Cetacean Societies

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 Hal Whitehead
Appendix 1: Cetacean Phylogeny and Evolution
Appendix 2: Cetacean Taxonomy
References
Citation Index
Subject Index