Publications and Resources
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Research reported on below took place, in part or entirely, at Caño Palma Biological Station or was carried out with the assistance of Caño Palma personel.
* Papers marked with an asterisk are those for which we have not yet obtained permission to link a copy of the pdf file from the publisher.
Damian, M., Harris, A., Aussage, J., & Fraser, G. S. (2022). Seasonal deposition of marine debris on an important marine turtle nesting beach in Costa Rica. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 177, 113525. *
Rice, E. A., Lewis, T. R., Griffin, R. K., & Grant, P. B. (2022). Heads nods and boat bobs: Behavior of Iguana iguana is affected by environment and boat traffic in riparian tropical forest. Biotropica, 54(4), 820-828.*
Restrepo, J., Rojas-Cañizales, D., & Valverde, R. A. (2022). Historical Records of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nesting at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Journal of Herpetology, 56(3), 336-340. *
Pheasey, H., Glen, G., Allison, N. L., Fonseca, L. G., Chacón, D., Restrepo, J., & Valverde, R. A. (2021). Quantifying illegal extraction of sea turtles in Costa Rica. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2, 705556.
Lewis, T. et al (2021). Ecology and morphology of the dwarf bromeliad boa Ungaliophis panamensis (Squamata, Boidae, Ungaliophiinae) in Costa Rica and Panama. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 16(2), 317-331.
Pheasey, H., Roberts, D. L., Rojas-Cañizales, D., Mejías-Balsalobre, C., Griffiths, R. A., & Williams-Guillen, K. (2020). Using GPS-enabled decoy turtle eggs to track illegal trade. Current Biology, 30(19), R1066-R1068.
Khazan, E., Bujan, J., & Scheffers, B. R. (2020). Patterns of ant activity and nesting ecology depend on flooding intensity in a Neotropical floodplain. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 40, 909-917. *
Khazan, E. S., Verstraten, T., Moore, M. P., & Dugas, M. B. (2019). Nursery crowding does not influence offspring, but might influence parental, fitness in a phytotelm-breeding frog. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(3), 1-8. *
Lewis, T. and Griffin, R. (2019). Cohabitation by Bothrops asper (Garman 1883) and Leptodactylus savagei (Heyer 2005). Herpetology Notes, vol 12: 969-970.
Velez-Espino, A., Pheasey, H., Araújo, A., & Fernández, L. M. (2018). Laying on the edge: demography of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting on Playa Norte, Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Marine Biology, 165(3), 1-12. *
Pheasey, H., McCargar, M., Glinsky, A., & Humphreys, N. (2018). Effectiveness of concealed nest protection screens against domestic predators for green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 17(2), 263-270. *
Kranzfelder, P. and Ferrington, L. (2018). Chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity of estuaries across a land use gradient on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 66(3), 1118-1134.
Khazan, E. S., Arias, M., & Fernández, L. M. (2016). Large mammal community composition and density under a disturbance gradient in Northeast Costa Rica. Revista de biologia tropical, 64(4), 1553-1564.
Vanlangendonck, N., Nuñez, G., Chaves, A., & Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G. A. (2015). New route of investigation for understanding the impact of human activities on the physiology of non-human primates. J Primatol, 4(123), 2.
Fernández, L. M., Arias, M., & Khazan, E. S. (2015). Analysis of population density and distribution of Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in Caño Palma, Northeast Costa Rica. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 10(3), 959-968.
Graham, K. E., Bulloch, M. J., & Lewis, T. R. (2013). Foraging behaviour of three primate species in a Costa Rican coastal lowland tropical wet forest. Biodiversity Journal, 4(2), 327-334.
McKelvy, A., Figueroa, A. and Lewis, T. (2013). First record of ophiophagy in the widely distributed snake Leptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott, 1859). Herpetology Notes, 6, 177-178.
Figueroa, A., Lewis, T., and Mooney, P. (2013). Notes on reproduction in Oxybelis fulgidus from Costa Rica. Herpetology Notes, vol. 6, 29-31.
Lewis, T. et al (2013). Morphology and ecology of Sibon snakes (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from two forests in Central America. Phyllomedusa 12(1), 47–55.
Bonilla-Murillo, F., Beneyto, D., and Sasa, M. (2013). Anfibios y reptiles de los pantanos dominados por la palma de yolillo Raphia taedigera (Arecaceae) en el noreste de Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 61(1), 143-161.
Benyeto, D., Monrós, J. and Piculo, R. (2013). Los yolillales como fuentes o sumideros de ornitofauna: una primera aproximación al problema. Revista de Biología Tropical, 61(1), 131-142.
