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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos

@pdimi2.bsky.social
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Ecology | Biodiversity Conservation | Environmental Science | Aegean sea | Lesvos island, Greece 🌿🌲🌏🏖🌞📚

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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How can you reconcile renewable-energy development to avian corridor proposals and pelican-use areas in Western Macedonia Greece? Find out in our latest research paper published in #DiversityMDPI #windfarms #birds #collisions #research #Greece doi.org/10.3390/d180...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Our new edited book (with #Yiannis_Zevgolis) on Advances in Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in the Anthropocene is out (doi.org/10.3390/book...) @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
Our new edited book on Advances in Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in the Anthropocene is out
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
on the waterways #water #waterways#morning #august #landscapephotography #greece
Mornos reservoir, Central Greece
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/08/2026
Like most insects, the wings of tobacco hawk moths are covered in tiny hairs. But the tobacco hawk moth’s wing hairs do something researchers haven’t documented in any other insect: they help the animal smell. Learn more: scim.ag/4fLx1Mk
These moths smell with their wings
Never-before-seen ability may allow the insects to home in on their favorite plants
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Ecological Research @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
<SPECIAL FEATURE> #UltramaficEcology2025 #OpenAccess Enhanced Nickel Uptake in Mixed Plant Communities of Hyperaccumulator and Non-Hyperaccumulator Species Under Nickel Stress Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social et al ▶️ doi.org/10.1111/1440...
Graphical abstract: This study investigated how species richness and biotope space affect phytoextracted nickel mass. Growing monocultures and bicultures of two endemic species across a nickel stress gradient revealed that bicultures generally enhanced soil nickel bioavailability, aboveground biomass, and nickel phytoextraction compared to monocultures. These results support the stress-gradient hypothesis, suggesting that facilitative interactions between hyperaccumulator and non-hyperaccumulator species can improve nickel phytoextraction in stressful, nickel-rich environments.
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In our paper we synthesize ecological theory and empirical evidence to show that fire is not only a disturbance to be suppressed, but also a fundamental ecological driver that shapes biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and landscape structure. @frontiersin.bsky.social doi.org/10.3389/ffgc...
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Frontiers | Creative destruction: from fire ecology to management principles—a conceptual review
This conceptual review aims to synthesize fire management principles that have the potential to restore and conserve biodiversity and ecosystem processes, av...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Our new edited book on Nature-based solutions: doi.org/10.3390/book... | @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
Edited book on Nature-based solutions
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Our new paper, "Enhanced Nickel Uptake in Mixed Plant Communities of Hyperaccumulator and Non-Hyperaccumulator Species Under Nickel Stress," has been published in @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1440...
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Enhanced Nickel Uptake in Mixed Plant Communities of Hyperaccumulator and Non‐Hyperaccumulator Species Under Nickel Stress
This study investigated how species richness and biotope space affect phytoextracted nickel mass. Growing monocultures and bicultures of two endemic species across a nickel stress gradient revealed t...
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Ecological Research @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
<SPECIAL FEATURE> #UltramaficEcology2025 #OpenAccess Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Biomass Production and Nickel Yield in the Hyperaccumulator Bornmuellera emarginata Under Field Conditions Dimitrios Kyrkas et al, @pdimi2.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1440... agromining
Graphical abstract: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of fertilization regime (organic vs. inorganic) on the growth performance, nickel accumulation, and total nickel yield of the nickel hyperaccumulator Bornmuellera emarginata, cultivated under realistic field conditions in its native ultramafic environment in Northern Greece over a 3-year period.
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Our new paper (👉 doi.org/10.1111/1440...) on the effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on biomass production and nickel yield in the hyperaccumulator Bornmuellera emarginata under field conditions has been published in @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social | led by #DimitrisKyrkas
the effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on biomass production and nickel yield in the hyperaccumulator Bornmuellera emarginata under field conditions
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
3 articles have been published/accepted, and 3 more are currently under review for our special issue (👉 www.frontiersin.org/research-top...) in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (Impact factor = 3.2, CiteScore = 5.2) | We welcome article submissions by 30 June 2026! @frontiersin.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Fire-Driven Biodiversity Dynamics in Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems
Fire is a fundamental ecological force shaping biodiversity dynamics in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. It influences species composition, community struct...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Long-Term Grazing Exclusion Reveals Taxonomic and Functional Reorganization of Plant Communities in an Insular Mediterranean Geopark 👉 doi.org/10.3390/plan... @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social #plants_mdpi
Lesvos Petrified Forest Park
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Himantoglossum comperianum #orchids #wildlifephotography #Lesvos #Greece
Himantoglossum comperianum, an endangered orchidHimantoglossum comperianum, an endangered orchidHimantoglossum comperianum, an endangered orchid
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Cephalanthera epipactoides #orchids #orchid #Cephalanthera #spring #wildlifephotography #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
Cephalanthera epipactoidesCephalanthera epipactoides
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Odontarrhena lesbiaca, an endemic species to the serpentine soils of Lesbos Island (#Greece). #serpentine #Lesvos #Lesbos #hyperaccumulator #nickel
Odontarrhena lesbiaca, an endemic species to the serpentine soils of Lesbos IslandOdontarrhena lesbiaca, an endemic species to the serpentine soils of Lesbos IslandOdontarrhena lesbiaca, an endemic species to the serpentine soils of Lesbos Island
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Tulipa bithynica #tulips #wildlifephotography #hikingadventures #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
@isoufleri.bsky.social writes in the newspaper @tovimagr.bsky.social (April 5, 2026) about our article in Science on the climate adaptation of Arabidopsis. www.tovima.gr/print/opinio...
