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Tropical forests harbor much of Earth’s biodiversity, with the ground to emergent canopy forming dynamic three-dimensional habitats. Arboreal and semi-arboreal species navigate the vertically heterogeneous environment, in temperature, light, predation ...
Arata Honda +7 more
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La investigación es sin duda uno de los procesos más gratificantes para todo estudiante, pero también es uno de los más difíciles. De hecho, el investigar es una posibilidad de estudiar, comprender y generar ideas que eventualmente puedan resolver un ...
Jonnathan Salas Alvarado
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Phylogeny and updated infrageneric classification of Asemeia (Polygalaceae)
Abstract The family Polygalaceae comprises approximately 1200 species in 30 genera worldwide. Among the four tribes within the family, tribe Polygaleae is characterized by unique flower structures resembling those of Leguminosae‐Papilionoideae. Asemeia is a genus within tribe Polygaleae, consisting of 36 species and 1 variety distributed throughout the
Michelle Mota +4 more
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En los periodos de marzo de 2012 a marzo de 2013, y de setiembre del 2013 a agosto del 2014, se determinó la biodiversidad y abundancia de tintínidos y su relación con variables ambientales, en dos áreas marinas de pesca responsable (AMPR) (Puerto ...
Andrea García-Rojas +2 more
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Crustaceans in Phragmatopoma sp. (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) intertidal reefs, Pacific, Costa Rica
Introduction: Annelid polychaete worms of the family Sabellariidae build reefs by cementing together sand grains. These reefs increase local habitat heterogeneity and species diversity.
José A. Vargas +2 more
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The Port of Puntarenas and its Hinterland in Costa Rica
The Republic Costa Rica in Central America faces both the Carribean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The Port of Puntarenas (Puerto de Puntarenas) is located at the central part of the Gulf of Nicoya (Golfo de Nicoya) in the Pacific Ocean, and is the closest to Meseta Central which is the most developed urban, industrial and agricultural area in Costa Rica ...
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Trichomyia puntarenas Araujo & Bravo, sp. nov.
Trichomyia puntarenas Araújo & Bravo sp. nov. (Figs. 6A–F) Diagnosis. Gonostylus slightly bifurcate apically, sclerotized; m-cu present; two pairs of curved apically truncate projections in the aedeagal complex; ejaculatory apodeme the same length as gonostylus. Description. Male. Head subcircular in frontal view.
Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy
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Why Pediatric Drowning Must Be a Global Health Priority: A Call to Action
ABSTRACT Pediatric drowning is a leading yet underrecognized cause of child mortality worldwide, disproportionately affecting children in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). While events in high‐income settings often reflect isolated lapses in supervision or safety barriers, in LMICs drowning is driven by structural inequities, including ...
Carlee Lenehan +4 more
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Tourist routes in Puntarenas: an opportunity for the inclusion of women
This article contemplates a strengthening of Natalia Mairena's thesis proposal, Jale al Puerto, by including natural, cultural and social inputs that were not considered in the first instance. Thus, such strengthening bets on the inclusion of women in the project, since at the country level the Cultural Information System of Costa Rica (2014 ...
Elizondo Ezpinoza, Valerie +3 more
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Hummingbird pollination is a hallmark of American plant diversity and has long been thought to evolve in tropical mountains due to declining bee activity. Using sister species of Costus specialized on bees (C. kuntzei) and hummingbirds (C. wilsonii), we show that this shift is not driven by reduced bee visitation with elevation, but by greater ...
Pedro Juárez +7 more
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