Population-level lateralized feeding behaviour in North Atlantic humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 901-909

  Canning, Claire ^a,b   Crain, Danielle ^a,c   Eaton, T Scott ^a   Nuessly, Kathryn ^a   Friedlaender, Ari ^c   Hurst, Tom ^d   Parks, Susan ^e   Ware, Colin ^f   Wiley, David ^g   Weinrich, Mason ^a  

^a Whale Center of New England   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g NOAA National Ocean Service   (United States)

Author keywords

DTAG; Feeding behaviour; Handedness index; Humpback whale; Jaw scuffing; Lateralized behaviour; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGE CLASS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HANDEDNESS; MOVEMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; WHALE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 80052719783     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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