Mathematical models of long term evolution of blue whale song types' frequencies

• Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology
• Main Authors: Malige, Franck, Patris, Julie, Hauray, Maxime, Giraudet, Pascale, Glotin, Hervé, Noûs, Camille
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Informatique et des Systèmes (LIS) (Marseille, Toulon) (LIS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DYNamiques de l’Information (DYNI), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Institut de Mathématiques de Marseille (I2M), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Toulon (UTLN), Laboratoire Cogitamus = Cogitamus Laboratory
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: blue whale; song; flocking; agent-based model; consensus seeking; [MATH.MATH-DS]Mathematics [math]/Dynamical Systems [math.DS]; [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology; [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Symbiosis; Venus; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03632687; https://hal.science/hal-03632687v2/document; https://hal.science/hal-03632687v2/file/2022_Malige_et_al_Mathematical_models_of_long_term_evolution_of_blue_whale_song_types_frequencies.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111184

International audience The linear decrease in the frequency of blue whale songs around the world is, to date, an unexplained phenomenon. We show it can be reproduced by a mathematical model considering two antagonistic behavioral trends : first, a bias towards conformity in the song, and second, a t...