Browsing Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud by Subject "WILDLIFE CONSERVATION"

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    • Do Shade-Grown Coffee Plantations Pose a Disease Risk for Wild Birds? 

      Hernández, Sonia M.; Peters, Valerie; Weygandt, P. Logan; Jiménez, Carlos; Villegas, Pedro; O'Connor, Barry; Yabsley, Michael; Garcia, Maricarmen; Riblet, Sylva M.; Carroll, C. Ron (International Association for Ecology and Health, 2013)
      Shade-grown coffee plantations are often promoted as a conservation strategy for wild birds. However, these agro-ecosystems are actively managed for food production, which may alter bird behaviors or interactions that could ...

    • Passive epidemiological surveillance in wildlife in Costa Rica identifies pathogens of zoonotic and conservation importance 

      Aguilar-Vargas, Fernando; Solórzano-Scott, Tamara; Baldi, Mario; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Jiménez Rocha, Ana Eugenia; Jiménez, Carlos; Piche-Ovares, María Marta; Dolz, Gaby; León, Bernal; Corrales-Aguilar, Eugenia; Santoro, Mario; Alfaro-Alarcón, Alejandro (PLoS ONE, 2022-09-26)
      Epidemiological surveillance systems for pathogens in wild species have been proposed as a preventive measure for epidemic events. These systems can minimize the detrimental effects of an outbreak, but most importantly, ...