The functional significance of colouration in cetaceans

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1231-1245

  Caro, Tim ^a   Beeman, Karrie ^a   Stankowich, Theodore ^b   Whitehead, Hal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colour; Countershading; Distinctive marks; Whales

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; COLOR MORPH; FISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PREY CAPTURE; SHADING; SWIMMING; TAXONOMY;

CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80054017016     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9479-5     Document Type: Article

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