Community structure and cluster definition of Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis, in the Bahamas

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Elliser, Cindy R ^a,b   Herzing, Denise L ^a,c  

^a Wild Dolphin Project   (United States)

^b FL 34981   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association patterns; Atlantic spotted dolphins; Coefficients of association; Community structure; Social structure; SOCPROG; Stenella frontalis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DOLPHIN; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INDEX METHOD; NICHE OVERLAP; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BAHAMAS;

DELPHINIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA FRONTALIS;

EID: 84867234216     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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