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Dr Luke Rendell
EU Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Tel: 01334 463499
Fax: 01334 463600
email: ler4@st-andrews.ac.uk
Room: E44 (Bute)
Bute Building
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9TS
UK

Other pages relating to Dr Rendell:
 Research:Research Expertise Profile
Publications
 Website:Laland Lab
  Member of: Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution
School of Biology


General Information Additional Information

Hi. I am an EU-funded Postdoctoral Fellow working on the CULTAPTATION project in the group of Kevin Laland. I have previously worked mostly on wild cetaceans, but now I am developing theoretical investigations of the evolution of social learning strategies, as well as getting involved in experimental studies of learning. I am primarily interested in the evolution of social learning, communication systems and culture, but maintain broader based interests in ecology, behaviour and conservation.

An important part of my CULTAPTATION work is the running of a computer tournament of social learning strategies. There is a large cash prize! Click here to find out more.


"The true biologist deals with life, with teeming boisterous life, and learns something from it, learns that the first rule of life is living"
John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez


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Selected Publications:

2009 Female philopatry in coastal basins and male dispersion across the North Atlantic in a highly mobile marine species, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
D. Engelhaupt, A.R. Hoelzel, C. Nicholson, A. Frantzis, S. Mesnick, S. Gero, H. Whitehead, L. Rendell, P. Miller, R. De Stefanis, A. Canadas, S. Airoldi, A.A. Mignucci-Giannoni
Molecular Ecology 18 4193-4205

31331 more...
2009 Nine-spined sticklebacks deploy a hill-climbing social learning strategy
J Kendal, L Rendell, T Pike, K N Laland
Behavioural Ecology 20 2 238-244

28207 more...
2009 Off-axis effects on the multi-pulse structure of sperm whale coda clicks
Tyler M. Schulz, Hal Whitehead, Luke Rendell
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 125 3 March 1768-1773

26628 more...
2009 Preliminary recordings of blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) vocalizations in the Gulf of Corcovado, northern Patagonia, Chile.
S. J. Buchan, L. Rendell, R. Hucke-Gaete
Marine Mammal Science

30396 more...
2009 Roger's paradox recast and resolved: Population structure and the evolution of social learning strategies
L Rendell, L Fogarty, K N Laland
Evolution

30567 more...
2009 Who Cares? Between-group variation in alloparental care-giving in sperm whales
Shane Gero, Daniel Engelhaupt, Luke Rendell, Hal Whitehead
Behavioural Ecology 20 4 838-843

29861 more...
2008 A claim in search of evidence: Reply to Manger’s thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain structure
L Marino, C Butti, R.C. Connor, R.E. Fordyce, L.M. Herman, P.R. Hof, L. Lefebvre, D. Lusseau, B. McCowan, E.A. Nimchinsky, A.A. Pack, J.S. Reidenberg, D. Reiss, L Rendell, M.D. Uhen, E. Van der Gucht, H. Whitehead
Biological Review 83 417-440

24425
2008 A mobile acoustic localization system for the study of free ranging dolphins during focal follows
NS Quick, LE Rendell, VM Janik
Marine Mammal Science 24 979-989

14429
2008 Do pingers reduce interactions between bottlenose dolphins and nets? Experimental evidence from artisanal fisheries around the Balearic Islands
J.M. Brotons, Z Munilla, A.M. Grau, L Rendell
Endangered Species Research 5 301-308

24490 more...
2008 Lessons from Animal Teaching
W J E Hoppitt, G R Brown, R Kendal, L Rendell, A Thornton, M J Webster, K N Laland
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23 9 September 486-493

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2008 Lessons from Animal Teaching
W J E Hoppitt, G R Brown, R Kendal, L Rendell, A Thornton, M J Webster, K N Laland
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23 9 September 486-493

22810
2008 Overlapping and matching of codas in vocal interactions between sperm whales: Insights into communication function.
Tyler M. Schulz, Hal Whitehead, Shane Gero, Luke Rendell
Animal Behaviour 76 1977-1988

25797 more...
2008 Stereotyped resting behaviour of the sperm whale
P. J. O. Miller, K. Aoki, L. E. Rendell, M. Amano
Current Biology 18 1 R21-R23

