Call directionality and its behavioural significance in male northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-361

  Holt, Marla M ^a   Southall, Brandon L ^a   Insley, Stephen J ^a   Schusterman, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrasexual competition; Mirounga angustirostris; Northern elephant seal; Pinniped; Playback; Seal; Sound radiation pattern; Vocal behaviour; Vocal communication; Vocal directionality

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77955575460     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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