Using Conspecific Playbacks to Investigate Contact Calling in Southeast Alaskan Humpback Whales
M. E. Fournet, L. P. Matthews, A. Bartlett, N. Mastick Jensen, L. Doyle, F. Sharpe, J. P. Crutchfield, B. McCowan, D. K. Mellinger
The paper uses acoustic playbacks to test if humpback whale whups function as contact calls, finding increased whup rates during playback but no approach responses.
bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2021 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition