Fellowship Year:
2019
Degree:
PhD
Research Country:
Argentina
Research Continent:
South America
Partner Organization:
Argentine National Park Service/Argentine Research Council
Fields of Interest:
Nutrient cyclying, predation of herbivores, carbon sequestration and emissions, high altitude ecosystems
Abstract:
Field research for the third and (and part of the fourth) chapter of my dissertation, investigating the role of large herbivores (vicuñas) and their mountain lion predators in nutrient cycling in the high Andes.