A new level of complexity in the male alliance networks of Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-626

  Connor, Richard C ^a   Watson Capps, Jana J ^b   Sherwin, William B ^c   Krützen, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alliances; Coalitions; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

BAY; COGNITION; COMPLEXITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 79960562325     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0852     Document Type: Article

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