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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Neotropical dry forest wildlife water hole use and management
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 1999)
Selected wildlife species diurnal use of a natural water hole (QO) and an artificial water hole (AW) were studied during 1990 dry season at Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica. In total, 919 individuals (six marnmal ...
Late dry season habitat use of common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) in neotropical lower montane agricultural areas
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 1999)
Three Didelphis marsupialis were radio tracked during late dry season (23 February-26 April, 1983)
in agricultural area at 1500 m elevation in Central Valley, Costa Rica. All animals were nocturnally active, significantly ...
Cetáceos de las aguas costeras del Pacífico norte y sur de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2010)
Cetáceos costeros del Pacífico Norte y Sur de Costa Rica. Veintinueve especies de cetáceos ocurren en aguas costarricenses pero sólo se han realizado investigaciones extensivas para tres especies. Esto último demuestra que ...
Interbirth interval of a free-ranging jaguar
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2009)
The 60-kg adult female jaguar was first captured on 25 February 1996 in a box trap baited with shark meat. We monitored her for the next three and a half years, usually locating her by triangulation once or twice a week, ...
Growth of Mantled Howler Groups in a Regenerating Costa Rican Dry Forest
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 1998)
We examined population dynamics in mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata palliata) in a regenerating tropical dry forest in Santa Rosa National Park
(SRNP), Costa Rica. The population has grown at a rate of about 7% per annum ...
Home Range, Habitat Use, and Activity of Baird’s Tapir in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2002)
Home range size, habitat utilization, and activity patterns of five adult Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) were studied via radiotelemetry from June 1995 to May 1996 in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica. Estimates of ...
Food niche overlap among neotropical frugivorous bats in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2006)
Food habits of 15 species of frugivorous bats were studied at La Selva Biological Station, Costa
Rica. Eight hundred and fifty-four (854) fecal samples and 169 samples from fruit parts and seeds discarded
by bats beneath ...