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  • Conotrachelus terryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica 
    Anderson, Robert S. (Pensoft Publishers, 2021-06-16)
    A very large, new, and distinctive species of Conotrachelus Dejean is described from Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Conotrachelus terryerwini sp. nov. (type locality Volcan Orosi, Estación Biológi
  • Reverse circulation in Bahía Santa Elena, North Pacific of Costa Rica 
    Tisseaux-Navarro, Alexandre; Salazar-Ceciliano, Juan Pablo; Cambronero-Solano, Sergio; Vargas-Hernández, J. Mauro; Marquez, Xiomara (Elsevier BV, 2021-03)
  • Earth's Magnetic Field Strength and the Cretaceous Normal Superchron: New Data From Costa Rica 
    Di Chiara, A.; Tauxe, L.; Staudigel, H.; Florindo, F.; Protti, M.; Yu, Y.; Wartho, J.‐A.; van den Bogaard, P.; Hoernle, K. (American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2021-04)
    Constraining the long-term variability and average of the Earth's magnetic field strength is fundamental to understanding the characteristics and behavior of the geomagnetic field. Questions remain about the strength of ...
  • Soil biogeochemistry across Central and South American tropical dry forests 
    Waring, Bonnie G.; De Guzman, Mark E.; Du, Dan V.; Dupuy, Juan M.; Gei, Maga; Gutknecht, Jessica; Hulshof, Catherine; Jelinski, Nicolas; Margenot, Andrew J.; Medvigy, David; Pizano, Camila; Salgado‐Negret, Beatriz; Schwartz, Naomi B.; Trierweiler, Annette M.; Van Bloem, Skip J.; Vargas G., German; Powers, Jennifer S. (Wiley, 2021-08)
    The availability of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) controls the flow of carbon (C) among plants, soils, and the atmosphere, thereby shaping terrestrial ecosystem responses to global change
  • Review of the genus Bubaces (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Lethaeini) with descriptions of three new species, new distributional records, and key to species 
    BRAILOVSKY, HARRY; BARRERA, ERNESTO (Magnolia Press, 2020-04-24)
    The genus Bubaces Distant, 1893 is reviewed and three new species are described: B. gloriosus sp. nov., from Costa Rica (Puntarenas Province) and Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Veracruz), B. occidentalis sp
  • NEW DATA ON CENTRAL-A.\1ERICAN ARCTIIDAE : DESCRIPTIO~ OF A 1\TEW ROBJNSONJA GROTE AND NOTE ON HYPERANDRALAGUERREI TOULGOET WITH DESCRIPTION OF THE FEMALE (Lepidoptera Arctiidae Arctiinae) 
    LAGUERRE, Michel; ESPINOZA, Bernardo (Lambillionea, 03-2006)
    A new species of Robinsonia Grote, 1866 is described. This new species inhabits lowlands in Nicaragua and Costa-Rica. Male and female genitalia drawings and photos are provided, alonwith a distribution map. ln addition, ...
  • Maternal death and offspring fitness in multiple wild primates 
    Zipple, Matthew N.; Altmann, Jeanne; Campos, Fernando A.; Cords, Marina; Fedigan, Linda M.; Lawler, Richard R.; Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V.; Perry, Susan; Pusey, Anne E.; Stoinski, Tara S.; Strier, Karen B.; Alberts, Susan C. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021-01-05)
    Extensive care of offspring by mothers is a fundamental trait of all mammals, including humans, and the loss of a mother can be catastrophic for offspring. Here, we identify previously undocumented ways in which the death ...
  • Sharing spaces: niche differentiation in diet and substrate use among wild capuchin monkeys 
    Williamson, Rachel E.; Webb, Shasta E.; Dubreuil, Colin; Lopez, Ronald; Cheves Hernandez, Saúl; Fedigan, Linda M.; Melin, Amanda D. (Elsevier BV, 2021-09)
    Understanding variation in social grouping patterns among animal taxa is an enduring goal of etholo- gists, who seek to evaluate the selective pressures shaping the evolution of sociality. Cohesive association with conspeci ...
