A quarter of a world away: Female humpback whale moves 10 000 km between breeding areas

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-302

  Stevick, Peter T ^a   Neves, Mariana C ^b   Johansen, Freddy ^c   Engel, Marcia H ^b   Judith, Allen ^a   Marcondes, Milton C C ^b   Carlson, Carole ^a,d  

^a Policy and Design   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO BALEIA JUBARTE   (Brazil)

^c Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies ^*  (Norway)

^d Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding stocks; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Philopatry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SITE; FEMALE; FITNESS; MARKING METHOD; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; PHILOPATRY; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WHALE;

BRAZIL; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 79954476890     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0717     Document Type: Article

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