Social evolution in toothed whales

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 228-232

  Connor, Richard C ^a   Mann, Janet ^a   Tyack, Peter L ^b   Whitehead, Hal ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL SYSTEM; TOOTHED WHALE; WHALE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TOOTH; WHALE;

BERARDIUS BAIRDII; ODONTOCETI; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0031834793     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01326-3     Document Type: Review

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