Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN Impreso: 0034-7744 ISSN electrónico: 2215-2075

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Vol. 70 No. 1 (2022): Revista de Biología Tropical (Rev. Biol. Trop.): Continuous publication, 01 January - 31 December 2022
Revista de Biología Tropical (Rev. Biol. Trop.): Continuous publication, 01 January - 31 December 2022

Articles

Neis José Martínez-Hernández, Jorge Luis Rangel-Acosta, Hernando Javier Beltrán-Díaz, Carlos Andrés Daza-Guerra
1–19
Size does matter! Incidence of bait size on the capture of dung beetles in the tropical dry forest
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Moawia Mohammed Ali Elhassan, Julián Monge-Nájera, Yuh-Shan Ho
30–39
Bibliometrics of Sudanese scientific publications: Subjects, institutions, collaboration, citation and recommendations
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Priyanga Ranasinghe, Julián Monge-Nájera, Chiranthi K. Liyanage, Yuh-Shan Ho
40–52
Half a century of Sri Lanka research: Subjects, researchers, institutions, journals and impact (1973-2019): A scientometric analysis (1973-2019)
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Gustavo Adolfo Arias-Álvarez, David Andrés Vanegas-Alarcón, Andrea Lorena García-Hernández, Carolina Santos-Heredia, Ellen Andresen
53–66
Effect of vegetation cover on dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) and their ecological functions in an Andean forest of Colombia
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Alejandro Villegas, Aliet Rojas-Santoyo, Raúl Ulloa-Arvizu
67–81
Population genetics and molecular identification of Crocodylus acutus and C. moreletii (Crocodilia: Crocodylidae) in captive and wildlife populations
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Juan Pablo Serna, David Fernandez, Fabio Velez, Julián Ruiz, Broder Breckling, Néstor Aguirre
82–95
Altitudinal distribution of the functional feeding groups of aquatic macroinvertebrates using an ecological network in Andean streams
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Isabel Cristina Avila, Alan Giraldo
96–113
Risk areas for marine mammals in Colombia
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Juan Loera-Casillas, Sarahy Contreras-Martínez, Fabiola Favela-García, Ramón Cuevas-Guzmán
114–131
Diversity of birds along an elevation gradient in the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
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Jorge D. Mercado-Gómez, María E. Morales-Puentes, Mailyn A. Gonzalez, Julián A. Velasco
132–148
Seasonal droughts during the Miocene drove the evolution of Capparaceae towards Neotropical seasonally dry forests
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Maribeb Castro-González, Diana I. Gómez López, Laura Sánchez Valencia, Andrés Acosta Chaparro, Ericsson Coy-Barrera
149–172
Wasting disease in Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae) meadows and its relationship with metabolic profile
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Ismael Segura-Ulate, Alejandro Bolívar-González, Germán Madrigal-Redondo, Santiago Nuñez-Corrales, Andrés Gatica-Arias
173–189
Reverse-Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification and alternative protocols for lower cost, large-scale COVID-19 testing: lessons from an emerging economy
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César Fabricio Maldonado-Sánchez, Crystian Sadiel Venegas-Barrera, Jorge Victor Horta-Vega, Jorge Homero Rodríguez-Castro, Alfonso Correa-Sandoval
190–212
Geographic distribution of the land snail family Spiraxidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Mexico
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Jackeline dos Santos Cochev, Juliana de Freitas Encinas Dardengo, Ana Aparecida Bandini Rossi, Alex Souza Rodrigues, Auana Vicente Tiago, Eliane Cristina Moreno de Pedri, Kelli Evelin Muller Zortea, Magali Gonçalves Garcia, Sandra Mara Alves da Silva Neves
213–221
Diversity and genetic structure of natural populations of the palm tree Euterpe precatoria (Arecaceae)
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Jeimy D. Santiago-Valentín, Alma P. Rodríguez-Troncoso, Eric Bautista-Guerrero, Andrés López-Pérez, Amílcar L. Cupul-Magaña
222–234
Internal ultrastructure of the planktonic larva of the coral Porites panamensis (Anthozoa: Scleractinia)
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Mario Espinoza, Fausto Arias-Zumbado, Isaac Chaves-Zamora, Beatriz Farías-Tafolla
235–249
Comparación de cuatro métodos para contar peces en una bahía tropical: el caso del Área Marina de Manejo Bahía Santa Elena en el Pacífico de Costa Rica
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Luis Ortez, María Dolores Rovira, Luis Morán
250–262
Spatio-temporal distribution of planktonic cyanobacteria and environmental factors associated with their proliferation in the Cerrón Grande reservoir, El Salvador
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Ana Luisa Biondi Fares, Wendell Vilhena de Carvalho, Thaisa Sala Michelan, Grazielle Sales Teodoro
263–276
Which variables influence the herbivory amount on Montrichardia spp. (Araceae) in aquatic ecosystems?
