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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marco Ferrante

Citation names

  • Ferrante, Marco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8916-9616-590E
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2421-396X

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2)
German Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017
Concluded
 PhD in Agroecology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
"Using artificial sentinel prey to quantify predation intensity under field conditions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015
Concluded
 MSc in Agrobiology (Master)
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
2012
Concluded
 BSc in Natural Sciences (Bachelor)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/05/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Postdoctoral researcher Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book review
  1. Marco Ferrante. "Eddie John and Christodoulos Makris: Butterflies of Cyprus: a field guide and distribution atlas". (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42974-023-00150-w.
    10.1007/s42974-023-00150-w
  2. Marco Ferrante. "Paul A. Rees: Key questions in applied ecology and conservation: a study and revision guide". (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42974-023-00152-8.
    10.1007/s42974-023-00152-8
  3. Marco Ferrante. "J. Scott Armstrong and Kesten C. Green: The scientific method: A guide to finding useful knowledge". 24, 1 (2023): 143-143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42974-022-00126-2.
    10.1007/s42974-022-00126-2
  4. Marco Ferrante. "Scott H. Butterfield, Rodd T. Kelsley and Abigail K. Hart: Rewilding agricultural landscapes: a California study in rebalancing the needs of people and nature". 23, 3 (2022): 407-407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42974-022-00102-w.
    10.1007/s42974-022-00102-w
  5. Marco Ferrante. "Bas Haring: Why biodiversity loss is not a disaster". 23, 3 (2022): 413-413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42974-022-00110-w.
    10.1007/s42974-022-00110-w
  6. Marco Ferrante. "Justin Pepper and Don Parker (eds): A healthy nature handbook: illustrated insights for ecological restoration from volunteer stewards of Chicago wilderness". 23, 2 (2022): 255-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42974-022-00081-y.
    10.1007/s42974-022-00081-y
  7. Marco Ferrante. "Erica Cirino: Thicker than water: the quest for solutions to the plastic crisis". 23, 2 (2022): 257-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42974-022-00082-x.
    10.1007/s42974-022-00082-x
  8. Ferrante, Marco. "Seeking Explanations for New Zealand's Biodiversity". (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13283.
    10.1111/cobi.13283
  9. Ferrante, Marco. "Extinction, Mechanisms of Life, and Practice of Conservation on an Island". (2017):
    10.1111/cobi.12931
Journal article
  1. Marco Ferrante; Marlene Schulze; Catrin Westphal. "Hedgerows can increase predation rates in wheat fields in homogeneous agricultural landscapes". Journal of Environmental Management (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119498.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119498
  2. Lucas Lamelas-Lopez; Marco Ferrante; Paulo Borges; Isabel Amorim do Rosário; Veronica Neves. "Nest predation of Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis (Aves, Procellariiformes) by introduced mammals on Terceira Island, Azores". Biodiversity Data Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e112871.
    10.3897/BDJ.11.e112871
  3. The Herbivory Variability Network*†; M. L. Robinson; P. G. Hahn; B. D. Inouye; N. Underwood; S. R. Whitehead; K. C. Abbott; et al. "Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory". Science (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adh8830.
    10.1126/science.adh8830
  4. Zeana Ganem; Marco Ferrante; Yael Lubin; Igor Armiach Steinpress; Moshe Gish; Rakefet Sharon; Ally R. Harari; Tamar Keasar; Efrat Gavish-Regev. "Effects of Natural Habitat and Season on Cursorial Spider Assemblages in Mediterranean Vineyards". Insects (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14100782.
    10.3390/insects14100782
  5. Marco Ferrante; Gabor L. Lövei; Lambert Lavigne; Mario Caballero Vicente; Elisa Tarantino; David Horta Lopes; Paulo Monjardino; Paulo A. V. Borges. "Flowering Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) Strips Do Not Enhance Ecosystem Services in Azorean Orchards". Insects (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14070634.
    10.3390/insects14070634
  6. Gabor Lövei; Marco Ferrante; Daniella Möller; Gabriella Möller; Éva Vincze. "The need for a (non-destructive) method revolution in entomology". Biological Conservation 282 (2023): 110075-110075. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110075.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110075
