Cultural traditions and the evolution of reproductive isolation: ecological speciation in killer whales?
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Department of Biology & W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University, 127 David Clark Labs, Raleigh, NC 27695-7617, USA Cetacean Research Laboratory, Vancouver Aquarium, PO. Box 3232, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8, Canada Cetacean Research Program, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9T 6N7, Canada Centre for Wildlife Conservation, University of Cumbria, Newton Rigg, Penrith, CA11 0AH, UK Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, UK
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