Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales Book

Contributors Foreword - Richard Wrangham Acknowledgments Introduction: The Social Lives of Whales and Dolphins Richard C. Connor, Janet Mann, Peter L. Tyack, and Hal Whitehead
Part 1 - History and Methods
1. Flukeprints: A History of Studying Cetacean Societies Amy Samuels and Peter L. Tyack
2. Unraveling the Dynamics of Social Life: Long-term Studies and Observational Methods Janet Mann
3. Studying Cetacean Social Structure in Space and Time: Innovative Techniques Hal Whitehead, Jenny Christal, and Peter L. Tyack
Part 2 - Four Species
4. The Bottlenose Dolphin: Social Relationships in a Fission-Fusion Society Richard C. Connor, Randall S. Wells, Janet Mann, and Andrew J. Read
5. The Killer Whale: Foraging Specilizations and Group Hunting Robin W. Baird
6. The Sperm Whale: Social Females and Roving Males Hal Whitehead and Linda Weilgart
7. The Humpback Whale: Seasonal Feeding and Breeding in a Baleen Whale Phillip J. Clapham
Part 3 - Comparative Studies, Theory, and Conservation
8. Group Living in Whales and Dolphins Richard C. Connor
9. Female Reproductive Strategies of Cetaceans: Life Histories and Calf Care Hal Whitehead and Janet Mann
10. Male Reproductive Strategies and Social Bonds Richard C. Connor, Andrew J. Read, and Richard Wrangham
11. Functional Aspects of Cetacean Communication Peter L. Tyack
12. Science and the Conservation, Protection, and Management of Wild Cetaceans Hal Whitehead, Randall R. Reeves, and Peter L. Tyack Epilogue: The Future of Behavioral Research on Cetaceans in the Wild Peter L. Tyack, Richard C. Connor, Janet Mann, and HalWhitehead Appendix 1: Cetacean Phylogeny and Evolution Appendix 2: Cetacean Taxonomy References Citation Index Subject Index