Post-Pandemic Recovery: A Case of Domestic Tourism in Akaroa (South Island, New Zealand) by Asif Hussain, Francesc Fusté-Forné

Subjects: “…Banks Peninsula…”
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Staying close to home: Marine habitat selection by foraging yellow-eyed penguins using spatial distribution models by Rachel P. Hickcox, Thomas Mattern, Thomas Mattern, Mariano Rodríguez-Recio, Melanie J. Young, Yolanda van Heezik, Philip J. Seddon

“…Employing GPS tracking data collected between 2003 and 2021, we created species distribution models using maximum entropy modelling (Maxent) to determine foraging space use and habitat suitability for yellow-eyed penguins across their entire South Island range and within five distinct subpopulations: Banks Peninsula, North Otago, Otago Peninsula, the Catlins, and Stewart Island. …”
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Prey and habitat characteristics contribute to hotspots of distribution for an endangered coastal dolphin by Tom E. Brough, William J. Rayment, Liz Slooten, Steve Dawson

“…In this study, we integrate surveys of Hector’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) with in-situ data on environmental characteristics and prey to identify the statistical correlates of distribution and to assess ‘what makes hotspots unique’.MethodsBetween 2014 and 2017, ca. 300 surveys were carried out at hotspots and areas not routinely used by dolphins at Banks Peninsula on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. …”
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