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The multiple functions of male song within the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mating system: review, evaluation, and synthesis by Herman, Louis M.

“…ABSTRACT Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are seasonal breeders, annually migrating from high‐latitude summer feeding grounds to low‐latitude winter…”
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Body and self in dolphins by HERMAN, Louis M

“…In keeping with recent views of consciousness of self as represented in the body in action, empirical studies are reviewed that demonstrate a bottlenose…”
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Habitat segregation by female humpback whales in Hawaiian waters: avoidance of males? by Craig, Alison S, Herman, Louis M, Pack, Adam A, Waterman, James O

“…Humpback whales congregate annually in low-latitude winter breeding and calving grounds. While on these grounds, females with a dependent calf ('maternal…”
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Humpback whale song: who sings? by Herman, Louis M., Pack, Adam A., Spitz, Scott S., Herman, Elia Y. K., Rose, Kathryn, Hakala, Siri, Deakos, Mark H.

“…While on their winter breeding grounds, male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) produce long sequences of structured vocalizations called song, whose…”
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Acoustic properties of humpback whale songs by Au, Whitlow W. L., Pack, Adam A., Lammers, Marc O., Herman, Louis M., Deakos, Mark H., Andrews, Kim

“…A vertical array of five hydrophones was used to measure the acoustic field in the vertical plane of singing humpback whales. Once a singer was located, two…”
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Comparing depth and seabed terrain preferences of individually identified female humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), with and without calf, off Maui, Hawaii by Pack, Adam A., Herman, Louis M., Craig, Alison S., Spitz, Scott S., Waterman, James O., Herman, Elia Y. K., Deakos, Mark H., Hakala, Siri, Lowe, Carley

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Size-assortative pairing and discrimination of potential mates by humpback whales in the Hawaiian breeding grounds by Pack, Adam A., Herman, Louis M., Spitz, Scott S., Craig, Alison S., Hakala, Siri, Deakos, Mark H., Herman, Elia Y.K., Milette, Aliza J., Carroll, Elizabeth, Levitt, Sonia, Lowe, Carley

“…Assortative pairing, and its relation to mate choice, has rarely been documented in mammals. Using data collected during 1998–2007, we investigated…”
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Sound production by singing humpback whales by Mercado, 3rd, Eduardo, Schneider, Jennifer N, Pack, Adam A, Herman, Louis M

“…Sounds from humpback whale songs were analyzed to evaluate possible mechanisms of sound production. Song sounds fell along a continuum with trains of discrete…”
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Resightings of humpback whales in Hawaiian waters over spans of 10-32 years: Site fidelity, sex ratios, calving rates, female demographics, and the dynamics of social and behavioral roles of individuals by Herman, Louis M., Pack, Adam A., Rose, Kathryn, Craig, Alison, Herman, Elia Y. K., Hakala, Siri, Milette, Aliza

“…From a database of approximately 5,000 Hawaiian humpback whales identified photographically between 1976 and 2010, we extracted 71 males and 39 females having…”
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Recurring patterns in the songs of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) by Green, Sean R., Mercado, Eduardo, Pack, Adam A., Herman, Louis M.

“…▶ Neural network analyses revealed patterns in whale song that recurred from 1985–1995. ▶ Classifying sounds by relative acoustic changes improved detection of…”
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Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition by Marino, Lori, Connor, Richard C, Fordyce, R Ewan, Herman, Louis M, Hof, Patrick R, Lefebvre, Louis, Lusseau, David, McCowan, Brenda, Nimchinsky, Esther A, Pack, Adam A, Rendell, Luke, Reidenberg, Joy S, Reiss, Diana, Uhen, Mark D, Van der Gucht, Estel, Whitehead, Hal

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A claim in search of evidence: reply to Manger's thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain structure by Marino, Lori, Butti, Camilla, Connor, Richard C., Fordyce, R. Ewan, Herman, Louis M., Hof, Patrick R., Lefebvre, Louis, Lusseau, David, McCowan, Brenda, Nimchinsky, Esther A., Pack, Adam A., Reidenberg, Joy S., Reiss, Diana, Rendell, Luke, Uhen, Mark D., Van der Gucht, Estelle, Whitehead, Hal

