Browsing by Author "Dimitriou, Andreas C."

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      DNA barcoding of bird species in Cyprus: a tool for conservation purposes 

      Dimitriou, Andreas C.; Forcina, Giovanni; Papazoglou, Clairie; Panayides, Panicos; Guerrini, Monica; Crabtree, Alan; Barbanera, Filippo; Sfenthourakis, Spyros (2017)
      DNA barcoding has become a widely used and valuable tool in taxonomic research during the past three decades and its application is expanding to fields such as wildlife forensics (e.g. anti-poaching actions). One of the ...
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      Genetic Data Suggest Multiple Introductions of the Lionfish (Pterois miles) into the Mediterranean Sea 

      Dimitriou, Andreas C.; Chartosia, Niki; Hall-Spencer, Jason M.; Kleitou, Periklis; Jimenez, Carlos; Antoniou, Charalampos; Hadjioannou, Louis; Kletou, Demetris; Sfenthourakis, Spyros (2019)
      Widespread reports over the last six years confirm the establishment of lionfish (Pterois miles) populations in the eastern Mediterranean. Accumulated knowledge on lionfish invasions in the western Atlantic Ocean has shown ...
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      Genetic evidence against monophyly of Oniscidea implies a need to revise scenarios for the origin of terrestrial isopods 

      Dimitriou, Andreas C.; Taiti, Stefano; Sfenthourakis, Spyros (2019)
      Among the few crustacean taxa that managed to inhabit terrestrial environments, Oniscidea includes the most successful colonizers in terms of species richness and abundance. However, neither morphological traits nor molecular ...
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      Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity and human health on a Mediterranean island 

      Peyton, Jodey; Martinou, Angeliki F.; Pescott, Oliver L.; Demetriou, Monica; Adriaens, Tim; Arianoutsou, Margarita; Bazos, Ioannis; Bean, Colin W.; Booy, Olaf; Botham, Marc; Britton, J. Robert; Cervia, Javier Lobon; Charilaou, Pantelis; Chartosia, Niki; Dean, Hannah J.; Delipetrou, Pinelopi; Dimitriou, Andreas C.; Dörflinger, Gerald; Fawcett, Jim; Fyttis, Georgios; Galanidis, Alexandros; Galil, Bella; Hadjikyriakou, Thomas; Hadjistylli, Margarita; Ieronymidou, Christina; Jimenez, Carlos; Karachle, Paraskevi; Kassinis, Nikos; Kerametsidis, George; Kirschel, Alexander N. G.; Kleitou, Periklis; Kleitou, Demetris; Manolaki, Paraskevi; Michailidis, Nikolas; Mountford, J. Owen; Nikolaou, Charis; Papatheodoulou, Athina; Payiatas, Giorgios; Ribeiro, Filipe; Rorke, Stephanie L.; Samuel, Yianna; Savvides, Pantelis; Schafer, Stefanie M.; Tarkan, Ali Serhan; Silva-Rocha, Iolanda; Top, Nildeniz; Tricarico, Elena; Turvey, Katherine; Tziortzis, Iakovos; Tzirkalli, Elli; Verreycken, Hugo; Winfield, Ian J.; Zenetos, Argyro; Roy, Helen E. (2019)
      Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the major drivers of change that can negatively affect biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services and human health
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      Invasive lionfish in the Mediterranean: Low public awareness yet high stakeholder concerns 

      Kleitou, Periklis; Savva, Ioannis; Kletou, Demetris; Hall-Spencer, Jason M.; Antoniou, Charalampos; Christodoulides, Yiannis; Chartosia, Niki; Hadjioannou, Louis; Dimitriou, Andreas C.; Jimenez, Carlos; Petrou, Antonis; Sfenthourakis, Spyros; Rees, Sian (2019)
      A lionfish invasion in the Western Atlantic has been one of the most ecologically harmful fish invasions to date. Experience there has shown that its management is most effective when the public and stakeholders are involved. ...
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      A molecular phylogeny of Porcellionidae (Isopoda, Oniscidea) reveals inconsistencies with present taxonomy 

      Dimitriou, Andreas C.; Taiti, Stefano; Schmalfuss, Helmut; Sfenthourakis, Spyros (2018)
      Porcellionidae is one of the richest families of Oniscidea globally distributed but we still lack a comprehensive and robust phylogeny of the taxa that are assigned to it. Employing five genetic markers (two mitochondrial ...
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      Revisiting the saproxylic beetle ‘Propomacrus cypriacus Alexis & Makris, 2002’ (Coleoptera: Euchiridae) using molecular, morphological and ecological data 

      Sfenthourakis, Spyros; Hadjiconstantis, M.; Makris, Constantinos; Dimitriou, Andreas C. (2017)
      Propomacrus cypriacus a saproxylic beetle endemic to Cyprus, was described as a species distinct from P. bimucronatus on the basis of a few morphological characters and has been evaluated as Critically Endangered by IUCN, ...