Changing durations of southern resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) discrete calls between two periods spanning 28 years

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-201

  Wieland, Monika ^a   Jones, Albyn ^a   Renn, Susan C P ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 73349108443     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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