Seasonality of reproduction in Amazon River Dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) in three major river basins of South America

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-135

  McGuire, T L ^a,d   Aliaga Rossel, E R ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto de Ecologia   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Inia; Mamor ; Orinoco; Reproduction; River dolphins; Seasonality; South America

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; MATING BEHAVIOR; NEONATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON RIVER; BOLIVIA; MAMORE RIVER; ORINOCO RIVER; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

INIA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS;

EID: 33846077085     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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