Loss of Migratory Traditions Makes the Endangered Patagonian Huemul Deer a Year-Round Refugee in Its Summer Habitat
- Flueck, Werner T.
- Smith-Flueck, Jo Anne M.
- Escobar, Miguel E.
- Zuliani, Melina
- Fuchs, Beat
- Geist, Valerius
- Heffelfinger, James R.
- Black-Decima, Patricia
- Gizejewski, Zygmunt
- Vidal, Fernando
- Barrio, Javier
- Molinuevo, Silvina M.
- Monjeau, Adrian J.
- Hoby, Stefan
- Jiménez, Jaime E.
DOIAbstract
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
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