Early social development in wild bottlenose dolphins: sex differences, individual variation and maternal influence

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The size, composition and function of wild bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) mother–calf groups in Shark Bay, Australia (2008, methodology): “For example, females with newborns occur in larger groups than when their calves are older (Mann et al. 2000), and mothers and calves are most sociable during the calves’ first year (Gibson & Mann 2008), when mortality rate is highest (Mann et al. 2000).”
Dispersal, philopatry, and the role of fission‐fusion dynamics in bottlenose dolphins (2013, background): “That is, males may have less time available to associate with their mothers because they are busy socializing and strengthening alliance partnerships, or mothers might avoid their sons in order to avoid being herded by their sons’ alliance partners (Gibson and Mann 2008b).”
Female bisexual kinship ties maintain social cohesion in a dolphin network (2010, background): “For instance, differences in sociability between female bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia, have been attributed to differences in foraging strategies and the time devoted to these activities (Mann & Sargeant 2003; Sargeant et al. 2007; Gibson & Mann 2008).”