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Εξέλιξη και Aριστεία - ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
Η φύση προσαρμόζεται – αλλά όχι χωρίς όρια: τι αποκαλύπτει ένα παγκόσμιο πείραμα για την επιβίωση των φυτών στην εποχή της κλιματικής κρίσης
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
«υποχρέωσή σου είναι να σώσεις το όνειρό σου» (~A. Modigliani)— «να το αγαπάς, όσο κι αν σε πληγώνει» (~Ν. Καζαντζάκης) Καλές γιορτές να έχουμε | Καλό Πάσχα “Your duty is to save your dream” (~A. Modigliani)— “Love your dream, no matter how much it hurts you” (~N. Kazantzakis) Happy Easter
“Your duty is to save your dream” (~A. Modigliani)—
“Love your dream, no matter how much it hurts you” (~N. Kazantzakis).

In photo: a sea of poppies. Happy Easter!
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Happy to be part of the grene-net.org research network, which published its first paper in @science.org #universityoftheaegean #research www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rapid adaptation and extinction in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of Arabidopsis
Climate change forces species to adapt rapidly to avoid extinction. To directly observe rapid adaptation and extinction, we conducted synchronized evolution experiments with Arabidopsis thaliana in 30...
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Our new experimental evolution study across 30+ locations using the plant Arabidopsis thaliana —— we direct "see" adaptation and extinction to different climates at the genetic as it happens! Read it in Science dx.doi.org/10.1126/scie... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Vathilimnos waterfall (#unfiltered) #waterfall #waterways #Lesvis #Lesbos #Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Orchis quadripunctata - Four-spotted Orchid #orchids #wildlifephotography #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #Lesbos #Lesvos #Greece
Orchis quadripunctata - Four-spotted Orchid
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Spring officially begins with the arrival of the spring equinox | Anacamptis papilionacea, commonly known as the pink butterfly orchid #orchids #wildlifephotography #Lesbos #Lesvos #Greece
Anacamptis papilionacea, commonly known as the pink butterfly orchid
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We pleased to announce the launch of the 3rd edition of "Nature-Based Solutions" 👉 www.mdpi.com/topics/685PH... #climateadaptation #circulareconomy #ecosystemrestoration #NatureBasedSolutions #biodiversityconservation @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
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Giorgos Lialios @lialios.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Πίσω από κάθε λουλούδι που ανθίζει, κάθε καρπό που φτάνει στο τραπέζι μας, κρύβεται η αθέατη δουλειά χιλιάδων εντόμων που μεταφέρουν γύρη από άνθος σε άνθος – οι λεγόμενοι επικονιαστές. Το πρώτο εθνικό σχέδιο για την προστασία τους είναι υπό αξιολόγηση.
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Ελληνικό σχέδιο διάσωσης για τις μέλισσες και τις πεταλούδες
Ο ρόλος τους στην αναπαραγωγή των περισσότερων άγριων και καλλιεργούμενων φυτών – Απειλούνται από τα φυτοφάρμακα και την ανεξέλεγκτη μελισσοκομία.
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Στο ΒΗΜΑ Science @tovimagr.bsky.social παρουσιαζουμε αποτελέσματα μελέτης για τη θνησιμότητα των πευκών στη Λέσβο, λογω της επίδρασης φλοιοφαγων εντομων. Με τον #Yiannis_Zevgolis. Ευχαριστουμε για την φιλοξενία την #Ioanna_Soufleri και την #Theodora_Tsoli www.tovima.gr/print/scienc...
