Feeding habits of guanacos Lama guanicoe in the high Andes of north-central Chile

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-237

  Cortés, Arturo ^a   Miranda, Eduardo ^a   Rau, Jaime R ^b   Jiménez, Jaime E ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Diet food selection; Herbivore; High Andes; Lama guanicoe; Plant cover

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; HERBIVORE;

ANDES; CHILE;

LAMA GUANICOE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041509011     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194162     Document Type: Article

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