Animal Culture and Conservation: some key references

Link to Phil Trans B special issue: 

Animal culture: conservation in a changing world
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2025/380/1925

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Crates R, Appleby D, Bray W, Langmore NE, Heinsohn R. Conserving avian vocal culture. Phil Trans B. 2025; https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0139  

Eguiguren A, Avila I, Mesnick S, Cantor M, Hersh T, Pérez-Puig H, et al. Integrating cultural dimensions in sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) conservation: threats, challenges, and solutions. Phil Trans B. 2025; https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0142

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