  7. Marco Ferrante; Gábor L. Lövei; Rui Nunes; Paulo Monjardino; Lucas Lamelas-López; Daniella Möller; António Onofre Soares; Paulo A.V. Borges. "Gains and losses in ecosystem services and disservices after converting native forest to agricultural land on an oceanic island". Basic and Applied Ecology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.11.010.
    10.1016/j.baae.2022.11.010
  8. "A simultaneous assessment of multiple ecosystem services and disservices in vineyards and orchards on Terceira Island, Azores". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 330 (2022): 107909-107909. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107909.
    10.1016/j.agee.2022.107909
  9. "Herbivory on the pedunculate oak along an urbanization gradient in Europe: Effects of impervious surface, local tree cover, and insect feeding guild". Ecology and Evolution 12 3 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8709.
    10.1002/ece3.8709
  10. "A novel morphological phenotype does not ensure reduced biotic resistance on an oceanic island". Biological Invasions (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02686-2.
    10.1007/s10530-021-02686-2
  11. "Monitoring Arthropods in Azorean Agroecosystems: the project AGRO-ECOSERVICES". Biodiversity Data Journal 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e77548.
    10.3897/bdj.9.e77548
  12. "Invertebrate and vertebrate predation rates in a hyperarid ecosystem following an oil spill". Ecology and Evolution 11 17 (2021): 12153-12160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7978.
    10.1002/ece3.7978
  13. Marco Ferrante; Anuma Dangol; Shoshana Didi-Cohen; Gidon Winters; Vered Tzin; Michal Segoli. "Oil Pollution Affects the Central Metabolism of Keystone Vachellia (Acacia) Trees". Sustainability (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/12/6660.
    10.3390/su13126660
  14. "Search for top-down and bottom-up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe". Global Ecology and Biogeography 30 3 (2021): 651-665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13244.
    10.1111/geb.13244
  15. Lubin, Yael; Ferrante, Marco; Musli, Iris; Lövei, Gábor L.. "Diversity of ground-active spiders in Negev desert habitats, Israel". Journal of Arid Environments 183 (2020): 104252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104252.
    10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104252
  16. Gabriella M. Möller; Keasar Tamar; Shapira Idan; Möller Daniella; Marco Ferrante; Segoli Michal. "Effect of Weed Management on the Parasitoid Community in Mediterranean Vineyards". Biology (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/1/7.
    10.3390/biology10010007
  17. "Diversity of Bird Communities in Tea (Camellia sinensis) Plantations in Fujian Province, South-Eastern China". Diversity 12 12 (2020): 457-457. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d12120457.
    10.3390/d12120457
  18. "The Impact of Terrestrial Oil Pollution on Parasitoid Wasps Associated With Vachellia (Fabales: Fabaceae) Trees in a Desert Ecosystem, Israel". Environmental Entomology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa123.
    10.1093/ee/nvaa123
  19. Lamelas-López, Lucas; Marco, Ferrante. "Using camera-trapping to assess grape consumption by vertebrate pests in a World Heritage vineyard region". Journal of Pest Science (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01267-x.
    10.1007/s10340-020-01267-x
  20. Marco Ferrante; Daniella Möller; Gabriella M. Möller; Yael Lubin; Michal Segoli. "Seed Predation on Oil-Polluted and Unpolluted Vachellia (Acacia) Trees in a Hyper-Arid Desert Ecosystem". Insects (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/10/665.
    10.3390/insects11100665
  21. Lövei, Gábor L.; Lang, Andreas; Ferrante, Marco; Bacle, Victor. "Can the growing of transgenic maize threaten protected Lepidoptera in Europe?". Insect Science (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12849.
    10.1111/1744-7917.12849
  22. Magura, Tibor; Ferrante, Marco; Lövei, Gábor L.. "Only habitat specialists become smaller with advancing urbanization". Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 11 (2020): 1978-1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13168.
    10.1111/geb.13168
  23. Dawit Kidane; Marco Ferrante; Xiao-Ming Man; Wan-Xue Liu; Fang-Hao Wan; Nian-Wan Yang. "Cold Storage Effects on Fitness of the Whitefly Parasitoids Encarsia sophia and Eretmocerus hayati". Insects (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/7/428.
    10.3390/insects11070428
  24. González, Ezequiel; Seidl, Miroslav; Kadlec, Tomáš; Ferrante, Marco; Knapp, Michal. "Distribution of ecosystem services within oilseed rape fields: Effects of field defects on pest and weed seed predation rates". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 295 (2020): 106894. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.106894.
    10.1016/j.agee.2020.106894
