Dissemination

Publications

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., Cossu Q.A., 2009. Effects of climate warming on Olive and olive fly (Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin)) in California and Italy. Climatic Change, 95: 195-217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-008-9528-4

Ponti L., Cossu Q.A., Gutierrez A.P., 2009. Climate warming effects on the Olea europaea–Bactrocera oleae system in Mediterranean islands: Sardinia as an example. Global Change Biology, 15: 2874–2884. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01938.x

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., 2009. Bio-economic sustainability of cellulosic biofuel production on marginal lands. Bulletin of Science Technology and Society, 29: 213-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0270467609333729

Ponti L., Gutierrez A.P., 2009. Overview on biofuels from a European perspective. Bulletin of Science Technology and Society, 29: 493–504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0270467609349048

Ponti L., Gutierrez A.P., Ruti P.M., 2010. The olive–Bactrocera oleae (Diptera Tephritidae) system in the Mediterranean Basin: a physiologically based analysis driven by the ERA-40 climate data. Notiziario sulla Protezione delle Piante – III Serie, 1: 113-128.

Gutierrez A.P., Mills N.J., Ponti L., 2010. Limits to the potential distribution of light brown apple moth in Arizona-California based on climate suitability and host plant availability. Biological Invasions, 12: 3319-3331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9725-8

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., Gilioli G., 2010. Climate change effects on plant-pest-natural enemy interactions. In: Hillel D., Rosenzweig, C. (eds.), Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation. Imperial College Press, London, UK: 209-237. ISBN 978-1-84816-655-4. Description at http://www.icpress.co.uk/environsci/p755.html

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., 2011. Assessing the invasive potential of the Mediterranean fruit fly in California and Italy. Biological Invasions, 13: 2661-2676. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-9937-6

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., Hoddle M., Almeida R.P.P., Irvin N.A., 2011. Geographic distribution and relative abundance of the invasive glassy-winged sharpshooter: effects of temperature and egg parasitoids. Environmental Entomology, 40: 755-769. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/EN10174

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., Cooper M.L., Gilioli G., Baumgärtner J., Duso C., 2012. Prospective analysis of the invasive potential of the European grapevine moth Lobesia botrana (Den. & Schiff.) in California. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 14: 225-238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00566.x

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., 2012. Analysis of invasive plants and insects: links to climate change. In: Ziska L.H., Dukes J.S., (eds.), Invasive Species and Climate Change. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK (in press).

Ponti L., Gutierrez A.P., Altieri M.A., 2012. Holistic management of invasive species: the case study of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Atti Accademia Nazionale Italiana di Entomologia (in press).

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., 2012. Deconstructing the control of the spotted alfalfa aphid (Therioaphis maculata). Agricultural and Forest Entomology (accepted).

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., 2012. Eradication of invasive species: why the biology matters. Environmental Entomology (submitted).

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., 2012. Eradication of the new world screwworm: effects of temperature and rainfall. Agricultural and Forest Entomology (submitted).

Ponti L., Gutierrez A.P., Ruti P.M., Dell’Aquila A., 2012. Effects of climate warming on olive profitability in the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Applied Ecology (submitted).

Ponti L., Gutierrez A.P., Altieri M.A., 2012. Holistic management of invasive species: a prospective review for Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). European Journal of Entomology (submitted).

Gutierrez A.P., Baumgärtner J., Ponti L., 2012. Analysis of grape and its major insect pest Lobesia botrana in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. (in preparation).

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., 2012. Prospective tritrophic analysis of the geographic distribution and relative abundance of the invasive Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama) and citrus greening disease in North America. (in preparation).

Ponti L., Gutierrez A.P., Basso B., Neteler M., Ruti P.M., Iannetta M., 2012. Mediterranean-wide analysis of the Olea europaea–Bactrocera oleae system including an updated water balance model. (in preparation).

Participation to conferences

Ponti L., Gutierrez A.P., Ruti P.M., 2009. The olive–Bactrocera oleae system in the Mediterranean Basin: a physiologically based analysis driven by the ERA-40 climate data. V Giornate di Studio sui Modelli per la Protezione delle Piante, Piacenza, Italy, 27-29 May 2009. [PDF]

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti, L., 2009. Can climate change have an influence on the occurrence and management of olive pests and diseases? 4th European Meeting of the IOBC/WPRS Working Group “Integrated Protection of Olive Crops”, Córdoba, Spain, 1-4 June 2009.

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., Gilioli G., 2009. Climate change affects plant-pest-natural enemy interactions. American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, International Annual Meetings, Pittsburgh, USA 1-5 November 2009.

Gutierrez A.P., Ponti L., 2010. The control of the spotted alfalfa aphid: separating the effects of biological control-HPR-weather. Aphidophaga 11, Perugia, Italy, 19-25 September 2010.

Ruti P.M. et al., 2010. IMPACT2C proposal preparation meeting, Hamburg, Germany, 23-24 August 2010. (Project was funded, and started October 1st, 2011.)

Cristofaro M. et al., 2010. L’ENEA per la riduzione degli impatti ambientali dell’agricoltura: la ricerca nel campo del controllo biologico delle specie dannose. Prospettive della ricerca in agricoltura biologica in Italia, Roma, Italy, 4 November 2010.

Ponti L., 2012. Assessing Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in a more quantitative way. GIAHS Scientific and Steering Committee Meeting, 29-30 October 2012, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.

Organization of seminars and courses

Physiologically based models for assessing climate change effects on Mediterranean agroecosystems. Seminar by A.P. Gutierrez at ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy, 16 June 2009. [blog post]

Free and open source geographic software: a toolbox for the GlobalChangeBiology project. Seminar by M. Neteler at ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy, 17 January 2012. [blog post]

Using open source software for remote sensing and GIS applications. Course by M. Neteler at ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy, 17-18 January 2012. [blog post]

Invited talks

Assessing climate change effects on Mediterranean agroecosystems: a physiologically-based weather-driven GIS-embedded modeling approach. Seminar by L. Ponti at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, Bologna, Italy, 16 April 2010.

The experience of a Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant recipient. Seminar by L. Ponti at the Marie Curie Roadshow organized by ENEA, Rome, Italy, 23 February 2011. [link to presentation]

Invasive species and climate change: why biology and bureaucracy matters. Seminar by A.P. Gutierrez and L. Ponti at University of California, Berkeley, ESPM Colloquium, 24 October 2011.

Management of invasive species in the frame of an agro-ecological vision: the case study of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick). Seminar by L. Ponti, A.P. Gutierrez and M.A. Altieri at the Italian National Academy of Entomology,Florence, Italy, 18 February 2012. [blog post]

Assessing Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in a more quantitative way. Presentation by L. Ponti L., at the GIAHS Scientific and Steering Committee Meeting, 29-30 October 2012, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. [link to presentation]

Other media coverage

Integrated models/GIS tool on display at the gallery of Open Source Geospatial Foundation. http://gallery.osgeo.org/item/27/

Maps of ecological zones of the Mediterranean Basin used as cartography example by GRASS GIS website. http://grass.osgeo.org/uploads/images/Gallery/cartography/

The GlobalChangeBiology project makes top news on ENEA's website. http://www.enea.it/it/enea_informa/news/lenea-per-unagricoltura-sostenibile

The GlobalChangeBiology becomes part of a European-wide knowledge hub on modelling European Agriculture with Climate Change for Food Security.[blog post]

Case study in the GRASS-Wiki on assessing the invasiveness of exotic species using ecosystem models and GRASS GIS. http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Case_studies/GlobalChangeBiology