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Lack of early inbreeding depression and distribution of selfing rates in the neotropical emergent tree Ceiba pentandra: Assessment from several reproductive events
(2015)Premise of the study: Selfing and mixed mating systems are prevalent in many flowering plants. Purging of genetic load can occur in these species, reducing negative effects of selfing. Long‐term studies of the temporal and ... -
Lactrodectismo en Costa Rica
(2017)Se reporta un accidente causado por la araña Latrodectus geometricus, incluida en el grupo conocido como “viudas negras”, en Costa Rica. El accidente le ocurrió a una mujer de 27 años vecina de la ciudad de Cartago, en su ... -
Laelia Lindl. [with a new combination]
(2022-02)Se presentan, discuten e ilustran especies costarricenses del género Laelia (Orchidaceae). Una nueva combinación, Laelia lueddemannii subsp. costaricana, se propone. -
Landing manoeuvres predict roost-site preferences in bats
(2022-11-11)Roosts are vital for the survival of many species, and how individuals choose one site over another is affected by various factors. In bats, for example, species may use stiff roosts such as caves or compliant ones such ... -
Lankester Botanical Garden: Fifty years spent with enthusiasm
(2023-11)The preservation of the Lankester Garden in Costa Rica is the greatest conservation effort made by those who love orchids. -
Lankester-Garten, der Botanische Garten in Cartago, Costa Rica
(2002)The Lankester Botanical Garden of the University of Costa Rica was founded in 1973, it was named in honor of the English natural scientist and previous owner Charles H. Lankester (1879-1969). This garden is internationally ... -
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, ... -
Larval aggression is independent of food limitation in nurseries of a poison frog
(2016)Aggression between nurserymates is common in animals and often hypothesized to result from proximate resource limita- tion. In numerous terrestrial frogs, larvae develop in phytotelmata, tiny water bodies where resources ... -
Latrodectism in Costa Rica
(2017)Se reporta un accidente causado por la araña Latrodectus geometricus, incluida en el grupo conocido como “viudas negras”, en Costa Rica. El accidente le ocurrió a una mujer de 27 años vecina de la ciudad de Cartago, en su ... -
La Specklinia (Orchidaceae) con señuelo, una asombrosa nueva especie de los Andes occidentales en Colombia
(2018)Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Specklinia perte- neciente al subgénero Acostaea de los Andes occidentales de Colombia. Specklinia caulophryne está relacionada con S. campylotyle, pero puede distinguirse fácilmente ... -
Leaf and flower essential oil compositions of Gliricidia sepium (Fabaceae) from Costa Rica
(2015-04)Gliricidia is a small genus of flowering plants in the Fabaceae family. Gliricidia sepium is a multipurpose tree native to Mesoamerica and possibly northern South America. The chemical composition of the hydrodistilled ... -
Lepanthes arenasiana (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a new species from Costa Rica
(2010-01)Lepanthes arenasiana from the Talamanca range in Costa Rica is described and illustrated. It is most similar to L. lancifolia but differs in having denticulate sepals, the petals with the upper lobe oblong, narrowing at ... -
Lepanthes aures‐ursinae and L. vertebrata spp. nov. (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Panama
(2017)Panama is still far from completing its orchid flora inventories, where large genera such as Lepanthes (Pleurothallidinae) reveal novelties regularly. Here, we describe and illustrate two new species of Lepanthes. Lepanthes ... -
Lepanthes elusiva – a New Species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Tapantí Area in Cartago, Costa Rica and a Glance to Other Species of the Genus in a Small Area Around the Río Grande de Orosi in Costa Rica
(2019)With about more than 120 species, Lepanthes is one of the most species-rich orchid groups represented in Costa Rica. Here, we describe and illustrate a new species from the Tapantí National Park, a megadiverse area in ... -
Lepanthes Sw. [with three new species from Costa Rica]
(2022-02)The genus Lepanthes in Costa Rica is presented and discussed. Three new species (Lepanthes sol Pupulin, L. victoria Pupulin & Bogarín, and L. marta-herraae Bogarín & Pupulin) are described and illustrated. -
Letters to the Editor. Rebuttal to Sauleda
(2019)In the Orchids issue for May of this year, Rubén Sauleda and Claudia Elena Gutiérrez commented on a few points of a book review I wrote for the second volume of Orchids, a Colombian Treasure, by Pedro Ortiz Valdivieso ... -
Licaria caribaea (Lauraceae): A New Species from the Caribbean Lowlands of Costa Rica
(1999)Una Licaria (Lauraceae) de las tierras bajas del Caribe costarricense se describe y se ilustra en este artículo. -
Life cycle and in vitro sporulation dynamics of Corinectria constricta, the causal agent of Pinus radiata stem canker, in Chile
(2020-04-07)In 2008, a canker disease caused by the fungus Corinectria constricta was detected in southern Chile. The causal agent was previously identified as Neonectria fuckeliana (now Corinectria fuckeliana), which has been associated ...