| Competition between the native and the introduced hornets Vespa crabro and Vespa velutina: a comparison of potentially relevant life‐history traits A Cini, F Cappa, I Petrocelli, I Pepiciello, L Bortolotti, R Cervo Ecological Entomology 43 (3), 351-362, 2018 | 78 | 2018 |
| Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions F Cappa, D Baracchi, R Cervo Science of the Total Environment 837, 155714, 2022 | 64 | 2022 |
| The trap of sex in social insects: from the female to the male perspective L Beani, F Dessì-Fulgheri, F Cappa, A Toth Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 46, 519-533, 2014 | 57 | 2014 |
| High Varroa mite abundance influences chemical profiles of worker bees and mite–host preferences R Cervo, C Bruschini, F Cappa, S Meconcelli, G Pieraccini, D Pradella, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (17), 2998-3001, 2014 | 53 | 2014 |
| When a parasite breaks all the rules of a colony: morphology and fate of wasps infected by a strepsipteran endoparasite L Beani, R Dallai, D Mercati, F Cappa, F Giusti, F Manfredini Animal Behaviour 82 (6), 1305-1312, 2011 | 47 | 2011 |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae Induces Immune Enhancing and Shapes Gut Microbiota in Social Wasps N Meriggi, M Di Paola, F Vitali, D Rivero, F Cappa, F Turillazzi, A Gori, ... Frontiers in microbiology 10, 2320, 2019 | 42 | 2019 |
| Hornets and honey bees: a coevolutionary arms race between ancient adaptations and new invasive threats F Cappa, A Cini, L Bortolotti, J Poidatz, R Cervo Insects 12 (11), 1037, 2021 | 40 | 2021 |
| Natural biocide disrupts nestmate recognition in honeybees F Cappa, I Petrocelli, FR Dani, L Dapporto, M Giovannini, ... Scientific Reports 9 (1), 3171, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Males do not like the working class: male sexual preference and recognition of functional castes in a primitively eusocial wasp F Cappa, C Bruschini, R Cervo, S Turillazzi, L Beani Animal Behaviour 86 (4), 801-810, 2013 | 35 | 2013 |
| Gut microbial composition in different castes and developmental stages of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax A Cini, N Meriggi, G Bacci, F Cappa, F Vitali, D Cavalieri, R Cervo Science of the Total Environment 745, 140873, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| Bee guards detect foreign foragers with cuticular chemical profiles altered by phoretic varroa mites F Cappa, C Bruschini, I Protti, S Turillazzi, R Cervo Journal of Apicultural Research 55 (3), 268-277, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| Sight in a Clique, Scent in Society: Plasticity in the Use of Nestmate Recognition Cues Along Colony Development in the Social Wasp Polistes dominula A Cini, F Cappa, I Pepiciello, L Platania, L Dapporto, R Cervo Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 444, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| Cuticular hydrocarbons as cues of sex and health condition in Polistes dominula wasps L Beani, AG Bagnères, M Elia, I Petrocelli, F Cappa, MC Lorenzi Insectes Sociaux 66, 543-553, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| The importance of being yellow: visual over chemical cues in gender recognition in a social wasp F Cappa, L Beani, R Cervo Behavioral Ecology 27 (4), 1182-1189, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
| Increased immunocompetence and network centrality of allogroomer workers suggest a link between individual and social immunity in honeybees A Cini, A Bordoni, F Cappa, I Petrocelli, M Pitzalis, I Iovinella, FR Dani, ... Scientific Reports 10 (1), 8928, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
| Antennal protein profile in honeybees: Caste and task matter more than age I Iovinella, F Cappa, A Cini, I Petrocelli, R Cervo, S Turillazzi, FR Dani Frontiers in Physiology 9, 748, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
| Parasitic castration by Xenos vesparum depends on host gender F Cappa, F Manfredini, R Dallai, M Gottardo, L Beani Parasitology 141 (8), 1080-1087, 2014 | 27 | 2014 |
| Exposure to a biopesticide interferes with sucrose responsiveness and learning in honey bees D Carlesso, S Smargiassi, L Sassoli, F Cappa, R Cervo, D Baracchi Scientific Reports 10 (1), 19929, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| Recent confirmation of a single haplotype in the Italian population of Vespa velutina A Granato, E Negrisolo, J Bonomi, L Zulian, F Cappa, L Bortolotti, ... Biological Invasions 21, 2811-2817, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| Female volatiles as sex attractants in the invasive population of Vespa velutina nigrithorax F Cappa, A Cini, I Pepiciello, I Petrocelli, AF Inghilesi, G Anfora, FR Dani, ... Journal of insect physiology 119, 103952, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
Rita CervoRicercatrice (Docente di Entomologia e di Comunicazione animale) Università di FirenzePotvrđena adresa e-pošte na unifi.it
