Association patterns and kinship in female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-117

  Möller, Luciana M ^a   Beheregaray, Luciano B ^a   Allen, Simon J ^a   Harcourt, Robert G ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Female associations; Kinship; Mammals; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33749452284     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0241-x     Document Type: Article

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