Rueda, R. et al (2013). Inventario preliminar de plantas asociadas a los pantanos dominados por palmas del Caribe de Costa Rica y Nicaragua. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 61(1), 101-120.
Grant, P. B., Woudneh, M. B., & Ross, P. S. (2013). Pesticides in blood from spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) downstream of banana plantations in Costa Rica. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32(11), 2576-2583. *
Lewis, T. R., Grant, P. B., Henderson, R. W., Figueroa, A., & Dunn, M. D. (2011). Ecological notes on the annulated Treeboa (Corallus annulatus) from a costa Rican lowland Tropical Wet forest. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History 18(4): 202-207
David, G., & Lewis, T. R. (2011). Hatching neonates of Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872) in a Manicaria swamp forest, Costa Rica. Herpetology Notes, 4, 269.
Lewis, T., Grant, P., Quesada, M. G., Ryall, C., LaDuke, T. C., & Road, W. (2010). A botanical survey of Caño Palma Biological Station (Estación Biológica Caño Palma), Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Brenesia, 73(74), 73-84. *
Grant, P. B., & Lewis, T. R. (2010). High speed boat traffic: a risk to crocodilian populations. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 5(3), 456-460.
Lewis, T. R., & Lewis, O. J. (2010). Defensive behavior in Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868). Comportamiento defensivo en Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868). Herpetozoa., 23(1/2), 79-81.
Lewis, T. R., & Grant, P. B. (2010). Predation attempt by Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler)(Mexican Vinesnake) on Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope).19-22.
Lewis, T.R., David, G, Grant, P.B.,, LaDuke, T.C., & Ryall, D.. (2010). SIBON ANNULATUS (Ringed Snaileater). MAXIMUM SIZE. Herpetological Review, 41(1), 98.
Lewis, T., Ryall, C., Laduke, T., and Grant, P. (2010). Predation by Atractosteus tropicus on Bufo marinus and its possible affect on population in a lowland tropical wet rainforest. Boletín de la Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana, 18(2), 51-60.
Lewis, T. R., Nash, D. J., & Grant, P. B. (2009). Predation by Corallus annulatus (Boidae) on Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridae) in a lowland tropical wet forest, Costa Rica. Cuadernos de herpetología, 23.
Lewis, T. R., & Grant, P. B. (2009). Communal behaviour by Basiliscus plumifrons in a Manicaria swamp forest, northeast Costa Rica. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, (20), 35-37.
Lewis, T. R., Nash, D. J., & Grant, P. B. (2009). Predation by Corallus annulatus (Boidae) on Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridae) in a lowland tropical wet forest, Costa Rica. Cuadernos de herpetología, 23.
Ryder, T. B., & Wolfe, J. (2009). The current state of knowledge on molt and plumage sequences in selected tropical families: a review. Ornitologia Neotropical. 20(1), 1-18.
Wolfe, J. D., Pyle, P., & Ralph, C. J. (2009). Breeding seasons, molt patterns, and gender and age criteria for selected northeastern Costa Rican resident landbirds. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 121(3), 556-567.
Lewis, T. R. (2009). Sibon longifrenis (Drab Snail-eater). Reproduction. Herpetol. Rev, 40, 103.
Wolfe, J. D., & Ralph, C. J. (2009). Correlations between El Niño—Southern Oscillation and Changes in Nearctic—Neotropic Migrant Condition in Central America. The Auk, 126(4), 809-814.
Lewis, T. R., Ryall, C., & Laduke, T. C. (2008). Leptodactylus melanonotus (sabinal frog). Diet. Herpetological Review., 39(1), 79.
Grant, P., T. Lewis, T.C. Laduke, and C. Ryall. (2008). Caiman crocodilus: opportunistic foraging. Herpetological Review 39:345–346.
Lewis, T. R., & Grant, P. B. (2007). On the diet of Rhadinaea decorata (Günther, 1858). Herpetozoa, 20, 91.
Dechmann, D. K., Safi, K., & Vonhof, M. J. (2006). Matching morphology and diet in the disc-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy, 87(5), 1013-1019.
Vonhof, M. J., & Fenton, M. B. (2004). Roost availability and population size of Thyroptera tricolor, a leaf-roosting bat, in north-eastern Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 291-305.
Vonhof, M. J., Whitehead, H., & Fenton, M. B. (2004). Analysis of Spix's disc-winged bat association patterns and roosting home ranges reveal a novel social structure among bats. Animal behaviour, 68(3), 507-521.
Lewis, T. (2004). Leptophis depressirostris (Satiny Parrot Snake): Reproduction. Herpetological bulletin, 31-31.
