Dr Ellen Garland

Dr Ellen Garland

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Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3620
Email
ecg5@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

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.

PhD supervision

  • Jeanne Merindol

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Eichenberger, F., Carroll, E. L., Garrigue, C., Jarmon, S., Steel, D. J., Robbins, J., Rendell, L. & Garland, E. C., 9 Mar 2026, In: Current Biology. 36, 5, p. 1115-1127.e4 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Croft, D. P., Foote, A. D., Garland, E. C. & King, S. L., 12 Jan 2026, The evolution of cetacean societies: uncovering the social complexity of whales and dolphins. Croft, D. P., Foote, A. D., Garland, E. C. & King, S. L. (eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Hersh, T. A., Filatova, O. A. & Garland, E. C., 12 Jan 2026, The evolution of cetacean societies: uncovering the social complexity of whales and dolphins. Croft, D. P., Foote, A. D., Garland, E. C. & King, S. L. (eds.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, p. 308-329 22 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Open access
    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

  • Open access
    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

  • Open access
    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

  • Open access
    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

  • Open access
    Allen, J., Garland, E. C., Arnon, I. & Kirby, S., 6 Feb 2025, The Conversation.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  • Open access
    Arnon, I., Kirby, S., Allen, J. A., Garrigue, C., Carroll, E. L. & Garland, E. C., 7 Feb 2025, In: Science. 387, 6734, p. 649 - 653 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Heimeier, D., Garland, E. C., Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Vella, A., Baker, C. S. & Carroll, E. L., 23 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology Resources. Early View, 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review