Harnessing citizen science for marine conservation in Malta: a comparative analysis of GAM and MaxEnt models in bottlenose dolphin habitat mapping
Background Species distribution models (SDMs) are powerful tools for informing conservation, particularly for highly mobile marine species such as common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). In Maltese waters, the limited availability of data on this species has constrained the effectiveness of...
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| Main Authors: | Francesca Soster, Tim Awbery, Nina Vérité–Taulet, Timothy Zammit, Kimberly Terribile |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2025-08-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/19804.pdf |
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