Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) social call production reflects both motivational state and arousal
In many terrestrial species, there is a relationship between the acoustic features of vocal signals and the underlying motivational state and arousal level of the signaller. This information may be particularly important during complex social interactions, which are common in species where males com...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.13373113.v1 2023-05-15T16:35:55+02:00 Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) social call production reflects both motivational state and arousal Cusano, Dana A. Indeck, Katherine L. Noad, Michael J. Dunlop, Rebecca A. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13373113.v1 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Humpback_whale_i_Megaptera_novaeangliae_i_social_call_production_reflects_both_motivational_state_and_arousal/13373113/1 unknown Taylor & Francis https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2020.1858450 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13373113 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 CC-BY Neuroscience Evolutionary Biology FOS Biological sciences Ecology Sociology FOS Sociology 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified dataset Dataset 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13373113.v1 https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2020.1858450 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13373113 2022-02-08T18:19:23Z In many terrestrial species, there is a relationship between the acoustic features of vocal signals and the underlying motivational state and arousal level of the signaller. This information may be particularly important during complex social interactions, which are common in species where males compete for access to females during the breeding season. However, research into how information on motivation and arousal is used in marine mammals during these interactions is limited. Here, we examined changes in the calling behaviour of humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) female-calf groups with the addition of escorts to investigate if and how potential information on motivation and arousal is encoded within their non-song vocal signals. Female-calf pairs had low overall call rates and used primarily single calls. However, the addition of one or more escorts to the group resulted in a significant increase in individual call rates, the use of long bouts of calls, and a more variable vocal repertoire. These results indicate that humpback whales convey both motivation and arousal by modifying various features of call production, as well as using specific call types, which contributes to our growing understanding of their complex communication system. Dataset Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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In many terrestrial species, there is a relationship between the acoustic features of vocal signals and the underlying motivational state and arousal level of the signaller. This information may be particularly important during complex social interactions, which are common in species where males compete for access to females during the breeding season. However, research into how information on motivation and arousal is used in marine mammals during these interactions is limited. Here, we examined changes in the calling behaviour of humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) female-calf groups with the addition of escorts to investigate if and how potential information on motivation and arousal is encoded within their non-song vocal signals. Female-calf pairs had low overall call rates and used primarily single calls. However, the addition of one or more escorts to the group resulted in a significant increase in individual call rates, the use of long bouts of calls, and a more variable vocal repertoire. These results indicate that humpback whales convey both motivation and arousal by modifying various features of call production, as well as using specific call types, which contributes to our growing understanding of their complex communication system. |
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Cusano, Dana A. Indeck, Katherine L. Noad, Michael J. Dunlop, Rebecca A. |
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Cusano, Dana A. Indeck, Katherine L. Noad, Michael J. Dunlop, Rebecca A. |
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Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) social call production reflects both motivational state and arousal |
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Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) social call production reflects both motivational state and arousal |
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Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) social call production reflects both motivational state and arousal |
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Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) social call production reflects both motivational state and arousal |
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Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) social call production reflects both motivational state and arousal |
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humpback whale ( megaptera novaeangliae ) social call production reflects both motivational state and arousal |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13373113.v1 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Humpback_whale_i_Megaptera_novaeangliae_i_social_call_production_reflects_both_motivational_state_and_arousal/13373113/1 |
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