Publications and Resources

Historical Publication Archive:



2020

• Using GPS-enabled decoy turtle eggs to track illegal trade, 2020, Helen Pheasey, David L. Roberts, Daniela Rojas-Cañizales,
  Carmen Mejías-Balsalobre, Richard A. Griffiths, and Kim Williams-Guillen
• Patterns of ant activity and nesting ecology depend on flooding intensity in a Neotropical floodplain, 2020, Emily Khazan, Jelena Bujan, Brett R. Scheffers
  
  

2019

• Nursery crowding does not influence offspring, but might influence parental, fitness in a phytotelm-breeding frog, 2019, Emily S. Khazan, Tom Verstraten, Michael P. Moore, Matthew B. Dugas
  
  

2018

• ​ANÁLISIS DE VARIABILIDAD Y DIFERENCIACIÓN GENÉTICA POBLACIONAL DE LA LAPA VERDE (ARA AMBIGUUS) EN COSTA RICA, 2018, Hersson Ramirez, Masters thesis, University of Costa Rica
• Laying on the edge: demography of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting on Playa Norte, 2018, Antonio Velez‑Espino  · Helen Pheasey  · Andrés Araújo  · Luis M. Fernández
• Effectiveness of Concealed Nest Protection Screens Against Domestic Predators for Green (Chelonia mydas) and Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) Sea Turtles, 2018, Helen Pheasey, Molly McCargar, Andrew Glinsky, and Nicholas Humphreys​
• The Great Green Macaw Project, 2018, Chris van Roosmalen 
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia midas), 2018 , Nicole Allison
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2018, Nicole Allison 
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), 2018, Nicole Allison
• Biodiversity assessment - Reforestation recommendations - Dr. Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge, 2018, compiled by clement lalait under direction of COTERC/CPBS

2017

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia midas), 2017,  M.S. Jimena Gutiérrez
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2017,  M.S. Jimena Gutiérrez
  
  

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2016

• Large mammal community composition and density under a disturbance gradient in Northeast Costa Rica, 2016, Emily S. Khazan, Manuel Arias and Luis M. Fernández
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Green Sea Turtle (Chelona midas), 2016, M. McCargar & M. Humphreys
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2016, M. McCargar & M. Humphreys
• Abundance of plastic debris on the beach and above sea turtle nests (Playa Norte), 2016, Bas Wattel 
• Activity of tent-making bats and use of artificial tents in Barra Del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, 2016, Ireen Heuvelmans
• Is there a correlation between the density of tent capable leaves and tent density?, 2016, Kyra Vervoorn
• Strawberry poison dart frog breeding habitat, 2017, Fabian Helsloot​​
• The effect of perch height and colour intensity on escape behaviour in (Oophaga pumilio), 2016, Jeroen Snijders
• An inventory of anolis lizards in Barra Del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, 2016, Robin van Iersel​​​
• The Impact of Research-Based Tourism on the Tortuguero area, Costa Rica: the Case Study of Cano Palma Biological Station, 2016, Dr. Kymberley A. Snarr
  
  

2015

• New Route of Investigation for Understanding the Impact of Human Activities on the Physiology of Non-Human Primates, 2015, Vanlangendonck N, Nuñez G , Chaves A and Gutiérrez-Espeleta GA
• Analysis of Population Density and Distribution of Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in Cano Palma, 2015, Luis M. Fernandez , Manuel Arias, and Emily S. Khazan
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia midas), 2015, H, Pheasey & M.McCargar 
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2015,H. Pheasey & L. Fernández Porras
• Influence of the vertical beach profile on Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting behaviour, 2015, Megan Garnier
• Effect of temporal flooding on the hatching success of leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea), 2015, Chris Bakker
• Shorebirds of "Playa Norte", 2015, Gijs Bouwmeester
• Activity of tent-­making bats in the Barra Del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, 2015, David Boeren
• Plant Phenology in a Lowland Atlantic Tropical Wet Rainforest, 2015, Lieve Hurkens
• The strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) density in relation to environmental variables, 2015, Roy Belderok
• Microhabitat use of the Strawberry dart-­‐poison frog (Oophaga pumilio) in relation to individual body condition, 2015, Christina
  Cappello and Greta G. Dekker
• Flight behaviour of the black river turtle (Rhinoclemmys funereal), 2015, Jeffrey Willems
• Oophaga pumilio, 2015, Tom Verstraten
  
