Biología
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Crustacean fauna (Stomatopoda: Decapoda) associated with the deepwater fishery of Heterocarpus vicarius (Decapoda: Pandalidae) along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(2007)Commercial bottom trawling is a successful and commonly used method to catch marine shrimps. However, the shrimp fishing gears are poorly selective, and in addition to the target species they catch and retain large quantities ... -
Air-exposure behavior: a restricted or a common conduct among intertidal hermit crabs?
(2020)A new behavior related to shell care was recently reported for the intertidal hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus (Latreille, 1818) in the Gulf of Cádiz (southwestern Europe). It also has been observed in other species of ... -
Distribution and reproduction of Ambidexter panamense and Palaemonetes schmitti in Pacific Costa Rica (Crustacea, Decapoda)
(1990)Este constituye el primer registro de las especies de carídeos P. schmitti y A. panamense para Costa Rica. Adultos de ambas especies fueron colectados en el estero de Punta Morales, Golfo de Nicoya, de enero a diciembre ... -
Salinity effect on embryonic development and survival of the first zoeal stage of Macrobrachium tenellum (Smith, 1871) (Crustacea, Palaemonidae)
(2018)The objective of this work is to provide information to understand the effect of different salinities on the survival of embryos and newly-hatched larvae of Macrobrachium tenellum. The survival of M. tenellum embryos was ... -
Description of a new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Paguroidea: Paguridae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America, with notes on Pagurus albus (Benedict, 1892)
(2019)A redescription of Pagurus albus (Benedict, 1892) is presented together with a description of a new species of hermit crab, Pagurus pseudoalbus sp. n., from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Pagurus pseudoalbus sp. n. differs ... -
Análisis de la metilación del ADN en las especies forestales Sideroxylon capiri e Hyeronima alchorneoides y su posible relación con los factores climatológicos de la región del pacífico en Costa Rica
(2020-07-02)Las investigaciones sobre la metilación del ADN en plantas se han enfocado, hasta el momento, en cultivos anuales de gran importancia económica o en especies modelo cultivadas, en su mayoría, bajo condiciones artificiales ... -
Caracterización de diversidad genética en poblaciones cultivadas de Cas (Psidium friedrichsthalianum (O. Berg) Nied) utilizando descriptores citogenéticos y moleculares para fines de mejoramiento genético
(2020-07)Psidium friedrichsthalianum (O. Berg) Nied es una especie cultivable de origen tropical de la familia Myrtaceae, subfamilia Myrtoideae, tribu Myrteae (Lucas et al. 2019).Actualmente, no hay información sobre la cantidad ... -
Revisión sistemática del género Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) en Costa Rica
(2020)The ten Costa Rican species of Myoxanthus are discussed, described and illustrated based mainly on native living material. a key for the species, notes on history, ecology, diagnostic features, taxonomy and distribution ... -
Uso de material artificial para la construcción de nidos de aves: potenciales consecuencias sobre el éxito reproductivo de Turdus grayi (Passeriformes: Turdidae)
(2020-07-29)El exponencial aumento en la población humana ha generado una rápida expansión de las zonas urbanas. El aumento en el área de las ciudades produce que algunas especies entren en contacto directo con nuevos recursos ... -
Assemblages of corticolous myxomycetes associated with species of Pinus (Pinaceae) in four different regions of the world
(2020-07-02)Corticolous myxomycetes associated with four species of pine in different regions of the world were investigated. Samples of bark collected from 20 trees in each region were used to prepare 240 moist chamber cultures, ... -
Ontogeny of an interactive call-and-response system in Spix's disc-winged bats
(2020)We investigated the ontogenetic changes of two call types, the inquiry call and the response call, which comprise an interactive communication system in Spix's disc-winged bats, Thyroptera tricolor. We documented structural ... -
Mosses as spore traps for myxomycetes
(2020-07-06)Small-mesh nylon bags filled with autoclaved samples of mosses were placed out in the field in northwest Arkansas and central Costa Rica to assess the extent to which mosses could serve as spore traps for myxomycetes. The ... -
Virulencia de hongos nativos del orden Hypocreales sobre Bemisia tabaci, estudio de las condiciones óptimas para el desarrollo de los hongos y registros de moscas blancas silvestres para Costa Rica
(2020)Los hongos Hypocreales son hongos entomopatógenos con potencial en control biológico de insectos plaga. El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar especies de hongos patógenos que parasitan insectos de la familia Aleyrodidae ... -
Neurobehavioral Effects of Restricted and Unpredictable Environmental Enrichment in Rats
(2020-05)To study how motivational factors modulate experience-dependent neurobehavioral plasticity, we modify a protocol of environmental enrichment (EE) in rats. We assumed that the benefits derived from EE might vary according ... -
Acute stress differentially affects grooming subtypes and ultrasonic vocalisations in the open-field and home-cage test in rats
(2020-06)Grooming behaviour in rodents has been associated with emotional distress, especially in unfamiliar and aversive contexts. However, the biological function of grooming in such situations is still unclear. We hypothesised ... -
External Morphology of Tagosodes orizicolus (Homoptera: Delphacidae) Revealed by Scanning Electron Microscopy
(2001)A comprehensive analysis of the ultrastructure of the delphacid rice pest Tagosodes orizicolus (Muir) was undertaken using scanning electron microscopy to resolve taxonomic problems in the distinction of females and nymphs ... -
Widespread Occurrence of Black-Orange-Black Color Pattern in Hymenoptera
(2019)Certain color patterns in insects show convergent evolution reflecting potentially important biological functions, for example, aposematism and mimicry. This phenomenon has been most frequently documented in Lepidoptera and ... -
Spectral measure of color variation of black-orange-black (BOB) pattern in small parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a statistical approach
(2019)Small parasitoid wasps are abundant and extremely diverse, yet their colors have not been analyzed. One of the more common color patterns observed in these wasps is a black-orange-black pattern, which is especially common ... -
Rediscovering the value of families for psychiatric genetics research
(2018-06-28)As it is likely that both common and rare genetic variation are important for complex disease risk, studies that examine the full range of the allelic frequency distribution should be utilized to dissect the genetic ... -
Búsqueda y caracterización de proteínas biopesticidas novedosas a partir de cepas de Bacillus thuringiensis
(1999)En la actualidad se desarrollan y se cultivan comercialmente plantas transgénicas que expresan endotoxinas de Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) como biopesticida para el control específico de insectos. Sin embargo, se teme que ...
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