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Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
9170
World Ranking
6515
National Ranking
18

Overview

Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos is affiliated with the University of the Aegean in Greece, focusing on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

Their main topics of study encompass Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Dimitrakopoulos has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include Biology, The Science of The Total Environment, Sustainability, Forests, and Plants.

Some notable recent papers by Dimitrakopoulos include:

  • The Impact of COVID-19 on the Management of European Protected Areas and Policy Implications (2020, Forests)
  • Social impacts of European Protected Areas and policy recommendations (2020, Environmental Science & Policy)
  • Functional Trait Variation Among and Within Species and Plant Functional Types in Mountainous Mediterranean Forests (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Governance and Conservation Effectiveness in Protected Areas and Indigenous and Locally Managed Areas (2023, Annual Review of Environment and Resources)
  • The role of location and social impacts of protected areas on subjective wellbeing (2020, Environmental Research Letters)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dimitrakopoulos include:

  • Yiannis G. Zevgolis
  • Nikoleta Jones
  • Nikolaos M. Fyllas
  • George C. Adamidis
  • James McGinlay

Best Publications

  • Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands

    A. Hector;Bernhard Schmid;Carl Beierkuhnlein;M. C. Caldeira

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Local adaptation enhances performance of common plant species

    J. Joshi;B. Schmid;M. C. Caldeira;P. G. Dimitrakopoulos

  • General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding

    Andy Hector;Yann Hautier;Philippe Saner;Lukas Wacker

  • ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY MANIPULATIONS IN EUROPEAN GRASSLANDS

    E. M. Spehn;A. Hector;J. Joshi;M. Scherer-Lorenzen

  • The role of legumes as a component of biodiversity in a cross‐European study of grassland biomass nitrogen

    E. M. Spehn;M. Scherer-Lorenzen;B. Schmid;A. Hector

  • No Consistent Effect of Plant Diversity on Productivity

    M. A. Huston;L. W. Aarssen;M. P. Austin;B. S. Cade

  • Hypotheses, mechanisms and trade-offs of tolerance and adaptation to serpentine soils : from species to ecosystem level

    E. Kazakou;P. G. Dimitrakopoulos;A. J. M. Baker;R. D. Reeves

  • Species evenness and productivity in experimental plant communities

    C. P. H. Mulder;E. Bazeley-White;P. G. Dimitrakopoulos;A. Hector

  • Biodiversity effects increase linearly with biotope space

    Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos;Bernhard Schmid

  • Local attitudes on protected areas: evidence from three Natura 2000 wetland sites in Greece.

    Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos;Nikoleta Jones;Theodoros Iosifides;Ioanna Florokapi

  • Questioning the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 Special Areas of Conservation strategy: the case of Crete

    Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos;Dimitris Memtsas;Andreas Y. Troumbis

  • Improving social impact assessment of protected areas: A review of the literature and directions for future research

    Nikoleta Jones;James McGinlay;Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

  • The Impact of COVID-19 on the Management of European Protected Areas and Policy Implications

    James McGinlay;Vassilis Gkoumas;Jens Holtvoeth;Ruymán Federico Armas Fuertes

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: reconciling the results of experimental and observational studies

    A. Hector;J. Joshi;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen;Bernhard Schmid

  • Local social capital and the acceptance of Protected Area policies: An empirical study of two Ramsar river delta ecosystems in northern Greece

    N. Jones;J.R.A. Clark;M. Panteli;M. Proikaki

  • Species adaptation in serpentine soils in Lesbos Island (Greece): metal hyperaccumulation and tolerance

    Elena Kazakou;George C. Adamidis;Alan J. M. Baker;Roger D. Reeves

  • PROFILE: Tourism Contribution to Agro-Ecosystems Conservation: The Case of Lesbos Island, Greece

    A. Loumou;C. Giourga;P. Dimitrakopoulos;S. Koukoulas

  • Incorporating ecosystem function concept in environmental planning and decision making by means of multi-criteria evaluation: the case-study of Kalloni, Lesbos, Greece.

    Vera Oikonomou;Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos;Andreas Y. Troumbis

  • Grazing effects on plant functional group diversity in Mediterranean shrublands

    Alexandra D. Papanikolaou;Nikolaos M. Fyllas;Antonios D. Mazaris;Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

  • Corporate biodiversity accounting and reporting in mega-diverse countries: An examination of indicators disclosed in sustainability reports

    Antonis Skouloudis;Chrisovalantis Malesios;Chrisovalantis Malesios;Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

  • Analyzing the (mis)behavior of Shannon index in eutrophication studies using field and simulated phytoplankton assemblages

    Sofie Spatharis;Daniel L. Roelke;Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos;Giorgos D. Kokkoris

Frequent Co-Authors

Margarita Arianoutsou
Margarita Arianoutsou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Nikolaos M. Fyllas
Nikolaos M. Fyllas National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen University of Freiburg
Andy Hector
Andy Hector University of Oxford
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Maria C. Caldeira
Maria C. Caldeira University of Lisbon
Jasmin Joshi
Jasmin Joshi University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
Christa P. H. Mulder
Christa P. H. Mulder University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ari Jumpponen
Ari Jumpponen Kansas State University
Kerstin Huss-Danell
Kerstin Huss-Danell Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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