Diurnal movements and behaviour of heaviside's dolphins, cephalorhynchus heavisidii, with some comparative data for dusky dolphins, Lagenothynchus obscutus

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-154

  Elwen, Simon H ^a   Best, Peter B ^a   Reeb, Desray ^a   Thornton, Meredith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Animal movements; Cue production; Environmental variables

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DOLPHIN; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PREY PREFERENCE; SYMPATRY;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALORHYNCHUS HEAVISIDII; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS; MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 75649122968     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/056.039.0204     Document Type: Article

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