Fernandez-Triana, Jose L.; Whitfield, James B.; Smith, M. Alex; Kula, Robert R.; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.(2015-07-20)
The genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), Costa Rica, are revised. A total of 28 new species are described: 23 of Snellenius (the first ...
Fernández-Triana, Jose; Boudreault, Caroline; Dapkey, Tanya; Smith, M. Alex; Rodriguez, J.; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.(2016-06-27)
The genus Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste
(ACG), Costa Rica, is revised. A key is provided to all new species as well as those previously
described from ...
The genus Enderleiniella Becker, 1912 is revised. The genus is distinguished on the basis of a somewhat flattened head with the inner vertical setae located anteromedially to the outer vertical setae, three lightly incised ...
Fernandez-Triana, Jose(Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2019-06-28)
The genus Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in North America is revised and seven new species are described: floridakeys, gainesvillensis, huachuca, jaymeae, madreanensis, rondeau and virginianus. ...
SINAC; InBio(Programa Conjunto INBio-SINAC y Programa Regional en Manejo de Vida Silvestre para Mesoamérica y el Caribe, 2003)
Los datos que se presentan a continuación son el resultado de las dos reuniones realizadas. En la primera reunión se establecieron las especies prioritarias en cada orden taxónomico que a criterio de los expertos deberían ...
MICHAEL Crawley set out to put together
a plant ecology text for the undergraduate,
a text that would haul itself out of the
musty bog of old world descriptive and
aggregate plant ecology and into the chaos
of new ...
Robertson, D. Ross; Smith-Vaniz, William F.(American Institute of Biological Sciences, 2008-02)
Coral reefs, one of the most biologically diverse and important ecosystems on Earth, are experiencing unprecedented and increasing ecological decline, yet the fish faunas of such reefs and other tropical shoreline habitats ...
We demonstrated allometric differences in re lative head mass in different
instars of 12 species of Satumiidae and 14 species of Sphingidae. The differences were
related to the different ways in which individuals from ...
Schaper, Stefan; Hernández-Chavarría, Francisco(Revista de Biología Tropical, 2006-09)
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease, whose main biological vector is Aedes aegypti. This mosquito colonizes tropical areas where the disease is endemic. The most obvious action against dengue is attacking its ...
Schaper, Stefan; Hernández-Chavarría, Francisco(Revista de Biologia Tropical, 2006-03-23)
Aedes aegypti is the main insect vector of Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome and represents the only vulnerable element in the control of this disease. Therefore, the identification and ...
It is ironic that about the time (1960-1980) that tropical
field biology is becoming a widespread, respectable and
interesting area of research, greatly increased rates of
destruction of the tropics are rendering it ...
The five species of adult nocturnal dung beetles (Scarabaeinae, Scarabaeidae) that
degrade most horse dung during the rainy season in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa
Rica, were censused with horse dung-baited traps from ...
Janzen, Daniel H.; Doerner, S. T.; Conn, E. E.(1980-01-16)
The HCN content of dried Acaciafarnesiana foliage varies from 0.0 to 5.495 tlmol/g among individuals within a
population (XC = 1.80, s.d. = 1.80 in wet season; X = 1.21, s.d. = 1.27 in dry season; n = 26) and increased ...
The Pan-American Highway in Costa Rica is currently undergoing expansion in capacity as a response
to growth in vehicle traffic associated with growing international trade. This highway bisects the Pacific lowlands
Tropical ...
Seasonal changes in growth, biomass, abundance and reproduction of brown algae have been reported from subtropical and temperate regions, but there are very few reports from tropical regions, and none from the Eastern ...