David Lusseau

Research output

Research output per year 2002 2004 2006 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019 2024

• 126 Article
• 4 Chapter
• 3 Letter
• 3 Working paper
• 12 More
  • 2 Commissioned Report
  • 2 Other Report
  • 2 Published conference contribution
  • 1 Unpublished paper
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Abstract
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Report

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2010

  The value of tourism expenditure related to the east of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population: final report

  Davies, B., Pita, C., Lusseau, D. & Hunter, C., Aug 2010, Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability. 71 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

• Using T-PODs to assess variations in the occurrence of coastal bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises

  Bailey, H. R., Clay, G., Coates, E. A., Lusseau, D., Senior, B. & Thompson, P. M., Mar 2010, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 20, 2, p. 150-158 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Phocoena phocoena 100%
  • Phocoenidae 96%
  • porpoise 90%
  • Tursiops truncatus 86%
  • dolphin 78%
  53 Citations (Scopus)

• Effects of tourist boats on the behaviour of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins off the south coast of Zanzibar

  Christiansen, F., Stensland, E., Berggren, P. & Lusseau, D., 1 Jan 2010, In: Endangered Species Research. 11, 1, p. 91-99 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tursiops aduncus 100%
  • Zanzibar 94%
  • tourists 77%
  • boats 73%
  • dolphins 72%
  118 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Survival rates for a declining population of bottlenose dolphins in doubtful sound, New Zealand: An information theoretic approach to assessing the role of human impacts

  Currey, R. J. C., Dawson, S. M., Schneider, K., Boisseau, O. J., Haase, P., Williams, J. A., Slooten, E. & Lusseau, D., 1 Sept 2009, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 19, 6, p. 658-670 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tursiops truncatus 100%
  • dolphin 90%
  • anthropogenic activities 81%
  • anthropogenic effect 77%
  • survival rate 62%
  93 Citations (Scopus)

• Animal social networks: an introduction

  Krause, J., Lusseau, D. & James, R., 1 May 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 63, 7, p. 967-973 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • social networks 100%
  • social network 88%
  • network analysis 85%
  • animal 52%
  • animals 32%
  210 Citations (Scopus)

• Cyclicity in the structure of female baboon social networks

  Henzi, S. P., Lusseau, D., Weingrill, T., Van Schaik, C. P. & Barrett, L., 1 May 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 63, 7, p. 1015-1021 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • social networks 100%
  • cyclicity 93%
  • Papio 90%
  • social network 88%
  • periodicity 81%
  151 Citations (Scopus)

• Efficient Coding in Dolphin Surface Behavioral Patterns

  Ferrer-I-Cancho, R. & Lusseau, D., 1 May 2009, In: Complexity. 14, 5, p. 23-25 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• The emergence of unshared consensus decisions in bottlenose dolphins

  Lusseau, D. & Conradt, L., 1 May 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 63, 7, p. 1067-1077 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tursiops truncatus 100%
  • dolphin 90%
  • decision 48%
  • group behavior 31%
  • travel 27%
  83 Citations (Scopus)

• The role of social aggregations and protected areas in killer whale conservation: The mixed blessing of critical habitat

  Williams, R., Lusseau, D. & Hammond, P. S., Apr 2009, In: Biological Conservation. 142, 4, p. 709-719 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orcinus orca 100%
  • whales 81%
  • whale 72%
  • conservation areas 65%
  • protected area 60%
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• Effects of vessel on behaviour patterns of individual southern resident killer whales orcinus orca

  Williams, R., Bain, D. E., Smith, J. C. & Lusseau, D., 1 Jan 2009, In: Endangered Species Research. 6, 3, p. 199-209 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Orcinus orca 100%
  • behavior pattern 92%
  • whales 81%
  • whale 72%
  • vessel 56%
  55 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Vessel traffic disrupts the foraging behavior of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca

  Lusseau, D., Bain, D. E., Williams, R. & Smith, J. C., 1 Jan 2009, In: Endangered Species Research. 6, 3, p. 211-221 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Orcinus orca 100%
  • foraging behavior 88%
  • whale 72%
  • traffic 70%
  • vessel 56%
  164 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Natural knock-out: changes in female social networks as a consequence of mortality in female chacma baboons

