INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN THE ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE ADULT MALE LEOPARD SEAL, HYDRURGA LEPTONYX

• Published in: Behaviour
• Main Authors: Rogers, Tracey, Cato, Douglas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 2002
• Subjects: Behavioral Neuroscience; Animal Science and Zoology; East Antarctica; Hydrurga; Prydz Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853902321104154; https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/139/10/article-p1267_1.xml; https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/beh/139/10/article-p1267_1.xml

Abstract Vocalisations and vocalising bouts of adult male leopard seals recorded from the Prydz Bay region, East Antarctica, were compared to determine whether they showed individual variability. There were distinct individual patterns in the sequence of vocalisations within vocalising bouts. A sequ...