Hostname: page-component-74656f9884-npj9w Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-08T16:31:38.640Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Communicative cultures in cetaceans: Big questions areunanswered, functional analyses are needed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Todd M. Freeberg
Todd M. Freeberg
Affiliation:
Departments of Audiology and Speech Sciences, and Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 freeberg@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.

Demonstrating cetacean communicative cultures requires documentingvocal differences among conspecific groups that are socially learnedand stable across generations. Evidence to date does not providestrong scientific support for culture in cetacean vocal systems.Further, functional analyses with playbacks are needed to determinewhether observed group differences in vocalizations are meaningfulto the animals themselves.

Information

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 334
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press