Iason's Theodorou BioArea .gr by Jason Theodorou https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change Tales about Biodiversity en-us 2019-01-11 14:11:35 UTC 2023-03-04 19:23:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/347439375/188616bc9e0d1c3d8585221b2d518605/biodiversity_logo3.png It is up to us..! jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319972258 2019-01-12 18:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319972258 World Biological Hotspots jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319972429 There are 142 nations under whose jurisdiction the hotspots collectively fall. As this atlas shows 14 of the hotspots have reached or surpassed the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) 2020 terrestrial protected area target of 17% (IUCN categories I-VI, plus NA lands), and 21 have not.]]> 2019-01-12 18:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319972429 The Mediterranean Basin Hotspot jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319974802 Site and Corridor Outcomes for the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot . (CEPF ecosystem profile)]]> 2019-01-12 19:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319974802 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319975006  The Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot is the second largest hotspot in the world and the largest of the world’s five Mediterranean-climate regions. The hotspot covers more than 2 million square kilometers and stretches west to east from Portugal to Jordan and north to south from northern Italy to Cape Verde. The Mediterranean Basin is the third richest hotspot in the world in terms of its plant diversity (Mittermeier et al. 2004). Approximately 30,000 plant species occur, and more than 13,000 species are found nowhere else, or endemic, to the hotspot; yet, many more are being discovered every year (Plantlife International 2010, unpublished report). ]]> 2019-01-12 19:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319975006 Greece jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319975703 Eastern Mediterranean. Greece is a transcontinental country that consists of a mountainous, peninsular mainland jutting out into the sea at the southern end of the Balkans, ending at the Peloponnese peninsula (separated from the mainland by the canal of the Isthmus of Corinth) and strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.[d] Due to its highly indented coastline and numerous islands,  Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a large number of islands, of which 227 are inhabited, its land boundary is 1,160 km (721 mi).The country lies approximately between latitudes 34° and 42° N, and longitudes 19° and 30° E. The climate of Greece is primarily Mediterranean, featuring mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. This climate occurs at all coastal locations, including Athens, the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, Crete, the Peloponnese, the Ionian Islands and parts of the Central Continental Greece region. The Pindus mountain range strongly affects the climate of the country, as areas to the west of the range are considerably wetter on average (due to greater exposure to south-westerly systems bringing in moisture) than the areas lying to the east of the range (due to a rain shadow effect).
Ecology
Phytogeographically, Greece belongs to the Boreal Kingdom and is shared between the East Mediterranean province of the Mediterranean Region and the Illyrian province of the Circumboreal Region. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature and the European Environment Agency, the territory of Greece can be subdivided into six ecoregions: the Illyrian deciduous forests, Pindus Mountains mixed forests, Balkan mixed forests, Rhodope montane mixed forests, Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests and Crete Mediterranean forests.
]]> 2019-01-12 19:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/319975703 Mountains of Greece jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327839380 Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains or hills, making the country one of the most mountainous in Europe (highest mountain is Mount Olympus, the mythical abode of the Greek Gods, at 2,918 metres). ]]> 2019-02-05 15:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327839380 Pindus mountains jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327843057 Western Greece contains a number of lakes and wetlands and is dominated by the Pindus mountain range. The Pindus, a continuation of the Dinaric Alps, reaches a maximum elevation of 2,637 m (8,652 ft) at Mt. Smolikas (the second-highest in Greece). The Pindus range continues through the central Peloponnese, crosses the islands of Kythera and Antikythera and finds its way into southwestern Aegean, in the island of Crete where it eventually ends.
(picture from: slideplayer.gr/slide/2300659/)]]> 2019-02-05 15:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327843057 Pindus characteristics jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327888601 Pindus is characterised by its high, steep peaks, often dissected by numerous canyons and a variety of other karstic landscapes. The spectacular Vikos Gorge, part of the Vikos-Aoos National Park in the Pindus range, is listed by the Guinness book of World Records as the deepest gorge in the world.[143] 

]]> 2019-02-05 17:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327888601 Meteora jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327890124 Another notable formation are the Meteora rock pillars, atop which have been built medieval Greek Orthodox monasteries.]]> 2019-02-05 17:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327890124 Southern Rhodope mountains jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327894494 Northeastern Greece features another high-altitude mountain range, the Rhodope range, spreading across the region of East Macedonia and Thrace; this area is covered with vast, thick, ancient forests, including the famous Dadia forest in the Evros regional unit, in the far northeast of the country.

