Social organization in northern bottlenose whales ( Hyperoodon ampullatus ): not driven by deep water foraging?

It is postulated that deep-water foraging in sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, has led to communal care of young and long-term female bonds. By studying the social organization of a second, unrelated, deep-diving species, the northern bottlenose whale, we investigated the role that deep diving m...

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Published in:Animal Behaviour
Main Authors: Gowans, S, Whitehead, H, Hooker, Sascha Kate
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2001
Subjects:
NOSED DOLPHINS
SPERM WHALES
IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS
GALAPAGOS-ISLANDS
DIVING BEHAVIOR
ASSOCIATION
PATTERNS
Canada
Galapagos
The Gully
hyperoodon ampullatus
Northern bottlenose whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Online Access:https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/social-organization-in-northern-bottlenose-whales-hyperoodon-ampullatus-not-driven-by-deep-water-foraging(455349d8-c1f9-4740-9433-be95a7ca6591).html
https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2001.1756
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034859334&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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