Highly dynamic fission-fusion species can exhibit leadership when traveling

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1061-1069

  Lewis, Jennifer S ^a   Wartzok, Douglas ^a   Heithaus, Michael R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Decision making; Fission fusion; Group movement; Group size; Leadership

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DOLPHIN; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; LEADERSHIP; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79955042485     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1113-y     Document Type: Article

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