{"id":7293,"date":"2018-07-07T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T11:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.wpnet.upatras.gr\/personel\/panitsa\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:11:18","slug":"panitsa","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/biology.upatras.gr\/en\/personel\/panitsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Panitsa Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-background-color:rgba(0,191,47,0.11);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:3px solid #349600;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" height=\"165\" title=\"panitsa\" src=\"https:\/\/wpnet.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/229\/2018\/07\/panitsa-1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7290\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_5_6 5_6 fusion-five-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:83.333333333333%;width:calc(83.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.83333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><strong>Faculty Staff \/ Section of Plant Biology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nProfessor of Flora and Phytogeography<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Office location:<\/strong> 1st floor, BM 111<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:mpanitsa@upatras.gr\">mpanitsa@upatras.gr<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Telephone:<\/strong> +30 2610 969238<br \/>\n<strong>References:\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/M-Panitsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/M-Panitsa<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2388-3400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2388-3400 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6340\" src=\"https:\/\/wpnet.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/229\/2018\/07\/orcid_16x16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:5px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/cv\/CV_Panitsa_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6375\" src=\"https:\/\/wpnet.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/229\/2020\/01\/pdf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>Curriculum vitae<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:-12px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-moz-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-o-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div class=\"contentpaneopen\">\n<h2 class=\"contentheading\">Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Post-graduate at the Botanical Institute, Department of Biology, Univ.of Patras. (1989)<\/li>\n<li>PhD, Department of Biology, University of Patras (1997)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentpaneopen\">\n<h2>Educational activities<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Undergraduate courses at the Department of Biology: i) Plant Biology I, ii) Plant Biology II, iii) Biogeography, iv) Biodiversity and Conservation Biology.<\/li>\n<li>Postgraduate courses at the Department of Biology: i) Biodiversity Assessment and Bio-monitoring of species &amp; habitats, ii) Environmental Planning and Management of Natural Areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Supervisions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supervision of 3 PhD, 12 MSc and 29 undergraduate theses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research interests<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Analysis, description, monitoring and assessment of plant taxa, plant communities and habitats diversity<\/li>\n<li>Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic plant diversity<\/li>\n<li>Mediterranean flora and vegetation<\/li>\n<li>Island biogeography, structure, dynamics, conservation and management of island ecosystems and habitat islands<\/li>\n<li>Citizen science and sustainable development<\/li>\n<li>Structure, dynamics, conservation and management of Mediterranean ecosystems<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring and assessment of plants\u2019 and habitat types\u2019 conservation status in protected areas<\/li>\n<li>Conservation and management of the plant species, habitat types and ecosystems<\/li>\n<li>Plant diversity of cultural and urban areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentpaneopen\">\n<h2>Representative Publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Panitsa, M.*<\/strong>, Trigas, P., Kontakos, D., Valli, A.T, Iatrou, Gr. (2021). Natural and cultural heritage interaction: aspects of plant diversity in three East Peloponnesian castles (Greece) and conservation evaluation. Plant Biosystems &#8211; An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, DOI: 10.1080\/11263504.2021.1889701.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panitsa, M.