Dr Ellen Garland
Senior Research Fellow
Research areas
My broad research interests include animal culture, social learning, bioacoustics, and behavioural ecology. My main research focuses on cetaceans, and in particular the cultural transmission, vocal learning, and function of humpback whale song. I am also interested in vocal sequence analysis techniques, and using similarity in vocal displays to define population structures for conservation management.
PhD supervision
- Franca Eichenberger
- Alexander South
Selected publications
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Open access
Song complexity is maintained during inter-population cultural transmission of humpback whale songs
Allen, J. A., Garland, E. C., Garrigue, C., Dunlop, R. A. & Noad, M. J., 30 May 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 9 p., 8999.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The emergence of collective knowledge and cumulative culture in animals, humans and machines
Whiten, A., Biro, D., Bredeche, N., Garland, E. C. & Kirby, S., 31 Jan 2022, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 377, 1843, 14 p., 20200306.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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When does cultural evolution become cumulative culture? A case study of humpback whale song
Garland, E. C., Garrigue, C. & Noad, M., 31 Jan 2022, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 377, 1843, 11 p., 20200313.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation
Brakes, P., Carroll, E. L., Dall, S., Keith, S., McGregor, P., Mesnick, S., Noad, M., Rendell, L., Robbins, M., Rutz, C., Thorton, A., Whiten, A., Whiting, M., Aplin, L., Bearhop, S., Ciucci, P., Fishlock, V., Ford, J., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Simmonds, M., Spina, F., Wade, P., Whithead, H., Williams, J. & Garland, E. C., 28 Apr 2021, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288, 1949, 10 p., 20202718.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Global cultural evolutionary model of humpback whale song
Zandberg, L., Lachlan, R. F., Lamoni, L. U. & Garland, E. C., 25 Oct 2021, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciences. 376, 1836, 12 p., 20200242.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cultural transmission, evolution and revolution in vocal displays: insights from bird and whale song
Garland, E. C. & McGregor, P. K., 29 Sep 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 544929.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Migratory insights from singing humpback whales recorded around central New Zealand
Warren, V. E., Constantine, R., Noad, M., Garrigue, C. & Garland, E. C., 18 Nov 2020, In: Royal Society Open Science. 7, 11, 15 p., 201084.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A giant’s dance: underwater social and vocal behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) recorded on the Northern Coast of Ecuador
Oña, J., Duque, E., Garland, E. C., Seger, K., Narváez, M., Maldonado, J. & Denkinger, J., 12 Jul 2019, In: Aquatic Mammals. 45, 4, p. 456-464Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Animal cultures matter for conservation
Brakes, P., Dall, S. R. X., Aplin, L. M., Bearhop, S., Carroll, E. L., Ciucci, P., Fishlock, V., Ford, J. K. B., Garland, E. C., Keith, S. A., McGregor, P. K., Mesnick, S. L., Noad, M. J., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Robbins, M. M., Simmonds, M. P., Spina, F., Thornton, A., Wade, P. R., Whiting, M. J., Williams, J., Rendell, L., Whitehead, H., Whiten, A. & Rutz, C., 8 Mar 2019, In: Science. 363, 6431, p. 1032-1034 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Migratory convergence facilitates cultural transmission of humpback whale song
Owen, C., Rendell, L., Constantine, R., Noad, M. J., Allen, J., Andrews, O., Garrigue, C., Poole, M. M., Donnelly, D., Hauser, N. & Garland, E. C., 4 Sep 2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 9, 15 p., 190337.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review