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Stefanos P. Sgardelis is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, as well as Ecological Modeling. Additional subfields of their work include Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work covers a range of topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Plant and Animal Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Gut Microbiota and Health, and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation.

Stefanos P. Sgardelis has published in a variety of journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Diversity
  • Scientific Data
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Nature Conservation

The scientist has authored a number of peer-reviewed papers, reflecting a diverse range of ecological and environmental topics. Notable recent papers include:

  • "The Effect of Climate and Human Pressures on Functional Diversity and Species Richness Patterns of Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals in Europe" (2021, Diversity)
  • "Microbial co-occurrence network demonstrates spatial and climatic trends for global soil diversity" (2024, Scientific Data)
  • "Habitat preference indicators for striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Nepal" (2021, Global Ecology and Conservation)
  • "Replacement drives native β-diversity of British avifauna, while richness differences shape alien β-diversity" (2022, Diversity and Distributions)
  • "Exploring 15 years of brown bear (Ursus arctos)-vehicle collisions in northwestern Greece" (2022, Nature Conservation)

Collaborations are an important aspect of their scientific work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria Lazarina
  • Athanasios S. Kallimanis
  • Fotis Psomopoulos
  • Mariana A. Tsianou
  • Danai-Eleni Michailidou

Best Publications

  • Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe

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

  • Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems

    Franciska T. de Vries;Franciska T. de Vries;Elisa Thébault;Elisa Thébault;Mira Liiri;Klaus Birkhofer

  • 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

  • Uses and abuses of fractal methodology in ecology

    J. M. Halley;S. Hartley;A. S. Kallimanis;W. E. Kunin

  • How does habitat diversity affect the species-area relationship

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

  • Responses of soil microarthropods to experimental short-term manipulations of soil moisture

    Maria A. Tsiafouli;Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Eleni Katana;George P. Stamou

  • Metapopulation Extinction Risk under Spatially Autocorrelated Disturbance

    A. S. Kallimanis;W. E. Kunin;J. M. Halley;S. P. Sgardelis

  • Community-wide integration of floral colour and scent in a Mediterranean scrubland

    Aphrodite Kantsa;Robert A Raguso;Adrian G. Dyer;Adrian G. Dyer;Stefanos P. Sgardelis

  • Variable flowering phenology and pollinator use in a community suggest future phenological mismatch

    Theodora Petanidou;Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Stefanos P. Sgardelis;Antonios D. Mazaris

  • 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

  • Organic farming without organic products

    Charissis Argyropoulos;Maria A. Tsiafouli;Stefanos P. Sgardelis;John D. Pantis

  • Wolf depredation on livestock in central Greece

    Yorgos Iliopoulos;Stefanos Sgardelis;Vaios Koutis;Dimitrios Savaris

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

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

  • Efficient biodiversity monitoring: Which taxonomic level to study?

    Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Antonios D. Mazaris;Dimitrios Tsakanikas;Panayotis Dimopoulos

  • Do long-term changes in sea surface temperature at the breeding areas affect the breeding dates and reproduction performance of Mediterranean loggerhead turtles? Implications for climate change

    Antonios D. Mazaris;Athanasios S. Kallimanis;Stefanos P. Sgardelis;John D. Pantis

  • Effect of dust from a limestone quarry on the photosynthesis of Quercus coccifera, an evergreen schlerophyllous shrub.

    E Vardaka;C M Cook;T Lanaras;S P Sgardelis

  • Air-dispersed phytoplankton in a Mediterranean River-Reservoir System (Aliakmon-Polyphytos, Greece)

    Anastasia Chrisostomou;Maria Moustaka-Gouni;Stefanos Sgardelis;Thomas Lanaras

  • Foraging ecology of the grey heron (Ardea cinerea), great egret (Ardea alba) and little egret (Egretta garzetta) in response to habitat, at 2 Greek wetlands

    Anastasios Dimalexis;Myrto Pyrovetsi;Stefanos Sgardelis

  • Concentrations of Pb, Zn, and Cu in Taraxacum spp. in relation to urban pollution.

    C. M. Cook;S. P. Sgardelis;J. D. Pantis;T. Lanaras

  • Seasonal Distribution Patterns of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) in a Forest Ecosystem

    Georgios Periclis Stamou;Stefanos Paulos Sgardelis

  • Using sign at power poles to document presence of bears in Greece

    Alexandros A. Karamanlidis;Dionisios Youlatos;Stefanos Sgardelis;Zacharias Scouras

Frequent Co-Authors

Athanasios S. Kallimanis
Athanasios S. Kallimanis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
John D. Pantis
John D. Pantis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Antonios D. Mazaris
Antonios D. Mazaris Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Theodora Petanidou
Theodora Petanidou University of the Aegean
Joseph Tzanopoulos
Joseph Tzanopoulos University of Kent
John M. Halley
John M. Halley University of Ioannina
Thomas Tscheulin
Thomas Tscheulin University of the Aegean
Panayotis Dimopoulos
Panayotis Dimopoulos University of Patras
William E. Kunin
William E. Kunin University of Leeds
Elisa Thébault
Elisa Thébault Sorbonne University

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