Pod-specific call repertoires and compound calls of killer whales, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758, in the waters of northern Norway
Underwater vocalizations of 9 photoidentified pods of killer whales (Orcinus orca) were recorded in northern Norway from 1986 to 1992. In total, 34 call types and 20 subtypes were identified from the recordings. The pods had repertoire sizes ranging from 3 to 16 call types (average 9.0 call types)....
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z95-124 2023-12-17T10:47:28+01:00 Pod-specific call repertoires and compound calls of killer whales, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758, in the waters of northern Norway Strager, Hanne 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z95-124 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z95-124 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 73, issue 6, page 1037-1047 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1995 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z95-124 2023-11-19T13:39:09Z Underwater vocalizations of 9 photoidentified pods of killer whales (Orcinus orca) were recorded in northern Norway from 1986 to 1992. In total, 34 call types and 20 subtypes were identified from the recordings. The pods had repertoire sizes ranging from 3 to 16 call types (average 9.0 call types). Pod-specific calls were found in 6 of the 9 pods. All pods had a unique repertoire combination. This study thus supports the hypothesis that vocal traditions are characteristic of killer whales. Some calls were combined, forming a total of 21 different syntactically organized compound calls. The function of this was not known, but it was suggested that adding size and flexibility to a small and rigid vocal repertoire may be advantageous. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Orca Orcinus orca Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Norway Canadian Journal of Zoology 73 6 1037 1047 |
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Underwater vocalizations of 9 photoidentified pods of killer whales (Orcinus orca) were recorded in northern Norway from 1986 to 1992. In total, 34 call types and 20 subtypes were identified from the recordings. The pods had repertoire sizes ranging from 3 to 16 call types (average 9.0 call types). Pod-specific calls were found in 6 of the 9 pods. All pods had a unique repertoire combination. This study thus supports the hypothesis that vocal traditions are characteristic of killer whales. Some calls were combined, forming a total of 21 different syntactically organized compound calls. The function of this was not known, but it was suggested that adding size and flexibility to a small and rigid vocal repertoire may be advantageous. |
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Pod-specific call repertoires and compound calls of killer whales, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758, in the waters of northern Norway |
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Pod-specific call repertoires and compound calls of killer whales, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758, in the waters of northern Norway |
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Pod-specific call repertoires and compound calls of killer whales, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758, in the waters of northern Norway |
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Pod-specific call repertoires and compound calls of killer whales, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758, in the waters of northern Norway |
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Pod-specific call repertoires and compound calls of killer whales, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758, in the waters of northern Norway |
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pod-specific call repertoires and compound calls of killer whales, orcinus orca linnaeus, 1758, in the waters of northern norway |
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