Learning from nature: Bottlenose dolphin care and husbandry

Zoo Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-651

  Wells, Randall S ^a  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Health assessment; Life history; Reproductive success; Social structure

Indexed keywords

TURSIOPS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BREEDING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; BREEDING; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77949667517     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20252     Document Type: Article

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