Movements, habitat use and feeding success of cultural clans of South Pacific sperm whales

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 190-196

  Whitehead, Hal ^a   Rendell, Luke ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chile; Cultural hitchhiking; ENSO; Gal pagos; Physeter

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; WHALE;

CHILE; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

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

EID: 1642523687     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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