Understanding competitive interactions is essential to properly inform management
strategies, in particular in the context of livestock‐wildlife conflict across a degraded land …

Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) are the largest native Artiodactyl in South America and the most
widely distributed. In arid Patagonia, densities are low and negatively related to domestic …

The livestock crisis in Patagonia has intensified the historical conflict with the guanaco over
natural pastures in recent years. Ranchers are concerned that the recovery of some …

Competition arises when two co-occuring species share a limiting resource. Potential for
competition is higher when species have coexisted for a short time, as it is the case for …

In a recently published paper, Oliva et al. concluded that domestic grazing pressure across
Patagonian rangelands approached carrying capacity due to decades of stock adjustment …

Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) are the only wild ungulate species widely distributed across the
Patagonian steppe and have undergone a precipitous population decline since the …

Conflicts between people and wildlife have become widespread as people move to areas
previously home to wildlife and as wild populations recover. In Patagonia, one of the main …

Wild herbivore distribution responds to habitat and forage availability modulated by
predation risk and interspecific interactions. Nowadays, the study of distribution and …

Previous attempts to address the presence of interspecific competition between domestic
livestock and wild ungulates have focused largely on habitat or dietary overlaps. Although …

Simple Summary In extensive livestock ranching, where animals are maintained at high
numbers, competition between individuals is expected, but not generally assumed. To …