Browsing by Subject "DEPREDACIÓN"
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Behavioral plasticity mitigates risk across environments and predators during anuran metamorphosis
(Behavioral Ecology, 2013)Most animals metamorphose, changing morphology, physiology, behavior and ecological interactions. Size- and habitat-dependent mortality risk is thought to affect the evolution and plastic expression of metamorphic timing, ... -
Depredación y carroñeo de tortugas marinas y uso de hábitat del jaguar en el Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre, 2017)Busca estudiar el fenómeno trófico entre jaguares y tortugas marinas desde un punto de vista amplio y holístico, se investigó dicho fenómeno en tres aspectos, cada uno de ellos expuesto como capítulo independiente para una ... -
Habitat features influencing jaguar Panthera onca (Carnivora: Felidae) occupancy in Tortuguero national park, Costa Rica
(Revista de Biologia Tropical, 2014-08-13)Habitat characteristics and human activities are known to play a major role in the occupancy of jaguars Panthera onca across their range, however the key variables influencing jaguar distribution in Tortuguero National ... -
Jaguar and puma attacks on livestock in Costa Rica
(Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2013)Human-felid conflicts threaten long-term conservation of jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor). We interviewed ranchers from 50 ranches and inspected farms in northern Costa Rica that reported recent attacks ... -
Notes of diet in highland snakes rhadinaea calligaster and rhadinella godmani (Squamata:Dipsadidae) from Costa Rica
(Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana, 2020-11)Se reportan observaciones de la dieta de dos especies de serpientes elegantes: Rhadinaea calligaster fue observada depredando una salamandra del género Bolitoglossa; también se reportan observaciones sobre ... -
Oscillation of the velvet worm slime jet by passive hydrodynamic instability
(Nature Communications, 2015-03-17)The rapid squirt of a proteinaceous slime jet endows velvet worms (Onychophora) with a unique mechanism for defence from predators and for capturing prey by entangling them in a disordered web that immobilizes their target. ... -
Predation of Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher (Ptilogonys caudatus) by Ornate Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) in a cloud forest of Costa Rica
(Revista Brasileira de Ornitología, 2012-12)Predation of Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher (Ptilogonys caudatus) by Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) in a cloud forest of Costa Rica. Tis paper is the frst record of a predation event made by an Hawk-Eagle (S.ornatus, ...