  • Evolution of the primate glutamate taste sensor from a nucleotide sensor 
    Toda, Yasuka; Hayakawa, Takashi; Itoigawa, Akihiro; Kurihara, Yosuke; Nakagita, Tomoya; Hayashi, Masahiro; Ashino, Ryuichi; Melin, Amanda D.; Ishimaru, Yoshiro; Kawamura, Shoji; Imai, Hiroo; Misaka, Takumi (Elsevier BV, 2021-10)
  • Visual detection and fruit selection by the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) 
    Sánchez‐Solano, Karem G.; Morales‐Mávil, Jorge É.; Laska, Matthias; Melin, Amanda; Hernández‐Salazar, Laura T. (Wiley, 2020-10)
    Howler monkeys (platyrrhini) have evolved routine trichromatic color vision in- dependently from catarrhines, which presents an opportunity to test hypotheses concerning the adaptive value of distinguishing reddish from ...
  • Bioacoustic analyses reveal that bird communities recover with forest succession in tropical dry forests 
    Owen, Kiirsti C.; Melin, Amanda D.; Campos, Fernando A.; Fedigan, Linda M.; Gillespie, Thomas W.; Mennill, Daniel J. (Resilience Alliance, Inc., 2020)
    With expanding anthropogenic disturbances to forests around the world, forest restoration is increasingly important for bird conservation. Restoration monitoring is critical for understanding how birds respond to forest ...
  • The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS 
    Orkin, Joseph D.; Montague, Michael J.; Tejada-Martinez, Daniela; de Manuel, Marc; del Campo, Javier; Hernandez, Saul Cheves; Di Fiore, Anthony; Fontsere, Claudia; Hodgson, Jason A.; Janiak, Mareike C.; Kuderna, Lukas F. K.; Lizano, Esther; Martin, Maria Pia; Niimura, Yoshihito; Perry, George H.; Soto Valverde, Carmen; Tang, Jia; Warren, Wesley C.; de Magalhães, João Pedro; Kawamura, Shoji; Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs; Krawetz, Roman; Melin, Amanda D. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021-08-24)
    Ecological flexibility, extended lifespans, and large brains have long intrigued evolutionary biologists, and comparative genomics offers an efficient and effective tool for generating new insights into the evolution of ...
  • Infant cannibalism in wild white‐faced capuchin monkeys 
    Nishikawa, Mari; Ferrero, Nuria; Cheves, Saul; Lopez, Ronald; Kawamura, Shoji; Fedigan, Linda M.; Melin, Amanda D.; Jack, Katharine M. (Wiley, 2020-12)
    Cannibalism has been observed in a variety of animal taxa; however, it is relatively uncommon in primates. Thus, we rely heavily on case reports of this behavior to advance our understanding of the contexts under which it ...
  • Primate life history, social dynamics, ecology, and conservation: Contributions from long‐term research in Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 
    Melin, Amanda D.; Hogan, Jeremy D.; Campos, Fernando A.; Wikberg, Eva; King‐Bailey, Gillian; Webb, Shasta; Kalbitzer, Urs; Asensio, Norberto; Murillo‐Chacon, Evin; Cheves Hernandez, Saul; Guadamuz Chavarria, Adrian; Schaffner, Colleen M.; Kawamura, Shoji; Aureli, Filippo; Fedigan, Linda; Jack, Katharine M. (Wiley, 2020-11)
    Research on non-human primates in the endangered tropical dry forest of Sector Santa Rosa (SSR), Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), was launched in 1983 and is now one of the longest running studies of primates globally. ...
  • Murine and related chapparvoviruses are nephro-tropic and produce novel accessory proteins in infected kidneys 
    Lee, Quintin; Padula, Matthew P.; Pinello, Natalia; Williams, Simon H.; O'Rourke, Matthew B.; Fumagalli, Marcilio Jorge; Orkin, Joseph D.; Song, Renhua; Shaban, Babak; Brenner, Ori; Pimanda, John E.; Weninger, Wolfgang; Souza, William Marciel de; Melin, Amanda D.; Wong, Justin J.-L.; Crim, Marcus J.; Monette, Sébastien; Roediger, Ben; Jolly, Christopher J. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-23)
    Mouse kidney parvovirus (MKPV) is a member of the provisional genus Chapparvovirus that causes renal disease in immune-compro mised mice, with a disease course reminiscent of polyomavirus-assoc iated nephropathy in immune-supp ...
