Whistle sharing in paired male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 531-543

  Watwood, Stephanie L ^a   Tyack, Peter L ^a   Wells, Randall S ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus; Vocal convergence; Whistle matching

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; PRIMATES; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 1942477416     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0724-y     Document Type: Article

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