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Individual, unit and vocal clan level identity cues in sperm whale codas

The ‘social complexity hypothesis’ suggests that complex social structure is a driver of diversity in animal communication systems. Sperm whales have a hierarchically structured society in which the largest affiliative structures, the vocal clans, are marked on ocean-basin scales by culturally trans...

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Published in:R Soc Open Sci
Main Authors: Gero, Shane, Whitehead, Hal, Rendell, Luke
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society Publishing 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736920/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909165
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150372
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