Infanticide in a mammal-eating killer whale population
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22714-x
Abstract: Infanticide can be an extreme result of sexual conflict that drives selection in species in which it occurs. It is a rarely observed behaviour but some evidence for its occurrence in cetaceans exists in three… read more here.
Keywords: killer; mammal eating; infanticide mammal; eating killer ... See more keywords
Increased presence of mammal-eating killer whales in the Salish Sea with implications for predator-prey dynamics
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6062
Abstract: The inland waters of Washington State and southern British Columbia, collectively known as the Salish Sea, comprise key habitat for two regional populations of killer whales (Orcinus orca): the mammal-eating West Coast Transients and the… read more here.
Keywords: killer whales; presence; sea; mammal eating ... See more keywords