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Έφορος Σπονδυλωτών
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Βιολόγος Ph.D.
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Εφορία Σπονδυλωτών
Freitas S., Vavakou A., Arakelyan M., Drovetski S.V., Crnobrnja-Isailović J., Kidov A.A., Cogălniceanu D., Corti C., Lymberakis P., Harris D.J., Carretero M.A. (2016) Cryptic diversity and unexpected evolutionary patterns in the meadow lizard, Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834). Systematics and Biodiversity 14(2):184-197, doi:10.1080/14772000.2015.1111267
Strzała T., Grochowalska R., Najbar B., Mikulíček P., Jandzik D., Lymberakis P., Jablonski D. (2016) Complete mitochondrial genome of the endemic legless lizard Anguis cephallonica Werner, 1894 and its comparison with mitogenome of Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758. Mitochondrial DNA
Psonis N., Lymberakis P., Poursanidis D., Poulakakis N. (2016) Contribution to the study of Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae) mtDNA diversity focusing in the A. boskianus species group. Mitochondrion.
Psonis N., Antoniou A., Kukushkin V.O., Jablonski D., Petrov B., Crnobrnja – Isailović J., Sotiropoulos K., Gherghel I., Lymberakis P., Poulakakis N. (2016) Unexpected phylogenetic relationships within the Podarcis tauricus subgroup (Sauria, Lacertidae) using multilocus approaches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Tamschick S., Rozenblut-Kościsty B., Ogielska M., Lehmann A., Lymberakis P., Hoffmann F., Lutz I., Kloas W., Stoeck M. (2016) Sex reversal assessments reveal different vulnerability to endocrine disruption between deeply diverged anuran lineages. Scientific Reports 6, 23825, DOI:10.1038/srep23825
Freitas S., Vavakou A., Arakelyan M., Drovetski S.V., Crnobrnja-Isailović J., Kidov A.A., Cogălniceanu D., Corti C., Lymberakis P., Harris D.J., Carretero M.A. (2016) Cryptic diversity and unexpected evolutionary patterns in the meadow lizard, Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834). Systematics and Biodiversity 14(2):184-197, doi:10.1080/14772000.2015.1111267
Strzała T., Grochowalska R., Najbar B., Mikulíček P., Jandzik D., Lymberakis P., Jablonski D. (2016) Complete mitochondrial genome of the endemic legless lizard Anguis cephallonica Werner, 1894 and its comparison with mitogenome of Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758. Mitochondrial DNA
Psonis N., Lymberakis P., Poursanidis D., Poulakakis N. (2016) Contribution to the study of Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae) mtDNA diversity focusing in the A. boskianus species group. Mitochondrion.
Psonis N., Antoniou A., Kukushkin V.O., Jablonski D., Petrov B., Crnobrnja – Isailović J., Sotiropoulos K., Gherghel I., Lymberakis P., Poulakakis N. (2016) Unexpected phylogenetic relationships within the Podarcis tauricus subgroup (Sauria, Lacertidae) using multilocus approaches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Tamschick S., Rozenblut-Kościsty B., Ogielska M., Lehmann A., Lymberakis P., Hoffmann F., Lutz I., Kloas W., Stoeck M. (2016) Sex reversal assessments reveal different vulnerability to endocrine disruption between deeply diverged anuran lineages. Scientific Reports 6, 23825, DOI:10.1038/srep23825
Rodrigues M., Bos A.R., Hoath, R., Schembri P.J., Lymberakis P., Cento M., Ghawar W., Ozkurt S.O., Santos-Reis M., Merilä J., Fernandes C. (2016) Taxonomic status and origin of the Egyptian weasel (Mustela subpalmata) inferred from mitochondrial DNA. Genetica 144, 191–202
Lymberakis P., Nicolaou H., Sotiropoulos K. (2015) 53. Conservation of Amphibians in Cyprus. pp.148-151
Mezzasalma M., Dall'Asta A., Loy A., Cheylan M., Lymberakis P., Zuffi M.A.L. (2015) A sisters' story: Comparative phylogeography and taxonomy of Hierophis viridiflavus and H. gemonensis (Serpentes, Colubridae). Zool. Scripta 44(5), 495-508. doi:10.1111/zsc.12115
