Vocal behavior of resident killer whale matrilines with newborn calves: The role of family signatures

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 627-635

  Weiß, Brigitte M ^a   Ladich, Friedrich ^a   Spong, Paul ^b   Symonds, Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b OrcaLab   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; MATRILINES; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; VOCAL BEHAVIOR;

DATA REDUCTION; HYDROPHONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISION; VOICE; WHALE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 30844457507     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2130934     Document Type: Article

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