Browsing by Subject "sperm whales"
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DIALECTS OVER SPACE AND TIME: CULTURAL IDENTITY AND EVOLUTION IN SPERM WHALE CODAS
(2021-12-20)The overarching goal of my thesis is to better understand how sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) dialects vary over space and time, and to quantify the implications of these dynamics on cultural identity and evolution ... -
Habitat of Galápagos sperm whales: A cultural perspective and implications for conservation
(2017-12-13)Habitat models elucidate species-environment relationships and inform conservation. But the influence of environmental variables on habitat use is scale-dependent and influenced by behaviour. Sperm whales (Physeter ... -
Measuring Inter-Pulse Intervals in Sperm Whale Clicks: Development of an Automatic Method and its Potential for Identifying Eastern Caribbean Social Units
(2018-08-31)Sperm whale clicks have a unique multi-pulsed structure, where the inter-pulse interval (IPI) is related to body length. This feature makes passive acoustic monitoring especially informative for sperm whales. I investigated ...