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  • Pacific nurse sharks Ginglymostoma unami exhibit yearly patterns of site fidelity to a tropical embayment subjected to seasonal upwelling 
    Madrigal-Mora, S; Lowe, CG; Clark, C; Espinoza, M (Inter-Research Science Center, 2024-12-05)
    Seasonal upwelling in tropical coastal regions can create dynamic oceanographic conditions similar to temperate systems, which are known to influence the distribution and move- ment of marine species. Mobile marine species ...
  • Fluid-mineral dynamics at the Rincón de la Vieja volcano—hydrothermal system (Costa Rica) inferred by the study of major, minor and rare earth elements in the hyperacid crater lake 
    Pappaterra, Sabrina; Inguaggiato, Claudio; Rouwet, Dmitri; Levresse, Gilles; Peiffer, Loic; Apollaro, Carmine; Mora-Amador, Raúl; Ramírez-Umaña, Carlos; González, Gino; Schiavo, Benedetto; Kretzschmar, Thomas Gunter; Brusca, Lorenzo (Frontiers Media SA, 2023-10-03)
    Volcanic lakes are complex natural systems and their chemical composition is related to a myriad of processes. The chemical composition of major, minor, Rare Earth Elements (REE) and physico-chemical parameters at the ...
  • Presencia de orquídeas y relación con sus forófitos en el bosque seco del Parque Nacional Guanacaste 
    Sánchez-Toruño, Henry; Barquero-Elizondo, Ana Isabel; Rodríguez-Quirós, Leonardo; Méndez-Mejías, Luis Diego; Montero-Flores, William; Mesén-Montano, Isaac; Hernández-Sánchez, Gustavo (Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica, 2024-01-29)
    Orchidaceae is one of the most numerous families in the world contributing to tropical forests diversity. In this study, we assessed two permanent sampling plots (PSP), in which five 20 x 20 m subplots were chosen: the ...
  • Predation of Rhinophrynus dorsalis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Anura: Rhinophrynidae) by Leptodeira rhombifera (Günther, 1872) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), in Guanacaste, Costa Rica 
    Céspedes, Jeyson; Astorga, Juan De Dios; Sánchez, Josué; Obando, Juan (2018-11)
    On 17 May 2018 (at 8:33PM), we did a nocturnal walk in Guanacaste National Park, Pocosol sector, Costa Rica, (10.89047°N, -85.59814°W, WGS 84, 200 m a.s.l.). Next to a small, dry stream with high soil moisture located ...
  • New records of jaguar (Panthera onca) in Península Papagayo, Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica 
    Araya-Gamboa, Daniela; Pomareda-García, Esther; Arroyo-Arce, Stephanny; Espinoza-Muñoz, Deiver; Araya-Jiménez, Yosette; Thomson, Ian; Chavez-Ramos, Mónica; Salom-Pérez, Roberto; Corrales-Gutiérrez, Daniel; Fonseca, Luis G. (Asociacion Mexicana de Mastozoologia, 2024-06-19)
    While jaguars (Panthera onca) are known to inhabit Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica, there are sectors within the conservation area where the species has not been confirmed. Therefore, herein we document the first ...
  • Predation on a Velvet Worm, Epiperipatus sp. (Onycophora: Peripatidae), by a Striped Glasstail, Urotheca guentheri (Squamata: Dipsadidae), in Costa Rica 
    Méndez Fallas, Julio; Solórzano, Alejandro (The University of Kansas, 2024-08-21)
  • A first species-wide phylogenetic analysis of small mammals from Costa Rica using mitochondrial cytochrome b 
    Gómez-Lépiz, Alexander; Sampaio, Sara; Hughes, Jonathan J.; Valdés, Sara María Cáceres; Alves, Paulo Célio; Paupério, Joana; Searle, Jeremy B. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024-07)
    Costa Rica is within the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot and has about 53 native species of small mammals. This high diversity, along with recent records of new species and indications of cryptic genetic diversity, suggest ...
  • El INBio: su labor innovadora en el conocimiento y el uso sostenible de la biodiversidad en Costa Rica 
    Gámez, Rodrigo; Obando, Vilma; Zamora, Natalia (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, 2024-05-31)
    El Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad de Costa Rica (INBio), la primera institución en su género en el mundo, fue creado en 1989 como una organización de la sociedad civil, con la misión expresa de promover una mayor ...
