacled warbler Sylvia conspicillata in the Italian Alps. Avocetta 37, 63–66. https://www.avocetta.org/articles/vol-37-1-id-first-breedingattempt-of-spectacled-warbler-i-stylemso-bidi-font-stylenormalsylviaconspicillatai-in-the-italian-alps/
 
 
Refereed book chapters
 
Smith B.D., Villalobos-Jiménez G., Perron M.A.C., Sahlén G., Assandri G., Vilenica M., Calvão L.B., Juen L., Cerini F., Bried J.T., 2023. Odonata assemblages in human-modified landscapes, in: Córdoba-Aguilar A., Beatty C.D., Bried J.T. (Eds.), Dragonflies and Damselflies. Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research. Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp. 247-260. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192898623.001.0001

Geneletti, D., Esmail, B.A., Scolozzi, R., Assandri, G., Brambilla, M., Pedrini, P., 2020. Modelling biodiversity and ecosystem services trade-offs in agricultural landscapes to support planning and policy-making, in: Mirschel, W., Terleev, V. V., Wenkel, K.-O. (Eds.) Landscape Modelling and Decision Support. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 421–441.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-37421-1_22