Coda vocalizations recorded in breeding areas are almost entirely produced by mature female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 609-614

  Marcoux, Marianne ^a,c   Whitehead, Hal ^a   Rendell, Luke ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PHOTOGRAPHY;

CODA CLICKS; FEMALE/IMMATURE GROUPS; SPERM WHALES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; CODA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33745891497     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-035     Document Type: Article

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