Sociogenetic structure, kin associations and bonding in delphinids

LM Moeller - Molecular ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Social systems are the outcomes of natural and sexual selection on individuals' efforts to
maximize reproductive success. Ecological conditions, life history, demography traits and …

Evidence of social communities in a spatially structured network of a free-ranging shark species

J Mourier, J Vercelloni, S Planes - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
Large, solitary, marine predators such as sharks have been observed to aggregate at
specific areas. Such aggregations are almost certainly driven by foraging and behavioural …

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

FG Daura-Jorge, M Cantor, SN Ingram… - Biology …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Diverse and localized foraging behaviours have been reported in isolated populations of
many animal species around the world. In Laguna, southern Brazil, a subset of resident …

Dolphins restructure social system after reduction of commercial fisheries

IC Ansmann, GJ Parra, BL Chilvers, JM Lanyon - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
Although human activities are known to affect the social behaviour of group-living animals,
the resilience of animals' social structure to disturbance is poorly understood. In the 1990s …

Disentangling social networks from spatiotemporal dynamics: the temporal structure of a dolphin society

M Cantor, LL Wedekin, PR Guimaraes… - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
Social networks are static illustrations of dynamic societies, within which social interactions
are constantly changing. Fundamental sources of variation include ranging behaviour and …

Complex patterns of male alliance formation in a dolphin social network

J Wiszniewski, C Brown, LM Möller - Journal of Mammalogy, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The formation and maintenance of alliances is regarded as one of the most socially complex
male mating strategies in mammals. The prevalence and complexity of these cooperative …

How does Australia's largest dolphin-watching industry affect the behaviour of a small and resident population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins?

A Steckenreuter, L Möller, R Harcourt - Journal of Environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The small, genetically distinct population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
aduncus) in Port Stephens, New South Wales (NSW), is the target of the largest dolphin …

Male reproductive success increases with alliance size in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)

J Wiszniewski, S Corrigan, LB Beheregaray… - Journal of Animal …, 2012 - JSTOR
1. Determining the extent of variation in male mating strategies and reproductive success is
necessary to understand the fitness benefits of social and cooperative behaviour. 2. This …

Fine‐scale genetic population structure in a mobile marine mammal: inshore bottlenose dolphins in M oreton B ay, A ustralia

IC Ansmann, GJ Parra, JM Lanyon… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Highly mobile marine species in areas with no obvious geographic barriers are expected to
show low levels of genetic differentiation. However, small‐scale variation in habitat may lead …

Tropical inshore dolphins of north-western Australia: unknown populations in a rapidly changing region.

SJ Allen, DD Cagnazzi, AJ Hodgson… - Pacific Conservation …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Australian Snubfin Orcaella heinsohni, Indo-Pacific Humpback Sousa chinensis and Indo-
Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops aduncus inhabit Australia's tropical north-western …