Pests for Dinner: Dietary Composition of Insectivorous Bats in a Fragmented Tropical Dry Forest
Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Insectivorous bats are key predators of a wide array of arthropods, including species that act as disease vectors and pests, yet such ecological roles remain poorly studied in tropical regions. In this study, we aimed to describe the diet of five insectivorous bat species from the genera Balantiopteryx, Myotis, Mormoops, and Pteronotus inhabiting a ...
Mónica Izquierdo‐Suzán +4 more
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Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Tent‐roosting bats in the Lacandon Forest, Mexico, play a previously undocumented role in dispersing large seeds (> 5 mm) from mature forest species with important ecological and human uses. Sampling 21 feeding tents across two protected areas yielded 2137 seeds from 54 species, with seed deposition rates significantly higher under bat tents than in ...
Francisco Perera Rieder +2 more
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Valoración económica de bosques: avances en la investigación y desafíos futuros
Revista Cubana de Ciencias ForestalesLa protección de los bosques se ha convertido en centro de atención para los científicos y académicos dado su potencial para combatir el cambio climático y por albergar la rica biodiversidad que viven en ellos. Gobiernos y organismos ambientales se están
Rolando Eslava-Zapata +2 more
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Subdermal contraceptive implant migration to the pulmonary vasculature: A case report. [PDF]
Case Rep Womens HealthAguilera AT +7 more
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Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.We compared the abundance and characteristics of trees in replicated plots across a rural to urban gradient in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Trees in urban parks, fencerows, and national parks provide complementary benefits and have distinct compositions.
Jennifer S. Powers +12 more
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Unraveling the Phenology of the Liana Marcgravia longifolia: Temporal Patterns and Climatic Cues
Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.We monitored the reproductive phenology of the Amazonian liana Marcgravia longifolia J. F. Macbr (Marcgraviaceae) for 84 consecutive months in the Peruvian Amazon to quantify the timing, synchrony, and seasonality of flowering and ripe fruiting. Flower presence peaked in August with intermediate synchrony, while ripe fruit presence peaked in November ...
Alessandro Mainardi +5 more
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Genomic Insights Into Host Shifts Between Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium simium in Latin America
Evolutionary Applications, Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Malaria in Latin America is largely caused by Plasmodium vivax, but the closely related monkey parasite Plasmodium simium has recently been observed in humans, thus raising new public health concerns. By screening 719 monkey samples from five Latin America countries, we identified 23 Plasmodium‐positives.
Margaux J. M. Lefebvre +16 more
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A new spiny frog of the genus <i>Pristimantis</i> (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. [PDF]
ZookeysReyes-Puig JP +6 more
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Profitability of Chemically Cross-Linked Collagen Scaffold Production Using Bovine Pericardium: Revaluing Waste from the Meat Industry for Biomedical Applications. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2023 Cruz Bosques JA +4 more
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