Dolphin social phenotypes vary in response to food availability but not the North Atlantic Oscillation index

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Fisher, David, Cheney, Barbara
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: dolphins; social network; plasticity; environmental change; Trusiops; inidvidual variation; QH301 Biology; Supplementary Data; QH301; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2164/21675; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1187

Open Access via the Royal Society Agreement Funding We received no direct funding for this particular study. Acknowledgements We are indebted to Paul Thompson for conception and development of this long-term individual-based research study, and for advice during this work. We are especially grateful to our colleagues at the Lighthouse Field Station, past and present, who have contributed to and advanced this long-term study. Matthew Silk, Dan Blumstein and two anonymous reviewers made numerous useful comments and suggestions on an earlier draft. This long-term study has depended upon a number of funders including University of Aberdeen, NatureScot, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd., Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd., Marine Scotland, the Crown Estate, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the BES, ASAB, Greenpeace Environmental Trust, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd., Department of Energy and Climate Change, Chevron and Natural Environment Research. Survey work was conducted under NatureScot Animal Scientific Licences. Peer reviewed