Improved versions of the Levenshtein distance method for comparing sequence information in animals' vocalisations:tests using humpback whale song

• Published in: Behaviour
• Main Authors: Garland, Ellen C., Lilley, Matthew S., Goldizen, Anne W., Rekdahl, Melinda L., Garrigue, Claire, Noad, Michael J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Levenshtein distance; Behavioural sequence; Animal communication; Song; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Adult indigo buntings; Megaptera-novaeangliae; Passerina-cyanea; Zebra finch; Classification; Patterns; Behavior; Display; Scale; Finch; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/improved-versions-of-the-levenshtein-distance-method-for-comparing-sequence-information-in-animals-vocalisations(d3248c86-248a-4ab6-9f7f-9e778c946659).html; https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003032

Animals can communicate using visual and acoustic displays to convey information to conspecifics. In some cases, such displays are produced in highly stereotyped and repetitive sequences. Here we use a quantitative analysis technique, the Levenshtein distance, to assess similarity in sequences of di...