Home range size and overlap in <i>Liolaemus multimaculatus</i> (Squamata: Liolamidae) in pampean coastal dunes of Argentina

The home range is the space used by individuals to carry out their life cycles. The Sand dune lizard (Liolaemus multimaculatus) is a vulnerable species, endemic to the pampas coasts of Buenos Aires and Río Negro Provinces in Argentina. The aim of this work was to assess home range size and overlap of the Sand dune lizard. The study was carried out at Mar Chiquita Provincial Reserve. Home range and overlap were calculated using the minimum convex polygon method. The mean ± SD home range size for all individuals was 45.90 ± 74.37 m2 and no differences were observed between males and females (p = 0.49). However, an analysis without outlier individuals showed more accurate values for females (21.31 ± 17.59 m2) and males (33.52 ± 24.62 m2), and differences between sex were observed (p = 0.04). The relationship between body size and home range size was not significant (p = 0.41). Home range overlap was high (22 to 58%; Fig. 2) and did not show differences between males and females (p > 0.05 in all cases). Our results showed some similarities with the Brazilian sand lizard (Liolaemus lutzae) in which home range value is only up to 1.5 units higher than in L. multimaculatus. Further studies about this species' social system are necessary to understand the observed patterns.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

Home range size and overlap in Liolaemus multimaculatus (Squamata: Liolamidae) in pampean coastal dunes of Argentina

The home range is the space used by individuals to carry out their life cycles. The Sand dune lizard (Liolaemus multimaculatus) is a vulnerable species, endemic to the pampas coasts of Buenos Aires and Río Negro Provinces in Argentina. The aim of this work was to assess home range size and overlap of the Sand dune lizard. The study was carried out at Mar Chiquita Provincial Reserve. Home range and overlap were calculated using the minimum convex polygon method. The mean ± SD home range size for all individuals was 45.90 ± 74.37 m2 and no differences were observed between males and females (p = 0.49). However, an analysis without outlier individuals showed more accurate values for females (21.31 ± 17.59 m2) and males (33.52 ± 24.62 m2), and differences between sex were observed (p = 0.04). The relationship between body size and home range size was not significant (p = 0.41). Home range overlap was high (22 to 58%; Fig. 2) and did not show differences between males and females (p > 0.05 in all cases). Our results showed some similarities with the Brazilian sand lizard (Liolaemus lutzae) in which home range value is only up to 1.5 units higher than in L. multimaculatus. Further studies about this species? social system are necessary to understand the observed patterns.Fil: Kacoliris, Federico Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Herpetología; ArgentinaFil: Williams, Jorge Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Herpetología; ArgentinaFil: Ruiz de Arcaute, Celeste. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Herpetología; ArgentinaFil: Cassino, Carla Corina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Herpetología; Argentin

Nitrogen Agronomic Efficiency and Estimated Losses in Potato with Enhanced-Efficiency Fertilizers

The objectives were to i) assess the effect of enhanced-efficiency nitrogen (N) fertilizers (EENF) [maleic itaconic acid copolymer (NSN) or 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP)] and urea on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber yield, N agronomic efficiency (NAE), N recovery efficiency in tuber (NREtuber) and plant (NREplant), N physiological efficiency, residual inorganic N in soil at harvest (Nresidual) and N losses (Nlosses) and ii) determine the impact of the amount of drainage water on NAE and Nlosses. On-farm experiments were conducted in seven sites with two fertilizers (EENF and urea) and two N rates (0 and 100 kg N ha−1). A N mass balance was used to calculate Nlosses. At two sites (one with NSN and one with DMPP), tuber yield response to N was greater with EENF than urea (avg. 5.0 Mg ha−1). NAE, NREtuber and NREplant were 17%, 31% and 25% higher with EENF than urea, respectively. These efficiencies decreased as drainage water increased. The estimated Nlosses were 12% lower with EENF, being the reduction particularly relevant with increasing drainage water. Therefore, using EENF in combination with irrigation management that ensures low drainage water amounts is essential for maximizing the fertilizer use efficiency and minimizing Nlosses in potato production systems.Fil: Giletto, Claudia Marcela. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Carciochi, Walter Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Mateos Inchauspe, Facundo. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Alejandro, Agustín. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Delfino, Juan Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Silva, Sandra Elizabeth. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Cassino, María Natalia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Reussi Calvo, Nahuel Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentin

Medium-Energy Antiproton Physics with the Antiproton Annihilation Spectrometer (TApAS*) at Fermilab

We propose to assemble a cost-effective, yet powerful, solenoidal magnetic spectrometer for antiproton-annihilation events and use it at the Fermilab Antiproton Accumulator to measure the charm production cross section, study rare hyperon decays, search for hyperon CP asymmetry, and precisely measure the properties of several charmonium and nearby states. Should the charm production cross section be as large as some have proposed, we will also be able to measure D{sup 0}-{bar D}{sup 0} mixing with high precision and discover (or sensitively limit) charm CP violation. The experiment will be carried out by an international collaboration, with installation occurring during the accelerator downtime following the completion of the Tevatron run, and with funding largely from university research grants. The experiment will require some four years of running time. As possibly the sole hadron experiment in progress at Fermilab during that time, it will play an important role in maintaining a broad particle-physics program at Fermilab and in the U.S