Browsing by Subject "Biodiversity Conservation"
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Bird community characteristics as indicators of sustainable management in olive grove ecosystems of Central Greece
(2015)The role of breeding birds as indicators of sustainable management in olive groves was investigated. The data revealed significantly higher alpha diversity in organic and abandoned olive groves and maquis than in conventional ... -
Cuckoo and biodiversity: Testing the correlation between species occurrence and bird species richness in Europe
(2015)The use of biodiversity surrogates is an increasingly popular tool, because it provides strong results while reducing the costs of conservation studies. Here, we hypothesize that cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) occurrence may ... -
Detecting introgressive hybridisation in rock partridge populations (Alectoris graeca) in Greece through Bayesian admixture analyses of multilocus genotypes
(2007)The nominal subspecies of rock partridge (Alectoris graeca graeca) is widely distributed in Greece, where populations are declining due to over-hunting and habitat changes. Captive-reared chukars (A. chukar) have been ... -
Effects of nicosulfuron on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi used as indicators of pesticide soil microbial toxicity
(2014)The key role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in maintaining soil fertility and ecosystem functioning and their general sensitivity to pesticides make them good candidate bioindicators in pesticide soil microbial ... -
Genetic evidence for survival of released captive-bred brown hares Lepus europaeus during restocking operations in Greece
(2007)To prevent the decline of the brown hare Lepus europaeus, especially as a result of hunting pressure, restocking programmes, using hares from elsewhere, were carried out in Greece up to 2001. Using diagnostic RFLP mitochondrial ... -
Genetic structure of Greek brown hare (Lepus europaeus) populations as revealed by mtDBNA RFLP-PCR analysis: implications for conserving genetic diversity
(2001)The genetic differentiation and the phylogenetic status of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) populations from central Greece as well as the impact of the releases of reared individuals on the native populations genetic structure ... -
Human impact on avian diversity in rural Mediterranean areas
(2015)Human activities influence the biodiversity of Mediterranean ecosystems and are involved in the transformation of natural habitats into farmland. We surveyed birds using the point count method on 288 plots at a 50-m radius ... -
A non-phylogenetic alpha diversity approach on prokaryotic community structure in aquatic systems
(2013)Comparative analyses of accumulating phylotype-abundance data of prokaryotic communities are relatively scarce and mainly approached with phylogenetic methodologies. However, when a great fraction of phylotypes is captured ... -
Patterns of variability at the major histocompatibility class I and class II loci in populations of the endangered cyprinid Ladigesocypris ghigii
(2011)The patterns of MHC diversity were studied at UAA and DAB1 loci and the two domains involved in the recognition of antigenic peptides (alpha 2 and beta 1, respectively) in eight Ladigesocypris ghigii populations inhabiting ... -
Population characteristics of four deep-water pandalid shrimps (Decapoda : Caridea) in the northern Aegean Sea (NE Mediterranean)
(2008)The population characteristics of four deep-water pandalid shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea) were studied in the northern Aegean Sea in samples collected annually (1997-2000) in summer, through experimental trawl, at depths down ... -
Population dynamics of two caprellid species (Crustaceae: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from shallow hard bottom assemblages
(2013)The community structure of caprellids associated with shallow hard bottom assemblages was studied in four locations around Pagasitikos Gulf, western coast of the Aegean Sea. Samplings were carried out every 3 months from ... -
Shift in Trophic Level of Mediterranean Mariculture Species
(2014)The mean trophic level of the farmed fish species in the Mediterranean has been increasing. We examined the farming-up hypothesis (i.e., the increase in the production of high-trophic-level species) in the Mediterranean ... -
Sponges of economical interest in the Eastern Mediterranean: an assessment of diversity and population density
(2008)The aim of this paper was to investigate diversity and population density of sponges with manifest or potential economical interest for the first time in the Eastern Mediterranean. For this purpose, the area of Dodecanese, ...