Spatial and temporal patterns in the diet of the Andean condor: Ecological replacement of native fauna by exotic species

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-345

  Lambertucci, S A ^a   Trejo, A ^a   Di Martino, S ^b   Sanchez zapata J A ^c   Donazar J A ^d   Hiraldo, F ^d  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Junín de los Andes ^*  (Argentina)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary shift; Food source; Human impacts; Invasive species; Patagonia; Scavengers; Vultur gryphus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; DIETARY SHIFT; FAUNA; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CERVUS ELAPHUS; EQUIDAE; GYMNOGYPS; LAMA GUANICOE; MAMMALIA; RHEA; RHEIFORMES; VULTUR GRYPHUS;

EID: 67651176415     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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