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Long-term comparison of the fish community in a Costa Rican rocky shore marine reserve
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2010)
Despite their role in supporting diverse marine fish communities, tropical rocky shores and reefs
have attracted less research and fewer targeted conservation efforts compared to coral reefs. We studied fish
community ...
Genetic patterns and conservation of the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) in Costa Rica
(Springer, 2015)
Once widely distributed throughout the lowland
forests of Costa Rica, scarlet macaws (Ara macao) have been reduced to two major, geographically separated, pop ulations along the Pacific slope. Past demographic declines ...
External parasites of raptors (Falconiformes and Strigiformes): identification in an ex situ population from Mexico
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2011)
Raptorial birds harbor a variety of ectoparasites and the mayority of them are host specific. The aim of this study was to identify the ectoparasites of captive birds of prey from Mexico, as well as to verify their impact ...
Education as a tool for addressing the extinction crisis: Moving students from understanding to action
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2010)
Human activity is leading to mass species extinctions worldwide. Conservation biology (CB) courses,
taught worldwide at universities, typically focus on the proximal causes of extinction without teaching students
how ...