Do sampling method and sample size affect basic measures of dolphin sociality?

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-198

  Gibson, Quincy Anne ^a   Mann, Janet ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Bottlenose dolphin; Fission fusion; Group size; Sociality; Tursiops spp.

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SAMPLING; SIZE EFFECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHONDRICHTHYES; TURSIOPS;

EID: 58349100585     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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