Dolphins live in complex social groupings with a wide variety of social strategies. In this
chapter we investigate the role that differing habitats and ecological conditions have played …

Using aggressive behavior, animals of many species establish dominance hierarchies in
both nature and the laboratory. Rank in these hierarchies influences many aspects of …

In the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to
knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops cf. aduncus, in Shark Bay, Western Australia exhibit the most
complex alliances known outside of humans. Advances in our understanding of these …

Variation in male mating success is often related to rank differences. Males who are unable
to monopolize oestrous females alone may engage in coalitions, thus enhancing their …

This study examined sex‐specific differences in home range size of adult Indo‐Pacific
bottlenose dolphins off Bunbury, Western Australia. We applied a new kernel density …

Few studies of kinship in mammalian societies have been able to consider the complex
interactions between home range overlap, association patterns and kinship, which have …

Alliances between reproductive males have been described in both cetacean and terrestrial
mammal societies, and kin selection theory has often been invoked to explain these stable …

The marine environment provides an opportunity to examine population structure in species
with high dispersal capabilities and often no obvious barriers to genetic exchange. In coastal …