Research Centres and Institutes: Recent submissions
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Humpback whales in Brazil : distribution, abundance and human impacts
(University of St Andrews, 2019-12-03) - ThesisThe humpback whale population breeding in Brazilian waters has greatly increased, after near extinction due to whaling in the twentieth century. Today, these animals are under pressure from human activities in the area. ... -
The role of individual behaviour in the collective cultural evolution of humpback whale songs
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - ThesisFor more than forty years, the complex songs emitted by humpback whales have fascinated the scientific community as well as the general public. These songs are produced by males during the breeding season, and are ... -
From here and now to there and then : practical recommendations for extrapolating cetacean density surface models to novel conditions
(University of St Andrews, 2019-09-04) - ReportDensity surface models (DSMs) are clearly established as a method of choice for the analysis of cetacean line transect survey data, and are increasingly used to inform risk assessments in remote marine areas subject to ... -
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Not just fat : investigating novel physiological state biomarkers in cetacean blubber
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-26) - ThesisDespite its importance as a predictor of fitness, no consensus has been reached about how to assess the nutritive body condition of free-ranging cetaceans. Standard indices of condition used in terrestrial ecology were ...