Acoustic monitoring on a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding ground shows continual singing into late spring

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1543, 2004, Pages 1051-1057

  Clark, Christopher W ^a   Clapham, Phillip J ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Humpback whale; Mating systems; North atlantic; Song

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; FEEDING GROUND; MONITORING; SONG; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONCEPTION; COURTSHIP; FEEDING ECOLOGY; LATITUDE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPRING; SUMMER; WHALE; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 2442719970     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2699     Document Type: Article

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