Postnatal development of echolocation abilities in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Temporal organization

Zoo Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-215

  Favaro, Livio ^a   Gnone, Guido ^b   Pessani, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Acquario di Genova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Biosonar; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84876080702     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21056     Document Type: Article

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