Tiny Patch, Big Value: A Small Dry Forest Patch Supports Wildlife Conservation in Guanacaste, Costa Rica [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionTropical dry forests are among the most threatened tropical ecosystems due to ongoing agricultural expansion and development. Despite this, small forest patches persist within fragmented landscapes, though their conservation value remains poorly ...
Trevor L. Proctor +5 more
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Howler monkey Platy-1 and Alu SINEs: a resource for Alouatta genomics [PDF]
Mobile DNARecent discovery of two lineage-specific Platy-1 SINE (Short INterspersed Element) subfamilies, active within the genome of mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) [AloPal_v1], prompted analyses by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to evaluate their ...
Jerilyn A. Walker +5 more
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Co-structure analysis and genetic associations reveal insights into pinworms (Trypanoxyuris) and primates (Alouatta palliata) microevolutionary dynamics [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background In parasitism arm race processes and red queen dynamics between host and parasites reciprocally mold many aspects of their genetics and evolution.
Brenda Solórzano-García +3 more
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Behavioral Flexibility and the Conservation Value of Howler Monkey Populations in Small Habitat Patches. [PDF]
Am J PrimatolStandardized effect sizes of the relationships between predictor and response variables. Natural logarithms are denoted as “ln.” Open circles (blue outline) indicate mostly positive effects; solid circles (red filled) indicate mostly negative effects. ABSTRACT Species occupying small habitat patches and exhibiting behavioral and ecological flexibility ...
Bustamante-Manrique S +2 more
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Clarifying the Cryptic Host Specificity of Blastocystis spp. Isolates from Alouatta palliata and A. pigra Howler Monkeys. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Although the presence of cryptic host specificity has been documented in Blastocystis, differences in infection rates and high genetic polymorphism within and between populations of some subtypes (ST) have impeded the clarification of the generalist or ...
Claudia Villanueva-Garcia +13 more
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Gut microbiota signatures of the three Mexican primate species, including hybrid populations. [PDF]
PLoS ONEDiversity of the gut microbiota has proven to be related with host physiology, health and behavior, influencing host ecology and evolution. Gut microbial community relationships often recapitulate primate phylogeny, suggesting phylosymbiotic associations.
Diego Zubillaga-Martín +5 more
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A demographic history of a population of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) living in a fragmented landscape in Mexico [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Long-term field studies are critical for our understanding of animal life history and the processes driving changes in demography. Here, we present long-term demographic data for the northernmost population of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata ...
Jurgi Cristóbal Azkarate +3 more
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Unveiling the Evolutionary History of cis-Andean Alouatta (Atelidae, Alouattinae) Through Mitochondrial Genomes. [PDF]
Am J PrimatolMitochondrial DNA analysis suggests that founder‐event speciation played a key role in the divergence between cis‐Andean and trans‐Andean clades, as well as in the diversification of cis‐Andean lineages. Ancestral range reconstruction using mitochondrial genomes indicates that the most recent common ancestor of Alouatta had a widespread distribution ...
Povill C +11 more
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The Speaker Method: A Novel Release Method for Offspring Mammals and 5-Year Study on Three Costa Rican Mammals [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Nowadays, wild animals are threatened by humans, with the number of species and individuals decreasing during recent years. Wildlife rescue centers play a vital role in the conservation of wildlife populations.
Encarnación García-Vila +5 more
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Multi‐Species Canopy Latrines in Costa Rican Cloud Forests: A Mammal Interactions Hub in a Single Tree Species [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe documented arboreal, multi‐species mammal latrines in montane cloud forests of Costa Rica by surveying 169 trees across 29 species. Latrines were found exclusively on Ficus tuerckheimii, with 11 occurrences across two mountain ranges and an additional observation in Honduras.
Quirós‐Navarro J +2 more
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