Vol. 8 No. 2 (2016)

Articles

• Spider communities in two localities of the RAMSAR Site Chaco Wetlands, Argentina

  Helga Cecilia Achitte Schmutzler, Gilberto Avalos, Elena Beatriz Oscherov

  115-121

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1548

• Public perception of the existence and usefulness of demonstration forest in San Ramón, Costa Rica

  Flor Elizabeth Araya, Marta Araúz Almengor

  123-126

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1549

• Reptiles of the Unión river basin, Valle de El General, Costa Rica

  Luis Diego Arias Campos

  127-129

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1550

• Relative abundance and activity patterns of terrestrial mammalian species, in Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica

  Arroyo-Arce Stephanny Arroyo-Arce, Ian Thomson, Roberto Salom-Pérez

  131-137

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1551

• Photographic evidence of undescribed species of velvet worms (Onychophora: Peripatidae) from Costa Rica

  José Pablo Barquero-González, Víctor J. Acosta-Chaves, María Laura Sotela, Federico Villalobos Brenes, Bernal Morera-Brenes

  139-147

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1553

• Ability to identify native and exotic mammals, among the inhabitants of San Ramon, Costa Rica: role of age, sex, education and origin (rural or urban).

  Melvin Cartín Núñez, Verónica Sánchez Acuña, Gladis Abarca Segura

  149-155

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1554

• The environmental education workshop as a teaching strategy for sustainability of natural resources in rural Costa Rican elementary schools.

  Marcos Chinchilla Picado, Zaidett Barrientos, Katya Calderón

  157-161

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1555

• Nontraditional protein sources and their effect on growth and survival, during masculinization, of the fish Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

  Carlos A. Cuenca-Soria, Leonardo I. Navarro Angulo, Alfonso Castillo-Domínguez, Carolina E. Melgar Valdes, Xchel A. Pérez-Palafox, Mateo Ortiz-Hernández

  163-170

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1556

• Inverted roles: Spider predation upon Neotropical velvet worms (Epiperipatus spp.; Onychophora: Peripatidae)

  Rosmery Franco, Julián Monge-Nájera

  171-173

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1557

• Milk Urea Nitrogen relationship with reproductive and productive parameters in Holstein, Jersey and their crosses

  Jose Pablo Gonzáles Blanco, Rodolfo Rodolfo WingChing-Jones

  175-183

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1558

• Dry forest ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Diria National Park, Costa Rica

  Pablo R. Gutiérrez-Martínez, Daniel Arauz Naranjo

  185-188

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1559

• The effect of feedback on performance and motivation in students taking Research methods for Health Sciences at UNED, Costa Rica

  Carmen Andrés Jiménez, Rebeca González Zúñiga

  189-194

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1560

• Density of the herbaceous layer and its relationship to light, pH and amount of litter in the Alberto Brenes Reserve, Costa Rica.

  Luis Alejandro Madrigal, Verónica Vargas

  195-199

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1561

• Range extension and first report of the fish Lagocephalus inermis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Digha, Northeast Coast of India

  Bijay Kali Mahapatra, Alakesh Pradhan

  201-205

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1562

• Male sexual tourism in Costa Rica: team spirit, peer dialogue and gender roles in a large sample of Internet forum posts

  Julián Monge-Nájera

  207-216

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1563

• Effect of Geophila macropoda (Rubiaceae) as “weed cover” on hydric erosion in banana plantations, Guápiles , Limón , Costa Rica.

  Jimmy Murillo, Víctor Hugo Méndez-Estrada +, Steven Brenes Prendas

  217-223

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1564

• Rediscovery of Tayassu pecari (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) in the Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Mixto Caño Negro, Costa Rica

  Sol Guerrero Ortiz, Francisco José Francisco José Morazán Fernández

  225-229

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1565

• Orchid conservation in a private preserve at Palmares, Costa Rica

  Maricela Rojas Álvarez, Carlos O. Morales, Mario A. Blanco

  231-240

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1566

• Assessment of ordinary solid waste generation in the canton of Belén in the period 2005-2015

  Esteban Salazar-Acuña

  241-247

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1567

• Comparative mandible geometric morphometrics of two African rodents,Thryonomys swinderianus and Cricetomys gambianus (Rodentia: Thryonomyidae and Nesomyidae)

  O.M. Samuel, P.M Parés-Casanova, J.O Olopade

  249-254

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1568

• Leaf morphology and chlorophyll in Piper reticulatum (Piperaceae) under conditions of light and shadow at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

  Sergio A. Villegas-Retana, María Chavarría-Soto

  255-258

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1569

• Use of bacteria (Azospirrillum spp.) as biofertilizer for African star grass (Cynodon nlemfuensis)

  Rodolfo WingChing-Jones, Lidieth Uribe Lorío, Leida Castro Barquero

  259-265

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v8i2.1570