Sperm whale social units: Variation and change

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1431-1440

  Christal, Jenny ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^a   Lettevall, Erland ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0032456469     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-087     Document Type: Article

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