Male dolphin alliances in Shark Bay: Changing perspectives in a 30-year study

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-235

  Connor, Richard C ^a   Krützen, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alliance; Bottlenose dolphin; Social organization; Social structure; Tursiops cf. aduncus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DOLPHIN; MALE BEHAVIOR; RANGE EXPANSION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; DELPHINIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 84930590775     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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