Patterns of whistles emitted by wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) during a provisioning program

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-186

  Hawkins, Elizabeth R ^a   Gartside, Donald F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Behaviour; Communication; Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops aduncus; Whistle

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 70350335021     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.2.2009.171     Document Type: Article

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