Larger body size leads to greater female beluga whale ovarian reproductive activity at the southern periphery of their range
Abstract Identification of phenotypic characteristics in reproductively successful individuals provides important insights into the evolutionary processes that cause range shifts due to environmental change. Female beluga whales ( Delphinapterus leucas ) from the Baffin Bay region (BB) of the Canadi...
Published in: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8367 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.8367 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.8367 |