Nicolaos Kassinis

I am head of the research and mouflon conservation sector of the Game and Wildlife Service, Cyprus.  I also have duties regarding EU issues including reporting for nature Directives,  implementing LIFE-funded and other EU co-funded conservation projects. I hold a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MSc in Range and wildlife Management. from Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA. Sectors of specialization: Wildlife Ecology and management, Plant and Soil science, Biometrics.

​Further Training: Government of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Center for International Cooperation. 

Social, Economic and Political Challenges in Nature Conservation (January-February 2002)

Cyprus-America scholarship program: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas.  Reintroduction of Desert Bighorn sheep in its historical habitat of west Texas. (February –March 2003).

​My professional and research experience includes: Mouflon population monitoring, Monitoring of breeding raptors, Population counts and trends for game species and common birds, Waterbird counts, Biological rodent control through establishment of a network of nesting boxes for Barn Owls, cooperation with the Veterinary Services for establishing cause of death for wildlife found dead.  

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Key publications:

• Kassinis, N.I., Tzirkalli, E., Miltiadou, M., Moysi M., Charalambidou, I., Roulin, A. and I.N.Vogiatzakis.  2022. Feeding ecology of the Long-legged Buzzard and diet overlap with sympatric Bonelli’s eagle in Cyprus.  Journal of Raptor Research 56(3):333–345.

• Kypros Kapnisis, Nikolaos Kassinis, Vasiliki Papanikolopoulou, Anastasia Diakou. 2022.  Endoparasites in wild populations of Cyprus mouflon (Ovis gmelini ophion).  Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, Volume 34, doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2022.100767.

• M. Guerrini, P. Panayides, N. Niktoreh,Mofrad, N. Kassinis, I. Ioannou, G. Forcina, P. Hadjigerou, P. Barbanera.  2021.  Spatial genetic structure and Ovis haplogroup as a tool for an adaptive conservation management of the endangered Cyprus mouflon.  Zoology., Vol. 148 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2021.125959

• Alivizatos, H. & Kassinis, N. 2021. Diet of the Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) in Cyprus during autumn migration. – Ornis Hungarica 29(1): 120–125. DOI: 10.2478/orhu-2021-0009.   

• Machado, A. P., Topaloudis, A.,Cumer, T., Lavanchy, E., Bontzorlos, V., Ceccherelli, R.,Charter, M., Kassinis, N., Lymberakis, P., Manzia, F., Ducrest,A.-L., Dupasquier, M., Guex, N., Roulin, A., & Goudet, J. 2021. Genomic consequences of colonisation, migrationand genetic drift in barn owl insular populations of theeastern Mediterranean. Molecular Ecology, 00, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16324

• Cumer, T., Machado, A. P., Dumont, G., Bontzorlos, V. A., Ceccherelli,R., Charter, M., Dichmann, K., Martens, H.-D., Kassinis, N.,Lourenço, R., Manzia, F., Prévost, L., Rakovic, M., Siverio, F., Roulin,A., & Goudet, J. 2021. Landscape and climatic variations of the Quaternary shaped multiple secondary contacts among barn owls (Tyto alba) of the Western Palearctic.  

• Tsiakiris, R., Halley, J. M., Stara, K., Monokrousos, N., Karyou, C., Kassinis, N., Papadopoulos, M., and Xirouchakis, S. M.  2021.  Models of poisoning effects on vulture populations show that small but frequent episodes have a larger effect than large but rare ones, Web Ecol., 21, 79–93, https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-79-2021.

• Hadjikyriakou TG, Kassinis N, Skarlatos D, Charilaou P, Kirschel ANG. 2020. Breeding success of Eleonora’s falcon Falco eleonorae in Cyprus revisited using survey techniques for cliff-nesting species.  Condor 122(4): 1-13.

• Kassinis, N. & Charalambidou, I. 2020. Autumn migration of the Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus, at Akrotiri Peninsula, Cyprus 2009–2019 (Aves: Falconiformes). – Zoology of the Middle East 67(1): 19–24. DOI:10.1080/09397140.2020.1865664

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