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ANASTASIOS LEGAKIS

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Legakis A. (1979). Some thoughts on the establishment of a documentation centre for the greek fauna. Biol. gallo-hellen. 8: 350-353. PDF

 

Kanellis A. & Legakis A. (1979). Bibliographia faunae graecae (1967-1978) et supplementum. Biol. gallo-hellen. 7(suppl): 1-69.

 

Legakis A. (1979). Bibliography of the greek fauna. Suppl. A. Applied Zoology. Biol. gallo-hellen. 7(suppl): 70-90.

 

Legakis A. (1979). Bibliography of the greek fauna. Suppl. B. Specialized articles. Biol. gallo-hellen. 7(suppl): 91-126.

 

Legakis A. (1982). Aspects of the spatial distribution of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in an insular Mediterranean ecosystem. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit. 28(8): 121-122. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1983). Recent trends in the study of the greek fauna. Biol. gallo-hellen. 10: 17-20. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1983). Contribution to the zoogeography of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the greek islands. Biol. gallo-hellen. 10: 253-257. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1983). First contribution to the study of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Zagori region (Epirus, Greece): An annotated list of species. Entom. hellen. 1(1): 3-6. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1983). The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens 1. Historical notes. Biol. gallo-hellen. 11(1): 79-83. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1983). The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens 2. The collection of ants from Greece. Biol. gallo-hellen. 11(1): 85-87. PDF

 

Legakis Α. (1985). Seasonal variation of the arthrοpοds οbserνed on Juniperus phoenicea in an insular mediterranean ecοsystem (Cyclades is. Greece). Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit. 29(6): 115-116. PDF

 

Kouroutos V., Papapanayotou D., Legakis A. & Matsakis J. (1985).  Données recentes sur l'état du phoque moine dans quelques secteurs égéens. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit. 29(6): 125-127. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1985). Comparative study of the soil arthropods of three ecosystems on Mount Hymettos (Attica, Greece). Biol. gallo-hellen. 12: 371-375. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1986). Report on the recent zoological publications (1978-1985) concerning the eastern mediterranean islands, especially of Greece. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit. 30(2): 95. PDF

 

Trihas A. & Legakis A. (1986). Temporal variation and spatial distribution of ground Coleoptera in an insular mediterranean ecosystem (Cyclades is., Greece). Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit. 30(2): 98. PDF

 

Kollaros D. & Legakis A. (1986). L' importance biogéographique des orthoptères de la Crète en relation avec les regions avoisinantes. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit. 30(2): 99. PDF

 

Paragamian K. & Legakis A. (1986). Ecological and faunistic investigations of cave Ag. Paraskevi near Skoteino (Crete, Greece). Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit. 30(2): 99. PDF

 

Trihas A. & Legakis A. (1987). General considerations on the distribution of Coleoptera in the Aegean islands. Biol. gallo-hellen. 13: 127-132. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1987). Preliminary zoogeographical analysis of Crete. Biol. gallo-hellen. 13: 133-136. PDF

 

Kollaros D., Paragamian K. & Legakis A. (1987). Notes on the systematics of cavernicolous Orthoptera of Crete. Biol. gallo-hellen. 13: 137-140. PDF

 

Paragamian K., Galanopoulos V., Legakis A. & Spanakis M. (1987). Ecological, electrophoretic and electron microscope investigations on Schizidium perplexum (Isopoda) of Crete. Biol. gallo-hellen. 13: 165-168. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1987). Recent zoological publications (1978-1985) concerning the Eastern Mediterranean islands. Rapp. Comm. int.Mer Medit. 30(3): 231-267.

 

Legakis A. (1988). The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens 3. The collection of Coleoptera from Greece, part I. Biol. gallo-hellen. 14(1): 59-95. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1989). The status of the Bern invertebrates in Greece.  Colloquy on the Bern Convention invertebrates and their conservation, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, pp. 17-19. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1989). Aspects of the distribution of ants in an insular mediterranean ecosystem (Cyclades is., Greece). Rev. Ecol. Biol. Sol 26(3): 363-369. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1990). The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens 4. The collection of Coleoptera from Greece, part II. Biol. gallo-hellen. 17(1): 59-96. PDF

 

Trihas A. & Legakis A. (1991). Phenology and patterns of activity of ground Coleoptera in an insular mediterranean ecosystem (Cyclades is., Greece). Pedobiologia 35: 327-335. PDF

 

Kollaros D., Paragamian K. & Legakis A. (1991). Revision of the genus Troglophilus (Orthoptera, Raphidophoridae) in Crete,  Greece. Int. J. Speleol. 20: 37-45. PDF

 