Kapli P., Lymberakis P., Crochet P., Geniez P., Brito J.C., Almutairi M., Ahmadzadeh F., Schmitz A., Wilms T., Pouyani N.R., Poulakakis N. (2015) Historical biogeography of the lacertid lizard Mesalina in North Africa and the Middle East. Journal of Biogeography 42(2), 267-279. doi:10.1111/jbi.12420
Rovatsos M., Vukic J., Lymberakis P., Kratochvil L. (2015) Evolutionary stability of sex chromosomes in snakes. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 282,20151992, doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.1992
Sagonas K., Pafilis P., Lymberakis P., Valakos E.D. (2015) Trends and patterns in the feeding ecology of the widespread balkan green lizard Lacerta trilineata (Squamata: Lacertidae) in insular and continental Greece. North-Western Journal of Zoology 11(1), 117-126
Colli L., Lancioni H., Cardinali…, Lymberakis P., et all (2015) Whole mitochondrial genomes unveil the impact of domestication on goat matrilineal variability. BMC Genomics 16, 1115
Tamschick S., Rozenblut-Kościsty B., Bonato L., Dufresnes C., Lymberakis P., Kloas W., Ogielska M., Stöck M. (2015) Sex Chromosome Conservation, DMRT1 Phylogeny and Gonad Morphology in Diploid Palearctic Green Toads (Bufo viridis Subgroup). Cytogenetic and Genome Research doi:10.1159/000380841
Dufresnes C., Brelsford A., Crnobrnja-Isailović J., Tzankov N., Lymberakis P., Perrin N. (2015) Timeframe of speciation inferred from secondary contact zones in the European tree frog radiation (Hyla arborea group). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15(1) doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0385-2
Sillero N., Campos J., Bonardi A., Corti C., Creemers, Lymberakis P., …et all (2014) Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe. Amphibia - Reptilia 35, 1-31
Sagonas K., Pafilis P., Lymberakis P., Donihue C.M., Herrel A., Valakos E.D. (2014) Insularity affects head morphology, bite force and diet in a Mediterranean lizard. Biol. J. linn. Soc. 12(3), 469-484
Poulakakis N., Kapli P., Lymberakis P., Trichas A., Vardinoyiannis K., Sfenthourakis S., Mylonas M. (2014) A review of phylogeographic analyses of animal taxa from the Aegean and surrounding regions. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 53(1),18-32, doi:10.1111/jzs.12071
Sindaco R., Kornilios P., Sacchi R., Lymberakis P. (2014) Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey). Zootaxa 3795(3), 311-326
Ali A., de Bie C.A.J.M., Skidmore A.K., Scarrott R.G., Lymberakis P. (2014) Mapping the heterogeneity of natural and semi-natural landscapes. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 26, 176-183
Sagonas K., Poulakakis N., Lymberakis P., Parmakelis A., Pafilis P., Valakos E.D. (2014) Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the green lizards (Lacerta) in Greece: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 76, 144–154
Poulakakis Ν., Kapli P., Lymberakis P., Trichas A., Vardinoyiannis K., Sfenthourakis S., Mylonas M. (2014) A review of phylogeographic analyses of animal taxa from the Aegean and surrounding regions. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 53(1), 18-32
Vamberger M., Stuckas H., Ayaz D., Lymberakis P., Široký P., Fritz U. (2014) Massive transoceanic gene flow in a freshwater turtle (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Mauremys rivulata). Zool. Scripta 43, 313–322
Candan K., Kankilic T., Guclu O., Kumlutaş Y., Durmus S.H., Lymberakis P., Poulakakis N., Çetin I. (2014) First Assessment on the Molecular Phylogeny of Anatololacerta (Squamata, Lacertidae) Distributed in Southern Anatolia; Insights From mtDNA and nDNA Markers. Mitochondrial DNA 1-8
Kornilios P., Thanou E., Lymberakis P., Sindaco R., Liuzzi C., Giokas S. (2014) Mitochondrial phylogeography, intraspecific diversity and phenotypic convergence in the four-lined snake (Reptilia, Squamata). Zool. Scripta 43(2), 149-160
Spaneli V., Lymberakis P. (2014) First record of Stellagama stellio (Linnaeus, 1758) from Crete, Greece. Herpetology Notes 7, 367-369
