A new technique to measure spatial relationships within groups of free-ranging coastal cetaceans

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 888-895

  Denardo, C ^a,d   Dougherty, M ^b,d   Hastie, G ^c,d   Leaper, R ^b,d   Wilson, B ^b,c,d   Thompson, P M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetacean behaviour; Disturbance; Inter animal spacing; Theodolite; Video camera

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034879248     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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