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Martin, M. D., Barr, I., Edwards, B., Spagnolo, M., Symeonakis, E., Mallalieu, J., Adamson, K., Mullan, D., Van Wyk de Vries, M., 2025. Glacier speed-up as a possible precursor to volcanic eruptions at Mount Veniaminof, Alaska. Journal of Glaciology. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.107

Borges, J., Symeonakis, E., Higginbottom, T. P., Jones, M., Cain, B., Kisingo, A., Maige, D., Oliver, O., Lobora, A. L. 2024. Assessing Habitat Suitability: The Case of Black Rhino in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Remote Sensing, 16(15), 2855. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152855

Elisa, M., Caro, T., Yon, L., Hardy, I. C.W., Roberts, Symeonakis, E., 2024. Wildlife corridor degradation and human-wildlife conflict: a case study from Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13264

Mallalieu, J., Barr, I. D., Spagnolo, M., Mullan, D. J., Symeonakis, E., Edwards, B. R., & Martin, M. D. 2024. Proximity to active volcanoes enhances glacier velocity. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 679.

Nwachukwu, J.I., Clarke, L.J., Symeonakis, E. and Brearley, F.Q., 2023. Assessment of human exposure to food crops contaminated with lead and cadmium in Owerri, South-eastern Nigeria. Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals, 2, p.100037.

Borges, J., Higginbottom, T.P., Cain, B., Gadiye, D.E., Kisingo, A., Jones, M., Symeonakis, E. 2022. Landsat time series reveal forest loss and woody encroachment in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 8 (6), pp. 808-826.

Gwynn, V., Symeonakis, E. 2022. Rule-based habitat suitability modelling for the reintroduction of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Scotland. PLoS ONE, 17, art. no. e0265293.

Morrison, J., Omengo, F., Jones, M., Symeonakis, E., Walker, S.L., Cain, B. 2022. Estimating elephant density using motion-sensitive cameras: challenges, opportunities, and parameters for consideration. Journal of Wildlife Management, 86 (4), art. no. e22203.

Symeonakis, E. 2022. Land Degradation Assessment with Earth Observation. Remote Sensing, 14 (8), art. no. 1776.

Martin MD, Barr I, Edwards B, Spagnolo M, Vajedian S, Symeonakis E. 2021. Assessing the Use of Optical Satellite Images to Detect Volcanic Impacts on Glacier Surface Morphology. Remote Sensing, 13(17):3453

Bedson, C. P. E., Devenish, D., Symeonakis, E., Mallon, D., Reid, N., Harris, W. E.., Preziosi, R., 2021. Splitting hares: Current and future ecological niches predicted as distinctly different for two congeneric lagomorphs, Acta Oecologica, 111, 103742

Calvo-Cases, A., Arnau-Rosalén, E., Boix-Fayos, C., Estrany, J., Roxo, M.J., Symeonakis, E. 2021. Eco-geomorphological connectivity and coupling interactions at hillslope scale in drylands: Concepts and critical examples. Journal of Arid Environments, 186, 104418

Harris, W.E., ..., Symeonakis, E., Fa, J.E. 2021. A learning network approach to resolve conservation challenges in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. African Journal of Ecology, 59(1), pp. 326-331.

Borges, J., Higginbottom, T.P., Symeonakis, E., Jones, M. 2020. Sentinel-1 and sentinel-2 data for savannah land cover mapping: Optimising the combination of sensors and seasons. Remote Sensing, 12 (23), art. no. 3862, pp. 1-21.

Nababa, I.I., Symeonakis, E., Koukoulas, S., Higginbottom, T.P., Cavan, G., Marsden, S. 2020. Land cover dynamics and mangrove degradation in the niger delta region. Remote Sensing, 12 (21), art. no. 3619, pp. 1-22.

Symeonakis, E., Korkofigkas, A., Vamvoukakis, G., Stamou, G., Arnau-Rosalén, E. 2020. Deep learning monitoring of woody vegetation density in a South African savannah region. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 43 (B3), pp. 1645-1649.

Higginbottom, T.P., Symeonakis, E. 2020. Identifying ecosystem function shifts in Africa using breakpoint analysis of long-term NDVI and RUE data. Remote Sensing, 12 (11), art. no. 1894.

Gosling, P.C., Symeonakis, E. 2020. Automated map projection selection for GIS. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 47 (3), pp. 261-276.

Smetanová, A., Nunes, J.P., Symeonakis, E., Brevik, E., Schindelwolf, M. and Ciampalini, R. 2020. Mapping and modelling soil erosion to address societal challenges in a changing world. Land Degradation & Development, 31(17), pp.2519-2524.

