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

Background As with most wild ungulates, guanacos (Lama guanicoe) overlap their range
with domestic livestock resulting in a conflict for the use of rangelands between local …

Abstract Background Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) are thought to have declined in Patagonia
mainly as a result of hunting and sheep ranching. Currently accepted estimates of total …

Guanaco responses to spatial heterogeneity were evaluated in La Payunia Protected Area,
Patagonia, through analysis of guanaco diet and density, and food availability, in four …

Abstract The Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) has suffered a progressive decline in numbers
because of unregulated hunting and poaching by an assumed competition with sheep …

Monitoring species abundance and distribution is a prerequisite when assessing species
status and population viability, a difficult task to achieve for large herbivores at ecologically …

Grazing areas of a guanaco population were shared with introduced livestock in a protected
area of Northern Patagonia. The diet of ungulates and the availability of food were …

The guanaco was widely utilized by the indigenous cultures of South America until a
decrease in populations during the last century in Chile, attributable to the intensification of …

In this thesis, I study the feeding ecology and distribution of the guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
and the domesticated sheep in the arid-lands of the Argentine Patagonia. First, I review the …

Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) populations declined after the introduction of domestic sheep
and the emerging conflicts with sheep breeders and their livestock. Apart from conflicts with …