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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 ...
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 ...
Integrating occupancy modeling and camera-trap data to estimate medium and large mammal detection and richness in a Central American biological corridor
(Tropical Conservation Science, 2013-12-01)
Noninvasive camera-traps are commonly used to survey mammal communities in the Neotropics. This study used camera-traps to survey medium and large mammal diversity in the San Juan – La Selva Biological Corridor, Costa Rica. ...
Distribution and invasion progress of Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) introduced in Costa Rica
(Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil, 2019)
En octubre de 2016, verificamos la presencia de la única población conocida de Eleutherodactylus coqui en Turrialba; esta fue reportada por un grupo de investigadores. Encontramos una población bien establecida de E. coqui ...
Abundancia del jaguar (Panthera onca), otros felinos y sus presas potenciales en el Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Costa Rica / Abundance of jaguars (Panthera onca), other felids and their potential prey in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica
(Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica, 2015)
Abundance of jaguars (Panthera onca), other felids and their potential prey in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste Province, protects one of the largest remnants of dry forest in ...
Abundancia, tamaño y estructura poblacional del tiburón punta blanca de arrecife, Triaenodon obesus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), en Bahía Chatham, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2012)
Approximately 12 species of shark inhabit at Coco Island National Park (PNIC); some are migratory, such as the hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) and whale shark (Rincodon typus), and others are resident, like the whitetip ...