Patterns of female attractiveness in Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 37-69

  Connor, Richard C ^a   Richards, Andrew F ^a   Smolker, Rachel A ^a   Mann, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONSORTSHIP; FEMALE ATTRACTIVENESS;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SHARK BAY;

TURSIOPS;

EID: 0030431132     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996x00026     Document Type: Article

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