Amanda Rohr

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1925

New theme issue in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B @royalsocietypublishing.org:

Animal culture: conservation in a changing world

Edited by @pbrakes.bsky.social, @lucymaplin.bsky.social, @emma-carroll.bsky.social, Alison L Greggor, Andrew Whiten and @ellengarland.bsky.social

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Culture and conservation in baleen whales | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Culture, defined as information or behaviours shared within a population and acquired from conspecifics through social learning, acts as a second inheritance system which has important implications for species' ecology and evolution. Understanding the ...

New paper:
Culture and conservation in baleen whales

@ellengarland.bsky.social, @petercorkeron.bsky.social, Mike Noad, Briana Abrahms, @jennyallen13.bsky.social, @rconstantine.bsky.social, @lrendell.bsky.social, Renata Sousa-Lima, Kate Stafford, @emma-carroll.bsky.social

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🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬
The Evolution of Cetacean Societies

Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself

Preorder available now
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#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour

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Red List Status & Extinction Risk of the World’s Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises published in Conservation Biology showed that 1 in 4 cetacean species (26% of 92) were assessed as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable)
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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A picture of a humpback whale just below the sea surface taken by Marc Quintin

A thread explaining our new discovery about humpback whale song published today in Science... We found key statistical properties that characterise all human languages in another species for the first time. We have more in common with whales than we previously thought! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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We uncovered the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language in whale song, published today in Science. @inbalarnon.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @jennyallen13.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Thankful to @ukirsc.bsky.social for the chance to give a talk on my master's research today! 🤓

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Hi Bluesky! I’m Amanda. My master's thesis compared 2 beluga whale vocal repertoires from Alaska. Since graduating, I’ve worked as a research assistant in @ellengarland.bsky.social's lab, assisting with her humpback whale research. I'm working on publishing my thesis now -- Stay tuned for updates! 💙

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