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Screening of Latin American Plants for Cytotoxic Activity
(2006)
The SRB cytotoxicity assay was used to screen plant extracts, in a collaborative multinational OAS project involving Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama, against breast (MCF-7), lung ...
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 ...
An Insect Herbivore Microbiome with High Plant Biomass-Degrading Capacity
(PLoS Genetics. September 2010. Volume 6, Issue 9. e1001129, 2010-09)
Herbivores can gain indirect access to recalcitrant carbon present in plant cell walls through symbiotic associations with lignocellulolytic microbes. A paradigmatic example is the leaf-cutter ant (Tribe: Attini), which ...
Substrate vibrations in the scorpion Centruroides margaritatus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) during courtship
(Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 57 (Suppl. 1): 267-274, November 2009, 2009-11)
Mating behavior in Centruroides margaritatus, as in other scorpion species, includes a series of rapid
rocking or shaking movements of the male (“juddering”). It has been suggested that substrate vibrations are
generated ...
Estado actual del banco de germoplasma de Pejibaye en la Estación Experimental Los Diamantes, Costa Rica
Current status of the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) germoplasm bank, Guapiles, Costa Rica.
(2016)
The objective of this study was to determine the current status of the peach palm germoplasm bank at Los Diamantes Experimental Station (BGPLD). Lost accessions were quantified and missing passport data for the remaining ...
Nest daily survival rate of six Costa Rican urban birds
Tasa de sobrevivencia diaria de nidos en seis aves urbanas en Costa Rica
(2020-12)
The advance of urbanization in Neotropical countries has drastically changed or eliminated extensive areas of natural habitats. Despite these changes, some species breed in cities and adapt to urban conditions. Several ...
Historia natural y repertorio acústico del Sancuinclas (Pezopetes capitalis), ave endémica de Costa Rica y el oeste de Panamá
NATURAL HISTORY AND ACOUSTIC REPERTOIRE OF THELARGE-FOOTED FINCH (PEZOPETES CAPITALIS), AN ENDEMIC, HIGHLAND BIRD OF COSTA RICA AND WESTERN PANAMA
(2014)
El Sancuinclas es una especie endémica y un habi- tante común del sotobosque de bosques montanos y páramo en las tierras altas de Costa Rica y el oeste de Panamá. A pesar de ser una especie común, existía poca información ...
Genetic analysis of the dry forest timber tree Sideroxylon capiri in Costa Rica using AFLP
(2015-01)
Sideroxylon capiri (“Tempisque”) is a threatened and economically important timber species in the dry forest of Costa Rica. To assess the extent of the genetic diversity between and within populations of this species, 86 ...
Sismicidad en Costa Rica durante el 2015
Seismicity in Costa Rica during 2015
(2016)
Durante el 2015 la Red Sismológica Nacional (RSN: UCR-ICE) localizó 6989 sismos de los cuales 168
fueron sentidos por la población. Se percibieron en Costa Rica 13 sismos con magnitud Mw > 5,0. La mayoría (86%) de los ...
Variabilidad genética de la avifauna de las tierras altas de Costa Rica: Consecuencias del calentamiento global.
(2011-07-09)
Determinar la susceptibilidad de un grupo de aves pertenecientes a diferentes líneas evolutivas (e.g.trochilidae, tyrannidae, emberizidae) a los cambios ambientes que pueden ocurrir como consecuencia del incremento en la ...