Social structure and mating system of sperm whales off northern Chile

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1360-1369

  Coakes, Amanda K ^a,b   Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

MATING SYSTEM; NONSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPERM WHALES;

BIODIVERSITY;

GROUP SIZE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WHALE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 12744253847     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-115     Document Type: Article

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