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Dung Beetle Assemblages Attracted to Cow and Horse Dung: The Importance of Mouthpart Traits, Body Size, and Nesting Behavior in the Community Assembly Process
(MDPI, Basel (Switzerland), 2021-08)
Dung beetles use excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. Although they use a range of dung types, there have been several reports of dung beetles showing a preference for certain feces. However, exactly what ...
The action of methyl methanesulfonate on Triticale hexaploid
(IICA, San José (Costa Rica), 1987-01)
Se analizaron los efectos del MMS sobre semillas de Triticale hexaploide cv. Bacum evaluando diversos caracteres en la generación M1. Basados en pruebas de laboratorio la DL5n se calculó en 0.39 porciento p/v 1 horas a 20 ...
Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2021-09)
In Latin America, the cultivation of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) plays a critical role in rural livelihoods, biodiversity
conservation, and sustainable development. Over the last 20 years, coffee farms and landscapes ...
Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low Lying Islands, Coasts and Communities
(The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2019-06-14)
The isabela fire: galapagos islands
(IICA, San José (Costa Rica), 1987-01)
Entre los meses de marzo y mayo de 1985 varios incendios ocurrieron en la lsla Isabela, la mayor de las islas del Archipiélago de las Galápagos. El primero de estos incendios comenzó en una zona agrícola el 28 de febrero ...
Dimensions of social and political capital in interventions to improve household wellbeing: Implications for coffee-growing areas in southern Colombia
(2021)
This paper studies the influence of community capitals on well-being through a Community Capital Index (CCI) within coffee-growing families in southern Colombia. Our results show different farm typologies, with different ...
Old-growth neotropical forests are shifting in species and trait composition
(2016)
Tropical forests have long been thought to be in stable state, but recent insights indicate that global change is leading to shifts in forest dynamics and species composition. These shifts may be driven by environmental ...
Searching for manatees in the dark waters of a transboundary river between Mexico and Belize: a predictive distribution model
(Springer, Nueva York (Estados Unidos), 2020-11-05)
Antillean manatees in the Hondo River have been recorded from aerial and aquatic surveys, and interviews. However, these studies have been conducted only in the lower riverbed, leaving a gap of information about their ...
Distribution of p-coumaroylquinic acids in commercial Coffea spp. of different geographical origin and in other wild coffee species
(ELSEVIER, 2019)
Quantitative analyses of mono-p-coumaroylquinic acids (pCoQAs) and total chlorogenic acids (CGAs) in green
coffee commercial lots of C. arabica, C. canephora and C. liberica from different geographical origins and eight
wild ...
Pollination biology of Theobroma and Herrania (Sterculiaceae). IV. Major volatile constituents of steam-distilled floral oils as field attractants to cacao-associated midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae and Ceratopogonidae) in Costa Rica
(IICA, San José (Costa Rica), 1989-10)
En la Finca Experimental La Lola, cerca de Siquirres en la provincia de Limón, Costa Rica, se hicieron pruebas con dos constituyentes volátiles de aceites florales de dos miembros de la familia Sterculiaceae del género ...