Quantitative analysis of tonal calls from five odontocete species, examining interspecific and intraspecific variation

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-410

  Rendell, Luke E ^a,b   Matthews, J N ^a   Gill, A ^c   Gordon, J C D ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cetacean; Discriminant analysis; Intraspecific variation; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

CAMPYLORHYNCHUS GRISEUS; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS;

EID: 0033378241     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999009875     Document Type: Article

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