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PEER-REVIEWED PAPERAcoustic PerceptionDOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509918103

Signature whistle shape conveys identity information to bottlenose dolphins

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2006-05-23

Research Abstract & Summary

Groundbreaking experimental playback study by Vincent M. Janik, Laela S. Sayigh, and Randall S. Wells demonstrating that synthetic frequency modulation contour shapes alone, stripped of voice timbre and individual harmonics, convey identity information to bottlenose dolphins.

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