Dufresnes C., Wassef J., Ghali K., Brelsford A., Stöck ., Lymberakis P., Crnobrnja-Isailović J., Perrin N. (2013) Conservation phylogeography: does historical diversity contribute to regional vulnerability in European tree frogs (Hyla arborea)? Molecular Ecology 22, 5669–5684
Vences M., Hauswaldt S.J., Steinfartz S., Rupp O., Goesmann A., Kόnzel S., Orozco-terWengel P., Vieites D.R., Nieto-Roman S., Haas S., Laugsch C., Gehara M., Bruchmann S., Pabijan M., Ludewig A-K., Rudert D., Angelini C., Borkin L.J., Crochet P-A., Crottini A., Dubois A., Ficetola G.F., Galán P., Geniez P., Hachtel M., Jovanovic O., Litvinchuk S.N., Lymberakis P., Ohler A., Smirnov N.A. (2013) Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 68, 657–670
Strachinis I., Lymberakis P. (2013) New records of Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834) from two Greek islands, Chios and Samothrace and consequent biogeographic implications. Herpetology Notes 6, 513-514
Kyriazi P., Kornilios P., Nagy Z.T., Poulakakis N., Kumlutaş Y., Ilgaz C., Avcı A., Göçmen B., Lymberakis P. (2013) Comparative phylogeography reveals distinct colonization patterns of Cretan snakes. Journal of Biogeography 40(6), 1143-1155
Kapli P., Botoni D., Ilgaz C., Kumlutaş Y., Avcı A., Pouyani N.R., Fathinia B., Lymberakis P., Ahmadzadeh F., Poulakakis N. (2013) Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Anatolian lizard Apathya (Squamata, Lacertidae). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 66, 992–1001
Samuni-Blank M., Izhaki I., Dearing M.D., Karasov W. H., Gerchman Y., Kohl K.D., Lymberakis P., Kurnath P., Arad Z. (2013) Physiological and behavioural effects of fruit toxins on seed-predating versus seed-dispersing congeneric rodents. The Journal of Experimental Biology 216(19), 3667-3673
Böhm M. et al.(>200), Lymberakis P. (2013) The conservation status of the world’s reptiles. Biological Conservation 157, 372-385
Ali A., de Bie, C.A.J.M., Skidmore A.K., Scarrott R.G., Hamad A.A., Venus V., Lymberakis P. (2013) Mapping land cover gradients through analysis of hyper - temporal NDVI imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 23, 301-312
Poulakakis N., Kapli P., Kardamaki A., Skourtanioti E., Goecmen B., Ilgaz C., Kumlutaş Y., Avcı A., Lymberakis P. (2013) Comparative phylogeography of six herpetofauna species in Cyprus: late Miocene to Pleistocene colonization routes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(3), 619-635
Kornilios P., Giokas S., Lymberakis P., Sindaco R. (2013) Phylogenetic position, origin and biogeography of Palearctic and Socotran blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 68, 35–41
Marosi B., Zinenko O., Ghira I, Crnobrnja-Isailović J., Lymberakis P., Sos T., Popescu O. (2012) Molecular data confirm recent fluctuations of northern border of dice snake (Natrix tessellata) range in Eastern Europe. North-Western Journal of Zoology 8(2), 374-377
Kyriazi P., Kornilios P., Nagy, T.N., Poulakakis N., Kumlutaş Y., Ilgaz C., Avcı A., Göçmen B., Lymberakis P. (2012) Comparative phylogeography reveals distinct colonization patterns of Cretan snakes. Journal of Biogeography doi:10.1111/jbi.12057
Metallinou M., Arnold E.N., Crochet P.A., Geniez Ph., Brito J.C., Lymberakis P., Baha el Din Sh, Sindaco R., Robinson M., Carranza S. (2012) Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 12, 258
Garcia-Porta J., Litvinchuk S.N., Crochet P.A., Romano A., Geniez P.H., Lo-Valvo M., Lymberakis P., Carranza S. (2012) Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 63, 113–130
Stöck M., Dufresnes C., Litvinchuk S.N., Lymberakis P., Biollay S., Berroneau M., Borzée A., Ghali K., Ogielska M., Perrin N. (2012) Cryptic diversity among Western Palearctic tree frogs: Postglacial range expansion, range limits, and secondary contacts of three European tree frog lineages (Hyla arborea group). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 65, 1-9

