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Genetic diversity and conservation status of managed vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) populations in Argentina

Genetica, 2016
The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) was indiscriminately hunted for more than 400 years and, by the end of 1960s, it was seriously endangered. At that time, a captive breeding program was initiated in Argentina by the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) with the aim of preserving the species.
Anello, Melina, Daverio, Maria Silvana, Romero, Sandra Raquel, Rigalt, Francisco, Silbestro, Miriam Beatriz, Arbeletche, Lidia Beatriz, Di Rocco, Florencia   +6 more
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On the Lack of Domestic Dogs in Pre‐Columbian Lowland Amazonia and Their Deep History of Entanglements With Humans in South America

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Data from archaeology, ethnography, and ethnohistory document entanglements of dogs among South American Indigenous societies during pre‐Columbian and colonial times. The prolific presence and uses of dogs in the Central Andes and in parts of the Paraná Basin, Patagonia, and Circum‐Caribbean regions contrast with the conspicuous lack of ...
Marcelo R. Sánchez‐Villagra, Cristiana Bertazoni, Felipe Vander Velden   +2 more
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Does the presence of livestock alter the trophic behaviour of sympatric populations of wild camelids Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782 and Lama guanicoe Müller 1976 (Artiodactyla: Camelidae)? Evidence from Central Andes

Gayana, 2020
We described and compared the diets of two sympatric Andean camelids, during the humid season (austral summer) in a site of Northern Chile, in presence of domestic livestock.
Carlos Tirado, A. Cortés, M. A. Carretero, Francisco Bozinovic   +3 more
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Responses of a large herbivore to predation risk are modulated by intrinsic and extrinsic factors

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2025.
Abstract Prey species can perceive and respond to spatiotemporal variation in predation risk to increase survival. In addition to adjusting spatial and temporal activity patterns to avoid predation, prey employ other antipredator behaviors, such as vigilance and fleeing, and these behaviors can be further modulated by intrinsic, environmental, and ...
Michael S. Muthersbaugh, Elizabeth A. Saldo, Alex J. Jensen, Jay Cantrell, Charles Ruth, Beth E. Ross, John C. Kilgo, David S. Jachowski   +7 more
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Utilización racional de la vicuña silvestre en Perú

Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 1979
Ningún otro mamífero silvestre de los Andes es tan conocido como la vicuña (Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782). Este esbelto, y llamativo animal siempre ha ocupado un lugar destacado tanto en las canciones, leyendas y narraciones populares, como en la ...
K. C. Otte, R. K. Hofmann
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Weaving a vicuña shawl

Pastoralism, 2022
Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) were at risk of extinction due to indiscriminate hunting for their fibre in the mid-twentieth century. The conservation of the species included numerous international and regional legal mechanisms, as well as the will and care ...
Bibiana Vilá, Yanina Arzamendia
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Mapping and Geospatial Analysis of Ancient Terrace Agricultural Systems in Lucanas Province, Peruvian Andes, Based on Satellite Imagery, High‐Resolution DSMs, and Field Surveys

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a unique set of maps and geospatial data covering 16 ancient terrace agricultural systems in the upper part of the Río Grande de Nasca drainage. These systems are located on the western Andean flank (1200 and 3800 m asl), in the districts of Llauta, Laramate, and Ocaña in Lucanas province, Ayacucho region, southern Peru (14.
Christian Mader, Philipp Godde, Elena Hägele, Mike Lyons, Ann‐Kristin Weber, Rachel Odenthal, Paul Stryjski, Christoph Binder, Fernando Leceta, Johny Isla, Markus Reindel, Julia Meister   +11 more
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Perfil sanguineo de la Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) en condiciones de cautiverio en Huancavelica, Perú. [PDF]

Archivos de Zootecnia, 2009
Con el objetivo de determinar el perfil bioquímico sérico de la vicuña en condiciones de cautiverio (alimentadas con pastos cultivados), se obtuvieron los niveles de proteína total, glucosa y colesterol, respectivamente, en 16 muestras de sangre de vicuñas juveniles machos (cautiverio) en el establo de la Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica (UNH). Los
Sánchez Araujo,V., Chavez Araujo,E., Paucar Chanca,R., López Villar,J., Cordova Romero,J.   +4 more
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Taming interleukin‐12: Engineering of bispecific antibody‐based IL‐12 mimetics with biased agonism capacities

Protein Science, Volume 34, Issue 3, March 2025.
Abstract In this work, we have generated bispecific interleukin (IL)‐12 surrogate agonists based on camelid‐derived single‐domain antibodies (sdAbs) targeting the IL‐12 receptor (IL‐12R) subunits IL‐12Rβ1 and IL‐12Rβ2. Following immunization and antibody display‐based paratope isolation, respective sdAbs were combinatorially reformatted into a ...
Britta Lipinski, Laura Unmuth, Paul Arras, Ron Endruszeit, Stefan Becker, Jonathan Mathias Rödel, Jürgen Scheller, Silke Pudewell, Doreen M. Floss, Simon Krah, Julia Harwardt, Achim Doerner, Laura Helming, Chunxiao Xu, Andreas Menrad, Andreas Evers, Harald Kolmar, Desislava Elter, Lukas Pekar, Stefan Zielonka   +19 more
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Livestock and the functional habitat of vicuñas in Ecuador: a new puzzle

Ecosphere, 2018
Whether interactions between wildlife and livestock are competitive or facilitative is context dependent. Intermediary factors that explain how context (seasonal or regional characteristics of the ecological community) affects these interactions are ...
Brian E. McLaren, Douglas MacNearney, Carlos A. Siavichay   +2 more
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