Nuevos registros de plantas comidas por el tapir, Tapirus bairdii (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae), en el Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, Costa Rica

Jose Pablo Carvajal; Pablo César Marín; Alexander Espinoza Chacón; Franco Rohrmoser Steinvorth; Christian Pérez Pérez

doi:10.22458/urj.v12i1.2771

New records of plants eaten by the tapir, Tapirus bairdii (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) in Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Authors

Jose Pablo Carvajal Universidad Técnica Nacional, Ingeniería en Manejo Forestal y Vida Silvestre, Sede Atenas, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7074-7298
Pablo César Marín Universidad Técnica Nacional, Ingeniería en Manejo Forestal y Vida Silvestre, Sede Atenas, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-036X
Alexander Espinoza Chacón Universidad Técnica Nacional, Ingeniería en Manejo Forestal y Vida Silvestre, Sede Atenas, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3592-3254
Franco Rohrmoser Steinvorth Universidad Técnica Nacional, Ingeniería en Manejo Forestal y Vida Silvestre, Sede Atenas, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5945-4897
Christian Pérez Pérez Universidad Nacional, Conservación y Manejo de Áreas Protegidas, Instituto de Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre, SINAC, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5582-6198

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v12i1.2771

Keywords:

Tapirus bairdii, tapir, herbivory, Barva Volcano, Schefflera rodriguesiana, Gunnera insignis

Abstract

We report Tapirus bairdii eating Schefflera rodriguesiana and Gunnera insignis in Volcán Barva, Costa Rica.

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2020-05-28

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Carvajal, J. P., Marín, P. C., Espinoza Chacón, A., Rohrmoser Steinvorth, F., & Pérez Pérez, C. (2020). New records of plants eaten by the tapir, Tapirus bairdii (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) in Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica. UNED Research Journal, 12(1), e2771. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v12i1.2771

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