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Is black plumage an adaptation to high elevations in a cosmopolitan bird genus?
(2019)
Black plumage is expected to absorb and retain more heat and provide better protection against UV radiation compared with lighter plumages. Black plumage is common in species of the genera Turdus and Platycichla that inhabit ...
Florecimientos de dinoflagelados nocivos en la costa Pacífica de Costa Rica
Harmful blooms by noxious dinoflagellates in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(Hidrobiológica. Vol. 18 No. 1 • 2008, 2008)
Desde 1979 se han reportado florecimientos de especies de microalgas nocivas (FAN) en la costa Pacífica de Costa Rica, reconociéndose hasta el 2005 al menos 13 taxa de dinoflagelados. En años recientes estos fenómenos se ...
Sounds in Melipona costaricensis (Apidae: Meliponini): effect of sugar concentration and nectar source distance
(Apidologie 33 (2002) 375–388, 2002)
The principal finding presented here is that Melipona costaricensis produces sounds that vary significantly
in relation to varying sugar concentrations. Several components of the sounds produced, during the
bees’stay ...
Different Messages are Transmitted by Individual Duet Contributions and Complete Duets in a Species with Highly Overlapped Duets
(2018)
Background: Duet function hypotheses have been mostly studied in bird species that produce duets with male and female solo songs. However, in order to understand if patterns of duet function are similar across all duetting ...
Abejas de Costa Rica
(2021-05)
Describe la diversidad y la historia natural de los principales grupos de abejas de Costa Rica. Además, se exponen sus relaciones con las plantas con flores y una lista de plantas apropiadas para ofrecer recursos a las ...
Diversidad de los hábitats submareales de la Península de Santa Elena e Islas Murciélago, Pacífico Norte, Costa Rica
Subtidal habitats diversity of Santa Elena Peninsula and Murciélago Islands, North Pacific, Costa Rica
(2021-10-30)
Introduction: Worldwide, coastal habitats are experiencing increasing pressure from pollution, coastal development, fisheries, and climate change. Identifying and recording coastal biodiversity is essential to assess ...
Interaction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with Leafy Green Produce
(Journal of Food Protection. J Food Prot. 2009 Jul;72(7):1531-7., 2009-07)
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is a foodborne pathogen responsible for human diarrheal disease. EHEC lives in the intestinal tract of cattle and other farm and wild animals, which may be the source of environmental ...
Fenología de especies de árboles de la Península de Osa y la región de Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
Phenology of tree species of the Osa Peninsula and Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica
(2007)
Se presentan datos sobre fenología de hojas, flores y frutos de 74 especies de árboles de la Península de Osa y Golfo Dulce, al Sureste de Costa Rica. Los datos fueron obtenidos de observaciones directas de árboles no ...
Telimena (Telimenaceae, Phyllachorales) species on Neotropical host plants: New species, combinations and revision of species on Polygonaceae
(2022-05-25)
In this investigation, we propose a new species in Telimena, T. bromeliae sp. nov. growing on bromeliads with a detailed description, illustrations, and molecular characterisation based on material collected in Costa Rica ...