A division of labour with role specialization in group-hunting bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Cedar Key, Florida

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1559, 2005, Pages 135-140

  Gazda, Stefanie K ^a,b   Connor, Richard C ^a   Edgar, Robert K ^a   Cox, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Division of labour; Dolphin; Feeding

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABOR DIVISION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; FEEDING; FISH SCHOOL; HERD; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURISOPS TRUNCATUS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CEDAR KEY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOLPHINS; FLORIDA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 16844367807     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2937     Document Type: Article

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