Funding for this research was provided by:
Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PICT 0479-2013)
Article History
Received: 12 December 2016
Accepted: 20 February 2018
First Online: 3 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All procedures performed in this study involving animals, such as the capture and handling of vicuñas, were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted, and were approved by the Provincial Directorate of Environment and Natural Resources of Jujuy, Argentina (DPMAyRN permits Nº 038-03, 130-04, and 203-05). Our procedures also complied with the guidelines set by the American Society of Mammalogists (Gannon and Sikes CitationRef removed), the animal welfare protocols of GECS (South American Camelid Specialist Group), and the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
: For this type of study formal consent is not required.