  • Bactris guineensis, an underutilized Costa Rican palm fruit: juice processing and its nutritional profile 
    Cortés-Herrera, Carolina; Pérez, Ana M.; Vaillant, Fabrice (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2024-12-06)
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  • Costa Rica's Area de Conservación Guanacaste: A long march to survival through non-damaging biodevelopment 
    Janzen, Daniel H. (Informa UK Limited, 2000-05)
    A large conserved wildland that is developed for its biodiversity and ecosystem services in a non- damaging way is an anthroecosystem. For that matter, so is a large city with its agroscape and trade links. If a large wildland ...
  • Diet and the evolution of ADH7 across seven orders of mammals 
    Pinto, Swellan L.; Janiak, Mareike C.; Dutyschaever, Gwen; Barros, Marília A. S.; Chavarria, Adrian Guadamuz; Martin, Maria Pia; Tuh, Fred Y. Y.; Valverde, Carmen Soto; Sims, Lisa M.; Barclay, Robert M. R.; Wells, Konstans; Dominy, Nathaniel J.; Pessoa, Daniel M. A.; Carrigan, Matthew A.; Melin, Amanda D. (The Royal Society, 2023-07)
    Dietary variation within and across species drives the eco-evolutionary responsiveness of genes necessary to metabolize nutrients and other components. Recent evidence from humans and other mammals suggests that sugar-rich ...
  • Uso de un escáner láser terrestre (TLS) para la caracterización estructural de bosque seco tropical y plantaciones forestales en Costa Rica 
    Jiménez-Méndez, Orlando; Guevara-Bonilla, Mario; Soto-Montoya, Casia; Quesada-Monge, Ruperto (Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica, 2024-01-29)
    Forests monitoring is an essential task for the understanding and management of forest stands, however, the collection of the necessary information to carry out this task is costly and time-consuming. Given the forestry ...
  • Factors influencing terrestriality in primates of the Americas and Madagascar 
    Eppley, Timothy M.; Hoeks, Selwyn; Chapman, Colin A.; Ganzhorn, Jörg U.; Hall, Katie; Owen, Megan A.; Adams, Dara B.; Allgas, Néstor; Amato, Katherine R.; Andriamahaihavana, McAntonin; Aristizabal, John F.; Baden, Andrea L.; Balestri, Michela; Barnett, Adrian A.; Bicca-Marques, Júlio César; Bowler, Mark; Boyle, Sarah A.; Brown, Meredith; Caillaud, Damien; Calegaro-Marques, Cláudia; Campbell, Christina J.; Campera, Marco; Campos, Fernando A.; Cardoso, Tatiane S.; Carretero-Pinzón, Xyomara; Champion, Jane; Chaves, Óscar M.; Chen-Kraus, Chloe; Colquhoun, Ian C.; Dean, Brittany; Dubrueil, Colin; Ellis, Kelsey M.; Erhart, Elizabeth M.; Evans, Kayley J. E.; Fedigan, Linda M.; Felton, Annika M.; Ferreira, Renata G.; Fichtel, Claudia; Fonseca, Manuel L.; Fontes, Isadora P.; Fortes, Vanessa B.; Fumian, Ivanyr; Gibson, Dean; Guzzo, Guilherme B.; Hartwell, Kayla S.; Heymann, Eckhard W.; Hilário, Renato R.; Holmes, Sheila M.; Irwin, Mitchell T.; Johnson, Steig E.; Kappeler, Peter M.; Kelley, Elizabeth A.; King, Tony; Knogge, Christoph; Koch, Flávia; Kowalewski, Martin M.; Lange, Liselot R.; Lauterbur, M. Elise; Louis, Edward E.; Lutz, Meredith C.; Martínez, Jesús; Melin, Amanda D.; de Melo, Fabiano R.; Mihaminekena, Tsimisento H.; Mogilewsky, Monica S.; Moreira, Leandro S.; Moura, Letícia A.; Muhle, Carina B.; Nagy-Reis, Mariana B.; Norconk, Marilyn A.; Notman, Hugh; O’Mara, M. Teague; Ostner, Julia; Patel, Erik R.; Pavelka, Mary S. M.; Pinacho-Guendulain, Braulio; Porter, Leila M.; Pozo-Montuy, Gilberto; Raboy, Becky E.; Rahalinarivo, Vololonirina; Raharinoro, Njaratiana A.; Rakotomalala, Zafimahery; Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel; Rasamisoa, Delaïd C.; Ratsimbazafy, Jonah; Ravaloharimanitra, Maholy; Razafindramanana, Josia; Razanaparany, Tojotanjona P.; Righini, Nicoletta; Robson, Nicola M.; Gonçalves, Jonas da Rosa; Sanamo, Justin; Santacruz, Nicole; Sato, Hiroki; Sauther, Michelle L.; Scarry, Clara J.; Serio-Silva, Juan Carlos; Shanee, Sam; Lins, Poliana G. A. de Souza; Smith, Andrew C.; Smith Aguilar, Sandra E.; Souza-Alves, João Pedro; Stavis, Vanessa Katherinne; Steffens, Kim J. E.; Stone, Anita I.; Strier, Karen B.; Suarez, Scott A.; Talebi, Maurício; Tecot, Stacey R.; Tujague, M. Paula; Valenta, Kim; Van Belle, Sarie; Vasey, Natalie; Wallace, Robert B.; Welch, Gilroy; Wright, Patricia C.; Donati, Giuseppe; Santini, Luca (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022-10-18)
    Among mammals, the order Primates is exceptional in having a high taxonomic richness in which the taxa are arboreal, semiterrestrial, or terrestrial. Although habitual terrestriality is pervasive among the apes and African ...