  Barrett, L., Lusseau, D. & Henzi, S. P., 2009, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 138, Supplement 48, p. 84 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract

  • Papio ursinus 100%
  • Social Networking 64%
  • mortality 47%
  • social network 44%
  • Macaca nemestrina 43%
• 2008

  An integrated and adaptive management model to address the long-term sustainability of tourist interactions with cetaceans

  Higham, J. E. S., Bejder, L. & Lusseau, D., Dec 2008, In: Environmental Conservation. 35, 4, p. 294-302 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Whales 100%
  • adaptive management 97%
  • tourists 80%
  • integrated management 77%
  • cetacean 76%
  92 Citations (Scopus)

• A claim in search of evidence: Reply to Manger's thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain structure

  Marino, L., Butti, C., Connor, R. C., Fordyce, R. A., Herman, L. M., Hof, P. R., Lefebvre, L., Lusseau, D., McCowan, B., Nimchinsky, E. A., Pack, A. A., Reidenberg, J. S., Reiss, D., Rendell, L., Uhen, M. D., Van der Gucht, E. & Whitehead, H., Nov 2008, In: Biological Reviews. 83, 4, p. 417-440 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thermogenesis 100%
  • Oligocene epoch 89%
  • heat production 86%
  • Cooling 71%
  • Dolphins 60%
  50 Citations (Scopus)

• Incorporating uncertainty into the study of animal social networks

  Lusseau, D., Whitehead, H. & Gero, S., May 2008, In: Animal Behaviour. 75, 5, p. 1809-1815 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  127 Citations (Scopus)

• Slaughtering the goose that lays the golden egg: Are whaling and whale-watching mutually exclusive?

  Higham, J. E. S. & Lusseau, D., 1 Jan 2008, In: Current Issues in Tourism. 11, 1, p. 63-74 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • whaling 100%
  • Whaling 95%
  • Egg 91%
  • whale 75%
  • egg 67%
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Wildlife viewing: The significance of the viewing platforms

  Higham, J. E. S., Lusseau, D. & Hendry, W., 1 Jan 2008, In: Journal of Ecotourism. 7, 2-3, p. 137-146 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Wildlife 100%
  • wildlife 65%
  • animal 61%
  • Animals 48%
  • Empirical Research 31%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• A Bayesian Capture-Recapture Population Model With Simultaneous Estimation of Heterogeneity

  Corkrey, R., Brooks, S., Lusseau, D., Parsons, K., Durban, J. W., Hammond, P. S. & Thompson, P. M., 2008, In: Journal of the American Statistical Association. 103, 483, p. 948-960 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Capture-recapture 100%
  • Simultaneous Estimation 82%
  • Population Model 64%
  • Survival Probability 38%
  • Animals 34%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Anthropogenic noise in the Moray Firth SAC: potential sources and impacts on bottlenose dolphins

  Senior, B. L., Bailey, H. R., Lusseau, D., Foote, A. D. & Thompson, P. M., 2008, Scottish Natural Heritage. 77 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

  • dolphin 100%
  • underwater noise 65%
  • pile driving 59%
  • vessel 35%
  • analysis 11%

• Tourism affects the behavioural budget of the common dolphin Delphinus sp in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

  Stockin, K., Lusseau, D., Binedell, V., Wiseman, N. & Orams, M. B., 2008, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 355, p. 287-295 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Delphinus 100%
  • tourism 75%
  • boats 74%
  • dolphins 72%
  • dolphin 71%
  133 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  The Long-term Consequences of Short-term Responses to Disturbance Experiences from Whalewatching Impact Assessment

  Lusseau, D. & Bejder, L., 31 Dec 2007, In: International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 20, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • population viability 100%
  • marine mammals 96%
  • whales 88%
  • habitats 85%
  • acoustics 71%

• Vulnerability of a killer whale social network to disease outbreaks

  Guimarães, P. R., De Menezes, M. A., Baird, R. W., Lusseau, D., Guimarães, P. & Dos Reis, S. F., Oct 2007, In: Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. 76, 4, 4 p., 042901.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • whales 100%
  • vulnerability 92%
  • Vulnerability 89%
  • Social Networks 80%
  • Animals 53%
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition

