Rita Cervo
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Firenze
Italy
Biography
Actual position: Associate Professor (SSD BIO / 05) since July 2015 National Abilitations: Enrollment for Ordinary Professor (the band) for the competition sector 05 / B1 (Zoology) Enrollment to Associate Professor (II band) for the competition sector 07 / D1 (Entomology) Extraordinary academy of the National Academy of Entomology since 2013 Visiting Professor: Visiting Professor from Université Paris 13 (Paris, France) for the year 2012. He has been visiting Visiting Professor at the University of Paris 13 Laboratories in February and December 2012.
Research Interest
Biology of social insects. Evolution of social interactions. Chemical and visual communication in social insects. - Social parasitism. Mechanisms of parental integration in host colonies. The evolution of parasitic behavior. Host-parasite co-evolution. - Interactions between the honeybee, Apis mellifera , and its parasitic mite, Varroa destructor: parasitic behavior and host response. - Biology and behavior of alien insect species. Biological invasions
Publications
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Cappa, Federico; Beani, Laura; Cervo, Rita (2016). The importance of being yellow: visual over chemical cues in gender recognition in a social wasp. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, pp. 1-8, ISSN: 1045-2249
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Polykretis, P .; Delfino, G .; Petrocelli, I.; Cervo, R .; Tanteri, G .; Montori, G .; Perito, B .; Branca, JJV; Morucci, G.; Gulisano, M. (2016). Evidence of immunocompetence reduction induced by cadmium exposure in honey bees (Apis mellifera). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, vol. 218, pp. 826-834, ISSN: 0269-7491
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Inghilesi AF; Mazza G .; Cervo R .; Gherardi F .; Fr. P.; Tricarico E .; Zapparoli M. (In press). Alien insects in Italy: Comparing regional, national and European patterns .. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, vol. 13 (73), p. 1-13, ISSN: 1536-2442
