Professor – Ecosystem Management Sector
Office: Xenia A Building – Room 305
Phone number: +3022510 36236
E-mail: pdimi@env.aegean.gr
- Post-doc, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zürich, Switzerland, 2002.
- Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Environmental Sciences, Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece, July 2001.
- B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece (grade 8.92 – up to 10), May 1994.
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes
- Functional Plant Ecology
- Experimental Ecology
- Serpentine Ecology
- Nature conservation and planning
- Jones N., Malesios C., McGinlay J., Villasante S., Svajda J., Begley A., Gkoumas V., Cadoret A., Dimitrakopoulos P.G., Kontoleon A., Maguire-Rajpaul V., Sepp K. 2023. Using perceived impacts, governance and social indicators to explain support for protected areas. Environmental Research Letters 18, 054011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acc95b
- McGinlay J., Nikoleta Jones, Chrisovalantis Malesios, Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Alfie Begley, Susanne Berzborn, Kerstin Botsch, Vassilis Gkoumas, Andreas Kontoleon, Siiri Külm, Maria Nomikou, Maaria Semm, Kalev Sepp. 2023. Exploring local public support for protected areas: What social factors influence stated and active support among local people? Environmental Science & Policy 145, 250-261, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.04.003
- Mazaris A.D., Dimitriadis C., Papazekou M., Schofield G. et al. (including P.G. Dimitrakopoulos). 2023. Priorities for Mediterranean marine turtle conservation and management in the face of climate change. Journal of Environmental Management, 339, 117805, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117805.
- Samojedny Jr TJ, Garnica-Díaz C., Grossenbacher DL, Adamidis GC, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Siebert SJ, Spasojevic MJ, Hulshof CM, Rajakaruna N. 2022. Specific leaf area is lower on ultramafic than on neighbouring non-ultramafic soils, Plant Ecology and Diversity, https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2022.2160673
- Zevgolis, Y.G.; Christopoulos, A.; Kalargalis, I.I.; Zannetos, S.P.; Botetzagias, I.; Dimitrakopoulos, P.G. An (Un)Expected Threat for a Regionally Near-Threatened Species: A Predation Case of a Persian Squirrel on an Insular Ecosystem. Animals 2023, 13, 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010024
- Jakovljević K., Bani A., Pavlova D., Konstantinou M., Dimitrakopoulos P.G., Kyrkas D., Reeves R.D., Mišljenović T., Tomović G., van der Ent A., Baker A.J.M., Bačeva Andonovska K., Morel J.L., Echevarria G. 2022. Hyperaccumulator plant discoveries in the Balkans: accumulation, distribution, and practical applications. Botanika Serbica 46 (2): 161-178. https://doi.org/10.2298/BOTSERB2202161J
- Zevgolis Y., Sazeides Chr., Zannetos St., Grammenou V., Fyllas N., Akriotis Tr., Dimitrakopoulos P.G. & Troumbis A., (2022) Investigating the effect of resin collection and detecting fungal infection in resin-tapped and non-tapped pine trees, using minimally invasive and non-invasive diagnostics. Forest Ecology and Management, 524:120498
- Zevgolis Y.G., Alsamail M.Z., Akriotis Tr., Dimitrakopoulos P.G., Troumbis A.Y. (2022) Detecting, quantifying, and mapping urban trees’ structural defects using infrared thermography: implications for tree risk assessment and management. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 127691
- Jones, N.; McGinlay, J.; Kontoleon, A.; Maguire-Rajpaul, V.A.; Dimitrakopoulos, P.G.; Gkoumas, V.; Riseth, J.Å.; Sepp, K.; Vanclay, F. Understanding Public Support for European Protected Areas: A Review of the Literature and Proposing a New Approach for Policy Makers. Land 2022, 11, 733. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050733
- Psyllos, G.; Hadjigeorgiou, I.; Dimitrakopoulos, P.G.; Kizos, T. Grazing Land Productivity, Floral Diversity, and Management in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Landscape. Sustainability 2022, 14, 4623. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084623
- Varsamis, G.; Adamidis, G.C.; Merou, T.; Takos, I.; Tseniklidou, K.; Dimitrakopoulos, P.G.; Papageorgiou, A.C. 2022. Changes in Watering Frequency Stimulate Differentiated Adaptive Responses among Seedlings of Different Beech Populations. Biology, 11, 306. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11020306
- Reeves, R.D., Aloupi, M., Daftsis, E.I., Stratis, J.A., Mastoras, P., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G. (2022) Biogeochemical aspects of the serpentines of Rhodes (Greece) and Cyprus. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05265-5
- Zevgolis Y.G., Kamatsos, E., Akriotis T., Dimitrakopoulos P.G. & Troumbis A.Y. (2022) Estimating Productivity, Detecting Biotic Disturbances, and Assessing the Health State of Traditional Olive Groves, Using Nondestructive Phenotypic Techniques. Sustainability, 14, 391
- Dimitrakopoulos PG, Koukoulas S., Michelaki C, Galanidis A. 2022. Anthropogenic and environmental determinants of alien plant species spatial distribution on an island scale. Science of The Total Environment. 805, 150314, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150314
- Christopoulou, A.; Christopoulou, A.; Fyllas, N.M.; Dimitrakopoulos, P.G.; Arianoutsou, M. 2021. How Effective Are the Protected Areas of the Natura 2000 Network in Halting Biological Invasions? A Case Study in Greece. Plants, 10, 2113. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102113
- Adamidis, George C., Georgios Varsamis, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, and Aristotelis C. Papageorgiou 2021. “Patterns of Leaf Morphological Traits of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) along an Altitudinal Gradient” Forests 12, no. 10: 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12101297
- Tachos V., Dimitrakopoulos P.G. &, Zogaris S. (2021) Multiple anthropogenic pressures in Eastern Mediterranean rivers: Insights from fish-based bioassessment in Greece. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology
- Kanelli A.A., Dimitrakopoulos P.G., Fyllas N.M., Chrousos G.P. & Kalantzi O.-I. (2021) Engaging the Senses: The Association of Urban Green Space with General Health and Well-Being in Urban Residents. Sustainability, 13, 7322.
- Dimitrakopoulos PG, Bakas M., Strid A. (2021). Report 24: Ornithogalum refractum in Vladimirov V., Aybeke M. & Tan K. (eds). New floristic records in the Balkans: 44. Phytologia Balcanica, 27(1), 133.
- Dimitrakopoulos PG, Aloupi M, Tetradis G & Adamidis GC (2021). Broomrape Species Parasitizing Odontarrhena lesbiaca (Brassicaceae) Individuals Act as Nickel Hyperaccumulators. Plants. 10(4):816.
- Dimitrakopoulos P.G. & Jones N. (2021). Protected Areas in Forest Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities. Forests 12, no. 4: 488.
- Jones N., McGinlay J., Jones A., Malesios C., Holtvoeth J., Dimitrakopoulos P.G., Gkoumas V., Kontoleon A. (2021) COVID-19 and protected areas: impacts, conflicts and possible management solutions. Conservation Letters, e12800; https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12800
- Spiliopoulou Κ., Dimitrakopoulos P.G., Brooks T.M., Kelaidi G., Paragamian K., Kati V., Oikonomou A., Vavylis D., Trigas P., Lymberakis P., Darwall W., Stoumboudi M.Th., Triantis K.A. 2021. The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Greece. Biodiversity and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02125-7
