Sponge carrying by dolphins (Delphinidae, Tursiops sp.): A foraging specialization involving tool use?

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 454-465

  Smolker, Rachel ^a   Richards, Andrew ^b   Connor, Richard ^b   Mann, Janet ^b   Berggren, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURSIOPS; ECHINODICTYUM MESENTERINUM; PORIFERA;

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; MAMMALS; SPECIALIZATION; SPONGE CARRYING; TOOL USE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SHARK BAY;

EID: 0030618066     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00160.x     Document Type: Article

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