Mating strategy in the male common dolphin (Delphinus delphis): What gonadal analysis tells us

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1247-1258

  Murphy, S ^a,b   Collet, A ^c   Rogan, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c CIRCE   (France)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Mating systems; Promiscuity; Reproductive seasonality; Rut

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

EID: 30344469857     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[1247:MSITMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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