Whistle emissions of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) differ with group composition and surface behaviors

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2652-2663

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

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; GROUP COMPOSITION; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; REPETITION RATE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; SURFACE BEHAVIOR; WHISTLE EMISSIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIGNALING;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; SWIMMING; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77954080502     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3308465     Document Type: Article

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