Browsing by Subject "DEPREDATION"

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    • Jaguar and puma attacks on livestock in Costa Rica 

      Amit, Ronit; Gordillo-Chávez, Elías J.; Bone-Guzman, Raquel (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 ...

    • Oscillation of the velvet worm slime jet by passive hydrodynamic instability 

      Concha, Andres; mellado, paula; Morera, Bernal; Sampaio Costa, Cristiano; Mahadevan, Lakshminarayanan; Monge Nájera, Julián (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. ...

    • Remanente de agua cosechada permite monitorear fauna silvestre 

      Chaves-Jaén, Cristian (Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional, 2023-03)