A comparison of pectoral fin contact between two different wild dolphin populations

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-190

  Dudzinski, Kathleen Maria ^a,b   Gregg, Justin David ^a   Ribic, Christine Ann ^c   Kuczaj, Stan Abraham ^b  

^a Dolphin Communication Project   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dolphin; Flipper rubbing; Grooming; Reciprocity; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; GROOMING; RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; DOLPHINS; JAPAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STENELLA;

ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IZU ISLANDS; JAPAN; MIKURA ISLAND; SHIZUOKA [CHUBU];

PRIMATES; STENELLA FRONTALIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 58249120869     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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