Female body condition affects foetal growth in a capital breeding mysticete

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 579-588

  Christiansen, Fredrik ^a   Víkingsson, Gísli A ^b   Rasmussen, Marianne H ^c   Lusseau, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Blubber; Feeding ground; Iceland; Life history; Minke whale

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; WHALE;

ICELAND;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 84900543272     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12200     Document Type: Article

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