Primary productivity and anthropogenic disturbance as determinants of Upland Goose Chloephaga picta distribution in southern Patagonia

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-530

  Pedrana, Julieta ^a   Bustamante, Javier ^b   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^b   Travaini, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Large scale habitat models; Primary productivity; Semi arid steppe; Species distribution models; Wildlife livestock conflicts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; FORAGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RANCHING; SHEEP; STEPPE; URBAN AREA; WATERFOWL;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

ANSER; CHLOEPHAGA PICTA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79958834572     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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