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SMILES Knowledge Platform

A comprehensive repository showcasing the scientific work and research outcomes developed under the SMILES project.

  • Published papers
  • Abstracts, graphical abstracts, infographic, data, maps
  • Presentations from STSM and TS
  • Member presentations
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  • Roadkill in a highly fragmented landscape: Insights from a Mediterranean Island

    Presentations from STSM and TS
    Authors: Marilena Stamatiou, Savvas Zotos, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis
    Abstract: IALE 2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress
    Bratislava September 2-5, 2025
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  • Understanding the Relationship between Ecosystem Services and Pressures of Islands: Fuzzy- cognitive Modelling Approach

    Presentations from STSM and TS
    Authors: Milica Ilić Paunić, Renata Martins Pacheco, Aristides Moustakas, Zorica Srdjević, Bojan Srdjević
    Abstract: XIII World Congress of the European Water Resources Association

    New challenges in understanding and managing water-related risks in a changing environment
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  • Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in European Islands

    Presentations from STSM and TS
    Authors: Kefalas G., Lorilla R.S., Boutsios S., Bormpoudakis D., Tzanopoulos J., Vogiatzakis I., Drakou E.G.
    Abstract: Session 1E
    Islandscapes: from Biodiversity to Ecosystem Services
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  • Topography, climate, land cover, and biodiversity: Explaining endemic richness on a Mediterranean island with machine learning

    Published papers
    Authors: Aristides Moustakas, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis
    Abstract: Island endemism is shaped by complex interactions among environmental, ecological, and evolutionary factors, yet the relative contributions of topography, climate, and land cover remain incompletely quantified. We investigated the drivers o… read all
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  • Challenges of restoring streams to a free-flowing state in semi-arid Mediterranean areas: Lotic systems in Cyprus from the perspective of the Water Framework Directive

    Published papers
    Authors: Paraskevi Manolaki, Tenna Riis
    Abstract: Hydromorphological alterations are the most common pressures that occur in freshwater ecosystems, largely responsible for the overall decline of freshwater biodiversity. The EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, recognizing the crucial role of hyd… read all
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