Publications

46. Secomandi S., Gallo G.R., […], Bonisoli-Alquati A., Jarvis E., Gianfranceschi L., Formenti G. Evolutionary insights from barn swallow pangenomics. Cell Reports.

45. Snider A.M., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Perez-Umphrey A.A., Woltmann S., Stouffer P.C., Taylor S.S. 2022. Diet and Disturbance: Seaside Sparrow Resource Use Driven by Oiling and Hurricane Isaac. Frontiers in Environmental Science doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.978325 Open Access PDF

44. Lombardo G., Rambaldi Migliore N., Colombo G., Rosario Capodiferro M., Formenti G., Caprioli M., Moroni E., Caporali L., Lancioni H., Secomandi S., Gallo G.R., Costanzo A., Romano A., Garofalo M., Cereda C., Carelli V., Gillespie L., Liu Y., Kiat Y., Marzal A., López-Calderón C., Balbontín J., Mousseau T.A., Matyjasiak P., Møller A.P., Semino O., Ambrosini R., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Rubolini D., Ferretti L., Achilli A., Gianfranceschi L., Olivieri A., and A. Torroni. 2022. The mitogenome relationships and phylogeography of barn swallows (Hirundo rustica). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39 msac113, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac113 Open Access PDF
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43. Perez-Umphrey A.A., Johnson C.B., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Snider, A.M., Stouffer P.C., Taylor S.S. 2022. Drivers of hantavirus prevalence in the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in the coastal saltmarshes of Louisiana. Ecosphere 13: e3929. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3929​ Open Access PDF

42. Formenti G., Theissinger K., Fernandes C., […], Bonisoli-Alquati A., et al. 2022. The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37: 197–202. 

41. Snider A.M., Perez-Umphrey A.A., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Stouffer P.C., Taylor S.S. 2022. Comparing the utility of gizzard and fecal samples for dietary metabarcoding in Seaside Sparrows. Ornithological Applications 124: duab060.

40.  Moyo S., Bennadji H., Laguaite D., Perez-Umphrey A.A., Snider A.M., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Olin J.A., Stouffer P.C., Taylor S.S., López-Duarte P., Roberts B., Hooper-Bui L., Polito M.J.  2021. Stable isotope analyses identify foraging niche partitioning between sympatric terrestrial vertebrates in coastal saltmarshes with differing oiling histories. PeerJ 9:e11392 PDF 

39. Mothersill C.E., […] Bonisoli-Alquati A., et al. 2020. From tangled banks to toxic bunnies; a reflection on the issues involved in developing an ecosystem approach for environmental radiation protection. International Journal of Radiation Biology In press PDF
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38. Rhodes Jr. O.E., […] Bonisoli-Alquati A., et al. 2020. Integration of Ecosystem Science into Radioecology: A Consensus Perspective. Science of the Total Environment 740: 140031 PDF

37. Bonisoli-Alquati A., Xu W., Stouffer P.C, Taylor S.S. 2020. Transcriptome analysis indicates a broad range of toxic effects of Deepwater Horizon oil on Seaside Sparrows. Science of the Total Environment 720: 137583.​ PDF

36. Bonisoli-Alquati A., Rudolfsen G., Møller A.P., Mousseau T.A. Birds as Bioindicators of Ionizing Radiation Impacts in Natural Environments. In Biomarkers of Radiation In The Environment: Robust tools for risk assessment Eds. M. Wood, C. MotherSill, G. Woloschak. Springer, Berlin.

35. Formenti G., Chiara M., Poveda L., Francoijs K.J., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Canova L., Gianfranceschi L., Horner D.S. N. 2019. SMRT long-read sequencing and Direct Label and Stain optical maps allow the generation of a high-quality genome assembly for the European barn swallow (Hirundo rustica rustica). GigaScience 8: 1—9. PDF

34. Bonisoli-Alquati A., Ostermiller S., Beasley D.E., Welch S.M., Møller A.P., Mousseau T.A. 2018. Faster development covaries with higher DNA damage in grasshoppers (Chorthippus albomarginatus) from Chernobyl. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 91:776–787. PDF
 
