Social, ecological and genetic structures of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Normano-Breton gulf and in the North-East Atlantic

• Main Author: Louis, Marie
• Other Authors: La Rochelle, Simon-Bouhet, Benoit, Guinet, Christophe
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Génétique des populations; Écologie; Structure sociale; Histoire démographique; Grands dauphins; Population genetics; Ecology; Social structure; Demographic history; Bottlenose dolphins; envir; geo; Dauphins; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2014LAROS015/document

Complex interactions between environmental factors and behavioral traits may shape the fine and large scale structuring patterns of animal species. The objectives of this dissertation were to describe and understand i) the fine-scale social, ecological and genetic structures of bottlenose dolphins i...