Diversity in sound pressure levels and estimated active space of resident killer whale vocalizations

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 449-459

  Miller, Patrick J O ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Ecology; Pulsed call; Repertoire; Whistle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTATION; KILLER WHALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRESSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 33645833880     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0085-2     Document Type: Article

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