Browsing by Author "Thomson, Ian"

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Impacts of Jaguar Predation on Nesting Sea Turtles at Nancite Beach, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

Fonseca, Luis G.; Arroyo-Arce, Stephanny; Thomson, Ian; Villachica, Wilbert N.; Rangel, Eduardo; Valverde, Roldán A.; Plotkin, Pamela T.; Quirós-Pereira, Wagner (Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2020-12-16)

Jaguar (Panthera onca) predation on sea turtles occurs across the Americas; however, records are scattered and not frequently presented in terms of their potential effects on sea turtle populations. In this study, we ...
New records of jaguar predation on sea turtles, Pacific coast, Costa Rica

Fonseca, Luis G.; Arroyo-Arce, Stephanny; Thomson, Ian; Villachica, Wilbert N.; Valverde, Roldán A. (2017)

We report here new sites where jaguars Panthera onca prey upon sea turtles in Costa Rica. We conducted carcass counts (n = 228) along eight beaches located in Santa Rosa National Park NP, which makes part of Guanacaste ...
Records of pumas scavenging at jaguar kills in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

Fonseca, Luis G.; Arroyo-Arce, Stephanny; Thomson, Ian; Villachica, Wilbert N.; Valverde, Roldán A. (2018)

This study describes records of scavenging behaviour of pumas Puma concolor at jaguar Panthera onca kills in Costa Rica. We set camera traps at fresh carcasses predated by jaguars on Nancite beach between March 2010 and ...

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