The role of signature whistle matching in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-86

  King, Stephanie L ^a   Harley, Heidi E ^b,c   Janik, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c The Seas   (United States)

Author keywords

Addressing; Bottlenose dolphin; Interactive playback; Signature whistle; Vocal learning; Vocal matching

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY CUE; DOLPHIN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION; CONSPECIFIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84906655799     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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