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Federico Cappa

University of FlorenceORCID 0000-0002-3510-8885Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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David BaracchiiD· 3 shared Elisa PasquiniiD· 1 shared Federico FerranteiD· 1 shared Flavia Di CesareiD· 1 shared Floria M. K. UyiD· 1 shared Kristine M. GandiaiD· 1 shared Laura BeaniiD· 1 shared Lorenzo Bellocchio· 1 shared

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2022-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintApr 21, 2026

Diet-dependent mortality and cognitive impairment reveal species-specific vulnerabilities to a microbial biopesticide in social bees

Flavia Di Cesare, Federico Cappa, Rita Cervo…·David Baracchi

This study assesses the impact of a microbial biopesticide on two bee species under varying nutritional conditions, revealing species-specific lethal and sublethal effects.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.17.718973

non-human primatebehavioral assay

Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintFeb 8, 2024

Unravelling the microplastic menace: different polymers work in synergy to increase bee vulnerability

Federico Ferrante, Elisa Pasquini, Federico Cappa…·David Baracchi

This study shows that mixtures of microplastics PS and PMMA synergistically harm bee survival and immune response, alter cuticle profiles, and reduce colony detection of contaminated foragers.

DOI 10.1101/2024.02.08.579429

humanexperimental assay

NeuroscienceFrontiers in Ecology and EvolutionPeer-reviewedJan 28, 2022

Caste, sex, and parasitism influence brain plasticity in a social wasp

Kristine M. Gandia, Federico Cappa, David Baracchi…·Floria M. K. Uy

This study investigates how caste, sex, and parasitism influence brain plasticity in the social wasp Polistes dominula, finding sex-specific and caste-related differences in brain region sizes and parasite-induced changes.

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