First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Observation of Epimeletic Behavior in Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins
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1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
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Chung, T.Y.-T.; Ho, H.H.-N.; Tsui, H.C.-L.; Kot, B.C.-W. First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Observation of Epimeletic Behavior in Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins. Animals 2022, 12, 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111463
Chung TY-T, Ho HH-N, Tsui HC-L, Kot BC-W. First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Observation of Epimeletic Behavior in Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins. Animals. 2022; 12(11):1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111463
Chicago/Turabian StyleChung, Tabris Yik-To, Heysen Hei-Nam Ho, Henry Chun-Lok Tsui, and Brian Chin-Wing Kot. 2022. "First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Observation of Epimeletic Behavior in Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins" Animals 12, no. 11: 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111463
APA StyleChung, T. Y. -T., Ho, H. H. -N., Tsui, H. C. -L., & Kot, B. C. -W. (2022). First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Observation of Epimeletic Behavior in Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins. Animals, 12(11), 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111463