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Estimating animal population density using passive acoustics by Marques, Tiago A., Thomas, Len, Martin, Stephen W., Mellinger, David K., Ward, Jessica A., Moretti, David J., Harris, Danielle, Tyack, Peter L.

“…ABSTRACT Reliable estimation of the size or density of wild animal populations is very important for effective wildlife management, conservation and ecology…”
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Measuring acoustic habitats by Merchant, Nathan D., Fristrup, Kurt M., Johnson, Mark P., Tyack, Peter L., Witt, Matthew J., Blondel, Philippe, Parks, Susan E., Hodgson, David

“…Summary Many organisms depend on sound for communication, predator/prey detection and navigation. The acoustic environment can therefore play an important role…”
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Convergence of Calls as Animals Form Social Bonds, Active Compensation for Noisy Communication Channels, and the Evolution of Vocal Learning in Mammals by Tyack, Peter L

“…The classic evidence for vocal production learning involves imitation of novel, often anthropogenic sounds. Among mammals, this has been reported for dolphins,…”
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Understanding the population consequences of disturbance by Pirotta, Enrico, Booth, Cormac G., Costa, Daniel P., Fleishman, Erica, Kraus, Scott D., Lusseau, David, Moretti, David, New, Leslie F., Schick, Robert S., Schwarz, Lisa K., Simmons, Samantha E., Thomas, Len, Tyack, Peter L., Weise, Michael J., Wells, Randall S., Harwood, John

“…Managing the nonlethal effects of disturbance on wildlife populations has been a long‐term goal for decision makers, managers, and ecologists, and assessment…”
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Individual right whales call louder in increased environmental noise by Parks, Susan E., Johnson, Mark, Nowacek, Douglas, Tyack, Peter L.

“…The ability to modify vocalizations to compensate for environmental noise is critical for successful communication in a dynamic acoustic environment. Many…”
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Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar by Goldbogen, Jeremy A., Southall, Brandon L., DeRuiter, Stacy L., Calambokidis, John, Friedlaender, Ari S., Hazen, Elliott L., Falcone, Erin A., Schorr, Gregory S., Douglas, Annie, Moretti, David J., Kyburg, Chris, McKenna, Megan F., Tyack, Peter L.

“…Mid-frequency military (1–10 kHz) sonars have been associated with lethal mass strandings of deep-diving toothed whales, but the effects on endangered baleen…”
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Fear of Killer Whales Drives Extreme Synchrony in Deep Diving Beaked Whales by Aguilar de Soto, Natacha, Visser, Fleur, Tyack, Peter L., Alcazar, Jesús, Ruxton, Graeme, Arranz, Patricia, Madsen, Peter T., Johnson, Mark

“…Fear of predation can induce profound changes in the behaviour and physiology of prey species even if predator encounters are infrequent. For echolocating…”
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Extreme diving of beaked whales by Tyack, Peter L, Johnson, Mark, Soto, Natacha Aguilar, Sturlese, Albert, Madsen, Peter T

“…Sound-and-orientation recording tags (DTAGs) were used to study 10 beaked whales of two poorly known species, Ziphius cavirostris (Zc) and Mesoplodon…”
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Shining new light on sensory brain activation and physiological measurement in seals using wearable optical technology by McKnight, J Chris, Ruesch, Alexander, Bennett, Kimberley, Bronkhorst, Mathijs, Balfour, Steve, Moss, Simon E W, Milne, Ryan, Tyack, Peter L, Kainerstorfer, Jana M, Hastie, Gordon D

“…Sensory ecology and physiology of free-ranging animals is challenging to study but underpins our understanding of decision-making in the wild. Existing…”
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Formal Comment on Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Moretti DJ, Andrews RD (2014) First Long-Term Behavioral Records from Cuvier's Beaked Whales (Ziphius cavirostris) Reveal Record-Breaking Dives. PLoS ONE 9(3): e92633. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092633 by Tyack, Peter L, Calambokidis, John, Friedlaender, Ari, Goldbogen, Jeremy, Southall, Brandon

