Migratory round-trip of individually identified humpback whales at the Strait of Magellan: clues on transit times and phylopatry to destinations Ciclo migratorio de ballenas jorobadas individualizadas del estrecho de Magallanes: indicios sobre la duración de la migración y filopatría en los destinos

Migratory round-trip of individually identified humpback whales at the Strait of Magellan: clues on transit times and phylopatry to destinations Ciclo migratorio de ballenas jorobadas individualizadas del estrecho de Magallanes: indicios sobre la duración de la migración y filopatría en los destinos

Humpback whales undertake seasonal migration between productive high-latitude areas where they feed in summer and low-latitude tropical waters where mating and calving occur during winter. In the eastern south Pacific, the species breeds off Colombia and Ecuador, and feeds primarily in the western A...

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Main Authors: JUAN J CAPELLA, JORGE GIBBONS, LILIÁN FLÓREZ-GONZÁLEZ, MARTHA LLANO, CARLOS VALLADARES, VALERIA SABAJ, YERKO A VILINA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Subjects:
Colombia
ballenas jorobadas
migración
foto identificación
estrecho de Magallanes
ADNmt
humpback whales
migration
photo-identification
Strait of Magellan
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