Zaimis, G., Gounaridis, D., Symeonakis, E., 2019. Assessing the impact of dams on riparian and deltaic vegetation using remotely-sensed vegetation indices and Random Forests modelling. Ecological Indicators, 103:630-641. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.047

Higginbottom, T., Collar, N., Symeonakis, E., Marsden, S., 2019. Deforestation dynamics in an endemic-rich mountain system: Conservation successes and challenges in West Java 1990–2015. Biological Conservation, 229, 152-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.11.017

Barr, ID., Ely, JC., Spagnolo, M., Evans, IS., Tomkins, MD., 2019. The dynamics of mountain erosion: cirque growth slows as landscapes age. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44 (13), 2628–2637. Link

Lovell, H., Livingstone, SJ., Boston, CM., Booth, A., Storrar, S., Barr, ID., 2019. Complex kame belt morphology, stratigraphy and architecture. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44 (13), 2685–2637. Link

Mullan, D., Matthews, T., Vandaele, K., Barr, ID., Swindles, GT., Meneely, J., Boardman, J., Murphy, C., 2019. Climate impacts on soil erosion and muddy flooding at 1.5°C vs 2°C warming. Land Degradation & Development, 30, 94–108. Link

Swindles, GT., Morris, PJ., Mullan, DJ., Payne, RJ., Roland, TP., Amesbury, MJ., Lamentowicz, M., Turner, TE., Gallego-Sala, A., Sim, T., Barr, ID., Blaauw, M., Blundell, A., Chambers, FM., Charman, DJ., Feurdean, A., Galloway, JM., Gałka, M., Green, S., Kajukało, K., Karofeld, E., Korhola, A., Lamentowicz, L., Langdon, P., Marcisz, K., Mauquoy, D., Mazei, YA., McKeown, M., Mitchell, EAD., Novenko, E., Plunkett, G., Roe, HM., Schoning, K., Sillasoo, Ü., Tsyganov, AN., van der Linden, M., Väliranta, M., Warner, B. Widespread drying of European peatlands in recent centuries. Nature Geoscience, 12, 922–928. Link

Barr, ID., Dokukin, M., Kougkoulos, I., Livingstone, SJ., Lovell, H., Małecki, J., Muraviev, A.Y., 2018. Using ArcticDEM to analyse the dimensions and dynamics of debris-covered glaciers in Kamchatka, Russia. Geosciences, 8 (6), 216. Link

Barr, ID., Lynch, C., Mullan, D., De Sienna, L., Spagnolo, M., 2018. Volcanic impacts on modern glaciers: a global synthesis. Earth-Science Reviews, 182, 186–203. Link

Kougkoulos, I., Cook, S. J., Edwards, L. A., Clarke, L. J., Symeonakis, E., Dortch, J. M., & Nesbitt, K. 2018. Modelling glacial lake outburst flood impacts in the Bolivian Andes. Natural Hazards, 1-24.

Higginbottom, T.P., Field, C.D., Symeonakis, E., Caporn, S.J.M., Rosenburgh, A.E., Wright, A. 2018. High-resolution wetness index mapping: A useful tool for regional scale wetland management. Ecological Informatics, 48, pp. 89-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2018.08.003

Morrison, J., Higginbottom, T. P., Symeonakis, E., Jones, M. J., Omengo, F., Walker, S.L., Cain, B., 2018. Detecting vegetation change in response to confining elephants in forests using MODIS time-series and BFAST. Remote Sensing, 10(7), 1075; DOI: 10.3390/rs10071075

Gounaridis D., Symeonakis, E., Chorianopoulos, I., and Koukoulas, S. 2018. Incorporating density in spatio-temporal land cover change patterns: the case of Attica, Greece. Remote Sensing. 10(7), 1034; DOI: 10.3390/rs10071034

Gounaridis D., Chorianopoulos, I., Symeonakis, E., and Koukoulas, S. 2018. A Random Forest/Cellular Automata modelling approach of land use/cover changes in Attica region (Greece) using different scenarios and scales. Science of the Total Environment. 646, 320-335. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.302

Symeonakis, E., Higginbottom, T.P., Petroulaki., K. Rabe, A. 2018. Optimisation of Savannah Land Cover Characterisation with Optical and SAR Data. Remote Sensing, 10(4), 499; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10040499

Higginbottom, T.P., Symeonakis, E., Mayer, H. van der Linden, S., 2018. Mapping Woody Cover in Semi-arid Savannahs using Multi-seasonal Composites from Landsat Data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 139, 88-102 DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.02.010

Kougkoulos, I., Cook, S.J., Jomelli, V., Clarke, L., Symeonakis, E., Dortch, J.M., Edwards, L.A., and Merad, M., 2018. A universally applicable method for glacial lake outburst flood risk (GLOF) assessment. Science of the Total Environment. 621, 1453-1466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.083

Ely, JC., Graham, C., Barr, ID., Spagnolo, M., Rea, BR., Evans, J., 2017. Using UAV acquired photography and structure from motion techniques for studying glacier landforms: application to the glacial flutes at Isfallsglaciären. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42 (6), 877–888. Link

