Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf interactions

• Main Author: Saloma, Anjara
• Other Authors: Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), Université d'Antananarivo, Adam, Olivier, Charrier, Isabelle, Andrianarimisa, Aristide
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Baleine à bosse; Vocalisations; Baleineau; Communication acoutsique; Comportement; Relation spatiale; Humpback whale; Vocalizations; Calf; Acoustic communcation; Behaviour; Spatial relashionship; lang; psy; Baleine; la Baleine; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLS138/document

In humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), maintaining social bonds between females and their newborns involves different sensory modalities such as hearing, touching and vision. While acoustic communication in male singers of this species has been extensively studied, social sounds, especially th...