Use and function of distinctive whistle-like signals in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) mother-calf pair

Dolphins: Anatomy, Behavior and Threats

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 149-167

  Gnone, Guido ^a   Moriconi, Tiziana ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Genova Sampierdarena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic behaviour; Bottlenose dolphin; Imprinting; Parental behaviour; Tursiops truncatus

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EID: 84876086656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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