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Apostolis Stefanidis, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Konstantina Zografou, Georgios Fotiadis, Olga Tzortzakaki, Luc Willemse, Vassiliki Kati (2025). Mitigating the extinction risk of globally threatened and endemic mountainous Orthoptera species: Parnassiana parnassica and Oropodisma parnassica. Insect Conservation and Diversity.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis Kokkoris, Panayiotis Trigas, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2025). Impacts of climate and land-use dynamics on endemic plant distributions in a Mediterranean island hotspot: The case of Evvia (Aegean, Greece).

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Apostolis Stefanidis, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Konstantina Zografou, Georgios Fotiadis, Luc Willemse, Olga Tzortzakaki, Vassiliki Kati (2025). Distribution Patterns and Habitat Preferences of Five Globally Threatened and Endemic Montane Orthoptera (Parnassiana and Oropodisma). Ecologies.

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Mariana Braz Pires, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Sietze Norder, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Arne Strid, Maria Panitsa (2024). The future of plant diversity within a Mediterranean endemism centre: Modelling the synergistic effects of climate and land-use change in Peloponnese, Greece. Science of The Total Environment.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis Constantinou, Maria Panitsa (2024). Rising Temperatures, Falling Leaves: Predicting the Fate of Cyprus’s Endemic Oak under Climate and Land Use Change. Plants.

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Francesco Santi, Riccardo Testolin, Piero Zannini, Michele Di Musciano, Virginia Micci, Lorenzo Ricci, Riccardo Guarino, Gianluigi Bacchetta, José María Fernández‐Palacios, Mauro Fois, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Kadir Boğaç Kunt, Federico Lucchi, Frédéric Médail, Toni Nikolić, Rüdiger Otto, Salvatore Pasta, Maria Panitsa, Konstantinos Proios, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Stylianos M Simaiakis, Claudio a Tranne, Kostas a Triantis, Alessandro Chiarucci (2024). MEDIS—A comprehensive spatial database on Mediterranean islands for biogeographical and evolutionary research. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

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Mariana Braz Pires, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Sietze Norder, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Arne Strid, Maria Panitsa (2024). Current Greek Protected Areas Fail to Fully Capture Shifting Endemism Hotspots Under Future Climate and Land-Use Change. Available at SSRN 5014808.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Maria Tsakiri, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Panayiotis Trigas, Gregoris Iatrou, Fotini N Lamari, Dimitris Tzanoudakis, Eleni Koumoutsou, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Arne Strid, Maria Panitsa (2024). Assessing the Vulnerability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants to Climate and Land-Use Changes in a Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot. Land.

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Georgios Nakas, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Theodora Petanidou (2023). Short-and Mid-Term Spatiotemporal Diversity Patterns of Post-Fire Insect-Pollinated Plant Communities in the Mediterranean. Land.

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Ioannis P Kokkoris, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis Charalampopoulos, Ektor Apostolidis, Ilias Apostolidis, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2023). Conservation Responsibility for Priority Habitats under Future Climate Conditions: A Case Study on Juniperus drupacea Forests in Greece. Land.

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Dimitris Poursanidis, Kostas Kougioumoutzis, Vasileios Minasidis, Niki Chartosia, Demetris Kletou, Stefanos Kalogirou (2022). Uncertainty in Marine Species Distribution Modelling: Trying to Locate Invasion Hotspots for Pterois miles in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.

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George Pavlidis, Alexandra Solomou, Spyridoula Stamouli, Vassilis Papavassiliou, Kosmas Kritsis, Chairi Kiourt, Vasileios Sevetlidis, George Karetsos, Panayiotis Trigas, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Katerina Goula, Nikolaos Proutsos, George Pistikos, Yannis Theodoridis, Emmanouil Galanopoulos, Nikolaos Paraskevas, Ursula Foskolou, Michael Papadopoulos (2022). Sustainable Ecotourism through Cutting-Edge Technologies. Sustainability.

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Diversity Editorial Office (2022). Diversity 2022 Best Paper Award.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Alexandros Papanikolaou, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Maria Panitsa (2022). Climate Change Impacts and Extinction Risk Assessment of Nepeta Representatives (Lamiaceae) in Greece. Sustainability.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Panayiotis Trigas, Maria Tsakiri, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Eleni Koumoutsou, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Dimitris Tzanoudakis, Gregoris Iatrou, Maria Panitsa (2022). Climate and Land-Cover Change Impacts and Extinction Risk Assessment of Rare and Threatened Endemic Taxa of Chelmos-Vouraikos National Park (Peloponnese, Greece). Plants.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Aggeliki Kaloveloni, Theodora Petanidou (2022). Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Island Bees: The Aegean Archipelago. Biology.

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Martha Charitonidou, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Maria Chara Karypidou, John M Halley (2022). ‘Fly to a Safer North’: Distributional Shifts of the Orchid Ophrys insectifera L. Due to Climate Change. Biology.

