Browsing Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Mar by Subject "TROPICAL"

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    • Consistency in bird use of tree cover across tropical agricultural landscapes 

      Sáenz, Joel; Vilchez Mendoza, Sergio José; Harvey, Celia A.; Casanoves, Fernando; Carvajal, José Pablo; González Villalobos, Jorge; Hernandez Saenz, Jose Blas; Medina, Arnulfo; Montero, Jorge; Sánchez Merlo, Dalia; Sinclair Fergus (Ecological Applications, 2014-01-01)
      In tropical regions where forests have been replaced by agriculture, the future of biodiversity is increasingly dependent on the presence of remnant forest patches and on-farm tree cover within agricultural landscapes. ...

    • Development of quantitative RNA biomarkers for detecting dioxin-like and estrogenic pollutants in Costa Rican native fish species 

      Navarro-Ortega, Alícia; Mena, Freylan; Casado Belloso, Marta; Pinnock Branford, Margaret Verónica; Cruz Malavassi, Elba de la; Barata, Carlos; Piña, B (Journal of Environmental Biology, 2014-01)
      Monitoring the environmental impact on native species is crucial for the correct management of tropical ecosystems. The Costa Rican fish Parachromis dovii (Cichlidae) and Poecilia gillii (Poecillidae) were used as sentinel ...