Whistle Rates of Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Influences of Group Size and Behavior

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-311

  Quick, Nicola J ^a   Janik, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

call rates; masking; passive acoustic localization; Tursiops truncatus; whistles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 50849101079     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.3.305     Document Type: Article

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