Tree Diameter Growth of Three Successional Stages of Tropical Dry Forests, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

2013 ◽  
pp. 369-384
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
National Park ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Diameter Growth ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Tree Diameter ◽  
Successional Stages ◽  
Santa Rosa National Park

scholarly journals Interception of Rainfall in Successional Tropical Dry Forests in Brazil and Costa Rica

Geosciences ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Calvo-Alvarado ◽  
César Jiménez-Rodríguez ◽  
Ana Calvo-Obando ◽  
Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo ◽  
Thiago Gonçalves-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Water Fluxes ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Rainfall Interception ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Plant Area Index ◽  
Successional Stages

Tropical dry forests (TDF) are endangered ecosystems characterized by a matrix of successional forest patches with structural differences across the Neotropics. Until now, there have been few studies that analyze the partitioning of rainfall by forest interception in TDF. To contribute to the understanding of the TDF impact on the hydrological dynamic at the ecosystem and landscape levels, a rainfall interception study was conducted in Santa Rosa National Park in Costa Rica (SRNP) and in Mata Seca State Park in Brazil (MSSP). In each site, three plots per successional stage were studied. The successional stages were early, intermediate, and late. In each plot the rainfall, throughfall, and stemflow were monitored during one rainy season. The relationship between gross rainfall and water fluxes was evaluated using linear regression models. In general, net rainfall oscillated from 79.3% to 85.4% of gross rainfall in all the plots in MSSP without any trend related to forest succession, due to the effect of a high density of lianas in the intermediate and late stage plots. In SRNP, there was a clear trend of net rainfall among successional stages: 87.5% (early), 73.0% (intermediate), and 63.4% (late). Net rainfall correlated negatively only with plant area index in SRNP (r = −0.755, p < 0.05). This study highlights the need to study rainfall interception in successional stages to estimate net rainfall that reaches the soil. This would provide better hydrological information to understand water balance and water fluxes at the level of forest ecosystems and landscapes.

Assessing the accuracy of detected breaks in Landsat time series as predictors of small scale deforestation in tropical dry forests of Mexico and Costa Rica

2019 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 707-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaughn Smith ◽  
Carlos Portillo-Quintero ◽  
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa ◽  
Jose L. Hernandez-Stefanoni
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Dry Forests

Self-and Cross-Pollination of Encyclia cordigera (Orchidaceae) in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

Biotropica ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Janzen ◽  
P. DeVries ◽  
D. E. Gladstone ◽  
M. L. Higgins ◽  
T. M. Lewinsohn
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cross Pollination ◽  
Santa Rosa National Park

scholarly journals Bird Assemblage Recovery in a Chronosequence of Tropical Dry Forests in Costa Rica

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 629
Author(s):  
Branko Hilje ◽  
Natalie V. Sánchez ◽  
Erin M. Bayne ◽  
Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Forest Age ◽  
Age Classes ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Bird Species Richness ◽  
Different Ages

Research Highlights: While forest structure recovery in successional tropical forests is well studied, the recovery of fauna and changes in species composition and assemblage along forests succession is not well understood in many areas of the Neotropics like tropical dry forests (TDFs). Background and Objectives: To compare bird species richness and assemblage in tropical dry forests (TDFs) of different ages of recovery from cattle ranching and relate both to forest structural characteristics. Materials and Methods: To sample bird species richness and assemblage in 16 successional forest of different ages (i.e., 20, 30, 40, and 60 years old) using autonomous sound recording units in the TDFs in Costa Rica. Results: A total of 64 species of birds was detected across all forest age classes. The highest species richness was found in the 20-year-old class. Species richness decreased as canopy openness increased, suggesting low forest structural complexity and low availability of perches, nesting sites and food sources. However, bird assemblages were similar among the different forest age classes, suggesting that age itself was not a strong predictor, likely because of high variation in structure within age classes. Conclusions: TDFs can recover structural characteristics important to birds in only a few decades, supporting a rapid bird species assemblage recovery. However, this seems to depend on the starting conditions of the site prior to being recovered. Young TDFs, 20 years old, provide similar habitats for birds as 60-year-old forests do. These findings provide relevant information on the influence of TDF recovery after severe human impact on a highly threatened ecosystem.

Relationship between vegetation cover and feeding areas of jaguars (Panthera onca) on sea turtles in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

Food Webs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. e00127
Author(s):  
Brayan H. Morera-Chacón ◽  
Ana C. Posadas-García ◽  
José Manuel Mora-Benavides ◽  
Eduardo Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
National Park ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Panthera Onca ◽  
Santa Rosa National Park

Tool use by wild cebus monkeys at Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

Primates ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Chevalier-Skolnikoff
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Tool Use ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cebus Monkeys ◽  
Santa Rosa National Park

Campanian rudists (Hippuritida, Bivalvia) from Costa Rica (Central America)

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Maria Pons ◽  
Enric Vicens ◽  
Reinhard Schmidt-Effing
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
National Park ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
World Species ◽  
Old World ◽  
Santa Rosa National Park

