Guanaco abundance and monitoring in Southern Patagonia: distance sampling reveals substantially greater numbers than previously reported

Background: Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) are thought to have declined in Patagonia mainly as a result of hunting and sheep ranching. Currently accepted estimates of total population size are extrapolated from densities obtained through strip transects in local studies. We used road surveys (8,141 km) an...

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Main Authors:	Travaini, Alejandro, Zapata, Sonia Cristina, Bustamante, Javier, Pedrana, Julieta, Zanón Martínez, Juan Ignacio, Rodriguez, Alejandro
Format:	info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Springer 2019
Subjects:	Guanaco Población Animal Vigilancia Sostenibilidad Muestreo Guanacos Animal Population Monitoring Sustainability Sampling Región Patagónica
Online Access:	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40555-014-0097-0 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4558 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40555-014-0097-0