Social structure and residency in aggregations of male sperm whales

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1189-1196

  Lettevall, Erland ^a   Richter, Christoph ^b   Jaquet, Nathalie ^b   Slooten, Elizabeth ^b   Dawson, Steve ^b   Whitehead, Hal ^c,d   Christal, Jenny ^c   Howard, Penelope McCall ^c  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

SPERM WHALES;

BIOLOGY;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; RESIDENCE TIME; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WHALE;

CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0036935589     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-102     Document Type: Article

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