About the Authors

J. Peyton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

joyt@ceh.ac.uk

Affiliation UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom

M. Hadjistylli

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Lefkosia, Cyprus

I. Tziortzis

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Water Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Lefkosia, Cyprus

E. Erotokritou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Lefkosia, Cyprus

M. Demetriou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus

Y. Samuel

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus, Oceanography Centre, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus

V. Anastasi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Terra Cypria - The Cyprus Conservation Foundation, Lefkosia, Cyprus, BirdLife Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

G. Fyttis

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus, I.A.CO Environmental & Water Consultants Ltd., Lefkosia, Cyprus

L. Hadjioannou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre, Lefkosia, Cyprus, CMMI – Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute, Larnaca, Cyprus

C. Ieronymidou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation BirdLife Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

N. Kassinis

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Game and Fauna Service, Ministry of Interior, Lefkosia, Cyprus

P. Kleitou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Marine & Environmental Research (MER) Lab, Lemesos, Cyprus, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

D. Kletou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Marine & Environmental Research (MER) Lab, Lemesos, Cyprus, Department of Maritime Transport and Commerce, Frederick University, Lemesos, Cyprus

A. Mandoulaki

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus

N. Michailidis

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Lefkosia, Cyprus

A. Papatheodoulou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation I.A.CO Environmental & Water Consultants Ltd., Lefkosia, Cyprus

G. Payiattas

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Lefkosia, Cyprus

D. Sparrow

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cyprus Dragonfly Study Group, Pafos, Cyprus

R. Sparrow

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cyprus Dragonfly Study Group, Pafos, Cyprus

K. Turvey

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom

E. Tzirkalli

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

A. I. Varnava

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus

O. L. Pescott

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: All authors are involved in various aspects of biodiversity conservation, and they may benefit from increased investment in this area. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.