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dc.contributor.authorBowers, Matthew T.
dc.contributor.authorFriedlaender, Ari S.
dc.contributor.authorJanik, Vincent M.
dc.contributor.authorNowacek, Douglas P.
dc.contributor.authorQuick, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorSouthall, Brandon L.
dc.contributor.authorRead, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-11T23:39:32Z
dc.date.available2019-06-11T23:39:32Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-12
dc.identifier251816223
dc.identifier94b7f6a3-09e7-4a09-988c-7e053b95362a
dc.identifier85056114959
dc.identifier000438916100002
dc.identifier.citationBowers , M T , Friedlaender , A S , Janik , V M , Nowacek , D P , Quick , N , Southall , B L & Read , A 2018 , ' Selective reactions to different killer whale call categories in two delphinid species ' , Journal of Experimental Biology , vol. 221 . https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.162479en
dc.identifier.issn0022-0949
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7894-0121/work/60427852
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17874
dc.descriptionThis research was supported by award RC-2154 from the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and funding from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Southeast Region.en
dc.description.abstractThe risk of predation is often invoked as an important factor influencing the evolution of social organization in cetaceans, but little direct information is available about how these aquatic mammals respond to predators or other perceived threats. We used controlled playback experiments to examine the behavioral responses of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off Cape Hatteras, NC, USA, and Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) off the coast of Southern California, USA, to the calls of a potential predator, mammal-eating killer whales. We transmitted calls of mammal-eating killer whales, conspecifics and baleen whales to 10 pilot whales and four Risso's dolphins equipped with multi-sensor archival acoustic recording tags (DTAGs). Only playbacks of killer whale calls resulted in significant changes in tagged animal heading. The strong responses observed in both species occurred only following exposure to a subset of killer whale calls, all of which contained multiple non-linear properties. This finding suggests that these structural features of killer whale calls convey information about predatory risk to pilot whales and Risso's dolphins. The observed responses differed between the two species; pilot whales approached the sound source while Risso's dolphins fled following playbacks. These divergent responses likely reflect differences in anti-predator response mediated by the social structure of the two species.
dc.format.extent12
dc.format.extent1637779
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Experimental Biologyen
dc.subjectAntipredator behavioren
dc.subjectAcoustic discriminationen
dc.subjectNon-linear acousitcsen
dc.subjectPilot whalesen
dc.subjectRisso's dolphinsen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleSelective reactions to different killer whale call categories in two delphinid speciesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Uniten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Bioacoustics groupen
dc.identifier.doi10.1242/jeb.162479
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-06-12


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