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Petros Lymberakis

Petros Lymberakis

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Ecology and Evolution
Greece
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
6999
World Ranking
5570
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Petros Lymberakis is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece and focuses on research within Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work intersects multiple areas contributing to the understanding of biodiversity, genetics, and ecological dynamics.

The scientist's main fields of study include Environmental Science with 67 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 48 publications. They also engage extensively in subfields such as Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Molecular Biology. This range reflects a multidisciplinary approach combining ecological and genetic perspectives.

Lymberakis's prominent research topics encompass:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Recent published papers highlight contributions to taxonomy, conservation, and genomics. Notable publications include:

  • "Species list of the European herpetofauna - 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica" (2020) in Amphibia-Reptilia
  • "Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture" (2023) in Genome biology
  • "Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk" (2021) in Biological Conservation
  • "The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Greece" (2021) in Biodiversity and Conservation
  • "No treeline shift despite climate change over the last 70 years" (2022) in Forest Ecosystems

Lymberakis frequently publishes in the following venues, indicating the focus areas of their research:

  • Amphibia-Reptilia
  • Open Research Europe
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome biology

Throughout their career, Lymberakis has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Nikos Poulakakis, Daniel Jablonski, Çetin Ilgaz, Yusuf Kumlutaş, and Manos Stratakis. These collaborations span various research projects and disciplines.

Best Publications

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe

    Neftali Sillero;João Campos;Anna Bonardi;Claudia Corti

  • Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica

    Jeroen Speybroeck;Wouter Beukema;Christophe Dufresnes;Uwe Fritz

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography of Rana (Pelophylax) populations in the Eastern Mediterranean region

    P. Lymberakis;N. Poulakakis;N. Poulakakis;G. Manthalou;G. Manthalou;C.S. Tsigenopoulos

  • Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the wall-lizard Podarcis erhardii (Squamata: Lacertidae)

    N. Poulakakis;P. Lymberakis;A. Antoniou;D. Chalkia

  • Cryptic diversity among Western Palearctic tree frogs: Postglacial range expansion, range limits, and secondary contacts of three European tree frog lineages (Hyla arborea group)

    Matthias Stöck;Matthias Stöck;Christophe Dufresnes;Spartak N. Litvinchuk;Petros Lymberakis

  • Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex)

    J. Garcia-Porta;S.N. Litvinchuk;P.A. Crochet;A. Romano

  • Phylogeography of Balkan wall lizard (Podarcis taurica) and its relatives inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.

    N. Poulakakis;P. Lymberakis;Efstratios D. Valakos;P. Pafilis

  • Slow worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: Genetic structure reveals deep divergences.

    Václav Gvoždík;Václav Gvoždík;David Jandzik;Petros Lymberakis;Daniel Jablonski

  • Complex estimates of evolutionary relationships in Tarentola mauritanica (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) derived from mitochondrial DNA sequences

    D. James Harris;Vasco Batista;Petros Lymberakis;Miguel A. Carretero

  • A review of phylogeographic analyses of animal taxa from the Aegean and surrounding regions

    Nikos Poulakakis;Nikos Poulakakis;Paschalia Kapli;Paschalia Kapli;Petros Lymberakis;Apostolos Trichas

  • Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Podarcis species from the Balkan Peninsula, by bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences

    N Poulakakis;Petros Lymberakis;Efstratios D. Valakos;E Zouros

  • A European Concern? Genetic Structure and Expansion of Golden Jackals (Canis aureus) in Europe and the Caucasus.

    Robert Rutkowski;Miha Krofel;Giorgos Giannatos;Duško Ćirović

  • The distribution of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) along the altitudinal gradient of Crete, Greece: species richness, activity and altitudinal range

    M. Chatzaki;P. Lymberakis;G. Markakis;M. Mylonas;M. Mylonas

  • Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean's Herpetofaunal Diversity

    Petros Lymberakis;Nikos Poulakakis

  • Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria: Scincidae).

    N. Poulakakis;P. Lymberakis;C.S. Tsigenopoulos;A. Magoulas

  • Whole mitochondrial genomes unveil the impact of domestication on goat matrilineal variability

    Licia Colli;Hovirag Lancioni;Irene Cardinali;Anna Olivieri

  • Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

    Margarita Metallinou;Edwin Nicholas Arnold;Pierre-André Crochet;Philippe Geniez

  • Evolutionary stability of sex chromosomes in snakes.

    Michail Rovatsos;Jasna Vukić;Petros Lymberakis;Lukáš Kratochvíl

  • Tail shedding in island lizards [Lacertidae, Reptilia]: decline of antipredator defenses in relaxed predation environments.

    Panayiotis Pafilis;Johannes Foufopoulos;Nikos Poulakakis;Petros Lymberakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos Poulakakis
Nikos Poulakakis University of Crete
Panayiotis Pafilis
Panayiotis Pafilis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Pierre-André Crochet
Pierre-André Crochet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
David R. Vieites
David R. Vieites Spanish National Research Council
Gentile Francesco Ficetola
Gentile Francesco Ficetola University of Milan
Eleftherios Zouros
Eleftherios Zouros University of Crete
Andrew K. Skidmore
Andrew K. Skidmore University of Twente
Werner Kloas
Werner Kloas Leibniz Association
Mathieu Denoël
Mathieu Denoël University of Liège

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