Federica Lucati

Federica Lucati
University Pompeu Fabra | UPF · Department of Political and Social Sciences

PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution

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Additional affiliations
January 2017 - June 2020
Spanish National Research Council
Position
  • PhD Student
September 2014 - June 2020
University of Lisbon
Position
  • PhD Student
Education
September 2010 - December 2012
University of Padova
Field of study
  • Natural Sciences
September 2007 - September 2010
University of Padova
Field of study
  • Natural Sciences

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Publications (24)
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Historical factors (colonization scenarios, demographic oscillations) and contemporary processes (population connectivity, current population size) largely contribute to shaping species’ present‐day genetic diversity and structure. In this study, we use a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers to understand the role of Quaternary clim...
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Conferences are ideal platforms for studying gender gaps in science because they are important cultural events that reflect barriers to women in academia. Here, we explored women’s participation in ecology conferences by analyzing female representation, behavior, and personal experience at the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL)...
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The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is one of the most invasive species in the world. Native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, over the past 30 years it has rapidly spread throughout tropical and temperate regions of the world. Its dramatic expansion has resulted in public health concerns as a consequence of its vector competence f...
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Multiple Quaternary glacial refugia in the Iberian Peninsula, commonly known as “refugia within refugia”, allowed diverging populations to come into contact and admix, potentially boosting substantial mito-nuclear discordances. In this study, we employ a comprehensive set of mitochondrial and nuclear markers to shed light onto the drivers of geogra...
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Background Determination of the interactions between hematophagous mosquitoes and their human hosts is of great importance for better understanding the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne arboviruses and developing effective strategies to mitigate risk. Genetic analysis of human and mosquito DNA can play a key role in this, but commercial kits...
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Background Determination of the interactions between hematophagous mosquitoes and their human hosts is of great importance for better understanding the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne arboviruses and developing effective strategies to mitigate risk. Genetic analysis of human and mosquito DNA can play a key role in this but commercial kits f...
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In this study we present results from a survey of 49 high mountain lakes in the Pyrenees including lakes from the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Parc, which range from ultraoligotrophic to mesotrophic. Lakes are representative of four major scenarios: fishless, with trout, with minnows and with both trout and minnows. Overall, the e...
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As part of the BIOOCULT project, we compared the results coming from the high-throughput sequencing of barcodes (DNA metabarcoding) and the morphology-based identification approach applied on samples from 38 lakes and 9 streams within the National Park and nearby areas. The samples of benthic macroinvertebrates, planktonic crustaceans and fish stom...
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Despite being naturally fishless, the widespread introduction of trout and minnows is threatening the conservation of high mountain lakes all over the world. Previous studies have reported that amphibians quickly disappear after trout introduction, followed by many conspicuous invertebrates. Here, we have studied the effects of minnows versus trout...
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The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus , is a highly invasive species that has been spreading rapidly throughout tropical and temperate regions worldwide since the late 1970s. On the Iberian Peninsula, it was first recorded in 2004 near Barcelona. Since then, the species has spread along the Mediterranean coast and is now colonising the Peninsu...
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Multiple Quaternary glacial refugia in the Iberian Peninsula, commonly known as “refugia within refugia”, allowed diverging populations to come into contact and admix, potentially boosting substantial mito-nuclear discordances. In this study, we employ a comprehensive set of mitochondrial and nuclear markers to shed light onto the drivers of geogra...
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In order to advance understanding of the current infection status related to the presence of Batrachochytrium spp. in different populations, we tested for the presence/absence (qualitative analysis) of Bd and Bsal in 13 monitored populations and measured the Bd infection loads (quantitative analysis) of 16 populations of the Pyrenean Brook Newt in...
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Amphibians of high mountain lakes face many threats related to global change, including novel pathogens, development, climate change and overexploitation. However, the foremost threat is the presence of non-native fish. One of the objectives of the LIFE+ LIMNOPIRINEUS project (2014-2019) was the recovery of protected amphibian communities (includin...
Technical Report
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The Pyrenean sculpin (Cottus hispaniolensis) is one of the most threatened freshwater fish in Catalonia and Spain. Its status in the Aran Valley drastically deteriorated as a result of the floods of 2013, to the point of reaching its practical disappearance. Since then, their populations have been progressively recovering, with a slow increase in t...
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Abstract The LIFE+ LimnoPirineus project (2014-2019) includes the recovery of amphibian populations in eight lakes of Aigü estortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park and Alt Pirineu Natural Park, by eradicating or controlling non-native fish. During the summers from 2014-2018 practically all of the fish present in the lakes were removed. We fo...
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Riassunto. Il genere Lepus è distribuito in tutte le Alpi. Esso comprende L. europaeus e L. timidus. La prima si distribuisce sul fondovalle mentre la seconda vive principalmente in alta quota. Mentre lo status di L. europaeus non desta particolare preoccupazione, L. timidus pare in declino. Per entrambe le specie nel territorio della provincia di...
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Riassunto. Allo scopo di fornire indicazioni utili alla gestione del prelievo venatorio e dare un quadro generale circa l'andamento di popolazione della lepre bianca, Lepus timidus, in provincia di Belluno, sono stati raccolti dati sul sesso e sull'età di un campione di capi abbattuti durante la stagione venatoria 2016 e sono stati esaminati gli ab...
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All’interno del Parco Nazionale Dolomiti Bellunesi (PNDB) coesistono due specie del genere Lepus: la lepre bianca, Lepus timidus varronis, e la lepre europea, Lepus europaeus. La lepre bianca risulta essere presente in modo marcatamente frammentato nelle Dolomiti e soprattutto nelle Prealpi Venete. Al fine di studiare la presenza e la distribuzione...
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A partire dalla stagione venatoria 2016 è stato introdotto nel regolamento venatorio provinciale di Belluno il controllo da parte della Polizia Provinciale di tutti i capi di lepre bianca abbattuti. Allo scopo di effettuare considerazioni per il monitoraggio dello status della popolazione, sono stati raccolti dati sul sesso e sull’età degli animali...
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1. Chromatic disorders in bats are being reported worldwide at an increasing rate. However, there is widespread misunderstanding and misuse of the associated terminology and concepts in the scientific literature. We conducted an extensive assessment and standardisation of published and unpublished cases of chromatic disorders in bats worldwide. 2....
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Through standardized censuses carried out between April and August 2010 we examined the butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna at 7 hay meadow sites within the agricultural-urban mosaic landscape of the higher Venetian Plain (Treviso province, northeastern Italy). A total of 31 species were recorded, 27 of which were likely to reproduce inside the fields or...

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