Dolphins restructure social system after reduction of commercial fisheries

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 575-581

  Ansmann, Ina C ^a   Parra, Guido J ^b,c   Chilvers, B Louise ^d   Lanyon, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Disturbance; Fisheries; Resilience; Social network; Social structure; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DISTURBANCE; DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISHERY REGULATION; FISHING INDUSTRY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 84865394353     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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