[MARMAM] New publication on individual vocal labels in multi-level dolphin alliances

Hi all, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our new publication in Current Biology: King SL, Friedman W, Allen SJ, Gerber L, Jensen F, Wittwer S, Connor RC, Krützen M (2018) Bottlenose dolphins retain individual vocal labels in multi-level alliances. Current Biology. DOI:

[MARMAM] PhD positions: Dolphin Alliance Project

based at the University of Western Australia (UWA) under the supervision of Dr Stephanie King (UWA), and will be co-supervised by Professor Michael Krützen (University of Zürich), Professor Richard Connor (UMass Dartmouth) and Dr Simon Allen (UWA). Students will work in a dynamic research envir

[MARMAM] New Publication: Vocal matching

Dear all, My co-author and I are pleased to notify you of the online publication of our paper "Vocal matching: the what, the why and the how" in Biology Letters. In this review, we use cetaceans and other taxa (e.g. songbirds) to describe and clarify the term vocal matching as an interactive

[MARMAM] New publication on postpartum signature whistle use in bottlenose dolphins

Dear All, We are placed to announce our new publication: King S.L., Guarino E., Donegan K., Hecksher J., Jaakkola, K. (2016) Further insights into postpartum signature whistle use in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10./mms.12317 Summary: Individual

[MARMAM] New Publication: An interim framework for assessing the population consequences of disturbance

Dear all, We are pleased to announce publication of the following article: King, S. L., Schick, R. S., Donovan, C., Booth, C. G., Burgman, M., Thomas, L., Harwood, J. (2015). An interim framework for assessing the population consequences of disturbance. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi:

[MARMAM] New publication on the social aspect of food calling in bottlenose dolphins

Dear all We are pleased to announce our new publication: King, S.L., and Janik, V.M. 2015. Come dine with me: food-associated social signalling in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Animal Cognition. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-015-0851-7 Abstract: Food-related signalling is widespread

[MARMAM] New publication on vocal matching in bottlenose dolphins

Dear all We are pleased to announce our new publication: King, S.L., Harley, H.E., and Janik, V.M. 2014. The role of signature whistle matching in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Animal Behaviour. 96: 79-86. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.07.019 Abstract: The addressing of individuals

[MARMAM] New Paper: Signature Whistle Copying in Bottlenose Dolphins

Dear All We are pleased to announce a new publication on Signature Whistle Copying in Bottlenose Dolphins which is published online with open access in Proceedings of the Royal Society B,  click here to get to the article; http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1757/20130053