The fallacy of 'signature whistles' in bottlenose dolphins: A comparative perspective of 'signature information' in animal vocalizations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1151-1162

  McCowan, Brenda ^a,b   Reiss, Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b New York Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0035695330     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1846     Document Type: Article

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