Long-term impacts of fish provisioning on the behavior and survival of wild bottlenose dolphins

Biological Conservation

Volumn 160, Issue , 2013, Pages 242-249

  Foroughirad, Vivienne ^a   Mann, Janet ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budget; BACI; Bottlenose dolphin; Calf development; Ontogeny; Provisioning; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DOLPHIN; FOOD PROVISIONING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; SURVIVORSHIP; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875083977     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.01.001     Document Type: Review

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