Order within chaos: potential migratory strategies and individual associations in fin whales feeding off Iceland.

The life cycle of most baleen whales involves annual migrations from low-latitude breeding grounds to high latitude feeding grounds. In most species, these migrations are traditionally considered to be carried out according to information acquired through vertical social learning during the first mo...

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Published in:Movement Ecology
Main Authors: García-Vernet, Raquel, Rita, Diego, Bérubé, Martine, Elgueta-Serra, Julia, Pascual Guasch, Marina, Víkingsson, Gísli, Ruiz-Sagalés, Marc, Borrell, Asunción, Aguilar, Alex
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2024
Subjects:
Baleen whale
Cultural transmission
Kinship
Migration
Mysticete
baleen whale
baleen whales
Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-024-00474-w
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38725038
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11080271/
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Summary:The life cycle of most baleen whales involves annual migrations from low-latitude breeding grounds to high latitude feeding grounds. In most species, these migrations are traditionally considered to be carried out according to information acquired through vertical social learning during the first months of life and made individually. However, some recent studies have suggested a more complex scenario, particularly for the species of the Balaenoptera genus.

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