Browsing by Author "Carrillo, Eduardo"
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Consumption of wild rice (Oryza latifolia) by free-ranging jaguars, pumas, and ocelots (Carnivora-Felidae) in northwestern Costa Rica
Montalvo, Victor; Sáenz Bolaños, Carolina; Cruz, Juan C.; Hagnauer, Isabel; Carrillo, Eduardo (Elsevier Inc., 2020-03)There is limited information about plant consumption by felid species, yet anecdotal evidence suggests that plants and grass are a complementary component in the diet of domestic and wild carnivores. We report opportunistic ... -
Critical condition of the jaguar Panthera onca population in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Salom Pérez, Roberto; Carrillo, Eduardo; Sáenz, Joel C.; Mora, Jose´ M. (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2007)The jaguar Panthera onca is threatened throughout its range and categorized as Near Threat ened on the IUCN Red List. To inform conservation of the jaguar population in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, population ... -
Dinámica del tamaño y composición de las manadas de chanchos de monte (Tayassu pecari); en el Parque Nacional Corcovado, Costa Rica
Villalobos Céspedes, Jorge (Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2001)Los cerdos del nuevo mundo están clasificados dentro el Orden Artiodactyla, familia Tayassuidae. Esta familia incluye tres especies: el taguá (Catagomus wagneri), el saínon (Pecari tajacu) y el chancho de monte (Tayassu ... -
Distribution and hotspots of the feeding areas of jaguars on sea turtles at a national park in Costa Rica [Distribuição e pontos de concentração de áreas de predação de tartarugas marinhas por onças pintadas em parque nacional da Costa Rica]
Carrillo, Eduardo (Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2017)A poorly described aspect of the trophic relation between sea turtles and jaguars is the distribution and hotspots of the feeding areas of jaguars on the nesting beaches. It is very important to identify the areas where ... -
Interbirth interval of a free-ranging jaguar
Carrillo, Eduardo; Saenz, Joel; Fuller, Todd (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2009)The 60-kg adult female jaguar was first captured on 25 February 1996 in a box trap baited with shark meat. We monitored her for the next three and a half years, usually locating her by triangulation once or twice a week, ... -
Movements and activities of white-lipped peccaries in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Carrillo, Eduardo; Saenz, Joel C.; Fuller, Todd K. (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2002)The conservation of remnant populations of white-lipped peccaries in Central America depends on adequate documentation of their habitat needs and behavior. Thus, we monitored the activity patterns, local distributions, ... -
Population status of terrestrial mammals’ in two protected areas in the west central region of Costa Rica [Estado poblacional de mamíferos terrestres en dos áreas protegidas de la región central occidental de Costa Rica]
Carrillo, Eduardo (Revista de Biología Tropical, 2017-11-16)In the West Central Region of Costa Rica, there are plenty of forests under public and private protection; however, they are increasingly exposed to fragmentation. This is the first report about species richness and the ... -
Wildlife diversity and relative abundance among a variety of adjacent protected areas in the northern Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica
Sáenz-Bolaños, Carolina; Fuller, Todd K.; Carrillo, Eduardo (MDPI AG, 2020-04-01)Protected areas are intended to achieve the long-term conservation of nature, but not all such areas are equal in their effectiveness because of their varying regulation of human activities. In Costa Rica, we assessed ...