Habitat use by guanacos (Lama guanicoe, Camelidae) in northern Patagonia (Mendoza, Argentina)

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Puig, Silvia ^a   Videla, Fernando ^a   Cona, Mónica I ^a   Roig, Virgilio G ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Habitat selection; South American camelids; Spatial patterns; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; LAMA GUANICOE; PANICUM URVILLEANUM; UNGULATA;

EID: 38349194559     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520701461319     Document Type: Article

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