Working Group Quantitative Landscape Ecology

Dr. Gemma Burgazzi

Function

  • Scientist

Additional Information

  • Metacommunity ecology
  • Spatial ecology
  • Intermittent rivers
  • Aquatic invertebrates
  • Biodiversity
since 01.2021Postdoctoral researcher at the Quantitative Landscape Ecology Group, University of Koblenz-Landau, DE
02.2018 - 12.2020Postdoctoral researcher at the Aquatic Ecology Group, University of Parma, IT
11.2014 - 03.2018PhD in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Parma, IT
10.2011 - 02.2014MSc in Ecology and Conservation of Nature, University of Parma, IT
10.2007 - 04.2011BSc in Natural Sciences, University of Parma, IT

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  • Laini A, Beermann AJ, Bolpagni R, Burgazzi G, Elbrecht V, Zizka VMA, Leese F, Viaroli P. 2020. Exploring the potential of metabarcoding to disentangle macroinvertebrate community dynamics in intermittent streams. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 4, e51433. doi: 10.3897/mbmg.4.51433
  • Burgazzi G, Laini A, Ovaskainen O, Saccò M, Stubbington R, Viaroli P. 2020. Communities in high definition: Spatial and environmental factors shape the micro-distribution of aquatic invertebrates. Freshwater Biology, 65(12), 2053–2065. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13599
  • Burgazzi G, Bolpagni R, Laini A, Racchetti E, Viaroli P. 2020. Algal biomass and macroinvertebrate dynamics in intermittent braided rivers: New perspectives from instream pools. River Research and Applications, 36(8), 1682–1689. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3675
  • Soria M, Gutiérrez‐Cánovas C, Bonada N, Acosta R, Rodríguez‐Lozano P, Fortuño P, Burgazzi G, Vinyoles D, Gallart F, Latron J, Llorens P, Prat N, Cid N. 2020. Natural disturbances can produce misleading bioassessment results: Identifying metrics to detect anthropogenic impacts in intermittent rivers. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(2), 283–295. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13538
  • Burgazzi G, Guareschi S, Laini A. 2018. The role of small-scale spatial location on macroinvertebrate community in an intermittent stream. Limnetica, 37(2), 319–340. doi: 10.23818/limn.37.26
  • Burgazzi G, Laini A, Racchetti E, Viaroli P. 2017. Mesohabitat mosaic in lowland braided rivers: Short-term variability of macroinvertebrate metacommunities. Journal of Limnology. doi: 10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1650