  25. Castagneyrol, Bastien; Valdés-Correcher, Elena; Bourdin, Audrey; Barbaro, Luc; Bouriaud, Olivier; Branco, Manuela; Centenaro, Giada; et al. "Can School Children Support Ecological Research? Lessons from the Oak Bodyguard Citizen Science Project". Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 5 1 (2020): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/cstp.267.
    10.5334/cstp.267
  26. Salman, Ibrahim N A; Ferrante, Marco; Möller, Daniella M; Gavish-Regev, Efrat; Lubin, Yael. "Trunk Refugia: A Simple, Inexpensive Method for Sampling Tree Trunk Arthropods". Journal of Insect Science 20 2 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaa012.
    10.1093/jisesa/ieaa012
  27. Zhang, Xiaoming; Ferrante, Marco; Wan, Fanghao; Yang, Nianwan; Lövei, Gábor L.. "The Parasitoid Eretmocerus hayati Is Compatible with Barrier Cropping to Decrease Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci MED) Densities on Cotton in China". Insects 11 1 (2020): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11010057.
    10.3390/insects11010057
  28. Zhang, Xiao-Ming; Lövei, Gabor L; Ferrante, Marco; Yang, Nian-Wan; Wan, Fang-Hao. "The potential of trap and barrier cropping to decrease densities of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci MED on cotton in China". Pest Management Science 76 1 (2019): 366-374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.5524.
    10.1002/ps.5524
  29. Kale, Manoj; Dudhe, Nandkishor; Ferrante, Marco; Ivanova, Tatiana; Kasambe, Raju; Trukhanova, Irina S.; Bhattacharya, Prosun; Lövei, Gabor L.. "The effect of urbanization on the functional and scale-sensitive diversity of bird assemblages in Central India". Journal of Tropical Ecology 34 6 (2018): 341-350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467418000317.
    10.1017/s0266467418000317
  30. Kale, Manoj; Ferrante, Marco; Dudhe, Nandkishor; Kasambe, Raju; Trukhanova, Irina S; Ivanova, Tatiana; Bhattacharya, Prosun; Lövei, Gabor L. "Nestedness of bird assemblages along an urbanisation gradient in Central India". Journal of Urban Ecology 4 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jue/juy017.
    10.1093/jue/juy017
  31. Ferrante, Marco; Lövei, Gábor L.; Magagnoli, Serena; Minarcikova, Lenka; Tomescu, Elena Larisa; Burgio, Giovanni; Cagan, Ludovit; Ichim, Mihael Cristin. "Predation pressure in maize across Europe and in Argentina: an intercontinental comparison". Insect Science 26 3 (2017): 545-554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12550.
    10.1111/1744-7917.12550
  32. Ferrante, M.; Barone, G.; Kiss, M.; Bozóné-Borbáth, E.; Lövei, G. L.. "Ground-level predation on artificial caterpillars indicates no enemy-free time for lepidopteran larvae". Community Ecology 18 3 (2017): 280-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/168.2017.18.3.6.
    10.1556/168.2017.18.3.6
  33. Ferrante, Marco; González, Ezequiel; Lövei, Gábor L.. "Predators do not spill over from forest fragments to maize fields in a landscape mosaic in central Argentina". Ecology and Evolution 7 19 (2017): 7699-7707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3247.
    10.1002/ece3.3247
  34. Ferrante, Marco; Barone, Giulio; Lövei, Gábor L.. "The carabid Pterostichus melanarius uses chemical cues for opportunistic predation and saprophagy but not for finding healthy prey". BioControl 62 6 (2017): 741-747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-017-9829-5.
    10.1007/s10526-017-9829-5
  35. Begg, Graham S.; Cook, Samantha M.; Dye, Richard; Ferrante, Marco; Franck, Pierre; Lavigne, Claire; Lövei, Gábor L.; et al. "A functional overview of conservation biological control". Crop Protection 97 (2017): 145-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2016.11.008.
    10.1016/j.cropro.2016.11.008
  36. Mansion-Vaquié, A.; Ferrante, M.; Cook, S. M.; Pell, J. K.; Lövei, G. L.. "Manipulating field margins to increase predation intensity in fields of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum)". Journal of Applied Entomology 141 8 (2017): 600-611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.12385.
    10.1111/jen.12385
  37. Lövei, Gábor L.; Ferrante, Marco. "A review of the sentinel prey method as a way of quantifying invertebrate predation under field conditions". Insect Science 24 4 (2017): 528-542. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12405.
    10.1111/1744-7917.12405
  38. FERRANTE, Marco; LO CACCIATO, Alessandro; LOVEI, Gabor L.. "Quantifying predation pressure along an urbanisation gradient in Denmark using artificial caterpillars". European Journal of Entomology 111 5 (2014): 649-654. http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/eje.2014.082.
    10.14411/eje.2014.082
Distinctions

Award

2020 Most Cited Paper of Insect Science in 2019.
2019 Unleash Innovation Lab - Travel and accommodation grant
2018 Travel and accommodation grant "Early Career Research Initiative"
European Food Safety Authority, Italy