Physical constraints of cultural evolution of dialects in killer whales

Odontocete sounds are produced by two pairs of phonic lips situated in soft nares below the blowhole; the right pair is larger and is more likely to produce clicks, while the left pair is more likely to produce whistles. This has important implications for the cultural evolution of delphinid sounds:...

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Published in:The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Main Authors: Filatova, Olga A., Samarra, Filipa I. P., Barrett-Lennard, Lance G., Miller, Patrick J. O., Ford, John K. B., Yurk, Harald, Matkin, Craig O., Hoyt, Erich
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Nares
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/physical-constraints-of-cultural-evolution-of-dialects-in-killer-whales(c11c0a8a-b6da-4968-afa6-f11cc7a4f83d).html
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4967369
https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/10796/1/Filatova_etal_Physical_constraints_Manuscript_revisedAM.pdf

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