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  1. Evolutionary Insights from Dental Diversity in Afro-Asian Primates

    Article • Diversity, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  2. New insights on Early Pleistocene Nyctereutes from the Balkans based on material from Dafnero-3 (Greece) and Varshets (Bulgaria)

    Article • Palaeoworld, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  3. Terrestriality as reflected in the humerus of Mesopithecus delsoni (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) from Hadjidimovo, Bulgaria

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  4. Phylogeography of the European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), in the Balkans

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  5. Habitat Use and Positional Behavior of Northern Palm Squirrels (Funambulus pennantii) in an Urban Forest in Central Nepal

    Article • Land, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  6. A Primate on a Fresco from the Mycenaean Acropolis of Tiryns

    Article • European Journal of Archaeology, February 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  7. Simia langobardorum: Were African apes traded in late medieval Lombardy?

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  8. Positional Behavior of Introduced Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) in an Urban Landscape

    Article • Animals, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  9. Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal

    Article • Mammal Research, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle Szydlowski, Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  10. The northern treeshrew (Scandentia: Tupaiidae:Tupaia belangeri) in the context of primate locomotor evolution: A comprehensive analysis of gait, positional, and grasping behavior

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, April 2022, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  11. Ecomorphology of the Early Pleistocene Badger Meles dimitrius from Greece

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  12. Genetic integrity of European wildcats: Variation across biomes mandates geographically tailored conservation strategies

    Article • Biological Conservation, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  13. European Ground Squirrels at the Edge: Current Distribution Status and Anticipated Impact of Climate on Europe’s Southernmost Population

    Article • Land, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  14. Spatial Ecology and Diel Activity of European Wildcat (Felis silvestris) in a Protected Lowland Area in Northern Greece

    Article • Animals, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  15. Galilei’s mutter, archeoprimatology, and the ´blue´ monkeys of Thera: a comment on Pruetz and Greenlaw (2021)

    Article • Primates, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  16. Positional behavior and canopy use of black snub-nosed monkeys Rhinopithecus strykeri in the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China

    Article • Current Zoology, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  17. Distribution, Population Size, and Habitat Characteristics of the Endangered European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus, Rodentia, Mammalia) in Its Southernmost Range

    Article • Sustainability, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  18. Estimating Livestock Grazing Activity in Remote Areas Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring

    Article • Information, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  19. Endoparasites of European Wildcats (Felis silvestris) in Greece

    Article • Pathogens, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  20. Correction to: Positional behavior, habitat use, and forelimb morphology of Père David’s Rock Squirrels Sciurotamias davidianus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) (Sciuridae, Rodentia) in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China

    Article • Mammalian Biology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  21. Gait mechanics of a blind echolocating rodent: Implications for the locomotion of small arboreal mammals and proto‐bats

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, April 2021, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  22. Positional behavior, habitat use, and forelimb morphology of Père David’s Rock Squirrels Sciurotamias davidianus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) (Sciuridae, Rodentia) in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China

    Article • Mammalian Biology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  23. Sex differences in habitat use, positional behavior, and gaits of Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China

    Article • Primates, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  24. Shrinking striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus, 1758) distribution in Nepal

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  25. Habitat Utilization by Alpine Musk Deer, Moschus chrysogaster (Artiodactyla, Moschidae), in Khaptad National Park, Nepal

    Article • Zoodiversity, January 2021, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  26. Habitat and nest use by hoary-bellied squirrels (Callosciurus pygerythrus): preliminary observations in central Nepal

    Article • Tropical Ecology, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  27. Oldest colobine calcaneus from East Asia (Zhaotong, Yunnan, China)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  28. Postural behavior of howler monkeys (<i>Alouatta palliata</i>, <i>A. macconnelli</i>, and <i>A. caraya</i>) during sleep: an assessment across the genus range

    Article • Primate Biology, October 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  29. Tracing the Paleobiology of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Notoungulata), the Latest Sciuromorph South American Native Ungulates – Part II: Orbital, Auditory, and Occipito-Cervical Regions

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  30. Tracing the Paleobiology of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Notoungulata), the Latest Sciuromorph South American Native Ungulates – Part I: Snout and Masticatory Apparatus

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  31. A new look at the Minoan ‘blue’ monkeys—ADDENDUM

    Article • Antiquity, August 2020, Antiquity Publications

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  32. Correction to: Locomotion and postures of the Vietnamese pygmy dormouse Typhlomys chapensis (Platacanthomyidae, Rodentia): climbing and leaping in the blind

    Article • Mammalian Biology, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  33. On the Earliest Representations of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Were African Apes Traded to Bronze Age Elam?

