Offshore wind energy development (OWED) is rapidly expanding globally and has the
potential to contribute significantly to renewable energy portfolios. However, development of …

Aim During their migration, highly mobile species cross multiple jurisdictional boundaries
and multiple not‐specific marine protected areas (MPAs). When identifying the critical …

A broad range of marine species have been named as marine megafauna, however
providing a precise definition of this term is difficult. It is not a taxonomically defined group …

When performing habitat models, modellers have to choose between presence-absence
and presence-only models to estimate the habitat preferences of a species. Primarily, this …

Marine spatial planning relies on detailed spatial information of marine areas to ensure
effective conservation of species. To enhance our understanding of marine habitat use by …

Effective conservation and management measures are needed to face the unprecedented
changes that marine ecosystems, and particularly marine megafauna, are suffering. These …

Despite large efforts, datasets with few sightings are often available for rare species of
marine megafauna that typically live at low densities. This paucity of data makes modelling …

In the last few decades, there has been a remarkable development of niche models to help
understand the ecological response of species to current rapid environmental changes. In …

Portuguese waters are a vital migratory corridor for European seabirds. Coast-based counts
can monitor local and global populations and study the long-term trends in seabird …

Aim Europe's only globally critically endangered seabird, the Balearic shearwater (Puffinus
mauretanicus), is thought to have expanded its postbreeding range northwards into UK …