Meyer, VD., Barr, ID., 2017. Linking glacier extent and summer temperature in NE Russia - implications for precipitation during the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 470, 72–80. Link

Spagnolo, M., Pellitero, R., Barr, ID., Ely, J.C., Pellicer, X., Rea, B., 2017. ACME, a GIS tool for Automated Cirque Metric Extraction. Geomorphology, 278, 280–286. Link

Flood, RP., Bloemsma, MR., Weltje, GJ., Barr, ID., O’Rourke, SM., Turner, JN., Orford, JD., 2016. Compositional data analysis of Holocene sediments from the West Bengal Sundarbans, India: Geochemical proxies for grain-size variability in a delta environment. Applied Geochemistry, 75, 222–235. Link

Lynch, C., Barr, ID., Mullan, D., Ruffell, A., 2016. Rapid glacial retreat on the Kamchatka Peninsula during the early 21st Century. The Cryosphere, 10, 1809–1821. Link

Symeonakis, E., 2016. Modelling land cover change in a Mediterranean environment using random forests and a multi-layer neural network model. IEEE IGARSS, art. no. 4423867, pp. 4542-4545. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423867

Symeonakis, E., Petroulaki, K., Higginbottom, T.P., 2016. Landsat-based woody vegetation cover monitoring in southern African savannahs. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives.

Sykas, D. and Karathanassi, V., 2015. “Exploiting the Fractional Distance Matrix for estimating the number of endmembers and extract them,” International Journal of Remote Sensing and Geoscience, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 29-38

Symeonakis, E., P. A. Caccetta, J. F. Wallace, E. Arnau‐Rosalen, A. Calvo‐Cases, and S. Koukoulas. 2015. Multi‐temporal Forest Cover Change and Forest Density Trend Detection in a Mediterranean Environment. Land Degradation & Development. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2405

DR Elliott, AD Thomas, SR Hoon, R Sen, 2015. "Niche partitioning of bacterial communities in biological crusts and soils under grasses, shrubs and trees in the Kalahari", Biodiversity and Conservation, special issue, invited (doi: 10.1007/s10531-014-0684-8)

Barr, ID., Spagnolo, M., 2015. Understanding controls on cirque floor altitudes: insights from Kamchatka. Geomorphology, 248, 1–13. Link

Symeonakis, E., N. Karathanasis, S. Koukoulas, and G. Panagopoulos. 2014. Monitoring sensitivity to land degradation and desertification with the environmentally sensitive area index: the case of Lesvos island. Land Degradation & Development. DOI:10.1002/ldr.2285

Higginbottom, T. P., and Symeonakis, E. 2014. Assessing land degradation and desertification using vegetation index data: Current frameworks and future directions. Remote Sensing 6.10 (2014): 9552-9575. DOI: 10.3390/rs6109552

Symeonakis, E., Higginbottom, T. 2014. Bush encroachment monitoring using multi-temporal Landsat data and random forests. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives 40 (2), pp. 29-35. DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-2-29-2014

Sykas, D., Karathanassi, V. and Kolokoussis, P., 2013. “Development of a new automatic relative radiometric normalization methodology for multispectral and hyperspectral images”, Journal of Remote Sensing Technologies, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 75-83

Lane, R.W., Menona, M., McQuaid, J.B., Adams, D.G., Thomas, A.D., Hoon, S.R. and Dougill, A.J., 2013. "Laboratory analysis of the effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on respiration in biological soil crusts", Journal of Arid Environments, Volume 98, 52-59

Karathanassi, V., Sykas, D. and Topouzelis, K., 2012. “Development of a Network Based Method for Unmixing of Hyperspectral Data”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 839-849

Symeonakis, E., Caccetta, P. A., Koukoulas, S., Furby, S. and Karathanasis, N., 2012. Multi-temporal land use change mapping using Landsat data applied to the Mediterranean island of Lesvos (Greece). International Journal of Remote Sensing, 33(13), pp. 4075-4093.

Thomas, A.D., Hoon, S.R. and Dougill, A.J., 2011. Soil respiration at five sites along the Kalahari Transect: Effects of temperature, precipitation pulses and biological soil crust cover, Geoderma, Volumes 167-168, 284-294

Menon, M., Yuan, Q., Jia, X., Dougill, A.J., Hoon, S.R., Thomas, A.D. and Williams, R.A., 2011. Assessment of Physical and Hydrological Properties of Biological Soil Crusts Using X-ray Microtomography and Modeling, J. of Hydrology, Volume 397, Issues 1-2, 47-54

Symeonakis, E. and Drake, N., 2010. 10-daily Soil Erosion Modelling over sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 161, pp. 369-387

Thomas, A.D. and Hoon, S.R., 2010, "Carbon dioxide fluxes from biologically-crusted Kalahari Sands after simulated wetting", J Arid Environments, 74, 131-139 doi:10.1016/j.jardidenv.2009.07.005

Hoon, S.R., Thomas, A.D and Linton, P.E., 2009, "The design and development of a closed chamber for the in-situ quantification of dryland soil carbon dioxide fluxes", Geographical Research, 47(1), 71-82

Symeonakis, E., Bonifaçio, R. and Drake., N., 2008. A comparison of rainfall estimation techniques for sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 11(1), pp. 15-26.

