Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean

By Hal Whitehead. 2003

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Do social networks of female northern long-eared bats vary with reproductive period and age? (2010, background): “These dynamics result in variable group size and composition and have been most notably described for ungulates, marine mammals, primates, elephants, and, more recently, bats (Archie et al. 2006; Connor et al. 2000; Conradt and Roper 2005; Cross et al. 2005; Kerth 2008; Lehmann and Boesch 2004; Luss”
Sociality: The Behaviour of Group-Living Animals (2016, background): “These units may associate with others in groups, but this is a highly selective process, and the patterns of association of units in groups are not random (Whitehead 2003 ).”
Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions (2004, background): “Vertical cultures can influence genetic evolution (Laland, 1992; Grant and Grant, 1996; Whitehead, 1999) and may structure populations (e.g., Nettle, 1999; Rendell and Whitehead, 2003).”
The socioecology of elephants: analysis of the processes creating multitiered social structures (2005, background): “Although studies of multilevelled social structures are few, our study suggests that each tier emerges in response to a different compilation of cost–benefit trade-offs (Krause & Ruxton 2002; Whitehead 2003).”
Social structure of Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) at the Azores: a stratified community based on highly associated social units (2008, background): “Sperm whales are even known to dive ‘‘linedup’’ (Whitehead 2003).”
Behavioural drivers of the ecological roles and importance of marine mammals (2015, background): “In sperm whales, antipredator behaviours include rosette formation (or a ‘marguerite’, with heads together and tails out) to deter killer whales (Pitman et al. 2001, Whitehead 2003).”
US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal stock assessments - 2015 (2016, background): “…transmitted (Watkins and Schevill 1977; Whitehead and Weilgart 1991; Rendell and Whitehead 2001), and based on degree of social affiliation, mixed groups of sperm whales (mixed-sex groups of females/immatures) worldwide can be placed in recognizable acoustic clans (Rendell and Whitehead 2003).”
Who Cares? Between-group variation in alloparental caregiving in sperm whales (2009, background): “Mature males are found alone or in impermanent ‘‘bachelor groups’’ when not breeding and rove individually between groups of females when breeding (Whitehead 2003).”
Multilevel Societies of Female Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Atlantic and Pacific: Why Are They So Different? (2012, methodology): “…habitat use, and movement strategies of the clans of female sperm whales in the Pacific are almost certainly culturally determined: the whales learn these behavioral patterns from their mothers or other members of their unit/group/clan (Rendell and Whitehead 2003; Whitehead and Rendell 2004).”
Social cohesion in a hierarchically structured embayment population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (2009, background): “Indeed, it is hypothesized that predation risk is the main driver of sociality in odontocetes (Whitehead 2003) and a significant factor in primate social evolution (Hill & Lee 1998).”
Male dolphin alliances in Shark Bay: changing perspectives in a 30-year study (2015, background): “Such a discussion must also include the independent large brain evolution of elephants and sperm whales, which have evolved remarkably converent life history and social systems (Weilgart, Whitehead, & Payne, 1996; Whitehead, 2003).”
Deep pelagic biology (2004, background): “Even at its present low level, the global population of sperm whales is estimated to consume more biomass than all of human fishing combined (Whitehead, 2003).”
Age, musth and paternity success in wild male African elephants, Loxodonta africana (2007, background): “Unfortunately, although not surprisingly given the difficulties of whale research, data to determine this are currently lacking (Whitehead 2003).”
Distribution, encounter rates, and habitat characteristics of toothed cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay and adjacent waters from platform-of-opportunity data (2007, background): “This pattern of distribution is in accordance with previous studies on the species elsewhere (see for review Whitehead, 2003).”
Movements, habitat use and feeding success of cultural clans of South Pacific sperm whales (2004, methodology): “Except very rarely, only one group was followed on a day (Whitehead 2003), and as groups usually”
Alliances II. Rates of encounter during resource utilization: a general model of intrasexual alliance formation in fission–fusion societies (2005, background): “Female choice for the largest males in this species may preclude male alliance formation by smaller individuals (Whitehead 2003).”
Making protected area networks effective for marine top predators (2011, background): “Similarly, the distribution of adult male versus immature male and female sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus is highly segregated, with the former found at higher latitudes and the latter at lower latitudes (Whitehead 2003).”