Applicability of information theory to the quantification of responses to anthropogenic noise by Southeast Alaskan humpback whales

Entropy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 33-46

  Doyle, Laurance R ^a   McCowan, Brenda ^b   Hanser, Sean F ^b   Chyba, Christopher ^c   Bucci, Taylor ^a   Ellen Blue, J ^d  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Humpback whales; Information theory; Vocal behavior; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849145380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/entropy-e10020033     Document Type: Article

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