  • Recently Integrated Alu Elements in Capuchin Monkeys: A Resource for Cebus/Sapajus Genomics 
    Storer, Jessica M.; Walker, Jerilyn A.; Rockwell, Catherine E.; Mores, Grayce; Beckstrom, Thomas O.; Orkin, Joseph D.; Melin, Amanda D.; Phillips, Kimberley A.; Roos, Christian; Batzer, Mark A. (MDPI AG, 2022-03-24)
    apuchins are platyrrhines (monkeys found in the Americas) within the Cebidae family. For most of their taxonomic history, the two main morphological types of capuchins, gracile (untufted) and robust (tufted), were assigned ...
  • Two hundred and five newly assembled mitogenomes provide mixed evidence for rivers as drivers of speciation for Amazonian primates 
    Janiak, Mareike C.; Silva, Felipe E.; Beck, Robin M. D.; de Vries, Dorien; Kuderna, Lukas F. K.; Torosin, Nicole S.; Melin, Amanda D.; Marquès‐Bonet, Tomàs; Goodhead, Ian B.; Messias, Mariluce; da Silva, Maria N. F.; Sampaio, Iracilda; Farias, Izeni P.; Rossi, Rogerio; de Melo, Fabiano R.; Valsecchi, João; Hrbek, Tomas; Boubli, Jean P. (Wiley, 2022-07)
    Mitochondrial DNA remains a cornerstone for molecular ecology, especially for study species from which high- quality tissue samples cannot be easily obtained. Methods using mitochondrial markers are usually reliant on ...
  • A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species 
    Kuderna, Lukas F. K.; Gao, Hong; Janiak, Mareike C.; Kuhlwilm, Martin; Orkin, Joseph D.; Bataillon, Thomas; Manu, Shivakumara; Valenzuela, Alejandro; Bergman, Juraj; Rousselle, Marjolaine; Silva, Felipe Ennes; Agueda, Lidia; Blanc, Julie; Gut, Marta; de Vries, Dorien; Goodhead, Ian; Harris, R. Alan; Raveendran, Muthuswamy; Jensen, Axel; Chuma, Idrissa S.; Horvath, Julie E.; Hvilsom, Christina; Juan, David; Frandsen, Peter; Schraiber, Joshua G.; de Melo, Fabiano R.; Bertuol, Fabrício; Byrne, Hazel; Sampaio, Iracilda; Farias, Izeni; Valsecchi, João; Messias, Malu; da Silva, Maria N. F.; Trivedi, Mihir; Rossi, Rogerio; Hrbek, Tomas; Andriaholinirina, Nicole; Rabarivola, Clément J.; Zaramody, Alphonse; Jolly, Clifford J.; Phillips-Conroy, Jane; Wilkerson, Gregory; Abee, Christian; Simmons, Joe H.; Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo; Kanthaswamy, Sree; Shiferaw, Fekadu; Wu, Dongdong; Zhou, Long; Shao, Yong; Zhang, Guojie; Keyyu, Julius D.; Knauff, Sascha; Le, Minh D.; Lizano, Esther; Merker, Stefan; Navarro, Arcadi; Nadler, Tilo; Khor, Chiea Chuen; Lee, Jessica; Tan, Patrick; Lim, Weng Khong; Kitchener, Andrew C.; Zinner, Dietmar; Gut, Ivo; Melin, Amanda D.; Guschanski, Katerina; Schierup, Mikkel Heide; Beck, Rob M. D.; Umapathy, Govindhaswamy; Roos, Christian; Boubli, Jean P.; Rogers, Jeffrey; Farh, Kyle Kai-How; Bonet, Toma Marques Bonet (2023-06)
    The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental biological processes. Analysis of that diversity ...
