Browsing Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Mar by Subject "NESTING"
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A new nesting record for the jabiru in Costa Rica
(Waterbird Society, 1998)I document the first nesting record of theJabiru (Jabiru mycteria) in "Los Guatuzos" forest floodplain, Alajuela province, Costa Rica. The active nest was located in March 1995 at 10°49'23.70"N and 84°47'23.20"W. The nest ... -
An unusual recruitment strategy in a mass-recruiting stingless bee, Partamona orizabaensis
(Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2016-07-13)Foragers of several stingless bee species deposit attractive scent marks on solid substrates to precisely recruit nestmates to food. Interestingly, Partamona workers quickly recruit large numbers of nest mates to resources, ... -
Impacto de la luz artificial sobre la anidación de la tortuga marina Dermochelys coriacea (Testudines: Dermochelyidae), en playa Cipara, Venezuela
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2009)Se comparó el número de nidos de tortuga laúd y su distribución espacial entre años con y sin luz artificial, y entre segmentos de playa oscuros e iluminados, en Playa Cipara, Península de Paria, Venezuela. Se entrevistó ... -
Nest-specific composition of the trail pheromone of the stingless bee Trigona corvina within populations
(Springer, 2012)Social insects have evolved highly developed communication systems, enabling them to coordinate complex interactions in their colonies. Pheromones play a major role in the coordination of many tasks. In Trigona corvina, a ...