Data from: Extreme diversity in the songs of Spitsbergen’s bowhead whales
Almost all mammals communicate using sound, but few species produce complex songs. Two baleen whales sing complex songs that change annually, though only the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) has received much research attention. This study focuses on the other baleen whale singer, the bowhead...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:103029 2023-07-02T03:31:45+02:00 Data from: Extreme diversity in the songs of Spitsbergen’s bowhead whales Stafford, Kathleen M. Lydersen, Christian Wiig, Oystein Kovacs, Kit M. 2018-03-15T04:33:05.000+01:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-rt-v2di https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:103029 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.1ck400f/1 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0056 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-rt-v2di doi:10.5061/dryad.1ck400f https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:103029 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2018 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1ck400f/110.1098/rsbl.2018.005610.5061/dryad.1ck400f 2023-06-13T13:28:58Z Almost all mammals communicate using sound, but few species produce complex songs. Two baleen whales sing complex songs that change annually, though only the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) has received much research attention. This study focuses on the other baleen whale singer, the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Members of the Spitsbergen bowhead whale population produced 184 different song types over a 3-year period, based on duty-cycled recordings from a site in Fram Strait in the NE Atlantic. Distinct song types were recorded over short periods, lasting at most some months. This song diversity could be the result of a possibly increasing population, or immigration of animals from other populations that are no longer isolated from each other by heavy sea ice. However, this explanation does not account for the within season and annual shifting of song types. Other possible explanations, is that the extraordinary diversity in songs is the result of weak selection pressure for interspecific identification or for maintain song characteristics or, alternatively, strong pressure for novelty in a small population. Other/Unknown Material Balaena mysticetus baleen whale baleen whales bowhead whale Fram Strait Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Sea ice Spitsbergen Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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Almost all mammals communicate using sound, but few species produce complex songs. Two baleen whales sing complex songs that change annually, though only the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) has received much research attention. This study focuses on the other baleen whale singer, the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Members of the Spitsbergen bowhead whale population produced 184 different song types over a 3-year period, based on duty-cycled recordings from a site in Fram Strait in the NE Atlantic. Distinct song types were recorded over short periods, lasting at most some months. This song diversity could be the result of a possibly increasing population, or immigration of animals from other populations that are no longer isolated from each other by heavy sea ice. However, this explanation does not account for the within season and annual shifting of song types. Other possible explanations, is that the extraordinary diversity in songs is the result of weak selection pressure for interspecific identification or for maintain song characteristics or, alternatively, strong pressure for novelty in a small population. |
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Stafford, Kathleen M. Lydersen, Christian Wiig, Oystein Kovacs, Kit M. |
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Stafford, Kathleen M. Lydersen, Christian Wiig, Oystein Kovacs, Kit M. |
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Data from: Extreme diversity in the songs of Spitsbergen’s bowhead whales |
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Data from: Extreme diversity in the songs of Spitsbergen’s bowhead whales |
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data from: extreme diversity in the songs of spitsbergen’s bowhead whales |
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Balaena mysticetus baleen whale baleen whales bowhead whale Fram Strait Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Sea ice Spitsbergen |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.1ck400f/1 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0056 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-rt-v2di doi:10.5061/dryad.1ck400f https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:103029 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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