Aerial behavior

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5-11

  Würsig, Bernd ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 80052736470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00003-1     Document Type: Chapter

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