Feeding Ecology of Taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) Populations during the Rainy and Dry Seasons in Central Peru

Table 1

Plant species collected and percentage (from the total identified) of fragments of the species most often detected as consumed by taruca in the dry season.

Division	Family	Species	%
Bryophyta			7.5
Pteridophyta			0.4
Gnetophyta	Ephedraceae	Ephedra americana	6.2
Magnoliophyta	Urticaceae	Urtica sp.	—
	Caryophyllaceae	Arenaria sp.	3.7
		Cerastium sp.	0.7
		Paronychia andina	1.3
		Sp. 21	3.0
	Polygonaceae	Muehlenbeckia volcanica	—
	Rosaceae	Alchemilla pinnata	7.7
	Fabaceae	Lupinus affinis microphylla	5.3
	Gentianaceae	Gentianella sp.	0.5
	Valerianaceae	Valeriana sp.	—
	Geraniaceae	Sp. X (not collected)	0.4
	Plantaginaceae	Plantago lamprophylla	2.6
	Asteraceae	Baccharis alpine	0.4
		Baccharis sp. aff. genistelloides	3.1
		Baccharis caespitosa	0.8
		Coreopsis sp.	0.3
		Chuquiraga spinosa	—
		Mutisia sp.	0.2
		Parastrephia quadrangularis	0.5
		Perezia coerulescens	0.3
		Senecio canescens	0.4
		Senecio comosus	6.5
		Senecio hohenackeri	4.8
		Senecio macrorrhizus	1.7
		Senecio nutans	1.1
		Senecio sp. 16	2.0
		Senecio sp. 50	0.5
		Senecio sp.	3.4
		Werneria nubigena	4.5
		Werneria orbignyana	0.1
		Werneria pygmaea	—
		Werneria sp.	1.8
		Xenophyllum dactyllophyllum	4.4
		Xenophyllum sp.	—
	Liliaceae	Bomarea dulcis	0.3
	Juncaceae	Distichia muscoides	2.8
		Luzula racemosa	1.3
	Poaceae	Agrostis tolucensis	0.6
		Agrostis ovata	—
		Agrostis sp.	1.5
		Calamagrostis amoena	—
		Calamagrostis brevifolia	0.3
		Calamagrostis eminens	1.1
		Calamagrostis macrophylla	0.5
		Calamagrostis spicigera	0.6
		Calamagrostis nitidula	3.4
		Calamagrostis rigida	0.2
		Calamagrostis tarmensis	—
		Calamagrostis vicunarum	2.4
		Calamagrostis sp.	1.6
		Dissanthelium calycinum mathewsii	1.3
		Festuca inarticulata	—
		Hordeum muticum	0.4
		Nassella brachyphylla	0.6
		Poa gymnantha	3.6