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Highly diversified coronaviruses in neotropical bats
(Journal of General Virology, 2013-09-01)
Bats host a broad diversity of coronaviruses (CoVs), including close relatives of human pathogens. There is only limited data on neotropical bat CoVs. We analysed faecal, blood and intestine specimens from 1562 bats sampled ...
Consistency in bird use of tree cover across tropical agricultural landscapes
(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In tropical regions where forests have been replaced by agriculture, the future of biodiversity is increasingly dependent on the presence of remnant forest patches and on-farm tree cover within agricultural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. ...
Factors influencing the occurrence of the Endangered Baird's tapir Tapirus bairdii: Potential flagship species for a Costa Rican biological corridor
(ORYX, 2014)
Baird’s tapir Tapirus bairdii is categorized as
Endangered on the IUCN Red List and is considered rare
and locally extirpated from most of its historic range in
Costa Rica. We conducted camera-trap and track surveys
at ...
The role of fragmentation and landscape changes in the ecological release of common nest predators in the neotropics
(PeerJ, 2014-07)
Loss of large mammalian carnivores may allow smaller mesopredators to become abundant and threaten other community members. There is considerable debate about mesopredator release and the role that other potential factors ...
Camera trapping ocelots: An evaluation of felid attractants
(Hystrix, 2014)
Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and other wild cats are often surveyed using camera traps to identify individuals for density estimation via capture-recapture analyses or estimate occupancy via detection/non-detection analyses. ...
Jaguars (Panthera onca) increase kill utilization rates and share prey in response to seasonal fluctuations in nesting green turtle (Chelonia mydas mydas) abundance in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
(Mammalian Biology, 2015-03)
Jaguar (. Panthera onca) predation of green turtles (. Chelonia mydas mydas) is now a common occurrence in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica. The abundance of green turtles during nesting season ensures a constant ...
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 ...
Home range and activity patterns of Conepatus semistriatus (Carnivora, Mephitidae) in Emas National Park, Brazil
(Animal Biology, 2014-06-05)
Skunks (Mephitidae) have not been well studied throughout the Neotropics. In Brazil there is a general lack of data on the ecology, behavior, distribution, systematics, morphology and biogeographic patterns of the two ...
Actual situation of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Africanized honeybee colonies in Costa Rica
(2019)
In the present study, the presence of the beetle Aethina tumida in Central American countries such as El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica is analyzed by visual sampling in which all individual frames, hive covers and ...
Jaguars (Panthera onca) increase kill utilization rates and share prey in response to seasonal fluctuations in nesting green turtle (Chelonia mydas mydas) abundance in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2015)
Jaguar (Panthera onca) predation of green turtles (Chelonia mydas mydas) is now a common occurrence in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica. The abundance of green turtles during nesting season ensures a constant provision ...