Babysitting, dive synchrony, and indications of alloparental care in sperm whales

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-244

  Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Babysitting; Diving; Physeter macrocephalus; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BABYSITTING; DIVING; SPERM WHALE;

PACIFIC, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0030439827     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050238     Document Type: Article

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