Communicative and other cognitive characteristics of bottlenose dolphins

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 140-145

  Reiss, Diana ^a,b   McCowan, Brenda ^d   Marino, Lori ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marine World Foundation   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0006753872     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(97)01046-2     Document Type: Article

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