Social structure of Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) at the Azores: A stratified community based on highly associated social units

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 294-306

  Hartman, K L ^a   Visser, F ^a,b,c   Hendriks, A J E ^a  

^a Nova Atlantis Foundation   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PICO ISLAND; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GRAMPUS GRISEUS;

EID: 43549114030     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-138     Document Type: Article

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