Ranging and association patterns of paired and unpaired adult male Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Sarasota, Florida, provide no evidence for alternative male strategies

By E. C. Owen, Randall S. Wells, S. Hofmann. 2002

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology

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In Developmental Biology

1. Janet Mann
2. Q. Gibson
3. David Lusseau
4. J. Wiszniewski
5. L. Möller
6. Jean Tsai
7. L. Bejder
8. Randall S. Wells

In Ecology

1. Janet Mann
2. J. Wiszniewski
3. L. Möller
4. David Lusseau
5. Q. Gibson
6. Jean Tsai
7. L. Bejder
8. Hal Whitehead

Citations in the corpus

• Dispersal, philopatry, and the role of fission‐fusion dynamics in bottlenose dolphins (2013, background): “Consistent with this, mother-son associations decreased by age 10, the approximate age of sexual maturity and when some strong male-male bonds begin to or are already formed (Wells 1991, Connor et al. 1999, Owen et al. 2002).”
• Home range size of adult Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in a coastal and estuarine system is habitat and sex-specific (2016, background): “In contrast, in other locations adult males range farther than adult females (e.g., Scott et al. 1990, Owen et al. 2002, Urian et al. 2009).”
• Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analyses reveal fine scale geographic structure in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico (2005, background): “Long-term social relationships documented in bottlenose dolphins include the formation of male pairs and female bands in Sarasota Bay (Wells 1991; Owen et al. 2002; Wells 2003) and first-order and second-order male alliances in Shark Bay, Western Australia (Connor et al. 1992).”
• Recreational fishing depredation and associated behaviors involving common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) in Sarasota Bay, Florida (2011, background): “…associated behaviors appear to be conducive to solitary foragers since these interactions typically involve a single prey item struggling on a line, a debilitated thrown-back fish, or the hand-feeding of fish, therefore making this HI foraging strategy ideal for unpaired males (Owen et al. 2002).”
• The size, composition and function of wild bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) mother–calf groups in Shark Bay, Australia (2008, background): “In Sarasota, Florida, males appear to form alliances in their early teens (Owen et al. 2002).”
• Early social development in wild bottlenose dolphins: sex differences, individual variation and maternal influence (2008, background): “In contrast, males are reported to associate in fluid, highly sociable, and predominantly male, groups of juveniles after weaning (Sarasota, Florida: Wells et al. 1987; Wells 1991), and form alliances as they approach sexual maturity in their early teens (Sarasota, Florida: Owen et al. 2002).”
• Behaviourally specific preferred associations in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops spp. (2005, result): “These findings appear to contrast results from Sarasota, Florida, where juvenile bottlenose dolphin males begin alliance formation during the juvenile period (Wells 1991; Owen et al. 2002).”
• Female bisexual kinship ties maintain social cohesion in a dolphin network (2010, background): “Associations between females and males in bottlenose dolphin societies appear to be primarily driven by the reproductive state of females and mating season (Connor et al. 2000; Owen et al. 2002).”
• Aggression in bottlenose dolphins: Evidence for sexual coercion, male-male competition, and female tolerance through analysis of tooth-rake marks and behaviour (2005, unknown): “Adult male-female bottlenose dolphin associations are infrequent, and tend to occur only when the adult female is cycling (Connor et al., 1992a; Smolker et al., 1992; Owen et al., 2002 ).”
• Ranging patterns of bottlenose dolphins living in oceanic waters: implications for population structure (2008, background): “It has been suggested that these features may lead to increased foraging eYciency, either because the higher productivity or because the accumulation of Wsh in the area results in greater prey densities, or through facilitating prey capture ( Norris and Dohl 1980; Wilson et al. 1997).”
• Whistle sharing in paired male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus (2004, background): “Several hypotheses have been suggested for the function of the dolphin alliance, including increased predator detection and defense, cooperative foraging, territory defense against other males, and increased mating opportunities (Wells 1991; Connor et al. 1992; Owen et al. 2002).”
• Association networks in spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) (2009, methodology): “These methods have been used to study groups of marine mammals (Gowans et al. 2001; Owen et al. 2002), as well as bats (Vonhof et al.”