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uses of the different environments around the year, where an incompatibility of seasonal uses
was observed.
Table 2: Annual percentage of plant genus or species registered in diets, and their codes used for the
analysis.
Species Code G C S
Acaena AC 1.6% 1.2% 2.9%
Achillea millefolium ACMI 0.0% 0.1% 1.2%
Agrostis AG 5.7% 8.7% 10.0%
Alopecurus magellanicus ALMA 3.1% 2.9% 3.7%
Arjona AR 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
Berberis BE 3.1% 0.5% 1.1%
Blechnum penna-marina BLPE 0.9% 1.6% 1.5%
Bromus unioloides BRUN 0.1% 0.0% 0.4%
Calceolaria biflora CABI 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
Capsella bursa-pastoris CABU 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Carex CA 16.8% 29.3% 20.5%
Cerastium CE 2.3% 4.2% 3.3%
Cotula scariosa COSC 0.7% 0.5% 2.3%
Deschampsia DE 9.0% 8.1% 7.4%
Empetrum rubrum EMRU 2.8% 1.7% 1.3%
Epilobium australe EPAU 0.3% 0.0% 0.5%
Erigeron myosotis ERMY 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
Erodium cicutarium ERCI 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
Festuca magellanica FEMA 3.6% 9.6% 7.2%
Galium GA 1.2% 0.4% 0.5%
Geum magellanicum GEMA 2.9% 0.0% 0.0%
Gunnera magellanica GUMA 0.7% 0.3% 0.5%
Hordeum HO 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
Juncus JU 2.6% 2.0% 4.4%
Luzula alopecurus LUAL 0.2% 2.1% 1.2%
Misodendron MI 10.7% 3.6% 5.7%
Nanodea muscosa NAMU 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Nothofagus antarctica NOAN 2.7% 1.6% 3.8%
Nothofagus pumilio NOPU 19.1% 10.1% 7.3%
Osmorhiza OS 0.3% 0.0% 0.6%
Pernettya PE 0.6% 0.5% 1.8%
Plantago PL 2.1% 1.4% 0.5%
Ranunculus RA 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%
Rubus geoides RUGE 1.3% 0.0% 1.1%
Rumex RU 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
Senecio allophyllus SEAL 0.6% 0.1% 0.0%
Senecio magellanicus SEMA 1.1% 0.3% 2.4%
Trifolium repens TRRE 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Trisetum spicatum TRSP 0.4% 0.9% 1.1%
Uncinia lechleriana UNLE 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
Veronica VE 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Vicia VI 0.2% 0.0% 0.5%
Sphagnum SP 1.9% 7.8% 3.6%
4. Discussion
Lama guanicoe is a generalist species, which can adapt to a wide spectrum of environments
(Raedeke 1980; Puig et al. 1997), from closed forests where mainly consumed leaves and
sprouts of Nothofagus saplings (Martínez Pastur et al. 1999; Pulido et al. 2000) to sub-alpine
grasslands (Rebertus et al. 1997), where grasses and sedges are the main food. Domestic
herbivorous mostly include grasses in their diet, but also can consumed saplings in adverse
conditions, mainly in winter when forest are preferred among other site types because provides
them with protection. Lama guanicoe avoid presence of domestic herbivorous, using
environments free of them, independently of the season. This native species is a natural
component of these native forests, but the impact in the unmanaged and harvested stands can
increase according to the livestock density in the area. The knowledge of diet and plant
distribution at landscape level allows us to propose management strategies for native and
domestic herbivorous, minimizing the impact to the forestry activities.
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