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Mother Knows Best: Occurrence and Associations of Resighted Humpback Whales Suggest Maternally Derived Fidelity to a Southern Hemisphere Coastal Feeding Ground

Site fidelity is common among migratory cetaceans, including humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). In the Northern Hemisphere it has been found that fidelity to humpback whale feeding grounds is transferred maternally but this has never been shown for the species in the Southern Hemisphere. We e...

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Autores principales: Barendse, Jaco, Best, Peter B., Carvalho, Inês, Pomilla, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3857176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081238

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