Cultural change in the songs of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from Tonga

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-328

  Eriksen, Nina ^a,d   Miller, Lee A ^a   Tougaard, Jakob ^b   Helweg, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Humpback whales; Song change

Indexed keywords

AVES; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 24344436853     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539053778283     Document Type: Article

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