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Dr. Virginia Alonso Roldán
2019 Status Researchgate Profile
2012-2019 PhD, Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales (IPEEC-CONICET)
2007-2012 PhD Scholar, National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Study of habitat selection and spatial ecology of Dolichotis Patagonum, an endemic rodent from Argentina.
2015 Conference Paper:
Spatial Distribution and Habitat Selection: Primary Concerns for Maras’s Conservation
* Presenter: Virginia Alonso Roldán, Argentina Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) is an endemic mammal of the Argentine semi-deserts, Near Threatened according to IUCN. Identifying the main factors influencing habitat selection by mara is essential to develop effective conservation actions. Using GIS, it was possible to map activity signs at different scales (microhabitat, habitat, landscape) working in extensions from 200 to 2000 ha. Also vegetation cover was measured, and roads, windmills and fences were mapped to extract landscape metrics and distances to human-made structures and neighbor warrens. Spatial explicit and generalized mixed models were fit to assess the importance of social, ecological and spatial processes in habitat selection
