RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 Whistles in the Wild: A Multi-Regional Assessment of Vocal Communication in Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
A1 Mosca, Olga Irene
K1 Acoustic Communication
K1 Bottlenose dolphin
K1 Whistles
AB Animals rely on communication for a wide range of purposes, including mating and cooperating with others to ensure survival. In highly social and cognitively advanced species like bottlenose dolphins, acoustic communication plays an important role. Dolphins use sound not only to explore their surroundings through echolocation, but also to stay in contact, maintain group cohesion, and coordinate activities through sounds known as whistles. This thesis investigates how bottlenose dolphins use whistles across different social and environmental contexts. The research is based on long-term datasets collected by the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute over nearly two decades in two coastal regions: the northeastern coast of Sardinia, Italy, and the Galician Rías, NW Spain.
YR 2026
FD 2026
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46414
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46414
LA eng
DS Minerva
RD 5 jun 2026