Killer whales and whaling: The scavenging hypothesis

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-418

  Whitehead, Hal ^a   Reeves, Randall ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Killer whale; Scavenging; Whaling

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); WHALE; WHALING;

ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FISHING; HABITAT SELECTION; HISTORY; HYPOTHESIS; KILLER WHALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; WHALE;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 29144504287     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0348     Document Type: Article

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