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Theodora Petanidou

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Ecology and Evolution
Greece
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
10464
World Ranking
3153
National Ranking
4

Theodora Petanidou publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Theodora Petanidou sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 164 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Theodora Petanidou D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Theodora Petanidou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Greece Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Theodora Petanidou is a researcher affiliated with the University of the Aegean in Greece. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Within these broad domains, their research delves into several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science; Insect Science; Genetics; and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their scientific output addresses a variety of topics, notably:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Petanidou has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications across several research venues frequently hosting their work. These include the Journal of Apicultural Research, Insect Conservation and Diversity, Ecological Entomology, Biological Conservation, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis" (2022) published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland" (2020) in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Temporal scale-dependence of plant-pollinator networks" (2020) in Oikos
  • "National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation" (2023) in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Impacts of beekeeping on wild bee diversity and pollination networks in the Aegean Archipelago" (2021) in Ecography

Theodora Petanidou often collaborates with a core group of co-authors, reflecting sustained research partnerships. Frequent co-authors include Georgios Nakas, Jelle Devalez, Thomas Tscheulin, Aphrodite Kantsa, and Víctor H. González.

Best Publications

  • MEASURING BEE DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN HABITATS AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

    Catrin Westphal;Riccardo Bommarco;Gabriel Carré;Ellen Lamborn

  • 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

  • Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

    Oliver Schweiger;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Riccardo Bommarco;Thomas Hickler

  • Agricultural policies exacerbate honeybee pollination service supply-demand mismatches across Europe.

    Tom D. Breeze;Bernard E. Vaissière;Riccardo Bommarco;Theodora Petanidou

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • ALARM: Assessing LArge-scale environmental Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods

    Josef Settele;Volker Hammen;Philip E. Hulme;Ulrich Karlson

  • The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness

    Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro;Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro;Jacobus Christiaan Biesmeijer;Jacobus Christiaan Biesmeijer;Gita Benadi;Jochen Fründ

  • Plant-pollinator biodiversity and pollination services in a complex mediterranean landscape

    Simon G. Potts;Theodora Petanidou;Stuart Roberts;Chris O’Toole

  • Effects of patch size and density on flower visitation and seed set of wild plants: a pan-European approach

    Jens Dauber;Jens Dauber;Jens Dauber;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Doreen Gabriel;William E. Kunin

  • Invasive plant integration into native plant–pollinator networks across Europe

    Montserrat Vilà;Ignasi Bartomeus;Anke C. Dietzsch;Theodora Petanidou

  • Spatio‐temporal variation in the structure of pollination networks

    Yoko L. Dupont;Benigno Padrón;Jens M. Olesen;Theodora Petanidou

  • The scope of Baker's law

    John R Pannell;Josh R Auld;Yaniv Brandvain;Martin Christopher Burd

  • Assessing bee species richness in two Mediterranean communities: importance of habitat type and sampling techniques

    Anders Nielsen;Anders Nielsen;Anders Nielsen;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Catrin Westphal;Catrin Westphal;Olivia Messinger;Olivia Messinger

  • What shapes amino acid and sugar composition in Mediterranean floral nectars

    Theodora Petanidou;André Van Laere;Willem N. Ellis;Erik Smets

  • The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis

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  • Historical climate‐change influences modularity and nestedness of pollination networks

    Bo Dalsgaard;Kristian Trøjelsgaard;Ana M. Martín González;David Nogués-Bravo

  • Socioeconomic Dimensions of Changes in the Agricultural Landscape of the Mediterranean Basin: A Case Study of the Abandonment of Cultivation Terraces on Nisyros Island, Greece

    Theodora Petanidou;Thanasis Kizos;Nikolaos Soulakellis

  • Pollinating Fauna of a Phryganic Ecosystem: Composition and Diversity

    Theodora Petanidou;Willem N. Ellis

  • Sugars in Mediterranean Floral Nectars: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach

    Theodora Petanidou

  • Self‐compatibility is over‐represented on islands

    Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Yaniv Brandvain;Josh R Auld;Martin Burd

  • Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes : Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases

    Adriana De Palma;Adriana De Palma;Stefan Abrahamczyk;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Tscheulin
Thomas Tscheulin University of the Aegean
Jane C. Stout
Jane C. Stout Trinity College Dublin
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Catrin Westphal
Catrin Westphal University of Göttingen
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Jens Dauber
Jens Dauber University of Giessen
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Gunilla Ståhls
Gunilla Ståhls University of Helsinki

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