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Richard C. Connor
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Research Interests Animal behavior and communication
Teaching Interests Marine mammals and behavioral ecology
Selected Activities
- Connor, R.C., Heithaus, M.R. & Barre, L.M. (2000) Complex social structure,
alliance stability and mating access in a bottlenose dolphin 'super-alliance'.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 268: 263-267.
- Connor, R.C. (2001) Social relationships in a big-brained aquatic mammal.
In: Model Systems in Behavioral Ecology (ed. L.A. Dugatkin). Princeton
University Press, Princeton.
- Connor, R. C., R. Wells, J. Mann and A. Read. (2000) The bottlenose dolphin:
social relationships in a fission-fusion society. IN: Cetacean Societies:
Field studies of whales and dolphins; eds. J. Mann, R. C. Connor, P. Tyack
and H. Whitehead. University of Chicago Press.
- Connor, R. C. (2000) Group living in whales and dolphins. IN: Cetacean
Societies: Field studies of whales and dolphins; eds. J. Mann, R. C. Connor,
P. Tyack and H. Whitehead. University of Chicago Press.
- Connor, R. C., A. Read and R. W. Wrangham. (2000) Male reproductive strategies
and social bonds. IN: Cetacean Societies: Field studies of whales and dolphins;
eds. J. Mann, R. C. Connor, P. Tyack and H. Whitehead. University ofChicago
Press.
- Connor, R. C., R. M. Heithaus and L. M. Barre. (1999) Superalliance of bottlenose
dolphins. Nature 371: 571-572.
- Connor, R. C., J. Mann, P. L. Tyack and H. Whitehead. (1998) Social evolution
in toothed whales. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:228-232.
- Connor, R. C., A. F. Richards, R. A. Smolker, and J. Mann. (1996) Patterns
of female attractiveness among Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins. Behaviour
133:37-69.
- Connor, R. C. and Smolker, R.A. (1996) "Pop" goes the dolphin: a vocalization
male bottlenose dolphins produce during consortships. Behaviour 133: 643-662.
- Connor, R.C. and R. Curry. (1995) Helping non-relatives: a role for deceit?
Animal Behaviour. 49:389-393.
- Connor, R. C. (1995) The benefits of mutualism: a conceptual framework.
Biological Review 70:427-457.
- Connor, R. C. (1995) Altruism among non-relatives: alternatives to the Prisoner's
Dilemma. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10:84-86.
- Connor, R.C. ; Smolker, R.A., & A.F. Richards. (1992) Two levels of alliance
formation among male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.). Proc. Nat.
Acad. Sci. 89: 987-990.
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