(picture from: agreekadventure.com/hiking-greek-rhodope-mountain-range/ )
]]> 2019-02-05 17:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327894494 Plains jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327895858 Extensive plains are primarily located in the regions of Thessaly, Central Macedonia and Thrace. They constitute key economic regions as they are among the few arable places in the country.]]> 2019-02-05 17:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327895858 Islands jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327899337 Greece features a vast number of islands, between 1,200 and 6,000, depending on the definition,[144] 227 of which are inhabited. Crete is the largest and most populous island; Euboea, separated from the mainland by the 60m-wide Euripus Strait, is the second largest, followed by Lesbos and Rhodes. The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: the Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic gulf near Athens, the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean Sea, the North Aegean islands, a loose grouping off the west coast of Turkey, the Dodecanese, another loose collection in the southeast between Crete and Turkey, the Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of northeast Euboea, and the Ionian Islands, located to the west of the mainland in the Ionian Sea. The islands of the Aegean are peaks of underwater mountains that once constituted an extension of the mainland.

]]> 2019-02-05 17:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327899337 Crete jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327907003 2019-02-05 17:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327907003 "Purple Cave" in Euboea Island jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327911414 2019-02-05 17:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327911414 Kefalonia (Ionian Sea) jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327912578 2019-02-05 17:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327912578 Santorini (Aegean Sea) jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327912962 The circular island group is composed of overlapping shield volcanoes cut by at least four partially overlapping calderas. The oldest southern caldera was formed about 180,000 years before present (BP), followed by the Skaros caldera about 70,000 years BP, and then the Cape Riva caldera about 21,000 years BP. The youngest caldera formed about 3600 years BP during the Late-Bronze-Age Minoan eruption that forced abandonment of the thriving Aegean Sea island. Post-Minoan eruptions beginning in 197 BCE constructed a series of lava domes and flows that form two islands near the center of the caldera. A submarine eruption took place in 1650 CE outside the caldera NE of Thera. The latest eruption produced a small lava dome and flow in 1950, accompanied by explosive activity.]]> 2019-02-05 17:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327912962 Santorini (Thera) Volcano History jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327916281 2019-02-05 17:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/327916281 How The Eruption of Thera Changed the World jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328196063 "Thera didn't just blow a massive hole into the island of Santorini (around 1600-1500 BC) it set the entire ancient Mediterranean onto a different course. Scientists can compare it to the detailed records available from the famous eruption of Krakatoa, Indonesia, in 1883."]]> 2019-02-06 11:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328196063 The Date of The Legendary Volcano Explosion of Thera Has Finally Been Traced jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328196955 2019-02-06 11:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328196955 Protected Areas in Greece jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328218853 Complementarity between European designations (Natura 2000 and Emerald Network) and national designations (Common Database on Designated Areas)
by share of terrestrial area.
(https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nationally-designated-protected-areas-10/assessment)]]> 2019-02-06 13:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328218853 Greek designated areas per ha, for terrestrial ecosystems jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328224476 (1 ha = 10000 m^2)
(https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nationally-designated-protected-areas-10/assessment)]]> 2019-02-06 13:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328224476 Greek designated areas per ha, for marine ecosystems jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328227500 (1 ha = 10000 m^2)
(https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nationally-designated-protected-areas-10/assessment)]]> 2019-02-06 13:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328227500 Greek Natura 2000 network jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328231281 It comprises of 419 sites with a total combined coverage of almost 4 300 000 ha, corresponding to around 27% of Greece’s terrestrial area and 6% of its territorial waters. Click on to see the Network!]]> 2019-02-06 13:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328231281 LIFE-IP 4 NATURA project. Deliverable of Action A.1: Report on species/habitat selection jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328242461 Twelve (12) Action Plans have been selected referring to one (1) habitat, three (3) bird species, six (6) fish species, two (2) cetacean species, two (2) terrestrial mammals, one (1) marine mammal species, one (1) invertebrate species, two (2) amphibian/reptile species and one (1) flora species. ]]> 2019-02-06 14:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328242461 Fish species: Ladigesocypris ghigi jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328247847 2019-02-06 14:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328247847 Fish species: Salmo pelagonicus jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328250423 2019-02-06 14:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328250423 Mammal species: Ursus arctos jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328251358 2019-02-06 14:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328251358 Mammal species: Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328252308 2019-02-06 14:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328252308 