  • Assessing morphological preservation of gastrointestinal parasites from fecal samples of wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator) stored in ethanol versus formalin 
    Hass, Joelle K.; Henriquez, Megan C.; Churcher, Jessica; Hamou, Hadjira; Morales, Suheidy Romero; Melin, Amanda D. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024-02-13)
    The copromicroscopic identification of gastrointestinal parasites is a common, cost-effective method vital to understanding host-parasite interactions. However, its efficacy depends on effective preservation of the samples. ...
  • The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates 
    Gao, Hong; Hamp, Tobias; Ede, Jeffrey; Schraiber, Joshua G.; McRae, Jeremy; Singer-Berk, Moriel; Yang, Yanshen; Dietrich, Anastasia S. D.; Fiziev, Petko P.; Kuderna, Lukas F. K.; Sundaram, Laksshman; Wu, Yibing; Adhikari, Aashish; Field, Yair; Chen, Chen; Batzoglou, Serafim; Aguet, Francois; Lemire, Gabrielle; Reimers, Rebecca; Balick, Daniel; Janiak, Mareike C.; Kuhlwilm, Martin; Orkin, Joseph D.; Manu, Shivakumara; Valenzuela, Alejandro; Bergman, Juraj; Rousselle, Marjolaine; Silva, Felipe Ennes; Agueda, Lidia; Blanc, Julie; Gut, Marta; de Vries, Dorien; Goodhead, Ian; Harris, R. Alan; Raveendran, Muthuswamy; Jensen, Axel; Chuma, Idriss S.; Horvath, Julie E.; Hvilsom, Christina; Juan, David; Frandsen, Peter; de Melo, Fabiano R.; Bertuol, Fabrício; Byrne, Hazel; Sampaio, Iracilda; Farias, Izeni; do Amaral, João Valsecchi; Messias, Mariluce; da Silva, Maria N. F.; Trivedi, Mihir; Rossi, Rogerio; Hrbek, Tomas; Andriaholinirina, Nicole; Rabarivola, Clément J.; Zaramody, Alphonse; Jolly, Clifford J.; Phillips-Conroy, Jane; Wilkerson, Gregory; Abee, Christian; Simmons, Joe H.; Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo; Kanthaswamy, Sree; Shiferaw, Fekadu; Wu, Dongdong; Zhou, Long; Shao, Yong; Zhang, Guojie; Keyyu, Julius D.; Knauf, Sascha; Le, Minh D.; Lizano, Esther; Merker, Stefan; Navarro, Arcadi; Bataillon, Thomas; Nadler, Tilo; Khor, Chiea Chuen; Lee, Jessica; Tan, Patrick; Lim, Weng Khong; Kitchener, Andrew C.; Zinner, Dietmar; Gut, Ivo; Melin, Amanda; Guschanski, Katerina; Schierup, Mikkel Heide; Beck, Robin M. D.; Umapathy, Govindhaswamy; Roos, Christian; Boubli, Jean P.; Lek, Monkol; Sunyaev, Shamil; O’Donnell-Luria, Anne; Rehm, Heidi L.; Xu, Jinbo; Rogers, Jeffrey; Marques-Bonet, Tomas; Farh, Kyle Kai-How (American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2023-06-02)
    Personalized genome sequencing has revealed millions of genetic differences between individuals, but our understanding of their clinical relevance remains largely incomplete. To systematically decipher the effects of human ...
  • The sensory ecology of primate food perception, revisited 
    Veilleux, Carrie C.; Dominy, Nathaniel J.; Melin, Amanda D. (Wiley, 2022-12)
    Twenty years ago, Dominy and colleagues published “The sensory ecology of primate food perception, ” an impactful review that brought new perspectives to understanding primate foraging adaptations. Their review synthesized ...
  • Aeroscapes and the Sensory Ecology of Olfaction in a Tropical Dry Forest 
    DePasquale, Allegra; Hogan, Jeremy D.; Guadamuz Araya, Christopher; Dominy, Nathaniel J.; Melin, Amanda D. (Frontiers Media SA, 2022-04-29)
    Aeroscapes—dynamic patterns of air speed and direction—form a critical component of landscape ecology by shaping numerous animal behaviors, including movement, foraging, and social and/or reproductive interactions. Aeroecology ...

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