Pseudorca crassidens
Decreased echolocation performance following high frequency hearing loss in the false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
... (Pseudorca crassidens) from previous echolocation discrimination experiments provided a model system for investigating the link between high-frequency hearing and echolocation discrimination ...
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False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in New Zealand waters : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Biology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
... On a global scale, false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) remain one of the lesser- known delphinids, with most knowledge about the species originating from infrequent stranding reports. Herein I ...
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Echolocation clicks of two free ranging, oceanic delphinids with different food preferences: false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens and Risso's dolphins Grampus griseus
... foraging Pseudorca crassidens and the cephalopod eating Grampus ...griseus. Pseudorca produces short duration (30·µs), broadband (Q=2–3) signals with peak frequencies around 40·kHz, centroid ...
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False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in New Zealand waters : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Biology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
... Photo-identified false killer whales encountered off northeastern New Zealand, showing movements between the different encounter locations and associations between individuals between 20[r] ...
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Evidence for a postreproductive phase in female false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens
... Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:30 Trend in pregnancy rate and successful ovulations with age The relative frequencies of corpora lutea of ovulation and pregnancy were available for 26 know[r] ...
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Nasal sound production in echolocating delphinids (Tursiops truncatus and Pseudorca crassidens) is dynamic, but unilateral: clicking on the right side and whistling on the left side
... In their comprehensive treatise, Cranford and colleagues Cranford et al., 2011 list a range of remarkable click properties that lend apparent support to the dual actuation hypothesis: i [r] ...
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Evidence for a postreproductive phase in female false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens
... The relative frequencies of corpora lutea of ovulation and pregnancy were available for 26 known-age female false killer whales using combined data from Japan and South Africa accessory [r] ...
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Active echolocation beam focusing in the false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
... The diameter of the posterior portion of the false killer whale skull is approximately 30cm (Cowley, 1944) and the wavelength of this species’ echolocation signals is approximately 5cm (Kloepper et al., 2010a). ...
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First record of common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Canadian Pacific waters
... Approximately 200 apparently healthy bottlenose dol- phins of mixed age classes were observed traveling in an aggregation with approximately 70 false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) at 06:45 a.m. on 29 ...
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Strouhal numbers and optimization of swimming by odontocete cetaceans
... Swimming efficiencies of fish and cetaceans have been related to a certain synchrony between stroke cycle frequency, peak-to-peak tail/fluke amplitude and mean swimming speed. These kinematic parameters form a non- ...
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Studies of Tasmanian Cetacea Part I (Orca gladiator, Pseudorca crassideus, Globicephalus melas)
... In addition to the foregoing a skull from the Museum store collection labelled "E pidon chafhamensis" 6 was examined for purposes of comparison, and also an articulated skeleton of a "Ki[r] ...
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The diet of tree weta : natural and captive folivory preferences of Hemideina crassidens and Hemideina thoracica : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... (Hemideina crassidens) spends more time during the evening/night at the entrance of its refuge being “vigilant” when in the presence of mammalian predators than on mammal free islands (Rufaut & Gibbs, ...
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Bait consumption and residual concentrations of diphacinone in the Wellington tree weta (Hemideina crassidens) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
... (Hemideina crassidens) as the result of exposure to baits used for rodent control, and the potential secondary hazard to non-target species, captive weta were offered Ditrac® wax block bait containing the ...
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Frass drop for monitoring relative abundance of large arboreal invertebrates in a New Zealand mixed beech forest
... Abstract: Biodiversity managers need robust and cost-effective tools to monitor ecosystem health and outcomes of management actions. Large arboreal invertebrates are important components of forest ecosystem food webs, ...
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Middle/late Miocene hoplocetine sperm whale remains (Odontoceti: Physeteridae) of North Germany with an emended classification of the Hoplocetinae
... The teeth of Hoplo- cetus ritzi are most similar to those of Hoplocetus crassidens from the Miocene of Droˆme, southern France (Gervais 1848––1852, pl. The teeth of the French species ar[r] ...
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Plio-Pleistocene aardvarks (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa
... O. crassidens from its species ...a. crassidens were classified as a separate species from ...O. crassidens, ...O. crassidens would thus be known exclusively from its holotype and ...
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Sex- and season-dependent behaviour in a flightless insect, the Auckland tree weta (Hemideina thoracica)
... Recent research has highlighted potential negative effects of tagging of study animals (e.g. Davis & Ovaska 2001; Boiteau et al. 2009; Barron et al. 2010; Saraux et al. 2011).Two trials to determine whether tagging ...
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