  

2014

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Norte: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia midas), 2014, H. Pheasey & L.Fernández Porras
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2014, H. Pheasey & L. Fernández Porras
• The effect of yolkless eggs on hatching and emerging success of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), 2014, N. Lambrikx
• Relationship between nest position and predation rates in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), 2014 , Bart Prince
  
  

2013

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Norte: Green Sea Turtle (Celonia midas), 2013, N. Christen & R. García
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Norte: Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2013, N. Christen & R. García
• Foraging behaviour of three primate species in a Costa Rican coastal lowland tropical wet forest, 2013, K. Graham, M. Bulloch, & T. Lewis;
• Night Patrol protocols, 2013, COTERC
• Morning Patrol Protocols, 2013, COTERC
• Foraging behaviour and characteristics of the Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliate) in the lowland swamp forest in the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, 2013
• Selection of migratory routes by neotropical migrants along a coastal area in Costa Rica, 2013, Kas A. Koenraads
• Size, clutch size and nesting distribution in leatherbacks on Playa Norte, Costa Rica, 2013, Ros, Esmeralda J.G. 
• Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of a Neotropical Rainforest, Using Soundscape Recordings, 2013 Ström, C 
• Plant phenology in an Atlantic lowland tropical wet rainforest -The beginnings of a phenology study at Caño Palma Biological Station, 2013 Wockner, O
• A Plant Species Inventory of a One-hectare Forested Plot Using ACER Sampling Methodologies at The Caño Palma Biological Station in Tortuguero, Costa Rica 2013, Royea- Spratt, D and  Griffin, J
• Correlation between tent occupancy and abundance of tent-roosting bats and environmental factors in the area of Cano Palma Biological Station, 2013, Hanah Al-Samaraie ​
  
  

2012

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Norte: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia midas), 2012, K. Bonham & A. Hulatt
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Norte: Letherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2012, K. Bonham
• 2012 Technical Report for Nesting Leatherback Turtles, 2012, Bonham, K
• COTERC 2012 Technical Report for Nesting Leatherback Turtles, 2012, Bonham, K and Hulatt, A
• Beach profile correlated to nest site selection of Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) Playa Norte, 2012, Leemans, I
• Foraging and Nesting Habits Of Leafcutter Ants, 2012, Buijs, J. 
• A comparative study of the herpetofauna in two different forest types at Caño Palma Biological Station, 2012, Groen, M
• Investigating the relationship between the distance from the high tide line and the number of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests found in Tortuguero, 2012, Pottie, S., Anglia Ruskin University
  
  

2011

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Norte: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia midas),2011, A. Hulatt
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Notre: Letherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2011, A. Hulatte
• Heavy metal screening in feathers of resident birds and Neotropical migrants at selected sites in Costa Rica and Panama, 2011, Lane et al (conference poster)
• 2011 Technical Report for Nesting Green, Hawksbill and Loggerhead Turtles, 2011, Hulatt, A
• Evaluacion Ecológica cerro Tortuguero, 2011
• Ecological notes on the Annulated Tree boa (Corallus annuluatus) from a Costa Rican Lowland Tropical Wet Forest, 2011, Lewis et al. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 18(4):202-207
• Invertebrates at Cano Palma Biological Station, 2011, Ross Ballard and Todd Lewis
• Herpetofauna Found at Cano Palma Biological Station, Cerro Mountain, and Tortuguero Area (revised October 2011)
• Hatching neonates of Sibon annulatus (Gunther, 1872) in a Manacaria swamp forest, Costa Rica, 2011, David and Lewis
  