Lim, B. K., Pedro, W. A., & Passos, F. C. (2003). Differentiation and species status of the Neotropical yellow-eared bats Vampyressa pusilla and V. thyone (Phyllostomidae) with a molecular phylogeny and review of the genus. Acta Chiropterologica, 5(1), 15-29.
Woodman, N. (2003). New record of the rare emballonurid bat Centronycteris centralis (Thomas, 1912) in Costa Rica, with notes on feeding habits. Caribbean Journal of Science, 39(3), 399-402.
Pape, T., Dechmann, D., & Vonhof, M. J. (2002). A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) living in roosts of Spix's disk-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor Spix (Chiroptera) in Costa Rica. Journal of Natural History, 36(8), 991-998.
Riskin, D. K., & Fenton, M. B. (2001). Sticking ability in Spix's disk-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor (Microchiroptera: Thyropteridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79(12), 2261-2267.
Smethurst, D., & Nietschmann, B. (1999). The distribution of manatees (Trichechus manatus) in the coastal waterways of Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Biological Conservation, 89(3), 267-274.
Fenton, M. B., Rydell, J., Vonhof, M. J., Eklöf, J., & Lancaster, W. C. (2000). Constant-frequency and frequency-modulated components in the echolocation calls of three species of small bats (Emballonuridae, Thyropteridae, and Vespertilionidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77(12), 1891-1900.
Burger, R. M. (1997). Predation by two species of coral snakes in Limón Province, Costa Rica. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society., 32(7), 145.
Burton, F.D. (1994). In the footsteps of Heraclitus. Strength in Diversity: A Reader in Physical Anthropology. 77-102.
Fernandez, D.A. and Zook, J. (1993). Northward migration of peregrine falcons along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Journal of Raptor Research, 27(2), 123-125.
GRADUATE THESES
Flores, M.D. (2019). Wildlife and macro-debris pollution: examples from marine and freshwater environments. Master's thesis. York University. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pheasey, H. (2020). Methods of and motives for laundering a wildlife commodity beyond captive farming-based systems: The harvest of olive ridley sea turtle eggs. PhD Dissertation. University of Kent, England.
Ramírez Molina, H. A. (2018). Análisis de variabilidad y diferenciación genética poblacional de la lapa verde (ara ambiguus) en Costa Rica. Master’s thesis. University of Costa Rica. Costa Rica.
Ström, C. (2013). Rapid biodiversity assessment of a Neotropical rainforest using soundscape recordings. Masters Thesis. Umea Universitet. Suecia.
Habitat use of Neartic-Neotropic migrant birds in northeastern Costa Rica, Wolfe, J. D., (2009)], Masters thesis. Supervisor, MD Johnson, The Humboldt State University, California, USA. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this research.
Where Jungle Meets Sand – film flyer, by Abdelmalik S. (2009), part of Masters portfolio, Faculty Environmental Studies, York University, full length found at: Gateway2nature.com
van Oudenhoven, F. J. (2007). Of Turtles and Tactics: Conservation and Sustainable Community Development in San Francisco, Costa Rica. Major Paper for Masters Degree.York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CARD, K. (2007). A COMPARISON OF MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION ON THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC COASTS, COSTA RICA (Doctoral dissertation, McMaster University).
Vonhof, M. J. (2003). Habitat availability, population size, and the composition, stability, and genetic structure of social groups of Spix's disk-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor. PhD Dissertation. York University, Canada.
Wickham. J. (2001). Characterization of a Tropical Hawkmoth (Family Sphingidae) Community in an Atlantic Lowland Rainforest. Masters Thesis. Fredonia State University of New York.
Cole, M. (1994). The founding of Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation. Major paper for Masters Degree. York University, Canada.
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT REPORTS
Haar, R. van der (2020). Coastal erosion on the Caribbean Coast: Examining an ever-changing beach in Costa Rica. Bachelor's thesis. Aeres University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Roosmalen, C. van (2018). The Great Green Macaw Project. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Wattel, B. (2016). Abundance of plastic debris on the beach and above sea turtle nests (Playa Norte). HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Guevara, O.J., Mungia Briceño, B.A. and Reyes, A.A. (2009). Caracterización floristica de los pantanos dominados por palmas, en el sureste de Nicaragua y Noreste-Noroeste de Costa Rica energy un periodo comprendido de Marzo 2008. Bachelor's thesis. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua.
