Bottlenose dolphins exchange signature whistles when meeting at sea
Bottlenose dolphins exchange signature whistles when meeting at sea
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宽吻海豚在海上相遇时会交换标志性的口哨声
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发表时间:
2012
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通讯作者:
V. Janik
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作者:
N. Quick;V. Janik
The bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, is one of very few animals that, through vocal learning, can invent novel acoustic signals and copy whistles of conspecifics. Furthermore, receivers can extract identity information from the invented part of whistles. In captivity, dolphins use such signature whistles while separated from the rest of their group. However, little is known about how they use them at sea. If signature whistles are the main vehicle to transmit identity information, then dolphins should exchange these whistles in contexts where groups or individuals join. We used passive acoustic localization during focal boat follows to observe signature whistle use in the wild. We found that stereotypic whistle exchanges occurred primarily when groups of dolphins met and joined at sea. A sequence analysis verified that most of the whistles used during joins were signature whistles. Whistle matching or copying was not observed in any of the joins. The data show that signature whistle exchanges are a significant part of a greeting sequence that allows dolphins to identify conspecifics when encountering them in the wild.
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10.1121/1.406681
发表时间:
1993
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The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
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作者:
Freitag,LE;Tyack,PL
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Tyack,PL