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Cecilia Salazar Reyes, Leticia Ríos-Casanova
277–289
Seed removal by Dorymyrmex insanus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in an ecological reserve in Mexico City, Mexico
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Gabriel Cordero-Martínez, Norman Mercado-Silva, Sandra García de Jesús, Elsah Arce Uribe, Andrés Ramírez-Ponce, Humberto Mejía-Mojica
290–306
Specific and taxonomic diversity of the ichthyofauna of the Amacuzac River, Morelos, Mexico
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Andres Breccia, Mónica Alejandra Palmieri, María Paula Di Yorio, Ariadna Gabriela Battista, Paula Gabriela Vissio, Daniela Irina Pérez Sirkin
307–318
Anatomy and histology of the digestive tract and immunolocalization of Npy (orexigenic peptide) in the fish Cichlasoma dimerus (Cichliformes: Cichlidae)
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Alejandra Pacheco-Ordaz, Eduardo Sánchez-García, Dr., Ramiro Quintanilla-Licea, Aldo Fabio Bazaldúa-Rodríguez, Raymundo Alejandro Pérez-Hernández, Magda Elizabeth Hernández-García, Juan Gabriel Báez-González, Rocío Castro-Ríos, Joel Horacio Elizondo-Luévano, Abelardo Chávez-Montes, Dr.
319–331
Amoebicidal and trichomonicidal capacity of polymeric nanoparticles loaded with extracts of the plants Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) and Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae): Curcuma longa and Berberis vulgaris nanoparticles
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Natalia Priscila Alves Bezerra, Ana Laura Tribst Corrêa, Fabio Hissa Vieira Hazin, Ricardo Clapis Garla
332–347
First use of baited remote underwater video stations to assess fish diversity in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Northeastern Brazil
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Dámaso W. Ramirez, Gustavo Lértora, Raúl Vargas, Héctor Aponte
348–362
Effect of fires on vegetation cover, carbon storage and plant biomass in a coastal wetland: The case of Los Pantanos de Villa (Lima-Peru), a wetland on the arid Pacific coast
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Armando Luis-Martínez, Omar Ávalos-Hernández, Marysol Trujano-Ortega, Arturo Arellano-Covarrubias, Isabel Vargas-Fernández, Jorge Llorente-Bousquets
363–407
Distribution, diversity, endemism, and ecology of Nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Loxicha Region, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Alma Rubí Castrejón-Ríos, Jesús G. Padilla-Serrato, María del Pilar Torres-García, Erika Samantha Palacios-Ávila, Carmina Torreblanca-Ramírez, Pedro Flores- Rodríguez, Rafael Flores-Garza
408–422
Reproduction and recommended fishing limitations for the marine snail Hexaplex princeps (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) in Guerrero, Mexico
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Angie Melissa Herrera-M., Nelson Augusto Canal Daza, Juan Carlos Agudelo-M., Nestor Perez-Buitrago, Dr.
423–436
Diversity and ecology of Tephritoidea (Insecta: Diptera) on the north of the Colombian Orinoquía
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Alan Bernardes da Silveira, Samuel de Padua Chaves e Carvalho, Marcos Felipe Nicoletti, Carlos Alberto Silva, Ronaldo Drescher, Mariana Peres de Lima Chaves e Carvalho, Joao Paulo Sardo Madi, Larissa Regina Topanotti, Walmes Marques Zeviani, Valdir Carlos Lima de Andrade
437–449
Impact of plot size on tropical forest structure and diversity estimation
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Magali Verónica Méndez, Ana Carina Sánchez, Liliana Concepción Lupo
450–463
Availability and use of polliniferous resources by Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Eastern Yungas of Jujuy (Argentina)
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Esther Julia Olaya-Marin, Ciromar Lemus-Portillo, Monika Cristina Echavarría Pedraza, Oscar Andrés Chaparro García, Camilo Andrés Roa-Fuentes, Sergio Salazar-Galán, Miguel Barrios Peña
464–481
Differences in body size and abundance of high Andean fishes, above and below the Neusa dam, Colombia
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Harley Quinto Mosquera, Flavio H. Moreno Hurtado
482–494
Effects of nutrient (N, P, K) fertilization on the dynamics of fine roots in tropical rain forests with different soil texture in the Colombian Pacific region
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Andrea Chaves Ramírez, Genuar Nuñez Vega, Randall Arguedas Porras, José Bonilla Vargas, Sandra Silva de la Fuente, María Arias-Echandi, Gustavo Gutiérrez-Espeleta
495–503
Hematological reference values for Alouatta palliata (Primates: Atelidae) and Cebus imitator (Primates: Cebidae) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
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Juan E. Carvajal-Cogollo, David Camilo Martínez
504–525
Effects of habitat loss on three insect assemblages in modified ecosystems of foothills of the Colombian Orinoquia
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Ángela Marcela Barrera-Bello, Alba Marina Torres-González
526–540
Basic ecology of ant gardens in a dry-premontane transitional forest
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Luis Gibran Juárez-Hernández, María Guadalupe Sánchez-Vega
541–556
Comparison of fish assemblages recorded by visual census and video census