Bird species: Gyps fulvus jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328254399 2019-02-06 14:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328254399 Bird species: Aegypius monachus jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328256504 2019-02-06 14:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328256504 Bird species: Gypaetus barbatus jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328256706 2019-02-06 14:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328256706 Habitat: Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328259107 2019-02-06 14:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328259107 Flora species: Silene holzmannii jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328262951 (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278571003_Aegean_floristic_elements_in_Attiki_new_records_for_Silene_holzmannii_Heldr_ex_Boiss_and_Ophrys_basilissa_CAlibertis_AAlibertis_HRReinhard/figures?lo=1)]]> 2019-02-06 14:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328262951 Reptile species: Caretta caretta jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328278834 2019-02-06 14:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328278834 Amphibian species: Pelophylax cerigensis jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328280537 2019-02-06 14:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328280537 Invertebrate species: Parnassius apollo jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328282039 2019-02-06 15:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328282039 Cetacean species: Phocoena phocoena jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328283910 2019-02-06 15:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328283910 Cetacean species: Tursiops truncatus jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328285673 2019-02-06 15:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328285673 Marine mammal species: jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328287057 2019-02-06 15:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328287057 Integrative status of the marine water bodies in Greece, based on MSFD (EC, 2010) criteria. jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328314130 Figure from Simboura et al., 2015 (https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12823)]]> 2019-02-06 15:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328314130 Instructions jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328329737 1) Better zoom out first, navigate and then zoom in.
2) All Themes of the Course start from the human "Atlas" holding the Biodiversity (right under this instruction box) and then spread out to the right.]]> 2019-02-06 16:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328329737 THEME 2, Step 1 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328340803 Come up with possible reasons for the decision to reintroduce grey wolves into the National Park. From the three options below, select the reason you find most likely.
My answer:
3.     The wolves were brought in because the increased elk population was overgrazing the deciduous, woody species such as aspen and cottonwood.]]> 2019-02-06 16:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/328340803 THEME 2- Step 3 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329491210 2019-02-09 14:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329491210 Predator - Prey relations jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329491400 Instead of 2 examples I present an attempt of a simplified food web of mesozooplankton and ichthyoplankton. The trophic relationships in this case are quite chaotic and are based mostly on size. Thus, the different mesozooplankton taxa were grouped according to their body length, the different fish larvae according to their snout length and the possible relations were investigated based on their spatial coexistence.
Based on an experiment conducted during the MSc of "Oceanography and Management of Marine Environment" of University of Athens, Greece. ]]> 2019-02-09 14:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329491400 Parasitic organism 1 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329499740  Mothocya epimerica, Costa 1851 (Isopoda: Flabellifera: Cymothoidae). Photo from:  Hadfield et al., 2015.]]> 2019-02-09 16:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329499740 Host organism 1 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329500596  Atherina boyeri  (Osteichthyes: Atherinidae) ]]> 2019-02-09 16:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329500596 Parasite attached betweenthe first and second branchial arches jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329501227 Relevant paper:
 Leonardos and Trilles, 2003
https://www.int-res.com/articles/dao2003/54/d054p243.pdf]]> 2019-02-09 16:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329501227 Parasitic organism 2 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329503403 Toxocara canis]]> 2019-02-09 16:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329503403 Host organism 2 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329503506 Vulpes vulpes]]> 2019-02-09 16:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329503506 Endoparasites of Wild Mammals Sheltered in Wildlife Hospitals and Rehabilitation Centres in Greece jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329503694 2019-02-09 16:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329503694 Ecological niche of Monachus monachus jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329505832 Geographic range, habitat, food habits and behaviour found in
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Monachus_monachus/]]> 2019-02-09 16:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329505832 Ecological niche Martes foina (Beech Marten jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329506597 Geographic range, habitat, food habits and behaviour found in:
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Martes_foina/]]> 2019-02-09 17:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329506597 Resource partitioning in two heterochronic populations of Greek Alpine newts, Triturus alpestris veluchiensis jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329508600 Heterochronic morphs occupy particular micro-habitats and focus on specific prey 
items. Food selection: paedomorphs prey more on plankton and less on terrestrial invertebrates than metamorphs.
