Killer whale ecotypes: is there a global model?

Cultural traditions and the evolution of reproductive isolation: ecological speciation in killer whales?

(2012) RÜDIGER RIESCH et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Prey and seasonal abundance of killer whales at sub-Antarctic Marion Island

(2011) RR Reisinger et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Abundance estimates of killer whales at ­subantarctic Marion Island

(2011) RR Reisinger et al.   Aquatic Biology

The influence of ecology on sociality in the killer whale (Orcinus orca)

(2011) Suzanne Beck et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Antarctic killer whales make rapid, round-trip movements to subtropical waters: evidence for physiological maintenance migrations?

(2011) J. W. Durban et al.   Biology Letters

Inferred Paternity and Male Reproductive Success in a Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population

(2011) Michael J. Ford et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters

(2011) Robert L. Pitman et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Canadian Arctic: Distribution, prey items, group sizes, and seasonality

(2011) Jeff W. Higdon et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Out of the Pacific and Back Again: Insights into the Matrilineal History of Pacific Killer Whale Ecotypes

(2011) Andrew D. Foote et al.   PLoS One

Mitogenome Phylogenetics: The Impact of Using Single Regions and Partitioning Schemes on Topology, Substitution Rate and Divergence Time Estimation

(2011) Sebastián Duchêne et al.   PLoS One

Satellite tracking of a killer whale (Orcinus orca) in the eastern Canadian Arctic documents ice avoidance and rapid, long-distance movement into the North Atlantic

(2011) Cory J. D. Matthews et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation in a multi-prey system

(2011) Steven H. Ferguson et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Killer whales in South African waters—a review of their biology

(2010) P B Best et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Shark predation and tooth wear in a population of northeastern Pacific killer whales

(2010) JKB Ford et al.   Aquatic Biology

Positive selection on the killer whale mitogenome

(2010) A. D. Foote et al.   Biology Letters

Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species

(2010) P. A. Morin et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

THE GENOTYPICAL RESPONSE OF THE PLANT SPECIES TO THE HABITAT

(2010) GÖTE TURESSON   HEREDITAS

Killer whales ( Orcinus orca) in Angolan and Gulf of Guinea waters, tropical West Africa

(2010) Caroline R Weir et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

A re-evaluation of the role of killer whalesOrcinus orcain a population decline of sea ottersEnhydra lutrisin the Aleutian Islands and a review of alternative hypotheses

(2010) Katie KUKER et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations

(2010) ANDREW D. FOOTE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Killer whale predation on penguins in Antarctica

(2010) Robert L. Pitman et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale (Orcinus orca), type D, from subantarctic waters

(2010) Robert L. Pitman et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

First Record of Predation on False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) by Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)

(2010) Ingrid N. Visser et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Sightings of killer whalesOrcinus orcafrom longline vessels in South African waters, and consideration of the regional conservation status

(2009) AJ Williams et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Occurrence of killer whales in Scottish inshore waters: temporal and spatial patterns relative to the distribution of declining harbour seal populations

(2009) Harriet E. Bolt et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Linking killer whale survival and prey abundance: food limitation in the oceans' apex predator?

(2009) J. K. B. Ford et al.   Biology Letters

Movement, site fidelity and connectivity in a top marine predator, the killer whale

(2009) Andrew D. Foote et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Social cohesion among kin, gene flow without dispersal and the evolution of population genetic structure in the killer whale (Orcinus orca)

(2009) M. PILOT et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Cetacean records from Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic

(2009) Peter B. Best et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

The seasonal occurrence and behaviour of Killer whales Orcinus orca, at Marion Island

(2009) P. R. Condy et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The social organization of resident-type killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Avacha Gulf, Northwest Pacific, as revealed through association patterns and acoustic similarity

(2009) Tatiana Ivkovich et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Impacts of cetaceans on the structure of Southern Ocean food webs

(2009) David Ainley et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Problems with the claim of ecotype and taxon status of the wolf in the Great Lakes region

(2009) MATTHEW A. CRONIN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of sympatric North Atlantic killer whale populations

(2009) ANDREW D. FOOTE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Causes and consequences of marine mammal population declines in southwest Alaska: a food-web perspective

(2009) J.A. Estes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Acoustic Behavior of Antarctic Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) Recorded Near the Ice Edge of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

(2009) Michael F. Richlen et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

An Apparent Decrease in the Prevalence of "Ross Sea Killer Whales" in the Southern Ross Sea

(2009) David G. Ainley et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Mitochondrial sequence divergence among Antarctic killer whale ecotypes is consistent with multiple species

(2008) R. G LeDuc et al.   Biology Letters

SHIFTING PREY SELECTION GENERATES CONTRASTING HERBIVORE DYNAMICS WITHIN A LARGE-MAMMAL PREDATOR–PREY WEB

(2008) Norman Owen-Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Ecological repercussions of historical fish extraction from the Southern Ocean

(2008) David G Ainley et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

The function of multi-pod aggregations of fish-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Kamchatka, Far East Russia

(2008) Olga A. Filatova et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Variation in call pitch among killer whale ecotypes

(2008) Andrew D. Foote et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Eastern temperate North Pacific offshore killer whales (Orcinus orca): Occurrence, movements, and insights into feeding ecology

(2008) Marilyn E. Dahlheim et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Mammal-eating killer whales, industrial whaling, and the sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: A reply to critics of Springer et al. 2003

(2008) A. M. Springer et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Use of chemical tracers to assess diet and persistent organic pollutants in Antarctic Type C killer whales

(2008) Margaret M. Krahn et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Satellite tracking reveals distinct movement patterns for Type B and Type C killer whales in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica

(2008) Russel D. Andrews et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

South American Sea Lions (Otaria flavescens) Avoid Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation

(2008) Alejandro R. Vila et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Antarctic peninsula killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunt seals and a penguin on floating ice

(2007) Ingrid N. Visser et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE