Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions
There is increasing evidence that culture is an important determinant of behavior in some non-human species including great apes and cetaceans (whales and dolphins). In some cases, there may be repercussions for population biology and conservation. Rapidly evolving "horizontal" cultures, t...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/2b155e61-d6ad-4370-96b3-d2f19a8b2762 2024-09-30T14:40:59+00:00 Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions Whitehead, H Rendell, Luke Edward Osborne, R W Wursig, B 2004-12 https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/2b155e61-d6ad-4370-96b3-d2f19a8b2762 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.017 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=4143092835&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://biologybk.st-and.ac.uk/staffDB/pubsDownload/2739.pdf eng eng https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/2b155e61-d6ad-4370-96b3-d2f19a8b2762 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Whitehead , H , Rendell , L E , Osborne , R W & Wursig , B 2004 , ' Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions ' , Biological Conservation , vol. 120 , pp. 427-437 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.017 culture conservation social learning whale dolphin BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS KILLER-WHALES ORCINUS-ORCA SPERM-WHALES PHYSETER-MACROCEPHALUS CETACEAN CULTURE ADJACENT WATERS FEEDING SUCCESS TRANSMISSION EVOLUTION article 2004 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.017 2024-09-04T23:45:35Z There is increasing evidence that culture is an important determinant of behavior in some non-human species including great apes and cetaceans (whales and dolphins). In some cases, there may be repercussions for population biology and conservation. Rapidly evolving "horizontal" cultures, transmitted largely within generations, may help animals deal with anthropogenic change and even allow them to exploit it, sometimes with negative consequences for both the animals and humans. In contrast, stable "vertical" or "oblique" cultures, transmitted principally between generations, may impede adaptation to environmental change, and confound range recovery, reintroductions and translocations. Conformist stable cultures can lead to maladaptive behavior, which may be mistaken for the results of anthropogenic threats. They can also structure populations into sympatric sub-populations with distinctive cultural variants. Such structuring is common among cetaceans, among which sympatric sub-populations may face different anthropogenic threats or respond to the same threat in different ways. We suggest that non-human culture should be integrated into conservation biology when considering populations with such attributes, and also more generally by refining definitions of evolutionarily significant units and considering how cultural attributes may change our perspectives of non-humans. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Orca Orcinus orca Physeter macrocephalus University of St Andrews: Research Portal Biological Conservation 120 3 427 437 |
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culture conservation social learning whale dolphin BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS KILLER-WHALES ORCINUS-ORCA SPERM-WHALES PHYSETER-MACROCEPHALUS CETACEAN CULTURE ADJACENT WATERS FEEDING SUCCESS TRANSMISSION EVOLUTION |
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culture conservation social learning whale dolphin BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS KILLER-WHALES ORCINUS-ORCA SPERM-WHALES PHYSETER-MACROCEPHALUS CETACEAN CULTURE ADJACENT WATERS FEEDING SUCCESS TRANSMISSION EVOLUTION Whitehead, H Rendell, Luke Edward Osborne, R W Wursig, B Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions |
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culture conservation social learning whale dolphin BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS KILLER-WHALES ORCINUS-ORCA SPERM-WHALES PHYSETER-MACROCEPHALUS CETACEAN CULTURE ADJACENT WATERS FEEDING SUCCESS TRANSMISSION EVOLUTION |
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There is increasing evidence that culture is an important determinant of behavior in some non-human species including great apes and cetaceans (whales and dolphins). In some cases, there may be repercussions for population biology and conservation. Rapidly evolving "horizontal" cultures, transmitted largely within generations, may help animals deal with anthropogenic change and even allow them to exploit it, sometimes with negative consequences for both the animals and humans. In contrast, stable "vertical" or "oblique" cultures, transmitted principally between generations, may impede adaptation to environmental change, and confound range recovery, reintroductions and translocations. Conformist stable cultures can lead to maladaptive behavior, which may be mistaken for the results of anthropogenic threats. They can also structure populations into sympatric sub-populations with distinctive cultural variants. Such structuring is common among cetaceans, among which sympatric sub-populations may face different anthropogenic threats or respond to the same threat in different ways. We suggest that non-human culture should be integrated into conservation biology when considering populations with such attributes, and also more generally by refining definitions of evolutionarily significant units and considering how cultural attributes may change our perspectives of non-humans. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions |
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Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions |
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Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions |
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Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions |
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Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions |
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culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions |
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Whitehead , H , Rendell , L E , Osborne , R W & Wursig , B 2004 , ' Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions ' , Biological Conservation , vol. 120 , pp. 427-437 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.017 |
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