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ArticleEvolutionary biology2023

Investigating the Relationship Between Body Shape and Life History Traits in Toothed Whales: Can Body Shape Predict Fast-Slow Life Histories?

Steven H Ferguson, Jeff W Higdon, Chloe Schmidt, Corinne Pomerleau, Cory J D Matthews

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Article in Evolutionary biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Steven H FergusonFisheries & Oceans Canada, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, MB R3T 1M6 Canada.
Jeff W HigdonHigdon Wildlife Consulting, 912 Ashburn Street, Winnipeg, MB R3G 3C9 Canada.
Chloe SchmidtGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig-Halle-Jena, Puschstraße 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Corinne PomerleauNational Defence, Government of Canada, Nanoose Bay, BC V9P 9J9 Canada.
Cory J D MatthewsFisheries & Oceans Canada, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, MB R3T 1M6 Canada.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada · CADepartment of National Defence · CAGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research · DEResearch Manitoba · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A widespread pattern in vertebrate life-history evolution is for species to evolve towards either fast or slow life histories; however, the underlying causes of this pattern remain unclear. Toothed whales (Odontoceti) are a diverse group with a range of body sizes and life histories, making them an ideal model to investigate potential drivers of this dichotomy. Using ancestral reconstruction, we identified that certain groups of odontocetes evolved more-streamlined, presumably faster, body shapes around the same time that killer whales ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11692-023-09605-4.

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Fast-slow continuumLife history traitsMorphologyOdontocetePredation selection pressure

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PMID37576439
PMCPMC10415445
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