Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre: Recent submissions
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Population status, connectivity, and conservation action for the endangered Baird's tapir
(Elsevier Ltd, 2020-05)Although many large mammals currently face significant threats that could lead to their extinction, resources for conservation are often scarce, resulting in the need to develop efficient plans to prioritize conservation ... -
Determining nature’s contributions to achieve the sustainable development goals
(Springer Tokyo, 2019-03-01)Academics and policy-makers recognize that humans and nature should be studied and managed as integrated social–ecological systems. Recently, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ... -
Seasonal use of waterholes and pathways by macrofauna in the dry forest of Costa Rica
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-03-01)Temporal and spatial scarcity of water in semi-arid and seasonal ecosystems often leads to changes in movements and behaviour of large vertebrates, and in the neotropics this dynamic is poorly understood due to logistical ... -
Bush Dogs in Central America: Recent Range Expansion, Cryptic Distribution, or Both?
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2019-05-01)Bush dogs (Speothos venaticus) are a small, wide-ranging neotropical pack-hunting canid whose ecology is relatively poorly known. Here, we document new, repeated observations of bush dog groups in east-central (Barbilla ... -
Altitudinal and seasonal distribution of butterflies (Lepidoptera, papilionoidea) in cerro bufa el diente, Tamaulipas, Mexico
(Pensoft Publishers, 2019-12-31)Butterflies are one of the most recognized and useful groups for the monitoring and establishment of important conservation areas and management policies. In the present study, we estimate the richness and diversity, as ... -
Utilización de hábitat, comportamiento y dieta del mono congo (Alouatta palliata) en un bosque premontano húmedo, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 1991)Determinó el número de individuos, la composición social, y la variación estacional del a) ámbito de acción mensual (AAM)y total (AAT), b) hábitos alimenticios, c) comportamiento y ch) distribución altitudinal de los monos ... -
A Sensitivity Analysis of the Application of Integrated Species Distribution Models to Mobile Species: A Case Study with the Endangered Baird's Tapir
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-04-21)Species distribution models (SDMs) are statistical tools used to develop continuous predictions of species occurrence. 'Integrated SDMs' (ISDMs) are an elaboration of this approach with potential advantages that allow for ... -
Attitudes and interactions of indigenous and non-indigenous people with wildlife in the northern Talamanca mountains of Costa Rica
(University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2021-09)In this study I investigated wildlife and human use of landscapes in the northern Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica (Pacuare-Barbilla sector), including three contiguous protected areas (a national park, a forest reserve, ... -
Vegetation, bird and soundscape characterization: a case study in Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica
(Instituto de investigación de recursos biológicos Alexander von humboldt, 2021)We assessed the structural complexity of vegetation, birds and soundscapes in two areas of Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, with different road exposure, as baseline information for conservation and management. We ... -
A comparison of fruit removal in Ficus colubrinae between birds and Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a Costa Rican rain forest
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2021-02-02)Ectophylla alba almost exclusively feeds on the fruits of Ficus colubrinae therefore significantly contributing to dispersal of its seeds. The objective of this research was to quantify the fruit removal of F. colubrinae ... -
Evaluación de corredores biológicos en Costa Rica: estructura de paisaje y procesos de conectividad fragmentación
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-04-21)En el planeta, durante los últimos años, los corredores biológicos han proliferado como respuesta al proceso acelerado de fragmentación de los ecosistemas naturales. Basada en esta estrategia, Costa Rica desde la década ... -
Composition and diversity of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) along an atmospheric pollution gradient in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area, Mexico
(Pensoft Publishers, 2021)This study compares the variation of richness, abundance and diversity of butterfly species along an atmospheric pollution gradient and during different seasons in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area, Mexico. Likewise, we ... -
Analysis of the Interactions Between Humans and Crocodiles in Costa Rica
(Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia, 2020)The habitat of crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) and caimans (Caiman crocodilus) has been subjected to pressure due to human expansion. Habitat reduction, coupled with the simultaneous growth of the crocodile population, ... -
Variation in abundance and habitat relationship of three understory insectivorous birds in a disturbed landscape of Neotropical dry forest of Colombia
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2020-09-02)Background: Evaluating relationships between avian populations and their habitat is important for understanding the biology of these species and for management decisions that improve the efectiveness of restoration ... -
Modelos de biomasa y carbono para árboles de Gmelina arborea en plantaciones clonales
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021-01-01)La evaluación de la biomasa y el desarrollo de modelos es un elemento clave para determinar el potencial de mitigación del cambio climático de los ecosistemas forestales. Los bosques plantados año tras año ... -
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 ... -
Evaluación de los factores bióticos y abióticos asociados a la depredación de tortuga lora (Lepidochelys olivacea) y verde (Chelonia mydas) por jaguar (Panthera onca) en diferentes playas de anidación del Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-11-07)Se realizó un análisis de los factores asociados a actividades y anidación de tortugas marinas en las playas Nancite y playa Naranjo del Parque Nacional Santa Rosa (PNSR), para comprender cuáles factores afectan en mayor ... -
Relación entre la presencia de equinos de trabajo (Equus caballus) y la distribución espacial y temporal del venado cola blanca (odocoileus virginianus) en el Parque Nacional Santa Rosa
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-10)Los caballos (Equus caballus) han sido grandes aliados en la restauración del bosque seco del Parque Nacional Santa Rosa (PNSR), ubicado en el pacífico norte de Costa Rica, al ser usados como agentes dispersores de ... -
Ecological corridors in Costa Rica: An evaluation applying landscape structure, fragmentation-connectivity process, and climate adaptation
(Society for Conservation Biology, 2021-05-20)In recent years, ecological corridors have been proposed on a global scale as a response to the accelerated process of natural ecosystem fragmentation, mainly as a result of human impact. In accordance with this trend, ... -
Investigación para la toma de decisiones de manejo en áreas marinas protegidas como la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, 2020-03-20)Introduction. Scientific information is often needed to guide management decisions, but marine protected areas usually lack such information. Further, these protected areas face the challenge of protecting ...