PUBLICATION LIST
- Peer Reviewed Articles
55. Cappa F, Baracchi D (2024) Bioinsecticides on honey bees: exposure, sublethal effects, and risk assessment paradigms. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 100569.
54. S Szymański S, Baracchi D, Bowman AS, Dingle S, Manfredini F (2024) Learning performance and GABAergic pathway link to deformed wing virus in the mushroom bodies of naturally infected honey bees. Journal of Experimental Biology. jeb. 246766.
53. Beydizada NI, Cannone F, Pekàr S, Baracchi D† , De Agrò Massimo† (2024). Habituation to visual stimuli is independent of boldness in a jumping spider. Animal Behaviour. 213:61-67 † Equal contribution
52. Ferrante F, Pasquini E, Cappa F, Bellocchio L, Baracchi D (2024). Unravelling the microplastics menace: Different polymers additively increase bee vulnerability. Environmental Pollution. 352:124087
51. A Di Noi, Caliani I, D'agostino A, Cai G, Romi M, Campani T, Ferrante F, Baracchi D, Casini S (2024). Assessing the effects of a commercial fungicide and an herbicide, alone and in combination, on Apis mellifera: Insights from biomarkers and cognitive analysis. Chemosphere. 142307
50. Pasquini E, Ferrante F, Passaponti L, Pavone FS, Costantini I, Baracchi D (2024). Microplastics reach the brain and interfere with honey bee cognition. Science of the Total Environment. I69362
49. Cappa F, De Fazi, Baracchi D, Cervo R (2024). Adverse effects of the fungal biopesticide Beauveria bassiana on a predatory social wasp. Science of the Total Environment. 908- 168202
48. Lucon-Xiccato T, Carere C, Baracchi D (2024). Intraspecific variation in invertebrate cognition: a review. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 78(1), 1.
47. Calderai G, Baggiani B, Bianchi S, Pierucci V, Foti M, Scibetta F, Baracchi D (2023). Nectar-borne GABA promotes flower fidelity in bumble bees. Entomologia Generalis. 43-4.
46. Di Paola M, Gori A, Stefanini I, Meriggi N, Renzi S, Nenciarini S, ..Baracchi D, Cavalieri D (2023). Using wasps as a tool to restore a functioning vine grape mycobiota and preserve the mycobial “terroir”. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 16544.
45. Cappa F, Cervo R†, Baracchi D† (2022). Biopesticides and insect pollinators: detrimental effects, outdated giudelines, and future directions. Science of the Total Environment. 837- 55714† Equal contribution
44. Balzani P, Galeotti G, Scheggi S, Masoni A, Santini G, Baracchi D (2022). Acute and chronic ingestion of polyethylene (PE) microplastics has no effects on honey bee health and cognition. Environmental Pollution. 119318.
43. Gandia KM, Cappa F, Baracchi D, Hauber ME, Beani L, Uy FMK (2022). Caste, sex, and parasitism influence brain plasticity in a social wasp. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 28: 389.
42. Finke V, Baracchi D, Giurfa M, Scheiner R, Avargues-Weber A (2021). Evidence of cognitive specialization in an insect: proficiency is maintained across elemental and higher-order visual learning but not between sensory modalities in honey bees. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224: jeb242470.
41. Baracchi D, Giurfa M, d’Ettorre P (2021). Formic acid modulates latency and accuracy of nestmate recognition in carpenter ants. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224: jeb242784.
40. Carlesso D, Smargiassi S, Pasquini E, Bertelli G, Baracchi D (2021). Nectar non-protein amino-acids (NPAAs) do not chance nectar palatability but enhance learning and memory in honey bees. Scientific Reports. 11:1-14
39. Carlesso D, Smargiassi S, Sassoli L, Cappa F, Cervo R, Baracchi D (2020). Exposure to a biopesticide interferes with sucrose responsiveness and learning in honey bees. Scientific Reports. 10:1-12
38. Baracchi D, Cabirol A, Devaud JM, Haase A, d’Ettorre P, Giurfa M (2020). Pheromone components affect motivation and induce persistent modulations of associative learning and memory in an insect. Communications Biology. 3:447
37. Baracchi D, Baciadonna L, (2020). Insect sentience and the rise of a new inclusive ethics. Animal Sentience. 2020.347.
