BIO-ECOLOGY
Part I Patterns of Odontocete Ethology and Behavioral Ecology 1 Grouping Behaviors of Dolphins and Other Toothed Whales 3 2 Communication by Sound and by Visual, Tactile, and Chemical Sensing 25 3 Social Ecology of Feeding in an Open Ocean 51 4 Sexual Strategies: Male and Female Mating Tactics 75 5 Maternal Care and Offspring Development in Odontocetes 95 6 Movement Patterns of Odontocetes Through Space and Time 117 7 Predator/Prey Decisions and the Ecology of Fear 145 8 Odontocete Social Strategies and Tactics Along and Inshore 165 9 Oceanic Dolphin Societies: Diversity, Complexity, and Conservation 183 10 Odontocete Adaptations to Human Impact and Vice Versa 211 Part II Examples of Odontocete Ethology and Behavioral Ecology: Present Knowledge and Ways Forward 11 Killer Whales: Behavior, Social Organization, and Ecology of the Oceans’ Apex Predators 239 12 Sperm Whale: The Largest Toothed Creature on Earth 261 13 Pilot Whales: Delphinid Matriarchies in Deep Seas 281 14 Behavior and Ecology of Not-So-Social Odontocetes: Cuvier’s and Blainville’s Beaked Whales 305 15 Common Bottlenose Dolphin Foraging: Behavioral Solutions that Incorporate Habitat Features and Social Associates 331 16 The Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) 345 17 Spinner Dolphins of Islands and Atolls 369 18 Dusky Dolphins of Continental Shelves and Deep Canyons 387 19 Cetacean Sociality in Rivers, Lagoons, and Estuaries 413 20 Hector’s and M?ui Dolphins: Small Shore-Living Delphinids with Disparate Social Structures 435 21 Porpoises the World Over: Diversity in Behavior and Ecology 449 22 Endangered Odontocetes and the Social Connection: Selected Examples of Species at Risk 465 23 Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Odontocetes: Concluding Remarks 483