Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and PuzzlesKaren Pryor, Kenneth S. Norris University of California Press, 1991 - 397 pagina's Wild dolphins are an elusive subject for behavioral studies: How can you "do a Jane Goodall" on animals usually visible only as a glimpse of rolling dorsal fins heading for the horizon? In this unusual book, two of the best-known scientists in the marine-mammal field have assembled an astonishing variety of discoveries about dolphins. The contributions range from a graduate student's first paper to senior scientists summarizing a lifetime of research. The dolphins they have studied range from tiny spinners to majestic pilot whales, from killer whales to the familiar bottle-nosed dolphin. The research tactics vary just as widely: the researchers have followed dolphins in boats, tracked them from shore, dived among hundreds of them (plus a few sharks) in tuna fishing nets. They have used computers and airplanes, genetic analysis and artificial language, and learned to read the life history of a dolphin from the cross-section of a single tooth. Pryor and Norris are successful writers as well as scientists; the book is peppered with entertaining essays, by one or both editors, on the intriguing history of dolphin research. Dolphin Societies not only surveys the most interesting recent research on dolphin behavior but also gives lay readers a fascinating look at the scientific mind at work. |
Inhoudsopgave
Looking at Wild Dolphin Schools Kenneth S Norris | 7 |
Bottlenose | 17 |
Information from | 79 |
Chapter Three The Feeding Ecology of Killer Whales Orcinus | 113 |
Chapter Four The Interactions between Killer Whales and Boats | 149 |
Chapter Five Social Structure in Spotted Dolphins Stenella | 161 |
Chapter Six The Role of LongTerm Study in Understanding | 199 |
Chapter Seven Using Aerial Photogrammetry to Study Dolphin | 227 |
Chapter Nine An Overview of the Changes in the Role of | 281 |
Some Thoughts on Grandmothers Kenneth S Norris | 287 |
Looking at Captive Dolphins Kenneth S Norris | 293 |
Chapter Ten Changes in Aggressive and Sexual Behavior | 305 |
Chapter Eleven Use of a Telemetry Device to Identify which | 319 |
The Domestic Dolphin Karen Pryor | 345 |
Concepts for | 365 |
Dolphin Politics and Dolphin Science Karen Pryor | 383 |
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Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and Puzzles Karen Pryor,Kenneth S. Norris Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1991 |
Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and Puzzles Karen Pryor,Kenneth Stafford Norris Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1991 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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