Data from: Individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas

The ‘social complexity hypothesis’ suggests that complex social structure is a driver of diversity in animal communication systems. Sperm whales have a hierarchically structured society in which the largest affiliative structures, the vocal clans, are marked on ocean-basin scales by culturally trans...

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Main Authors: Gero, Shane, Whitehead, Hal, Rendell, Luke
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Published: 2015
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spelling ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:91247 2023-07-02T03:33:47+02:00 Data from: Individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas Gero, Shane Whitehead, Hal Rendell, Luke 2015-12-09T03:41:59.000+01:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-9q-glpw https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:91247 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.ck4h0/1 doi:10.1098/rsos.150372 PMID:26909165 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-9q-glpw doi:10.5061/dryad.ck4h0 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:91247 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 2015 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ck4h0/110.1098/rsos.15037210.5061/dryad.ck4h0 2023-06-13T13:20:28Z The ‘social complexity hypothesis’ suggests that complex social structure is a driver of diversity in animal communication systems. Sperm whales have a hierarchically structured society in which the largest affiliative structures, the vocal clans, are marked on ocean-basin scales by culturally transmitted dialects of acoustic signals known as ‘codas’. We examined variation in coda repertoires among both individual whales and social units—the basic element of sperm whale society—using data from nine Caribbean social units across six years. Codas were assigned to individuals using photo-identification and acoustic size measurement, and we calculated similarity between repertoires using both continuous and categorical methods. We identified 21 coda types. Two of those (‘1+1+3’ and ‘5R1’) made up 65% of the codas recorded, were shared across all units and have dominated repertoires in this population for at least 30 years. Individuals appear to differ in the way they produce ‘5R1’ but not ‘1+1+3’ coda. Units use distinct 4-click coda types which contribute to making unit repertoires distinctive. Our results support the social complexity hypothesis in a marine species as different patterns of variation between coda types suggest divergent functions, perhaps representing selection for identity signals at several levels of social structure. Other/Unknown Material Sperm whale Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen)
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topic Life sciences
medicine and health care
spellingShingle Life sciences
medicine and health care
Gero, Shane
Whitehead, Hal
Rendell, Luke
Data from: Individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas
topic_facet Life sciences
medicine and health care
description The ‘social complexity hypothesis’ suggests that complex social structure is a driver of diversity in animal communication systems. Sperm whales have a hierarchically structured society in which the largest affiliative structures, the vocal clans, are marked on ocean-basin scales by culturally transmitted dialects of acoustic signals known as ‘codas’. We examined variation in coda repertoires among both individual whales and social units—the basic element of sperm whale society—using data from nine Caribbean social units across six years. Codas were assigned to individuals using photo-identification and acoustic size measurement, and we calculated similarity between repertoires using both continuous and categorical methods. We identified 21 coda types. Two of those (‘1+1+3’ and ‘5R1’) made up 65% of the codas recorded, were shared across all units and have dominated repertoires in this population for at least 30 years. Individuals appear to differ in the way they produce ‘5R1’ but not ‘1+1+3’ coda. Units use distinct 4-click coda types which contribute to making unit repertoires distinctive. Our results support the social complexity hypothesis in a marine species as different patterns of variation between coda types suggest divergent functions, perhaps representing selection for identity signals at several levels of social structure.
author Gero, Shane
Whitehead, Hal
Rendell, Luke
author_facet Gero, Shane
Whitehead, Hal
Rendell, Luke
author_sort Gero, Shane
title Data from: Individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas
title_short Data from: Individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas
title_full Data from: Individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas
title_fullStr Data from: Individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas
title_full_unstemmed Data from: Individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas
title_sort data from: individual, unit, and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas
publishDate 2015
url http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-9q-glpw
https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:91247
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doi:10.1098/rsos.150372
PMID:26909165
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doi:10.5061/dryad.ck4h0
https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:91247
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https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf
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