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Reverse Taxonomy for Elucidating Diversity of Insect-Associated Nematodes: A Case Study with Termites
(Public Library of Science, 2012-08-28)
Background: The molecular operational taxonomic unit (MOTU) has recently been applied to microbial and microscopic animal biodiversity surveys. However, in many cases, some of the MOTUs cannot be definitively tied to any ...
Determining nature’s contributions to achieve the sustainable development goals
(Springer Tokyo, 2019-03-01)
Academics and policy-makers recognize that humans and nature should be studied and managed as integrated social–ecological systems. Recently, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ...
Polychaetes associated with decaying wood in Térraba mangrove, South Pacific, Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015-04)
The present study shows spatial patterns in the faunal assemblage of decaying wood and sediments, with emphasis on the polychaetes. The survey was executed across a salinity gradient in a tropical mangrove estuary of Costa ...
Lower tier toxicity risk assessment of agriculture pesticides detected on the Río Madre de Dios watershed, Costa Rica
(Springer, 2016-10-25)
Costa Rica is a tropical country with one of the highest biodiversity on Earth. It also has an intensive agriculture, and pesticide runoff from banana and pineapple plantations may cause a high toxicity risk to non-target ...
Dinámica y composición del bosque seco tropical de Guanacaste a partir de parcelas permanentes de muestreo (PPM)
(2013-08-22)
En concordancia con la iniciativa del Observatorio Ambiental el Instituto de Investigación y Servicios Forestales (INISEFOR), a través del área cognitiva de Manejo Integrado de Bosques Naturales, ha propuesto la implementación ...