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"Financiamiento sostenible como catalizador de la agenda de desarrollo"
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021-03-08)El objetivo de este vídeo es presentar una breve explicación de la charla, "Financiamiento sostenible como catalizador de la agenda de desarrollo", coordinada por la Maestría en Responsabilidad Social y Sostenibilidad, del ... -
Financiamiento y competitividad de las cadenas agroindustriales: cadena del café de los Santos, Costa Rica
(Economía y Sociedad, 2010-06-16)La operación de las actividades económicas y su competitividad, analizadas desde una perspectiva de cadenas globales de mercancías, dependen del funcionamiento de los mercados de crédito, tanto nacionales como internacionales. ... -
Fine-scale variation in vector host use and force of infection drive localized patterns of West Nile virus transmission
(PLOS ONE, 2011-08-19)The influence of host diversity on multi-host pathogen transmission and persistence can be confounded by the large number of species and biological interactions that can characterize many transmission systems. For ... -
Fine-Tuning the Seismic Potential of the Nicoya Gap in NW Costa Rica
(American Geophysical Union, 2007-05-22)The Nicoya seismic gap is a subduction segment along the Middle American Trench where the Cocos plate subducts under the Caribbean plate. This seismic gap, located under the Nicoya Peninsula in northwestern Costa Rica, has ... -
First complete coding sequence of a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Strain Isolated from an Equine Encephalitis case in Costa Rica
(Microbiol Resour Announc, 2019-09-05)The first complete coding sequence of the Venezuelan equine encepha- litis virus IE, isolated from a Costa Rican mare with severe encephalitis, was con- firmed by histological and viral whole-genome analyses. The isolated ... -
First description of macropterous male and female of Cryphocricos latus (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) Usinger
(2013-03-29)The macropterous male and female of Cryphocricos latus are herein described for the first time; both were collected in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Notes to separate this species from other macropterous species of the genus are given. -
First description of the male and redescription of the female of Ixodes tapirus Kohls, 1956 (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of tapirs (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the mountains of Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama
(Systematic Parasitology, 2017-02-07)The male of Ixodes tapirus Kohls, 1956 (Acari: Ixodidae) is described for the first time and the female is redescribed in greater detail. Adults of I. tapirus are similar to those of Ixodes guatemalensis Kohls, 1956, Ixodes ... -
First Finding Of A Male Aphanolaimus Coomansi (Tsalolichin, 1988) In Tropical Areas
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 1998)First finding of a male Aphanolaimus coomansi (Tsalolichin, 1988) in tropical ar eas. Nematropica 30:161-166. The rare aquatic nematode Aphanolaimus coomansi Tsalolichin, 1988 was found in some habitats in Costa Rican ... -
First isolation and molecular characterization of Ehrlichia canis in Costa Rica, Central America
(Elsevier B.V, 2010-07-23)The present study investigated Ehrlichia species in blood samples from dogs suspected of clinical ehrlichiosis, using molecular and isolation techniques in cell culture. From a total of 310 canine blood samples analyzed ... -
First Measurements of Biogenic Hydrocarbons in Air in a Tropical Cloudy Forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica
(David Publishing Compan, 2011)Measurements of biogenic hydrocarbons in ambient air were carried out during 2008 in a cloud y tropical forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Isoprene, α-pinene, β-pinene, 3-carene, d-limonene and γ-terpinene were sampled by ... -
First measurements of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in the ambient air in San Jose, Costa Rica
(2014)A great interest has arisen in establishing the impact of organic compounds on human health and air quality, especially those compounds emitted by automotive traffic. Knowledge of urban air pollutant concentrations is ... -
First nest record of the Bare-shanked screech-owl (Otus clarkii)
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 1997)Reportamos el primer registro de anidación de la Lechucita Serranera (Otus clarkii), encontrado en las tierras altas de Costa Rica. El nido se localizó en un árbol de encino (Quercus copeyensis) a una altura de 3.3m en una ... -
First record of leucism in brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2014-12)Leucism in birds is rarely observed in the Pelecaniformes order and has not been recorded for the brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in Costa Rica. We describe an observation of a leucistic brown pelican with white ... -
First record of non-indigenous Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in Golfo de Nicoya, Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
(REABIC, 2018)The caprellid Paracaprella pusilla from the Western Atlantic Ocean is reported for the first time in Golfo de Nicoya, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, representing the third registered invasion of this species in the Eastern ... -
First record of Scapholeberis freyi Dumont and Pen- saert, 1983 (Crustacea:Anomopoda: Daphniidae) from Colombia
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Perú., 2021)From the analysis of plankton samples from a temporary pond of northern Colombia some female specimen of the daphinid cladoceran Scapholeberis freyi Dumont and Pensaert, 1983 was collected. It represents the first report ... -
First record of the genus ocyochterus from Colombia and new records of ochteridae from costa rica (Hemiptera:Heteroptera)
(2015)The frst Colombian record of Ocyochterus, expanding the previously known distributional range of the genus. Additionally, records of two species of Ochterus from Costa Rica are provided. The material examined is deposited ... -
First record of the nonindigenous Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 (Penaeidae) in the Caribbean Sea of Costa Rica, Central America, with observations on selected aspects of its reproductive biology
(Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC) (Finlandia), 2015-07-02)This contribution reports, for the first time, the presence of the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 on the northern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. This closed-thelycum penaeid species is originally from ... -
First record of the sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) on the Pacific coast of Central America
(Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2012-08)We report the first record of the sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens on the Pacific coast of Central America. Five specimens from Mata Limón (Costa Rica) were collected from rocks of a man-made breakwater at sub-tidal ... -
First Record of the Turtle Barnacle Stephanolepas muricata from the Paciic Coast of Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2012-10)The sessile barnacles (Balanomorpha) included in the family Platylepadidae are obligatory symbionts of motile marine animals, with some species occurring solely on turtles, sea snakes, and ish (Newman & Ross 1976; Pfaller ... -
First record of the whistling Heron, Syrigma sibilatrix (Temminck, 1824) (Aves: Ardeidae) in Costa Rica
(Check List, 2016)We present the first record of Whistling Heron, Syrigma sibilatrix, for Costa Rica, a species considered restricted to South America. An individual was observed foraging in a soccer field at Manzanillo, Limon province, ...