Recommendations for the use of conservation detection dogs in seabird research: a thematic analysis

Beth McKeague^1,2, Simon Chapman³, Rachel Cripps⁴, Jacob González-Solís^5,6, Jennifer Hartman⁷, Kyoko Johnson⁸, Patrice Kerrigan², Gregory T.W. McClelland⁹, Teresa Militão^5,6, Heath Smith⁷ and Caroline Finlay^2*

https://doi.org/10.61350/sbj.36.2

^* Correspondence author. Email: caroline@cddni.com

¹ School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom.

² Conservation Detection Dogs Northern Ireland, Comber, BT23 5NN, United Kingdom.

³ K9 Manhunt & Scentwork Scotland, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 4PF, United Kingdom.

⁴ RM Conservation, Liverpool, L25 8TB, United Kingdom.

⁵ Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

⁶ Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

⁷ Rogue Detection Teams, Washington, WA 99167, United States.

⁸ Conservation Dogs of Hawaii, Hawaii, HI 96791, United States.

⁹ Environment and Climate Change Canada, British Columbia, BC V6C 3R2 , Canada.

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