Σελίδες

 

Ερευνητικά ενδιαφέροντα και κύρια δραστηριότητα: Ερπετολογία, Οικολογία, Θηριολογία, Εξέλιξη, Συστηματική, Ταξινομική.

Σύντομο Βιογραφικό

1989: Πτυχίο Βιολογίας από το Βιολογικό Τμήμα του Ε.Κ.Π. Αθηνών

1991 – 1993 ερευνητής στο Μεσογειακό Αγρονομικό Ινστιτούτο Χανίων.

1995 – Έφορος Συλλογών Σπονδυλωτών, Μουσείο Φυσικής Ιστορίας Κρήτης, Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης.

2003: Διδακτορική Διατριβή Βιολογικό Τμήμα, ΕΚΠΑ με θέμα: «Υψομετρική διαφοροποίηση της πανίδας, των Λευκών Ορέων Κρήτης»

ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΙΚΗ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΑ

Οικολογία, βιογεωγραφία, συστηματική και εξέλιξη, μικρών σπονδυλωτών στο χώρο της Ανατολική Μεσογείου.

Συμμετοχή σε 43 προγράμματα έρευνας ή/και διαχείρισης. Περισσότερες από 90 ανακοινώσεις σε Διεθνή (50) και Εθνικά (>40) συνέδρια

Δημοσιεύσεις  5 τελευταίων ετών

Lymberakis, P. & N. Poulakakis. 2010. Three Continents claiming an Archipelago: The evolution of Aegean’s Herpetological Diversity. Diversity 2:233-255

Kornilios P., Kyriazi P., Poulakakis N., Kumlutas Y., Ilgaz C., Mylonas M., Lymberakis P. 2010. Phylogeography of the ocellated skink Chalcides ocellatus (Squamata, Scincidae), with the use of mtDNA sequences: A hitch-hiker’s guide to the Mediterranean. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 54:445–456

Gvoždík V., Jandzik D., Lymberakis P., Jablonski D., Moravec J. 2010. Slow worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: Genetic structure reveals deep divergences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 55:460–472.

Giagia-Athanasopoulou E.B., Rovatsos M.T.H., Mitsainas G., Martimianakis S., Lymberakis P., Angelou L-X. D., Marchal J.A. Sanchez A. 2011. New data on the evolution of the Cretan spiny mouse, Acomys minous (Rodentia, Murinae), shed light on the phylogenetic relationships in the cahirinus group. Biol. J. Lin. Soc.: 102 (3) 498-509

Kapli P., Poulakakis N., Lymberakis P., & M. Mylonas. 2011. A re-analysis of the molecular phylogeny of Lacertidae with currently available data. Basic and Applied Herpetology 25:97-104

Kornilios P., Ilgaz C., Kumlutas Y., Lymberakis P., Moravec J., Sindaco R., Rastegar-Pouyani N, Afroosheh M., Giokas S., Fraguedakis-Tsolis S, Chondropoulos B. 2012. Neogene climatic oscillations shape the biogeography and evolutionary history of the Eurasian blindsnake. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 62:856–873

