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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
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Abstract

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.

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

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