<\/strong><strong>*<\/strong>, Kokkoris, I.P., Kougioumoutzis, K., Kontopanou, A., Bazos, I., Strid, A., Dimopoulos P. (2021). Linking Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Plant Diversity with Ecosystem Services of Cliffs and Screes in Greece. Plants <em>10<\/em>(5), 992;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/plants10050992\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/plants10050992<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Panitsa, M.<\/strong><strong>*<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> Iliopoulou, N., Petrakis, E. (2021). Citizen Science, Plant Species, and Communities\u2019 Diversity and Conservation on a Mediterranean Biosphere Reserve. Sustainability 13 (17) 9925;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su13179925\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su13179925<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kougioumoutzis, K., Kokkoris, I.P., <strong>Panitsa, M<\/strong>., Strid, A., Dimopoulos, P. (2021). Extinction Risk Assessment of the Greek Endemic Flora. Biology 10 (10): 195; https:\/\/ doi.org\/10.3390\/biology10030195.<\/li>\n<li>Kontopanou, A. &amp; <strong> Panitsa*<\/strong> (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1424-2818\/12\/1\/33\">Habitat Islands on the Aegean Islands (Greece): Elevational Gradient of Chasmophytic Diversity, Endemism, Phytogeographical Patterns and need for Monitoring and Conservation<\/a>. Diversity <em>12<\/em>(1), 33; <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/d12010033\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/d12010033<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Papanikolaou, A. &amp; <strong> Panitsa*<\/strong> (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/bdj.pensoft.net\/view_document.php?id=48704&amp;view_role=11\">Plant species richness and composition of a habitat island within Lake Kastoria and comparison with those of a true island within the protected Pamvotis lake (NW Greece)<\/a>. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e48704. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3897\/BDJ.8.e48704\">10.3897\/BDJ.8.e48704<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Panitsa M<\/strong>*., Iliadou E., Kokkoris I., Kallimanis A., Patelodimou C., Strid A., Raus T., Bergmeier E., Dimopoulos P. (2020). Distribution patterns of ruderal plant diversity in Greece. Biodiversity and Conservation <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10531-019-01915-4\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10531-019-01915-4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kougioumoutzis, K., Kokkoris, I.P., <strong>Panitsa, M<\/strong>., Trigas, P., Strid, A., Dimopoulos, P. (2020). Plant Diversity Patterns and Conservation Implications under Climate-Change Scenarios in the Mediterranean: The Case of Crete (Aegean, Greece).\u00a0<em>Diversity<\/em><em>12<\/em>, 270.<\/li>\n<li>Sarika M, Papanikolaou A, Yannitsaros A, Chitos T, <strong>Panitsa M.*<\/strong> (2019). Temporal turnover of the flora of lake islands: The island of Lake Pamvotis (Epirus, Greece). Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e37023. DOI:10.3897\/BDJ.7. e 37023.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tzortzakaki<\/strong>, O., Kati, V., <strong>Panitsa, M.,<\/strong> Tzanatos, E. &amp; S. Giokas (2019). Butterfly diversity patterns are related to the surrounding land cover in a densely- built Mediterranean city. Landscape and Urban Planning 183:79-87.<\/li>\n<li>Zakkak, , Radovic, A., <strong>Panitsa, M.,<\/strong> Vassilev, K., Shuka, L., Kuttner, M., Schindler, S. &amp;V. Kati (2018). Vegetation patterns along agricultural land abandonment in the Balkans. Journal of Vegetation Science DOI:\u00a010.1111\/jvs.12670.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panitsa, M*.<\/strong> &amp; Kontopanou, A. (2017). Chasmophytic plant species diversity of Greece: floristic analysis and phytogeographical patterns. Botanica Serbica 41(2): 199-211.<\/li>\n<li>Kallimanis, A.S., <strong>Panitsa, M.<\/strong> &amp; Dimopoulos, P. (2017). Quality of non-expert citizen science data collected for habitat type conservation status assessment in Natura 2000 protected areas. Scientific Reports. DOI:10.1038\/s41598-017-09316-9.<\/li>\n<li>Trigas P., <strong>Panitsa M.<\/strong>, &amp; Tsiftsis S. (2013). Elevational Gradient of Vascular Plant Species Richness and Endemism in Crete &#8211; The Effect of Post-Isolation Mountain Uplift on a Continental Island System. <em>PLOS ONE,<\/em> 8(3): e59425. doi:10.1371.<\/li>\n<li>Sfenthourakis S. &amp; <strong>Panitsa M<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> (2012). From plots to islands: species diversity at different scales. <em>Journal<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>Biogeography<\/em>, 39 (4): 750\u2013759.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panitsa M.*,<\/strong>Koutsias N., Tsiripidis I., Zotos A., Dimopoulos P. (2011). Species-based versus habitat-based evaluation for conservation status assessment of habitat types in the East Aegean islands (Greece).\u00a0<em>Journal for Nature Conservation<\/em>, 19: 269-275.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panitsa M.*,<\/strong>Trigas P., Iatrou G. &amp; Sfenthourakis S. (2010). 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