Movement and distribution of semi-feral cattle

in southern forests
Nicolas Seoane To learn how to properly
Laboratorio Ecotono link animal movement
Universidad del Comahue with other processes at a
ARGENTINA
landscape scale
Cattle live in the Andean-Patagonian
forests since more than a century ago.
Populations of these animals has been
established without any management,
living in a feral state. Cattle is the
most important herbivore in these
forests, influencing ecosystem
processes at several scales.

Could the distribution of cattle over

the landscape be explained through
their movement patterns?

How this movement interplays with

other ecological drivers such as
wildfires?
Captures of semi-feral cattle
15 GPS collars
I expect to build a practical
model of movement that
allows simulation of
landscapes under different
ecological scenarios

Vegetation dynamics
Fires
Recapture of animals