Droplet Digital PCR Provides Highly Sensitive and Accurate Opsin Gene SNP Detection From Wild Primate Fecal Samples [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionEvaluating field‐sourced samples with poor‐quality and low‐quantity DNA, like animal feces, presents significant challenges in the field of molecular biology.
Arthur G. Fernandes +4 more
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Cold water and harmful algal blooms linked to coral reef collapse in the Eastern Tropical Pacific [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background With conventional coral reef conservation methods proving ineffective against intensifying climate change, efforts have focussed on augmenting coral tolerance to warmer water—the primary driver of coral declines.
Caroline Palmer +7 more
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Three new species of Trigonospila Pokorny (Diptera: Tachinidae), from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with a key for their identification [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2015 We describe three new species of Trigonospila Pokorny (Tachinidae: Blondeliini) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. All were reared from various species of ACG caterpillars during an ongoing inventory of caterpillars ...
AJ Fleming +4 more
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Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2014 Pseudapanteles is a moderately diverse genus of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), endemic to the New World and with the vast majority of its species (including many undescribed) in the Neotropical region.
Jose Fernandez-Triana +5 more
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Assessing morphological preservation of gastrointestinal parasites from fecal samples of wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator) stored in ethanol versus formalin [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe 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.
Joelle K. Hass +5 more
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Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2015 90 species of Euplectrus are treated: 55 newly described, all from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), and 35 previously described species, of which 20 occur in ACG. Three of the previously described species (E. brasiliensis Ashmead, E. hircinus (Say),
Christer Hansson +3 more
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Urine washing and urinary odour profiles in relation to dominance rank status in wild male capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator) [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceUrine plays an essential role in mammalian olfactory communication, although its potential role in primates has long been overlooked owing to focus on their visual adaptations for communication. Here, we combined behavioural and chemical data to test the
Alice C. Poirier +8 more
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Lytopylus Förster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) species from Costa Rica, with an emphasis on specimens reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2011 Twelve species of Costa Rican Lytopylus are treated; these include all species reared from Lepidoptera caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, over 32 years of caterpillar inventory, as well as two species recorded in the ...
Michael Sharkey +6 more
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A new species of Trismegistomya Reinhard (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2019 AJ Fleming +5 more
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A new genus and new species in the tribe Uramyini (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020 AJ Fleming +5 more
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