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Conceptual and statistical problems with the use of the Shannon-Weiner entropy index in bioacoustic analyses
(2018-04-03)
Information theory and its indices were developed for human communication to predict the amount of information transferred in a message. One such index, the Shannon-Weiner index (SWI), has often been used to analyse ...
Relationship between species richness of excavator birds and cavity–adopters in seven tropical forests in costa rica
(2009)
The abundance of wood cavities is thought to be a limiting factor for bird species that depend on these cavities for nesting. Thus, it is expected that number of cavity adopters correlates with number of cavity excavators ...
Male song variation of Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) in the Talamanca Mountain Range, Costa Rica
(2008)
We studied variation in acoustic and temporal characteristics of the static male song of the Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) in a single population in Costa Rica. The static song of 19 males was extremely variable. ...
Seasonal patterns of parasitism of the tropical spiders Theridion evexum (Araneae, Theridiidae) and Allocyclosa bifurca (Araneae, Araneidae) by the wasps Zatypota petronae and Polysphincta gutfreundi (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)
(2008)
Las tasas de parasitismo de Theridion evexum por la avispa parasitoide Zatypota petronae y de Allocyclosa bifurca por Polysphincta gutfreundi fueron estudiadas durante dos años. El parasitismo en T. evexum fue muy bajo ...
Birds in Coastal and Marine Environments
(Springer Science & Business Media, 2009)
In Costa Rican coastal and marine environments (e.g., estuaries, mud- flats, islands, open ocean) 96 bird species have been recorded, 11% of the total avifauna in the country. This high diversity is primarily explained by ...
Nest Usurping Occurrence Of The Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus Leucophaius) In Southwestern Costa Rica
(2009)
El Mosquerito Pirata (Legatus leucophaius) roba nidos colgantes o en forma de domo hechos principalmente por tiranidos o icteridos, sin embargo la frecuencia con la cual este mosquero se roba los nidos de otras especies ...
Characteristics of the capture threads of Synotaxus sp. (probably S. turbinatus) webs (Araneae, Synotaxidae)
(2009)
Synotaxus spiders have independently evolved aerial, planar webs to intercept and retain prey, but these webs differ in several respects from planar araneoid webs with similar functions. The silk capture threads of Synotaxus ...
Egg sac construction by folding dead leaves in Pozonia nigroventris and Micrathena sp. (Araneae: Araneidae)
(2010)
Published descriptions of egg sac construction behavior in araneids are scarce. We describe egg sac construction and oviposition in one individual of the poorly known araneid Pozonia nigroventris (Bryant 1936) and two ...
Maternal care and offspring behaviour in three theridiid species (Araneae, Theridiidae)
(2009)
Maternal care is widespread in theridiids. Theridion evexum Keyserling breaks the threads in the outer layer of the egg sac to allow its spiderlings to leave the sac. Achae-aranea tesselata (Keyserling) and Anelosimus ...