Garcia-Porta, J. Litvinchuk, S.N., Crochet, P.A., Romano, A., Geniez, P.H., Lo-Valvo, M., Lymberakis, P., Carranza, S. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 113–130

Stöck, M., Dufresnes, C., Litvinchuk, S.N., Lymberakis P., Biollay, S., Berroneau, M., Borzée A., Ghali, K., Ogielska, M., Perrin, N. 2012. Cryptic diversity among Western Palearctic tree frogs: Postglacial range expansion, range limits, and secondary contacts of three European tree frog lineages (Hyla arborea group) Mol.Phyl. Evol. 65:1-9

Marosi, B., Zinenko, O., Ghira, I, Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Lymberakis, P., Sos T. and Popescu, O. 2012. Molecular data confirm recent fluctuations of northern border of dice snake (Natrix tessellata) range in Eastern Europe. North-Western Journal of Zoology 8 (2): 374-377

Böhm, M. et al.(>200). 2013. The conservation status of the world’s reptiles. Biological Conservation 157:372-385

Kapli P., Botoni D., Ilgaz C., Kumlutaş Y., A. Avcı A., Pouyani N.R., Fathinia B., Lymberakis P., Ahmadzadeh F., & N. Poulakakis. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Anatolian lizard Apathya (Squamata, Lacertidae). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 66: 992–1001.

Poulakakis N., Kapli P., Kardamaki A., Skourtanioti E., Göçmen B., Ilgaz C., Kumlutaş Y., Avci A., Lymberakis P. 2013. Comparative phylogeography of six herpetofauna species in Cyprus: late Miocene to Pleistocene colonization routes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(3), 619-635

Metallinou M., Arnold E.N., Crochet P.A., Geniez P., Brito, J.C., Lymberakis P., Baha El Din S., Sindanco R., Robinson M., Carranza S. 2013. Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12:258

Ali, A., de Bie, C.A.J.M., Skidmore, A.K., Scarrott, R.G., Hamad, A.A., Venus, V. and Lymberakis, P. (2013) Mapping land cover gradients through analysis of hyper - temporal NDVI imagery. In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation : JAG, 23 (2013) pp. 301-312

Kornilios P., Giokas S., Lymberakis P.,Sindaco R. 2013. Phylogenetic position, origin and biogeography of Palearctic and Socotran blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 68:35–41

Vences, M., Hauswaldt, S.J., Steinfartz, S., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A., Kόnzel, S., Orozco-terWengel, P., Vieites, D.R., Nieto-Roman,S., Haas,S., Laugsch,C., Gehara,M., Bruchmann, S., Pabijan, M., Ludewig, A-K., Rudert, D., Angelini, C., Borkin L.J., Crochet, P-A., Crottini A., Dubois, A., Ficetola G.F., Galán, P., Geniez, P., Hachtel, M., Jovanovic, O., Litvinchuk, S.N., Lymberakis, P., Ohler, A., Smirnov, N.A. 2013. Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 68: 657–670.

Kyriazi, P., Kornilios, P., Nagy, Z.T., Poulakakis, N., Kumlutas, Y., Ilgaz, C., Avci, A., Göçmen, B., Lymberakis, P. 2013. Comparative phylogeography reveals distinct colonization patterns of Cretan snakes. J. of Biogeography 40(6): 1143-1155.

Strachinis, E., Lymberakis, P. 2013 New records of Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834) from two Greek islands, Chios and Samothrace and consequent biogeographic implications Herpetology Notes, volume 6: 513-514.

Dufresnes, C., Wasef, J., Ghali, K., Brelsford, A., Stöck, M., Lymberakis, P., Crnobrnja-Isailovic J., Perrin, N. 2013. Conservation phylogeography: does historical diversity contribute to regional vulnerability in European tree frogs (Hyla arborea). Molecular Ecology 22: 5669-5684

Kornilios, P., Thanou, E., Lymberakis, P., Sindaco, R., Liuzzi, C., Giokas, S. 2014. Mitochondrial phylogeography, intraspecific diversity and phenotypic convergence in the four-lined snake (Reptilia, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 43(2): 149-160.

