Julia Monk

The Biogeochemical Legacy of the Landscape of Fear: Pumas, Vicuñas, Condors, and Nutrient Cycling in the High Andes

Fellowship Year:

2017

2019

Degree:

PhD

Research Country:

Argentina

Research Continent:

South America

Partner Organizations:

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.

Tropical Resources Institute