Parallel influence of climate on the behaviour of Pacific killer whales and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1068-1076

  Lusseau, David ^a   Williams, Rob ^b   Wilson, Ben ^a,c   Grellier, Kate ^a,b   Barton, Tim R ^a   Hammond, Philip S ^b   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Climate influence; Grouping pattern; Killer whale; Mean field model; North Atlantic Oscillation; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Salmon

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JOHNSTONE STRAIT; MORAY FIRTH; NORTH AMERICA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 7244260599     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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