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Foraging habitat preferences of a selective herbivorous bird, the Puna Rhea Rhea tarapacencis in the desert Puna, midwestern Argentina
(Polish Academy of Sciences. Museum and Institute of Zoology, 2020-12)
In herbivores, habitat preference is influenced by resource availability, which is most evident in desert ecosystems. The desert puna is a South American environment dominated by grassy steppes with local grassy cushion ...
Habitats of ancient hunter-gatherers in the Puna: Resilience and discontinuities during the Holocene
(Academic Press Inc., 2017-06)
Hunting groups are closely linked to the environments in which they live, especially in the deserts. This paper explores the relationship between people and desert environments in the long term using key concepts such as ...
Does food abundance determine the diet of the Puna Rhea (Rhea tarapacensis) in the Austral Puna desert in Argentina?
(Csiro Publishing, 2017-03)
The Puna Rhea (Rhea tarapacensis) is a large, flightless herbivorous bird found in the Andes Mountains of four countries, namely Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru. Despite its ample distribution range, little is known ...
A new solifugae species of Mummucina Röewer 1934 (Solifugae, Mummuciidae) from the Northwestern Puna of Argentina
(Magnolia Press, 2013-10)
A new species of Mummuciidae, Mummucina puna sp. nov. (male and female) from Northwest Puna eco-region of Salta province, Argentina is described and illustrated.A key and distribution map of known species of the genus ...
Resources and soil influencing habitat selection by a subterranean rodent in a high cold desert
(Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press, 2019-04)
Selection occurs when animals choose from among alternative habitat resources they find available in the environment. As selection is a hierarchical process, it can be studied at multiple spatial scales. Subterranean rodents ...
Diversidad de un ensamble de micromamíferos en la puna desértica de San Juan (Argentina)Diversity of a small-mammal assemblage in the Puna Desert of San Juan (Argentina)
(Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos, 2019-07)
En Sudamérica los desiertos ocupan una importante extensión, llegando a cubrir en Argentina el69% de su superficie. Si bien los micromamíferos del desierto del Monte han sido objeto de numerosos estudios,no ha ocurrido lo ...
Zooarchaeology of flight: Avifauna resource from the Southern Argentine Puna
(Elsevier, 2018-04)
Birds remains recovered from archaeological contexts may or may not to be the product of human activities. No matter how they reached the site, such record provides valuable information. If bird remains are product of human ...
Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-02)
In arid and semiarid ecosystems, subterranean herbivorous rodents play an important role in determining the composition, function, and structure of plant communities. We hypothesized that in a high-Altitude cold desert in ...