Dialects in Elephant Seals

Threat vocalizations of male elephant seals Mirounga angustirostris vary among four populations on islands off the coast of California and Baja California, Mexico. Males at San Nicolas Island in Southern California emit sound pulses at more than double the rate of males at Año Nuevo Island, 528 kilo...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Le Boeuf, Burney J., Peterson, Richard S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1969
Subjects:
Baja
San Miguel
Elephant Seals
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.166.3913.1654
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.166.3913.1654

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