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Botanical Composition and Diet Quality of the Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna Mol.) in Highland Range of Parinacota, Chile
(MDPI, 2020)
Simple Summary For the proper management of grazing wild ungulates, it is very important to know the botanical composition and quality of their selected diets. In the case of the vicuna, a wild camelid that lives in the ...
Botanical Composition and Diet Quality of the Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna Mol.) in Highland Range of Parinacota, Chile
(MDPI, 2020)
Understanding the botanical composition of herbivores’ diets and their nutritional quality
is an important question in the development of sustainable strategies for the management of natural
resources. In Chilean highland ...
Latin Americans show wide-spread Converso ancestry and imprint of local Native ancestry on physical appearance
(Springer Nature, 2018)
Historical records and genetic analyses indicate that Latin Americans trace their ancestry mainly to the intermixing (admixture) of Native Americans, Europeans and Sub-Saharan Africans. Using novel haplotype-based methods, ...
Actualistic taphonomic study of the rodents digested by the Achala culpeo fox (Lycalopex culpaeus smithersi) in the highlands of central Argentina
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2021-06-07)
We present the first actualistic study of the rodents consumed by the South American foxLycalopex culpaeus smithersi (Achala culpeo fox), a subspecies of the culpeo fox that is endemicto the highlands of central Argentina. ...
Did Modern Precipitation Drivers Influence Centennial Trends in the Highlands of the Atacama Desert During the Most Recent Millennium?
(American Geophysical Union, 2022-01)
Although present-day precipitation variability in the southern Altiplano and adjacent Andean margins (15–25°S) is well understood, past drivers and mechanisms remain little-explored. We analyzed the pollen assemblages of ...
Influences of succession and erosion on bird communities in a South American highland wooded landscape
(Elsevier Science, 2015-08)
In South American highland forests, domestic grazing can cause major changes in forest structure and soil quality thereby altering resources available to avian communities. However, the consequences of changes in variability ...