
Fanourios-Nikolaos SakellarakisMediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (MedINA)
Fanourios-Nikolaos Sakellarakis
Master of Science
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
October 2021 - present
Society for the Protection of Prespa
Position
- Project Coordinator
Description
- Project coordinator of the Flora Prespae Database, an online dynamic georeferenced database for the vascular flora of the Prespa National Park (NW Greece), one of Greece's biodiversity hotspots. Learn more: www.floraprespaedatabase.gr
December 2016 - September 2021
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Studying the vegetation dynamics, ecology, and management of reed bed and wet meadow communities at the Prespa National Park (NW Greece) in the LIFE Prespa Waterbirds (2016-2021; LIFE15 NAT/GR/000936). Throughout the project, I enjoyed more than 250 days of extensive fieldwork in one of Balkan’s most beautiful National Parks. I co-authored more than 10 technical reports and scientific publications while collaborating with a large network of Experts from Greece, France, and the Netherlands.
April 2016 - September 2016
Society for the Protection of Prespa
Position
- Internship
Education
January 2020 - April 2024
September 2012 - November 2016
Central Greece University οf Applied Sciences
Field of study
- Forestry & Natural Environment Management
Publications
Publications (19)
Helianthemum nummularium (HN) and Helianthemum oelanticum subsp. incanum (HO) are plant species, among Cistaceae, that are highly distributed in the Mediterranean region. In the current study, extracts of the aerial parts from both species have been analyzed phytochemically. The non-polar extract analysis resulted in the identification of 15 compou...
High elevation habitats within the Mediterranean biome are expected to be disproportionally exposed to climate change impacts in comparison to the ecosystems of the lower and drier sites. The distribution and structure of alpine ecosystems greatly depend on temperature variables including growing season length. Tree-line shifts, structural change o...
Mount Triklarion is located in the western part of the Florina prefecture, along the southern edge of the Prespa National Park. It holds significant ecological value and has been designated as a protected area within the Natura 2000 network (site code: GR1340010). However, its flora remains insufficiently studied. To address this gap, a comprehensi...
Wetlands of the Prespa basin have long been recognized for their value for biodiversity, and their central role for local communities that have evolved around them, simultaneously shaping them, through centuries. Most wetland habitat types are quite dynamic, especially in terms of vegetation succession, and they are affected by littoral management...
Arable weeds, particularly those associated with traditional low-intensity management practices in arable crops, form a unique group of plants within the Greek flora. More than 50% of the taxa, viz. species and subspecies, documented in Greece, a recognized weed flora hotspot within the Mediterranean, have been classified as threatened. Concurrentl...
High Nature Value (HNV) farming emerged in the early 1990s as a response to the urgent need to conserve European biodiversity, specifically by preserving traditional low-intensity farming systems. This concept highlights the crucial link between extensive farming practices, the utilization of semi-natural land, and the conservation of high biodiver...
Juniper (Juniperus L., Cupressaceae Bartlett) trees are of high commercial value, as their essential oils are widely applied in the food and cosmetic industries due to their bioactivities. The genus Juniperus comprises eight species in Greece, and in the current work, we report the chemical analyses of their volatiles (GC-MS) obtained from the leav...
High-mountain alpine zone constitutes a “natural laboratory” for the study of
global climate change effects on biological communities, as it combines a series of
characteristics such as global distribution, the prevalence of climatic abiotic factors
on ecosystem servicesand their geographical isolation.
GLORIA network promotes the study of climate...
Water has always been in demand on small islands. Traditionally, island communities have used a variety of approaches to address their water shortage like small reservoirs, wells, cisterns, etc. Among the various technics, the construction of stone weirs along the riverbeds of seasonal streams were of common practice. A number of small weirs were c...
Based on Pavlides (1985) and Strid & al. (2017), as a result of three further years of field research (2017–2019), a new update of the reference lists of vascular plants of the Prespa National Park, Greece, is presented. It features 259 taxa, of which 178 are new area records and the rest are 21st century reconfirmations. Nineteen taxa are reported...
The wider Prespa area (i.e. the Prespa National Park and adjacent areas within the Greek
territory), NW Greece, is one of the most plant diverse in Greece with more than 1,800 recorded taxa in an area of 418 km². This work presents preliminary results from the creation of a database that incorporates all the available information and provides an ov...
This is the final report and analysis of the data collected under the action
"Distinction, evaluation and mapping of wetlands of the Great Prespa Lake habitats
in the fYR of Macedonia" at the request of the Society for the Protection of Prespa
(SPP). The action ran from 29/06/2018 to 30/12/2018, as part of the project
“Strengthening NGO-led Conserv...
Introduction/Aim: During the last 35 years, large scale vegetation changes took place within the reedbed communities of Prespa National Park, NW Greece, with narrowleaf cattail (Typha angustifolia L.) encroaching within beds of common reed (Phragmites australis L.). The aim of this study is to investigate the causes behind this change, as well as t...
By the river of Sperchios, Platanus orientalis L. forms one of the most extended and largest forests, in its distribution area. The aim of this study is the phytosociological research of these forests. In the years 2014-2015, 25 plots were sampled according to the Braun-Blanquet method. For the syntaxonomy of the plots an analysis with the method T...