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Diet and Leukocyte Telomere Length in a Population with Extended Longevity: The Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study (CRELES)
(2021)
Elderly Costa Ricans have lower mortality rates compared to their counterparts from
developed countries. Reasons for this survival advantage are not completely known. In the present
study, we aimed to identify dietary ...
Relationship between species richness of excavator birds and cavity–adopters in seven tropical forests in costa rica
(2009)
The abundance of wood cavities is thought to be a limiting factor for bird species that depend on these cavities for nesting. Thus, it is expected that number of cavity adopters correlates with number of cavity excavators ...
New neotropical species of Phyllachorales based on molecular, morphological, and ecological data
(2018-09-14)
Species of tropical tar spot fungi (Phyllachorales, Ascomycota) are obligate biotrophic plant
parasitic fungi associated with living leaves of a wide range of families of host plants, mainly in
tropical and subtropical ...
Collateral effects of microplastic pollution on aquatic microorganisms: An ecological perspective
(2018-12-05)
Microplastics (MP) provide a unique and extensive surface for microbial colonization in aquatic ecosystems. The formation of microorganism-microplastic complexes, such as biofilms, maximizes the degradation of organic ...
The countries and languages that dominate biological research at the beginning of the 21st century
(Revista de Biolología Tropical 53 (1-2): 283-294, 2005, 2005)
Traditionally, studies of scientific productivity are biased in two ways: they are based on Current
Contents, an index centered in British and American journals, and they seldom correct for population size, ...
A New Parasitic Chytrid, Staurastromyces oculus (Rhizophydiales, Staurastromycetaceae fam. nov.), Infecting the Freshwater Desmid Staurastrum sp.
(2017-08)
Chytrids are a diverse group of ubiquitous true zoosporic fungi. The recent molecular discovery of a large diversity of undescribed chytrids has raised awareness on their important, but so far understudied ecological role ...
Diversity and composition of tropical forest plant communities in the Golfo Dulce region
Diversität und Zusammensetzung tropischer Pflanzengesellschaften in der Golfo Dulce Region
(2019)
The Golfo Dulce region located in southwestern Costa Rica represents one of the remnant global biodiversity hotspots containing the largest Pacific lowland tropical forest in Central America. Recent biogeographical analyses ...
Neotropical flowering epiphyte diversity: local composition and geographic affinities
(2013)
Worldwide, the highest diversity of vascular epiphytic plants resides in the Neotropics. The general pattern of taxonomic composition of the neotropical epiphytic flora has been described, but information regarding the ...
Fenología de Crescentia alata (Bignoniaceae) en Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Phenology of Crescentia alata (Bignoniaceae) in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
(2019)
Los estudios fenológicos generan información que contribuye con el conocimiento de las relaciones entre especies y componentes abióticos de los ecosistemas, disponibilidad de alimento para animales y regeneración de cobertura ...
Ascidian diversity of Costa Rica, including new records for the North Pacific
(2021-10-30)
Introduction: The class Ascidiacea has about 3 000 species, which fulfill various roles in the ecosystem, for example, they filter high amounts of particles, and are shelter and food for other animals. Furthermore, the ...