Male infanticide in captive plains zebra, Equus burchelli

2000 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Pluháček ◽  
Luděk Bartoš
Keyword(s):  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
Plains Zebra

scholarly journals A rapid loss of stripes: the evolutionary history of the extinct quagga

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A Leonard ◽  
Nadin Rohland ◽  
Scott Glaberman ◽  
Robert C Fleischer ◽  
Adalgisa Caccone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Rapid Loss ◽  
Mt Dna ◽  
Pleistocene Climate ◽  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
History Of ◽  
Plains Zebra

Twenty years ago, the field of ancient DNA was launched with the publication of two short mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequences from a single quagga ( Equus quagga ) museum skin, an extinct South African equid ( Higuchi et al . 1984 Nature 312 , 282–284). This was the first extinct species from which genetic information was retrieved. The DNA sequences of the quagga showed that it was more closely related to zebras than to horses. However, quagga evolutionary history is far from clear. We have isolated DNA from eight quaggas and a plains zebra (subspecies or phenotype Equus burchelli burchelli ). We show that the quagga displayed little genetic diversity and very recently diverged from the plains zebra, probably during the penultimate glacial maximum. This emphasizes the importance of Pleistocene climate changes for phylogeographic patterns in African as well as Holarctic fauna.

Sex of the foetus determines the time of weaning of the previous offspring of captive plains zebra (Equus burchelli)

2007 ◽  
Vol 105 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 192-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Pluháček ◽  
Luděk Bartoš ◽  
Miroslava Doležalová ◽  
Jitka Bartošová-Víchová
Keyword(s):  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
Plains Zebra

VARIATION IN INCIDENCE OF MALE INFANTICIDE WITHIN SUBSPECIES OF PLAINS ZEBRA (EQUUS BURCHELLI)

2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Pluháček ◽  
Luděk Bartoš ◽  
Jitka Víchová
Keyword(s):  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
Plains Zebra

Reproductive status influences group size and persistence of bonds in male plains zebra (Equus burchelli)

2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 1035-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilya R. Fischhoff ◽  
Jonathan Dushoff ◽  
Siva R. Sundaresan ◽  
Justine E. Cordingley ◽  
Daniel I. Rubenstein
Keyword(s):  
Group Size ◽  
Reproductive Status ◽  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
Plains Zebra

Follicular dynamics in Plains zebra (Equus burchelli): preliminary results

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
L.O. Barros ◽  
G.F. Carneiro ◽  
M.O. Gastal ◽  
E.L. Gastal
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
Plains Zebra ◽  
Follicular Dynamics

Persistent low densities of plains ungulates in Etosha National Park, Namibia: testing the food-regulating hypothesis

1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (8) ◽  
pp. 1556-1572 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Gasaway ◽  
Kathleen T. Gasaway ◽  
Hu H. Berry
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Growth Management ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
Declining Populations ◽  
Habitat Enhancement ◽  
Connochaetes Taurinus ◽  
Plains Zebra

Declines and persistent low densities of plains ungulates during 1960–1994 in Etosha National Park (Etosha) compromise Namibia's efforts to develop a wildlife- and tourist-based economy and maintain its national biodiversity. Plains ungulates are blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), plains zebra (Equus burchelli), springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), and gemsbok (Oryx gazella). We tested the hypothesis that plains ungulate populations were well below their food-resource ceiling (FRC) and predicted that widely variable rainfall (food production) would have no significant effect on birth and survival rates; alternatively, ungulates regulated near their FRC would display strong responses to variable rainfall through negative feedback on fertility, yearling recruitment, and mortality. Data supported the hypothesis that Etosha's populations were well below their FRC. The pregnancy rate of springbok was high during drought. Recruitment of all four species was not positively related to rainfall. Mortality was not negatively related to rainfall, and high mortality did not occur during droughts. Given the high recruitment of Etosha's stable or declining populations, we hypothesize that high adult and yearling mortality resulting from anthrax and predation was the primary process preventing population growth. Management aimed at maintaining or increasing the numbers of Etosha's plains ungulates currently need not emphasize habitat enhancement.

scholarly journals Habitat use and movements of plains zebra (Equus burchelli) in response to predation danger from lions

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 725-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. R. Fischhoff ◽  
S. R. Sundaresan ◽  
J. Cordingley ◽  
D. Rubenstein
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
Predation Danger ◽  
Plains Zebra
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