Heuvelmans, I. (2016). Activity of tent-making bats and use of artificial tents in Barra Del Colorado Wildlife Refuge. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Vervoorn, K. (2016). Is there a correlation between the density of tent-capable leaves and tent density? HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Helsloot, F. (2017). Strawberry poison-dart frog breeding habitat: A study on Oophaga pumilio and their tadpole rearing sites. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Snijders, J. (2016). The effect of perch height and colour intensity on escape behaviour in Oophaga pumilio. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Iersel, R. van (2016). An inventory of anolis lizards in Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, 2016. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Garnier, M. (2015). Influence of the vertical beach profile on Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting behaviour. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Bakker, C. (2015). Effect of temporal flooding on the hatching success of leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea). HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Bouwmeester, G. (2015). Shorebirds from "Playa Norte": Is there a difference in shorebird abundance between Lagoon Quatro and Lagoon Tortuguero based on environmental differences and human impact? Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Boeren, D. (2015). Activity of tent-making bats in the Barra Del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Hurkens, L. (2015). Plant Phenology in a Lowland Atlantic Tropical Wet Rainforest. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Belderok, R. (2015). The strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) density in relation to environmental variables. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Cappello, C. and Dekker, G. (2015). Microhabitat use of the strawberry dart-poison frog (Oophaga pumilio) in relation to individual body condition. Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Willems, J. (2015). Flight behaviour of the black river turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea). HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Verstraten, T. (2015). Oophaga pumilio. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
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Lambrikx, N. (2014). The effect of yolkless eggs on hatching and emerging success of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Tortuguero area, Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Prince, B. (2014). Relationship between nest position and predation rates in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Bosch, A. J. van den (2014). Foraging behaviour and characteristics of the Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) in the lowland swamp forest in the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
https://doczz.net/doc/7395335/foraging-behaviour-and-characteristics-of-the-mantled
Koenraads, K. A. (2014). Selection of migratory routes by neotropical migrants along a coastal area in Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands. https://doczz.net/doc/8920600/selection-of-migratory-routes-by-neotropical-migrants-along
Ros, E. (2013). Size, clutch size and nesting distribution in leatherbacks on Playa Norte, Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Wockner, O, (2013). Plant phenology in an Atlantic lowland tropical wet rainforest -The beginnings of a phenology study at Caño Palma Biological Station.
Royea-Spratt, D. & Griffin, J. (2013). A Plant Species Inventory of a One-hectare Forested Plot Using ACER Sampling Methodologies at the Caño Palma Biological Station in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Vanier College, Montreal, Canada.
Al-Samaraie, H. (2013). Is there a correlation between tent occupancy and abundance of tent-roosting bats and environmental factors in the area of Caño Palma Biological Station? Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.
Leemans, I. (2012). Beach profile correlated to nest-site selection of Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Playa Norte, Tortuguero. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Groen, M. (2012). A comparative study of the herpetofauna in two different forest types at Caño Palma Biological Station. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Pottie, S. (2012). Investigating the relationship between the distance from the high-tide line and the number of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests found in Tortuguero. Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Buijs, J. (2012). Foraging and nesting habits of the leafcutter ant. HAS University of Applied Sciences. Netherlands.
Oudenhoven, F. Van (2006) Turtle Conservation Project for the Tortuguero North Beach - Feasibility Study. York University, Toronto.
O'Toole, E. (1993). Tent, Tent who made the Tent: An analysis of observations on tent making by Artibeus watsoni (Phyllostomidae) in Costa Rica. University of Toronto.
O'Toole, B. (1993). Leaf selection on Manicaria saccifera (Palmae) by the tent-making bat Artibeus watsoni (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Costa Rica. University of Toronto.
Mulcahy, T. (1993). Social Organization in Artibeus watsoni (Chiroptera Phyllostomidae). University of Toronto.
Baker, R., Solari, S. & Hoffman, F. (2002). A new Central American species from the Carollia brevicauda complex. Texas Tech University, USA.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265684496_A_new_Central_American_species_from_the_Carollia_brevicauda
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Educational Factsheets, Newsletters and Checklists
On each page you'll find updated links to publications from data collected on and around the Station. We have also included COTERC's educational fact sheets for a variety of species, and other downloadable resources. Please visit frequently for updates!
Below is a complete list of reports, checklists and other documents that can be found on the Caño Palma and COTERC websites:
Field Checklists:
Educational Factsheets:COTERC have developed a number of educational fact-sheets about a diverse range of species found in the area surrounding the biological station. For a access to these down-loadable resources, please click here to visit their website.
Raphia Newsletter: COTERC produces a newsletter for its Members which includes interesting stories and information about activities that COTERC is involved in including CPBS. For access to past newsletters, please visit here to view the archive. If you would like to receive the newest edition of Raphia, consider becoming a member.
CPBS/COTERC presentation: This presentation was designed for use by former volunteers and interns to share their experiences with universities or other groups that may be interested in participating at the station. Please email station@coterc.org for the Powerpoint presentation.
