Author : Rebecca Elizabeth Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Relating Behavioral Context to Acoustic Parameters of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) Vocalizations by : Rebecca Elizabeth Thomas
Download or read book Relating Behavioral Context to Acoustic Parameters of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) Vocalizations written by Rebecca Elizabeth Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the localization/video method, vocalizations in a time window around submissive behaviors were localized and classified as having come from either dolphins engaged in the interaction or dolphins not engaged in the interaction. Vocalizations were emitted by interactants more often than expected, and by non-interactants less often than expected. Use of different vocalization types was found to vary depending on the context of the agonistic interaction. In addition, the sequence of vocalizations with respect to behaviors within the interaction mattered, with more vocalizations occurring after than before submissive behaviors. These results demonstrated that group-based analyses of vocalizations are insufficient and one must use techniques designed to focus on the level of the interaction in order to study communication and social behavior in dolphins.