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Las Noticias Centroamericanas. Volumen 1 Completo.
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2005-01)Las Noticias Centroamericanas. Volumen 1 Completo. 2005 -
Determinación del historial de exposiciones en la epidemiolgía ocupacional
(World Health Organization, 2005-01)La validez de los indicadores de exposición es una condición necesaria en epidemiología si se han de obtener resultados válidos en la medición de los riesgos asociados con la exposición a agentes nocivos en el entorno ... -
Development of predictive models to explain the distribution of the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus in tropical watercourses
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2005-05-31)Logistic regressions were used to study the relationship between habitat variables and the use of tropical watercourses by the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus at Northeastern Costa Rica and Southern Nicaragua. ... -
Dry-matter yields and crude protein and rumen degradable protein concentrations of three Arachis pintoi ecotypes at different stages of regrowth in the humid tropics
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2005-08-15)Well-established stands of three ecotypes of Arachis pintoi (CIAT 17434, 18744 and 18748) were harvested from replicated plots (three blocks, each containing three plots for each ecotype) during the two dominant seasons ... -
Contribution of live fences to the ecological integrity of agricultural landscapes
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2005-08-16)Live fences are conspicuous features of agricultural landscapes across Central America but there is remarkably little information about their abundance, distribution, and function. Here we present a detailed analysis of: ... -
Dung beetle and terrestrial mammal diversity in forests, indigenous agroforestry systems and plantain monocultures in Talamanca, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2006)In order to explore the importance of indigenous agroforestry systems for biodiversity conservation, we compared the abundance, species richness and diversity of dung beetles and terrestrial mammals across a gradient of ... -
Seismogenic zone structure beneath the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, from three-dimensional local earthquake P- and S-wave tomography
(Geophysical Journal International, 2006)The subduction plate interface along the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, generates damaging large (Mw > 7.5) earthquakes. We present hypocenters and 3-D seismic velocity models (VP and VP/VS) calculated using simultaneous ... -
A regression analysis of Q'eqchi' Maya medicinal plants from southern Belize
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2006)Amiguet, V.T., Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, P.O. Box 450, Ottawa, Ont. K1N 6N5, Canada; Arnason, J.T., Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, P.O. Box 450, Ottawa, Ont. K1N 6N5, Canada; Maquin, P., ... -
Mortality among a Cohort of Banana Plantation Workers in Costa Rica
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)The nematocide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), widely used in Costa Rica during the late 1960s and 1970s, causes sterility in men and is a possible carcinogen. Mortality among a cohort of Costa Rican banana plantation ... -
Food niche overlap among neotropical frugivorous bats in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2006)Food habits of 15 species of frugivorous bats were studied at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Eight hundred and fifty-four (854) fecal samples and 169 samples from fruit parts and seeds discarded by bats beneath ... -
Las Noticias Centroamericanas. Volumen 2 Completo.
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2006-04)Las Noticias Centroamericanas. Volumen 2 Completo. 2006 -
The Mw 6.4 Damas, Costa Rica, Earthquake of 20 November 2004: Aftershocks and Slip Distribution
(Seismological Society of America, 2006-08)The earthquake of 20 November 2004 was located north of Damas Island in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, within the Costa Rica Deformed Belt. The earthquake was located at 24 km depth and reported with a magnitude (Mw) of ... -
Efectos del clorpirifos en la salud de trabajadores bananeros de la Lima, Honduras
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2006-09)El clorpirifos es un insecticida organofosforado de toxicidad aguda moderada, de amplio uso en la agricultura y el ambiente doméstico. Hallazgos toxicológicos y epidemiológicos recientes de asociaciones a neuropatía ...