Research reported on below took place, in part or entirely, at Caño Palma Biological Station or was carried out with the assistance of Caño Palma personel.
* Papers marked with an asterisk are those for which we have not yet obtained permission to link a copy of the pdf file from the publisher.
Damian, M., Harris, A., Aussage, J., & Fraser, G. S. (2022). Seasonal deposition of marine debris on an important marine turtle nesting beach in Costa Rica. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 177, 113525. *
Rice, E. A., Lewis, T. R., Griffin, R. K., & Grant, P. B. (2022). Heads nods and boat bobs: Behavior of Iguana iguana is affected by environment and boat traffic in riparian tropical forest. Biotropica, 54(4), 820-828.*
Restrepo, J., Rojas-Cañizales, D., & Valverde, R. A. (2022). Historical Records of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nesting at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Journal of Herpetology, 56(3), 336-340. *
Pheasey, H., Glen, G., Allison, N. L., Fonseca, L. G., Chacón, D., Restrepo, J., & Valverde, R. A. (2021). Quantifying illegal extraction of sea turtles in Costa Rica. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2, 705556.
Lewis, T. et al (2021). Ecology and morphology of the dwarf bromeliad boa Ungaliophis panamensis (Squamata, Boidae, Ungaliophiinae) in Costa Rica and Panama. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 16(2), 317-331.
Pheasey, H., Roberts, D. L., Rojas-Cañizales, D., Mejías-Balsalobre, C., Griffiths, R. A., & Williams-Guillen, K. (2020). Using GPS-enabled decoy turtle eggs to track illegal trade. Current Biology, 30(19), R1066-R1068.
Khazan, E., Bujan, J., & Scheffers, B. R. (2020). Patterns of ant activity and nesting ecology depend on flooding intensity in a Neotropical floodplain. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 40, 909-917. *
Khazan, E. S., Verstraten, T., Moore, M. P., & Dugas, M. B. (2019). Nursery crowding does not influence offspring, but might influence parental, fitness in a phytotelm-breeding frog. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(3), 1-8. *
Lewis, T. and Griffin, R. (2019). Cohabitation by Bothrops asper (Garman 1883) and Leptodactylus savagei (Heyer 2005). Herpetology Notes, vol 12: 969-970.
Velez-Espino, A., Pheasey, H., Araújo, A., & Fernández, L. M. (2018). Laying on the edge: demography of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting on Playa Norte, Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Marine Biology, 165(3), 1-12. *
Pheasey, H., McCargar, M., Glinsky, A., & Humphreys, N. (2018). Effectiveness of concealed nest protection screens against domestic predators for green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 17(2), 263-270. *
Kranzfelder, P. and Ferrington, L. (2018). Chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity of estuaries across a land use gradient on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 66(3), 1118-1134.
Khazan, E. S., Arias, M., & Fernández, L. M. (2016). Large mammal community composition and density under a disturbance gradient in Northeast Costa Rica. Revista de biologia tropical, 64(4), 1553-1564.
Vanlangendonck, N., Nuñez, G., Chaves, A., & Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G. A. (2015). New route of investigation for understanding the impact of human activities on the physiology of non-human primates. J Primatol, 4(123), 2.
Fernández, L. M., Arias, M., & Khazan, E. S. (2015). Analysis of population density and distribution of Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in Caño Palma, Northeast Costa Rica. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 10(3), 959-968.
Graham, K. E., Bulloch, M. J., & Lewis, T. R. (2013). Foraging behaviour of three primate species in a Costa Rican coastal lowland tropical wet forest. Biodiversity Journal, 4(2), 327-334.
McKelvy, A., Figueroa, A. and Lewis, T. (2013). First record of ophiophagy in the widely distributed snake Leptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott, 1859). Herpetology Notes, 6, 177-178.
Figueroa, A., Lewis, T., and Mooney, P. (2013). Notes on reproduction in Oxybelis fulgidus from Costa Rica. Herpetology Notes, vol. 6, 29-31.
Lewis, T. et al (2013). Morphology and ecology of Sibon snakes (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from two forests in Central America. Phyllomedusa 12(1), 47–55.
Bonilla-Murillo, F., Beneyto, D., and Sasa, M. (2013). Anfibios y reptiles de los pantanos dominados por la palma de yolillo Raphia taedigera (Arecaceae) en el noreste de Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 61(1), 143-161.
Benyeto, D., Monrós, J. and Piculo, R. (2013). Los yolillales como fuentes o sumideros de ornitofauna: una primera aproximación al problema. Revista de Biología Tropical, 61(1), 131-142.
