The social organization of resident-type killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Avacha Gulf, Northwest Pacific, as revealed through association patterns and acoustic similarity

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-210

  Ivkovich, Tatiana ^a,g   Filatova, Olga A ^b,g   Burdin, Alexandr M ^c,d,g   Sato, Hal ^e   Hoyt, Erich ^f,g  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^d Alaska Sealife Center   (United States)

^e Far East Russia Orca Project   (Japan)

^f WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^g FEROP   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acoustic similarity; Cetacea; Orcinus orca; Social organization

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; KINSHIP; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WHALE;

AVACHA BAY; KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 77949273970     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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