Characteristics of whistles from resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in southern Brazil

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2978-2983

  Azevedo, Alexandre F ^a   Oliveira, Alvaro M ^a   Rosa, L Dalla ^b   Lailson Brito, J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; AUDIO RECORDINGS; ESTUARIES; MAMMALS;

DOLPHINS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SOUND; STUDENT T TEST; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; BRAZIL; SOUND;

EID: 34247886038     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2713726     Document Type: Article

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