The bottlenose dolphin community of doubtful sound features a large proportion of long-lasting associations: Can geographic isolation explain this unique trait?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 396-405

  Lusseau, David ^a,b   Schneider, Karsten ^a   Boisseau, Oliver J ^a   Haase, Patti ^a   Slooten, Elisabeth ^a   Dawson, Steve M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental influences on sociality; Grandmother hypothesis; Sex segregation; Social organisation; Tursiops spp.

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0042311400     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0651-y     Document Type: Article

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