Hal Whitehead

Hal Whitehead

Dalhousie University

H-index: 94

North America-Canada

About Hal Whitehead

Hal Whitehead, With an exceptional h-index of 94 and a recent h-index of 49 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Dalhousie University, specializes in the field of Deep water whales, social structure, culture.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Sperm Whales Have Culture Too: Strong Evidence That Clans, Culture, and Dialects Are Not Unique to Humans.

Identifying important habitat for northern bottlenose and Sowerby's beaked whales in the western North Atlantic

Sperm whale clans and human societies

Abundance estimate of Eastern Caribbean sperm whales using large scale regional surveys

Collective decision-making in aquatic mammals

Using culturally transmitted behavior to help delineate conservation units for species at risk

Long term trends in floating plastic pollution within a marine protected area identifies threats for endangered northern bottlenose whales

Seasonal song ontogeny in western North Atlantic humpback whales: drawing parallels with songbirds

Hal Whitehead Information

University

Dalhousie University

Position

Professor of Biology

Citations(all)

32162

Citations(since 2020)

9988

Cited By

26533

hIndex(all)

94

hIndex(since 2020)

49

i10Index(all)

273

i10Index(since 2020)

190

Email

University Profile Page

Dalhousie University

Hal Whitehead Skills & Research Interests

Deep water whales

social structure

culture

Top articles of Hal Whitehead

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Sperm Whales Have Culture Too: Strong Evidence That Clans, Culture, and Dialects Are Not Unique to Humans.

CounterPunch

HAL WHITEHEAD

2024/2/1

Identifying important habitat for northern bottlenose and Sowerby's beaked whales in the western North Atlantic

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

LJ Feyrer

JE Stanistreet

C Gomez

M Adams

JW Lawson

...

2024/1/18

Sperm whale clans and human societies

Hal Whitehead

2024/1/10

Abundance estimate of Eastern Caribbean sperm whales using large scale regional surveys

Marine Mammal Science

Felicia Vachon

Luke Rendell

Shane Gero

Hal Whitehead

2024/2/14

Collective decision-making in aquatic mammals

Elizabeth Zwamborn

Naomi Boon

Hal Whitehead

2023/9/13

Using culturally transmitted behavior to help delineate conservation units for species at risk

Biological Conservation

Hal Whitehead

John KB Ford

Andrew G Horn

2023/9/1

Long term trends in floating plastic pollution within a marine protected area identifies threats for endangered northern bottlenose whales

Environmental Research

Noreen E Kelly

Laura Feyrer

Heidi Gavel

Olga Trela

Wayne Ledwell

...

2023/6/15

Seasonal song ontogeny in western North Atlantic humpback whales: drawing parallels with songbirds

Bioacoustics

Katie Kowarski

Salvatore Cerchio

Hal Whitehead

Danielle Cholewiak

Hilary Moors-Murphy

2023/5/4

Flanking female guides: collective decision making in long-finned pilot whales

Animal Behaviour

Elizabeth MJ Zwamborn

Sam F Walmsley

Hal Whitehead

2023/11/1

Corrigendum to" Long term trends in floating plastic pollution within a marine protected area identifies threats for endangered northern bottlenose whales"[Environ. Res. 227 …

Environmental Research

Noreen E Kelly

Laura Feyrer

Heidi Gavel

Olga Trela

Wayne Ledwell

...

2023/11

Does culture spur rhythmic categories in animal communication? Evidence from sperm whales, Java sparrows, and harbour seals

Taylor A Hersh

C De Gregorio

A Kwong

H Whitehead

S Gero

...

2022

Evidence from sperm whale clans of symbolic marking in non-human cultures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Taylor A Hersh

Shane Gero

Luke Rendell

Maurício Cantor

Lindy Weilgart

...

2022/9/13

Categorical rhythms in sperm whale codas

Taylor A Hersh

C De Gregorio

H Whitehead

S Gero

L Rendell

...

2022

Where, when, and why do western North Atlantic humpback whales begin to sing?

Bioacoustics

Katie Kowarski

Salvatore Cerchio

Hal Whitehead

Hilary Moors-Murphy

2022/7/4

Assessing social structure: a data-driven approach to define associations between individuals

Mammalian Biology

Sara B Tavares

Hal Whitehead

Thomas Doniol-Valcroze

2022/6

Ocean nomads or island specialists? Culturally driven habitat partitioning contrasts in scale between geographically isolated sperm whale populations

Royal Society Open Science

Felicia Vachon

Taylor A Hersh

Luke Rendell

Shane Gero

Hal Whitehead

2022/5/18

Current global population size, post-whaling trend and historical trajectory of sperm whales

Scientific Reports

Hal Whitehead

Megan Shin

2022/11/14

Posterior probabilities of membership of repertoires in acoustic clades

Plos one

Hal Whitehead

Taylor A Hersh

2022/4/22

Distinctive, fine‐scale distribution of Eastern Caribbean sperm whale vocal clans reflects island fidelity rather than environmental variables

Ecology and Evolution

Felicia Vachon

Ana Eguiguren

Luke Rendell

Shane Gero

Hal Whitehead

2022/11

Historical and contemporary habitat use of sperm whales around the Galapagos Archipelago: Implications for conservation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Ana Eguiguren

Enrico Pirotta

Kristina Boerder

Maurício Cantor

Godfrey Merlen

...

2021/6

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Hal Whitehead FAQs

What is Hal Whitehead's h-index at Dalhousie University?

The h-index of Hal Whitehead has been 49 since 2020 and 94 in total.

What are Hal Whitehead's top articles?

The articles with the titles of

Sperm Whales Have Culture Too: Strong Evidence That Clans, Culture, and Dialects Are Not Unique to Humans.

Identifying important habitat for northern bottlenose and Sowerby's beaked whales in the western North Atlantic

Sperm whale clans and human societies

Abundance estimate of Eastern Caribbean sperm whales using large scale regional surveys

Collective decision-making in aquatic mammals

Using culturally transmitted behavior to help delineate conservation units for species at risk

Long term trends in floating plastic pollution within a marine protected area identifies threats for endangered northern bottlenose whales

Seasonal song ontogeny in western North Atlantic humpback whales: drawing parallels with songbirds

...

are the top articles of Hal Whitehead at Dalhousie University.

What are Hal Whitehead's research interests?

The research interests of Hal Whitehead are: Deep water whales, social structure, culture

What is Hal Whitehead's total number of citations?

Hal Whitehead has 32,162 citations in total.