“…In a recent publication in Biological Reviews, Manger (2006) made the controversial claim that the large brains of cetaceans evolved to generate heat during…”
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Bottlenosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus ) Comprehend the Referent of Both Static and Dynamic Human Gazing and Pointing in an Object-Choice Task by Pack, Adam A, Herman, Louis M

“…The authors tested 2 bottlenosed dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) for their understanding of human-directed gazing or pointing in a 2-alternative object-choice…”
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The Dolphin's (Tursiops truncatus) Understanding of Human Gazing and Pointing: Knowing What and Where by Pack, Adam A, Herman, Louis M

“…The authors tested whether the understanding by dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) of human pointing and head-gazing cues extends to knowing the identity of an…”
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Male humpback whales in the Hawaiian breeding grounds preferentially associate with larger females by Pack, Adam A., Herman, Louis M., Spitz, Scott S., Hakala, Siri, Deakos, Mark H., Herman, Elia Y.K.

“…The competitive group appears to be a major component of the mating system of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, bringing together a single female…”
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Migratory Timing of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Central North Pacific Varies with Age, Sex and Reproductive Status by Craig, Alison, Herman, Louis, Gabriele, Christine, Pack, Adam

“…Humpback whales migrate seasonally between high-latitude summer feeding grounds and low-latitude winter breeding grounds. Identification photographs of…”
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Long-term survival of humpback whales radio-tagged in Alaska from 1976 through 1978 by Mizroch, Sally A., Tillman, Michael F., Jurasz, Susan, Straley, Janice M., Von Ziegesar, Olga, Herman, Louis M., Pack, Adam A., Baker, Scott, Darling, Jim, Glockner-Ferrari, Debbie, Ferrari, Mark, Salden, Dan R., Clapham, Phillip J.

“…Invasive tags designed to provide information on animal movements through radio or satellite monitoring have tremendous potential for the study of whales and…”
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MOVEMENTS AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF HUMPBACK WHALES IN THE NORTH PACIFIC by Calambokidis, John, Steiger, Gretchen H., Straley, Janice M., Herman, Louis M., Cerchio, Salvatore, Salden, Dan R., Jorge, Urbán R., Jacobsen, Jeff K., Ziegesar, Olga Von, Balcomb, Kenneth C., Gabriele, Christine M., Dahlheim, Marilyn E., Uchida, Senzo, Ellis, Graeme, Mlyamura, Yukifumi, de guevara Paloma Ladrón, P., Yamaguchi, Manami, Sato, Fumihiko, Mizroch, Sally A., Schlender, Lisa, Rasmussen, Kristin, Barlow, Jay, Ii, Terrance J. Quinn

“…Despite the extensive use of photographic identification methods to investigate humpback whales in the North Pacific, few quantitative analyses have been…”
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Dolphin (tursiops truncatus) echoic angular discrimination : Effects of object separation and complexity by BRANSTEFLER, Brian K, MEVISSEN, Sonja J, PACK, Adam A, HERMAN, Louis M, ROBERTS, Scott R, CARSRUD, Lea K

“…A bottlenose dolphin was tested on its ability to echoically discriminate horizontal angular differences between arrays of vertically oriented air-filled PVC…”
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Cetaceans Have Complex Brains for Complex Cognition: e139 by Marino, Lori, Connor, Richard C, dyce, R Ewan, Herman, Louis M, Hof, Patrick R, Lefebvre, Louis, Lusseau, David, McCowan, Brenda, Nimchinsky, Esther A, Pack, Adam A, Rendell, Luke, Reidenberg, Joy S, Reiss, Diana, Uhen, Mark D, Gucht, Estel Vander, Whitehead, Hal

“…Recently, Manger [8] made the controversial claim that cetacean brains are large because they contain an unusually large number of thermogenic glial cells…”
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