Short-term effects of pack animals grazing exclusion from Andean Alpine Meadows

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Barros, Ana Agustina, Pickering, Catherine Marina, Renison, Daniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inst Arctic Alpine Res
• Subjects: GRAZING; ANDEAN ALPINE MEADOWS; RESTORATION; CONSERVATION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Griffith; Barros; Aconcagua; Renison; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/76769

Grazing by livestock can have positive, neutral, and/or negative effects on vegetation depending on the intensity and type of grazing. This includes grazing by pack animals used for tourism in mountain protected areas. We assessed the response of vegetation to the exclusion of grazing by pack animal...