Behavioural evidence for social units in long-finned pilot whales

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1327-1338

  Ottensmeyer, C Andrea ^a,b   Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; FISHERIES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SAMPLING; TESTING;

PHILOPATRY;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

PHILOPATRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WHALE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0345149226     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-127     Document Type: Article

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