NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS DEPARTEMENT OF BIOLOGY
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COMPARATIVE, EVOLUTIONARY AND ENVIROMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY OF ANIMALS
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- Valakos, E. (1986). The feeding ecology of Podarcis erhardii (Reptilia - Lacertidae) in a main insular ecosystem. Herp. J. (Lon.) 1: 118-121.
- Valakos, E. D. (1989). Thermal ecology of Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Sauria - Gekkonidae) in the insular ecosystems of the Aegean. Herp. J. (Lon.) 1: 396-399.
- P. Maragou & E. D. Valakos. (1992). Contribution to the thermal ecology of Testudo marginata (Shoepfe 1792) and Testudo hermanni (Gruelin 1789) (Chelonia: Testudinidae) in semi-captivity. Herp. J. (Lon.) 2: 48-50.
- Maragou, P., B. Chondropoulos & E.D. Valakos (1999). Comparative data on reproduction in Podarcis erhardii, Podarcis peloponnesiaca and Podarcis taurica ( Reptilia, Sauria, Lacertidae). Isr. J. of Zool.45 (2) :487-496.
- Dimaki, M., E.D. Valakos, & A. Legakis (2000). Variation in body temperatures of the African Chamaeleon Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768 and the Common Chameleon Chamaeleo chameleo L. Belg. J. Zool. 130: 87-91.
- Giokas, S., Pafilis, P. & E.D. Valakos (2004). Seasonal ecological and physiological adaptations of the land snail Albinaria caerulea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies71: 15-23.
- Pafilis, P., E.D.
Valakos & J. Foufopoulos (2005). Comparative post-autotomy tail
activity in six Mediterranean lacertid lizard species. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78(5): 828-838.
- Pafilis, P.,
Foufoupolos, J., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P. & E.D. Valakos
(2007). Digestive performance in five Mediterranean lizard species:
effects of temperature and insularity. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 177: 49-60.
- Valakos, E.D.,
Kourkouli, A., Skopeliti, M., Pafilis, P., Poulakakis, N., Voutsas,
I.F., Lymberakis, P., Simou, C., Voelter, W. & O.E. Tsitsilonis
(2007). Combining immunological and molecular data to assess
phylogenetic relations of some Hellenic Podarcis species. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry B 147: 1-10.
- Giokas, S., Karkoulis, P, Pafilis, P. & E.D. Valakos (2007). Relictual physiological ecology in the threatened land snail Codrigtonia helenae: a cause for decline in a changing environment? Acta Oecologica. 32:269-278
- Pafilis, P., Perez-Mellado, V. & E.D. Valakos (2008). Post autotomy tail activity in Balearic wall lizard, Podarcis lilfordi. Naturwissenschaften: 95: 217-221.
- Pafilis, P. & E.D. Valakos (2008). Loss of caudal autotomy during life in Balkan green lizard (Lacerta trilineata). Journal of Natural History 42 : 409- 419.
- Simou, C.,
Pafilis, P., Skella, A., Kourkouli, A. & E. D. Valakos (2008).
Physiology of original and regenerated tails in Cycladian Wall Lizard (Podarcis erhardii). Copeia 2008 3: 504-509.
- P. Lymberakis, N. Poulakakis, A. Kaliontzopoulou, E. Valakos and M. Mylonas (2008). Two new species of Podarcis (Squamata; Lacertidae) from Greece. Systematics & Biodiversity. 6: 307-318.
- Pafilis, P.,
Foufopoulos, J., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P. & E.D. Valakos (2009). Tail shedding in island lizards [Lacertidae,
Reptilia]: Decline of antipredator defenses in relaxed predation environments. Evolution, 63(5): 1262-1278.
- Pafilis, P., Meiri,
S., Foufopoulos, J. & E.D. Valakos (2009) Intraspecific competition and high food
availability are
associated with insular gigantism in a lizard. Naturwissenschaften, 96(9): 1107-1113
- Vervust, B., Pafilis, P., Valakos, E.D.,
Grbac, I. & R. Van Damme
(2010) Anatomical and
physiological changes associated with a recent dietary shift in the lizard
Podarcis sicula. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83(4): 632-642.
- Runemark,
A., Hansson, B., Pafilis, P.,
Valakos E.D. & E. Svensson (2010) Island biology and
morphological divergence of the Skyros wall
lizard Podarcis gaigeae: a combined
role for local selection and genetic drift on color morph frequency divergence?
BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10:in press
- Pafilis, P., Foufopoulos, J., Sagonas, K., Runemark, A., Svensson, E. & E.D.
Valakos (2010) Reproductive Biology of Insular Reptiles: Marine
Subsidies Modulate Expression of the “Island
Syndrome”. Copeia. (accepted)
Informations: Dr. E. D. Valakos, Panepistimioopoli
, GR 157 84 Athens Greece. Tel. 210-7274376,
FAX 210-7274635, e-mail: evalakos@biol.uoa.gr