Effect of population density on diet composition and dietary niche breadth of guanaco (Lama guanicoe, Müller 1776) in northeastern Patagonian steppes

The optimal foraging theory postulates that as animal population density increases, the progressive decline in preferred forage availability results in changes in diet composition and widening of dietary niche breadth. For sedentary guanaco populations, some authors proposed a mechanism of populatio...

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Main Authors: Rodriguez, María Victoria, Marino, Andrea Ivana, Borrelli, Laura Beatriz, Bay Gavuzzo, Alhue, Pazos, Gustavo Enrique
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6512
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196318307675
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.104000

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