Spatial and temporal variation in sperm whale coda vocalizations: Stable usage and local dialects

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Rendell, Luke ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 20544440131     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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