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Shane Gero
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Latest papers
Cooperation by non-kin during birth underpins sperm whale social complexity.
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels.
Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2026 · senior author
Description of a collaborative sperm whale birth and shifts in coda vocal styles during key events.
Scientific reports · 2026
17 publications.
Cooperation by non-kin during birth underpins sperm whale social complexity.
Maalouf A, DelPreto J, Lucas M, Poetto S, Andreas J, Torralba A, Gero S, Petri G, Rus D, Gruber DF
The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels.
Beguš G, Dąbkowski M, Sprouse RL, Gruber DF, Gero S
Description of a collaborative sperm whale birth and shifts in coda vocal styles during key events.
Aluma Y, Baron Z, Barrett R, Baumgartner C, Beguš G, Bhattacharya S, Bronstein MM, Dahan S, Davis O, de Haas S, Defoe J, DelPreto J, Dessi R, Diamant R, Gatesy J, George K, Gero S, Gibbons D, Gibbons D, Gil S, Goldwasser S, Gruber DF, Harve O, Hernandez A, Ishay M, Jadhav N, Kc L, Kenny A, Leitao A, Lucas M, Maalouf A, Malkin P, Mevorach Y, Pagani S, Paradise O, Petri G, Poetto S, Rossi E, Rus D, Salino-Hugg M, Santoro A, Sharma P, Tchernov D, Torralba A, Tønnesen P, Vogt DM, Wood RJ
An open-source bio-logger for studying cetacean behavior and communication.
Vogt DM, DelPreto J, Salino-Hugg M, Cummings MR, Bell MA, Kenny A, Malkin P, Hernandez AM, Wright AL, Duncan MA, Davidsen MR, Grewal K, Ahuja S, Ostrom K, Garcia M, Shahviri P, Weeraratna C, Zink H, Pagani S, Meyer G, Diamant R, Rus D, Gruber DF, Gero S, Wood RJ
Vowel- and Diphthong-Like Spectral Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas.
Beguš G, Sprouse RL, Leban A, Silva M, Gero S
Predicting mesoscale movement of sperm whale units in the Caribbean based on social dynamics.
Mevorach Y, Maalouf A, Gubnitsky G, Tønnesen P, Gruber DF, Rus D, Tchernov D, Gero S
Automatic detection and annotation of eastern Caribbean sperm whale codas.
Gubnitsky G, Mevorach Y, Gero S, Gruber DF, Diamant R
Drone-based application of whale tags: A "tap-and-go" approach for scientific animal-borne investigations.
Vogt DM, Pagani S, Gonzalez-Peltier Z, Gero S, Gruber DF, Wood RJ
Contextual and combinatorial structure in sperm whale vocalisations.
Sharma P, Gero S, Payne R, Gruber DF, Rus D, Torralba A, Andreas J
Response to 'The active space of sperm whale codas allows for communication within and between social units'.
Jacobs ER, Gero S, Malinka CE, Tønnesen PH, Beedholm K, DeRuiter SL, Madsen PT
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