Mathematical models in Ecology and Epidemiology

• Best Poster Award: Best poster presented at the 13th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (2024)

• Acotto, Francesca (2026)
  Investigation of selected invasion problems using analytical, numerical, and control approaches. relatore: CAVORETTO, ROBERTO; DE ROSSI, ALESSANDRA; , 38. XXXVIII Ciclo, P.: 191
  Doctoral Thesis
• Radosavljevic, Sonja; Acotto, Francesca; Wang, Quanli; Su, Jie; Gasparatos, Alexandros (2026)
  Pathways to sustainability or collapse in inland small-scale aquaculture systems: insights from a social–ecological systems model. In: ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, vol. 512, pp. 1-19. ISSN 0304-3800
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• Acotto, Francesca; Brune, Julia; Neri, Ludovico; Tirolo, Angelo; Viscardi, Alberto (2026)
  On the impact of migratory flows on the residential species of a region. In: NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, vol. 114, pp. 1-20. ISSN 0924-090X
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• Acotto, Francesca; Venturino, Ezio (2025)
  Fare gruppo cambia tutto. Capire l’evoluzione degli ecosistemi con la matematica. pp. 1-5
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• Acotto, Francesca; Camattari, Fabiana; Venturino, Ezio (2025)
  Mitigating negative effects of EBHSV-infected eastern cottontail invasion in Italy using Z-type control on a four-population system. In: MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION, vol. 233, pp. 117-136. ISSN 0378-4754
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• Acotto, Francesca; Ancona, Maria Elisa; Conticelli, Samuele; Petrella, Giulia; ... (2025)
  Investigating the Spread of Chytridiomycosis in Native Amphibians by Invading Bd-Carrier Bullfrogs. In: Trends in Biomathematics: Modeling Health Across Ecology, Social Interactions, and Cells / Mondaini R.P., Cham, Springer Nature, pp. 61-92. ISBN: 9783031974601
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• Acotto, Francesca; Venturino, Ezio (2024)
  How do predator interference, prey herding and their possible retaliation affect prey-predator coexistence?. In: AIMS MATHEMATICS, vol. 9, pp. 17122-17145. ISSN 2473-6988
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• Acotto, Francesca; Bardi, Leonardo; Manzini, Alessandro; Sarfatti, Olivia; Viscardi, ... (2024)
  An Exploration of the Effects of Periodic Top Predator Interference and Hunting on a Predator-Prey System. In: Trends in Biomathematics: Exploring Epidemics, Eco-Epidemiological Systems, and Optimal Control Strategies / S.N., S.L., Springer, pp. 277-297. ISBN: 9783031590719
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• Acotto, Francesca; Venturino, Ezio; Viscardi, Alberto (2024)
  Does a marginal contact with a native species living in a complex domain with a fractional dimension boundary represent a sufficient invasive mechanism for the establishment of a migrating population?. In: CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, vol. 184, pp. 1-13. ISSN 0960-0779
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• Acotto, F.; Suvandjieva, V.; Rashkov, P.; Venturino, E. (2024)
  A model for lions–hyenas interactions. In: COMPUTATIONAL & APPLIED MATHEMATICS, vol. 43, pp. 1-25. ISSN 1807-0302
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• Acotto, Francesca; Venturino, Ezio (2023)
  A note on an epidemic model with cautionary response in the presence of asymptomatic individuals. In: AXIOMS, vol. 12, pp. 1-33. ISSN 2075-1680
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• Acotto, Francesca; Bulai, Iulia Martina; Venturino, Ezio (2023)
  Prey herding and predators’ feeding satiation induce multiple stability. In: COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE & NUMERICAL SIMULATION, vol. 127, pp. 1-10. ISSN 1007-5704
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• Acotto, F.; Venturino, E. (2023)
  Modeling the herd prey response to individualistic predators attacks. In: MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN THE APPLIED SCIENCES, pp. 1-21. ISSN 1099-1476
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• Camattari, Fabiana; Acotto, Francesca; Venturino, Ezio (2023)
  Z-Type Control Methods on a Three-Species Model with an Invasive Prey. In: MATHEMATICS, vol. 11, pp. 1-25. ISSN 2227-7390
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• Acotto, Francesca; Berera, Mattia; Malano, Giulia; Venturino, Ezio (2022)
  Modeling the insect-vectors-mediated phytoplasm transmission in agroecosystems. In: Trends in Biomathematics: Stability and Oscillations in Environmental, Social, and Biological Models / Mondaini R. P., Cham, Springer Nature, pp. 327-352. ISBN: 978-3-031-12514-0
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