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Temporal and spatial resource use by female three-toed sloths and their young in an agricultural landscape in Costa Rica
(Revista de Biologia Tropical, 2011-12)
The information on ecological behavior of wild sloths is very scarce. In this study we determined the
home ranges and resources used by three adult female three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus) and their four
young in ...
Comparación de la Metodología Mora-Vahrson y el Método Morfométrico para Determinar Áreas Susceptibles a Deslizamientos en la Microcuenca del Río Macho, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2018)
Se analizan las metodologías Mora-Vahrson (1994) y el método morfométrico para estudiar sus fortalezas y debilidades en la determinación de zonas susceptibles a deslizamientos. Se explican las metodologías, y posteriormente, ...
Olive ridley mass nesting ecology and egg harvest at ostional beach, Costa Rica
(Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 2012-06)
The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), a species listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as vulnerable, is characterized by its mass-nesting behavior, also known as arribada. For decades, ...
Consensus on Criteria for Potential Areas for Wolf Reintroduction in Mexico
(Conservation Biology, 2012-07-19)
Given the conflict with human interests that in many cases results in the extirpation of large carnivores, acceptance of their reintroduction is a considerable challenge. By the 1980s Mexican wolves (Canis lupus) were ...
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 ...
Jaguar and puma attacks on livestock in Costa Rica
(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 ...
Detecting river otter Lontra canadensis latrines near bridges: Does habitat and season influence survey success?
(Wildlife Biology, 2012-09)
During 2006, we conducted riparian surveys to detect river otter Lontra canadensis latrines at 15 bridge-suites along riverine habitats in southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland, USA. We defined a bridge-suite as ...