Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units
Vocal learning often results in distinct dialects among individuals or groups, but the forces selecting for these phenomena remain unclear. Female sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, and their dependent offspring live in matrilineally based social units, and the units associate within sympatric cl...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/82705e40-2b33-4422-a403-7c9d19e05ba4 2024-06-23T07:56:12+00:00 Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units Konrad, Christine M. Frasier, Timothy R. Rendell, Luke Whitehead, Hal Gero, Shane 2018-11 https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/kinship-and-association-do-not-explain-vocal-repertoire-variation-among-individual-sperm-whales-or-social-units(82705e40-2b33-4422-a403-7c9d19e05ba4).html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.09.011 eng eng https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/kinship-and-association-do-not-explain-vocal-repertoire-variation-among-individual-sperm-whales-or-social-units(82705e40-2b33-4422-a403-7c9d19e05ba4).html info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Konrad , C M , Frasier , T R , Rendell , L , Whitehead , H & Gero , S 2018 , ' Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units ' , Animal Behaviour , vol. 145 , pp. 131-140 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.09.011 Dialect Kinship Matrilineal Social unit Sperm whale Vocal learning Vocalization article 2018 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.09.011 2024-06-13T01:03:31Z Vocal learning often results in distinct dialects among individuals or groups, but the forces selecting for these phenomena remain unclear. Female sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, and their dependent offspring live in matrilineally based social units, and the units associate within sympatric clans. The clans have distinctive dialects of codas (patterns of clicks), as do, to a lesser extent, the units within clans. We examined the similarity of coda repertoires of individuals and units from the eastern Caribbean and related these to patterns of kinship and social association. Similarity in coda repertoires was not discernibly correlated with close kinship or association rates for either individuals or units (matrix correlation coefficients Article in Journal/Newspaper Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale University of St Andrews: Research Portal Animal Behaviour 145 131 140 |
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Vocal learning often results in distinct dialects among individuals or groups, but the forces selecting for these phenomena remain unclear. Female sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, and their dependent offspring live in matrilineally based social units, and the units associate within sympatric clans. The clans have distinctive dialects of codas (patterns of clicks), as do, to a lesser extent, the units within clans. We examined the similarity of coda repertoires of individuals and units from the eastern Caribbean and related these to patterns of kinship and social association. Similarity in coda repertoires was not discernibly correlated with close kinship or association rates for either individuals or units (matrix correlation coefficients |
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Konrad, Christine M. Frasier, Timothy R. Rendell, Luke Whitehead, Hal Gero, Shane |
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Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units |
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Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units |
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Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units |
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Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units |
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Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units |
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kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units |
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Konrad , C M , Frasier , T R , Rendell , L , Whitehead , H & Gero , S 2018 , ' Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units ' , Animal Behaviour , vol. 145 , pp. 131-140 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.09.011 |
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