21058 more...
2007 Cetaceans Have Complex Brains for Complex Cognition
Lori Marino, Richard C. Connor, R. Ewan Fordyce, Louis M. Herman, Patrick R. Hof, Louis Lefebvre, David Lusseau, Brenda McCowan, Esther A. Nimchimsky, Adam A. Pack, Luke Rendell, Joy S. Reidenberg, Diana Reiss, Mark D. Uhen, Estel Van der Gucht, Hal Whitehead
PLoS Biology 5 5 May e139

18480 more...
2007 Estimating the impact of interactions between bottlenose dolphins and artisanal fisheries around the Balearic Islands
J.M. Brotons, A.M. Grau, L. Rendell
Marine Mammal Science 24 1 112-127

22745 more...
2007 Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales
M Marcoux, H Whitehead, L Rendell
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61 7 1093-1098

16277 more...
2007 Is all learning innovation?
L Rendell, W Hoppitt, J Kendal
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 30 4 421-422

24569 more...
2007 Sperm whale diet variation by sex, location, year, social group and clan: Evidence from stable isotopes
M Marcoux, H Whitehead, L Rendell
Marine Ecology Progress Series 333 309-314

19760 more...
2006 Coda vocalizations recorded in breeding areas are almost entirely produced by mature female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)
M Marcoux, H Whitehead, L Rendell
Canadian Journal of Zoology 84 4 609-614

16276 more...
2006 Remotely-Piloted Acoustic Array For Studying Sperm Whale Vocal Behaviour
T Schulz, H Whitehead, L Rendell
Canadian Acoustics 34 4 54-55

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2005 Coda playbacks to sperm whales in Chilean waters
L E Rendell, H Whitehead
Marine Mammal Science 21 2 307-316

16273
2005 Do breeding male sperm whales show preferences among vocal clans of females?
L E Rendell, H Whitehead, A Coakes
Marine Mammal Science 21 2 317-322

16274
2005 Signal-to-noise: Funding structure versus ethics as a solution to conflict-of-interest
L. Weilgart, H. Whitehead, L Rendell, J. Calambokidis
Marine Mammal Science 21 779-781

31330 more...
2005 Spatial and temporal variation in sperm whale coda vocalisations: Stable usage and local dialects
L E Rendell, H Whitehead
Animal Behaviour 70 191-198

16272 more...
2004 Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and new directions
H Whitehead, L E Rendell, R W Osborne, B Wursig
Biological Conservation 120 427-437

16271 more...
2004 Do sperm whales share coda vocalizations? Insights into coda usage from acoustic size measurements.
L E Rendell, H Whitehead
Animal Behaviour 67 845-874

16270 more...
2004 Movements, habitat use and feeding success of cultural clans of South Pacific sperm whales.
H Whitehead, L E Rendell
Journal of Animal Ecology 73 190-196

16269 more...
2004 Sperm whale habitat use and foraging success of northern Chile: Evidence of ecological links between coastal and pelagic systems
L E Rendell, H Whitehead, R Escribano
Marine Ecology Progress Series 275 289-295

16275
2003 Comparing repertoires of sperm whale codas: a multiple methods approach.
L E Rendell, H Whitehead
Bioacoustics 14 61-81

16268
2003 Vocal clans in sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus).
L E Rendell, H Whitehead
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 270 225-231

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2001 Culture in whales and dolphins.
L E Rendell, H Whitehead
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 2 309-382

16265 more...
1999 A review of frequency and time parameters of cetacean tonal calls.
J Matthews, L E Rendell, J Gordon, D W Macdonald
Bioacoustics 10 47-71

16262
1999 Head-butting in northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus): a possible function for big heads?
L E Rendell, S Gowans
Marine Mammal Science 15 4 1342-1350

16264
1999 Quantitative analysis of the tonal calls of five odontocete species.
L E Rendell, J Matthews, A Gill, J Gordon, D W Macdonald
Journal of Zoology 249 403-410

16263
1999 Vocal response of long-finned pilot whales to military sonar in the Ligurian Sea.
L E Rendell, J Gordon
Marine Mammal Science 15 1 198-204

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