Specialization and development of beach hunting, a rare foraging behavior, by wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1400-1410

  Sargeant, B L ^a   Mann, J ^a   Berggren, P ^b   Krutzen M ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ECOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OCEAN HABITATS;

BEACH HUNTING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEACH; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LEARNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GERVAIS; TURSIOPS;

EID: 31744440084     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-136     Document Type: Article

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