Rueda, R. et al (2013). Inventario preliminar de plantas asociadas a los pantanos dominados por palmas del Caribe de Costa Rica y Nicaragua. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 61(1), 101-120.
Grant, P. B., Woudneh, M. B., & Ross, P. S. (2013). Pesticides in blood from spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) downstream of banana plantations in Costa Rica. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32(11), 2576-2583. *
Lewis, T. R., Grant, P. B., Henderson, R. W., Figueroa, A., & Dunn, M. D. (2011). Ecological notes on the annulated Treeboa (Corallus annulatus) from a costa Rican lowland Tropical Wet forest. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History 18(4): 202-207
David, G., & Lewis, T. R. (2011). Hatching neonates of Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872) in a Manicaria swamp forest, Costa Rica. Herpetology Notes, 4, 269.
Lewis, T., Grant, P., Quesada, M. G., Ryall, C., LaDuke, T. C., & Road, W. (2010). A botanical survey of Caño Palma Biological Station (Estación Biológica Caño Palma), Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Brenesia, 73(74), 73-84. *
Grant, P. B., & Lewis, T. R. (2010). High speed boat traffic: a risk to crocodilian populations. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 5(3), 456-460.
Lewis, T. R., & Lewis, O. J. (2010). Defensive behavior in Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868). Comportamiento defensivo en Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868). Herpetozoa., 23(1/2), 79-81.
Lewis, T. R., & Grant, P. B. (2010). Predation attempt by Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler)(Mexican Vinesnake) on Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope).19-22.
Lewis, T.R., David, G, Grant, P.B.,, LaDuke, T.C., & Ryall, D.. (2010). SIBON ANNULATUS (Ringed Snaileater). MAXIMUM SIZE. Herpetological Review, 41(1), 98.
Lewis, T., Ryall, C., Laduke, T., and Grant, P. (2010). Predation by Atractosteus tropicus on Bufo marinus and its possible affect on population in a lowland tropical wet rainforest. Boletín de la Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana, 18(2), 51-60.
Lewis, T. R., Nash, D. J., & Grant, P. B. (2009). Predation by Corallus annulatus (Boidae) on Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridae) in a lowland tropical wet forest, Costa Rica. Cuadernos de herpetología, 23.
Lewis, T. R., & Grant, P. B. (2009). Communal behaviour by Basiliscus plumifrons in a Manicaria swamp forest, northeast Costa Rica. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, (20), 35-37.
Lewis, T. R., Nash, D. J., & Grant, P. B. (2009). Predation by Corallus annulatus (Boidae) on Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridae) in a lowland tropical wet forest, Costa Rica. Cuadernos de herpetología, 23.
Ryder, T. B., & Wolfe, J. (2009). The current state of knowledge on molt and plumage sequences in selected tropical families: a review. Ornitologia Neotropical. 20(1), 1-18.
Wolfe, J. D., Pyle, P., & Ralph, C. J. (2009). Breeding seasons, molt patterns, and gender and age criteria for selected northeastern Costa Rican resident landbirds. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 121(3), 556-567.
Lewis, T. R. (2009). Sibon longifrenis (Drab Snail-eater). Reproduction. Herpetol. Rev, 40, 103.
Wolfe, J. D., & Ralph, C. J. (2009). Correlations between El Niño—Southern Oscillation and Changes in Nearctic—Neotropic Migrant Condition in Central America. The Auk, 126(4), 809-814.
Lewis, T. R., Ryall, C., & Laduke, T. C. (2008). Leptodactylus melanonotus (sabinal frog). Diet. Herpetological Review., 39(1), 79.
Grant, P., T. Lewis, T.C. Laduke, and C. Ryall. (2008). Caiman crocodilus: opportunistic foraging. Herpetological Review 39:345–346.
Lewis, T. R., & Grant, P. B. (2007). On the diet of Rhadinaea decorata (Günther, 1858). Herpetozoa, 20, 91.
Dechmann, D. K., Safi, K., & Vonhof, M. J. (2006). Matching morphology and diet in the disc-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy, 87(5), 1013-1019.
Vonhof, M. J., & Fenton, M. B. (2004). Roost availability and population size of Thyroptera tricolor, a leaf-roosting bat, in north-eastern Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 291-305.
Vonhof, M. J., Whitehead, H., & Fenton, M. B. (2004). Analysis of Spix's disc-winged bat association patterns and roosting home ranges reveal a novel social structure among bats. Animal behaviour, 68(3), 507-521.
Lewis, T. (2004). Leptophis depressirostris (Satiny Parrot Snake): Reproduction. Herpetological bulletin, 31-31.