Sillero N., Campos, J., Bonardi, A., Corti, C., Creemers, R., Crochet, P-A., Crnobrnja Isailović, J., Denoël, M., Francesco Ficetola, G., Gonçalves, J., Kuzmin, S., Lymberakis P., de Pous, P., Rodríguez, A., Sindaco, R., Speybroeck, J., Toxopeus, B., Vieites, D.R., Vences, M. 2014. Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia 35: 1-31

Sindaco, R., Kornilios, P., Sacchi, R., Lymberakis, P. 2014. Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey). Zootaxa 3795 (3): 311-326

Sagonas, K., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Parmakelis, A., Pafilis, P., Valakos, E. D. 2014. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the green lizards (Lacerta) in Greece: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 76: 144–154

Vamberger, M., Stuckas, H., Ayaz, D., Lymberakis, P., Široký, P. & Fritz, U. (2014). Massive transoceanic gene flow in a freshwater turtle (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Mauremys rivulata). Zoologica Scripta, 43, 313–322.

Spaneli, V., Lymberakis, P. 2014. First record of Stellagama stellio (Linnaeus, 1758) from Crete, Greece. Herpetology Notes 7: 367-369.

Ali,A., de Bie, C.A.J.M., Skidmore,A.K., Scarrott,R.G., Lymberakis, P. 2014 Mapping the heterogeneity of natural and semi-natural landscapes. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 26:176-183

Sagonas, K., Pafilis, P., Lymberakis, P., Donihue, C.M., Herrel, A., Valakos E.D. 2014. Insularity affects head morphology, bite force and diet in a Mediterranean lizard. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(3), 469-484

Kapli, P. Lymberakis, P., Crochet P.-A., Geniez, P., Brito, J. C., Almutairi, M., Ahmadzadeh, F., Schmit, A., Wilms, T., Pouyani, N. R., Poulakakis, N. 2014. Historical biogeography of the lacertid lizard Mesalina in North Africa and the Middle East. Journal of Biogeography 2014 http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jbi doi:10.1111/jbi.12420

Βιβλία - Κεφάλαια σε Βιβλία

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Valakos, E., Pafilis, P., Sotiropoulos, K., Lymberakis, P., Maragou, P., Foufopoulos, J. 2008. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Greece. Chimaira Editions. 463pp.

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ΑΛΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΕΣ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΕΣ

  • Reviewer for scientific papers: Animal Biology, Biologia, Journal of Natural History, Zoology in the Middle East, Zootaxa, Integrated Zoology, Systematics and Biodiversity.
  • Service as Biodiversity Specialist: IUCN Mediterranean Reptiles and Amphibian group; Global Amphibian Assessment; IUCN Reptiles and Amphibian group: Turkey, Caucasus, Iran;
  • Συμμετείχα στην οργάνωση, διαμόρφωση και λειτουργία όλων των εκθέσεων του Μουσείου Φυσικής Ιστορίας Κρήτης, του Πανεπιστημίου της Κρήτης από το 1993 ως σήμερα.
  • Μέλος της Ελληνικής Ζωολογικής Εταιρείας από το 1989 και μέλος του ΔΣ της ΕΖΕ για τα έτη 2004-
  • Ιδρυτικό μέλος και μέλος του ΔΣ της Ελληνικής Ερπετολογικής Εταιρείας.
  • Ιδρυτικό μέλος και μέλος του ΔΣ της Ελληνικής Οικολογικής Εταιρείας.
  • Αναπληρωματικό μέλος του ΔΣ του Φορέα Διαχείρισης του Εθνικού Δρυμού Λευκών Ορέων για τα έτη 2004 - 2008.
  • Πρόεδρος του ΔΣ του Φορέα Διαχείρισης του Εθνικού Δρυμού Λευκών Ορέων από το 2010.
  • Ενεργή δράση σε θέματα περιβάλλοντος, διαχείρισης και πολιτικής.