Age is an essential trait for understanding the ecology and management of wildlife. A
conventional method of estimating age in wild animals is counting annuli formed in the …

Age is an important ecological tool in wildlife conservation. However, it is difficult to estimate
in most animals, including felines—most of whom are endangered. Here, we developed the …

Individual age can be used to design more efficient and suitable management plans in both
in situ and ex situ conservation programmes for targeted wildlife species. DNA methylation is …

The development of epigenetic clocks, or the DNA methylation‐based inference of age, is an
emerging tool for ageing in free ranging populations. In this study, we developed epigenetic …

In wild animal conservation, knowing the age of an individual animal is extremely beneficial.
However, estimating the age is difficult for many species. Recently, epigenetics-based …

Age is a fundamental parameter in wildlife management as it is used to determine the risk of
extinction, manage invasive species, and regulate sustainable harvest. In a broad variety of …

Age determination of wild animals, including pinnipeds, is critical for accurate population
assessment and management. For most pinnipeds, current age estimation methodologies …

Several articles describe highly accurate age estimation methods based on human DNA-
methylation data. It is not yet known whether similar epigenetic aging clocks can be …

Age is an important parameter for bettering the understanding of biodemographic trends—
development, survival, reproduction and environmental effects—critical for conservation …

Age is necessary information for the study of life history of wild animals. A general method to
estimate the age of odontocetes is counting dental growth layer groups (GLGs). However …