Matsakis J., Tsiourlis G., Karamaouna M., Legakis A., Paraschi  L., Blandin P. & Lamotte M. (1992). Étude d'un écosystème de maquis à Juniperus phoenicea L. (Naxos, Cyclades, Grèce): présentation générale. Bull. Ecol. 23: 49-58. PDF

 

Voreadou C. & Legakis A. (1993). Effects of olive-oil mill wastes on a stream macroinvertebrate community of Crete: preliminary results. Biol. gallo-hellen. 20(1): 285-297. PDF

 

Legakis A., Kollaros D., Paragamian K., Trihas A., Voreadou C. & Kypriotakis Z. (1993). Ecological assessment of the coasts of Crete (Greece). Coast. Managm. 21: 143-154. LINK

 

Legakis A. (1994). Community structure and species richness in the mediterranean-type soil fauna. In : M. Arianoutsou, R.H. Groves (eds.), Plant -animal interactions in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Kluwer Academic, pp. 37-45. PDF

 

Legakis A. & Kypriotakis Z. (1994). Α biogeographical analysis of the island of Crete (Greece). J. Biogeogr. 21: 441-445. LINK

 

Legakis A. (1994). List of publications on community structure and species richness of the soil fauna in mediterranean-type ecosystems. Hellen. Zool. Arch. 3: 1-16.

 

Legakis A. & Radea K. (1995). Study of the environmental impact of the use of pheromones against the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella, Lep. Gelechiidae) based on its effect on invertebrates. In: Hellafarm S.A. Introduction of alternative crop-protection technologies in Greece for replacing the use of agricultural chemicals. Realisation of a pilot project in Greece using pheromone-based insect management techniques for the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) in cotton. PDF

 

Sotiropoulos K., Legakis A. & Polymeni R-M. (1995). A review of the knowledge on the distribution of the genus Triturus (Rafinesque, 1815) in Greece (Caudata: Salamandridae). Herpetozoa 8(1/2): 25-34. PDF

 

Petrov I.Z. & Legakis A. (1996). Contribution to the myrmecofauna (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) of Greece. Arch. Biol. Sci. (Belgrade) 48(3-4): 31P-32P. PDF

 

Legakis A. (1996). Callimorpha quadripunctaria. In: P.J. van Helsdingen, L. Willemse & M.C.D. Speight (eds.) Background information on invertebrates of the Habitats Directive and the Bern Convention. Part I – Crustacea, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. Council of Europe, pp. 90-92. PDF

 

Bobori D., Chondropoulos B.P., Economidis P.S., Flari V., Fraguedakis-Tsolis S.E., Kazantzidis S., Lazaridou-Dimitriadou M., Legakis A., Valakos E. & Vogiatzis V.P. (1996). The diversity of the fauna of Greece. In: S. Dafis, E. Papastergiadou, K. Georghiou, D. Babalonas, T. Georgiadis, M. Papageorgiou, T. Lazaridou & V. Tsiaoussi (eds). Directive 92/43/EEC. The Greek Habitat Project Natura 2000: An Overview. The Goulandris Natural History Museum-Greek Biotope/Wetlands Centre, Univ. of Athens, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Univ. of Patras. pp. 489-513.

 

Lazaridou-Dimitriadou M. & Legakis A. (1996). Invertebrates. In: S. Dafis, E. Papastergiadou, K. Georghiou, D. Babalonas, T. Georgiadis, M. Papageorgiou, T. Lazaridou & V. Tsiaoussi (eds). Directive 92/43/EEC. The Greek Habitat Project Natura 2000: An Overview. The Goulandris Natural History Museum-Greek Biotope/Wetlands Centre, Univ. of Athens, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Univ. of Patras. pp. 636-652.

 

Adamopoulou Ch., Valakos E. & Legakis A. (1997). Notes on the diet and reproduction of the Cyclades Blunt-nosed Viper Macrovipera schweizeri, (Werner, 1935) (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Herpetozoa 10(3/4): 173-175. PDF

 

Legakis A., Sfenthourakis S. & Adamopoulou Ch. (1997). A contribution to the knowledge of the vertebrate fauna of Milos island (Kyklades, Greece). Newsl. Hellen. Zool. Soc. 30: 5-7. PDF

 

Kollaros D. & Legakis A. (1999). Differences in the biological cycles of some species of superfamily Acridoidea (Orthoptera) between northern and southern Crete. Contr. Zoogeogr. Ecol. East. Medit. Region 1: 283-286. PDF

 

Dimaki M. & Legakis A. (1999). The reptile fauna of the Fourni Archipelago (Eastern Aegean, Greece). Herpetozoa 12(3/4): 129-133. PDF

 

Legakis A., Adamopoulou C., Anastasiou J., Papadimitriou C. & Sfenthourakis S. (1999). The fauna of archaeological sites in Athens. I. Ancient Agora, Filopappou & Kerameikos. Newsl. Hellen. Zool. Soc. 32: 5-7. PDF

