Male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) acoustics in a high-latitude habitat: Implications for echolocation and communication

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-41

  Madsen, P T ^a   Wahlberg, M ^a   Mohl B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clicks; Communication; Echolocation; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION; ECHOLOCATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; WHALE;

NORWAY;

CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0038348626     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0548-1     Document Type: Article

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