“…About the Authors: Peter L. Tyack * E-mail: plt@st-andrews.ac.uk Affiliation: School of Biology and Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute,…”
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Marine mammals and sonar: Dose-response studies, the risk-disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context by Harris, Catriona M., Thomas, Len, Falcone, Erin A., Hildebrand, John, Houser, Dorian, Kvadsheim, Petter H., Lam, Frans-Peter A., Miller, Patrick J. O., Moretti, David J., Read, Andrew J., Slabbekoorn, Hans, Southall, Brandon L., Tyack, Peter L., Wartzok, Douglas, Janik, Vincent M.

“…1. Marine mammals may be negatively affected by anthropogenic noise. Behavioural response studies (BRS) aim to establish a relationship between noise exposure…”
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Responses of cetaceans to anthropogenic noise by NOWACEK, DOUGLAS P, THORNE, LESLEY H, JOHNSTON, DAVID W, TYACK, PETER L

“…1. Since the last thorough review of the effects of anthropogenic noise on cetaceans in 1995, a substantial number of research reports has been published and…”
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Northern bottlenose whales in a pristine environment respond strongly to close and distant navy sonar signals by Wensveen, Paul J, Isojunno, Saana, Hansen, Rune R, von Benda-Beckmann, Alexander M, Kleivane, Lars, van IJsselmuide, Sander, Lam, Frans-Peter A, Kvadsheim, Petter H, DeRuiter, Stacy L, Curé, Charlotte, Narazaki, Tomoko, Tyack, Peter L, Miller, Patrick J O

“…Impact assessments for sonar operations typically use received sound levels to predict behavioural disturbance in marine mammals. However, there are…”
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A taxonomy for vocal learning by Tyack, Peter L

“…Humans and songbirds learn to sing or speak by listening to acoustic models, forming auditory templates, and then learning to produce vocalizations that match…”
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Modeling Tissue and Blood Gas Kinetics in Coastal and Offshore Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus by Fahlman, Andreas, Jensen, Frants H, Tyack, Peter L, Wells, Randall S

“…Bottlenose dolphins ( ) are highly versatile breath-holding predators that have adapted to a wide range of foraging niches from rivers and coastal ecosystems…”
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Effects of 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging exposure on the behavior and orientation of homing pigeons Columba livia domestica by Párraga, Daniel García, Tyack, Peter L, Marco-Cabedo, Vicente, Crespo-Picazo, José Luis, Manteca, Xavier, Martí-Bonmatí, Luis

“…Homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica) were used to test whether clinical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging disrupts orientation of animals that sense the…”
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Disturbance-specific social responses in long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas by Visser, Fleur, Curé, Charlotte, Kvadsheim, Petter H., Lam, Frans-Peter A., Tyack, Peter L., Miller, Patrick J. O.

“…Social interactions among animals can influence their response to disturbance. We investigated responses of long-finned pilot whales to killer whale sound…”
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Beaked whales echolocate on prey by Johnson, Mark, Madsen, Peter T., Zimmer, Walter M. X., de Soto, Natacha Aguilar, Tyack, Peter L.

“…and two…”
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Comparing call-based versus subunit-based methods for categorizing Norwegian killer whale, Orcinus orca, vocalizations by Shapiro, Ari Daniel, Tyack, Peter L., Seneff, Stephanie

“…Students of animal communication face significant challenges when deciding how to categorize calls into subunits, calls and call series. Here, we use…”
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Passive acoustic detection of deep-diving beaked whales by Zimmer, Walter M. X., Harwood, John, Tyack, Peter L., Johnson, Mark P., Madsen, Peter T.

“…Beaked whales can remain submerged for an hour or more and are difficult to sight when they come to the surface to breathe. Passive acoustic detection (PAD)…”
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