  

2010

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Norte: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia midas), 2010, A. Stevens
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program – Playa Norte: Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2010, A. Stevens
• The Applied Anthropological Perspective on the Current State of Natural Resource Management: The case of the Manacaria saccifera in the Tortuguero region, Costa Rica, 2010, K Snarr et al.  Unpublished field school report, summer 2010, Laurentian University, Barrie Campus, Ontario.
• A botanical survey of Cano Palma Biological Station (Estacion Biologica Cano Palma), Tortuguero, Costa Rica, 2010, Lewis, T et al
• High Speed Boat Traffic: A risk to Crocodilian populations, Grant P. and Lewis T, (2010)
• Defense behavior in Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868), 2010, Lewis, T and O, Lewis
• Defensive Behaviour in Dipsas articulate, 2010, Lewis and Lewis
• Updated Excavation Protocol, Playa Norte, Tortuguero, 2010, COTERC
• Predation attempt by Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler) (Mexican
  Vine-snake) on Basilicus plumifrons (Cope),2010, Grant & Lewis
• Morning Census Protocol, Playa Norte, Tortuguero, 2010, by COTERC
• Sea Turtle Monitoring: Nighttime Protocol, Playa Norte, Tortuguero Update), 2010,  by COTERC
• Ringed Snail-eater (Sibon annulatus) maximum size, 2010, Lewis et al.
• List of Species Observed on Field Trip to Costa Rica, 2010, Mason T.
• C.R.B.D. Project 2010: Barra del Colorado Baseline Coverage Analysis and Habitat Mapping GEOS421FinalReport, 2010, Solano C. et al.
• Mammal Field Checklist,  2010, Tom Mason, Greg Mayne, and Jonathan Willans
• Herpetofauna Field Checklist, 2010, Todd Lewis, Tom Mason, Paul Grant and Greg Mayne
• Bats Field Checklist, 2010, COTERC
• Plants Field Checklist, 2010, Mario Garcia
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2009

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program - Playa Norte: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia midas) and Hawksbill, 2009, by Arroyo Arce S and Jones D
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program – Playa Norte: Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 2009, by Arroyo Arce S and Jones D
• Communal behaviour by Basiliscus plumifrons in a Manacaria swamp forest, northeast Costa Rica, 2009, Lewis T.R. & Grant P.B.C., Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 20:35-37.
• Predation by Corallus annulatus (Boidae) on Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridea) in a lowland tropical wet forest, Costa Rica by Lewis (2009), Cuadernos de Herpetologica 23(2):93-96.
• The Current State of Knowledge on Molt and Plumage Sequences in Selected Neotropical Bird Families: A Review, by Ryder, T & Wolfe, J., (2009)], Ornotologia Neotropical 20:1-18. Note: Copyright for other than private use is restricted to [Neotropical Ornithological Society] (NOS)
• Breeding Seasons, Molt Patterns, and Gender and Age Criteria for Selected Northern Costa Rican Resident Birds, by Wolfe J. et al, (2009), The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 121 (3):556-567.
• 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.
• Drab Snail-eater (Sibon longifrenis) reproduction by Lewis T., (2009)], Herpetological Review 40 (1): 103.
• Correlations between El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Changes in Nearctic–Neotropic Migrant Condition in Central America, by Wolfe J. & Ralph C. J., (2009)], The Auk, 1264(4):809-814.
• Annual Report of Bird Monitoring in Costa Rica, 2009, by Elizonda et al.
• 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
• Large Mammal Web Project, Southern Alberta Institute for Technology (SAIT), 2009
• Herpetofauna Field Checklist, Lewis T. et al., updated (2009). Found at Cano Palma Biological Field Station and Tortuguero Area.
  
