Population Declines and Priorities for Amphibian Conservation in Latin America
- B. Young, K. Lips, David Romo
- Environmental Science
- 1 October 2001
Abstract: Although dramatic amphibian population declines have been reported worldwide, our understanding of the extent of the declines in Latin America, where amphibian diversity is high, is limited…
Amphibian and reptile declines over 35 years at La Selva, Costa Rica
- S. Whitfield, K. E. Bell, M. A. Donnelly
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 15 May 2007
A systematic community-wide decline in populations of terrestrial amphibians at La Selva Biological Station, a protected old-growth lowland rainforest in lower Central America, is identified and declines are due to climate-driven reductions in the quantity of standing leaf litter, a critical microhabitat for amphibians and reptiles in this assemblage.
Catastrophic Population Declines and Extinctions in Neotropical Harlequin Frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus) 1
- E. La Marca, K. Lips, B. Young
- Environmental Science
- 1 June 2005
Widespread declines and extinctions in Atelopus may reflect population changes in other Neotropical amphibians that are more difficult to survey, and the loss of this trophic group may have cascading effects on other species in tropical ecosystems.
The amphibian chytrid fungus along an altitudinal transect before the first reported declines in Costa Rica
- R. Puschendorf, F. Bolaños, G. Chaves
- Environmental Science
- 1 September 2006
Distribution models for the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: proposing climatic refuges as a conservation tool
- R. Puschendorf, A. Carnaval, R. Alford
- Environmental Science, Biology
- 1 May 2009
Aim We use novel data on the occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica to model its potential distribution in that country.
Diatoms and Other Epibionts Associated with Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) Sea Turtles from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
- R. Majewska, M. Santoro, F. Bolaños, G. Chaves, M. de Stefano
- Environmental Science, GeographyPLoS ONE
- 17 June 2015
The present study is the first of the epizoic diatom community covering the olive ridley turtle's (Lepidochelys olivacea) carapace and the first describing diatoms living on sea turtles in general, with the primary objective of providing detailed information on turtle epibiotic associations.
Reconsidering Extinction: Rediscovery of Incilius holdridgei (Anura: Bufonidae) in Costa Rica After 25 Years
- Juan G. Abarca, G. Chaves, S. José, A. García‐Rodríguez, R. Vargas
- Biology
- 2010
JUAN ABARC-RODRIGUEZZoology Museum, Department of Biology, University of Costa Rica, Mercedes de Montes de Oca11503, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Salamanders from the eastern Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, with descriptions of five new species (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa, Nototriton, and Oedipina ) and natural history notes from recent…
- E. Boza-Oviedo, S. Rovito, D. Wake
- Biology
- 11 May 2012
Five new species of lungless salamanders from high mountain habitats along the border between Costa Rica and Panama are described and phylogenetic hypotheses for the new taxa (with the exception of the Oedipina) and their rel-atives based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data are presented.
Tamaño, estructura y distribución de una población de Crocodylus acutus (Crocodylia: Crocodilidae) en Costa Rica
Spatial distribution and population size of Crocodylus acutus were estimated during the dry season (January-April) of 1989 and 1990 in the Grande de Tarcoles rivet, SO Co sta Rica. A high den sity (…
Helminths of hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
- M. Santoro, J. Morales, F. Bolaáos, G. Chaves, M. Stefano
- Biology
- 2 February 2015
Parasitological examination of a stranded hawksbill turtle from Pacific coast of Costa Rica revealed the presence of a rich digenean fauna including Carettacola stunkardi (Spirorchiidae) and Cricocephalus albus, Adenogaster serialis, Epi-bathra crassa, Pleurogonius lobatus, P. linearis, and Pyelosomum posterorchis (Pronocephalidae).
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