Lucía Belén Zamora Nasca

Lucía Belén Zamora Nasca
National Scientific and Technical Research Council | conicet

PhD
Researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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Introduction
My studies are oriented to biological invasions, their consequences on the ecosystems functioning and the search for tools for its management. In my PhD I studied the role of sheep herbivory in the invasion of different pine species and its possible use as a tool for control invasions. Currently, I am also studying the ecological role of domestic dogs in protected areas, the human-dog-wildlife interaction and the social dimension of this interaction.
Additional affiliations
March 2011 - March 2014
National University of Tucumán
Position
  • Assistant student of the course Physical Geography
Description
  • For degree in Biology and Archeology

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Publications (14)
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Dogs bring many benefits to our society but, if not properly managed, they can be detrimental for humans, livestock and wildlife. We highlight the increasing problems associated with free-ranging dogs using examples from two regions of the world where this issue is pervasive, India and South America. In these regions, free-ranging dogs spread disea...
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While natural protected areas are conceived for nature conservation, humans and their activities must also be considered. Conflict between the public and managers of protected areas can be minimized by regulations that clearly communicate which activities are allowed. Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) affect threatened species and impact numer...
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Biological invasions produce negative impacts worldwide, causing massive economic costs and ecological impacts. Knowing the relationship between invasive species abundance and the magnitude of their impacts (abundance-impact curves) is critical to designing prevention and management strategies that effectively tackle these impacts. However, differe...
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Effective management of non-native species in protected areas is fundamental for biodiversity conservation on a global level. In recent years, the extent of protected areas has increased along with the human population, and this has led to negative anthropic impacts within and along the edges of these areas. In particular, a non-native species, the...
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Predation of free-living birds by cats (Felis silvestris catus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) is one of the main urbanization impacts on avifauna worldwide. In addition to direct predation, these pets capture birds after window collisions, an unexplored human cause of avian mortality. In this study we (1) estimated the number of cats and dogs i...
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Predation is the main cause of nest failure among birds. Habitat characteristics play a critical role in affecting nest predation by modifying nest conspicuousness and ease of access to predators. Here, using artificial nests containing a canary egg and a model clay egg we examined and compared nest predation rates and the principal nest predators...
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Exotic predators constitute an increasingly important conservation threat worldwide. Domestic dogs are considered one of the most commonly-introduced predators, and one of the causes of decline in wildlife on a global scale. Nevertheless, few studies report specific cases of interaction between dogs and the affected species; rather, the possible ef...
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Herbivores modulate the structure and composition of plant communities, including plant invasions. This is conditioned by plant palatability which can be reduced by its chemical or physical traits. The effects that ungulates browsing has on pine invasions are variable and the empirical evidence on the causes of this variability is scarce. We experi...
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Invasive conifer species are increasingly recognized as a serious problem in many parts of the world, where they are having large ecological and economic impacts. Understanding factors that trigger and can control invasion is key to management. Grazing and browsing by large herbivores have been suggested as a mechanism that may halt conifer invasio...
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Argentinean Yungas (subtropical montane forests) have high biodiversity and play a key role in regional watershed regulation. Ligustrum lucidum(glossy privet), native of China, is one of the dominant exotic tree species in secondary forests of this ecoregion. Due to its high growth rates and green foliage throughout the year -in contrast to native...

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