33. Bonisoli-Alquati A., Stouffer P.C, Woltmann S., Turner E., Taylor S.S. 2016. Incorporation of oil carbon in a terrestrial bird. Environmental Research Letters. 11: 114023. PDF       
[covered by: BBC, Sierra Magazine, EcoWatch, Inside Science, United Press International, Breitbart News]
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32. Brechignac F., Oughton D., Mays C., Barnthouse L.W., Beasley J.C., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Bradshaw C., Brown J., Dray S., Geras'kin S., Glenn T., Higley K., Ishida K., Kapustka L.A., Kuhne W., Lynch M., Mappes T., Mihok S., Møller A.P., Mothersill C., Mousseau T.A., Otaki J., Pryakhin E., Rhodes Jr, O.E., Salbu B., Strand P. 2016. Addressing ecological effects of radiation on populations and ecosystems to improve protection of the environment against radiation: Agreed statements from a Consensus Symposium. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 158: 21-29. 

31. Einor D., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Costantini D., Mousseau T.A., Møller A.P. 2016. Ionizing radiation, antioxidant response and oxidative damage: A meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment 548-549: 463-471.​

30. Bonisoli-Alquati A., Koyama H., Tedeschi D., Kitamura W., Suzuki H., Ostermiller S.**, Arai E., Møller A.P., Mousseau T.A. Abundance and genetic damage of barn swallows from Fukushima. Scientific Reports 5: 9432. PDF
[covered by: CBS News, Phys.org]

29. Møller A.P., Rudolfsen G., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Mousseau T.A. 2014. Aspermy, sperm quality and radiation in Chernobyl birds. PLoS One 9: e100296. PDF 
[covered by: BBC, Audubon]

28. Costantini D., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Rubolini D., Caprioli M., Ambrosini A., Romano M., Saino N. Nestling rearing is antioxidant demanding in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica). Naturwissenschaften DOI 10.1007/s00114-014-1190-2. PDF

27. Galván I., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Jenkinson S., Ghanem G.E., Wakamatsu K., Mousseau T.A., Møller A.P. Chronic exposure to low-dose radiation at Chernobyl favors adaptation to oxidative stress in birds. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12283 PDF 
[covered by: Nature, Science, The Economist, The Independent, PBS, International Business Times, The Huffington Post, Corriere della Sera, Haaretz, ScienceNews, ScienceDaily, Gizmodo, The Verge, OggiScienza, SciShow]

26. Bonisoli-Alquati A. 2014. Avian genetic ecotoxicology: DNA of the canary in the coalmine. Current Zoology 60: 285-298. PDF

25. Rubolini D., Fusani L., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Canoine V., Caprioli M., Romano M., Ambrosini R., Dessì-Fulgheri F., Saino N. 2014. Effects of egg and circulating testosterone on ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male traits and combat outcome. Ethology 120: 64–76. PDF

24. Møller A.P., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Mousseau T.A. 2013. High frequency of albinism and tumors in free-living birds at Chernobyl. Mutation Research: Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis 757: 52–59. PDF 
[covered by: ScienceDaily, Asian Scientist]

23. Mousseau, T.A., Welch S.M., Chizhevsky I., Bondarenko O., Milinevsky G., Tedeschi D., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Møller, A.P. 2013. Tree rings reveal extent of exposure to radiation in Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris. Trees – Structure and Function 27: 1443–1453. PDF 
[covered by: BBC, ScienceDaily, Asian Scientist]

22. Beasley D.E., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Mousseau, T.A. 2013. The use of fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of environmentally induced developmental instability: A meta-analysis. Ecological Indicators 30: 218–226. PDF

21. Laskemoen T., Albrecht T., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Cepak J., de Lope F., Hermosell I.G., Johannessen L.E., Kleven O., Møller A.P., Mousseau T.A., Reynolds A.M., Robertson R.J., Rudolfsen G., Saino N., Vortman Y., Lifjeld J.T., 2013. Variation in sperm morphometry and sperm competition among barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 301-309. PDF

20. Baratti M., Dessì-Fulgheri F., Ambrosini R., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Caprioli M., Goti E., Matteo A., Monnanni R., Ragionieri L., Ristori E., Romano M., Rubolini D., Scialpi A., Saino N. 2012. MHC genotype predicts mate choice in the ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 1531-1542. PDF

19. Møller A.P., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Rudolfsen G., Mousseau T.A. 2012. Elevated mortality among birds in Chernobyl as judged from biased sex and age ratios. PLoS One e35223. PDF 
[covered by: Mother Jones]

