Austad, Martin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6544-736X
Catitti, Benedetta https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4018-7300
Almasi, Bettina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4962-8117
Bustamante, Paco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3877-9390
Visalli, Francesca https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5783-9793
Matos, Rita https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8172-4455
Barbara, Nicholas
Metzger, Benjamin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2721-7958
Quillfeldt, Petra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4450-8688
Funding for this research was provided by:
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Article History
Received: 16 August 2025
Accepted: 8 October 2025
First Online: 27 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declared that they have no conflict of interest.
: All handling, sampling and tagging of shearwaters were carried out under permits from the Environment & Resources Authority (ERA) and the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU), Malta. Fieldwork was carried out with moral responsibility and with the aim to provide knowledge important to the conservation of the study species. No specimens were collected for the study.