Humpback whale song: Who sings?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1653-1663

  Herman, Louis M ^a,b   Pack, Adam A ^b,c   Spitz, Scott S ^b   Herman, Elia Y K ^b,d   Rose, Kathryn ^b   Hakala, Siri ^e   Deakos, Mark H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Dolphin Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^e PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f Hawaii Association for Marine Education and Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Humpback whale song; Lek mating; Sexual maturity; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; LEK; MALE; MUTUALISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIGNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONG; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WHALE; WHALING; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; PASSERI; UNGULATA;

EID: 84883770375     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1576-8     Document Type: Article

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