The social organization of sperm whales in the Gulf of California and comparisons with other populations

• Main Authors: Jaquet, Nathalie, Gendron, Diane
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009
• Subjects: organisacion social; archipielago; cachalote; Cachalote; Pacific; Petersen; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx/handle/123456789/12821

Intra-specific variation in social organization provides valuable insights into the selective forces driving social evolution. Sperm whales are distributed globally and live far from shore, thus obtaining large sample sizes on social organization in multiple areas is logistically challenging and few...