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Beatriz Farías-Tafolla, Fausto Arias-Zumbado, Isaac Chaves-Zamora, Carlos Alvarado-Ruiz, Mario Espinoza
557–575
Spatio-temporal dynamics of the artisanal fishery of the Gulf of Santa Elena, North Pacific of Costa Rica (2010-2019)
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Adriana Martínez Arias, Luis Octavio González Salcedo, Iván Felipe Benavides Martínez, John Josephraj Selvaraj
576–588
Satellite and historical data, and statistical modeling to predict potential fishing zones for dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus (Perciformes: Coryphaenidae) in Colombian Pacific
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Yojana Valentina Ballesteros Navia, Jaime Ricardo Cantera Kintz, Enrique Javier Peña Salamanca, Gabriel Pinilla Agudelo
589–606
Effect of abiotic variables on the hyporheic fauna of Dagua River, Colombia
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Lina Paola Giraldo, Juan Felipe Blanco-Libreros, Julián Chará, Hugo Rafael Fernández, Néstor Aguirre
607–620
Efecto de la deforestación ribereña sobre la materia orgánica particulada gruesa en quebradas con influencia ganadera de la región Andina de Colombia
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Jennifer Naranjo-Acosta, Daniel Camilo Díaz-Mesa, Clara Inés Melo-Cerón, Maria R. Manzano
621–635, e48371
Predation, reproduction, and development of the lady beetle Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
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Camila Olmedo, Alma Koch, Berenice Sarmiento, Andrés Izquierdo
636–646, e49716
Antifungal potential of biosurfactants produced by strains of Bacillus spp. (Bacillales: Bacillaceae) selected by molecular screening
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Raquel Pérez Méndez, Karol Jiménez Quesada, Giovanni Garro Monge
647–657, e49227
In vitro culture of hairy roots of the shrub, Phyllanthus acuminatus (Phyllanthaceae).
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Fabiola Marilyn Príncipe-Morillo, David Minaya-Angoma, Lorena Alvariño-Flores, Jose Iannacone-Oliver, Amparo Rodriguez-Santiago
658–667, e50167
El mejillón Semimytilus patagonicus (Mytilida: Mytilidae) y el gusano Pseudonereis gallapagensis (Phyllodocida: Nereididae) como herramientas ecotoxicológica para la contaminación por detergentes en ambientes marinos
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Adam Yaney-Keller, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo, Mark A. Jordan, Javier Francisco Lopez Navas, Frank V. Paladino
668–687, e48444
Patterns of vertebrate biodiversity in a tropical dry and mangrove forest matrix
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Nadiarti Nurdin Kadir, Yayu Anugrah La Nafie, Dody Priosambodo
688–701, e46811
Seagrass density correlates with burrow abundance and size in the Zebra Mantis Shrimp (Stomatopoda: Lysiosquillidae)
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Ricardo Clapis Garla, Leonardo B. Veras, Domingos Garrone-Neto
702–712, e49675
Comportamiento de apareamiento del tiburón limón Negaprion brevirostris (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), revelado por la ciencia ciudadana en el Océano Atlántico Ecuatorial
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Yolani A. Robles P., Angel Javier Vega, Leysi del Carmen Diaz
713–725
Sexual proportion and hermaphroditism of the mollusc, Anadara tuberculosa (Bivalvia: Arcidae) in Panama
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Edwar Leal, Parmenio Suescún-Bolívar, Marlon Múnera- Gómez
726–741
Immunological mechanisms in Cnidaria: A highly complex basal immune system with bioprospective interest: Immunological mechanisms in Cnidaria
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Hamleth Valois-Cuesta, Carolina Martínez-Ruiz, Harley Quinto-Mosquera
742–767
Natural revegetation of areas impacted by gold mining in the tropical rain forest of Chocó, Colombia
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Iván Darío Rivera-Gallego, Olga Patricia Pinzón Florián
768-786
Fruit-feeding butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in eucalyptus plantations and gallery forests in the Colombian Orinoquia
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Floyd E. Hayes, Sean T. Richards, Antonio I. Robles, Robert A. Gouveia, Gillund G. Fayard
783–803
The role of spine length in crustacean and fish associations with echinoids at Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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Angie Paola Carvajal-Muñoz, María Eugenia Morales-Puentes, Pablo Andrés Gil-Leguizamón, Andrea Camila Reyes-Duarte
804–816
Pheno-morphology of two paramo species of Miconia (Melastomataceae): optimization of flowering and fructification to enhance dispersal
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Paula Cepeda, Pedro Jiménez, Carolina Isaza
817–835
Adaptation to the undergrowth of a community of Andean palms (Arecaceae) from the vital rates perspective: The adaptation to the understory of a community of Andean palms seen from the vital rates perspective
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María Isabel Ríos-Pulgarín, Carlos Eduardo Giraldo-Sánchez, Samir Julián Calvo-Cardona, James Londoño Valencia
836–852
Effect of environmental characteristics on the diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in Andean rivers regulated for hydroelectric generation
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