Sperm whales: social evolution in the ocean
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-415) and index |
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SPERMWHALES
Social Evolution in the Ocean
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Conventions xv
Symbols and Abbreviations xvii
Prologue: Observations of Sperm Whale Societies xix
1 The Sperm Whale: An Animal of Extremes 1
1 1 Social Complexity in the Ocean 1
1 2 Evolutionary History of the Sperm Whale 2
1 3 Morphology: What Does the Sperm Whale Look Like? 3
1 4 The Peculiar Anatomy of the Sperm Whale: The Spermaceti Organ 8
1 5 The Lives and Populations of Sperm Whales 11
1 6 Sperm Whales and Humans 13
Box 1 1 The Sperm Whale in Print 15
1 7 What Is Social Structure, and How Is It Studied in Sperm Whales? 25
1 8 What Is Culture, and How Is It Studied in Sperm Whales? 26
1 9 What Do We Know and What Don t We Know about Sperm Whale Societies? 27
1 10 Summary 28
2 The Oceanic Habitat of the Sperm Whale 30
2 1 Spatio-Temporal Structure of the Ocean 30
2 2 Oceanographic Habitat of the Sperm Whale 33
2 3 The Diet of the Sperm Whale: The Walnut, the Pea, and the Half-Pound
Steak 43
Box 2 1 An Alternative View of the Sperm Whale Diet: The Picky Eater 51
2 4 The Sperm Whale and Its Competitors 55
2 5 The Ecological Role of the Sperm Whale 60
2 6 Feeding Success of the Sperm Whale 61
2 7 Intraspecific Competition 68
2 8 Natural Enemies 70
2 9 Attack, Defense, and Escape in the Ocean 73
2 10 Summary 76
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3 The Sperm Whale: On the Move through an Ocean 78
3 1 Why Movement Is Crucial 78
3 2 Vertical Movements: The Sperm Whale s Dive 79
3 3 Costs and Benefits of Vertical Movement 83
3 4 Horizontal Movements of Females and Immatures 84
3 5 Movements of Males 100
3 6 Movements of Other Oceanic and Terrestrial Animals 104
3 7 Costs and Benefits of Horizontal Movement 106
Box 3 1 How Fast Should a Sperm Whale Swim? 108
3 8 Summary 109
4 Sperm Whale Populations 111
4 1 Geographic Structure 111
4 2 The Sizes of Sperm Whale Populations 115
Box 4 1 Methods of Assessing Sperm Whale Populations 115
4 3 Population Parameters 122
4 4 Population Dynamics 125
Box 4 2 Changes in Sperm Whale Populations off the Galapagos Islands,
1985-2002 126
4 5 Summary 131
5 Sperm Whale Behavior and Vocalizations 133
5 1 Measuring Behavior 133
5 2 Vocalizations 134
Box 5 1 Are Sperm Whale Clicks Echolocation? 137
Box 5 2 Measures of Sperm Whale Behavior 146
5 3 Modes of Behavior 146
5 4 Foraging 156
5 5 Socializing 168
5 6 Aerial Behavior (arid Other Peculiar Activities) 176
5 7 Birthing 184
5 8 Behavior of the Calf 186
5 9 Defense against Predators 188
Box 5 -3 Interactions between Sperm Whales and Killer Whales 189
5 10 Stranding 200
5 11 Summary 204
6 Sperm Whale Societies 206
6 1 Social Scales 206
6 2 Concentrations 208
Contents ix
6 3 Aggregations 211
6 4 Groups 213
Box 6 1 The Problems of Estimating Group Size 216
6 5 Social Units 232
Box 6 2 Delineating Social Units 233
6 6 Genetic Structure of Groups and Units 239
6 7 The Functions of Groups and Units 245
Box 63A Week in the Life of a Sperm Whale Group 247
6 8 The Cluster 252
6 9 Care of the Calf 261
6 10 The Social Male? 264
6 11 Mating Systems 271
Box 6 4 An Observation of Two Male Sperm Whales Fighting 280
6 12 Summary 283
7 Sperm Whale Cultures 286
7 1 The Quest for Sperm Whale Culture 286
7 2 Coda Dialects of Units and Clans 288
Box 7 1 Describing and Comparing Coda Repertoires 290
Box 7 2 Sperm Whale Clans of the South Pacific 297
7 3 Nonvocal Cultural Traits of Sperm Whales 301
7 4 Low Mitochondrial DNA Diversity and Culture: Cultural Hitchhiking 310
7 5 Summary 315
8 Social and Cultural Evolution in the Ocean 316
8 1 Evolution to Extremes 316
8 2 The Function and Evolution of a Big Nose 317
Box 8 1 The Spermaceti Organ: A Buoyancy Control Device or a Battering
Ram? 318
8 3 The Function and Evolution of a Large Brain 321
8 4 Sperm Whales and Other Deep Divers 325
8 5 The Colossal Convergence: Sperm Whales and Elephants 332
8 6 AT-Selection, Sociality, and Ecological Success 335
8 7 Social Evolution of Female Sperm Whales: Facing the Predators 339
8 8 The Lives of Males 342
8 9 Sexual Segregation 346
8 10 Social Evolution in the Open Ocean 348
8 11 Cultural Evolution in the Ocean 354
8 12 Summary 357
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9 Sperm Whales and the Future 360
9 1 Ghosts of Past Whaling 360
9 2 The New Threats to Sperm Whales 362
9 3 Studying Sperm Whales in the Future 368
9 4 The Nature and Future of the Sperm Whale 370
9 5 Summary 372
Appendix: How We Study the Sperm Whale 375
A I Examining Carcasses 375
A 2 Studying Living Animals 376
A 3 Phor oidentificar ion and Photographic Measurement: The Key to Individuals 380
A 4 Quantifying Sounds 384
A 5 Unraveling Genes 385
References 387
Index 417
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