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Post-doc researchers

  • Christina Kassara: Modeling  species-environment interactions with the use of GIS tools and Species Distribution Models
  • Olga Tzortzakaki: Spatial urban and peri-urban biodiversity patterns
 

PhD candidates

  • Vasilis Kypraios-Skrekas: Assemblage and functional diversity of animal mountain communities
  • Alexis Panagiotopoulos: Functional diversity and reproductive isolation in Podarcis peloponnesiacus and Podarcis thais
  • Maria Maximiadi: Behavioural ecology of avifauna in island ponds

MSc students

  • Panayiotis Drakopoulos: Reproductive isolation in Podarcis peloponnesiacus and Podarcis thais

Undergraduate students

  • Aneza Koreli: Behaviour of Falco eleonorae during freshwater use in Antikythera
  • Maria-Nefeli Marinou: The effect of meteorological conditions on the visitation patterns of the species Falco eleonarae in island ponds
  • Lydia Theodorakoglou-Tsesmetzi: Behavioural study on the Eleonora’s falcon (Falco eleonorae) using the focal sampling method
  • Charikleia Sparaki: Examination of mate selection mechanisms between the cryptic species Podarcis peloponnesiacus and Podarcis thais

Former members

  • Olga Tzortzakaki (PhD): Spatial urban and peri-urban biodiversity patterns
  • Onoufrios Mettouris (PhD): Population and behavioral ecology in newt species (Amphibia, Urodela)
  • Eva Pitta (PhD): Analysis of macroecological and biogeographic patterns in insular communities
  • Evi Thanou (PhD): Population ecology and genetics of the Mediterranean shag
  • Panagiotis Kornilios (PhD): Contribution to the study of phylogeography in the Eastern Mediterranean: the case of the fossorial snake Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820
  • Giorgos Karris (PhD): Reproductive ecology of  Cory’s Sheawater (Calonectris diomedes) in Strofades Islets
  •  Margarita Miliou (MSc): Reproductive and genetic isolation in the land snail species Albinaria caerulea Deshayes, 1835 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae)
  • Eirini Stamataki (MSc): Coiling reversal in the land snail Albinaria: what are suggesting molecular data?
  • Anna Voulgari (MSc): Phylogeography of the legless lizard Anguis in southern Greece
  • Giorgos Kasvikis (MSc): Spatial distribution patterns of species as indices of temporal changes in their range
  • Georgia Alexandridi (MSc): Inspection of the feeding grounds of Eleonora’s Falco (Falco eleonorae) at the Antikythera Island
  • Iris Perganti (MSc): Reproductive parameters of the Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) in the wetlands of Etoliko during the period of migration
  • Konstantinos Piperos (MSc): Spatial Behavior of the rock-dwelling land snail Albinaria
  • Danae Papageorgiou (MSc): Behavioral ecology of Lanius senator on Antikythera during its migration
  • Konstantinos Piperos (MSc): Spatial Behavior of the rock-dwelling land snail Albinaria
  • Danae Androulidaki (MSc): Life history features of land snails across an elevation gradient on Mt. Chelmos
  • Dimitra Valavani (MSc): Micro-paleontological study of sediments from the area of Sychaina (Achaia) & morphometric analysis of the shell of microsediments with the use of geometric morphometrics
  • Theodoros Vythoulkas (MSc): Comparative geometric morphometrics of molars from Upper Pleistocene and present-day specimens of Apodemus epimelas (Muridae, Mammalia)
  • Lydia Koutrouditsou (MSc): The effect of autotomy on the kinesiology of species of the genus Podarcis
  • Xanthippi Geraki: Behavioral premating isolation among species of the land snail Albinaria (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) on the Kefalonia Island
  • Panagiota Makantasi: Genetic isolation among populations of the land snail Albinaria (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) on the Kefalonia Island
  • Maria Kamilari: Molecular phylogenetic relations among populations of the land snail Albinaria (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) on the Kefalonia Island
  • Efthimios Asimakopoulos: Estimates of urban and peri-urban diversity of butterflies at the city of Patras
  • Kalliopi Anagnostopoulou: Population ecology of the sympatric species Lissotriton vulgaris & Mesotriton alpestris (Amphibia, Urodela) at a temporal pond on mount Helmos
  • Barna Páll-Gergely: Comparative analysis of morphological and ecological adaptations in land snails using geometric morphometrics
  • Eirini Kasimati: Behavioral isolation among dextral populations of the land snail Albinaria (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)
  • Maria Koledrianou: Study of the microfauna from the excavations of the Palaeolithic-Mesolithic site “Kleisoura Argolida”
  • Manolis Koumantakis: Estimates of urban and peri-urban diversity of bats at the city of Patras
  • Giorgos Megremis: Evaluation of population estimation methods in the sympatric species Lissotriton vulgaris & Mesotriton alpestris (Amphibia, Urodela) at a temporal pond on Mt. Chelmos
  • Christos Papathanasiou: Foraging ecology of the sympatric species Lissotriton vulgaris & Mesotriton alpestris (Amphibia, Urodela) at a temporal pond on Mt. Chelmos
  • Dimitris Dalmyras: The effect of temperature in hatching and development of the larvae of species Lissotriton vulgaris & Mesotriton alpestris (Amphibia, Urodela)
  • Maria Maximiadi: Foraging behavior of pelicans at the lakes Mikri and Megali Prespa
  • Konstantina Apostolopoulou: Reproductive strategy & shell characters in the viviparous snail Idyla bicristata (Rossmassler 1839) (Clausiliidae: Mentissoideinae)
  • Despoina Gatou: Research of the populations of the endemic Balkan mole Microtus (Terricola) thomasi using geometric morphometrics
  • Nikos Chelmis: Populational & morphological differentiation of the rock-dwelling land snail Albinaria arcadica (Boettger, 1878) (Pulmonata, Clausiliidae), on Mt. Chelmos
  • Alexis Kaponis: Diversity of reptiles & amphibians on Mt. Chelmos
  • Grigoris Nikolopoulos: Populational and morphological altitudinal differentiation of the rock-dwelling land snail Codringtonia intusplicata (Pfeiffer 1851), on Mt. Chelmos
  • Dionysis Mylonas: Study of sex ratio of reptiles and amphibians in the protected area of Chelmos
  • Giannis Daoultzis: Study of the autotomy of the lizard’s tail (Reptilia-Sauria) in the protected area of Chelmos
  • Alexis Agtzidis: Wing shape ecomorphology in selected migratory passerine birds
  • Elli Chatzaki: Thermal ecology of Podarcis peloponnesiacus and Podarcis thais
  • Niki Amariotaki: Comparison of the behaviour of Podarcis peloponnesiacus and Podarcis thais species within and outside their contact zone