Decades-long social memory in bottlenose dolphins

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1768, 2013, Pages

  Bruck, Jason N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Long term memory; Signature whistles; Social memory

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DOLPHIN; MEMORY; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ELEPHANTIDAE; TURSIOPS;

ANIMAL; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84898107842     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1726     Document Type: Article

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