Two New Publications!

We’re very excited for two back to back publications from our Bimini, The Bahamas, field site!

Danaher-Garcia N., Connor R., Fay G., Melillo-Sweeting K., Dudzinski K.M. (2022). The partial merger of two dolphin societies. R.Soc. Open Sci.9: 211963.https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211963 

Danaher-Garcia N., Connor R., Fay G., Melillo-Sweeting K., Dudzinski K.M. (2022). Using social network analysis to confirm the ‘gambit of the group’ hypothesis for a small cetacean. Behavioural Processes. 200: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104694 (Free download until 27 Aug 2022; then, contact DCP (info{at}dcpmail{dot}org) for PDF.)

The Partial Merger paper even got the attention of Science and Newsweek! Congrats to first author Nicole and thank you to our other co-authors Richard Connor (@DolphinAlliance) and Gavin Fay (@UMassD) along with support from @FIU.

 

Bimini’s Split Jaw hangs with an adult male from WSR