Remarks on whale cultures from a complex systems perspective
The target article provides stimulating evidence for culture in cetaceans but does not provide a coherent theoretical framework. We argue that a complex, adaptive systems approach not only can provide such a framework but also can contribute advanced data analysis and simulation methods. For humpbac...
| Published in: | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X01443962 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:54a5a151-1977-482d-b338-03f0aac5fc76 |
| Summary: | The target article provides stimulating evidence for culture in cetaceans but does not provide a coherent theoretical framework. We argue that a complex, adaptive systems approach not only can provide such a framework but also can contribute advanced data analysis and simulation methods. For humpback whale songs, we suggest the framework of "small-world networks" to model the observed spatio-temporal dynamics. |
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