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Age- and sex-specific survivorship of the Southern Hemisphere long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas edwardii)

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Betty, Emma L, Stockin, Karen A, Hinton, Bethany, Bollard, Barbara A, Orams, Mark B, Murphy, Sinéad (2023): Age- and sex-specific survivorship of the Southern Hemisphere long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas edwardii). Journal of Mammalogy 104 (1): 39-48, DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyac085, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac085

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