Pitfalls in the categorization of behaviour: A comparison of dolphin whistle classification methods

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-143

  Janik, Vincent M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DOLPHIN; METHODOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032968356     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0923     Document Type: Article

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