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.
Selected publications
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Open access
A pan-cetacean MHC amplicon sequencing panel developed and evaluated in combination with genome assemblies
Heimeier, D., Garland, E. C., Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Vella, A., Baker, C. S. & Carroll, E. L., 23 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology Resources. Early View, 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Phylogenetically controlled life history trait meta-analysis in cetaceans reveals unexpected negative brain size and longevity correlation
Groot, N., Constantine, R., Garland, E. C. & Carroll, E. L., 1 Feb 2023, In: Evolution. 77, 2, 16 p., qpac050.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Reproductive tactics in baleen whales
Eichenberger, F., Garland, E. C. & Carroll, E. L., 26 Sept 2023, Sex in Cetaceans: Morphology, Behavior, and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies. Wursig, B. & Orbach, D. N. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 469-498Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Variability in humpback whale songs reveals how individuals can be distinctive when sharing a complex vocal display
Lamoni, L. U., Garland, E. C., Allen, J., Coxon, J., Noad, M. J. & Rendell, L. E., 12 Apr 2023, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153, 4, p. 2238-2250 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Culture and social learning in baleen whales
Garland, E. C. & Carroll, E. L., 3 Jul 2022, Ethology and behavioral ecology of mysticetes. Clark, C. W. & Garland, E. C. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 177-191 15 p. (Ethology and behavioral ecology of marine mammals).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Ethology and behavioral ecology of mysticetes
Clark, C. W. (ed.) & Garland, E. C. (ed.), 3 Jul 2022, Cham: Springer Nature. 384 p. (Ethology and behavioral ecology of marine mammals)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Humpback whale song revolutions continue to spread from the central into the eastern South Pacific
Schulze, J. N., Denkinger, J., Oña, J., Poole, M. & Garland, E. C., Aug 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 8, 15 p., 220158.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Observing baleen whales
Clark, C. W. & Garland, E. C., 3 Jul 2022, Ethology and behavioral ecology of mysticetes. Clark, C. W. & Garland, E. C. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 3-10 8 p. (Ethology and behavioral ecology of marine mammals).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
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., & 5 others , 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