Digging in the deep: Killer whales' advanced hunting tactic

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 939-941

  Nøttestad, Leif ^a   Fernö, Anders ^b   Axelsen, Bjørn E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WHALE;

CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; DELPHINIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0036934056     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0437-0     Document Type: Article

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