Population growth is limited by nutritional impacts on pregnancy success in endangered Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)

por Wasser, Samuel K., Lundin, Jessica I., Ayres, Katherine, Seely, Elizabeth, Giles, Deborah, Balcomb, Kenneth, Hempelmann, Jennifer, Parsons, Kim, Booth, Rebecca
Publicado 2017

Postreproductive lifespans are rare in mammals

por Ellis, Samuel, Franks, Daniel W., Nattrass, Stuart, Cant, Michael A., Bradley, Destiny L., Giles, Deborah, Balcomb, Kenneth C., Croft, Darren P.
Publicado 2018

Analyses of ovarian activity reveal repeated evolution of post-reproductive lifespans in toothed whales

por Ellis, Samuel, Franks, Daniel W., Nattrass, Stuart, Currie, Thomas E., Cant, Michael A., Giles, Deborah, Balcomb, Kenneth C., Croft, Darren P.
Publicado 2018

Postreproductive killer whale grandmothers improve the survival of their grandoffspring

por Nattrass, Stuart, Croft, Darren P., Ellis, Samuel, Cant, Michael A., Weiss, Michael N., Wright, Brianna M., Stredulinsky, Eva, Doniol-Valcroze, Thomas, Ford, John K. B., Balcomb, Kenneth C., Franks, Daniel W.
Publicado 2019

A long postreproductive life span is a shared trait among genetically distinct killer whale populations

por Nielsen, Mia Lybkær Kronborg, Ellis, Samuel, Towers, Jared R., Doniol‐Valcroze, Thomas, Franks, Daniel W., Cant, Michael A., Weiss, Michael N., Johnstone, Rufus A., Balcomb, Kenneth C., Ellifrit, David K., Croft, Darren P.
Publicado 2021

Temporal dynamics of mother–offspring relationships in Bigg's killer whales: opportunities for kin-directed help by post-reproductive females

por Nielsen, Mia Lybkær Kronborg, Ellis, Samuel, Weiss, Michael N., Towers, Jared R., Doniol-Valcroze, Thomas, Franks, Daniel W., Cant, Michael A., Ellis, Graeme M., Ford, John K. B., Malleson, Mark, Sutton, Gary J., Shaw, Tasli J. H., Balcomb, Kenneth C., Ellifrit, David K., Croft, Darren P.
Publicado 2023