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: LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de La Rochelle, Benoit Simon-Bouhet, Christophe Guinet
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: Population genetics; Ecology; Social structure; Demographic history; Bottlenose dolphins; Génétique des populations; Écologie; Structure sociale; Histoire démographique; Grands dauphins; [SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences; Dauphins; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/tel-01318987; https://hal.science/tel-01318987v2/document; https://hal.science/tel-01318987v2/file/2014Louis58179.pdf

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...