Kostas A. Triantis

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Kostas A. Triantis is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Kostas A. Triantis has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 43 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 33 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Kostas A. Triantis's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (42 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (33 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (21 papers). Kostas A. Triantis is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (42 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (33 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (21 papers). Kostas A. Triantis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United Kingdom and Portugal. Kostas A. Triantis's co-authors include Robert J. Whittaker, Richard J. Ladle, François Guilhaumon, Thomas J. Matthews, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Paulo A. V. Borges, M. Mylonas, José María Fernández‐Palacios, Pedro Cardoso and Michael K. Borregaard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kostas A. Triantis

82 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A general dynamic theory of oceanic island biogeography

2008 569 citations Robert J. Whittaker, Kostas A. Triantis et al. Journal of Biogeography profile →
Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories

2017 391 citations Robert J. Whittaker, José María Fernández‐Palacios et al. Science profile →

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kostas A. Triantis

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A comprehensive trait dataset for Terrestrial Arthropods of the Azores: insights for conservation, island ecology and species invasion 2026 ·Biodiversity Data Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Pedro Cardoso, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nuria Macías‐Hernández, Sofia Terzopoulou, Kostas A. Triantis, (unknown)	0
2	On the path to extinction: Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878, the only threatened Helix species in Greece 2025 ·Nature Conservation ·(unknown), Nikos Poulakakis, Κωνσταντίνος Πρόιος, (unknown), Kostas A. Triantis, M. Mylonas, Katerina Vardinoyannis	0
3	KBAscope: key biodiversity area identification in R 2024 ·Ecography ·(unknown), François Rigal, Andrew J. Plumptre, Panayiotis Trigas, (unknown), Axel Hochkirch, Petros Lymberakis, Danae Portolou, Maria Th. Stoumboudi, Kostas A. Triantis	2
4	Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism 2024 ·Nature ·Julian Schrader, Patrick Weigelt, Lirong Cai, Mark Westoby, José María Fernández‐Palacios, Francisco Cabezas, Gregory M. Plunkett, Tom A. Ranker, Kostas A. Triantis, Panayiotis Trigas, Yasuhiro Kubota, Holger Kreft	17
5	Functional diversity and community convergence of land snails in the Aegean Sea islands 2023 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Κωνσταντίνος Πρόιος, (unknown), François Rigal, Thomas J. Matthews, Robert A. D. Cameron, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Robert J. Whittaker, Katerina Vardinoyannis, (unknown), Kostas A. Triantis	0
6	Running rampant: the alien ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Cyprus 2023 ·NeoBiota ·(unknown), (unknown), Angeliki F. Martinou, Helen E. Roy, James K. Wetterer, Lech Borowiec, Evan P. Economo, Kostas A. Triantis, Sebastian Salata	6
7	Deterministic assembly and anthropogenic extinctions drive convergence of island bird communities 2022 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Kostas A. Triantis, François Rigal, Robert J. Whittaker, Julian P. Hume, Catherine Sheard, Dimitris Poursanidis, Jonathan Rolland, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Thomas J. Matthews, Christophe Thébaud, Joseph A. Tobias	13
8	Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity 2022 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Thomas J. Matthews, Joseph P. Wayman, Pedro Cardoso, Ferran Sayol, Julian P. Hume, Werner Ulrich, Joseph A. Tobias, Filipa C. Soares, Christophe Thébaud, Thomas E. Martin, Kostas A. Triantis	36
9	The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Greece 2021 ·Biodiversity and Conservation ·(unknown), Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Thomas M. Brooks, (unknown), (unknown), Vassiliki Kati, Anthi Oikonomou, (unknown), Panayiotis Trigas, Petros Lymberakis, William Darwall, Maria Th. Stoumboudi, Kostas A. Triantis	28
10	Species–area relationships on small islands differ among plant growth forms 2020 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Julian Schrader, Christian König, Kostas A. Triantis, Panayiotis Trigas, Holger Kreft, Patrick Weigelt	43
11	Unravelling the small‐island effect through phylogenetic community ecology 2020 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Thomas J. Matthews, François Rigal, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Panayiotis Trigas, Kostas A. Triantis	28
12	Can additive beta diversity be reliably partitioned into nestedness and turnover components? 2019 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Thomas J. Matthews, Thomas W. H. Aspin, Werner Ulrich, Andrés Baselga, Yasuhiro Kubota, Κωνσταντίνος Πρόιος, Kostas A. Triantis, Robert J. Whittaker, Giovanni Strona	8
13	A global model of island species–area relationships 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas J. Matthews, François Rigal, Kostas A. Triantis, Robert J. Whittaker	59
14	Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories breakdown → 2017 ·Science ·Robert J. Whittaker, José María Fernández‐Palacios, Thomas J. Matthews, Michael K. Borregaard, Kostas A. Triantis	391
15	The Aegean archipelago: a natural laboratory of evolution, ecology and civilisations 2017 ·PubMed ·Spyros Sfenthourakis, Kostas A. Triantis	44
16	Oceanic archipelagos: a perspective on the geodynamics and biogeography of the World’s smallest biotic provinces 2016 ·Frontiers of Biogeography ·Kostas A. Triantis, Robert J. Whittaker, José María Fernández‐Palacios, D. Geist	22
17	Impacts of global climate change on the floras of oceanic islands – Projections, implications and current knowledge 2015 ·Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics ·David E. V. Harter, Severin D. H. Irl, Bumsuk Seo, Manuel J. Steinbauer, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Kostas A. Triantis, José María Fernández‐Palacios, Carl Beierkuhnlein	143
18	Isimerope, a new genus of Hydrobiidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Greece 2013 ·Journal of Molluscan Studies ·(unknown), Αristeidis Parmakelis, (unknown), Kostas A. Triantis	8
19	Biodiversity patterns of terrestrial isopods from two island groups in the Aegean Sea (Greece): Species—area relationship, small island effect, and nestedness 2008 ·Ecoscience ·Kostas A. Triantis, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Moysis Mylonas	17
20	Biogeography, land snails and incomplete data sets: the case of three island groups in the Aegean Sea 2008 ·Journal of Natural History ·Kostas A. Triantis, Katerina Vardinoyannis, M. Mylonas	27

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