Stereotypical resting behavior of the sperm whale

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Miller, Patrick J O ^a   Aoki, Kagari ^b   Rendell, Luke E ^a   Amano, Masao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIVING; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; SPERM WHALE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIVING; SLEEP; SPERM WHALE;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 37449002623     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.003     Document Type: Letter

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