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Using crowd-sourced photos to assess seasonal patterns of visitor use in mountain-protected areas
(Springer, 2018-11)
Managing protected areas effectively requires information about patterns of visitor use, but these data are often limited. We explore how geotagged photos on Flickr, a popular photo-sharing social-media site, can generate ...
Using social media images to assess ecosystem services in a remote protected area in the Argentinean Andes
(Royal Swedish Acad Sciences, 2019-10)
Social media images are a novel source of data to assess how people view and value the environment. Access to these images is often free, the volume and spread of images is expanding rapidly and hence they are an increasingly ...
Activity Patterns and Thermoregulatory Behavior of the Viviparous Lizard Phymaturus palluma in Aconcagua Provincial Park, Argentine Andes
(Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2019-08)
Temperature has a significant influence on physiology, ecology, and life history of ectotherms. Despite environmental fluctuations, lizards have developed behavioral mechanisms to maintain a relatively constant body ...
Selección de Indicadores de restauración para las vegas y estepas de altura del Parque Provincial Aconcagua, Mendoza, Argentina
(Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, 2021)
Impacts of experimental trampling by hikers and pack animals on a high-altitude alpine sedge meadow in the Andes
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015-03)
Background: Damage to alpine plant communities is likely to occur when hikers and pack animals trample vegetation. Currently, there is limited research that quantifies and compares impacts from these activities. Aims: A ...
Ánalisis de susceptibilidad de flujos de detritos en el Parque Provincial Aconcagua, Mendoza, Argentina
(Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, 2018-12)
Los flujos de detritos representan potenciales peligros geológicos que amenazan a la comunidad en el Parque Aconcagua. Estos procesos se generan en pendientes abruptas alcanzando grandes velocidades y volúmenes, siendo su ...
Highest record for the lizard Phymaturus palluma (Squamata: Liolaemidae) in Central Andes, Argentina
(Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 2017-06)
We have identified individuals of Phymaturus palluma at 3800 masl in Aconcagua Provincial Park, Mendoza, Argentina. Altitudinal distribution of the species previously known was from 1400 to 2200 masl. This represents the ...
Phymaturus Palluma (High Mountain Lizard) diet
(Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2018-03)
Phymaturus palluma is a medium-sized, saxicolous, viviparous, and herbivorous lizard that inhabits the Altoandina phytogeographic province in the Andes Highlands, Argentina. Populations are restricted to rocky outcrops, ...