Feeding aggregation and aggressive interaction between bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and Commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) in Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-187

  Coscarella, Mariano A ^a,b   Crespo, Enrique A ^a,b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Cephalorhynchus commersonii; Feeding behavior; Interspecies interaction; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

CEPHALORHYNCHUS COMMERSONII; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 72449185157     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-009-0171-y     Document Type: Article

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