Paternity in humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae: Assessing polygyny and skew in male reproductive success

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-277

  Cerchio, Salvatore ^a,b,f   Jacobsen, Jeff K ^c   Cholewiak, Danielle M ^b,d   Falcone, Erin A ^e   Merriwether, D Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e Cascadia Research   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WHALE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); WORLD;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 22144489870     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.10.028     Document Type: Article

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