Mother-infant spatial relations in captive bottlenose dolphins, tursiops truncatus

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 751-765

  Gubbins, Cara ^a,b,g   Mccowan, Brenda ^b,c   Lynn, Spencer K ^b,d   Hooper, Stacie ^b   Reiss, Diana ^b,e,f  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marine World Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f New York Aquarium   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Development; Mother infant; Ontogeny; Social behavior; Spatial relations; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; DOLPHIN; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0033051224     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00841.x     Document Type: Article

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