Food availability and tiger shark predation risk influence bottlenose dolphin habitat use

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 480-491

  Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Dill, Lawrence M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative prey; Behavior; Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus); Group size; Habitat use; Indirect effects; Predation risk; Predator prey interactions; Prey availability; Seagrass ecosystems; Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT USE; PREDATION RISK;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CORYPHAENIDAE; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; HALOPHILA; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036162579     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0480:FAATSP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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