The Best Paper Award 2026 has been awarded to Francesco Gallozzi, for the paper
"The diet of the house mouse in three protected islands in Italy: results from DNA metabarcoding".
The Editorial Committee chose among 12 papers, published by young authors (under 35 years old) in the period 2016-2017.
Francesco Gallozzi and colleagues work was found outstanding for clearness and attractiveness of exposition, for the soundness and robustness of the methods used and for the elements of novelty presented both in the approach and in the outcomes presented.