 

Legakis A., Papadimitriou C., Gaethlich M. & Lazaris D. (2000). Survey of the bats of the Athens metropolitan area. Myotis 38: 41-46. PDF

 

Dimaki M., Valakos E.D., Chondropoulos B. & Legakis A. (2000). Morphometric analysis of the African Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768 from southwestern Peloponnese, Greece. Israel J. Zool. 46: 231-237. LINK

 

Dimaki M., Valakos E.D. & Legakis A. (2000). Variation in body temperatures of the African Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768 and the Common Chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758). Belg. J. Zool. 130(suppl.): 89-93. PDF

 

Dimaki M., Valakos E.D., Legakis A., Chondropoulos B. & Bonetti A. (2001). Preliminary results on the feeding ecology of the African Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768 from the southwestern Peloponnese, Greece. In: P. Lymberakis, E. Valakos, P. Pafilis & M. Mylonas (eds.), Herpetologia candiana. SEH, Irakleio, pp. 57-63. PDF

 

Sfenthourakis S. & Legakis A. (2001). Hotspots of endemic terrestrial invertebrates in southern Greece. Biodiversity and Conservation 10: 1387-1417. LINK

 

Legakis A. (2001). Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) collected in the eastern Pyrenees and surrounding area, September 1999. In: Cartography and conservation of biodiversity. Proc. Int. Colloq. EIS, Arboussols, France. PDF

 

Sotiropoulos K., Polymeni R.M. & Legakis A. (2001). Triturus alpestris in Greece: extensive genetic variability and population differentiation. Biota 2(suppl. 12): 112.

 

Handrinos G.I., Akriotis T. & Legakis A. (2001). A bibliography of Greek ornithology. Hellen. Zool. Arch. 5: 1-44. PDF

   

Legakis, A. & Murray, D. (2001). Insecta. In: Costello, M.J., Emblow, C.S. & White, R. (eds.), European Register of Marine Species. A check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Patrimoines naturels 50, pp. 323-324. PDF

 

Roditakis N. E., Kollaros D. & Legakis A. (2001). Entomopathogens of Anacridium aegyptium in Crete.  Entomologia Hellenica 14: 5-10. PDF

 

Adamopoulou Ch. & Legakis A. (2002). Diet of a lacertid lizard (Podarcis milensis) in an insular dune ecosystem. Israel Journal of Zoology 48: 207-219. LINK

 

Legakis A. (2002). Zoological research in the Dodecanese. In: M. Masseti (ed.) The island of deer. City of Rhodes-Environment Organization. pp. 31-34. PDF

 

Kati V., Dufrêne M., Legakis A., Grill A. & Lebrun Ph. (2003). Conservation management for Orthoptera in the Dadia reserve, Greece. Biological Conservation 115: 33-44. LINK

 

Legakis A. & Emblow C.S. (2003). The register of collections of European marine species: an overview. In: Legakis A., Sfenthourakis S., Polymeni R. & Thessalou-Legaki M. (eds). (2003). The New Panorama of Animal Evolution. Pensoft. Pp. 603-610. LINK

 

Kati V., Devillers P., Dufrêne M., Legakis A., Vokou D. & Lebrun Ph. (2004). Testing the value of six taxonomic groups as biodiversity indicators at a local scale. Conservation Biology 18(3): 667-675. PDF               

 

Kati V., Devillers P., Dufrêne M., Legakis A., Vokou D. & Lebrun Ph. (2004). Hotspots, complementarity or representativeness? Designing optimal small-scale reserves for biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation 120(4): 471-480. LINK

 

Anastasiou I. & Legakis A. (2004). Differentiation of Coleoptera (Carabidae and Tenebrionidae) communities in Mediterrannean-type ecosystems from mountainous areas in the Peloponnese, Greece. In: M. Arianoutsou & V.P. Papanastasis (eds), Ecology, conservation and management of Mediterranean climate ecosystems. Proc 10^th MEDECOS International Congress, 3 pp. PDF

 

Mertzanidou D. & Legakis A. (2004). Fallow deer distribution and habitat in the Mediterranean landscape of Rhodes island as determined by a track survey: preliminary data. In: M. Arianoutsou & V.P. Papanastasis (eds), Ecology, conservation and management of Mediterranean climate ecosystems. Proc 10^th MEDECOS International Congress, 3 pp. PDF

 

Petrakis P.V. & Legakis A. (2005). Insect migration and dispersal with emphasis on Mediterranean ecosystems. In: A.M.T. Elewa (ed.) Migration of Organisms: Climate, Geography, Ecology. Springer Verlag, pp. 85-125. LINK

