Variation in movement strategies: Capital versus income migration

SR Evans, S Bearhop - The Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Animal migrations represent the regular movements of trillions of individuals. The
scale of these movements has inspired human intrigue for millennia and has been …

A review of post-whaling abundance, trends, changes in distribution and migration patterns, and supplementary feeding of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales

E Seyboth, JO Meynecke, J de Bie… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were heavily targeted
during modern commercial whaling operations, with some 216,000 individuals killed …

Maternal body size and condition determine calf growth rates in southern right whales

F Christiansen, F Vivier, C Charlton, R Ward… - Marine Ecology …, 2018 - int-res.com
The cost of reproduction is a key parameter determining a species' life history strategy.
Despite exhibiting some of the fastest offspring growth rates among mammals, the cost of …

First evidence of bubble‐net feeding and the formation of 'super‐groups' by the east Australian population of humpback whales during their southward migration

V Pirotta, K Owen, D Donnelly… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The recovery of overexploited populations is likely to reveal behaviours that may have been
present prior to harvest but are only now reappearing as the population size increases. The …

Isotopic evidence of a wide spectrum of feeding strategies in Southern Hemisphere humpback whale baleen records

P Eisenmann, B Fry, C Holyoake, D Coughran… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Our current understanding of Southern hemisphere humpback whale (Megaptera
novaeangliae) ecology assumes high-fidelity feeding on Antarctic krill in Antarctic waters …

Application of a multi-disciplinary approach to reveal population structure and Southern Ocean feeding grounds of humpback whales

L Riekkola, AN Zerbini, O Andrews, V Andrews-Goff… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Obtaining direct measurements to characterise ecosystem function can be hindered by
remote or inaccessible regions. Next-generation satellite tags that inform increasingly …

The role of environmental drivers in humpback whale distribution, movement and behavior: A review

JO Meynecke, J De Bie, JLM Barraqueta… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are a highly migratory species exposed to a
wide range of environmental factors during their lifetime. The spatial and temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Humpback whale “super-groups”–A novel low-latitude feeding behaviour of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the …

KP Findlay, SM Seakamela, MA Meÿer, SP Kirkman… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) generally undertake
annual migrations from polar summer feeding grounds to winter calving and nursery …

Migration redefined? Seasonality, movements and group composition of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae off the west coast of South Africa

J Barendse, PB Best, M Thornton… - African Journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The migration of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae
between their feeding and breeding areas has thus far been considered a highly predictable …

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and killer whale (Orcinus orca) feeding aggregations for foraging on herring (Clupea harengus) in Northern Norway

E Jourdain, D Vongraven - Mammalian Biology, 2017 - Springer
Aggregations of predators on food patches have been documented for both terrestrial and
marine animals. Here, we documented for the first time, and investigated, non-predatory …