  • Female-committed infanticide followed by juvenile-enacted cannibalism in wild white-faced capuchins 
    Kulick, Nelle K.; Cheves, Saul; Chaves-Cordero, Catalina; Lopez, Ronald; Morales, Suheidy Romero; Fedigan, Linda M.; Jack, Katharine M. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-11)
    On 5 February 2021, we observed the first instance of female-committed infanticide followed by cannibalism in a long- studied (> 35 years) population of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator) in the Santa Rosa Sector ...
  • Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates 
    Kavanagh, Eithne; Street, Sally E.; Angwela, Felix O.; Bergman, Thore J.; Blaszczyk, Maryjka B.; Bolt, Laura M.; Briseño-Jaramillo, Margarita; Brown, Michelle; Chen-Kraus, Chloe; Clay, Zanna; Coye, Camille; Thompson, Melissa Emery; Estrada, Alejandro; Fichtel, Claudia; Fruth, Barbara; Gamba, Marco; Giacoma, Cristina; Graham, Kirsty E.; Green, Samantha; Grueter, Cyril C.; Gupta, Shreejata; Gustison, Morgan L.; Hagberg, Lindsey; Hedwig, Daniela; Jack, Katharine M.; Kappeler, Peter M.; King-Bailey, Gillian; Kuběnová, Barbora; Lemasson, Alban; Inglis, David MacGregor; Machanda, Zarin; MacIntosh, Andrew; Majolo, Bonaventura; Marshall, Sophie; Mercier, Stephanie; Micheletta, Jérôme; Muller, Martin; Notman, Hugh; Ouattara, Karim; Ostner, Julia; Pavelka, Mary S. M.; Peckre, Louise R.; Petersdorf, Megan; Quintero, Fredy; Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel; Robbins, Martha M.; Salmi, Roberta; Schamberg, Isaac; Schoof, Valérie A. M.; Schülke, Oliver; Semple, Stuart; Silk, Joan B.; Sosa-Lopéz, J. Roberto; Torti, Valeria; Valente, Daria; Ventura, Raffaella; van de Waal, Erica; Weyher, Anna H.; Wilke, Claudia; Wrangham, Richard; Young, Christopher; Zanoli, Anna; Zuberbühler, Klaus; Lameira, Adriano R.; Slocombe, Katie (The Royal Society, 2021-07)
    Animal communication has long been thought to be subject to pressures and constraints associated with social relationships. However, our understanding of how the nature and quality of social relationships relates to the ...
  • Cooperative rescue of a juvenile capuchin (Cebus imitator) from a Boa constrictor 
    Jack, Katharine M.; Brown, Michaela R.; Buehler, Margaret S.; Cheves Hernadez, Saul; Ferrero Marín, Nuria; Kulick, Nelle K.; Lieber, Sophie E. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-10-08)
    The threat of predation by snakes is considered to have played a significant role in the evolution of primate sensory systems and behavior. However, we know relatively little about individual and group responses given the ...
  • Reflections of an Imperfect Anthropologist 
    Fedigan, Linda Marie (Annual Reviews, 2020-10-21)
    This article summarizes my perspective on vital lessons that I have learned over my 45 years as a practicing anthropologist. To avoid repeating previ
  • Testing the niche differentiation hypothesis in wild capuchin monkeys with polymorphic color vision 
    DePasquale, Allegra N; Webb, Shasta E; Williamson, Rachel E; Fedigan, Linda M; Melin, Amanda D (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021-08-19)
    The polymorphic color vision system present in most North, Central, and South American monkeys is a textbook case of balancing selection, yet the mechanism behind it remains poorly understood. Previous work has established ...

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