Prey items and predation behavior of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Nunavut, Canada based on Inuit hunter interviews

Aquatic Biosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ferguson, Steven H ^a,b   Higdon, Jeff W ^c   Westdal, Kristin H ^d  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Higdon Wildlife Consulting   (Canada)

^d Oceans North   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beluga whales; Bowhead whales; Group size; Hunting behaviour; Narwhal whales; Predator prey relations; Prey capture techniques; Seals; Traditional ecological knowledge; Walrus

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GROUP SIZE; HUNTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEA ICE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIALIZATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WHALE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; MONODON; ODOBENIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84862143528     PISSN: 20469063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-9063-8-3     Document Type: Article

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