Size-assortative pairing and discrimination of potential mates by humpback whales in the Hawaiian breeding grounds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 983-993

  Pack, Adam A ^a,b   Herman, Louis M ^b,c   Spitz, Scott S ^b   Craig, Alison S ^d   Hakala, Siri ^e   Deakos, Mark H ^f   Herman, Elia Y K ^b,g   Milette, Aliza J ^b,c   Carroll, Elizabeth ^a   Levitt, Sonia ^b   Lowe, Carley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b Dolphin Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f Hawaii Association for Marine Education and Research Inc   (United States)

^g Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative pairing; Body size; Humpback whale; Mate discrimination; Mating tactic; Megaptera novaeangliae

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SIZE AT MATURITY; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VIDEOGRAPHY; WHALE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 84866932648     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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