Age-related multi-year associations in female humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1563-1576

  Ramp, Christian ^a,b   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Palsbøll, Per ^c   Bérubé, Martine ^c   Sears, Richard ^a  

^a MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Association indices; Female female bonds; Humpback whales; Multi seasonal associations; Temporal association pattern

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING SEASON; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LACTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI;

EID: 77956760713     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0970-8     Document Type: Article

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