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Overlap in resource use between cattle and wild herbivores have implications for conservation, particularly if food is limited. The aim of this paper is to investigate the diets of a wild and a domestic herbivore living in sympatry in plant communities degraded by woody encroachment. Dung samples from both species were subjected to microhistological analysis, making of this work the first study describing and comparing the diet of sympatric guanacos and cattle in the Chaco region. We found...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Publisher's version
- Publisher:
- Bolivia Revista Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Ecologia en Bolivia Journal website
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 77-87
- Publication date:
- 2017-09-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-06-05
- EISSN:
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2075-5023
- ISSN:
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1605-2528
- Pubs id:
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pubs:700169
- URN:
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uri:1a89d9f8-e949-428b-9377-d851863cba47
- UUID:
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uuid:1a89d9f8-e949-428b-9377-d851863cba47
- Local pid:
- pubs:700169
- Copyright holder:
- Johnson et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
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The diets of cattle and guanaco in the relict Chacoan savannahs of Bolivia
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Wildlife Conservation Society
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