Search Results - "Tsiakiris, Rigas"
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Agroforestry and the Climate Crisis: Prioritizing Biodiversity Restoration for Resilient and Productive Mediterranean Landscapes
Published in Forests (01-09-2024)“…This study deals with the future of the traditional agroforestry systems (TAFSs) in the northern Mediterranean Basin. Important productive systems, such as…”
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The Trees of the Sacred Natural Sites of Zagori, NW Greece
Published in Landscape research (03-10-2015)“…Cultural landscapes can often be identified by the presence of sacred trees which have been retained and can be recognised as distinctive veteran trees. The…”
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Exploring spatial and temporal resilience in socio‐ecological systems: Evidence from sacred forests in Epirus, Greece
Published in People and nature (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-06-2024)“…Socio‐ecological resilience is the capacity of a system to adapt to changing ecological and social disturbances. Its assessment is extremely important to…”
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Models of poisoning effects on vulture populations show that small but frequent episodes have a larger effect than large but rare ones
Published in Web ecology (18-10-2021)“…Vultures are among the most threatened avian taxa in the world. When vultures aggregate in large numbers to feed, poisoned carcasses can extirpate entire…”
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When nature meets the divine: effect of prohibition regimes on the structure and tree species composition of sacred forests in northern Greece
Published in Web ecology (07-08-2020)“…Sacred forests are an integral component of the mountainous cultural landscape of northern Greece, hypothesized to be the result of both ecological processes…”
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New insight into spatial ecology of Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) on the Balkans provides opportunity for focusing conservation actions for a threatened social scavenger
Published in Biodiversity data journal (23-08-2021)“…The knowledge in the behaviour and movement of endangered species is of key importance for the precise targeting and assessing the efficiency of nature…”
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Genetic diversity of Thaumetopoea pityocampa in Greece: the role of Quaternary changes in Aegean Sea
Published in Open life sciences (20-08-2015)“…Thaumetopoea pityocampa, the winter pine processionary moth, is one of the most important pests of pine trees in the Mediterranean region. To learn more about…”
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Bound Eagles, Evil Vultures and Cuckoo Horses. Preserving the Bio-Cultural Diversity of Carrion Eating Birds
Published in Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal (01-12-2016)“…Vultures and eagles are large and impressive raptors that have a special role in the symbolic lore of local communities worldwide. We examine species folk…”
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Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale
Published in Biological conservation (01-05-2024)“…Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important…”
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Following the White Vulture: Ethno-ornithology along the Flyway of the Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Published in Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal (01-08-2022)“…Vultures constitute globally the most rapidly declining group of birds. Across their wide distribution range, they share common ecological functions and…”
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Microhabitat Selection by Three Common Bird Species of Montane Farmlands in Northern Greece
Published in Environmental management (New York) (01-11-2009)“…Common farmland birds are declining throughout Europe; however, marginal farmlands that escaped intensification or land abandonment remain a haven for farmland…”
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Valuing Trees in a Changing Cultural Landscape: A Case Study from Northwestern Greece
Published in Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal (01-02-2015)“…This paper explores the changing relationship between society and the environment, taking as a proxy the local valuation of trees in Zagori, NW Greece. We used…”
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Nest Site Characteristics of Audouin's Gull in the Eastern Mediterranean
Published in Waterbirds (De Leon Springs, Fla.) (01-01-2000)“…Nest site characteristics were studied in five Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii) colonies breeding on small rocky islands in the Aegean Sea, eastern…”
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