Ecological knowledge, leadership, and the evolution of menopause in killer whales

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 746-750

  Brent, Lauren J N ^a   Franks, Daniel W ^b   Foster, Emma A ^a   Balcomb, Kenneth C ^c   Cant, Michael A ^a   Croft, Darren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; ORCINUS ORCA;

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

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

EID: 84926384365     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.037     Document Type: Article

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