Friday Lectures
Friday, January 24, 2020 3:45 p.m
Caspary Auditorium
Peter Tyack, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Biology
University of St. Andrews
How Can Mammals Learn New Vocalizations
and Can Humans Learn
How to Reduce Environmental Stressors to Maintain Critical Ecosystem Functions?
Recommended Readings:
Science News
Some mama whales may whisper to keep calves safe from orcas. July 23, 2019. ScienceNewsforStudents
Empirical Articles
Tyack, Peter L.; Thomas, Len. (2019). Using dose-response functions to improve calculations of the impact of anthropogenic noise. AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS. 29: 242-253
Southall, Brandon L.; Finneran, James J.; Rcichmuth, Colleen; et al. (2019). Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria: Updated Scientific Recommendations for Residual Hearing Effects. AQUATIC MAMMALS. 45 (2): 125-232
Shamir, Lior; Yerby, Carol; Simpson, Robert; et al. (2014). Classification of large acoustic datasets using machine learning and crowdsourcing: Application to whale calls. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 135 (2): 953-962
Tyack, Peter L. (2008). Implications for marine mammals of large-scale changes in the marine acoustic environment. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY. 89 (3): 549-558
Review Papers
Tyack, Peter L. (2020). A taxonomy for vocal learning. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 375 (1789)
Harris, Catriona M.; Thomas, Len; Falcone, Erin A.; et al. (2018). Marine mammals and sonar: Dose-response studies, the risk-disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY. 55 (1): 396-404
Merchant, Nathan D.; Fristrup, Kurt M.; Johnson, Mark P.; et al. (2015). Measuring acoustic habitats. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 6 (3): 257-265
Book Chapter
Tyack, Peter L. (2016). Vocal Learning and Auditory-Vocal Feedback. VERTEBRATE SOUND PRODUCTION AND ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION. 53: 261-295