Natal philopatry, ranging behavior, and habitat selection of juvenile bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1298-1313

  McHugh, Katherine A ^a   Allen, Jason B ^a   Barleycorn, Aaron A ^a   Wells, Randall S ^a  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral development; bottlenose dolphin; dispersal; habitat selection; maternal transmission; natal philopatry; ranging behavior; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; NATAL DISPERSAL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHILOPATRY; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755161614     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-026.1     Document Type: Article

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