18. Beasley D.E., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Welch S.M., Møller A.P., Mousseau T.A. 2012. Effects of parental radiation exposure on developmental instability in grasshoppers (Chorthippus albomarginatus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 1149-1162. PDF

17. Romano A., Ambrosini R., Caprioli M., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Saino N. 2012. Secondary sex ratio covaries with demographic trends and ecological conditions in the barn swallow. Evolutionary Ecology 26: 1041-1053. PDF

16. Saino N., Caprioli M., Romano M., Boncoraglio G., Rubolini D., Ambrosini R., Bonisoli-Alquati A., Romano A. 2011. Antioxidant Defenses Predict Long-Term Survival in a Passerine Bird. PLoS One 6: e19593. PDF

15. Bonisoli Alquati A., Møller A.P., Rudolfsen G., Saino N., Caprioli M., Ostermiller S.**, Mousseau T.A. 2011. The effects of radiation on sperm swimming behavior depend on plasma oxidative status in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 159: 105-112. PDF

14. Møller A.P., Bonisoli Alquati A., Rudolfsen, G., Mousseau, T.A. 2011. Chernobyl birds have smaller brains. PLoS One 6: e16862. PDF [covered by: BBC, Wired, TreeHugger, The Daily Mail]

13. Bonisoli Alquati A., Boncoraglio G., Caprioli M., Saino N. 2011. Birth order, individual sex and sex of competitors determine the outcome of conflict among siblings over parental care. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B: Biological Sciences 278: 1273-1279. PDF

12. Bonisoli Alquati A., Matteo A., Ambrosini R., Rubolini D., Romano M., Caprioli M., Dessì-Fulgheri F:, Baratti M., Saino N. 2011. Effects of egg testosterone on female mate choice and male sexual behavior in the pheasant. Hormones and Behavior 59: 75-82. PDF
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11. Bonisoli Alquati A., Rubolini D., Ambrosini R., Romano M., Caprioli M., Saino N. 2011. Egg testosterone affects wattle color and the covariation among phenotypic traits in the ring-necked pheasant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 1779-1790. PDF

​10. Bonisoli Alquati A., Mousseau T.A., Møller A.P., Caprioli M., Saino N. 2010. Increased oxidative stress in barn swallows from the Chernobyl region. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 155: 205-210. PDF

9. Bonisoli Alquati A., Rubolini D., Romano M., Cucco M., Fasola M., Caprioli M., Saino N. 2010. Egg antimicrobials covary with laying sequence, embryo sex and predict chick phenotype in the yellow-legged gull. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 845-855.

8. Bonisoli Alquati A., Voris A., Mousseau T.A., Møller A.P., Saino N., Wyatt M.D. 2010. DNA damage in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) from the Chernobyl region detected by the Comet assay. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 151: 271-277.

7. Saino N., Rubolini D., Leikhonen E., Sokolov, E.V., Bonisoli Alquati A., Ambrosini R., Boncoraglio G., Møller A.P. 2009 Climate change effects on migration phenology may mismatch brood parasitic cuckoos and their hosts. Biology Letters 5: 539-541.

6. Rubolini D., Ambrosini R., Romano M., Caprioli M., Fasola, M., Bonisoli Alquati A., Saino N. 2009. Within-clutch egg size asymmetry covaries with embryo sex in the yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 1809-1819. 

5. Bonisoli Alquati A., Martinelli R., Rubolini D., Saino N. 2008. Sex-specific effects of albumen removal and nest environment manipulation on Barn Swallow nestlings. Ecology 89: 2315-2324. 

4. ​Saino N., Bertacche V., Bonisoli Alquati A., Romano M., Rubolini D. 2008. Phenotypic correlates of yolk and plasma carotenoid concentration in yellow-legged gull chicks. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81: 211-225.

3. Bonisoli Alquati A., Rubolini D., Romano M., Boncoraglio G., Fasola M., Saino N. 2007. Effects of egg albumen removal on yellow-legged gull chick phenotype. Functional Ecology 21: 310-316.

2. Rubolini D., Romano M., Bonisoli Alquati, Saino N. 2006. Early maternal, genetic and environmental components of antioxidant protection, morphology and immunity of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 1571-1584.
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1. ​Romano M., Rubolini D., Martinelli R., Bonisoli Alquati A., Saino N. 2005. Experimental manipulation of yolk testosterone affects digit length ratios in the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). Hormones and Behavior 48: 342-346.

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