Hal Whitehead
Biographic Data
| ID | 6216514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hal Whitehead |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hal |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitehead |
| SIGNATURE | WHITEHEAD H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5469-3429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Multilevel Societies of Female Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Atlantic and Pacific
Computer-Assisted Photo-Identification of Narwhals
Although the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is economically and culturally important to northern residents, sound management of this species is impaired by large gaps in knowledge. Research on this species has been limited partly by the cost of the methods used, and partly because some of these methods are invasive and therefore condemned by Inuit communities. Photo-identification, a non-invasive, inexpensive, and easy-to-use method recently develop…
The evolution of conformist social learning can cause population collapse in realistically variable environments
Culture in whales and dolphins
Studies of animal culture have not normally included a consideration of cetaceans. However, with several long-term field studies now maturing, this situation should change. Animal culture is generally studied by either investigating transmission mechanisms experimentally, or observing patterns of behavioural variation in wild populations that cannot be explained by either genetic or environmental factors. Taking this second, ethnographic, approac…
Identifying Humpback Whales using their natural markings
One must suppose that even before Melville transformed the true story of an unusually lightcoloured Sperm Whale named Mocha Dick into his epic novel, Moby Dick , and certainly afterwards, whalers and zoologists working in the whaling industry have noted that pronounced morphological differences often exist among whales of the same species and stock (Lillie, 1915; Matthews, 1937; Pike, 1953). During the past 15 years, scientists studying living wh…
Identifying Humpback Whales using their natural markings
One must suppose that even before Melville transformed the true story of an unusually lightcoloured Sperm Whale named Mocha Dick into his epic novel, Moby Dick , and certainly afterwards, whalers and zoologists working in the whaling industry have noted that pronounced morphological differences often exist among whales of the same species and stock (Lillie, 1915; Matthews, 1937; Pike, 1953). During the past 15 years, scientists studying living wh…
Culture in whales and dolphins
Studies of animal culture have not normally included a consideration of cetaceans. However, with several long-term field studies now maturing, this situation should change. Animal culture is generally studied by either investigating transmission mechanisms experimentally, or observing patterns of behavioural variation in wild populations that cannot be explained by either genetic or environmental factors. Taking this second, ethnographic, approac…
The evolution of conformist social learning can cause population collapse in realistically variable environments
Computer-Assisted Photo-Identification of Narwhals
Although the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is economically and culturally important to northern residents, sound management of this species is impaired by large gaps in knowledge. Research on this species has been limited partly by the cost of the methods used, and partly because some of these methods are invasive and therefore condemned by Inuit communities. Photo-identification, a non-invasive, inexpensive, and easy-to-use method recently develop…
Multilevel Societies of Female Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Atlantic and Pacific
Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Marine animal studies overview (4 works) · Fishery (3 works) · Whale (3 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social learning (2 works)