Life history evolution: What does a menopausal killer whale do?

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages R225-R227

  Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KILLER WHALE; LEARNING; MENOPAUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MENOPAUSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 84926350719     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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