Data and R code from: Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic ...

• Main Authors: Romagosa, Miriam, Sharon, Nieurkirk, Cascâo, Irma, Marques, Tiago A., Dziak, Robert, Royer, Jean-Yves, O'Brien, Joanne, Mellinger, David K., Pereira, Andreia, Ugalde, Arantza, Papale, Elena, Aniceto, Sofia, Buscaino, Giuseppa, Rasmussen, Marianne, Matias, Luis, Prieto, Rui, Silva, Mónica A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: fin whale; Internote interval; peak frequency; 20-Hz note; 130-Hz upsweep; linear regression; Bia; Pacific; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7140006; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.7140006

Animal songs can change within and between populations as the result of different evolutionary processes. When these processes include cultural transmission, the social learning of information or behaviours from conspecifics, songs can undergo rapid evolutions because cultural novelties can emerge more frequently than genetic mutations. Understanding these song variations over large temporal and spatial scales can provide insights into the patterns, drivers and limits of song evolution that can ultimately inform on the species' capacity to adapt to rapidly changing acoustic environments. In this study, we analysed changes in fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) songs recorded over two decades (1999–2020) across the central and eastern North Atlantic Ocean. We document a rapid replacement of song INIs (inter-note intervals) over just four singing seasons (2000/2001–2004/2005) in the southeast location of the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic (ONA) region, that co-occurred with hybrid songs (with both INIs). During the ... : Just needs software R (v. 4.0.2) (www.r-project.org) Funding provided by: Fundação para a Ciência e TecnologiaCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/00snfqn58Award Number: TRACE-PTDC/MAR/74071/2006 Funding provided by: Fundação regional para a Ciência e a tecnologia*Crossref Funder Registry ID: Award Number: MAPCET-M2.1.2/F/012/2011 Funding provided by: Fundação para a Ciência e TecnologiaCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/00snfqn58Award Number: AWARENESS-PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017 Funding provided by: Fundação para a Ciência e TecnologiaCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/00snfqn58Award Number: FCT-Exploratory-IF/00943/2013/CP1199/CT0001 Funding provided by: OKEANOS*Crossref Funder Registry ID: Award Number: UIDB/05634/2020 Funding provided by: Institute of Marine SciencesCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/05ect0289Award Number: CEX2019-000928-S Funding provided by: NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental LaboratoryCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/03crn0n59Award Number: ...