| Title | Sperm whales; social evolution in the ocean |
| Author | Whitehead, H. |
| Source | 431p. Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, United States. ISBN: 0226895181 |
| Publication Date | 2003 |
| Notes | In English GeoRef Acc. No: 300818 |
| Index Terms | Arctic Ocean; Southern Ocean; behavior; biology; Cetacea; Chordata; communities; conservation; distribution; ecology; Eutheria; habitat; Mammalia; migration; Mysticeti; Physeter macrocephalus; Physeteridae; reproduction; Tetrapoda; Theria; Vertebrata |
| Abstract | Describes ecology and social life of Physeter macrocephalus. Includes biology, behaviour and habitat; social organization; movement and migration; population dynamics; behaviour and vocalizations. Discusses role of ocean environment in evolution of complex lifestyles; and explores role of culture in life of sperm whales, and consequences for both evolution and conservation. |
| Publication Type | monograph |
| Record ID | 88736 |