A quantitative assessment of dominance relations among bottlenose dolphins

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-99

  Samuels, Amy ^a,b   Gifford, Tara ^a  

^a BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

agonistic behavior; bottlenose dolphin; dominance; social behavior; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; DOLPHINS; DOMINANCE; DOMINANCE RELATIONS; MAMMALS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0030621055     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00613.x     Document Type: Article

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