Larger body size leads to greater female beluga whale ovarian reproductive activity at the southern periphery of their range

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 Canadian...

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Main Authors: Steven H. Ferguson, David J. Yurkowski, Justine M. Hudson, Tera Edkins, Cornelia Willing, Cortney A. Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-12-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
age
body length
Delphinapterus leucas
fitness
geographic range
ovarian corpora
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8367

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