Browsing by Author "Quirici, Verónica"

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    • The avifauna of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park and Chile's Norte Chico 
      Kelt, Douglas A.; Cofré, Hernán L.; Cornelius, Cintia; Engilis, Andrew, Jr.; Gutiérrez, Julio R.; Marquet, Pablo A.; Medel Contreras, Rodrigo; Meserve, Peter L.; Quirici, Verónica; Samaniego, Horacio; Vásquez Salfate, Rodrigo (ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD., 2016)
      The avifauna of Chile is relatively depauperate, comprising 469 extant species, of which 213 are terrestrial. However, the Coquimbo Region presents a broad ecological transition from the hyperarid Atacama Desert to the ...
    • Ecological drivers of group living in two populations of the communally rearing rodent, Octodon degus 
      Ebensperger, Luis A.; Sobrero, Raúl; Quirici, Verónica; Castro, Rodrigo A.; Ortiz Tolhuysen, Liliana; Vargas, Francisco; Burger, Joseph Robert; Quispe, René; Villavicencio, Camila P.; Vásquez Salfate, Rodrigo; Hayes, Loren D. (Springer, 2012)
      Intraspecific variation in sociality is thought to reflect a trade-off between current fitness benefits and costs that emerge from individuals' decision to join or leave groups. Since those benefits and costs may be ...
    • Evidence of low within-pair genetic relatedness in a relict population of Thorn-tailed Rayadito despite ... 
      Botero Delgadillo, Esteban; Quirici, Verónica; Ippi, Silvina; Vásquez, Rodrigo A.; Kempenaers, Bart (Wiley, 2022)
      Investigating whether mating patterns are biased in relation to kinship in isolated populations can provide a better understanding of the occurrence of inbreeding avoidance mechanisms in wild populations. Here, we report ...
    • The relationship of telomere length to baseline corticosterone levels in nestlings of an altricial passerine ... 
      Quirici, Verónica; Guerrero, Claudia Jimena; Krause, Jesse S.; Wingfield, John C.; Vásquez Salfate, Rodrigo (Biomed Central, 2016)
      Background: Environmental stressors increase the secretion of glucocorticoids that in turn can shorten telomeres via oxidative damage. Modification of telomere length, as a result of adversity faced early in life, can ...