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ArticleJournal of mammalogy2026

Growth patterns, sexual dimorphism, and seasonal body mass variation in Plains Zebra of the Serengeti Region, Tanzania.

Saeideh Esmaeili, Peter J P Gogan, Kathryn A Schoenecker, Ronald O Skoog

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Article in Journal of mammalogy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Saeideh EsmaeiliNatural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, 1231 Libbie Coy Way, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-7048
Peter J P GoganU.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Ave # C, Fort Collins, CO 80526, United States.
Kathryn A SchoeneckerU.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Ave # C, Fort Collins, CO 80526, United States.
Ronald O SkoogCaesar Kleberg Research Program in Wildlife Ecology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knowledge of growth patterns and physical properties of animals helps researchers assess population characteristics and health in the field. Information on age-specific body measurements and growth patterns is rare in ungulates because examining a large portion of a population is time-, budget-, and personnel-intensive in the wild. We collected age- and sex-specific body measurements from 442 Plains Zebra (

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PMCPMC13416185

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