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Η βαθιά πληγή της κλιματικής κρίσης στο πευκοδάσος της Λέσβου - ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
Τα πεύκα μαρτυρούν την αρνητική επίδραση της μεταβολής των κλιματικών συνθηκών στους «πνεύμονες» της Γης, τη στιγμή που διεθνής μελέτη δείχνει ότι τα δάση αλλάζουν ανησυχητικά γρήγορα και η βιοποικιλό...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Ophrys iricolor #orchid #Lesbos, #Greece #Lesvos, #nature, #orchids #Nature #wildlifephotography #hikingadventures
Ophrys iricolor. An orchid. This photo is from Lesvos island, Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
waterfall #waterfall #waterways #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
New Publication: “Shaping gas exchange under drought: Seasonal and interspecific variation in photosynthetic traits of Pinus halepensis and Pinus brutia in Mediterranean forests” published in Forest Ecology and Management. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Weekend in three pictures: a waterfall, the first poppies of the year, and a sandy beach #lesvos #poppy #waterfall #Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Himantoglossum robertianum, the first one I saw in an unexpected place yesterday evening #orchid #olivegroves #seascape #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
#NewPaper Spatial patterns of bark beetle–induced pine mortality on a Mediterranean island: Implications for forest impact assessment #Yiannis_Zevgolis et al. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ei... #Environmental_Impact_Assessment_Review @elsevierconnect.bsky.social @researcheracad.bsky.social
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Our Monitoring Protocol developed throughout the #PineOptim project (#ELIDEK_HFRI) to Study the Effects of Management on the C Sequestration Potential of Mediterranean Pine Ecosystems was published in #MPs_MDPI @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2409-9279/9/...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Our New Edited book on Plant Invasion (👉 doi.org/10.3390/book...), @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Call for paper in our new Special Issue on Fire-Driven Biodiversity Dynamics in Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems (👉 www.frontiersin.org/research-top...) in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (IF = 3.2, CiteScore = 5.2) | Manuscript Submission Deadline 30 June 2026. @frontiersin.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Fire-Driven Biodiversity Dynamics in Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems
Fire is a fundamental ecological force shaping biodiversity dynamics in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. It influences species composition, community struct...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
the first orchid of the year #orchid #ophrys #nature #wildlifephotography #hiking #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
It is the first orchid species I found this year in Lesvos island, Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Our New Edited book on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function under Global Change is out! This is a Reprint of the Special Issue that was published in #Biology_MDPI. #BooksMDPI @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social 👉 www.mdpi.com/books/reprin... #biodiversity #ecosystemfuncion #globalchange
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Merry Christmas #merrychristmas #happychristmas #christmasspirit #holidays
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/12/2025
They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests
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They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests
In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisis
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
“The beginning is always today” (Mary Shelley). So that we don’t “ ... lose the most beautiful years of our lives over a nothing: a tomorrow that was late or a twilight that lasted too long...» (Tasos Leivaditis) Happy holidays #happyholidays #happyfestiveseason #merrychristmas
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Our new paper in #Biology_mdpi is the cover story of the December 2025 issue. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social #zevgolis #olivetrees #squirrel #sciurus #olivegrove #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece 👉 www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
the first anemones (Anemone coronaria) of the season #anemone #earlywinter #December2025 #plants #nature #hiking #hikingadventures #wildlifephotography #olivegroves #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Crocus pallasii #crocus #winter #wildlifephotography #nature #Lesvos #Greece
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
My plant world for 2025 #plants #orchids #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #hiking #hikingadventure #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
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Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Rafflesia hasseltii: a plant seen more by tigers than people. Watching this flower open by night was the closest thing to magic:
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The Editorial of our SI on Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under global change has been published in #Biology_MDPI! 10 papers offer new insights into the mechanisms linking global change drivers to ecosystem structure and function. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Open Letter by scientists to the Council: "Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”. Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025, 2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets. zenodo.org/records/1739...
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
An important experience was my visit to the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Madeira! Madeira has an amazing natural environment! #madeira #university #fanal #fanalforest #landscape #ecology #botany #erasmus #portugal
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
H #Ioanna_Soufleri, την οποία ευχαριστούμε ιδιαίτερα, γράφει για την Περιβαλλοντική Επιστήμη (Επιμέλεια: @pdimi2.bsky.social & #Costas_Gavrilakis, #tziola_publications) στο #ΒΗΜΑ_Science / @tovimagr.bsky.social (31.08.2025) #book #environmentalScience www.tovima.gr/print/books-...
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Εγχειρίδιο ζωής - ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
Ενα κλασικό πόνημα περιβαλλοντικής διαχείρισης αλλά και οδηγός για το πώς θα οικοδομήσουμε ένα αειφόρο μέλλον
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Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos @pdimi2.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
NEW RESEARCH - A. Ćulibrk, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, G. D. Kokkoris, O.Tzoraki. 2026. Who protects the protected? Rethinking public engagement on Greece's Natura 2000 beaches, Environ. Dev. 57, 101335, 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.en... funded by #ofypeka #beaches #protecedareas #tourism #natura20000
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