AbstractThe Campanian rudist fauna identified from the localities Playa Panamá, Santa Rosa National Park, Colorado de Abangares, and Bolsón in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, is composed of the antillocaprinidsAntillocaprinasp. aff.A. suboccidentalisChubb, 1967,Antillocaprinasp. and Antillocaprinidae indet.; the multiple-fold hippuritidsBarrettia moniliferaWoodward, 1862,Parastroma trechmanniChubb, 1967, and cf.Whitfieldiella gigas(Chubb, 1955); the plagioptychidsPlagioptychus trechmanniChubb, 1956,Plagioptychussp. cf.P. zansiChubb, 1956,Mitrocaprina costaricaensisnew species,Mitrocaprina multicanaliculataChubb, 1956, and Plagioptychidae indet.; and the radiolitidsRadiolitessp. aff.R. multicostata(Adkins, 1930),Alencasteritesnew genusmooretownensis(Trechmann, 1924),Bournonia?tetrahedron(Chubb, 1967),Chiapasellasp.,Guanacastea costaricaensisnew genus new species, cf.Potositessp. aff.P. tristantorresiAlencáster and Pons in Pons et al., 2010, and aff.Thyrastylonsp. Although some differences in rudist diversity and sedimentary setting were observed among localities, most species indicate the same age for all occurrences, which correspond to the Campanian, probably mid-Campanian. Radiolitid specimens appear better preserved than those of other taxa and are thus discussed more in detail. Both the number of radiolitid genera exclusively known from the New World, and reasonable doubts about the correct attribution of some New World species to Old World genera, indicate important differences between rudist faunas at both sides of the Atlantic (Mediterranean and American Tethys, respectively) during the Late Cretaceous.

The Beetle Family Carabidae of Costa Rica: Twenty-nine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERRY L. ERWIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
National Park ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
La Selva ◽  
Santa Rosa National Park ◽  
Santa Cecilia ◽  
New Synonymy

Based on a study of 1,100 specimens of the genus Agra (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini: Agrina) from Costa Rica, twenty-nine new species were discovered and are here validated and described: A. catie, n. sp. (type locality: Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Estacíon Cuatro Esquinas, sea level, LN 280000,590500); A. catbellae, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, Turrialba, 600m, 09º53'N 083º38'W); A. dable, n. sp. (type locality: Heredia, Estacíon Magsasay, Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, 200m, LN 264600,531100); A. delgadoi, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, Turrialba, CATIE, 600m, 09º53'N 083º38'W); A. fugax, n. sp. (type locality: Heredia, Estacíon La Selva, 10º27'N 083º59'W; A. giesberti, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, 15km NE Turrialba, 10º00'N 083º30'W); A. granodeoro, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, Turrialba, Chirripo, Grano de Oro, 1120m, LN 200250,595900); A. ichabod, n. sp. (type locality: Alajuela, Atenas, 9º58'N 084º23'W); A. jimwappes, n. sp. (type locality: Guanacaste, La Pacifica, 10º28'N 085º07'W); A. julie, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, Turrialba, 600m, 09º53'N 083º38'W); A. katewinsletae, n. sp. (type locality: Puntarenas, Monteverde, 1380m, 10º50'N 085º37'W); A. liv, n. sp. (type locality: Puntarenas, Manual Antonio National Park, Quepos, 80m, 09°23'N 84°09'W); A. monteverde, n. sp. (type locality: Puntarenas, Monteverde, 1380m, 10º50'N 085º37'W); A. not, n. sp. (type locality: Puntarenas, Carara Biological Reserve, Estacíon Bonita, 50m, LN 194500,469850); A. notcatie, n. sp. (type locality: Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Estacíon Cuatro Esquinas, sea level, LN 280000,590500, November (R. Delgado)(INBio: CRI000-298655); A. pitilla, n. sp. (type locality: Guanacaste, Guanacaste National Park, Estacíon Pitilla, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 700m, LN 330200,380200); A. phallica, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, Tucurrique, 09º51'N 083º43'W); A. quesada, n. sp. (type locality: Limón, Manzanillo, RNFS Gandoca y Manzanillo, 0-10 sea level, LS 398100,610600); A. santarosa, n. sp. (type locality: Guanacaste, Santa Rosa National Park, 280m, 10º50'N 085º37'W); A. schwarzeneggeri, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, Turrialba, 650m, 09º53'N 083º38'W); A. sirena, n. sp. (type locality: Heredia, Estacíon La Selva, 10º27'N 083º59'W); A. solanoi, n. sp. (type locality: ); A. solisi, n. sp. (type locality: Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Cerro Tortuguero, 119m, LN 285000,588000); A. turrialba, n. sp. (type locality: Cartago, Turrialba, 600m, 09º53'N 083º38'W);A. ubicki, n. sp. (type locality: Puntarenas, 3 km NE Golfito, 8º39'N 083º10'W); A. winnie, n. sp. (type locality: Guanacaste, Guanacaste National Park, Estacíon Santa Rosa, 800m, LN 313000,359800); A. zumbado, n. sp. (type locality: Guanacaste, Guanacaste National Park, Estacíon Patilla, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 700m, LN 330200,380200); A. zuniga, n. sp. (type locality: Puntarenas, Manual Antonio National Park, Quepos, 80m, LS 370900,448800). Six additional species are recorded for the first time in Costa Rica: Agra castaneipes Bates, A. campana Erwin, A. fortuna Erwin, A. guatemalena Csiki, A. incisa Liebke, and A. rufiventris Bates. The presence of a Panamanian species, A. championi Bates, in Costa Rica, as noted by Max Liebke has been confirmed (Agra danjanzeni Erwin = A. championi Bates, new synonymy). Also included: Neotype designation for Agra pia Liebke 1940 and apparent rediscovery of this species in Costa Rica; Agra aurifera Liebke 1940 description translated from the German and reproduced here with comments.

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