The structure of a bottlenose dolphin society is coupled to a unique foraging cooperation with artisanal fishermen

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 702-705

  Daura Jorge, F G ^a   Cantor, M ^a   Ingram, S N ^b   Lusseau, D ^c   Simoes Lopes P C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishermen; Cooperative behaviour; Foraging tactics; Social learning; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CONSPECIFIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; LEARNING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; LAGUNA [SANTA CATARINA]; SANTA CATARINA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84865369651     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0174     Document Type: Article

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