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K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Kallimanis, A Strid, P Dimopoulos (2021). Plant endemism centres and biodiversity hotspots in Greece. Biology 10 (2): 72.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Athanasios Kallimanis, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2021). Plant Endemism Centres and Biodiversity Hotspots in Greece. Biology.

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Cyril Hammoud, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Kenneth F Rijsdijk, Stylianos M Simaiakis, Sietze J Norder, Johannes Foufopoulos, Elisavet Georgopoulou, Emiel E Van Loon (2021). Past connections with the mainland structure patterns of insular species richness in a continental‐shelf archipelago (Aegean Sea, Greece). Ecology and Evolution.

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Panayiotis Trigas, Eleftherios Kalpoutzakis, Epaminondas Kalogiannis, Anna-Thalassini Valli, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Konstantinos Katopodis, Theophanis Constantinidis (2021). Noteworthy new floristic records from Greece. Botanica Serbica.

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Maria Panitsa, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Anna Kontopanou, Ioannis Bazos, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2021). Linking Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Plant Diversity with Ecosystem Services of Cliffs and Screes in Greece. Plants.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2021). Extinction Risk Assessment of the Greek Endemic Flora. Biology.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Panayiota Kotsakiozi, Efthalia Stathi, Panayiotis Trigas, Aristeidis Parmakelis (2021). Conservation Genetics of Four Critically Endangered Greek Endemic Plants: A Preliminary Assessment. Diversity.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Arne Strid, Thomas Raus, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2021). Climate-Change Impacts on the Southernmost Mediterranean Arctic-Alpine Plant Populations. Sustainability.

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Konstantinos Minachilis, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Theodora Petanidou (2021). Climate change effects on multi-taxa pollinator diversity and distribution along the elevation gradient of Mount Olympus, Greece. Ecological Indicators.

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Martha Charitonidou, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, John M Halley (2021). An Orchid in Retrograde: Climate-Driven Range Shift Patterns of Ophrys helenae in Greece. Plants.

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Alexandra Solomou, George Karetsos, Panayiotis Trigas, Nikolaos Proutsos, Evangelia Avramidou, Evangelia Korakaki, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, George Pavlidis, Spyridoula Stamouli, Konstantinia Tsagkari (2020). Vascular Plants of Oiti and Parnassos National Parks of Greece, as Important Components of Biodiversity and Touring Experiences..

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Thomas J Matthews, François Rigal, Kostas Kougioumoutzis, Panayiotis Trigas, Kostas a Triantis (2020). Unravelling the small‐island effect through phylogenetic community ecology. Journal of Biogeography.

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Eleni Iliadou, Ioannis Bazos, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Elpida Karadimou, Ioannis Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Thomas Raus, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2020). Taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity patterns in the Northern Sporades islets complex (West Aegean, Greece). Plant Systematics and Evolution.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Panayiotis Trigas, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2020). Spatial Phylogenetics, Biogeographical Patterns and Conservation Implications of the Endemic Flora of Crete (Aegean, Greece) under Climate Change Scenarios. Biology.

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Efthalia Stathi, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Eleni M Abraham, Panayiotis Trigas, Ioannis Ganopoulos, Evangelia v Avramidou, Eleni Tani (2020). Population genetic variability and distribution of the endangered Greek endemic Cicer graecum under climate change scenarios. AoB PLANTS.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Panayiotis Trigas, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2020). Plant Diversity Patterns and Conservation Implications under Climate-Change Scenarios in the Mediterranean: The Case of Crete (Aegean, Greece). Diversity.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Panayiotis Trigas, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2020). Management implications based on diversity patterns under climate change scenarios in a continental island biodiversity hotspot. bioRxiv.

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Georgia Fassou, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Gregoris Iatrou, Panayiotis Trigas, Vasileios Papasotiropoulos (2020). Genetic Diversity and Range Dynamics of Helleborus odorus subsp. cyclophyllus under Different Climate Change Scenarios. Forests.

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Cyril Hammoud, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Kenneth F Rijsdijk, Stylianos Simaiakis, Sietze Norder, E Emiel Van Loon (2020). Extreme and short-lasting sea-level stands structure insular species diversity of a continental-shelf archipelago (Aegean Sea, Greece). Authorea Preprints.

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Dimitris Kaltsas, Eleni Panayiotou, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Maria Chatzaki (2019). Overgrazed shrublands support high taxonomic, functional and temporal diversity of Mediterranean ground spider assemblages. Ecological Indicators.

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Martha Charitonidou, Kalliopi Stara, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, John M Halley (2019). Implications of salep collection for the conservation of the Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in Epirus, Greece. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki.

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Anna‐Thalassini Valli, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Eleni Iliadou, Maria Panitsa, Panayiotis Trigas (2019). Determinants of alpha and beta vascular plant diversity in Mediterranean island systems: the Ionian islands, Greece. Nordic Journal of Botany.

