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Influence of sea turtle nesting on hunting behavior and movements of jaguars in the dry forest of northwest Costa Rica
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2020-11)
Jaguars (Panthera onca) are opportunistic predators that prey on large profitable prey
items, such as sea turtles at nesting beaches. Here, we use jaguar and sea turtle trackcount surveys, combined with satellite telemetry ...
Wildlife diversity and relative abundance among a variety of adjacent protected areas in the northern Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica
(MDPI AG, 2020-04-01)
Protected areas are intended to achieve the long-term conservation of nature, but not all such areas are equal in their effectiveness because of their varying regulation of human activities. In Costa Rica, we assessed ...
Reproduction of white-tailed deer in a seasonally dry tropical forest of Costa Rica: A test of aseasonality
(Oxford University Press, 2020-02-21)
The reproductive season of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) has been hypothesized to be aseasonal
south of about 14°–18°N latitude, where annual variation in day length is low. We tested this idea by using
camera-trap ...
Movements and activities of white-lipped peccaries in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2002)
The conservation of remnant populations of white-lipped peccaries in Central America depends on adequate documentation of
their habitat needs and behavior. Thus, we monitored the activity patterns, local distributions, ...