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Hal Whitehead

Dalhousie UniversityORCID 0000-0001-5469-3429Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Ecology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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David Gaspard· 2 shared Ana EguigureniD· 1 shared Christine M. K. Clarke· 1 shared Claire Girard· 1 shared Katija Newton· 1 shared Laura FeyreriD· 1 shared Sam F. WalmsleyiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintOct 1, 2026

Bottlenose whales are more socially connected when in poor body condition

Sam F. Walmsley, Claire Girard, Katija Newton…·Hal Whitehead

The paper examines the relationship between body condition and social behavior in bottlenose whales, finding that individuals in poor condition are more socially connected than expected.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.25.754507

statistical model

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EcologyScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedApr 15, 2026

Inferring sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sex and developmental stage using aerial photogrammetry

Ana Eguiguren, David Gaspard, Christine M. K. Clarke, Hal Whitehead

This study uses aerial photogrammetry to infer sex and developmental stage of sperm whales, finding that peduncle diving is predominantly female-directed by subadults.

DOI 10.1038/s41598-026-46248-9

multiple speciesimaging

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