Dr Zotos Anastasios 
Assistant Professor,Vegetation of wetland ecosystems under limited soil water conditions
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Studies
Undergraduate Studies
Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ph.D. Thesis
Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, entitled: “Flora, Vegetation ecology and management proposals of the wet meadows and reed thickets of the lakes Trichonida and Lysimachia (W. Greece)”.
Research Interests
- Ecology and Vegetation of wetlands
- Water stress of individual plant species and plant communities
- Water movement along the Soil-Plant-Air continuum
- Conservation and Management of plant species, habitats and ecosystems
- Monitoring, Mapping και Assessment of conservation status of plant species and habitat types
- Biodiversity and dynamic distribution of plant species
- Sustainable management of water irrigation and water resources
- Precision agriculture
Profile
Dr. Zotos Anastasios is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Patras. His research interests focus on the ecology and vegetation of wetlands, the water stress of individual plant species and plant communities, the water movement along the Soil-Plant-Air continuum, the conservation and management of plant species, habitats and ecosystems, the monitoring, mapping and assessment of conservation status of plant species and habitat types, the biodiversity and dynamic distribution of plant species, the sustainable management of water irrigation and water resources and the precision agriculture. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Agriculture (BSc in Agronomy) and holds an Integrated Master in Plant Protection. He also completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Ioannina, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management. He has a sufficient number of publications in international peer-reviewed journals and national and international conferences. He has participated in numerous national and international research projects. He worked for more than ten (10) years at the Ministry of Rural Development and Food and the Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid.
Selected Publications
Zotos A., Kosma C., Triantafyllidis V., Kakabouki I., Kehayias G., Roussis I., Mavroeidis A., Tataridas A. & D. Bilalis, 2021. Plant species diversity of the wet meadows under natural and anthropogenic interventions: The case of the lakes Amvrakia and Ozeros (W. Greece). Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 49(3), 12435; doi:10.15835/nbha49312435.
Kokkotos E., Zotos A., Tsirogiannis G., & A. Patakas, 2021. Prediction of Olive Tree water requirements under limited soil water availability, based on Sap Flow estimations. Agronomy, 11(7), 1318; doi: 10.3390/agronomy11071318
Kokkotos E., Zotos A. & A. Patakas, 2020. Evaluation of water stress coefficient in different olive orchards. Agronomy,10(10),1594; doi: 10.3390/agronomy10101594.
Triantafyllidis V., Zotos A., Kosma C., & Kokkotos E., 2020. Effect of land-use types on edaphic properties and plant species diversity in Mediterranean agroecosystem. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 27: 3676-3690
Triantafyllidis V., Zotos A., & Kokkotos E., 2020. Environmental Implications from Long-term Citrus Cultivation and Wide Use of Cu Fungicides in Mediterranean Soils. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 231, 1-17.
Panitsa M., 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). Journal for Nature Conservation 19: 269– 275.
Patakas A., Zotos A. & A. Beis, 2010. Production, localization and possible roles of nitric oxide in drought – stressed grapevines. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 16: 203-209.
Beis A., Zotos A. & Patakas A.,2009. Influence of sampling time and sap extraction methodology on xylem pH values in two grapevine varietes grown under drought conditions. Environmental and Experimental Botany 67: 305-311.
Mokhtar Guerfel M., Beis A., Zotos A., Boujnah D., Zarrouk M. & A. Patakas, 2009. Differences in abscisic acid concentration in roots and leaves of two young Olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars in response to water deficit. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 31(4): 825-831.
Zotos A., Th. Raus & P. Dimopoulos 2006. New floristic reports from Lakes Trichonis and Lysimachia (W Greece). – Willdenowia: 36(2): 731-739.
Zotos A., M. Sarika, E. Lucas, P. Dimopoulos, 2006. Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis a new alien taxon for the flora of Greece and the Balkans. J. Biol. Res. 5: 71-78.
Patakas A., Noitsakis B., Chouzouri A., Mpeis A., Zotos Α. & K. Chartzoulakis, 2006. Physiological and biochemical changes induced by different irrigation strategies in grapevines. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 792: 511-517.
Kostopoulou S.K. & A. Zotos, 2005. The effect of soil water content and microbial activity on restoring the structure of a Vertisol. Soil & Tillage Research 82(2): 203-209.
Courses
- General Arboriculture
- Soil Physics and Irrigation
- Phytopathology
- Topography – Erosion – Soil Conservation
- Irrigation – Drainage