The ecological conditions that favor tool use and innovation in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Patterson, Eric M ^a   Mann, Janet ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BURROWING SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FERRET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREY SELECTION; TOOL USE; VISUAL FIELD; WILD SPECIES; AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DELPHINIDAE; MUSTELA; TURSIOPS;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960572875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022243     Document Type: Article

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