Thanos's BioArea GR by Thanos Maziotis https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2019-02-10 22:40:01 UTC 2019-02-11 10:23:22 UTC hello@padlet.com What are the possible reasons for the decision to re-introduce grey wolves into the National Park? thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329674997 3. The wolves were brought in because the increased elk population was overgrazing the deciduous, woody species such as aspen and cottonwood.]]> 2019-02-10 23:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329674997 Wolves and Red Deer's of Parntitha thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329744799 Just like the wolves of Yellostone National Park, the return of the wolves in Parnitha mountain, bring a new balance in the ecosystem as the predator-pray relationship with the deer will change the way all the trophic pyramid works from top to bottom.

]]> 2019-02-11 07:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329744799 Wolves Return to Mount Parnitha On the Outskirts of Athens thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329744828 2019-02-11 07:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329744828 RED DEER thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329744967 2019-02-11 07:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329744967 Red Fox and Brown Hare of Parnitha thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329751834 Another predator- pray relationship, this time between the red fox that usually hunts smaller animals but it will target reptiles and hares like the brown hare that is the most common in the area of Parnitha.]]> 2019-02-11 08:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329751834 thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329752665 2019-02-11 08:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329752665 thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329755384 2019-02-11 08:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329755384 Viscum Album (European Mistletoe) thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329775322 Viscum Album is best known as Gky, Vixus, Eletes and Honey. Plant, parasitic, that generally grows at Greece on the logs of fir trees. Rarely on oaks or chestnut trees (while in other countries it grows on peras, apples, poplars, shrubs).
Viscum Album is no more than a semi-porous, spiny, woody plant. It is semi-parasitic, because it grows on other trees, but it only absorbs juices and nutrients from the host. Its operation and development is regulated by itself so it normally produces chorophyll on its own.

]]> 2019-02-11 09:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329775322 Orobanchaceae thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329781646 The genus includes over two hundred kinds of parasitic plants, which do not produce chlorophyll at all, but germinate in the roots of other plants. The seeds can wait for the proper host for many years, invisible in the soil. When a root of a living plant is found near them, they wake up and spread a tentacle stuck on it and steals water and nutrients to grow.]]> 2019-02-11 10:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329781646 The Kri-kri Goat thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329809537

Also called the Cretan goat, agrimi, or Cretan ibex, the kri-kri is probably the most famous of native Cretan animals. Thought to have been brought to the country from Persia thousands of years ago, the kri-kri goat, described as a ‘feral domestic goat,’ is now considered native to Crete and can be found on three satellite islands offshore: Dia, Thodorou, and Agii Pantes. Its conservation status is vulnerable, and the animal is now a protected species.

]]> 2019-02-11 11:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329809537 The Beech Marten thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329811920 The beech marten – a common small carnivore found throughout Greece – is another animal species you may encounter in nature. When it doesn’t find small prey, it feeds largely on fruits and nuts. Since it is not hunted for its fur anymore, a population increase has been recorded – even within small towns.]]> 2019-02-11 12:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329811920 Golden Jackal vs Wolves thanos_maz https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329820056 The jackal population status which recorded 7 main distribution areas in Greece, several local surveys have been undertaken mainly by the NGOs WWF Greece and Callisto. Cumulatively, the results of the different recent surveys show a general increase mainly in the distribution range of the golden jackal in the country during the last decade. Quite encouraging finally, was the fact of new jackal records in areas where it was considered locally extinct even 30 years ago. These recent studies provide strong evidence that the golden jackal will keep expanding its distribution throughout Greece, during the following years.
The jackal's competitors are the red fox and the wolf. Wolves dominate jackals, and jackals dominate foxes.  In Europe, the range of wolves and jackals is mutually exclusive, with jackals abandoning their territory with the arrival of a wolf pack. In Europe, there are an estimated 12,000 wolves. The jackal's recent expansion throughout eastern and western Europe has been attributed to the extermination of the local wolf populations.]]> 2019-02-11 12:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/thanos_maz/lqcs1vzyh1ml/wish/329820056