The size, composition and function of wild bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) mother–calf groups in Shark Bay, Australia

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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).”