Songs of male humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are involved in intersexual interactions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-477

  Smith, Joshua N ^a   Goldizen, Anne W ^a   Dunlop, Rebecca A ^a   Noad, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

acoustic tracking; humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; sexual selection; social interaction; song

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BREEDING SEASON; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONG; WHALE;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 46849097351     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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