Publications / Δημοσιεύσεις

Not just for the record, but food for thought (we hope)... / Όχι μόνο για καταγραφή, αλλά και τροφή για σκέψη (ελπίζουμε) …

In international peer-reviewed journals/ Σε διεθνή περιοδικά με κριτές

2020

58. Giokas S, Maximiadi M, Kassara C, Alexandrou O, Catsadorakis G (2020). Mixed-Species Flock Fishing in Dalmatian Pelicans: Patterns and Benefits. Ardea 108:65-72.

57. Georgopoulou P, Faulwetter S, Tzortzakaki O, Giokas S (2020). Towards an educational program for promoting children’s awareness of urban bird diversity. Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair 7:141-157.

56. Hadjikyriakou TG, Kassara C, de Roland L-A.R, Giokas S, Tsiopelas N, Evangelidis A, Thorstrom R, Kirschel ANG (2020). Phenology, variation in habitat use, and daily activity patterns of Eleonora’s falcon overwintering in Madagascar. Landscape Ecology 35: 159-172.

55. Tsarpali V, Kassara C, Barboutis C, Papadimitraki M, Kloukinioti M, Giokas S, Dailianis S (2020). Assessing the seasonal and intrinsic variability of neurotoxic and cyto-genotoxic biomarkers in blood of free-living Eleonoras’ falcons. Science of The Total Environment 711: 135101.

2019

54. Tzortzakaki O, Papadatou E, Kati V, Giokas S (2019). Winners and losers in an urban bat community: a case study from southeastern Europe. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 30: 134–140.

53. Kassara C, Bairaktaridou K, Kakalis E, Tsiopelas N, Giokas S, Barboutis C (2019). Activity patterns of Eleonora’s falcons during the pre-breeding period: the role of habitat composition on the island of Antikythira. Avocetta 43: 5-11.

52. Sulikowska-Drozd A, Apostolopoulou K, Giokas S, Maltz TK, Schilthuizen M (2019). Viviparous reproduction in the land snail Idyla (Pulmonata: Clausiliidae) from Greece: a disadvantageous inheritance? Journal of Molluscan Studies 85: 262-270.

51. Tzortzakaki O, Kati V, Panitsa M, Tzanatos E, Giokas S (2019). Butterfly diversity along the urbanization gradient in a densely-built Mediterranean city: Land cover is more decisive than resources in structuring communities. Landscape & Urban Planning 183: 79-87.

2018

50. Ntislidou C, Radea C, Giokas S, Pusch MT, Lazaridou M, Bobori DC (2018). Rediscovery of the endemic gastropod Dianella schlickumi (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) and its discrimination from Dianella thiesseana: environmental correlates and implications for their conservation. Nature Conservation 27: 35-58.

49. Mettouris O, Pitta E, Giokas S (2018). Breeding-migration patterns and reproductive dynamics of two syntopic newt species (Amphibia, Salamandridae) at a temporary pond in southern Greece. Hydrobiologia 819: 1-15.

48.Tzortzakaki O, Kati V, Kassara C, Tietze D, Giokas S (2018). Seasonal patterns of urban bird diversity in a Mediterranean coastal city: the positive role of open green spaces. Urban Ecosystems 21: 27-39.

2017

47. Kassara C, Gangoso L, Mellone U, Piasevoli G, Hadjikyriakou TG, Tsiopelas N, Giokas S, López-López P, Urios V, Figuerola J, Silva R, Bouten W, Kirschel AN.G, Virani, MZ, Fiedler W, Berthold P, Gschweng M (2017). Current and future suitability of wintering grounds for a long-distance migratory raptor. Scientific Reports 7(1): 8798.

46. Karris G, Xirouchakis S, Grivas C, Voulgaris MD, Sfenthourakis S, Giokas S (2017). Estimating the population size of Scopoli’s Shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) frequenting the Strofades islands (Ionian Sea, western Greece) by raft counts and surveys of breeding pairs. North-Western Journal of Zoology 13: 101-108.

45. Papageorgiou D, Barboutis C, Kassara C, Giokas S (2017). Habitat selection of woodchat shrikes Lanius senator during spring stopover is related to foraging strategy. Current Zoology 63: 139-149.

44. Mettouris O, Giokas S (2017). Predatory behaviour of alpine (Ichthyosaura alpestris) and smooth (Lissotriton vulgaris) newts towards conspecific and heterospecific eggs and larvae. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 29: 397-409.

