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Joseph Tzanopoulos

Joseph Tzanopoulos

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
4682
World Ranking
8042
National Ranking
786

Overview

Joseph Tzanopoulos is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple disciplines within environmental and biological sciences, focusing notably on areas such as environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research contributions include studies on ecology, general agricultural and biological sciences, sociology and political science, global and planetary change, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law within environmental contexts.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects including wildlife ecology and conservation, climate change communication and perception, rangeland management and livestock ecology, species distribution and climate change, environmental education and sustainability, animal diversity and health studies, and geographies of human-animal interactions.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Joseph Tzanopoulos address various environmental and ecological issues, such as:

  • Climate Change and Emotions: Analysis of People's Emotional States in Southern Ecuador, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Livestock browsing affects the species composition and structure of cloud forest in the Dhofar Mountains of Oman, 2020, Applied Vegetation Science
  • Interplay between topography, fog and vegetation in the central South Arabian mountains revealed using a novel Landsat fog detection technique, 2020, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Assessing challenges and opportunities for schools' access to nature in England, 2021, Urban forestry & urban greening
  • Between concepts and experiences: understandings of climate change in southern Ecuador, 2020, Public Understanding of Science

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Peter Matthews
  • Lawrence Ball
  • Dimitrios Bormpoudakis
  • Mihai Chiţea
  • Verónica Iñiguez-Gallardo

Joseph Tzanopoulos has published regularly in several academic venues. Some of the frequent publication outlets where their work appears include:

  • Sustainability
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Applied Vegetation Science
  • Urban forestry & urban greening

Best Publications

  • Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe

    Maria A. Tsiafouli;Elisa Thébault;Stefanos P. Sgardelis;Peter C. de Ruiter

  • Long-term observation of a pollination network: fluctuation in species and interactions, relative invariance of network structure and implications for estimates of specialization.

    Theodora Petanidou;Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Joseph Tzanopoulos;Stefanos P. Sgardelis

  • How does habitat diversity affect the species-area relationship

    Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Antonis D. Mazaris;Joseph Tzanopoulos;John M. Halley

  • Historical analysis of landscape change using remote sensing techniques: An explanatory tool for agricultural transformation in Greek rural areas

    Maria Zomeni;Joseph Tzanopoulos;John D. Pantis

  • Drivers influencing farmer decisions for adopting organic or conventional coffee management practices

    L. Bravo-Monroy;Simon G. Potts;Joseph Tzanopoulos

  • A field experiment to recreate species rich hay meadows using regional seed mixtures.

    Ivana Jongepierová;Jonathan Mitchley;Joseph Tzanopoulos

  • Synergies for improving oil palm production and forest conservation in floodplain landscapes.

    Nicola K. Abram;Panteleimon Xofis;Joseph Tzanopoulos;Douglas C. MacMillan

  • Processes and patterns of landscape change on a small Aegean island: The case of Sifnos, Greece

    Joseph Tzanopoulos;Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis

  • Public Participation and Environmental Justice in Biodiversity Governance in Finland, Greece, Poland and the UK

    Riikka Paloniemi;Evangelia Apostolopoulou;Joanna Cent;Dimitrios Bormpoudakis;Dimitrios Bormpoudakis

  • Sea surface temperature variations in core foraging grounds drive nesting trends and phenology of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean Sea

    Antonios D. Mazaris;Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Joseph Tzanopoulos;Stefanos P. Sgardelis

  • Securing the conservation of biodiversity across administrative levels and spatial, temporal, and ecological scales - Research needs and approaches of the SCALES project

    Klaus Henle;William Kunin;Oliver Schweiger;Dirk S. Schmeller

  • Vegetation dynamics in abandoned crop fields on a Mediterranean island: Development of succession model and estimation of disturbance thresholds

    Joseph Tzanopoulos;Jonathan Mitchley;John D. Pantis

  • Agricultural decline and sustainable development on mountain areas in Greece: sustainability assessment of future scenarios.

    Joseph Tzanopoulos;Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Ioanna Bella;Lois Labrianidis

  • Achieving sustainable development in rural areas in Colombia: Future scenarios for biodiversity conservation under land use change

    Valeria Boron;Esteban Payan;Douglas C. MacMillan;Joseph Tzanopoulos

  • Jaguar Densities across Human-Dominated Landscapes in Colombia: The Contribution of Unprotected Areas to Long Term Conservation

    Valeria Boron;Joseph Tzanopoulos;Jenny Gallo;Jorge Barragan

  • Factors affecting distribution of vegetation types on abandoned cropland in the hilly-gullied Loess Plateau region of China

    Ju-Ying Jiao;Ju-Ying Jiao;Joseph Tzanopoulos;P. Xofis;J. Mitchley

  • Can the study of natural vegetation succession assist in the control of soil erosion on abandoned croplands on the Loess Plateau, China?

    Juying Jiao;Juying Jiao;Joseph Tzanopoulos;Panteleimon Xofis;Wenjuan Bai;Wenjuan Bai

  • Richness, diversity, and factors influencing occupancy of mammal communities across human-modified landscapes in Colombia

    Valeria Boron;Nicolas J. Deere;Panteleimon Xofis;Andres Link

  • Activity and Habitat Use of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in the Anthropogenic Landscape of Bossou, Guinea, West Africa

    Nicola Bryson-Morrison;Joseph Tzanopoulos;Tetsuro Matsuzawa;Tatyana Humle

  • Integrated futures for Europe’s mountain regions: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and human livelihoods

    Jonathan Mitchley;Martin F. Price;Joseph Tzanopoulos

  • Identifying Where REDD+ Financially Out-Competes Oil Palm in Floodplain Landscapes Using a Fine-Scale Approach

    Nicola K. Abram;Douglas C. MacMillan;Panteleimon Xofis;Marc Ancrenaz

  • Biodiversity conservation across scales: lessons from a science–policy dialogue

    Riikka Paloniemi;Evangelia Apostolopoulou;Eeva Primmer;Malgorzata Grodzinska-Jurcak

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Pantis
John D. Pantis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Athanasios S. Kallimanis
Athanasios S. Kallimanis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Douglas C. MacMillan
Douglas C. MacMillan University of Kent
Stefanos P. Sgardelis
Stefanos P. Sgardelis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Klaus Henle
Klaus Henle Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Antonios D. Mazaris
Antonios D. Mazaris Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Andrew T. Knight
Andrew T. Knight Imperial College London
Dirk S. Schmeller
Dirk S. Schmeller National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Theodora Petanidou
Theodora Petanidou University of the Aegean

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