A critical review of water resources in Greece: The key role of agricultural adaptation to climate-water effects

NN Kourgialas - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Τhe management and protection of a country's water resources is a matter of high priority,
ensuring the development and socio-economic stability of a country. Unquestionably …

Plant endemism centres and biodiversity hotspots in Greece

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Kallimanis… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aiming to cope with the provisions of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, EU
Biodiversity Strategy and EU Green Deal, we conducted the first nationwide …

Assessment of Water-Induced Soil Erosion as a Threat to Natura 2000 Protected Areas in Crete Island, Greece

S Stefanidis, V Alexandridis, K Ghosal - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water erosion is a major threat to biodiversity, according to the European Commission's Soil
Thematic Strategy, as it negatively affects soil structure, soil fertility and water availability for …

Extinction risk assessment of the Greek endemic flora

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Strid… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study assesses for the first time all the vascular endemic plant taxa of
Greece, according to their decline and rarity. Phylogenetic analysis and its spatial overview …

A cloud-based mapping approach for assessing spatiotemporal changes in erosion dynamics due to biotic and abiotic disturbances in a Mediterranean Peri-Urban …

S Stefanidis, V Alexandridis, G Mallinis - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
During the last decades, the demographic trajectory and the associated urban development
have increased the demand for urban and peri-urban green space. Peri-urban forests …

[HTML][HTML] National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe–Participants' experiences, state of the art and lessons learned

Á Vári, CM Adamescu, M Balzan, K Gocheva, M Götzl… - Ecosystem Services, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Backed by the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and 2030, numerous 'Mapping and
Assessment of Ecosystem Services'(MAES) projects have been completed in recent years in …

Plant diversity patterns and conservation implications under climate-change scenarios in the Mediterranean: The case of Crete (Aegean, Greece)

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, P Trigas… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Climate change poses a great challenge for biodiversity conservation. Several studies exist
regarding climate change's impacts on European plants, yet none has investigated how …

National scale land cover classification for ecosystem services mapping and assessment, using multitemporal copernicus EO data and google earth engine

N Verde, IP Kokkoris, C Georgiadis, D Kaimaris… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Land-Use/Land-Cover (LULC) products are a common source of information and a key input
for spatially explicit models of ecosystem service (ES) supply and demand. Global …

[HTML][HTML] A national scale web mapping platform for mainstreaming ecosystem services in Greece

G Mallinis, S Chalkidou, T Roustanis, IP Kokkoris… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study outlines the conceptualisation and development of a public participation
geographic information system (ppGIS) and web GIS (webGIS) platform for hosting …

Protoplast Isolation and Shoot Regeneration from Protoplast-Derived Callus of Petunia hybrida Cv. Mirage Rose

HH Kang, AH Naing, CK Kim - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the increasing use of protoplasts in plant biotechnology research, shoot
regeneration from protoplasts remains challenging. In this study, we investigated the factors …