Beluga Whales Socio-Sexual Interactions and Behaviors (Delphinapterus leucas)
Cetaceans are known for developing social relationships with each other by displaying various social and contact behaviors. Few studies have investigated the social interactions and types of contact behavior between belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). The present study focused on the frequencies of man...
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ftsacredheart:oai:digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu:acadfest-1166 2023-05-15T15:41:42+02:00 Beluga Whales Socio-Sexual Interactions and Behaviors (Delphinapterus leucas) Dole, Makayla S. Bolmer, Rebecca E. Buongiorno, Amanda J. King, Samantha Minogue, Casey C. 2018-04-20T20:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/acadfest/2018/all/80 https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=acadfest unknown DigitalCommons@SHU https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/acadfest/2018/all/80 https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=acadfest http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ CC-BY-NC-SA Academic Festival text 2018 ftsacredheart 2020-09-22T08:50:33Z Cetaceans are known for developing social relationships with each other by displaying various social and contact behaviors. Few studies have investigated the social interactions and types of contact behavior between belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). The present study focused on the frequencies of many social behaviors observed among four belugas (three males and one female) in the care of humans and the changes in behavior over an extended period of time. Continuous data were collection via video recordings over a four year period and were coded for social interactions. Preliminary analysis revealed that Male C was the most likely to initiate social interactions in this social group. It appears that the social interactions among the individuals may be somewhat stable over time. The findings of this study have implications for better understanding beluga social interactions of whales that are living under managed care. Text Beluga Beluga* Delphinapterus leucas Sacred Heart University: DigitalCommons@SHU |
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Cetaceans are known for developing social relationships with each other by displaying various social and contact behaviors. Few studies have investigated the social interactions and types of contact behavior between belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). The present study focused on the frequencies of many social behaviors observed among four belugas (three males and one female) in the care of humans and the changes in behavior over an extended period of time. Continuous data were collection via video recordings over a four year period and were coded for social interactions. Preliminary analysis revealed that Male C was the most likely to initiate social interactions in this social group. It appears that the social interactions among the individuals may be somewhat stable over time. The findings of this study have implications for better understanding beluga social interactions of whales that are living under managed care. |
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Dole, Makayla S. Bolmer, Rebecca E. Buongiorno, Amanda J. King, Samantha Minogue, Casey C. Beluga Whales Socio-Sexual Interactions and Behaviors (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Dole, Makayla S. Bolmer, Rebecca E. Buongiorno, Amanda J. King, Samantha Minogue, Casey C. |
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Dole, Makayla S. |
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Beluga Whales Socio-Sexual Interactions and Behaviors (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Beluga Whales Socio-Sexual Interactions and Behaviors (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Beluga Whales Socio-Sexual Interactions and Behaviors (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Beluga Whales Socio-Sexual Interactions and Behaviors (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Beluga Whales Socio-Sexual Interactions and Behaviors (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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beluga whales socio-sexual interactions and behaviors (delphinapterus leucas) |
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Beluga Beluga* Delphinapterus leucas |
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Beluga Beluga* Delphinapterus leucas |
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