Biological Research

Published Research

Peer-reviewed research on arboreal locomotion, positional behaviour, and ecology, from a decade studying primates and other mammals in the field and in the lab.

By the Numbers

The science of life in motion

Publications

Species researched

Collaborating researchers

Years in research (2015–2026)

View on ResearchGate ↗ View on Google Scholar ↗

All publications

All categories
Africa
Arboreality
Comparative Biomechanics
European wildcat
Gait Analysis
Gliridae
Greece
Locomotion
ODBA
Small Mammals
Strepsirrhini
Tupaiidae
Vietnam
accelerometer
activity pattern
arboreal locomotion
arboreality
asymmetrical gait
below branch quadrupedal locomotion
body size
captivity
competence
conservation
diagonal sequence gaits
diagonality
duty factor
euarchontans
euprimates
eutherian evolution
evolution
fine-branch niche
foot grasp
gait
gait metrics
gaits
hallux
home range
interspecific competition
kinematics
kinetics
locomotion
marsupial
marsupials
positional behavior
postures
prehensile feet
primate evolution
primates
quadrupedalism
rodent
savanna woodland
small body size
small mammals
small-branch niche
stride
substrate use
symmetrical gait
sympatric rodents
telemetry
tree-crown
vertical stratification

All species
Acrobates pygmaeus
Apodemus agrarius
Apodemus flavicollis
Choloepus didactylus
Dendrogale murina
Felis silvestris
Glis glis
Micromys minutus
Muscardinus avellanarius
Myodes glareolus
Thallomys paedulcus
Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus

Animals · 2026

Arboreal Behavior of Captive Acacia Rats Thallomys paedulcus (Rodentia: Muridae)

The most recent of two studies on Acacia rats, integrating substrate size, inclination, and availability with locomotor and postural behaviour in a captive colony.

Animals · 2025

Locomotion, Postures, and Substrate Use in Captive Southern Pygmy Slow Lorises (Strepsirrhini, Primates): Implications for Conservation

The first quantitative study of locomotion and posture in the southern pygmy slow loris, in the wild or captivity, gathering evidence to guide conservation and reintroduction planning.

Animals · 2021

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

The first GPS-telemetry study of European wildcat spatial ecology and diel activity in Greece and the Balkans, using five collared animals in a wetland-agricultural landscape.

Journal of Mammalian Evolution · 2018

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

An experimental study of vertical climbing in one of the world's smallest rodents, the Eurasian harvest mouse, measuring how it adjusts its gaits climbing up and down branches of different diameters, and what this reveals about how the earliest tiny eutherian mammals may have negotiated the arboreal world.

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology · 2018

A Suspensory Way of Life: Integrating Locomotion, Postures, Limb Movements, and Forces in Two-Toed Sloths Choloepus didactylus

The first quantitative study of positional behavior in Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, combining naturalistic observation with kinematic and kinetic data from a simulated arboreal runway to test whether sloths behave as passive linked struts while hanging and walking below branches.

Journal of Human Evolution · 2018

Locomotion, Postures, Substrate Use, and Foot Grasping in the Marsupial Feathertail Glider Acrobates pygmaeus: Insights Into Early Euprimate Evolution

A captive study of the marsupial feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus, testing whether a versatile positional repertoire, preference for fine substrates, and hallucal grasping in this tiny arboreal marsupial can model a plausible stage in early euprimate locomotor evolution.

Journal of Zoology · 2017

Arboreality in Acacia Rats (Thallomys paedulcus; Rodentia, Muridae): Gaits and Gait Metrics

The first study of locomotion in the acacia rat, examining how this small arboreal African rodent adjusts its gaits and gait metrics to substrate size and inclination on simulated branches, and how those adjustments support its life in Acacia tree canopies.

Mammal Study · 2017

Comparing the Arboreal Gaits of Muscardinus avellanarius and Glis glis (Gliridae, Rodentia): A First Quantitative Analysis

A first quantitative comparison of arboreal gaits on simulated substrates of different diameters in two sympatric dormice of very different body size, the hazel dormouse and the edible dormouse, testing whether gait choice and velocity regulation scale with body mass.

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A · 2017

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

At about 10 g, the Eurasian harvest mouse is among the smallest rodents — so how does it walk along a branch? Measuring gait metrics on poles of four diameters and three inclinations, this study finds harvest mice use slow, cautious lateral-sequence walks that grow faster and more diagonal on wider supports, and argues that gait metrics, unlike velocity, are largely independent of body size.

Mammalian Biology · 2017

Arboreal Gaits in Three Sympatric Rodents Apodemus agrarius, Apodemus flavicollis (Rodentia, Muridae) and Myodes glareolus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

Comparing gait metrics of a burrowing mouse, a scansorial vole, and a more arboreal mouse on substrates of different size and incline, to test whether arboreal competence tracks each species' ecology.

PhD Dissertation — Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · 2017

Adaptive Patterns and Processes in Mammalian Arboreality

My PhD dissertation, examining how eight small-bodied mammals adjust their gaits to the challenges of arboreal locomotion, and what this reveals about the evolution of mammalian arboreality.

Mammalia · 2016

Pedal Grasping in the Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew Dendrogale murina (Tupaiidae, Scandentia): Insights for Euarchontan Pedal Evolution

Filming wild-caught northern smooth-tailed treeshrews in Vietnam to analyze how their foot mechanisms shift with substrate size and inclination, and what that reveals about the early evolution of pedal grasping in euarchontan mammals.

Journal of Human Evolution · 2015

Diagonal Gaits in the Feathertail Glider Acrobates pygmaeus (Acrobatidae, Diprotodontia): Insights for the Evolution of Primate Quadrupedalism

The feathertail glider — at 12 g, one of the smallest gliding marsupials — turns out to walk like a primate. This study of 18 gliders on poles of varying diameter and inclination shows they preferentially use diagonal-sequence gaits, and argues that such small-bodied grasping arborealists are a compelling behavioural model for the earliest primates.

No publications match that filter.

Interested in the research behind the CV?

Explore my professional background or connect on LinkedIn.

Full CV Contact LinkedIn