Vocal copying of individually distinctive signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1757, 2013, Pages

  King, Stephanie L ^a   Sayigh, Laela S ^b   Wells, Randall S ^c   Fellner, Wendi ^d   Janik, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Walt Disney World   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Imitation; Tursiops; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOLPHIN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; IMITATION; LANGUAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SONG;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

IM; MLCS; MLOWN; NLM;

EID: 84874262764     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0053     Document Type: Article

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