Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: Review and new directions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-437

  Whitehead, Hal ^a   Rendell, Luke ^b   Osborne, Richard W ^c   Würsig, Bernd ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c The Whale Museum   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Culture; Dolphin; Social learning; Whale

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DOLPHIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE;

EID: 4143092835     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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