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ArticleJournal of mammalogy2025

Age estimation and growth patterns in young harbor seals (

Beatriz Rapado-Tamarit, Margarita Méndez-Aróstegui, Koen de Reus, Tom Sarraude, Ido Pen, Ton G G Groothuis

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Beatriz Rapado-TamaritBehavioural Biology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3346-0797
Margarita Méndez-ArósteguiBehavioural Biology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8311-3582
Koen de ReusArtificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-9726
Tom SarraudeBehavioural Biology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-0935
Ido PenTheoretical Research in Evolutionary Life Sciences, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-378X
Ton G G GroothuisBehavioural Biology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0741-2174

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Abstract

To study patterns in behavior, fitness, and population dynamics, estimating the age of the individuals is often a necessity. Specifically, age estimation of young animals is very important for animal rehabilitation centers because it may determine if the animal should be taken in and, if so, what care is optimal for its rehabilitation. Accurate age estimation is also important to determine the growth pattern of an individual, and it is needed to correctly interpret the influence of early body condition on its growth trajectories. The purpose of our study was to find body measurements that function as good age estimators in young (up to 3 months old) harbor seals (

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age estimationcanine lengthcompensatory growthdorsal standard lengthgrowth patternsHarbor Sealmorphometric measurementsPhoca vitulina vitulina

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