Comparing call-based versus subunit-based methods for categorizing Norwegian killer whale, Orcinus orca, vocalizations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-386

  Shapiro, Ari Daniel ^a   Tyack, Peter L ^a   Seneff, Stephanie ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Call type; Killer whale; Subunit; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 78751619165     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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