Danelis, T., Theodoropoulos, A., Toli, E.A., Bounas, A., Korakis, A., Sotiropoulos, K. (2023). Defining Evolutionary Conservation Units in the Macedonian Crested Newt, Triturus macedonicus (Amphibia; Salamandridae), in a Biodiversity Hotspot. Diversity.
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Toli, E. A., Bounas, A., Christopoulos A., Pafilis, P., Sotiropoulos, K. (2023). Phylogenetic analysis of the critically endangered Karpathos water frog (Anura, Amphibia): conservation insights from complete mitochondrial genome sequencing. Amphibia-Reptilia.
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Bounas, A., Komini, C., Talioura, A., Toli, E.A., Sotiropoulos, K., Barboutis, C. (2023). Adaptive Regulation of Stopover Refueling during Bird Migration: Insights from Whole Blood Transcriptomics. Genome Biology and Evolution.
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Toli, E. A., Bounas, A., Merilä, J., Sotiropoulos, K. (2022). Genetic diversity and detection of candidate loci associated with alternative morphotypes in a tailed amphibian. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blac103.
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Sotiropoulos, K., Moustakas, K., & Toli, E. A. (2020). First record of facultative paedomorphosis in the Turkish smooth newt (Lissotriton schmidtleri) from Greece. Herpetology Notes, 13, 1041-1044.
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Toli, E. A., Chavas, C., Denoël, M., Bounas, A., & Sotiropoulos, K. (2020). A subtle threat: behavioral and phenotypic consequences of invasive mosquitofish on a native paedomorphic newt. Biological Invasions, 22(4), 1299-1308.
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Bounas, A., Keroglidou, M., Toli, E. A., Chousidis, I., Tsaparis, D., Leonardos, I., & Sotiropoulos, K. (2020). Constrained by aliens, shifting landscape, or poor water quality? Factors affecting the persistence of amphibians in an urban pond network. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(5), 1037-1049.
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Veith, M., Göçmen, B., Sotiropoulos, K., Eleftherakos, K., Lötters, S., Godmann, O., … & Ehl, S. (2020). Phylogeographic analyses point to long-term survival on the spot in micro-endemic Lycian salamanders. PloS one, 15(1), e0226326.
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Pafilis, P., Kapsalas, G., Lymberakis, P., Protopappas, D., & Sotiropoulos, K. (2019). Diet composition of the Karpathos marsh frog (Pelophylax cerigensis): what does the most endangered frog in Europe eat?. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 42(1), 1-8.
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Tsaparis, D., Sotiropoulos, K., Legakis, A., Kotoulas, G., & Kasapidis, P. (2019). New phylogeographic insights support the distinctiveness and conservation value of the little-known Greek roe deer populations. Mammalian Biology, 96(1), 23-27.
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Toli, E., Siarabi, S., Bounas, A., Pafilis, P., Lymperakis, P., & Sotiropoulos, K. (2018). New insights on the phylogenetic position and population genetic structure of the Critically Endangered Karpathos marsh frog Pelophylax cerigensis (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae). Acta Herpetologica, 13(2), 117-123.
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Bounas, A., Tsaparis, D., Efrat, R., Gradev, G., Gustin, M., Mikulic, K., Rodríguez, A., Sarà, M., Kotoulas, G., & Sotiropoulos, K. (2018). Genetic structure of a patchily distributed philopatric migrant: implications for management and conservation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124(4), 633-644.
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Bounas, A., Tsaparis, D., Gustin, M., Mikulic, K., Sarà, M., Kotoulas, G., & Sotiropoulos, K. (2018). Using genetic markers to unravel the origin of birds converging towards pre-migratory sites. Scientific reports, 8(1), 1-9.
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Wielstra, B., Canestrelli, D., Cvijanović, M., Denoël, M., Fijarczyk, A., Jablonski, D., Liana, M., Naumov, B., Olgun, K., Pabijan, M., Pezzarossa, A., Popgeorgiev, G., Salvi, D., Si, Y., Sillero, N., Sotiropoulos, K., Zieliński, P., & Babik, W. (2018). The distributions of the six species constituting the smooth newt species complex (Lissotriton vulgaris sensu lato and L. montandoni)–an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia, 39(2), 252-259. Amphibia-Reptilia, 39(2):252-259
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Bounas, A., Siarabi, S., Papadaki, C., Toli, E. A., & Sotiropoulos, K. (2018). DNA barcoding against poaching of Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), two confirmed cases from Greece. Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity, 2(1), 1-5.
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Sotiropoulos, K., Moustakas, K., Konstantinidis, K., Mantzana-Oikonomaki, V., Siarabi, S., & Bounas, A. (2017). First record of facultative paedomorphosis in the Macedonian crested newt (Triturus macedonicus) and an additional record for the Greek smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) from Greece: implications on species conservation and preservation of alternative ontogenetic trajectories. Herpetology Notes, 10, 255-260.
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Bounas, A., & Sotiropoulos, K. (2017). Change of feeding strategy prior to migration: a comparative diet analysis in the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni). Avian Biology Research, 10(1), 27-35.
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Psonis, N., Antoniou, A., Kukushkin, O., Jablonski, D., Petrov, B., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., … & Poulakakis, N. (2017). Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 106, 6-17.
Bounas, A., Panuccio, M., Evangelidis, A., Sotiropoulos, K., & Barboutis, C. (2016). The migration of the Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni in Eastern Europe-a ringing recovery and direct observation approach. Acrocephalus, 37(168-169), 49-56.
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Veith, M., Göçmen, B., Sotiropoulos, K., Kieren, S., Godmann, O., & Steinfartz, S. (2016). Seven at one blow: the origin of major lineages of the viviparous Lycian salamanders (Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004) was triggered by a single paleo-historic event. Amphibia-Reptilia, 37(4), 373-387.
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Pabijan, M., Zieliński, P., Dudek, K., Chloupek, M., Sotiropoulos, K., Liana, M., & Babik, W. (2015). The dissection of a Pleistocene refugium: phylogeography of the smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris, in the Balkans. Journal of Biogeography, 42(4), 671-683.
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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(2), 385-400.
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Wielstra, B., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Litvinchuk, S. N., Reijnen, B. T., Skidmore, A. K., Sotiropoulos, K., … & Arntzen, J. W. (2013). Tracing glacial refugia of Triturus newts based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and species distribution modeling. Frontiers in zoology, 10(1), 1-14.
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