Cultural traditions and the evolution of reproductive isolation: ecological speciation in killer whales?

R Riesch, LG Barrett-Lennard, GM Ellis… - Biological Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Human evolution has clearly been shaped by gene–culture interactions, and there is
growing evidence that similar processes also act on populations of non-human animals …

Odontocete cetaceans foraging behind trawlers, worldwide

S Bonizzoni, S Hamilton, RR Reeves, T Genov… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Several populations of odontocete cetaceans, including at least 19 species, have modified
their behavior and adapted to foraging in association with trawlers. We review information …

ORCA-SPOT: An automatic killer whale sound detection toolkit using deep learning

C Bergler, H Schröter, RX Cheng, V Barth, M Weber… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Large bioacoustic archives of wild animals are an important source to identify reappearing
communication patterns, which can then be related to recurring behavioral patterns to …

Killer whale ecotypes: is there a global model?

PJN de Bruyn, CA Tosh, A Terauds - Biological Reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Killer whales, Orcinus orca, are top predators occupying key ecological roles in a variety of
ecosystems and are one of the most widely distributed mammals on the planet. In …

Habitat‐driven population structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the North‐East Atlantic

M Louis, A Viricel, T Lucas, H Peltier… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite no obvious barrier to gene flow, historical environmental processes and ecological
specializations can lead to genetic differentiation in highly mobile animals. Ecotypes …

Revised taxonomy of eastern North Pacific killer whales (Orcinus orca): Bigg's and resident ecotypes deserve species status

PA Morin, ML McCarthy, CW Fung… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are currently recognized as a single ecologically and
morphologically diverse, globally distributed species. Multiple morphotypes or ecotypes …

Killer whale movements on the Norwegian shelf are associated with herring density

EF Vogel, M Biuw, MA Blanchet, ID Jonsen… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Killer whales Orcinus orca have a cosmopolitan distribution with a broad diet ranging from
fish to marine mammals. In Norway, killer whales are regularly observed feeding on …

Geographic and temporal dynamics of a global radiation and diversification in the killer whale

PA Morin, KM Parsons, FI Archer… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate change during the Late Pleistocene periodically encroached and then
released habitat during the glacial cycles, causing range expansions and contractions in …

Killer whale genomes reveal a complex history of recurrent admixture and vicariance

AD Foote, MD Martin, M Louis, G Pacheco… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reconstruction of the demographic and evolutionary history of populations assuming a
consensus tree‐like relationship can mask more complex scenarios, which are prevalent in …

Postglacial climate changes and rise of three ecotypes of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in western Palearctic waters

MC Fontaine, K Roland, I Calves, F Austerlitz… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite no obvious barriers to gene flow in the marine realm, environmental variation and
ecological specializations can lead to genetic differentiation in highly mobile predators …