  Marino, L., Connor, R. C., Fordyce, R. E., Herman, L. M., Hof, P. R., Lefebvre, L., Lusseau, D., McCowan, B., Nimchinsky, E. A., Pack, A. A., Rendell, L., Reidenberg, J. S., Reiss, D., Uhen, M. D., Van der Gucht, E. & Whitehead, H., 15 May 2007, In: PLoS Biology. 5, 5, 7 p., e139.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Thermogenic 100%
  • cognition 67%
  • Communication 51%
  • Flexibility 45%
  • Cognition 45%
  234 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Evidence for social role in a dolphin social network

  Lusseau, D., May 2007, In: Evolutionary Ecology. 21, 3, p. 357-366 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • social networks 100%
  • dolphins 91%
  • dolphin 90%
  • social network 88%
  • decision making 77%
  100 Citations (Scopus)

• Urgent need for empirical research into whaling and whale watching

  Higham, J. E. S. & Lusseau, D., 1 Apr 2007, In: Conservation Biology. 21, 2, p. 554-558 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  47 Citations (Scopus)

• Why Are Male Social Relationships Complex in the Doubtful Sound Bottlenose Dolphin Population?

  Lusseau, D., 1 Jan 2007, In: PloS ONE. 2, 4, p. e348-e355 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Tursiops truncatus 100%
  • estrus 13%
  • group behavior 8%
  • social behavior 6%
  • neonates 5%
  52 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)
• 2006

  Why do dolphins jump? Interpreting the behavioural repertoire of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

  Lusseau, D., 1 Nov 2006, In: Behavioural Processes. 73, 3, p. 257-265 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tursiops 100%
  • Bottle-Nosed Dolphin 98%
  • Dolphins 90%
  • Tursiops truncatus 79%
  • dolphins 72%
  55 Citations (Scopus)

• The short-term behavioral reactions of bottlenose dolphins to interactions with boats in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

  Lusseau, D., Oct 2006, In: Marine Mammal Science. 22, 4, p. 802-818 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tursiops truncatus 100%
  • boats 93%
  • dolphins 91%
  • dolphin 90%
  • vessel 63%
  108 Citations (Scopus)

• Long-term correlations in the surface behavior of dolphins

  Cancho, R. F. I. & Lusseau, D., Jun 2006, In: Europhysics Letters. 74, 6, p. 1095-1101 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • dolphins 100%
  • repetition 18%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Unsustainable dolphin-watching tourism in Fiordland, New Zealand

  Lusseau, D., Slooten, L. & Currey, R. J. C., 1 Jan 2006, In: Tourism in Marine Environments. 3, 2, p. 173-178 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bottlenose Dolphin 100%
  • Dolphin 81%
  • dolphin 59%
  • tourism 45%
  • New Zealand 45%
  130 Citations (Scopus)

• Quantifying the influence of sociality on population structure in bottlenose dolphins

  Lusseau, D., Wilson, B., Hammond, P. S., Grellier, K., Durban, J., Parsons, K. M., Barton, T. R. & Thompson, P. M., Jan 2006, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 75, 1, p. 14-24 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tursiops truncatus 100%
  • social structure 98%
  • dolphin 90%
  • population structure 83%
  • analytical methods 31%
  215 Citations (Scopus)

• A killer whale social network is vulnerable to targeted removals

  Williams, R. & Lusseau, D., 2006, In: Biology Letters. 2, p. 497-500 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Killer Whale 100%
  • Orcinus orca 76%
  • social networks 67%
  • Social Networking 59%
  • Whales 41%
  134 Citations (Scopus)

• Estimating relative energetic costs of human disturbance to killer whales (Orcinus orca)

  Williams, R., Lusseau, D. & Hammond, P. S., 2006, In: Biological Conservation. 133, p. 301-311 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Orcinus orca 100%
  • boats 82%
  • whale 72%
  • energetics 61%
  • whales 54%
  296 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Pseudoreplication problems in studies of dolphin and porpoise reactions to pingers

  Dawson, S. M. & Lusseau, D., 1 Jan 2005, In: Marine Mammal Science. 21, 1, p. 175-176 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Residency pattern of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp. in Milford Sound, New Zealand, is related to boat traffic

  Lusseau, D., 2005, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 295, p. 265-272 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tursiops 100%
  • Tursiops truncatus 79%
  • boats 74%
  • dolphin 71%
  • traffic 63%
  166 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Parallel influence of climate on the behaviour of Pacific killer whales and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins

  Lusseau, D., Wilson, B., Grellier, K., Barton, T. R., Thompson, P. M., Williams, R. & Hammond, P. S., 1 Nov 2004, In: Ecology Letters. 7, 11, p. 1068-1076 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orcinus orca 100%
  • Tursiops truncatus 88%
  • climate variation 81%
  • dolphin 79%
  • whale 72%
  86 Citations (Scopus)

• Increasing the precision of theodolite tracking: Modified technique to calculate the altitude of land-based observation sites

  Bailey, H. & Lusseau, D., 1 Oct 2004, In: Marine Mammal Science. 20, 4, p. 880-885 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• The hidden cost of tourism: Detecting Long-term Effects of Tourism Using Behavioral Information

  Lusseau, D., Jun 2004, In: Ecology and Society. 9, 1, 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • tourism 100%
  • boats 97%
  • dolphin 94%
  • long-term effect 86%
  • long term effects 78%
  160 Citations (Scopus)

• The state of the scenic cruise industry in doubtful sound in relation to a key natural resource: Bottlenose dolphins

  Lusseau, D., 1 Jan 2004, Nature-Based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Development or Disaster?. Channel view publications, p. 246-260 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Identifying the role that animals play in their social networks

  Lusseau, D. & Newman, M. E. J., 2004, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences. 271, 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • social networks 100%
  • Cohesion 94%
  • social network 88%
  • Social Networking 87%
  • dolphin 60%
  567 Citations (Scopus)

• Managing the impacts of dolphin-based tourism through the definition of critical habitats: the case of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

  Lusseau, D. & Higham, J. E. S., 2004, In: Tourism Management. 25, p. 657-667 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Bottlenose Dolphin 100%
  • Dolphin 81%
  • Tourism 61%
  • dolphin 59%
  • habitat 56%
  155 Citations (Scopus)

• The energetic cost of path sinuosity related to road density in the wolf community of Jasper National Park

  Lusseau, D., 2004, In: Ecology and Society. 9, 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
• 2003

  Effects of tour boats on the behavior of bottlenose dolphins: Using Markov Chains to Model Anthropogenic Impacts

  Lusseau, D., Dec 2003, In: Conservation Biology. 17, 6, p. 1785-1793 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Markov chain 100%
  • Tursiops truncatus 98%
  • boats 91%
  • dolphin 88%
  • anthropogenic activities 80%
  284 Citations (Scopus)

• The emergence of cetaceans: phylogenetic analysis of male social behaviour supports the Cetartiodactyla clade

  Lusseau, D., 1 May 2003, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 16, 3, p. 531-535 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • male behavior 100%
  • Artiodactyla 74%
  • social behavior 69%
  • cetacean 63%
  • ruminant 53%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Male and female bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp. have different strategies to avoid interactions with tour boats in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

  Lusseau, D., 2003, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 257, p. 267-274 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tursiops 100%
  • Tursiops truncatus 79%
  • boats 74%
  • dolphin 71%
  • diving 56%
  159 Citations (Scopus)

• The bottlenose dolphin community of Doubtful Sound features a large proportion of long-lasting associations - Can geographic isolation explain this unique trait?

  Lusseau, D., Schneider, K., Boisseau, O. J., Haase, P., Slooten, E. & Dawson, S. M., 2003, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 54, p. 396-405 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tursiops truncatus 100%
  • dolphin 90%
  • cetacean 37%
  • gender 35%
  • fluids 28%
  1845 Citations (Scopus)

• The emergent properties of a dolphin social network

  Lusseau, D., 2003, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences. 270, 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Dolphins 100%
  • social networks 87%
  • Cohesion 82%
  • dolphins 80%
  • dolphin 79%
  663 Citations (Scopus)
• 2002

  Cetacean sightings off the Fiordland coastline: Analysis of commercial marine mammal viewing data 1996-99

  Lusseau, D. & Slooten, E., 1 Jan 2002, In: Science for Conservation. 187, p. 5-42 38 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • marine mammals 100%
  • cetacean 93%
  • dolphins 91%
  • dolphin 90%
  • marine mammal 87%
  11 Citations (Scopus)