  

2008

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program – Playa Norte: Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), by Tsui W. et al., (2008).
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program – Playa Norte: Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), by Verissimo D. et al., (2008).
• Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilis) opportunistic foraging by Grant et al., (2008)], Herpetological Review 39 (3): 345-346.
• Sabinal Frog (Leptodactylus melanonotus) diet by Lewis et al., (2008), Herpetological Review 39 (1): 79.
• Bird Species Captured at Caño Palma Research Station 1994-2006, by Herrera P. A., (2008).
• Sea Turtle Monitoring: Nighttime Protocol, Playa Norte, Tortuguero, by COTERC, updated (2008).
• Sea Turtle Monitoring: Daytime Protocol, Playa Norte, Tortuguero, by COTERC, updated (2008).
• Jaguar Cichlid (Parachromis managuensis), by COTERC (2008).
• Tropical Gar (Atractosteus tropicus), by COTERC (2008).
• Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), by COTERC (2008)
• Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), by COTERC (2008).
• Fish Field Checklist, Tom Mason, (2008)
  
  

2007

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program – Playa Norte: Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), by Jackson J. et al., (2007)
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program – Playa Norte: Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Jackson J. et al., (2007).
• A Comparison of Marine Turtle Conservation on the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts, Costa Rica, by Card, K, (2007)
• On the diet of Rhadinaea decorate, Lewis and Grant (2007),Herpetozoa 20:1/2 p91​
• Of Turtles and Tactics- Conservation and Sustainable Development in San Francisco, Costa Rica, by van Oudenhoven F., (2007). Major Paper, Masters in Environmental Studies, York University, supervisor Dr. Patricia Perkins
• Crocodilians as sentinels of current use pesticide contamination in Costa Rica (Information Poster) by Grant P., (2007).
  
  

2006

• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program – Playa Norte: Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), by Chaparro L. et al., (2006).
• Marine Turtle Monitoring Program – Playa Norte: Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), by Chaparro L. et al., (2006).
• Nightime Protocol, Playa Norte, Tortuguero, by COTERC (2006)
• Morning Census Protocol, Playa Norte, Tortuguero, by COTERC (2006)
• Matching morphology and diet in the disc-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor, Safi D. D. K. & Vonhof M.J., (2006), Journal of Mammology, 87(5)1013-1019. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this full report but include the publicly available abstract.
• Proyecto Etnobotánico en el Caribe norte de Costa Rica, by Quesada M. G., (2006).
• Turtle Conservation Project for the Tortuguero North Beach- Feasibility Study, by van Oudenhoven F., (2006). York International Intern Program, York University
  
  

 2005

• An Overview of a Landbird Monitoring Program at Tortuguero on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica, by Ralph et al., (2005).
• Seven Nests of Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma Lineatum), by Furino S. & Quesada M. G.,(2005).
  
  

2004

• Roost availability and population size of Thyroptera tricolor, a leaf roosting bat, in north-eastern Costa Rica, Vonhof M. J. & Fenton M. B., (2004), Journal of Tropical Ecology, 20:291-305. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this full report but include the publicly available abstract.
• Analysis of Spix’s disk-winged bat associated with patterns and roosting home ranges reveal a novel social structure among bats, by Vonhof M. J. et al. (2004), Animal Behaviour, 68(1):507-521. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this full report but include the publicly available abstract.
• Satiny Parrot Snake (Leptophis depressirostris) Reproduction, by Lewis T., (2004), Herpetological Bulletin 87: 31.
  
  

2003

• Mason et al (2003) Herpetological species list CPBS
• 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, Pedro B. L. W. & Passo F., (2003), Acta Chiropterologica 5(1):15-29.
  
  

2002

• A new Central American species from the Carollia brevicauda complex, by Baker et al (2002)
• A new species of Sarcofahrtiosis Hall living in roosts of Spix’s disk winged bats, by Pape T. et al., (2002), Journal of Natural History, 36:991-998. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this full report but include the publicly available abstract.
  
