Social network correlates of food availability in an endangered population of killer whales, Orcinus orca

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 731-736

  Foster, Emma A ^a,b   Franks, Daniel W ^c   Morrell, Lesley J ^d   Balcomb, Ken C ^b   Parsons, Kim M ^b,e   van Ginneken, Astrid ^b   Croft, Darren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Chinook salmon; Clustering; Foraging; Group living; Killer whale; Orcinus orca; Prey; Social dynamics; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; SAMPLING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WHALE;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84857050475     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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