The migration routes of wide-ranging species can be difficult to study, particularly at sea. In
the western South Pacific, migratory routes of humpback whales between breeding and …

Humpback whales were hunted almost to extinction in the 20th century, providing an
opportunity to measure their post-exploitation population growth rates. Variation in growth …

Long‐term monitoring is a prerequisite to understanding and protecting long‐lived species
such as cetaceans. In New Caledonia, South Pacific, an endangered sub‐population of …

Maternal habitat preferences of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are well
documented from decades of coastal research but oceanic areas have received less …

Population growth is the sum of survival and recruitment, and knowledge of these two vital
rates is crucial for understanding population dynamics. Moreover, animal populations often …

Estimating demographic parameters is essential to assessing the recovery potential of
severely depleted populations of marine mammal species such as the baleen whales, which …

Between the 1940s and 1970s Southern Hemisphere populations of humpback whales
(including eastern Australia and Oceania populations) were hunted to near extinction by …

How the underlying forces of sexual selection impact reproductive tactics including
elaborate acoustic displays in cetaceans remains poorly understood. Here, I combined 26 …

Humpback whales were severely depleted by commercial whaling, and understanding key
factors of their recovery is a crucial step for their conservation worldwide. In Oceania, the …

Abstract We used Cormack–Jolly–Seber capture–recapture analyses to investigate
differences in monthly survival of the southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus …