When mum's away: A study of mother and calf ego networks during separations in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-412

  Stanton, Margaret A ^a   Gibson, Quincy A ^a   Mann, Janet ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Mother offspring; Social development; Social network; Tursiops

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DOLPHIN; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; JUVENILE; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS;

EID: 79960561169     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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