Recurring patterns in the songs of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-294

  Green, Sean R ^a   Mercado, Eduardo ^a   Pack, Adam A ^b,c   Herman, Louis M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Dolphin Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Cetacean; Mysticete; Neural network; Ocean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOACOUSTICS; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SELF ORGANIZATION; SONG; WHALE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; ECHOLOCATION; HUMPBACK WHALE; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; SOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMPBACK WHALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OCEANS AND SEAS; PROBABILITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 79551682599     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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