Laura Pompei

TL;DR: The threat posed by invasive non-native species worldwide requires a global approach to identify which introduced species are likely to pose an elevated risk of impact to native species and ecosystems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used relative weight (W r ), a condition index which allows evaluation of fish well-being, as a tool to investigate the impact of the presence of non-native species (NNS) on the condition of the key native species (NS) of the Tiber River basin (Italy): Barbus tyberinus Bonaparte, Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus), Leucisus lucumonis Bianco, Rutilus rubilio (Bonaparte) and Telestes muticellus (Bon

TL;DR: Preliminary results encourage the use of W r as a tool to assess the relationship between NS and ecological factors and to explain the changes that occur along the longitudinal gradient of a river.

TL;DR: The results suggest that morphological variability itself is not necessarily essential for invasive success, and that the invasiveness of A. melas is probably favoured by variations in its life-history traits and reproduction variables, together with some behavioural traits (e.g. voracious feeding and parental care).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess whether the composition of the fish community in the upper Tiber River Basin changed after the construction of the Montedoglio Reservoir by comparing data collected in 2010 from three different sampling sites (one above and two downstream from the dam).