  

2001

• Vonhof, MJ (2001) Habitat availability, population size, and the composition, stability, and genetic structure of social groups of Spix’s disk-winged bat, Thryoptera tricolor PhD Dissertation. Supervisor, MB Fenton, York University, Toronto, Canada. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this research.
• Habitat availability, population size, and the composition, stability, and genetic structure of social groups of Spix’s disk-winged bat, Thryoptera tricolor PhD Dissertation, Vonhof, M. J., (2001), Supervisor, MB Fenton, York University, Toronto, Canada. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this full report, and include the publicly available abstract.
• Sticking ability in Spix’s disk-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor (Microchiroptera: Thyropteridae), Riskin D. K. & Fenton M. B., (2001), Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:2261-2267.
• Characterization of a Tropical Hawkmoth (Family Sphingidae) Community in an Atlantic Lowland Rainforest, by Wickham J. D., (2001)
  
  

2000

• Vertebrate Report by Ammerman and Dixon (2000), Texas Wesleyan Biological Course Report
• Birds Field Checklist, William P. Widdowson and Margaret J. Widdowson, 2000
  
  

1999

• Mason et al (1999) Herptiles collected at CPBS in March 1999
• Ralph et al (1999) Monitoring of Resident and Migrant Landbirds at Tortuguero, Costa Rica 1994-1999
• The distribution of manatees (Trichechus manatus) in the coastal waterways of Tortuguero, Costa Rica, Smethurst D. & Neitschmann B (1999) Biological Conservation, 89:267-274. Due to publisher copyright issues, we cannot provide a copy of this full report but include the publicly available abstract.
• Constant-frequency and frequency-modulated components in the echolocation calls of three species of small bats (Emballonuridae, Thyropteridae, and Vespertilionidae), Fenton M. B. et al., (1999), Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 1891-1900.
• Vertebrate Report by Ammerman and Dixon (1999), Texas Wesleyan Biological Course Report
• Winter/Spring 1999
  
  

1998

• Suen and Reid (1998) Caiman survey results
• Reid, James and Suen (1998) Standing operating procedures Cano Palma caiman survey May 29
• Vertebrate Report by Ammerman and Dixon (1998), Texas Wesleyan Biological Course Report
  
  

1997

• COTERC (1997) Flora de Cano Palma
• Burger (1997) Predation by two species of Coral Snakes Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 32(7)145
• Mason (1997) Species of reptiles & amphibians observed Feb 1997
• Mason and Burger (1997) Reptiles and Amphibians Compilation List
  
  

1996

• Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (1996) Plantas Hospederas (Spanish)
• CPBS (1996) Butterflies observed
• Vertebrate Report by Ammerman and Dixon (1996), Texas Wesleyan Biological Course Report
  
  

1995

• Mason, Burger, and Lashane (1995) Herpetofuana caught at Cano Palma
• COTERC (1995) Map of Raphia trail CPBS
• Vertebrate Report by Ammerman and Dixon (1995), Texas Wesleyan Biological Course Report
  
  

1994

• The Founding of Canadian Organization For Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation (COTERC), by Cole M., (1994).
• COTERC (1994) Compiled checklist of Reptiles and Amphibians
• Vertebrate Report by Ammerman and Dixon (1994), Texas Wesleyan Biological Course Report
  
  

1993

• COTERC (1993) Checklist of Birds Observed at CPBS September 1993
• OToole E (1993) Analysis of Observations on Tent Making by Atribeus watsoni (Phyllostomidae)
• OToole B (1993) Leaf selection on Manicaria saccifera by Artibeus watsoni
• Mulcahy (1993) Social Organization in Artibeus watsoni (Chiroptera Phyllostomidae)
• CPBS (1993) The Colibri Trail Cano Palma Biological Station
  
  

1992

• Engstrom MD (1992) Bat species found during field course
• COTERC (1992) CPBS bird banding data February 1992
  
  

Before 1990

• Lista de peces de agua dulce de la zona de Tortuguero (potentially 1987)
• Burger and Villa (1986) Amphibians and Reptiles on northeastern region of Costa Rica

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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:

• Bats (updated May 18 2010)
• Birds
• Fish
• Herpetofauna
• Mammals
• Plants

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.