Heterogeneous social associations within a sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, unit reflect pairwise relatedness

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-151

  Gero, Shane ^a   Engelhaupt, Dan ^b,c   Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Associations; Equivalence; Kinship; Relatedness; Social structure; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KINSHIP; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 54049156421     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0645-x     Document Type: Article

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