Ten Years of Mediterranean Monk Seal Stranding Records in Greece under the Microscope: What Do the Data Suggest?

This paper presents the results of an analysis of stranding events of the Mediterranean monk seal over a decade. The analysis involved categorization according to the cause of stranding and seasonality, the identification of hotspot stranding areas and an assessment of possible correlations between stranding events and environmental/climatic patterns using time series analysis. Moreover, Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) were applied to explore the effects of the size of small-scale fishing grounds, the number of species sightings, and the occurrence of reproduction sites on "human-related" strandings.

Mining citizen science data to explore stopover sites and spatiotemporal variation in migration patterns of the red-footed falcon.

Citizen science data have already been used to effectively address questions regarding migration, a fundamental stage in the life history of birds. In this study, we use data from eBird and from 3 additional regional citizen science databases to describe the migration routes and timing of the red-footed falcon in the Mediterranean region across 8 years (2010-2017). We further examine the seasonal and yearly variation in migration patterns and explore sites used during the species migration.