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Reynolds, John E., III (detail)
   
1979a
The semisocial manatee.
Nat. Hist. (New York) 88(2): 44-53. 10 figs. + cover photo. Feb. 1979.
–Pop. acc. of T. manatus at Blue Lagoon, Miami, Florida, emphasizing herd structure, "estrous herds", cow-calf interactions, "body surfing", "follow-the-leader" behavior, social communication, and activity patterns. Concludes that manatees are "moderately social."

Related Index Records (7)

Behavior (General and Miscellaneous)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
  x 1979a Reynolds, J.E., III (TM; Florida; 47-53; "body-surfing" & "follow-the-leader", 51; activity patterns, 52.)

Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
  x 1979a Reynolds, J.E., III (TM; Florida; herd structure; 47-52.)

Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
  x 1979a Reynolds, J.E., III (TM; Florida; mechanoreception & body hairs; 52.)

Behavior, Sexual
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding)
  x 1979a Reynolds, J.E., III (TM; Florida; estrous herds; 47, 50.)

Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1979a Reynolds, J.E., III (TM; Florida; cows protecting calves; 50-51.)

Florida
  x 1979a Reynolds, J.E., III (TML; behavior; pop. acc.; 44-53.)

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1979a Reynolds, J.E., III (Florida; behavior; pop. acc.; 44-53.)


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