Browsing by Subject "Costa Rica"
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A coprological survey of parasites of wild mantled howling monkeys, Alouatta palliata palliata.
(J Wildl Dis, 1990-10)Fecal samples from 155 mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata) examined at Centro Ecologico La Pacifica, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, revealed 75 (48%) had parasitic infections. A sampling of nine howling ... -
Assessing Community Based Water Organization Performance in Central America
(2017-06-26)What are the effects of household, community, technical, and environmental variables on the performance and resilience of CWOs in dry regions? Since 2014, drought has severely affected Central American economic and health ... -
Costa Rica's payment for environmental services program: intention, implementation, and impact.
(Conserv Biol, 2007-10)We evaluated the intention, implementation, and impact of Costa Rica's program of payments for environmental services (PSA), which was established in the late 1990s. Payments are given to private landowners who own land ... -
Deconstruction of Faith: A Pastoral Approach for Latin American Pentecostal Churches
(2023)There is a growing number of people going through deconstructive faith experiences in Latin American Pentecostal churches. Factors like globalization, individualism, high educational rates, the post-colonial experience of ... -
Dental microwear in live, wild-trapped Alouatta palliata from Costa Rica.
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 1991-07)One problem with dental microwear analyses of museum material is that investigators can never be sure of the diets of the animals in question. An obvious solution to this problem is to work with live animals. Recent work ... -
Dental topography and molar wear in Alouatta palliata from Costa Rica.
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 2004-10)Paleoprimatologists depend on relationships between form and function of teeth to reconstruct the diets of fossil species. Most of this work has been limited to studies of unworn teeth. A new approach, dental topographic ... -
Differential introgression of a female competitive trait in a hybrid zone between sex-role reversed species.
(Evolution; international journal of organic evolution, 2019-02)Mating behavior between recently diverged species in secondary contact can impede or promote reproductive isolation. Traditionally, researchers focus on the importance of female mate choice and male-male competition ... -
Dust accumulation in the canopy: a potential cause of dental microwear in primates.
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 1995-06)Dental microwear researchers consider exogenous grit or dust to be an important cause of microscopic wear on primate teeth. No study to date has examined the accumulation of such abrasives on foods eaten by primates in the ... -
Ecological Assessment of the Flamingo Mangroves, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
(2011-04-29)Mangroves are tropical and subtropical ecosystems found in intertidal zones that provide vital ecosystem services including sustenance of commercially important fishery species, improvement of coastal water quality through ... -
Evaluating interactions of forest conservation policies on avoided deforestation.
(PLoS One, 2015)We estimate the effects on deforestation that have resulted from policy interactions between parks and payments and between park buffers and payments in Costa Rica between 2000 and 2005. We show that the characteristics ... -
Exploring the interactions of wildlife and rural communities in Carara National Park, Costa Rica
(2010-12-09)Park officials at Carara National Park, Costa Rica, face considerable challenges. They believe poaching has become a significant threat to the park’s biodiversity and that their enforcement measures, largely due to limited ... -
Field methods for capture and measurement of three monkey species in Costa Rica.
(Folia Primatol (Basel), 1991)A total of 54 free-ranging monkeys were captured and marked in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, during May 1985, and an additional 17 were captured during March 1986. The animals were darted using a blowpipe or a CO2 ... -
"It's <italic>so</italic> <italic>Pura</italic> <italic>Vida</italic>": The Tourism Global Value Chain and Ethnoracial Stratification in Costa Rica
(2011)Over the last thirty years successful national economic development is considered participation in global industries, particularly in global value chains. Frequently, however, inclusion in these chains brings forth varied ... -
Mechanical defenses in leaves eaten by Costa Rican howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata).
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 2006-01)Primate species often eat foods of different physical properties. This may have implications for tooth structure and wear in those species. The purpose of this study was to examine the mechanical defenses of leaves eaten ... -
Mechanical defenses in leaves eaten by Costa Rican howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata).
(Am J Phys AnthropolAm J Phys AnthropolAm J Phys Anthropol, 2006-01)Primate species often eat foods of different physical properties. This may have implications for tooth structure and wear in those species. The purpose of this study was to examine the mechanical defenses of leaves eaten ... -
Natal emigration by both sexes in the La Pacifica population of mantled howlers: when do some stay?
(Am J Primatol, 2008-02)We have reported previously that all male and female mantled howlers emigrate from natal groups at Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica. In the years since that report, a small number of juveniles have stayed in the natal group ... -
Reproduction and population growth in free-ranging mantled howling monkeys.
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 1980-07)Free-ranging mantled howling monkey (Alouatta palliata Gray) females experienced a regular estrus cycle averaging 16.3 days, demonstrated sexual skin changes, and participated in multiple matings before becoming pregnant. ... -
Restoring diversity after cattail expansion: disturbance, resilience, and seasonality in a tropical dry wetland.
(Ecol Appl, 2011-04)As the human footprint expands, ecologists and resource managers are increasingly challenged to explain and manage abrupt ecosystem transformations (i.e., regime shifts). In this study, we investigated the role of a mechanical ... -
Secondary transfer of adult mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata) on Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica: 1975-2009.
(Primates, 2010-07)Natal emigration by male and female mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata), and subsequent immigration into breeding groups, is well documented for the free-ranging population on Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica, but secondary ... -
Testing parallel laser image scaling for remotely measuring body dimensions on mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata).
(Am J Primatol, 2015-08)Body size is a fundamental variable for many studies in primate biology. However, obtaining body dimensions of wild primates through live capture is difficult and costly, so developing an alternative inexpensive and non-invasive ...
