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Human–wildlife conflicts in Patagonia: ranchers’ perceptions of guanaco Lama guanicoe abundance
Oryx, 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
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Revista 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
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Relaciones 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
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Niche segregation between wild and domestic herbivores in Chilean Patagonia. [PDF]
PLoS 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
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Range management affects native ungulate populations in Península Valdés, a World Natural Heritage. [PDF]
PLoS 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
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Journal 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
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F1000Research, 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
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Oryx, 1954 In South America there are many animals, such as chinchillas, coypus and armadillos, which have no near relatives elsewhere. Among them are the South American camelidae, which are not true camels but only camel-like. They have no hump, their ears are proportionately long and their tails short and bushy, but their slender build and long necks remind one
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Scientia 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
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Spatial and seasonal dynamic of abundance and distribution of guanaco and livestock: insights from using density surface and null models. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Monitoring species abundance and distribution is a prerequisite when assessing species status and population viability, a difficult task to achieve for large herbivores at ecologically meaningful scales.
Natalia M Schroeder +6 more
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