Comment on: “Variability in humpback whale songs reveals how individuals can be distinctive when sharing a complex vocal display” [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 153, 2238–2250 (2023)]
Eduardo Mercado,
Christina E. Perazio,
Mark F. Franklin
et al.
Abstract:Lamoni, Garland, Allen, Coxon, Noad, and Rendell [(2023). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 153, 2238–2250] analyzed variations in humpback whale song structure to assess how individual singers can produce distinctive patterns that communicate desirable individual qualities to potential mates. Their analyses revealed that singers rarely produced individually specific sound patterns and that singers varied subjectively distinctive structural features of songs differently across years. These findings provide the strongest evi… Show more
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