Seasonal diet of vicuñas in the Los Andes protected area (Salta, Argentina): Are they optimal foragers?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 450-457

  Mosca Torres, M E ^a   Puig, S ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Optimal foraging theory; Territoriality; Vicugna vicugna

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOENERGETICS; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTECTED AREA; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RUMINANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERRITORIALITY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARGENTINA; SALTA [ARGENTINA];

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA; VICUGNA VICUGNA;

EID: 75049084978     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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