Social organisation of the short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus, with special reference to the comparitive social ecology of delphinids

As a contribution to the understanding of comparative social trends within the cetacean family Delphinidae, a 22-month study was conducted on the short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus, which has been suggested to have a unique social system in which males and females in the same group...

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Main Author: Heimlich-Boran, James Robert
Other Authors: Harwood, John
Published: University of Cambridge 1993
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358254