Publications by authors named "Lavinia Eddy"
Social relationships and death-related behaviour in aquatic mammals: a systematic review.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
September 2018
Article Synopsis
- Some aquatic mammals show varying behaviors regarding death, with some caring for their deceased and others abandoning live young under stress.
- A review of 106 cases revealed distinct reactions between cetaceans and non-cetaceans related to death, highlighting different social and participant traits.
- The study found that while non-cetaceans protect dead individuals, cetaceans engage in more complex behaviors, like interacting with and moving the carcasses among their group, indicating the need for further research on how these mammals cope with death.
While the Mediterranean Sea has been designated as a Global Biodiversity Hotspot, assessments of cetacean population abundance are lacking for large portions of the region, particularly in the southern and eastern basins. The challenges and costs of obtaining the necessary data often result in absent or poor abundance information. We applied capture-recapture models to estimate abundance, survival and temporary emigration of odontocete populations within a 2,400 km2 semi-enclosed Mediterranean bay, the Gulf of Corinth.
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