Browsing Artículo Científico by Subject "GUANACASTE"

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    • Influence of sea turtle nesting on hunting behavior and movements of jaguars in the dry forest of northwest Costa Rica 

      Carrillo, Eduardo; Montalvo, Victor; Fuller, Todd K.; Sáenz-Bolaños, Carolina; Cruz Díaz, Juan Carlos; Hagnauer, Isabel; Herrera, Hansell (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 ...

    • Olive ridley mass nesting ecology and egg harvest at ostional beach, Costa Rica 

      Hernández, Ricardo; Valverde, Roldán A.; Orrego, Carlos M.; Tordoir, Mark T.; Gómez, Flor M.; Solís, Diana S.; Gómez, Gredy B.; Brenes, Laura; Baltodano, José P.; Fonseca, Luis G.; Spotila, James R. (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, ...

    • Seasonal use of waterholes and pathways by macrofauna in the dry forest of Costa Rica 

      Guimarães Rodrigues, Flavio Henrique; Carrillo, Eduardo; Montalvo, Victor H.; Sutherland, Christopher; Sáenz-Bolaños, Carolina; Fuller, Todd; Cruz Díaz, Juan Carlos (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 ...