Lim, B. K., Pedro, W. A., & Passos, F. C. (2003). Differentiation and species status of the Neotropical yellow-eared bats Vampyressa pusilla and V. thyone (Phyllostomidae) with a molecular phylogeny and review of the genus. Acta Chiropterologica, 5(1), 15-29.
Woodman, N. (2003). New record of the rare emballonurid bat Centronycteris centralis (Thomas, 1912) in Costa Rica, with notes on feeding habits. Caribbean Journal of Science, 39(3), 399-402.
Pape, T., Dechmann, D., & Vonhof, M. J. (2002). A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) living in roosts of Spix's disk-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor Spix (Chiroptera) in Costa Rica. Journal of Natural History, 36(8), 991-998.
Riskin, D. K., & Fenton, M. B. (2001). Sticking ability in Spix's disk-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor (Microchiroptera: Thyropteridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79(12), 2261-2267.
Smethurst, D., & Nietschmann, B. (1999). The distribution of manatees (Trichechus manatus) in the coastal waterways of Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Biological Conservation, 89(3), 267-274.
Fenton, M. B., Rydell, J., Vonhof, M. J., Eklöf, J., & Lancaster, W. C. (2000). Constant-frequency and frequency-modulated components in the echolocation calls of three species of small bats (Emballonuridae, Thyropteridae, and Vespertilionidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77(12), 1891-1900.
Burger, R. M. (1997). Predation by two species of coral snakes in Limón Province, Costa Rica. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society., 32(7), 145.
Burton, F.D. (1994). In the footsteps of Heraclitus. Strength in Diversity: A Reader in Physical Anthropology. 77-102.
Fernandez, D.A. and Zook, J. (1993). Northward migration of peregrine falcons along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Journal of Raptor Research, 27(2), 123-125.
GRADUATE THESES
Flores, M.D. (2019). Wildlife and macro-debris pollution: examples from marine and freshwater environments. Master's thesis. York University. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pheasey, H. (2020). Methods of and motives for laundering a wildlife commodity beyond captive farming-based systems: The harvest of olive ridley sea turtle eggs. PhD Dissertation. University of Kent, England.
Ramírez Molina, H. A. (2018). Análisis de variabilidad y diferenciación genética poblacional de la lapa verde (ara ambiguus) en Costa Rica. Master’s thesis. University of Costa Rica. Costa Rica.
Ström, C. (2013). Rapid biodiversity assessment of a Neotropical rainforest using soundscape recordings. Masters Thesis. Umea Universitet. Suecia.
Habitat use of Neartic-Neotropic migrant birds in northeastern Costa Rica, Wolfe, J. D., (2009)], Masters thesis. Supervisor, MD Johnson, The Humboldt State University, California, USA. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this research.
Where Jungle Meets Sand – film flyer, by Abdelmalik S. (2009), part of Masters portfolio, Faculty Environmental Studies, York University, full length found at: Gateway2nature.com
van Oudenhoven, F. J. (2007). Of Turtles and Tactics: Conservation and Sustainable Community Development in San Francisco, Costa Rica. Major Paper for Masters Degree.York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CARD, K. (2007). A COMPARISON OF MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION ON THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC COASTS, COSTA RICA (Doctoral dissertation, McMaster University).
Vonhof, M. J. (2003). Habitat availability, population size, and the composition, stability, and genetic structure of social groups of Spix's disk-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor. PhD Dissertation. York University, Canada.
Wickham. J. (2001). Characterization of a Tropical Hawkmoth (Family Sphingidae) Community in an Atlantic Lowland Rainforest. Masters Thesis. Fredonia State University of New York.
Cole, M. (1994). The founding of Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation. Major paper for Masters Degree. York University, Canada.
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT REPORTS
Haar, R. van der (2020). Coastal erosion on the Caribbean Coast: Examining an ever-changing beach in Costa Rica. Bachelor's thesis. Aeres University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Roosmalen, C. van (2018). The Great Green Macaw Project. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Wattel, B. (2016). Abundance of plastic debris on the beach and above sea turtle nests (Playa Norte). HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Guevara, O.J., Mungia Briceño, B.A. and Reyes, A.A. (2009). Caracterización floristica de los pantanos dominados por palmas, en el sureste de Nicaragua y Noreste-Noroeste de Costa Rica energy un periodo comprendido de Marzo 2008. Bachelor's thesis. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua.
