Coordinated Breathing in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) as Cooperation: Integrating Proximate and Ultimate Explanations

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-120

  Perelberg, Amir ^a,b   Schuster, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Dolphin Reef   (Israel)

Author keywords

cooperation bias; coordinated cooperation; proximate and ultimate explanations; time lag; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BREATHING; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SWIMMING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RESPIRATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 44449165533     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.2.109     Document Type: Article

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