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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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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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Oryx, 1975 The guanaco, a wild South American camel, like the vicuña, is not on the IUCN endangered list, but numbers have decreased steadily, and it is on Peru's list of endangered species. The author, who describes a brief study of the largest population in Peru, suggests that protective measures are needed.
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PLoS ONE, 2020 The southern boundary of prehispanic farming in South America occurs in central Mendoza Province, Argentina at approximately 34 degrees south latitude.
Cinthia Carolina Abbona +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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Effects of livestock on guanaco Lama guanicoe density, movements and habitat selection in a forest-grassland mosaic in Tierra del Fuego, Chile [PDF]
, 2015 Locally abundant ungulates often come into conflict with human activities. After a population collapse that reached its nadir in the 1970s, the guanaco Lama guanicoe population in Tierra del Fuego, Chile, recovered and is now in conflict with sheep ...
Briceño, Cristobal +4 more
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Arqueofauna de las ocupaciones tempranas de Cueva Traful I, Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina
Arqueologia, 2015 La ocupación temprana del noroeste de la Patagonia Argentina data de ca. 10.000 AP, pero poco se conoce de la subsistencia de los primeros cazadores recolectores.
José Agustín Cordero
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2018 The domestication of wild vicuña and guanaco by early pre-Inca cultures is an iconic example of wildlife management and domestication in the Americas.
Juan C. Marín +10 more
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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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