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Individual foraging specializations in marine mammals:Culture and ecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Richard C. Connor
Richard C. Connor
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Mass-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02748 rconnor@umassd.edu
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Abstract

Rendell and Whitehead argue persuasively that individual foragingspecializations, if socially learned, are examples of cetaceanculture. However, they discount ecological variation experienced byindividuals within a population as a factor in such behavior. Isuggest that ecological variation may play an important role inindividual foraging specializations and describe several ecologicalparameters that may help us understand the high frequency of thisinteresting behavior in the marine habitat.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 329 - 330
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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