 

Thessalou-Legaki M. & Legakis A. (2005). Conservation of the Hellenic marine biodiversity. In: E. Papathanasiou & A. Zenetos (eds.), State of the Hellenic Marine Environment. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. pp. 254-263. PDF

 

Legakis A. & Adamopoulou C. (2005). Temporal responses of soil invertebrate communities to draught stress in two semiarid ecosystems of the Mediterranean. Israel Journal of Zoology 51(4): 331 – 348. LINK

 

Curcic, B.P.M., Dimitrijevic, R.N., Legakis, A., Makarov, S.E., Tomic, V.T., Curcic, S.B., Mitic, B.M. & Lucic, L.R.  (2006). Ernstmayria apostolostrichasi n. g., n. sp. (Neobisiidae, Pseudoscorpiones), a new “living fossil” from Crete, with remarks on evolution and phylogeny of some Aegean false scorpions. Periodicum Biologorum 108(1): 37-45. PDF

 

Costello M.J., Bouchet P., Emblow C.S. & Legakis A. (2006). European marine biodiversity inventory and taxonomic resources: state of the art and gaps in knowledge. Marine Ecology Progress Series 316: 257–268. PDF

 

Petrakis P.V. & Legakis A. (2006). The role of predation in shaping biological communities, with particular emphasis to insects In: A.M.T. Elewa (ed.) Predation in organisms: A distinct phenomenon. Springer Verlag, pp. 87-122. LINK

 

Dendrinos P., Karamanlidis A., Kotomatas S., Legakis A., Tounta E. & Matthiopoulos J. (2007). Pupping habitat use in the Mediterranean monk seal: a long-term study. Marine Mammal Science 23(3): 615-628. LINK

 

Dendrinos, P., Tounta E., Karamanlidis A.A., Legakis A. & Kotomatas S. (2007). A video surveillance system for monitoring the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus). Aquatic Mammals 33(2): 179-184. PDF

 

Sotiropoulos K., Eleftherakos K. , Dzukic G., Kalezic M.L., Legakis A. & Polymeni R.M. (2007). Phylogeny and biogeography of the alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris (Salamandridae, Caudata), inferred from mtDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(1): 211–226. LINK

 

Tsaparis D., Katsanevakis S., Stamouli C. & Legakis A. (2008). Estimation of roe deer Capreolus capreolus and mouflon Ovis aries densities, abundance and habitat use in a mountainous Mediterranean area. Acta Theriologica 53(1): 87-94. LINK

 

Sotiropoulos K., Eleftherakos K., Kalezic M.L., Legakis A. & Polymeni R.M. (2008). Genetic structure of the alpine newt, Mesotriton alpestris (Salamandridae, Caudata), in the southern limit of its distribution: Implications for conservation. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 36: 297-311. LINK

 

Sotiropoulos K., Legakis A. & Polymeni R.M. (2008). Patterns of morphometric variation in the alpine newt (Mesotriton alpestris) at the southern limit of its distribution: environmental correlates. Integrative Zoology 3: 123-133. PDF

 

Sotiropoulos K., Legakis A. & Polymeni R.-M. (2008). Patterns of morphometric variation in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) from Greece: environmental correlates. Journal of Natural History 42(5–8): 435–450. LINK

 

Sotiropoulos K., Tsaparis D., Eleftherakos K., Kotoulas G., Legakis A. & Kasapidis P. (2008). New polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Macedonian crested newt, Triturus macedonicus, and cross-priming testing in four other crested newt species. Molecular Ecology Resources  8: 1402-1404. LINK

 

Lanszki J., Giannatos G., Heltai M. & Legakis A. (2009). Diet composition of golden jackals during cub-rearing season in Mediterranean marshland, in Greece. Mammalian Biology 74(1): 72-75. LINK

 

Tsaparis D., Katsanevakis S., Ntolka E. & Legakis A. (2009). Estimating dung decay rates of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in different habitat types of a Mediterranean ecosystem: an information theory approach. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55: 167-172. LINK

 

Sotiropoulos K., Eleftherakos K., Tsaparis D., Kasapidis P., Magoulas A. & Legakis A. (2009) New polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Greek smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris graecus, and their utility in the nominotypical subspecies. Molecular Ecology Resources  9(1): 292-295. LINK

   

Giannatos G., Karypidou A., Legakis A. & Polymeni R. (2010). Golden jackal (Canis aureus L.) diet in Southern Greece. Mammalian Biology 75(3): 227-232. LINK

 

 

DOCTORAL THESIS

 

Aspects of chemical communication in Pharaoh’s ant, Monomorium pharaonis L. PhD thesis, Univ. of Southampton, UK, 1979. PDF

ANASTASIOS LEGAKIS

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens