Complex patterns of male alliance formation in a dolphin social network

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 239-250

  Wiszniewski, Joanna ^a   Brown, Culum ^a   Möller, Luciana M ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

alliance stability; bottlenose dolphin; coalition; cooperation; relatedness; social behavior; Tursiops

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; FITNESS; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MALE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT STEPHENS;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 84856958396     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-366.1     Document Type: Article

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