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Large-scale climatic phenomena drive fluctuations in macroinvertebrate assemblages in lowland tropical streams, Costa Rica: The importance of ENSO events in determining long-term (15y) patterns
(2019-02-08)
Understanding how environmental variables influence the distribution and density of organisms over relatively long temporal scales is a central question in ecology given increased climatic variability (e.g., precipitation, ...
Exploring farmer preferences towards innovations in the vanilla supply chain
(2021-11)
The vanilla supply chain is characterized by high risk crop management and unstable supply. In order to meet global vanilla demand while improving production sustainability, new approaches considering agro-ecological ...
On the meaning of Cypripedium × grande (Orchidaceae) and its taxonomic history, with a new name for the nothospecies occurring in Costa Rica and Panama
(2018-12-11)
The taxonomic history of Phragmipedium × grande is traced to show that its current treatment as the cross between P. longifolium and P. humboldtii is untenable. According to our interpretation of the holotype and other ...
Malaxis Sw.
(2020-03-31)
The genus Malaxis was named in 1788 by Olof Swartz. The
name was based on malaxo, Greek for “softening,” apparently
referring to the soft or delicate leaves.
Traditionally Malaxis has been characterized in part by ...
Mixomicetes del Cerro Buenavista – Macizo de la Muerte, Talamanca
(2004-01-01)
Se incluye un listado con descripciones de especies de mixomicetes del Cerro Buenavista (Cerro de la Muerte). El listado incluye una clave dicotómica y un glosario.
First report of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in Costa Rica
(2005-09)
The Asian psyllid was reported in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Costa Lima (1942) and by Catling (1970). In June 1998, the insect was detected in Florida and by September 2000 this pest had spread to 31 Florida counties ...
A just overtime discovery: another new species of Echinosepala (Orchidaceae) from Costa Rica
(2022-08-13)
Echinosepala truncata is described as new to science and illustrated from the holotype. It is compared
with E. tomentosa, from which it differs by the sparsely lanate ovary, the narrowly obovate, apically rounded synsepal, ...
Microplastic ingestion by a herring Opisthonema sp. in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(2020-07)
Current knowledge of the presence of microplastics (MP) in marine species in tropical areas is still limited. The presence of MP was examined in the gastrointestinal content of 30 filter feeders of the herring Opisthonema ...
Las orquídeas de la Isla del Coco
(2005-08)
A pesar de que a veces parece que el mundo se ha vuelto demasiado pequeño y muy bien conocido, todavía hay algunos lugares remotos y solitarios que no han sido totalmente conquistados por el hombre. La Isla del Coco es uno ...
Las ciencias del mar en la Revista de Biología Tropical en su 50 aniversario
(Rev. Biol. Trop. 50(3/4): 903-907, 2002, 2002)
El primer artículo sobre cualquier tema marino fue
publicado en 1963 y desde entonces ha venido aumentando el número de publicaciones marinas hasta llegar a
637. Este número representa el 27% de todos los artículos ...