Multivariate analysis of behavioural response experiments in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 759-770

  Dunlop, Rebecca A ^a   Noad, Michael J ^a   Cato, Douglas H ^b,c   Kniest, Eric ^d   Miller, Patrick J O ^e   Smith, Joshua N ^f   Stokes, M Dale ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Behavioural response; BRS; Humpback whales; Social sounds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMPBACK WHALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECORDING; SEASON; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; HUMPBACK WHALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEENSLAND; SEASONS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84874186869     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071498     Document Type: Article

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