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Comment on "Temporal and spatial variation in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina L.) roar calls from southern Scandinavia" [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 141, 182421834 (2017)] (L)
Ravignani, A. (2018). Comment on "Temporal and spatial variation in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina L.) roar calls from southern Scandinavia" [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 141, 182421834 (2017)] (L). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 143(1): 504-508. https://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.5021770
In: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. American Institute of Physics: New York. ISSN 0001-4966; e-ISSN 1520-8524, meer
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In their recent article, Sabinsky and colleagues investigated heterogeneity in harbor seals' vocalizations. The authors found seasonal and geographical variation in acoustic parameters, warning readers that recording conditions might account for some of their results. This paper expands on the temporal aspect of the encountered heterogeneity in harbor seals' vocalizations. Temporal information is the least susceptible to variable recording conditions. Hence geographical and seasonal variability in roar timing constitutes the most robust finding in the target article. In pinnipeds, evidence of timing and rhythm in the millisecond range-as opposed to circadian and seasonal rhythms-has theoretical and interdisciplinary relevance. In fact, the study of rhythm and timing in harbor seals is particularly decisive to support or confute a cross-species hypothesis, causally linking the evolution of vocal production learning and rhythm. The results by Sabinsky and colleagues can shed light on current scientific questions beyond pinniped bioacoustics, and help formulate empirically testable predictions. |
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