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Landscape effects on insect pests of Dracaena marginata and their associated natural enemies in Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2012)
This study examined how the landscape in which D. marginata is embedded affected the abundance and distribution of these three insect pest groups and their associated natural enemies. In order to evaluate the effect of the ...
Forest ecosystem responses to edge effects and secondary forest development in northeastern Costa Rica: implications for conservation
(University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (EUA), Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2007)
Forest structure was examined at 20+ year old forest-pasture edges to assess edge effects. Stem density was significantly higher at forest edges than interiors due to an increase in small diameter trees close to edges. ...
Tropical bird assemblages in coffee agroforestry systems: exploring the relationships between landscape context, structural complexity and bird communities in the Turrialba - Jiménez Biological Corridor, Costa Rica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2005)
El objetivo de este estudio fue el de explorar las relaciones que existen entre el contexto paisajístico (cobertura de bosque aledaño), la complejidad estructural y las comunidades de aves presentes dentro de estos sistemas ...
The Neguev revisited: a study of the agricultural changes between 1987 and 1996 in the Neguev settlement, Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Atlantic Zone Programme Agricultural University Wageningen, Wageningen (Países Bajos) Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, San José (Costa Rica), 1997)
The main focus of REPOSA is "development of an interdisciplinary methodology for the analysis and evaluation of ecologically and economically sustainable land use" (Jansen et al., 1996:1). The research is based on a ...
Payments for environmental services in Costa Rica: conservation and production decisions within the San Juan - La Selva Biological Corridor
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica) University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (EUA), 2007)
This dissertation develops a model linking social and ecological theories to explain this interaction. This model is applied to Costa Rica’s program of payments for environmental service (PES) as a case example. The model ...
The effects of local and landscape context on leafhopper (Hemiptera: cicadellinae) communities in coffeee agroforestry system of Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica)
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (EUA), 2008-05)
This study examined the effects of local (shade composition, organic or conventional management, and weed management) and landscape (surrounding land uses) context on sharpshooter communities in coffee agroforestry systeMON ...
The effects of national parks on local communities' wages and employment in Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2009)
Mediante encuestas de hogares con alta desagregación espacial,este estudio explora como los parques nacionales han afectado los salarios y el empleo en Costa Rica para el período 2000-2007.Se muestran las condiciones bajo ...
Soil biogeochemical patterns in the Talamanca foothills, Costa Rica: local soil knowledge and implications for agroecosystems
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica) |
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (EUA), 2008)
Los objetivos de esta investigación están resumidos en cuatro puntos: 1) Entender como los agricultores indígenas Cabécares en sus tres comunidades expresan sus conocimientos locales de suelos mediante la ubicación de sus ...
The political economy of private transport regulation in Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2010)
Esta tesis caracteriza la economía política de la regulación del sector transporte costarricense mediante el análisis de un conjunto de cinco políticas: una revisión técnica vehicular, impuestos de importación de vehículos, ...
Applying the SES framework to coral reef restoration projects on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2022)
The present paper applies the Social-Ecological Systems Framework to identify social and ecological factors contributing to the success of three coral reef restoration projects in Costa Rica. Data was gathered from 50 ...