Geographic Variation in South Pacific Humpback Whale Songs
Abstract Every winter, (male) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) produce long complex songs. Song content is dynamic and singers incorporate changes as they occur, thus song is shared through cultural transmission. We compared songs recorded in winter migratory termini in Tonga, New Caledonia,...
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crbrillap:10.1163/156853998793066438 2024-09-15T18:11:13+00:00 Geographic Variation in South Pacific Humpback Whale Songs Helweg, David Cato, Douglas Jenkins, Peter Garrigue, Claire McCauley, Robert 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853998793066438 https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/135/1/article-p1_1.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/beh/135/1/article-p1_1.xml unknown Brill Behaviour volume 135, issue 1, page 1-27 ISSN 0005-7959 1568-539X journal-article 1998 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/156853998793066438 2024-07-22T04:10:10Z Abstract Every winter, (male) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) produce long complex songs. Song content is dynamic and singers incorporate changes as they occur, thus song is shared through cultural transmission. We compared songs recorded in winter migratory termini in Tonga, New Caledonia, Eastern Australia, and on migration paths off Eastern Australia and New Zealand, in the winter of 1994. Seven themes were shared by all regions, with an additional two themes shared by all but Tonga. Differences in regional variants were most pronounced between Tongan and Eastern Australian song. New Caledonian and Kaikouran song were more similar to songs from Eastern Australia rather than Tonga. These regional differences were stable across the season. The results suggest some migratory exchange among widely separate wintering regions of Area V, consistent with tag recovery data, but the time and location at which song sharing occurs remains speculative. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Brill Behaviour 135 1 1 27 |
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Abstract Every winter, (male) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) produce long complex songs. Song content is dynamic and singers incorporate changes as they occur, thus song is shared through cultural transmission. We compared songs recorded in winter migratory termini in Tonga, New Caledonia, Eastern Australia, and on migration paths off Eastern Australia and New Zealand, in the winter of 1994. Seven themes were shared by all regions, with an additional two themes shared by all but Tonga. Differences in regional variants were most pronounced between Tongan and Eastern Australian song. New Caledonian and Kaikouran song were more similar to songs from Eastern Australia rather than Tonga. These regional differences were stable across the season. The results suggest some migratory exchange among widely separate wintering regions of Area V, consistent with tag recovery data, but the time and location at which song sharing occurs remains speculative. |
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Helweg, David Cato, Douglas Jenkins, Peter Garrigue, Claire McCauley, Robert Geographic Variation in South Pacific Humpback Whale Songs |
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Helweg, David Cato, Douglas Jenkins, Peter Garrigue, Claire McCauley, Robert |
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Geographic Variation in South Pacific Humpback Whale Songs |
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Geographic Variation in South Pacific Humpback Whale Songs |
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Geographic Variation in South Pacific Humpback Whale Songs |
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Geographic Variation in South Pacific Humpback Whale Songs |
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Geographic Variation in South Pacific Humpback Whale Songs |
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geographic variation in south pacific humpback whale songs |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853998793066438 https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/135/1/article-p1_1.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/beh/135/1/article-p1_1.xml |
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Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae |
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Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae |
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