Luca Pietro Casacci

1.3k total citations
55 papers, 851 citations indexed

About

Luca Pietro Casacci is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Pietro Casacci has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 851 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Genetics, 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Luca Pietro Casacci's work include Plant and animal studies (43 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (35 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (18 papers). Luca Pietro Casacci is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (43 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (35 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (18 papers). Luca Pietro Casacci collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Poland and United Kingdom. Luca Pietro Casacci's co-authors include Francesca Barbero, Emilio Balletto, Simona Bonelli, Magdalena Witek, Dario Patricelli, Leonardo Dapporto, Stefano Scalercio, Jeremy A. Thomas, Alessandro Cini and Roger Vila and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Luca Pietro Casacci

51 papers receiving 835 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luca Pietro Casacci Italy 19 590 584 222 175 163 55 851
Alexander L. Wild United States 13 587 1.0× 518 0.9× 296 1.3× 148 0.8× 87 0.5× 23 816
Magdalena Witek Poland 20 781 1.3× 642 1.1× 240 1.1× 174 1.0× 352 2.2× 49 1.0k
Oskar Brattström United Kingdom 17 418 0.7× 366 0.6× 135 0.6× 115 0.7× 132 0.8× 42 697
Jadranka Rota United States 16 459 0.8× 464 0.8× 137 0.6× 125 0.7× 85 0.5× 44 703
Rodrigo M. Feitosa Brazil 18 863 1.5× 831 1.4× 220 1.0× 57 0.3× 179 1.1× 96 1.0k
Og DeSouza Brazil 17 630 1.1× 580 1.0× 286 1.3× 49 0.3× 174 1.1× 58 918
Francesca Barbero Italy 23 869 1.5× 825 1.4× 370 1.7× 183 1.0× 229 1.4× 72 1.4k
Ole Karsholt Denmark 15 908 1.5× 946 1.6× 370 1.7× 358 2.0× 157 1.0× 110 1.3k
Neil Rosser United Kingdom 13 464 0.8× 385 0.7× 104 0.5× 70 0.4× 115 0.7× 23 605
Karl N. Magnacca United States 14 455 0.8× 275 0.5× 321 1.4× 84 0.5× 90 0.6× 35 660

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Pietro Casacci

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barbero, Francesca & Luca Pietro Casacci. (2025). The effect of biogenic amines in the neuromodulation of insect social behavior. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 71. 101390–101390.
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Dapporto, Leonardo, et al.. (2025). How effective are insect aposematism and Batesian mimicry in deterring a wild avian predator?. Ecology. 106(6). e70135–e70135. 2 indexed citations
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Balletto, Emilio, Francesca Barbero, Simona Bonelli, Luca Pietro Casacci, & Leonardo Dapporto. (2024). On Linnaeus’ (1764) butterfly type materials missing from the Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University (Section of Zoology) and the case of Papilio hermione. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 47. 163–170.
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Maák, István, Sebastian Schmid, Tomer J. Czaczkes, et al.. (2024). Urban abiotic stressors drive changes in the foraging activity and colony growth of the black garden ant Lasius niger. The Science of The Total Environment. 915. 170157–170157. 4 indexed citations
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Caprio, Enrico, et al.. (2024). Yeasts, arthropods, and environmental matrix: a triad to disentangle the multi-level definition of biodiversity. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20144–20144. 4 indexed citations
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Mannino, Giuseppe, et al.. (2023). The Geomagnetic Field (GMF) Is Necessary for Black Garden Ant (Lasius niger L.) Foraging and Modulates Orientation Potentially through Aminergic Regulation and MagR Expression. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4387–4387. 11 indexed citations
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Barbero, Francesca, Giuseppe Mannino, & Luca Pietro Casacci. (2023). The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants. Insects. 14(4). 386–386. 10 indexed citations
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Csata, Enikő, Luca Pietro Casacci, Joachim Rüther, et al.. (2023). Non-lethal fungal infection could reduce aggression towards strangers in ants. Communications Biology. 6(1). 183–183. 4 indexed citations
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Witek, Magdalena, Valentina La Morgia, Luca Pietro Casacci, & Francesca Barbero. (2023). The Pattern of Social Parasitism in Maculinea teleius Butterfly Is Driven by the Size and Spatial Distribution of the Host Ant Nests. Insects. 14(2). 180–180. 1 indexed citations
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Mazzola, S., et al.. (2023). Bioacoustic IoT Sensors as Next-Generation Tools for Monitoring: Counting Flying Insects through Buzz. Insects. 14(12). 924–924. 2 indexed citations
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Barbero, Francesca, et al.. (2022). Forests influence yeast populations vectored by insects into vineyards. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1039939–1039939. 8 indexed citations
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Maziarz, Marta, Richard K. Broughton, Luca Pietro Casacci, et al.. (2020). Thermal ecosystem engineering by songbirds promotes a symbiotic relationship with ants. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 20330–20330. 10 indexed citations
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Casacci, Luca Pietro, Simona Bonelli, Emilio Balletto, & Francesca Barbero. (2019). Multimodal Signaling in Myrmecophilous Butterflies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. 29 indexed citations
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Casacci, Luca Pietro, Karsten Schönrogge, Jeremy A. Thomas, et al.. (2019). Host specificity pattern and chemical deception in a social parasite of ants. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1619–1619. 15 indexed citations
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Bonelli, Simona, Luca Pietro Casacci, Francesca Barbero, et al.. (2018). The first red list of Italian butterflies. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 11(5). 506–521. 38 indexed citations
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Casacci, Luca Pietro, et al.. (2018). Effects of Host Interspecific Interaction in the Maculinea–Myrmica Parasite–Host System. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 80(9). 2378–2407. 2 indexed citations
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Csata, Enikő, Magdalena Witek, Luca Pietro Casacci, et al.. (2017). Lock-picks: fungal infection facilitates the intrusion of strangers into ant colonies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 46323–46323. 29 indexed citations
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Casacci, Luca Pietro, et al.. (2013). Ant Pupae Employ Acoustics to Communicate Social Status in Their Colony’s Hierarchy. Current Biology. 23(4). 323–327. 27 indexed citations
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Casacci, Luca Pietro, Francesca Barbero, & Emilio Balletto. (2013). The “Evolutionarily Significant Unit” concept and its applicability in biological conservation. Italian Journal of Zoology. 81(2). 182–193. 83 indexed citations
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Patricelli, Dario, Magdalena Witek, Francesca Barbero, et al.. (2010). Evidence of high larval host ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) specificity in the first post-adoption phase for the myrmecophilous butterfly Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).. Sociobiology. 55(3). 861–870. 12 indexed citations

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