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Composition and species richness of the herpetofauna of a Costa Rican University campus
(2019)
The campus of the University of Costa Rica in Limón port city, Costa Rica, known as Sede del Caribe (SC),
includes a secondary forest of ca. 40 years old. This forest holds a great potential for environmental education, ...
MURCIÉLAGOS de la región del Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
BATS of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica - Field Guides
(2019-11-18)
La región del Golfo Dulce está compuesta de bosque estacionalmente húmedo primario y secundario. Esta guía incluye especies representativas de las familias presentes en las tierras bajas de la región (< de 400 m.s.n.m), ...
Proceedings of the ICSEM10 Costa Rica
(2020-02-28)
Este documento corresponde con la memoria completa del X Congreso Internacional sobre Sistemática y Ecología de Mixomicetes (ICSEM10) celebrado en la Sede del Atlántico de la Universidad de Costa Rica entre el 25 y el 28 ...
Ecología del Homo sapiens y su relación sociocultural
(2017)
Muchos individuos de la especie Homo sapiens consideran estar separada del resto de criaturas del Reino Animal. Esto implica que hay un desligamiento de las relaciones entre el ser humano y el entorno natural, cuyas causas ...
Plan de manejo y desarrollo de la Reserva Biológica Alberto Ml. Brenes: versión para discusión
(2014-01-21)
Expone un plan de manejo y desarrollo para la Reserva Biológia Alberto Manuel Brenes, la cual es administrada por la Universidad de Costa Rica. Es un instrumento de planificación orientador de todas las acciones que deben ...
The importance of group vocal behaviour in roost finding
(2018)
Individuals benefit from socially acquired information to avoid predation risks and enhance foraging efficiency. Spix's disc-winged bats, Thyroptera tricolor, form very stable social groups despite their need to find a new ...
Signal repertoire and contest outcome in the Jacky dragon
(2016)
Establishing dominance is an important mechanism for determining access to
resources such as mates or territories. However, levels of aggression and dominance
may vary among populations based on history and variation in ...
Sound amplification by means of a horn-like roosting structure in Spix's disc-winged bat
(2013-10)
While sound is a signal modality widely used by many animals, it is very susceptible to attenuation, hampering effective long-distance communication. A strategy to minimize sound attenuation that has been historically used ...
Myxomycete diversity in Costa Rica
(2018-04)
An updated analysis of myxomycete diversity in Costa Rica is provided herein as a product of
an extensive data mining-based study intended to normalize the information on myxomycetes from
that country. Within the context ...
Effect of temperature on the visual displays of the Jacky dragon
(2019)
In ectotherms such as lizards, temperature is a key determinant of their behavior and their ability to signal to conspecifics. We asked whether changes in the thermal environment along the distribution of an agamid lizard, ...