Population structure of humpback whales in the western and central South Pacific Ocean as determined by vocal exchange among populations

• Published in: Conservation Biology
• Main Authors: Garland, Ellen C., Goldizen, Anne W., Lilley, Matthew S., Rekdahl, Melinda L., Garrigue, Claire, Constantine, Rochelle, Hauser, Nan Daeschler, Poole, M. Michael, Robbins, Jooke, Noad, Michael J.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Acoustic display; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Population structure; Song; South Pacific; Vocal; Whale culture; Canto; Cultivo de ballenas; Demostracion acustica; Estructura poblacional; Sur del Pacifico; Yubarta; GE Environmental Sciences; GC Oceanography; QH301 Biology; BDC; R2C; GE; GC; QH301; Ballenas; Pacific; Tonga; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8568; https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12492; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12492/suppinfo

The study was supported by major grants from the Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc., the Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, and the Winifred Violet Scott Estate to M.J.N. and E.C.G. and from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to the South...