36. Baracchi D (2019). EDITORIAL: Cognitive ecology of pollinators and the main determinants of foraging plasticity. Current Zoology 65 (4), 421-424.
35. Rossi N†, Baracchi D†, Giurfa M, d’Ettorre P (2019) Pheromone-induced Accuracy of nestmate recognition in Carpenter ants: simultaneous decrease in Type I and Type II errors. The American Naturalists.193 (2), 267-278. † Equal contribution
34. Baracchi D, Rigosi E, de Brito Sanchez GM, Giurfa M (2018) Lateralization of sucrose responsiveness and non-associative learning in honeybees. Frontiers in Psychology 9:425.
33. Avargues-Weber A, d’Amaro D, Metzler M, Finke V, Baracchi D, Dyer AG (2018) Does holistic processing require a large brain? Insights from honeybees and wasps in fine visual recognition tasks. Frontiers in Psychology. 9:1313.
32. Branconi R†, Baracchi D†, Turillazzi S, Cervo R. (2018) Testing the signal value of clypeal black patterning in the paper wasp Polistes dominula. Insectes Sociaux. 65 (1):161-196. † Equal contribution
31. Baracchi D, Vasas V, Jamshed Iqbal S, Alem S. (2017) Task difficulty and uncertainty affect social information use in foraging bumblebees. Behavioural Ecology. 29: 1-7.
30. Desmedt L, Baracchi D, Devaud JM, Giurfa M, d’Ettorre P. (2017) Aversive learning of odour-heat associations in ants. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220: 4661-4668.
29. Baracchi D, Devaud JM, d'Ettorre P, Giurfa M (2017) Pheromones modulate reward responsiveness and non-associative learning in honey bees. Scientific Reports. 7: 9875
28. Baracchi D, Lihoreau M, Giurfa M (2017) Do insects have emotions? Some insights from bumblebees. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11: 157
27. Baracchi D, Marples A, Jenkins AJ, Leitch AR, Chittka L (2017) Nicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral features. Scientific Reports 7: 1951
26. Baracchi D (2017) The reproductive division of labour but not worker age affects spatial sorting within the nest in a paper wasp. Insect Sociaux 1-7.
25. Baracchi D, Turillazzi S, Chittka L (2016) Facial patterns in a tropical social wasp correlate with colony membership. The Science of Nature 103: 80
24. Baracchi D, Petrocelli I, Chittka L, Ricciardi G, Turillazzi S (2015) Speed and accuracy in nestmate recognition: a hover wasp prioritises face recognition over colony odour cues to minimise intrusion by outsiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 282: 20142750 Science Shot: Wasps employ facial recognition to defend nests, February 3rd 2015
23. Baracchi D, Brown MJF, Chittka L (2015) Behavioural evidence for self-medication in bumblebees? F1000Research 4: 73
22. Abu Bakar, Baracchi D, Turillazzi (2015) Reuse of old nests by the european paper wasp Polistes dominula. Redia
21. Turillazzi S, Matthews RW, Pradella D, Meucci F, Baracchi D (2014) Nest architecture and colony composition of communally nesting Spilomena socialis sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Pemphredoninae) from peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 41: 113-129
20. Baracchi D, Cini A (2014) A socio-spatial combined approach confirms a highly compartmentalized structure in honeybees. Ethology 120: 1167-1176
19. Baracchi D, Petrocelli I, Cusseau G, Pizzocaro L, Teseo S, Turillazzi S (2013) Facial markings in the hover wasps: quality signals and familiar recognition cues in two species of Stenogastrinae. Animal Behaviour 85: 203-212
18. Baracchi D, Mazza G, Michelucci E, Pieraccini G, Turillazzi S, Moneti G (2013) Top-down sequencing of Apis dorsata apamin by MALDI-TOF MS and evidence of its inactivity against microorganisms. Toxicon 71: 105-112
17. Baracchi D, Mazza G, Cini A, Petrocelli I, Hashim RB, Turillazzi S (2013) Social biology of Parischnogaster striatula (Hymenoptera, Stenogastrinae). Tropical Zoology 26: 105-119
16. Gramigni E, Calusi S, Gelli N, Giuntini L, Massi M, Delfino G, Chelazzi G, Baracchi D, Frizzi F, Santini G (2013) Ants as bioaccumulators of metals from soils: body content and tissue-specific distribution of metals in the ant Crematogaster scutellaris. European Journal of Soil Biology 58: 24-31.
