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Research output per year
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Research overview
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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Animal culture: conservation in a changing world
Brakes, P., Aplin, L., Carroll, E. L., Greggor, A. L., Whiten, A. & Garland, E. C., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 308, 1925, p. 1-15 15 p., 20240127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Culture and conservation in baleen whales
Garland, E. C., Corkeron, P., Noad, M. J., Abrahms, B., Allen, J. A., Constantine, R., Rendell, L., Sousa-Lima, R. S., Stafford, K. M. & Carroll, E. L., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 380, 1925, p. 1-11 11 p., 20240133.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Humpback whale song complexity and evolution on a North-western Pacific breeding ground: Okinawa, Japan
Marwood, E. M., Eichenberger, F., Kobayashi, N., Okabe, H., Ozawa, S., Rendell, L. E. & Garland, E. C., Feb 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 2, 15 p., 241388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales
Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Steele, D., Bonneville, C. D., Rendell, L. E. & Garland, E. C., 8 Jan 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 1, 20 p., 241424.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds
Allen, J., Garland, E. C., Arnon, I. & Kirby, S., 6 Feb 2025, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Open Access
Datasets
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Supplementary material from "Humpback whale song complexity and evolution on a North-western Pacific breeding ground: Okinawa, Japan"
Marwood, E. M. (Creator), Eichenberger, F. (Creator), Kobayashi, N. (Creator), Okabe, H. (Creator), Ozawa, S. (Creator), Rendell, L. (Creator) & Garland, E. (Creator), The Royal Society, 2025
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7664348
Dataset
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Supplementary material from "Culturally transmitted song exchange between humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the southeast Atlantic and southwest Indian Ocean basins"
Rekdahl, M. L. (Creator), Garland, E. C. (Creator), Carvajal, G. A. (Creator), King, C. D. (Creator), Collins, T. (Creator), Razafindrakoto, Y. (Creator) & Rosenbaum, H. (Creator), Figshare, 15 Nov 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4302731.v1
Dataset
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Data from When does cultural evolution become cumulative culture? A case study of humpback whale song
Garland, E. C. (Creator), Garrigue, C. (Contributor) & Noad, M. J. (Contributor), Figshare, 13 Nov 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.17004164.v1
Dataset
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Migratory convergence facilitates cultural transmission of humpback whale song (dataset)
Owen, C. (Creator), Constantine, R. (Creator), Noad, M. J. (Creator), Allen, J. (Creator), Andrews, O. (Creator), Garrigue, C. (Creator), Poole, M. M. (Creator), Donnelly, D. (Creator), Hauser, N. (Creator) & Garland, E. C. (Creator), The Royal Society, 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4615733
Dataset
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Global cultural evolutionary model of humpback whale song (dataset)
Garland, E. C. (Creator), GitHub, 2021
https://github.com/lzandberg/WhaleABC
Dataset
Projects
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RS URF Renewal Enhanced Expenses 2022: RS URF Renewal Enhanced Expenses 2022
Garland, E. (PI)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Fellowship
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Ellen Garland URF Extension 2022 - 2025: URF Renewal - YGR028
Garland, E. (PI)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Fellowship
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Enhanced Research Expenses 2021: Sexy singing: cultural evolution and sexual selection in a complex song display
Garland, E. (PI)
1/01/22 → 30/09/22
Project: Fellowship
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Does vocal complexity reliably convey: Does vocal complexity reliably convey genetic quality information in humpback whales?
Garland, E. (PI)
31/03/19 → 30/03/22
Project: Standard
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Keynote at ‘Explaining culture: an interdisciplinary approach'
Garland, E. (Speaker)
Apr 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Plenary at 25th Biennial conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Garland, E. C. (Speaker)
Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Cultural Evolution Society conference 2024
Garland, E. C. (Speaker)
Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Analyzing High-dimensional Traces of Intelligent Behavior
Garland, E. C. (Speaker)
Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Wild SciArt: For the love of whales
Garland, E. C. (Participant)
14 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
Prizes
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Academy of Medical Sciences SUSTAIN career programme
Garland, E. C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Appointment
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ASA Acoustic Expert Multimedia: Honourable mention
Garland, E. C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Co-lead Baleen whale subgroup - UNEP CMS Expert Working Group on Animal Culture and Social Complexity
Garland, E. C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Appointment
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Elected Chair of the South Pacific Research Consortium
Garland, E. (Recipient), Jul 2025
Prize: Election to learned society
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Executive Officer of the Executive Committee of the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium (SPWRC)
Garland, E. C. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Appointment
Press/Media
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BBC Radio 4 - Uncharted: Song of the Sea
9/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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BBC World Service – Unexpected Elements: Fashion to Dye For
26/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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BBC Earth - Into the Deep - Are Humpback Whales the Pop Stars of the Ocean?
11/07/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research