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Dialect change in resident killer whales: implications for vocal learning and cultural transmission
- V. Deecke, J. K. Ford, P. Spong
- Biology, Medicine
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 November 2000
Variation in vocal signals among populations and social groups of animals provides opportunities for the study of the mechanisms of behavioural change and their importance in generating and… Expand
Quantifying complex patterns of bioacoustic variation: use of a neural network to compare killer whale (Orcinus orca) dialects.
- V. Deecke, J. K. Ford, P. Spong
- Computer Science, Medicine
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- 5 April 1999
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The vocal behaviour of mammal-eating killer whales: communicating with costly calls
- V. Deecke, J. K. Ford, P. Slater
- Biology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 February 2005
The cost of vocal behaviour is usually expressed in energetic terms; however, many animals may pay additional costs when predators or potential prey eavesdrop on their vocal communication. The… Expand
Automated categorization of bioacoustic signals: avoiding perceptual pitfalls.
- V. Deecke, V. Janik
- Computer Science, Medicine
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- 8 April 2005
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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) produce ultrasonic whistles.
- F. Samarra, V. Deecke, Katja Vinding, M. Rasmussen, René J. Swift, P. Miller
- Geology, Medicine
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- 20 October 2010
This study reports that killer whales, the largest dolphin, produce whistles with the highest fundamental frequencies ever reported in a delphinid. Using wide-band acoustic sampling from both… Expand
Selective habituation shapes acoustic predator recognition in harbour seals
- V. Deecke, P. Slater, J. K. Ford
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 14 November 2002
Predation is a major force in shaping the behaviour of animals, so that precise identification of predators will confer substantial selective advantages on animals that serve as food to others.… Expand
The structure of stereotyped calls reflects kinship and social affiliation in resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)
- V. Deecke, L. Barrett-Lennard, P. Spong, J. K. Ford
- Biology, Medicine
- Naturwissenschaften
- 9 March 2010
A few species of mammals produce group-specific vocalisations that are passed on by learning, but the function of learned vocal variation remains poorly understood. Resident killer whales live in… Expand
The diving behaviour of mammal-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca): variations with ecological not physiological factors
- P. Miller, A. D. Shapiro, V. Deecke
- Biology
- 2 November 2010
Mammal-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca (L., 1758)) are a rare example of social predators that hunt together in groups of sexually dimorphic adults and juveniles with diverse physiological diving… Expand
Grey seals use anthropogenic signals from acoustic tags to locate fish: evidence from a simulated foraging task
- Amanda L. Stansbury, T. Götz, V. Deecke, V. Janik
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 7 January 2015
Anthropogenic noise can have negative effects on animal behaviour and physiology. However, noise is often introduced systematically and potentially provides information for navigation or prey… Expand
KILLER WHALES, WHALING, AND SEQUENTIAL MEGAFAUNAL COLLAPSE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF MARINE MAMMALS IN ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA FOLLOWING COMMERCIAL WHALING
- A. W. Trites, V. Deecke, Edward J. Gregr, J. K. Ford, P. Olesiuk
- 1 October 2007
The hypothesis that commercial whaling caused a sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean by forcing killer whales to eat progressively smaller species of marine mammals is not… Expand