No global synthesis of the status of baleen whales has been published since the 2008 IUCN
Red List assessments. Many populations remain at low numbers from historical commercial …

Connectivity among populations determines the dynamics and evolution of populations, and
its assessment is essential in ecology in general and in conservation biology in particular …

The krill surplus hypothesis of unlimited prey resources available for Antarctic predators due
to commercial whaling in the 20th century has remained largely untested since the 1970s …

Книга является обобщением представлений и результатов многолетних исследований
по группам гидробионтов, слагающих низшие трофические уровни в экосистемах …

Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional
migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller …

Mortality from collisions with vessels is one of the main human causes of death for large
whales. Ship strikes are rarely witnessed and the distribution of strike risk and estimates of …

Humpback whales (M egaptera novaeangliae) are seasonal breeders, annually migrating
from high‐latitude summer feeding grounds to low‐latitude winter breeding grounds. The …

Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) of the Southern Hemisphere were brought to
near extinction by twentieth century industrial whaling. For decades, they had all but …

Understanding the ecosystem effects of ocean warming is increasingly important as marine
heatwaves become more common and increase in severity. Here, we used Glacier Bay …

In addition to providing animals with a source of directional or 'compass' information, Earth's
magnetic field also provides a potential source of positional or 'map'information that animals …