Cetacean societies : field studies of dolphins and whales /
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the social lives of whales and dolphins / Richard C. Connor ... [et al.]
- Flukeprints: a history of studying cetacean societies / Amy Samuels and Peter L. Tyack
- Unraveling the dynamics of social life: long-term studies and observational methods / Janet Mann
- Studying cetacean social structure in space and time: innovative techniques / Hal Whitehead, Jenny Christall, and Peter L. Tyack
- The bottlenose dolphin: social relationships in a fission-fusion society / Richard C. Connor ... [et al.]
- The killer whale: foraging specializations and group hunting / Robin W. Baird
- The sperm whale: social females and roving males / Hal Whitehead and Linda Weilgart
- The humpback whale: seasonal feeding and breeding in a baleen whale / Phillip J. Clapham
- Group living in whales and dolphins / Richard C. Connor
- Female reproductive strategies of cetaceans: life histories and calf care / Hal Whitehead and Janet Mann
- Male reproductive strategies and social bonds / Richard C. Connor, Andrew J. Read, and Richard Wrangham
- Functional aspects of cetacean communication / Peter L. Tyack
- Science and the conservation, protection, and management of wild cetaceans / Hal Whitehead, Randall R. Reeves, and Peter L. Tyack
- Epilogue: the future of behavioral research on cetaceans in the wild / Hal Whitehead ... [et al.].