The structure of stereotyped calls reflects kinship and social affiliation in resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-518

  Deecke, Volker B ^a,b,c   Barrett Lennard, Lance G ^b,c   Spong, Paul ^d   Ford, John K B ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d OrcaLab   (Canada)

^e PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene culture coevolution; Kin recognition; Social network; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; KIN RECOGNITION; KINSHIP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY; FEMALE; KILLER WHALE; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE NET; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALE, KILLER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 77954455919     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0657-z     Document Type: Article

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