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Behavioural Indicators of Intra- and Inter-Specific Competition: Sheep Co-Grazing with Guanaco in the Patagonian Steppe

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
In extensive livestock production, high densities may inhibit regulation processes, maintaining high levels of intraspecific competition over time. During competition, individuals typically modify their behaviours, particularly feeding and bite rates ...
Paulo Corti, Achaz von Hardenberg
exaly   +3 more sources

Human–wildlife conflicts in Patagonia: ranchers’ perceptions of guanaco Lama guanicoe abundance

open access: yesOryx, 2023
Conflicts between people and wildlife have become widespread as people move to areas previously home to wildlife and as wild populations recover. In Patagonia, one of the main threats to guanaco Lama guanicoe conservation is the animosity of sheep ...
Celina Flores   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

El dimorfismo sexual en guanacos (Lama guanicoe). Una evaluación osteométrica de elementos poscraneales

open access: yesRevista del Museo de Antropologia, 2009
En poblaciones vivas, los camélidos silvestres sudamericanos son sexados a partir de la observación de su conducta social y reproductiva. Por lo general, tanto biólogos como arqueólogos asumen la ausencia de caracteres morfológicos que evidencien un ...
Cristian Ariel Kaufmann   +1 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Sitio Laguna Las Vegas: procesamiento y consumo de guanacos (Lama guanicoe) en la cuenca media del río Coyle (provincia de Santa Cruz)

open access: yesRelaciones de la Sociedad Argentina de Antropología, 2021
El sitio Laguna Las Vegas posee una alta integridad y resolución. Es un registro penecontemporáneo formado alrededor de 3050-3210 años AP que se destaca por la alta frecuencia de restos de guanaco (Lama guanicoe) y, en menor magnitud, de cauquén ...
Luciana Stoessel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Niche segregation between wild and domestic herbivores in Chilean Patagonia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Competition arises when two co-occuring species share a limiting resource. Potential for competition is higher when species have coexisted for a short time, as it is the case for herbivores and livestock introduced in natural systems.
Esperanza C Iranzo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Range management affects native ungulate populations in Península Valdés, a World Natural Heritage. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Sheep rearing is the main productive activity in Patagonian rangelands, where guanacos are the only native ungulate. Ranchers perceive a decrease in range carrying capacity as guanaco numbers increase, therefore guanaco conservation within private lands ...
Marcela J Nabte   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of protection methods and abiotic factors on Nothofagus pumilio seedlings mortality in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2023
National parks (NP) are the last refugia of forests dominated by the Nothofagus species in Chile. However, frequent, careless human-caused fires are destroying these forests even within the national parks. After large-scale fires, N.
Martin Smola   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Density but not climate affects the population growth rate of guanacos (Lama guanicoe) (Artiodactyla, Camelidae) [v3; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4c3]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2014
We analyzed the effects of population density and climatic variables on the rate of population growth in the guanaco (Lama guanicoe), a wild camelid species in South America.
María Zubillaga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bezoar: The Stone of the Guanaco

open access: yesMedical Sciences Forum, 2022
This research work allowed the development of a scientific approach to a remedy widely used until today in ranches or rural posts as an alternative medicine: the “guanaco stone” or bezoar.
Juan Beltramino   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food preferences of guanaco (Lama guanicoe cacsilensis) and its competence with cattle in the Calipuy National Reserve, Peru

open access: yesScientia Agropecuaria, 2010
The objective of this research was to determine the degree of food competition between guanaco and livestock in Calipuy National Reserve. Vegetation cover (CV) was determined by a survey of vegetation and composition of diets using a micro histological ...
Luis Linares   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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