TY - JOUR
T1 - Escort service
T2 - Sex and relatedness of humpback whales accompanying mother-calf pairs off Western Australia
AU - Seeary, Lucy-Rose
AU - Attard, Catherine R.M.
AU - Totterdell, John
AU - Pitman, Robert L.
AU - Möller, Luciana M.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - The evolution and maintenance of group living in animal societies can be attributed to the benefits that individuals gain by being part of a group (e.g., increased resource acquisition and predator avoidance, Marcoux, 2008; enhanced opportunities for mating, Hamilton, 1964), but these can also include challenges (e.g., increased disease transmission, enhanced detection by predators, food and/or mate competition, Hughes, 1998). Factors that may influence the choice of associations include age, sex, reproductive condition, social status, and kinship (Alexander, 1974).
AB - The evolution and maintenance of group living in animal societies can be attributed to the benefits that individuals gain by being part of a group (e.g., increased resource acquisition and predator avoidance, Marcoux, 2008; enhanced opportunities for mating, Hamilton, 1964), but these can also include challenges (e.g., increased disease transmission, enhanced detection by predators, food and/or mate competition, Hughes, 1998). Factors that may influence the choice of associations include age, sex, reproductive condition, social status, and kinship (Alexander, 1974).
KW - humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
KW - humpback whale escorts
KW - sexed escorts
KW - social structure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132593842&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/mms.12952
DO - 10.1111/mms.12952
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132593842
SN - 0824-0469
VL - 38
SP - 1682
EP - 1690
JO - Marine Mammal Science
JF - Marine Mammal Science
IS - 4
ER -