Vocal clans in sperm whales: investigating non-human cultural processes.
Informations
- Funding country
United Kingdom- Acronym
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- URL
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- Start date
- 9/22/2003
- End date
- 9/21/2006
- Budget
- 153,433 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Grant | - | - | - |
Organisations
| Name | Role | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of St Andrews | Lead Partner | - | - |
Abstract
My previous work has described a system of vocal dialects in sperm whales that groups the sampled South Pacific population into five vocal 'clans' based on the usage of social vocalisations called 'codas'. This discovery has major implications for underst