Female reproductive success in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.): Life history, habitat, provisioning, and group-size effects

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 210-219

  Mann, Janet ^a   Connor, Richard C ^b   Barre, Lynne M ^a   Heithaus, Michael R ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth; Bottlenose dolphins; Female reproductive success; Interbirth interval; Lactation; Mortality; Sociality; Tursiops; Water depth; Weaning

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; GROUP SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034104210     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.2.210     Document Type: Article

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