Relevant paper: Denoël and Schabetsberger,
]]> 2019-02-09 17:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329508600 Paedomorph jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329509179 2019-02-09 17:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329509179 Metamorph jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329509239 2019-02-09 17:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329509239 Details of the aforementioned study, can be found here! jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329510438 2019-02-09 17:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329510438 THEME 3, Step 3 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329826038 2019-02-11 12:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329826038 Major Biodiversity threats in Greece jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329836601  Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation are the most significant threats at the European level to species that occur in Greece. For freshwater species, major threats include the over-extraction of water, which in many cases is further exacerbated by increasing droughts due to climate change, pollution and the introduction of alien species. Other major threats come from farming and ranching as a result of agricultural expansion and intensification, consumptive use of biological resources, urbanization and tourism. ( INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE © May 2013 )]]> 2019-02-11 13:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329836601 Present status of biodiversity in Greece jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329846034 According to the most recent surveys, Greek flora includes 5752 species and 1893 subspecies of vascular plants, which cumulatively represent 6600 taxa that belong to 1072 genera and 185 families. Greece is also one of the world’s hotspots for endemic plants, with 1278 endemic species (22.2% of all species present) and 452 endemic subspecies, which cumulatively represent 1461 taxa (22.1% of all taxa present in Greece). Regarding Greece’s fauna, until now 23130 animal species have been recorded in the country’s terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, of which 3956 are characterised as Greek endemics. Furthermore, 3500 animal species have been recorded in the Greek
marine environment.]]> 2019-02-11 13:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329846034 Threats to and pressures on Greek species. 1 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329848055 National Biodiversity Strategy, 2014 ]]> 2019-02-11 13:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329848055 Forest vegetation of Greece jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329851180 National Biodiversity Strategy, 2014 https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/gr/gr-nbsap-01-en.pdf]]> 2019-02-11 13:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329851180 Habitat types of interest and their conditions jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329851752 National Biodiversity Strategy, 2014 https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/gr/gr-nbsap-01-en.pdf]]> 2019-02-11 13:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329851752 Threats to and pressures on Greek species. 2 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329854528 National Biodiversity Strategy, 2014 https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/gr/gr-nbsap-01-en.pdf]]> 2019-02-11 14:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329854528 Assessing the threats to and pressures on habitat types jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329858942 2019-02-11 14:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329858942 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329859450 the most severe effect of tourism and recreational activities is on sand dunes and halophytic
habitats]]> 2019-02-11 14:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329859450 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329859609 the strongest effect of agricultural activities is on sclerophyllous scrub and grasslands]]> 2019-02-11 14:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329859609 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329859833 forestry activities occur almost exclusively in forests

]]> 2019-02-11 14:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329859833 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329859982 residential and infrastructure development primarily affect sclerophyllous scrub, coastal
habitats and halophytic habitats]]> 2019-02-11 14:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329859982 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329860136 water management activities mainly affect freshwater habitats and some types of forests.]]> 2019-02-11 14:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329860136 jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329860340 the most significant biological threats are to coastal and halophytic habitats and forests.]]> 2019-02-11 14:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329860340 National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan of Greece jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329866276 2019-02-11 14:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329866276 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Greece’s biodiversity at risk. jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329869228 2019-02-11 14:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329869228 Comparison and epilogue jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329896098  It is evident that biodiversity is being threatened worldwide by a combination of human-induced pressures which are often exacerbated by the ongoing climate change. All the above were documented in various ways by the fellows co-learners of this course, providing different perspectives of presenting biodiversity and its’ threats from Latin America all the way to Europe and Asia. Two BioAreas that I really enjoyed were those of  Luisa Fernanda Restrepo Avendaño (for Colombia) and Georgia Gogou (for Attika, Greece), since we had a similar way of network-style “unfolding” our information and way of thinking. 

What is for sure is that the only way for protecting and even ameliorating biodiversity on our planet is through our initiatives. It is up to us..!
]]> 2019-02-11 15:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329896098 Evaluation jason_theodorou89 https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329899280 My BioArea has already been evaluated by some of my co-learners at the comments bellow the red "Instructions box" (upper left side). If anyone else wishes to evaluate as well, is welcome to do so here, or at the aforementioned box!]]> 2019-02-11 15:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_theodorou89/biodiversity_and_climate_change/wish/329899280