Social structure of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) off northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

• Published in: Behaviour
• Main Authors: Augusto, J.F., Frasier, T.R., Whitehead, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 2017
• Subjects: Behavioral Neuroscience; Animal Science and Zoology; Breton Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003432; https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/154/5/article-p509_1.xml; https://data.brill.com/files/journals/1568539x_154_05_s001_text.pdf

Cetacean social structures include fluid and stable elements. Long-finned pilot whales ( Globicephala melas ) live in units that interact forming labile groups. In this study conducted off Cape Breton Island, between 1998–2011, we confirm unit membership predicts associations between individuals. We...