Efstratios Valakos

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens — Greece

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(36), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(21), Species Distribution and Climate Change(18), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies(12), Genetic diversity and population structure(10)

Publications92 total

Digestive Enzyme Activity and Temperature: Evolutionary Constraint or Physiological Flexibility?
Animals·2025Open Access
The Price of Tail Loss: Implications of Caudal Autotomy and Regeneration on Male Social Hierarchies in a Territorial Lacertid Lizard
Diversity·2025Open Access
An automated sex estimation method for lower and upper limbs from European populations
Open Research Europe·2025Open Access
Histomorphometric method for age-at-death estimation using the anterior side of the femoral midshaft
Journal of Archaeological Science Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Correction: Chovalopoulou et al. Skeletal Sex Estimation Methods Based on the Athens Collection. Forensic Sci. 2022, 2, 715–724
Forensic Sciences·2024Open Access
Predation Risk, and Not Shelter or Food Availability, as the Main Determinant of Reproduction Investment in Island Lizards
Animals·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Small Island Effects on the Thermal Biology of the Endemic Mediterranean Lizard Podarcis gaigeae
Animals·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Engaging and assessing students via a museum educational program
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Skeletal Sex Estimation Methods Based on the Athens Collection
Forensic Sciences·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Age-Estimation of Cremated and Inhumed Individuals: A Comparison of Histomorphological Methods
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
Tail regeneration alters the digestive performance of lizards
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Sex does not affect tail autotomy in lacertid lizards
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología·2019· 7 citedOpen Access
The castaway: characteristic islet features affect the ecology of the most isolated European lizard
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología·2019· 4 citedOpen Access
Selection, drift, and introgression shape MHC polymorphism in lizards
Heredity·2018· 21 citedOpen Access
Assessing the accuracy of cranial and pelvic ageing methods on human skeletal remains from a modern Greek assemblage
Forensic Science International·2018· 30 cited
Investigating the sex-related geometric variation of the human cranium
International Journal of Legal Medicine·2018· 25 cited
Inconsistent patterns of body size evolution in co‐occurring island reptiles
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2018· 41 citedOpen Access
Morphological variation of the femoral head fovea capitis
European Journal of Anatomy·2018· 3 cited
Partitioning thermal habitat on a vertical rock, a herculean task
Journal of Thermal Biology·2017· 7 cited
Population-specificity of sexual dimorphism in cranial and pelvic traits: evaluation of existing and proposal of new functions for sex assessment in a Greek assemblage
International Journal of Legal Medicine·2017· 41 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Panayiotis Pafilis(31), Κostas Sagonas(13), Petros Lymberakis(11), Johannes Foufopoulos(9), Nikos Poulakakis(9), M. Mylonas(5), Maria‐Eleni Chovalopoulou(5), Shai Meiri(4), Efthymia Nikita(4), Sinos Giokas(4), Sotiris K. Manolis(4), Eleftherios Zouros(3), Anna Runemark(3), Αristeidis Parmakelis(3), Panayiota Kotsakiozi(3), Chloe Adamopoulou(3), Aglaia Antoniou(2), Bengt Hansson(2), Erik Svensson(2), Colin M. Donihue(2)