Austad, Martin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6544-736X
Michel, Lucie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-4630
Masello, Juan F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6826-4016
Cecere, Jacopo G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4925-2730
De Pascalis, Federico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-7770
Bustamante, Paco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3877-9390
Dell’Omo, Giacomo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-9675
Griep, Sven https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6736-9660
Quillfeldt, Petra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4450-8688
Funding for this research was provided by:
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Article History
Received: 8 January 2025
Accepted: 20 May 2025
First Online: 2 June 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: In Malta, all handling and sampling of shearwaters were carried out under permits from the Environment & Resources Authority (ERA) and the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU), Malta. In Linosa fieldwork was carried out according to the national legislation under the permit n. 2452 issued the Regional authorities (Regione Siciliana, Assessorato Regionale dell’Agricoltura, dello Sviluppo Rurale e della Pesca Mediterranea, Dipartimento Regionale dello Sviluppo Rurale e Territoriale) on February 1 st, 2018. The fieldwork was carried out with moral responsibility for the animals, with the final goal to preserve and enhance the future survival of that species and to provide knowledge vital to their conservation. No specimens were collected for this study.
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