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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
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Human–wildlife conflicts in Patagonia: ranchers’ perceptions of guanaco Lama guanicoe abundance
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
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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
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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
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Niche segregation between wild and domestic herbivores in Chilean Patagonia. [PDF]
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
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Range management affects native ungulate populations in Península Valdés, a World Natural Heritage. [PDF]
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
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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
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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
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Bezoar: The Stone of the Guanaco
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
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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
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