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Description of the nest and eggs of the green thorntail (discosura conversii)
(2016-06-15)The breeding biology of the genus Discosura (Trochilidae) is poorly known. Here, we describe in detail the nest and eggs of the Green Thorntail (D. conversii). We analyze two nests; one was collected with two eggs at Limón ... -
Effect of El Niño and La Niña on abundance of frugivorous and nectarivorous terrestrial birds in three tropical forests
(2019-05-14)El Niño and La Niña climatic oscillations have dramatic effects on population dynamics and community structure of different animals. For marine birds, El Niño phenomenon drastically increases their mortality and reduces ... -
Caracterización molecular y fenotípica de la ataxia con apraxia oculomotora en Costa Rica mediante enfoques moleculares y bioinformáticos
(2022)Las ataxias son un grupo de trastornos clínicamente heterogéneos, que pueden ser heredables o no dependiendo de la etiología. Las manifestaciones clínicas de las ataxias hereditarias son una incoordinación progresiva del ... -
Patogenicidad de tres hongos asociados a la muerte de plantas de fresa (Fragaria ananassa) y descripción ultraestructural del patosistema
(2022-08-03)Introducción. El cultivo de fresa (Fragaria ananassa) es importante en Costa Rica por su alta demanda como fruta fresca y para elaboración de mermeladas. En 2015 empezaron reportes de muerte de plantas, presumiblemen ... -
Telimena (Telimenaceae, Phyllachorales) species on Neotropical host plants: New species, combinations and revision of species on Polygonaceae
(2022-05-25)In this investigation, we propose a new species in Telimena, T. bromeliae sp. nov. growing on bromeliads with a detailed description, illustrations, and molecular characterisation based on material collected in Costa Rica ... -
Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Telimenaceae (Phyllachorales) from Central America
(2020-12-05)Since the circumscription of the genera Phyllachora and Telimena has been emended, several neotropical nongraminicolous species of Phyllachora have been transferred to Telimena, and several species of Telimena have ... -
Systematics, taxonomy, and distribution of Myriogenospora G.F. Atk. (Clavicipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota)
(2019-09-06)Based on new specimens of Myriogenospora spp. from Costa Rica and Panama, we present morphological analyses, systematic conclusions, additions to host ranges, and geographical distribution data for the two species currently ... -
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 ... -
Contribution to the phylogeny and a new species of Coccodiella (Phyllachorales)
(2017-11-04)Coccodiella is a genus of plant-parasitic species in the family Phyllachoraceae (Phyllachorales, Ascomycota), i.e., tropical tar spot fungi. Members of the genus Coccodiella are tropical in distribution and are ... -
Phylogeny of the order Phyllachorales (Ascomycota, Sordariomycetes): among and within order relationships based on five molecular loci
(2017-12)The order Phyllachorales (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) is a group of biotrophic, obligate plant parasitic fungi with a tropical distribution and high host specificity. Traditionally two families are recognised within this ... -
Plant diversity in the diet of Costa Rican primates in contrasting habitats: a meta-analysis
(2023)In human-modified tropical landscapes, the survival of arboreal vertebrates, particularly primates, depends on their plant dietary diversity. Here, we assessed diversity of plants included in the diet of Costa Rican ... -
Híbridos silvestres de patos (Anseriformes: Anatidae) registrados en Costa Rica
(2016-09)Informamos la existencia de tres híbridos silvestres de patos en Costa Rica, basados en observaciones esporádicas en el país. Adicionalmente, proveemos una explicación de cuáles, serían las especies que dieron origen a ... -
Uso de una estructura artificial como granero por parte de Melanerpes formicivorus
(2016-12-31)Los graneros son estructuras naturales o artificiales que utilizan varias especies de aves de las familias Picidae, Corvidae y Paridae para almacenar alimento. El carpintero Melanerpes formicivorus construye y utiliza ... -
Transmission characteristics of solo songs and duets in a neotropical thicket habitat specialist bird
(2015-09-22)The Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis posits that habitat characteristics influence the structure of animal vocalizations and that animals will vocalize and display behaviours optimized for sound transmission. White-eared ... -
Species richness and density of seabirds in Isla del Coco bays, Costa Rica, related to the occurrence of breeding colonies
(2016-10-15)Isla del Coco is one of the five oceanic islands situated on the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and represents an important nesting and roosting site for seabirds. Despite several factors that can potentially impact its ... -
Spathoglottis Blume
(2022)The German-Dutch botanist Karl Ludwig von Blume, at that time deputy director of agriculture at the botanic garden in Bogor (Buitenzorg) in Java (today Indonesia), proposed Spathoglottis in the eighth part of his Bijdragen ... -
Stelis Swartz
(2022)Stelis Sw. is the most diverse genus in the Pleurothallidinae subtribe with over 1240 species recognized today. With 107 species recorded in Costa Rica, Stelis is rivaled in numbers only by Epidendrum L. and Lepanthes ... -
Horichia Jenny
(2022)Rarity, in orchids, is often closer to a perception than to a specific category of frequency, assessed on the basis of documented data. Rare species are frequently only a way to say that they are rarely seen in living ... -
Specklinia Lindl.
(2022)Specklinia is a genus of 106 species in the Pleurothallidinae subtribe. Its members are distributed from Mexico, through Central America and the Antilles, to Bolivia and Brazil, with the highest species and phylogenetic ...
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