    Article • International Journal of Primatology, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  34. Locomotion and postures of the Vietnamese pygmy dormouse Typhlomys chapensis (Platacanthomyidae, Rodentia): climbing and leaping in the blind

    Article • Mammalian Biology, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  35. Occam’s razor, archeoprimatology, and the ‘blue’ monkeys of Thera: a reply to Pareja et al. (2020)

    Article • Primates, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  36. The Central Role of Small Vertical Substrates for the Origin of Grasping in Early Primates

    Article • Current Biology, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  37. A new look at the Minoan ‘blue’ monkeys

    Article • Antiquity, April 2020, Antiquity Publications

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  38. Range-wide patterns of human-mediated hybridisation in European wildcats

    Article • Conservation Genetics, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  39. Coexistence of Humans and Leopards in Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Nepal

    Article • Russian Journal of Ecology, November 2019, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  40. Muscle internal structure revealed by contrast-enhanced μCT and fibre recognition: The hindlimb extensors of an arboreal and a fossorial squirrel

    Article • Mammalian Biology, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  41. Foot postures and grasping of free-ranging Sunda colugos (Galeopterus variegatus) in West Java, Indonesia

    Article • Mammalian Biology, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  42. Wolf diet and livestock selection in central Greece

    Article • Mammalia, February 2019, De Gruyter

    Maria Petridou, Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  43. Locomotion, postures, substrate use, and foot grasping in the marsupial feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus (Diprotodontia: Acrobatidae): Insights into early euprimate evolution

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  44. A suspensory way of life: Integrating locomotion, postures, limb movements, and forces in two-toed sloths Choloepus didactylus (Megalonychidae, Folivora, Pilosa)

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos, Nikolaos Evangelos Karantanis

  45. Assessing the accuracy of cranial and pelvic ageing methods on human skeletal remains from a modern Greek assemblage

    Article • Forensic Science International, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  46. Comparing the Arboreal Gaits ofMuscardinus avellanariusandGlis glis(Gliridae, Rodentia): A First Quantitative Analysis

    Article • Mammal Study, September 2017, Mammalogical Society of Japan

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  47. Arboreality in acacia rats (Thallomys paedulcus ; Rodentia, Muridae): gaits and gait metrics

    Article • Journal of Zoology, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos, Nikolaos Evangelos Karantanis

  48. Arboreal gaits in three sympatric rodents Apodemus agrarius, Apodemus flavicollis (Rodentia, Muridae) and Myodes glareolus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

    Article • Mammalian Biology, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  49. Pedal grasping in the northern smooth-tailed treeshrew Dendrogale murina (Tupaiidae, Scandentia): insights for euarchontan pedal evolution

    Article • Mammalia, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  50. Arboreal Locomotion in Eurasian Harvest Mice Micromys Minutus (Rodentia: Muridae): The Gaits of Small Mammals

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  51. Vertical Locomotion in Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae): Insights into the Evolution of Eutherian Climbing

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  52. Integrating locomotion, postures and morphology: The case of the tayra, Eira barbara (Carnivora, Mustelidae)

    Article • Mammalian Biology, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli, Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  53. Corrigendum to “Diagonal gaits in the feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus (Acrobatidae, Diprotodontia): Insights for the evolution of primate quadrupedalism” [J Hum Evol 86 (2015) 43–54]

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  54. First evidence of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) as definitive host of Angiostrongylus chabaudi

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  55. Diagonal gaits in the feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus (Acrobatidae, Diprotodontia): Insights for the evolution of primate quadrupedalism

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  56. Pedal grasping in an arboreal rodent relates to above-branch behavior on slender substrates

    Article • Journal of Zoology, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  57. Howler Monkeys

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  58. Howler Monkeys

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  59. Why Is It Important to Continue Studying the Anatomy, Physiology, Sensory Ecology, and Evolution of Howler Monkeys?

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  60. Morphology of Howler Monkeys: A Review and Quantitative Analyses

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  61. New Challenges in the Study of Howler Monkey Anatomy, Physiology, Sensory Ecology, and Evolution: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go?

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  62. Howler Monkey Positional Behavior

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  63. Why Is It Important to Continue Studying the Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Management of Howler Monkeys?