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Kostas Triantis, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Anastasios Legakis, Ioannis Anastasiou, Pavlos Andriopoulos, Christos Georgiadis, Petros Lymberakis, Anthi Oikonomou, Nikos Probonas, Konstantinos Proios, Vassiliki Spaneli, Stylianos Michail Simaiakis, Apostolos Trichas, Panayiotis Trigas, Katerina Vardinoyannis, Spyros Sfenthourakis (2018). The zoogeographic regions of the Aegean Sea: a multi-taxon approach.

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Maria Panitsa, Anna Kagiampaki, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis (2018). Plant diversity and biogeography of the Aegean archipelago: a new synthesis.

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Panayiotis Trigas, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Aikaterini Ermidou, Eleftherios Kalpoutzakis (2018). Multivariate morphometric analysis of Petrorhagia subsect. Saxifragae (Caryophyllaceae) in Greece, with a new species from SE Peloponnisos: P. laconica. Willdenowia.

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M Panitsa, A Kagiampaki, K Kougioumoutzis (2018). Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas.

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Panayiotis Trigas, Ioannis Kokkoris, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis (2017). The rediscovery of Silene guicciardii (Caryophyllaceae) on Mt. Parnassos (Greece) after 160 years: taxonomic re-evaluation and conservation. Phytotaxa.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Anna-Thalassini Valli, Elisavet Georgopoulou, Stylianos Michail Simaiakis, Kostas a Triantis, Panayiotis Trigas (2017). Network biogeography of a complex island system: the Aegean Archipelago revisited. Journal of Biogeography.

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K Kougioumoutzis, E Kalpoutzakis, Th Constantinidis (2017). Multivariate morphometric analysis and taxa delimitation in two narrow Greek endemics: Astragalus maniaticus and Aethionema saxatile subsp. corinthiacum. Plant Biosystems-An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology.

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Stylianos M Simaiakis, Kenneth F Rijsdijk, Erik FM Koene, Sietze J Norder, John H Van Boxel, Paolo Stocchi, Cyril Hammoud, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Elisavet Georgopoulou, Emiel Van Loon, Kathleen MC Tjørve, Even Tjørve (2017). Geographic changes in the Aegean Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum: Postulating biogeographic effects of sea-level rise on islands. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

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Maria Tsakiri, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Gregoris Iatrou (2016). Contribution to the vascular flora of Chalki Island (East Aegean, Greece) and biomonitoring of a local endemic taxon. Willdenowia.

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Theophanis Constantinidis, Eleftherios Kalpoutzakis, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis (2015). The rediscovery of Stachys virgata (Lamiaceae), a rare endemic of Peloponnisos, Greece: taxonomy, distribution, karyology and conservation. Phytotaxa.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Argyro Tiniakou (2015). Ecological factors driving plant species diversity in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc and other central Aegean islands. Plant Ecology & Diversity.

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K Kougioumoutzis, A Tiniakou, O Georgiou, Th Georgiadis (2015). Contribution to the flora and biogeography of the Kiklades: Folegandros island (Kiklades, Greece). Edinburgh Journal of Botany.

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Ioannis Kokkoris, Georgios Dimitrellos, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis Laliotis, Theodoros Georgiadis, Argyro Tiniakou (2014). The native flora of Mountain Panachaikon (Peloponnese, Greece): new records and diversity. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Stylianos Michail Simaiakis, Argyro Tiniakou (2014). Network biogeographical analysis of the central Aegean archipelago. Journal of Biogeography.

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K Kougioumoutzis, A Tiniakou, O Georgiou, Th Georgiadis (2014). Contribution to the flora of the South Aegean volcanic arc: Kimolos Island (Kiklades, Greece). Edinburgh Journal of Botany.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Panayiotis Trigas, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2013). Management implications based on diversity patterns under climate change. management.

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Dimitris Kaltsas, Apostolos Trichas, Kostas Kougioumoutzis, Maria Chatzaki (2013). Ground beetles respond to grazing at assemblage level, rather than species-specifically: the case of Cretan shrublands. Journal of insect conservation.

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K Kougioumoutzis, A Tiniakou, Th Georgiadis, O Georgiou (2012). Contribution to the flora of the South Aegean volcanic arc: the Methana Peninsula (Saronic Gulf, Greece). Edinburgh Journal of Botany.

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Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Argyro Tiniakou, Ourania Georgiou, Theodoros Georgiadis (2012). Contribution to the flora of the South Aegean volcanic arc: Anafi island (Kiklades, Greece). Willdenowia.

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K. Kougioumoutzis, A. Tiniakou, G. Dimitrellos, Th. Georgiadis (2010). Flora and vegetation of Trizonia Island - floristic affinities with small Ionian Islands. Botanika Chronika.

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Eleni G Papazoglou, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Panayiotis Trigas, Dimitra Megadouka, Konstantinos Serelis, Jaco Vangronsveld (2009). Taxonomic and phylogenetic plant diversity patterns of polluted metal mining sites in Attika, Greece.

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