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the conduit to scientists and specialists that empowers people to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises, their cultures and their homes.
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| archived words from the wise: Dr David Lusseau |
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I am trying to understand the principles governing the dynamics and evolution of interactions in complex adaptive systems. I am particularly focussing on social interactions in animal populations and I am interested in understanding how environmental variability, both natural and anthropogenic, influences them. |
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| Posted: 2007 December 30 |
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Contact http://www.lusseau.org/ |
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Why Are Male Social Relationships Complex in the Doubtful Sound Bottlenose Dolphin Population?
Access to oestrus females tends to be the main driver of male sociality. This factor can lead to complex behavioural interactions between males and groups of males. Male bottlenose dolphins may form alliances to consort females and to compete with other males. In some populations these alliances may form temporary coalitions when competing for females. I examined the role of dyadic and group interactions in the association patterns of male bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. There is no apparent mating competition in this population and no consortship has been observed, yet agonistic interactions between males occur regularly.
A note from whales-online.org - This paper is originally published by PLoS ONE
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