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  64. Habitual Bark Gleaning by Cambodian Striped Squirrels Tamiops rodolphii (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Cat Tien National Park, South Vietnam

    Article • Mammal Study, June 2014, Mammalogical Society of Japan

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  65. Endoparasites of the European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in central Macedonia, Greece

    Article • Journal of Natural History, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  66. Wolf pack rendezvous site selection in Greece is mainly affected by anthropogenic landscape features

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  67. Positional behavior and substrate use of Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae): Insights for understanding primate origins

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  68. Myological adaptations to fast enduring flight in European free-tailed bats,Tadarida teniotis(Molossidae, Chiroptera)

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  69. A functional multivariate analysis of Mesopithecus (Primates: Colobinae) humeri from the Turolian of Greece

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  70. Locomotor Diversification in New World Monkeys: Running, Climbing, or Clawing Along Evolutionary Branches

    Article • The Anatomical Record, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  71. Arboreal locomotor and postural behaviour of European red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris L.) in northern Greece

    Article • Journal of Ethology, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  72. Use of forest canopy by European red squirrelsSciurus vulgaris in Northern Greece: claws and the small branch niche

    Article • ACTA THERIOLOGICA, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  73. Use of zygodactylous grasp by Caluromys philander (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)

    Article • Mammalian Biology, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  74. Gait and Kinematics of Arboreal Quadrupedal Walking of Free-ranging Red Howlers (Alouatta seniculus) in French Guiana

    Article • October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  75. Use of forest canopy by European red squirrelsSciurus vulgarisin Northern Greece: claws and the small branch niche

    Article • ACTA THERIOLOGICA, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  76. Connecting export fluxes to plankton food-web efficiency in the Black Sea waters inflowing into the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, February 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  77. Locomotor evolution of Mesopithecus (Primates: Colobinae) from Greece: evidence from selected astragalar characters

    Article • Primates, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  78. Locomotion, Postures, and Habitat Use by Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella pygmaea)

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  79. Hallucal grasping behavior in Caluromys (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae): Implications for primate pedal grasping

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  80. Using sign at power poles to document presence of bears in Greece

    Article • Ursus, April 2007, Ursus

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  81. Positional behavior of Siberian chipmunks (Tamias sibiricus) in captivity

    Article • Journal of Ethology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  82. Activity patterns of European ground squirrels (Spermophilus citellus) in a cultivated field in northern Greece

    Article • Mammalia, January 2007, De Gruyter

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  83. ANATOMICAL CORRELATES TO SCRATCH DIGGING IN THE FORELIMB OF EUROPEAN GROUND SQUIRRELS (SPERMOPHILUS CITELLUS)

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  84. Spatial Performance and Corticosteroid Receptor Status in the 21‐Day Restraint Stress Paradigm

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 2004, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  85. Gender-dependent alterations in corticosteroid receptor status and spatial performance following 21 days of restraint stress

    Article • Neuroscience, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  86. Multivariate analysis of organismal and habitat parameters in two neotropical primate communities

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, June 2003, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  87. Suspensory locomotion of Lagothrix lagothricha andAteles belzebuth in Yasunı́ National Park, Ecuador

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, June 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  88. Osteological correlates of tail prehensility in carnivorans

    Article • Journal of Zoology, April 2003, Wiley

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  89. Calcaneal features of the Greek Miocene primate Mesopithecus pentelicus (Cercopithecoidea: Colobinae)

    Article • Geobios, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  90. The clavicular region of some cursorial Cavioidea (Rodentia: Mammalia)

    Article • Mammalia, January 2002, De Gruyter

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  91. Locomotor behavior of Lagothrix lagothricha and Ateles belzebuth in Yasunı́ National Park, Ecuador: general patterns and nonsuspensory modes

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, August 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  92. Comparative Positional Behaviour of Five Primates

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  93. Functional anatomy of forelimb muscles in Guianan Atelines (Platyrrhini: Primates)

    Article • Annales des Sciences Naturelles - Zoologie et Biologie Animale, November 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  94. Positional behavior ofCebuella pygmaea in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

    Article • Primates, October 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  95. Comparative locomotion of six sympatric primates in Ecuador

    Article • Annales des Sciences Naturelles - Zoologie et Biologie Animale, October 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  96. Locomotor and postural behavior of Sciurus igniventris and Microsciurus flaviventer (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in eastern Ecuador

    Article • Mammalia, January 1999, De Gruyter

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  97. Seasonal variation in the positional behavior of red howling monkeys (Alouatta seniculus)

    Article • Primates, October 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  98. Positional behavior of two sympatric guianan capuchin monkeys, the brown capuchin (Cebus apella) and the wedge-capped capuchin (Cebus olivaceus)

    Article • Mammalia, January 1998, De Gruyter

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  99. Standardized descriptions of primate locomotor and postural modes

    Article • Primates, October 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  100. Atelines, Apes and Wrist Joints

    Article • Folia Primatologica, January 1996, Brill

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  101. Passages within a Discontinuous Canopy: Bridging in the Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus)

    Article • Folia Primatologica, January 1993, Brill

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  102. Locomotion and positional behavior of spider monkeys

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr Dionisios Youlatos