Phylogenetic review of tonal sound production in whales in relation to sociality |
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Authors: | Laura J May-Collado Ingi Agnarsson Douglas Wartzok |
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Affiliation: | 1.Florida International University,Department of Biological Sciences,Miami,USA;2.Universidad de Costa Rica,Escuela de Biología,San Pedro,Costa Rica;3.Department of Biology,University of Akron,Akron,USA |
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Abstract: | Background It is widely held that in toothed whales, high frequency tonal sounds called 'whistles' evolved in association with 'sociality' because in delphinids they are used in a social context. Recently, whistles were hypothesized to be an evolutionary innovation of social dolphins (the 'dolphin hypothesis'). However, both 'whistles' and 'sociality' are broad concepts each representing a conglomerate of characters. Many non-delphinids, whether solitary or social, produce tonal sounds that share most of the acoustic characteristics of delphinid whistles. Furthermore, hypotheses of character correlation are best tested in a phylogenetic context, which has hitherto not been done. Here we summarize data from over 300 studies on cetacean tonal sounds and social structure and phylogenetically test existing hypotheses on their co-evolution. |
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