Can environmental heterogeneity explain individual foraging variation in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 679-688

  Sargeant, Brooke L ^a,c   Wirsing, Aaron J ^b   Heithaus, Michael R ^c   Mann, Janet ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Ecological variation; Foraging; Social learning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 33847689467     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0296-8     Document Type: Article

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