Mating ecology of beluga ( Delphinapterus leucas) and narwhal ( Monodon monoceros)as estimated by reproductive tract metrics

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Kelley, Trish C., Stewart, Robert E. A., Yurkowski, David J., Ryan, Anna, Ferguson, Steven H.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, ArcticNet, Earth Rangers, Manitoba Hydro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; The Tusk; Beluga; Beluga*; Climate change; Delphinapterus leucas; inuit; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12165; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmms.12165; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mms.12165

Abstract Narwhal and beluga whales are important species to Arctic ecosystems, including subsistence hunting by Inuit, and little is understood about their mating ecology. Reproductive tract metrics vary across species in relation to mating strategy, and have been used to infer mating ecology. Repro...