43. Mettouris O, Dalmyras D, Giokas S (2017). Influence of temperature on female, embryonic and hatchling traits in syntopic newts, Ichthyosaura alpestris and Lissotriton vulgaris. Journal of Thermal Biology 63: 24-30.

42. Harbi K, Makridis P, Koukoumis C, Papadionysiou M, Vgenis T, Kornaros M, Ntaikou I, Giokas S, Dailianis S (2017). Evaluation of a battery of marine species-based bioassays against raw and treated municipal wastewaters. Journal of Hazardous Materials 321: 537-546.

2016

41. Radea C, Parmakelis A, Giokas S (2016). Myrtoessa hyas, a new valvatiform genus and a new species of the Hydrobiidae (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from Greece. ZooKeys 640: 1-18.

40. Mettouris O, Megremis G, Giokas S (2016). A newt does not change its spots: using pattern mapping for the identification of individuals in large populations of newt species. Ecological Research 31:483-489.

2015

39. Kornilios P, Stamataki E, Giokas S (2015). Multiple reversals of chirality in the land snail genus Albinaria (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae). Zoologica Scripta 44:603-611.

38. Kotsakiozi P, Parmakelis A, Aggeli IK, Gaitanaki C, Giokas S, Valakos ED (2015). Water balance and expression of heat-shock proteins 70 in Codringtonia species, a study within a phylogenetic framework. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81: 24-36.

2014

37. Pitta E, Kassara C, Tzanatos E, Giokas S, Sfenthourakis S (2014). Between-island compositional dissimilarity of avian communities. Ecological Research 29: 835-841.

36. Baalbergen E, Helwerda R, Schelfhorst R, Castillo Cajas RF, van Moorsel CHM, Kundrata R, Welter-Schultes F, Giokas S, Schilthuizen M (2014). Predator-prey interactions between shell-boring beetle larvae and rock-dwelling land snails. PLOS One 9 (6): e100366.

35. Thanou E, Giokas S, Kornilios P (2014). Phylogeography and genetic structure of the slow worms Anguis cephallonica and Anguis graeca (Squamata: Anguidae) from the southern Balkan Peninsula. Amphibia-Reptilia 35: 263-269.

34. Kornilios P, Thanou E, Lymberakis P, Sindaco R, Liuzzi C, Giokas S (2014). Mitochondrial phylogeography, intraspecific diversity and phenotypic convergence in the four-lined snake (Reptilia, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 43: 149-160.

33. Giokas S, Páll-Gergely B, Mettouris O (2014). Nonrandom variation of morphological traits across environmental gradients in a land snail. Evolutionary Ecology 28: 323-340.

2013

32. Karris G, Fric J, Kitsou Z, Kalfopoulou J, Giokas S, Sfenthourakis S, Poirazidis K (2013). Does by-catch pose a threat for the conservation of seabird populations in the southern Ionian Sea (eastern Mediterranean)? A questionnaire based survey of local fisheries. Mediterranean Marine Science 14 (3): 19-25.

31. Pitta E, Kassara C, Giokas S, Sfenthourakis S (2013). Compositional dissimilarity patterns of reptiles and amphibians in insular systems around the world. Ecological Research 28: 633-642.

30. Kornilios P, Giokas S, Lymberakis P, Sindaco R (2013). Phylogenetic position, origin and biogeography of Palearctic and Socotran blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 68: 35-41.

29. Karris G, Thanou E, Xirouchakis S, Voulgaris MD, Fraguedakis-Tsolis S, Sfenthourakis S, Giokas S (2013). Sex determination of Scopoli's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) juveniles: a combined molecular and morphometric approach. Waterbirds 36: 240-246.

28. Thanou E, Giokas S, Goutner V, Liordos V, Fraguedakis-Tsolis S (2013). Efficiency and accuracy of PCR-based sex determination methods in the European Phalacrocoracidae. Annales Zoologici Fennici 50: 52–63.

27. Sotiropoulos K, Eleftherakos K, Tsaparis D, Kasapidis P, Giokas S, Legakis A, Kotoulas G (2013). Fine scale spatial genetic structure of two syntopic newts across a network of ponds: implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics 14: 385-400.

2012

26. Páll-Gergely B, Kornilios P, Giokas S (2012). Higher than anticipated diversity within an Albinaria species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae) in Southern Turkey. Journal of Biological Research 18: 345-352.

