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Loss of Migratory Traditions Makes the Endangered Patagonian Huemul Deer a Year-Round Refugee in Its Summer Habitat (open access)

Loss of Migratory Traditions Makes the Endangered Patagonian Huemul Deer a Year-Round Refugee in Its Summer Habitat

This article analyzes the historical spatiotemporal behavior of the huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus), an endangered deer endemic to Patagonia. Losing migratory traditions is a major threat, and may explain their presently prevalent skeletal diseases, reduced longevity, and lacking recolonizations for most remaining huemul subpopulations.
Date: May 31, 2022
Creator: Flueck, Werner T.; Smith-Flueck, Jo Anne M.; Escobar, Miguel E.; Zuliani, Melina; Fuchs, Beat; Geist, Valerius et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library