Heuvelmans, I. (2016). Activity of tent-making bats and use of artificial tents in Barra Del Colorado Wildlife Refuge. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Vervoorn, K. (2016). Is there a correlation between the density of tent-capable leaves and tent density? HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Helsloot, F. (2017). Strawberry poison-dart frog breeding habitat: A study on Oophaga pumilio and their tadpole rearing sites. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Snijders, J. (2016). The effect of perch height and colour intensity on escape behaviour in Oophaga pumilio. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Iersel, R. van (2016). An inventory of anolis lizards in Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, 2016. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Garnier, M. (2015). Influence of the vertical beach profile on Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting behaviour. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Bakker, C. (2015). Effect of temporal flooding on the hatching success of leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea). HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Bouwmeester, G. (2015). Shorebirds from "Playa Norte": Is there a difference in shorebird abundance between Lagoon Quatro and Lagoon Tortuguero based on environmental differences and human impact? Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Boeren, D. (2015). Activity of tent-making bats in the Barra Del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Hurkens, L. (2015). Plant Phenology in a Lowland Atlantic Tropical Wet Rainforest. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Belderok, R. (2015). The strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) density in relation to environmental variables. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Cappello, C. and Dekker, G. (2015). Microhabitat use of the strawberry dart-poison frog (Oophaga pumilio) in relation to individual body condition. Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Willems, J. (2015). Flight behaviour of the black river turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea). HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Verstraten, T. (2015). Oophaga pumilio. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
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Lambrikx, N. (2014). The effect of yolkless eggs on hatching and emerging success of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Tortuguero area, Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Prince, B. (2014). Relationship between nest position and predation rates in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Bosch, A. J. van den (2014). Foraging behaviour and characteristics of the Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) in the lowland swamp forest in the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
https://doczz.net/doc/7395335/foraging-behaviour-and-characteristics-of-the-mantled
Koenraads, K. A. (2014). Selection of migratory routes by neotropical migrants along a coastal area in Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands. https://doczz.net/doc/8920600/selection-of-migratory-routes-by-neotropical-migrants-along
Ros, E. (2013). Size, clutch size and nesting distribution in leatherbacks on Playa Norte, Costa Rica. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Wockner, O, (2013). Plant phenology in an Atlantic lowland tropical wet rainforest -The beginnings of a phenology study at Caño Palma Biological Station.
Royea-Spratt, D. & Griffin, J. (2013). A Plant Species Inventory of a One-hectare Forested Plot Using ACER Sampling Methodologies at the Caño Palma Biological Station in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Vanier College, Montreal, Canada.
Al-Samaraie, H. (2013). Is there a correlation between tent occupancy and abundance of tent-roosting bats and environmental factors in the area of Caño Palma Biological Station? Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.
Leemans, I. (2012). Beach profile correlated to nest-site selection of Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Playa Norte, Tortuguero. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Groen, M. (2012). A comparative study of the herpetofauna in two different forest types at Caño Palma Biological Station. HAS University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
Pottie, S. (2012). Investigating the relationship between the distance from the high-tide line and the number of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests found in Tortuguero. Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Buijs, J. (2012). Foraging and nesting habits of the leafcutter ant. HAS University of Applied Sciences. Netherlands.
Oudenhoven, F. Van (2006) Turtle Conservation Project for the Tortuguero North Beach - Feasibility Study. York University, Toronto.
O'Toole, E. (1993). Tent, Tent who made the Tent: An analysis of observations on tent making by Artibeus watsoni (Phyllostomidae) in Costa Rica. University of Toronto.
O'Toole, B. (1993). Leaf selection on Manicaria saccifera (Palmae) by the tent-making bat Artibeus watsoni (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Costa Rica. University of Toronto.
Mulcahy, T. (1993). Social Organization in Artibeus watsoni (Chiroptera Phyllostomidae). University of Toronto.
Baker, R., Solari, S. & Hoffman, F. (2002). A new Central American species from the Carollia brevicauda complex. Texas Tech University, USA.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265684496_A_new_Central_American_species_from_the_Carollia_brevicauda
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Educational Factsheets, Newsletters and Checklists
On each page you'll find updated links to publications from data collected on and around the Station. We have also included COTERC's educational fact sheets for a variety of species, and other downloadable resources. Please visit frequently for updates!
Below is a complete list of reports, checklists and other documents that can be found on the Caño Palma and COTERC websites:
Field Checklists:
Educational Factsheets:COTERC have developed a number of educational fact-sheets about a diverse range of species found in the area surrounding the biological station. For a access to these down-loadable resources, please click here to visit their website.
Raphia Newsletter: COTERC produces a newsletter for its Members which includes interesting stories and information about activities that COTERC is involved in including CPBS. For access to past newsletters, please visit here to view the archive. If you would like to receive the newest edition of Raphia, consider becoming a member.
CPBS/COTERC presentation: This presentation was designed for use by former volunteers and interns to share their experiences with universities or other groups that may be interested in participating at the station. Please email station@coterc.org for the Powerpoint presentation.
