The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an important gene complex contributing to adaptive immunity. Studies of platyrrhine MHC have focused on identifying experimental models of immune system function in the equivalent ...

Order Chiroptera , Suborder Michrochiroptera, Family Vespertilionidae, Subfamily Nyctophilinae, Genus Baureus. The genus Baureus includes one extant species, B. dubiaquercus. Bauercus was described as a subgenus of Antrozous ...

With one exception, every pristine tropical forest more than a few metres in height has understory vegetation that contains numerous vascular plant species that grow and reproduce there, but never become canopy members. ...

Con gran placer presentamos la versión en español del “Manual de Capacitación para la Investigación de Campo y la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre” de Alan Rabinowitz. Este libro ha sido seminal en la preparación y ...

Although diverse and abundant, the phylum Bryozoa has been the subject of few studies in Costa Rica. Nearly 50 years have passed since Banta and Carson identified, described, and published twenty-four bryozoan species, ...

The hatching success of nests deposited by olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea during aggregated nesting events (‘arribada’) is typically low and the underlying mechanisms are not clear. In this study, temperature, ...

Nest success among olive ridley turtles nesting in arribadas in Costa Rica is extremely low, ranging from 4-8%. OneofTEe presumed causes of egg loss is fungal and bacterial infection in the beach. We undertook an extensive ...

Although no morphological traits appear to distinguish among the three, congruent nuclear and mitochondrial lineage patterns show that “Urbanus belli” in ACG is a complex of three sympatric species. A single strain of ...