Vocal behaviour and feeding ecology of killer whales orcinus orca around Shetland, UK

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-88

  Deecke, Volker B ^a   Nykänen, Milaja ^a   Foote, Andrew D ^b,c   Janik, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dietary specialisation; Feeding ecology; Killer whale; North atlantic; Vocal behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 79960713428     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00353     Document Type: Article

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