Thomas, A.D., Hoon, S.R. and Linton, P.E., 2008, "Carbon dioxide fluxes from cyanobacteria crusted soils in the Kalahari", Applied Soil Ecology, 39, 254-263

Symeonakis, E., Calvo, A. and Arnau, E., 2007. Land Use Change and Land Degradation in Southeastern Mediterranean Spain. Environmental Management, 40, 80-94.

Symeonakis, E. Robinson, T. and Drake, N., 2007. GIS and Multiple-Criteria Evaluation for the Optimisation of Tsetse Fly Eradication Programmes. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 124, 89-103.

Symeonakis, E. and Drake, N., 2004. Monitoring Desertification and Land Degradation over Sub-Saharan Africa, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(3), 573–592.

CASAMIGLIA, A.; GAGO, J.; GARCÍA-COMENDADOR, J.; FORTESA-BERNAT, J.; CALVO-CASES, A.; ESTRANY, J.: Evaluating functional connectivity in a small agricultural catchment under contrasting flood events by using UAV. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4769. 2020

CASAMIGLIA, A.; GARCÍA-COMENDADOR, J.; FORTESA, J.; LOPEZ-TARAZON, J.A.; CREMA, S.; CAVALLI, M.; CALVO-CASES, A.; ESTRANY, J.: Effects of agricultural drainage systems on sediment connectivity in a small Mediterranean lowland catchment. Geomorphology 318, 162–171.DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.06.011. 2018

CALSAMIGLIA, A.; FORTESA, J.; GARCÍA-COMENDADOR, J.; LUCAS-BORJA, M. E.; CALVO-CASES, A.; JOAN ESTRANY, J.: Spatial patterns of sediment connectivity in terraced lands: Anthropogenic controls of catchment sensitivity. Land Degradation & Development 29,1198–1210. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2840. 2018

GARCÍA-COMENDADOR, J.; FORTESA, J.; CALSAMIGLIA, A. ; CALVO-CASES, A.; ESTRANY, J.: Post-fire hydrological response and suspended sediment transport of a terraced Mediterranean catchment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42, 2254–2265, DOI: 10.1002/esp.4181. 2017

MOLINA-SANCHIS, I.; LAZARO, R.; ARNAU-ROSALEN, E.; CALVO-CASES, A.: Rainfall timing and runoff: The influence of the criterion for rain event separation. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 64 (3), 226-236. 2016

LÁZARO, R.; CALVO-CASES, A.; LÁZARO, A.; MOLINA, I.: Effective run-off flow length over biological soil crusts on silty loam soils in drylands, Hydrological Processes 29, 2534–2544. 2015

SIMON GOMEZ, J.L.; PEREZ CUEVA, A.; CALVO CASES, A.: Tectonic beheading of fluvial valleys in the Maestrat grabens (eastern Spain): insights into slip rates of Pleistocene extensional faults. Tectonophysics 593. 73 – 84. 2013

CANTÓN, Y.; SOLÉ-BENET, A. ; DE VENTE, J.; BOIX-FAYOS, C.; CALVOCASES, A; ASENSIO, C.; PUIGDEFÁBREGAS, J.: A review of runoff generation and soil erosion across scales in semiarid south-eastern Spain. Journal of Arid Environments 75, 1254 – 1261. 2011

ALEXANDER, R.W., CALVO-CASES, A., ARNASU-ROSALEN, E., MATHER, A.E., LAZARO-SUAU, R.: Erosion and stabilisation sequences in relation to base level changes in the El Cautivo badlands, SE Spain. Geomorphology 100, 83 – 90. 2008

ARNAU-ROSALÉN, E., CALVO-CASES, A., BOIX-FAYOS, C., LAVEE, H., SARAH, P.: Analysis of soil surface components patterns affecting runoff generation. An example of methods application to Mediterranean hillslopes in Alicante (Spain). Geomorphology 101, 595 – 606. 2008

BOIX-FAYOS, C., MARTÍNEZ-MENA, M., ARNAU-ROSALÉN, E., CALVO-CASES, A., CASTILLO, V., ALBALADEJO, J.: Measuring soil erosion by field plots: Understanding the sources of variation. Earth-Science Reviews 78, 267 – 285. 2006