Cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences
Cultural evolution is a powerful process shaping behavioural phenotypes of many species including our own. Killer whales are one of the species with relatively well-studied vocal culture. Pods have distinct dialects comprising a mix of unique and shared call types; calves adopt the call repertoire o...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/18d2dcaa-bcf6-48fc-ac59-d62b7765d04b 2024-06-23T07:54:21+00:00 Cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences Filatova, Olga A. Samarra, Filipa I. P. Deecke, Volker B. Ford, John K. B. Miller, Patrick J. O. Yurk, Harald 2015 https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/cultural-evolution-of-killer-whale-calls(18d2dcaa-bcf6-48fc-ac59-d62b7765d04b).html https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003317 eng eng https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/cultural-evolution-of-killer-whale-calls(18d2dcaa-bcf6-48fc-ac59-d62b7765d04b).html info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Filatova , O A , Samarra , F I P , Deecke , V B , Ford , J K B , Miller , P J O & Yurk , H 2015 , ' Cultural evolution of killer whale calls : background, mechanisms and consequences ' , Behaviour , vol. 152 , no. 15 , pp. 2001-2038 . https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003317 killer whale dialect culture cultural evolution gene-culture coevolution BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS HERRING CLUPEA-HARENGUS ORCINUS-ORCA POPULATION BRITISH-COLUMBIA TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOR STEREOTYPED CALLS VOCAL BEHAVIOR NORTH PACIFIC BIRD SONG article 2015 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003317 2024-06-13T00:54:30Z Cultural evolution is a powerful process shaping behavioural phenotypes of many species including our own. Killer whales are one of the species with relatively well-studied vocal culture. Pods have distinct dialects comprising a mix of unique and shared call types; calves adopt the call repertoire of their matriline through social learning. We review different aspects of killer whale acoustic communication to provide insights into the cultural transmission and gene-culture co-evolution processes that produce the extreme diversity of group and population repertoires. We argue that the cultural evolution of killer whale calls is not a random process driven by steady error accumulation alone: temporal change occurs at different speeds in different components of killer whale repertoires, and constraints in call structure and horizontal transmission often degrade the phylogenetic signal. We discuss the implications from bird song and human linguistic studies, and propose several hypotheses of killer whale dialect evolution. Article in Journal/Newspaper Killer Whale Orca Orcinus orca Killer whale University of St Andrews: Research Portal Pacific Behaviour 152 15 2001 2038 |
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killer whale dialect culture cultural evolution gene-culture coevolution BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS HERRING CLUPEA-HARENGUS ORCINUS-ORCA POPULATION BRITISH-COLUMBIA TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOR STEREOTYPED CALLS VOCAL BEHAVIOR NORTH PACIFIC BIRD SONG |
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killer whale dialect culture cultural evolution gene-culture coevolution BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS HERRING CLUPEA-HARENGUS ORCINUS-ORCA POPULATION BRITISH-COLUMBIA TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOR STEREOTYPED CALLS VOCAL BEHAVIOR NORTH PACIFIC BIRD SONG Filatova, Olga A. Samarra, Filipa I. P. Deecke, Volker B. Ford, John K. B. Miller, Patrick J. O. Yurk, Harald Cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences |
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killer whale dialect culture cultural evolution gene-culture coevolution BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS HERRING CLUPEA-HARENGUS ORCINUS-ORCA POPULATION BRITISH-COLUMBIA TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOR STEREOTYPED CALLS VOCAL BEHAVIOR NORTH PACIFIC BIRD SONG |
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Cultural evolution is a powerful process shaping behavioural phenotypes of many species including our own. Killer whales are one of the species with relatively well-studied vocal culture. Pods have distinct dialects comprising a mix of unique and shared call types; calves adopt the call repertoire of their matriline through social learning. We review different aspects of killer whale acoustic communication to provide insights into the cultural transmission and gene-culture co-evolution processes that produce the extreme diversity of group and population repertoires. We argue that the cultural evolution of killer whale calls is not a random process driven by steady error accumulation alone: temporal change occurs at different speeds in different components of killer whale repertoires, and constraints in call structure and horizontal transmission often degrade the phylogenetic signal. We discuss the implications from bird song and human linguistic studies, and propose several hypotheses of killer whale dialect evolution. |
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Filatova, Olga A. Samarra, Filipa I. P. Deecke, Volker B. Ford, John K. B. Miller, Patrick J. O. Yurk, Harald |
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Filatova, Olga A. Samarra, Filipa I. P. Deecke, Volker B. Ford, John K. B. Miller, Patrick J. O. Yurk, Harald |
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Cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences |
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Cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences |
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Cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences |
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Cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences |
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Cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences |
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cultural evolution of killer whale calls:background, mechanisms and consequences |
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Filatova , O A , Samarra , F I P , Deecke , V B , Ford , J K B , Miller , P J O & Yurk , H 2015 , ' Cultural evolution of killer whale calls : background, mechanisms and consequences ' , Behaviour , vol. 152 , no. 15 , pp. 2001-2038 . https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003317 |
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