Grouping and fission-fusion dynamics in Australian snubfin and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1423-1433

  Parra, Guido J ^a,b   Corkeron, Peter J ^c,d   Arnold, Peter ^e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences)   (Australia)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^e MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Association pattern; Indo Pacific humpback dolphin; Interspecific variation; Orcaella heinsohni; Snubfin dolphin; Social network; Social structure; Sousa chinensis

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PREDATION RISK; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA; ORCAELLA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 82355175209     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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