Structural characteristics of pulsed calls of long-finned pilot whales globicephala melas

Bioacoustics

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 67-92

  Nemiroff, Leah ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Globicephala melas; Long finned Pilot Whales; Pulsed calls; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; IMITATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 73949102381     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2009.9753615     Document Type: Article

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