25. Pitta E, Giokas S, Sfenthourakis S (2012). Significant pairwise co-occurrence patterns are not the rule in the majority of biotic communities. Diversity 4 (2):179-193.

24. Kotsakiozi P, Pafilis P, Giokas S, Valakos ED (2012). A comparison of the physiological responses of two land snails species with different distributional ranges.Journal of Molluscan Studies 78: 217-224.

23. Kornilios P, Ilgaz Ç, Kumlutaş Y, Lymberakis P, Moravec J, Sindaco R, Rastegar-Pouyani N, Afroosheh M, Giokas S, Fraguedakis-Tsolis S, Chondropoulos B (2012). Neogene climatic oscillations shape the biogeography and evolutionary history of the Eurasian blindsnake. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 62: 856-873.

22. Kotsakiozi P, Parmakelis A, Giokas S, Papanikolaou I, Valakos ED (2012). Mitochondrial phylogeny and biogeographic history of the Greek endemic land-snail genus Codringtonia Kobelt 1898 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 62: 681-692.

2011

21. Kornilios P, Ilgaz Ç, Kumlutaş Y, Giokas S, Fraguedakis-Tsolis S, Chondropoulos B (2011). The role of Anatolian refugia in herpetofaunal diversity: an mtDNA analysis of Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820 (Squamata, Typhlopidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 32:351-363.

20. Simaiakis SM, Giokas S, Korsós Z (2011). Morphometric and meristic diversity of the species Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829 (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae) in the Mediterranean region. Zoologischer Anzeiger 250:67-79.

2010

19. Giokas S, Thomaz D, Douris V, Lecanidou R, Rodakis GC (2010). 5000 years of molecular evolution in a population of the land snail Albinaria caerulea transported by humans. Journal of Molluscan Studies 76: 254-264.

2009

18. Fraguedakis-Tsolis SE, Chondropoulos BP, Stamatopoulos CV, Giokas S (2009). Morphological variation of the five vole species of the genus Microtus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Arvicolinae) occurring in Greece. Acta Zoologica 90: 254-264.

2008

17. Giokas S (2008). Shell surface adaptations in relation to water management in rock-dwelling land snails Albinaria (Pulmonata: Clausiliidae). Journal of Natural History 42: 451-465.

16. Giokas S, Sfenthourakis S (2008). An improved method for the identification of areas of endemism using species co-occurrences. Journal of Biogeography 35: 893-901.

2007

15. Giokas S, Karkoulis P, Pafilis P, Valakos E (2007). Relictual physiological ecology in the threatened land snail Codringtonia helenae: A cause for decline in a changing environment? Acta Oecologica 32: 269-278.

14. Douris V, Giokas S, Thomaz D, Lecanidou R, Rodakis GC (2007). Inference of evolutionary patterns of the land snail Albinaria in the Aegean archipelago: Is vicariance enough? Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 44: 1224-1236.

2006

13. Giokas S, Mylonas M, Rolán-Alvarez E (2006). Disassociation between weak sexual isolation and genetic divergence in a hermaphroditic land snail and implications about chirality. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 1631-1640

12. Sfenthourakis S, Tzanatos E, Giokas S (2006). Species co-occurrence: the case of congeneric species and a causal approach to patterns of species association. Global Ecology and Biogeography 15:39-49.

2005

11. Giokas S, Pafilis P, Valakos E (2005). Ecological and physiological adaptations of the land snail Albinaria caerulea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 71: 15-23.

2004

10. Giokas S, Mylonas M (2004). Dispersal patterns and population structure of the land snail Albinaria coerulea (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Clausiliidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 70: 107-116.

9. Sfenthourakis S, Giokas S, Tzanatos E (2004). From sampling stations to archipelagos: investigating aspects of the assemblage of insular biota. Global Ecology & Biogeography 13: 23-35.

2003

8. Chatzimanolis S, Trichas A, Giokas S, Mylonas M (2003). Phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of Aegean taxa of the genus Dendarus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 34:295-312.

2002

7. Giokas S, Mylonas M (2002). Spatial distribution, density and life history in four Albinaria species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae). Malacologia 44: 33-46.

2000

6. Giokas S (2000). Congruence and conflict in Albinaria (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae). A review of morphological and molecular phylogenetic approaches. Belgian Journal of Zoology 130: 95-103.

5. Giokas S, Mylonas M, Sotiropoulos K (2000). Gene flow and differential mortality in a contact zone between two Albinaria species (Gastropoda; Clausiliidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 71: 755-770.

