Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Mammals [of Monteverde]
(Oxford University Press, 2000) -
Morphology, genetics, and ecology of pocket gophers (genus Geomys) in a narrow hybrid zone
(Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1985)A population of hybrid pocket gophers (Geomys bursarius × G. lutescens) exists 1–2 km west of Oakdale, Antelope County, Nebraska, U.S.A. The hybrids occur in soil that has characteristics intermediate between that occupied ... -
Natural history and karyology of the Yucatán vesper mouse, Otonyctomys hatti
(Instituto de Biología and Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, and Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México, D.F., 2005)Seventeen specimens of the rare Yucatán vesper mouse, Otonyctomys hatti, are now known from Belize, Guatemala, and the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán. We herein report a second specimen of O. hatti, ... -
Taxonomy and evolutionary relationships of Phillips’ small-eared shrew, Cryptotis phillipsii (Schaldach, 1966), from Oaxaca, Mexico (Mammalia: Insectivora: Soricidae)
(Biological Society of Washington, 2000-07)The name Cryptotis peregrina (Merriam, 1895) previously encompassed two separate populations of a small-eared shrew of the Cryptotis mexicana group inhabiting the Sierra de Cuatro Venados and the Sierra de Miahuatlán in ... -
Artibeus phaeotis
(American Society of Mammalogists, 1985-05) -
Mammalian community structure in lowland, tropical Peru, as determined by removal trapping
(Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1995)Amazonian lowland rain forests are complex three-dimensional formations consisting of a variety of arboreal and terrestrial habitats. The small mammal faunas, particularly of arboreal habitats, are poorly studied, and ... -
Geographic variation and evolutionary relationships among broad-clawed shrews of the Cryptotis goldmani–group (Mammalia: Insectivora: Soricidae)
(Field Museum of Natural History, 1999-01)The Cryptotis goldmani group of small-eared shrews consists of species that occupy high elevation (>1000 m) habitats in Mexico and northern Central America. Previously, this group was viewed as consisting of only two ... -
A field key to the bats of Costa Rica
(University of Kansas Center of Latin American Studies, 1998-12) -
Tent construction by bats of the genera Artibeus and Uroderma
(Field Museum of Natural History, 1987-12)Herein, I describe new styles of tents cut and utilized by Artibeus anderseni, A. glaucus, A. gnomus, A. phaeotis, A. toltecus, A. watsoni, Uroderma bilobatum, and U. magnirostrum; review and summarize the literature on ... -
The mammal fauna [of La Selva]
(University of Chicago Press, 1994) -
Clave de campo para los murciélagos de Costa Rica
(Brenesia (Museo Nacional de Costa Rica), 2000-01)Costa Rica has an extremely diverse bat fauna with 109 species recorded from the country to date. The diversity of bats at a given locality can be high with 71 species known from the La Selva Biological Station in the ... -
A roof over their feet: Tent-making bats of the New World tropics turn leaves into living quarters
(Natural History magazine, 1990-03) -
First records of 10 bat species in Guyana and comments on diversity of bats in Iwokrama Forest
(Acta Chiropterologica, 1999-12) -
Who Else Hires a Somali? The Challenges of Incorporating Newcomers in New Immigration Destinations: The Case of Emporia, Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)This study examines the range of responses to Somali newcomers in Emporia, Kansas, in schools, in the health community, in the Emporia Refugee Resettlement Alliance (ERRA), and in the local media. Based on data gathered ... -
What constitutes a proper description?
(Science, 2005-09) -
Predation by and activity patterns of ‘parasitic’ beetles of the genus Amblyopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
(Journal of Zoology (London), 1987-07)This study explores the relationship between staphylinid beetles of the genus Amblyopinus and their small mammal hosts. Previous studies had concluded that these beetles were parasitic and fed directly on blood, skin ... -
The mystery of the gracious hosts
(Natural History Magazine, 1988-09) -
Hoplopleura janzeni n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Anoplura), a new sucking louse from a Central American swimming mouse
(Journal of Parasitology, 2001-12)Both sexes of a new species of sucking louse Hoplopleura janzeni (Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) are described and illustrated from the Central American ichthyomyine swimming mouse Rheomys raptor (Rodentia: Muridae) collected ... -
Swimming ability in three Costa Rican dry forest rodents
(Revista de Biología Tropical, 2001-12)We investigated the swimming abilities of three Costa Rican dry forest rodents (Coues' rice rat. Oryzomys couesi, hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, and spiny pocket mouse, Liomys salvini) associated with a large marsh, ...