Ethogram of selected behaviors initiated by free-ranging short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and directed to human swimmers during open water encounters

Anthrozoos

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-258

  Scheer, Michael ^a,b   Hofmann, Bianka ^a   Behr, Itay P ^a  

^a Project easi Cetacean Field Studies   (Germany)

^b Project easi Cetacean Field Studies   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethogram; Globicephala macrorhynchus; Human dolphin interactions; Short finned pilot whales; Whale watching

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; MACRORHYNCHUS;

EID: 12744279897     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279304785643267     Document Type: Article

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