1999

4. Sfenthourakis S, Giokas S, Mylonas M (1999). Testing for nestedness in the terrestrial isopods and snails of Kyklades islands (Aegean archipelago, Greece). Ecography 22: 357-373.

1998

3. Sfenthourakis S, Giokas S (1998). A biogeographic analysis of Greek Oniscidean endemism. Israel Journal of Zoology 44: 273-282.

2. Douris V, Giokas S, Lecanidou R, Mylonas M, Rodakis GC (1998). Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA and of morphological characters suggest a need for taxonomic re-evaluation within the Alopiinae (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 64: 81-92.

1995

1. Douris V, Rodakis GC, Giokas S, Mylonas M, Lecanidou R (1995). Mitochondrial DNA and morphological differentiation of Albinaria populations (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 61: 65-78.

Other publications / Άλλες δημοσιεύσεις

Books / Βιβλία

1. Giokas S (2001). Endangered Endemic Species of Terrestrial Fauna in Southern Greece. University of Crete/National History Museum. 84 pgs. - Γκιώκας Σ (2001). Απειλούμενα Ενδημικά Είδη της Χερσαίας Πανίδας στη Νότια Ελλάδα. Μουσείο Φυσικής Ιστορίας Κρήτης, 84 σελ.

2. Valakos S, Giokas S, Delipetrou P, Legakis A, Bazos J, Sfenthourakis S (2001). Field Guide of Flora and Fauna in the the Konitsa province. 296 pgs. Athens. - Βαλάκος Σ, Γκιώκας Σ, Δεληπέτρου Π, Λεγάκις Α, Μπαζός Γ, Σφενδουράκης Σ (2001). Οδηγός Χλωρίδας-Πανίδας Επαρχίας Κόνιτσας. Αθήνα, 296 σελ.

3. Legakis A, Giokas S, Sfenthourakis S (2001). Biodiversity: The Value of Life. Ministry of Environment. - Λεγάκις Α, Γκιώκας Σ, Σφενδουράκης Σ (2001). Βιοποικιλότητα: Η Αξία της Ζωής. ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ, Αθήνα, 32 σελ..

Chapters or articles in Edited Books / Άρθρα ή Κεφάλαια σε επιμελημένα βιβλία

1. Vardinoyannis K, Parmakelis A, Triantis K, Giokas S (2018). Land Molluscs in Greece: The rich, unique, diverse and unprotected animal models. p.47-66. In: Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas (Eds. Sfenthourakis S, Pafilis P, Parmakelis A, Poulakakis N, Triantis K). p. 300. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2. Vardinogiannis K, Giokas S, Mylonas M (2010) Terrestrial Gastropods of Greece. In: Maragou P, Legakis A (Eds). The Red Data Book of Endangered Animals of Greece. 528 pgs. Hellenic Zoological Society. Athens. - Βαρδινογιάννη Κ, Γκιώκας Σ, Μυλωνάς Μ (2010). Χερσαία Γαστερόποδα, σελ.: 436-454. Στο: Λεγάκις Α, Μαραγκού Π (Επιμέλεια) Το Κόκκινο Βιβλίο των Απειλούμενων Ζώων της Ελλάδας. Ελληνική Ζωολογική Εταιρεία. Αθήνα. 528 σελ.

3. Dafis et al (Eds) (1996) Directive 92/43/EEC The Greek “Habitat” Project Natura 2000: An Overview. Life Contract B4-3200/94/756, Commission of the European Communities DG XI. Thessaloniki, The Goulandris Natural History Museum – Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre. 917 pgs.

4. Karandinos M, Legakis S (Eds) (1992). The Red Data Book of Endangered Vertebrates of Greece. Hellenic Zoological Society. Athens 356 pgs. - Καρανδεινός Μ, Λεγάκις Α (Επιμέλεια) (1992). Το Κόκκινο Βιβλίο των Απειλούμενων Σπονδυλόζωων της Ελλάδας. Ελληνική Ζωολογική Εταιρεία-Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρεία. Αθήνα. 356 σελ.

In Greek peer-reviewed journals / Σε ελληνικά περιοδικά με κριτές

1. Sfendourakis S, Giokas S (2000). Sociobiology versus transcendental biological-social dualism. Nefsis 9: 187-202. - Σφενδουράκης Σ, Γκιώκας Σ (2000). Η κοινωνιοβιολογία απέναντι στον υπερβατικό δυϊσμό βιολογικού – κοινωνικού. Νεύσις 9: 187-202.