Temporal and contextual patterns of killer whale (Orcinus orca) call type production

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-606

  Foote, Andrew D ^a,b   Osborne, Richard W ^c   Rus Hoelzel, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c The Whale Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CALLING BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 43749113537     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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