Signature whistle shape conveys identity information to bottlenose dolphins

V. M. Janik; L. S. Sayigh; R. S. Wells

doi:10.1073/pnas.0509918103

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Edited by May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, and approved March 27, 2006 (received for review November 15, 2005)

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Article Information

vol. 103 no. 21 8293-8297

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0509918103

PubMed:

16698937

Published By:

National Academy of Sciences

Print ISSN:

0027-8424

Online ISSN:

1091-6490

History:

Published in issue May 23, 2006.
Published first May 12, 2006.

Author Information

V. M. Janik * , ^† ,
L. S. Sayigh ^‡ , and
R. S. Wells ^§

*Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution and Sea Mammal Research Unit, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, United Kingdom;
^‡Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403; and
^§Chicago Zoological Society, c/o Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236

Edited by May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, and approved March 27, 2006 (received for review November 15, 2005)

Footnotes

^†To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vj{at}st-andrews.ac.uk
Author contributions: V.M.J., L.S.S., and R.S.W. designed research; V.M.J., L.S.S., and R.S.W. performed research; V.M.J. analyzed data; and V.M.J. wrote the paper.
Conflict of interest statement: No conflicts declared.
This paper was submitted directly (Track II) to the PNAS office.

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Total 2017	926	906	363
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Apr 2018	215	200	45
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Jul 2018	149	167	24
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Total 2021	22	36	23
Total	19031	19801	9851