Kinship as a basis for alliance formation between male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Bahamas

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 185-194

  Parsons, Kim M ^a,b,d   Durban, John W ^a,b,e   Claridge, Diane E ^a,b   Balcomb, Ken C ^b,c   Noble, Les R ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b BAHAMAS MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (Bahamas)

^c CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d National Marine Mammal Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^f Lighthouse Field Station   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BAHAMAS;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0041311194     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2186     Document Type: Article

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