Group-specific dialects and geographical variation in coda repertoire in South Pacific sperm whales

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 277-285

  Weilgart, Linda ^a,b   Whitehead, Hal ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codas; Communication; Dialects; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030975071     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050343     Document Type: Article

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