Social interactions of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother/calf pairs on a North Atlantic feeding ground

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 731-750

  Sardi, Katherine A ^a   Weinrich, Mason T ^a   Connor, Richard C ^b  

^a Whale Center of New England   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Calf; Humpback; Mother; Social; Whale

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 23944466409     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539054729132     Document Type: Article

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