The main goal of non‐invasive genetic capture‐mark‐recapture (CMR) analysis is to gain an
unbiased and reliable population size estimate of species that cannot be sampled directly …

The chronological age of an individual animal predicts many of its biological characteristics,
and these in turn influence population‐level ecological processes. Animal age information …

Age is a fundamental aspect of animal ecology, but is difficult to determine in many species.
Humpback whales exemplify this as they have a lifespan comparable to humans, mature …

Phylogeny-based estimates suggesting a low germline mutation rate (μ) in baleen whales
have influenced research ranging from assessments of whaling impacts to evolutionary …

Site fidelity is common among migratory cetaceans, including humpback whales (Megaptera
novaeangliae). In the Northern Hemisphere it has been found that fidelity to humpback …

Reliably marking larvae and reidentifying them after metamorphosis is a challenge that has
hampered studies on recruitment, dispersal, migration and survivorship of amphibians for a …

The Mediterranean fin whale population, Balaenoptera physalus, is resident, with almost no
exchanges with the Atlantic population. The entire population was estimated at 1300 or …

Previous studies have documented genetic differentiation between gray whales in the
eastern and western North Pacific on the basis of both mtDNA haplotype and microsatellite …

A total of 38 autosomal Short Tandem Repeat (STR) loci (ie, D5S818, D21S11, D7S820,
CSF1P0, D2S1338, D3S1358, vWA, D8S1179, D16S539, Penta E, TPOX, TH01, D19S433 …

To properly conserve and manage wild populations, it is important to have information on
abundance and population dynamics. In the case of rare and cryptic species, especially in …