15. Dapporto L, Baracchi D, Benassai D, Capretti P, Roversi PF, Turillazzi S (2013) Major changes in the sex differences in cuticular chemical profiles of the western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) after laboratory rearing. Journal of Insect Physiology 59: 738-744
14. Mancini V, Dapporto L, Baracchi D, Luchi N, Turillazzi S, Capretti P (2013) Phenotypic characterization of cryptic Diplodia species by MALDI‐TOF MS and the bias of mycelium age. Forest Pathology 43: 455-461
13. Baracchi D, Fadda A, Turillazzi S (2012) Evidence for antiseptic behaviour towards sick adult bees in honey bee colonies. Journal of Insect Physiology 58: 1589-1596
12. Baracchi D, Mazza G, Turillazzi S (2012) From individual to collective immunity: the role of the venom as antimicrobial agent in the Stenogastrinae wasp societies. Journal of Insect Physiology 58: 188-193
11. Baracchi D, Francese S, Turillazzi S (2011) Beyond the anti-predatory defence: honey bee venom function as a component of social immunity. Toxicon 58: 219-229
10. Baracchi D, Dapporto L, Turillazzi S (2011) Relevance of wing morphology in distinguishing and classifying genera and species of Stenogastrinae wasps. Contribution to Zoology 80: 191-199
9. Mazza G, Arizza V, Baracchi D, et al. (2011) Antimicrobial activity of the Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Bullettin of Insectology 64: 33-41
8. Baracchi D, Turillazzi S (2010) Differences in venom and cuticular peptides in individuals of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) determined by MALDI-TOF MS. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 366-375
7. Baracchi D, Zaccaroni M, Cervo R, Turillazzi S (2010) Home range analysis in the study of spatial organization on the comb in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus. Ethology 116: 579-587
6. Baracchi D, Cusseau G, Pradella D, Turillazzi S (2010) Defense reaction of Apis mellifera ligustica against the attacks of the European Hornet Vespa crabro. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 22: 281-294
5. Baracchi D, Dapporto L, Teseo S, Hashim R, Turillazzi S (2010) Medium molecular weight polar substances of the cuticle as tools in the study of the taxonomy, systematics and chemical ecology of tropical hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 48: 109-114
4. Baracchi D, Hashim R, Teseo S, Turillazzi S (2009) Basic social biology and nest architecture of Liostenogaster topographica (Hymenoptera Stenogastrinae). Tropical Zoology 22: 15-23
3. Dapporto L, Bruschini C, Baracchi D, Cini A, Gayubo S, González JA, Dennis RLH (2009) Phylogeography and counter-intuitive inferences in island biogeography: evidence from morphometric markers in the mobile butterfly Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98: 677-692
2. Turillazzi S, Fanelli D, Theodora P, Lambardi D, Ortolani I, Hashim R, Baracchi D (2008) Determinants of immature brood and nest recognition in a stenogastrine wasp. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 20: 17-33
1. Baracchi D, Turillazzi S, Cervo R (2007) Preliminary investigation on Polistes dominulus worker' spatial distribution on the nest in relation to immature brood position Redia XC: 139-142
- Book Chapters
2. Baracchi D, Tragust S (2015) Venom as a component of external immune defense in social Hymenoptera. In: Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins. Gopalakrishnakone P, Malhotra A (eds). Springer ISBN 978-94-007-6727-0
1. Baracchi D, Turillazzi S, Felicioli A (2014) Le difese naturali della colonia di api contro le malattie. In: Patologia ed avversità dell’alveare. Carnapa E, Lodesani M (Eds). ISBN 978-88-470-5649-7. Springer (English translation: Natural defences of honeybee colony against diseases)
- F1000 Recommendations (Commentary with DOI)
9. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [Gibson WT et al., Curr Biol 2015, (25):1401-15]. In F1000Prime, 23Jul 2015; DOI: 10.3410/f.725503669.793508177.
8. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [Szyszka P et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA2014, (47):16925-30]. In F1000Prime, 04 Mar 2015; DOI: 10.3410/f.725231800. 793504461.
7. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [Otti O et al., Trends Ecol Evol (Amst) 2014, 29(11):625-34]. In F1000Prime, 19 Dec 2014; DOI: 10.3410/f.719130149.793502500.
6. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [Sheehan MJ and Nachman MW, Nat Commun 2014, 5(4800)]. In F1000Prime, 31 Oct 2014; DOI: 10.3410/f.718877905.793501089.
5. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [Van Oystaeyen A et al., Science 2014, 343(6168):287-90]. In F1000Prime, 25 Apr 2014; DOI: 10.3410/f.718241916.793493967.
4. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [Fürst MA et al., Nature 2014, 506(7488):364 6]. In F1000Prime, 24 Feb 2014; DOI: 10.3410/f.718282911.793491217.
3. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [de Brito Sanchez M et al., Front Behav Neurosci 2014, 8:1-16]. In F1000Prime, 11 Feb 2014; DOI: 10.3410/f.718270012.793490643.
2. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [Johnson BR et al., Curr Biol 2013]. In F1000Prime, 25 Oct 2013; DOI: 10.3410/f.718133764.793485646.
1. Chittka L, Baracchi D: F1000Prime Recommendation of [Greggers U et al., Proc Biol Sci 2013, 280(1759):20130528]. In F1000Prime, 22 Jun 2013; DOI: 10.3410/f.717992980.793478441
- Outreach Articles
27. Ferrante F, Baracchi D (2024) Microplastiche: l'invisibile minaccia per le nostre api APINSIEME n°9
26. Baracchi D, Cappa F (2023) Biopesticidi? In crescita, ma hanno effetti negativi sulle api APINSIEME n°9
25. Baracchi D, Ferrante F (2023) Microplastiche ambientali e salute dell'ape APINSIEME n°2
24. Baracchi D, Smargiassi S, Tufano L (2021) Api e biopesticidi permessi in agricoltura biologica APINSIEME n°1
23. Baracchi D, Tufano L (2020) Ape, comunicazione chimica e plasticita' comportamentale APINSIEME n°9
22. Baracchi D, Tufano L (2018) Ape, patogeni e nattari floreali: un sistema complesso APINSIEME n°1
21. Tufano L, Baracchi D (2016) Apicoltura e nomadismo: quali conseguenze per la salute dell’ape? APINSIEME n°8
20. Tufano L, Baracchi D (2016) I probiotici e prebiotici commerciali agiscono sul Nosema ceranae? APINSIEME n°1
19. Tufano L, Baracchi D (2015) Vitellogenina e senilità nell'ape e nell'alveare II APITALIA n°11
18. Tufano L, Baracchi D (2015) Vitellogenina e senilità nell'ape e nell'alveare I APITALIA n°10
17. Baracchi D (2015) Nettari floreali e automedicazione negli impollinatori APITALIA n°9
16. Tufano L, Baracchi D (2015) Il sistema immunitario dell’ape e dell’alveare II APITALIA n°6
15. Tufano L, Baracchi D (2015) Il sistema immunitario dell’ape e dell’alveare I APITALIA n°5
14. Tufano L, Baracchi D (2015) L’organizzazione socio-spaziale dell’alveare APITALIA n° 3
13. Savorelli G, Tufano L, Baracchi D (2014) Il capitale proteico dell’alveare APITALIA n°V7
12. Tufano L, Savorelli G, Baracchi D (2014) Disponibilità di polline nell’alveare APITALIA n°6
11. Baracchi D, Savorellli G (2014) Gli effetti di carenza di polline sull’alveare APITALIA n°4
10. Savorelli G, Tufano L, Baracchi D (2014) Immunità d’ape, patogeni e pascolo APITALIA n°1
9. Baracchi D (2013) La lotta tra api igieniste e la coppia varroa-virus delle ali deformi. L’APIS
8. Baracchi D (2013) Il veleno me lo metto addosso e sul favo! L’APIS
7. Savorelli G, Baracchi D (2013) Speciale: Peste americana e Nosema ceranae Apitalia On-line
6. Baracchi D, Savorelli G (2013) La situazione sanitaria delle api. APITALIA n° 6
5. Savorelli G, Baracchi D (2013) Il destino dell’ape ai giorni nostri. APITALIA n° 11
4. Baracchi D, Savorelli G (2013) Coevoluzione ospite-parassita ape-nosema. APITALIA n° 6
3. Baracchi D (2013) Anche le colonie di api hanno personalità. Apitalia On-line
2. Baracchi D (2013) L'immunità dell'alveare APITALIA n° 1
1. Baracchi D (2012) Quando il mondo delle api incontra quello dei calabroni. APITALIA n° 12