Index
INDEX Abangares River, 117 Aburto, Gilda, 252 Acacia spp., 70 Accipitridae, 156 ACG. See Area de Conservación Guanacaste Acinote leucomelas, 106 Acraeiniae, 106 Acrocomia vinifera, 55 Acromyrmex spp., 70 ACT. See Area de Conservación Tempisque Actata spp., 89 Adelpha iphiclus, 108 ADIO. See Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Ostiona Aellopos titan, 89 African star grass, 42, 57–58, 67, 267 Africanized honeybee, 40, 68 Agalychnis callidryas, 184 Agave species, 165 Agelaius phoeniceus, 150 Agkistrodon bilineatus, 186, 187 Agouti paca, 56 Agraulis vanillae, 107 Agricultural waste, contamination with, 122, 129, 141 Agriculture buffer zones and, 63, 276, 301 deforestation and, 271–72 land use and, 56 pollution from, 122, 129, 141, 171 water use and, 7, 119 Aguacate group, 5 Aguna asander, 88, 108 Aimophila botterii, 150 Aimophila ruficauda, 150 Albizia caribaea, 21 Albizia guachapele, 271 Albizia saman, 219 Alouatta palliata, 49 Altos de la Bonita, 293–96 Alvarado, Mario, 203 Amazilia boucardii, 138, 139, 157 Amazilia rutila, 150 Amazona albifrons, 150 Amazona auropalliata, 150, 157 Amazona ochrocephala, 138, 140 Ammodramus savannarum, 150 Amphibians. See Reptiles and amphibians Anacardiaceae, 32, 270 Anartia fatima, 107 Anatidae, 156 Ancyloscelis spp., 73 Andara tuberculosa, 139, 141 Andira inermis, 25, 67, 70, 90 Animals, 9. See also individual animal names Ant-lion nests, 90 Ant-plant mutualism, 70 Anteater, 50, 51, 138, 142 Anteos clorinde, 107 Anthidium spp., 73 Anthophorids, 21 Anthophorinae, 69 Ants biodiversity of, 69, 74 as bioindicators, 71–75 ecological impact of, 71 needs of, 70–71 sampling of, 72 327 Anurans, 179–80, 181 adaptations of to seasonal climate, 184 feeding ecology of, 183 Mayan-Nahual tradition and, 186 microhabitat of, 179, 182 reproduction of, 183–84 Anypsipyla univitella, 90 Aphelandra spp., 153 Aphrissa statira, 106, 107 Apinae, 73 Apis mellifera, 90 Apis spp., 73 Aquatic birds, 148, 154–55 Aquatic invertebrates, 118 Aquifers, 6 Ara macao, 138, 157 Aratinga canicularis, 150, 157 Aratus pisonii, 139 Arauz, Randall, 200, 203 ARC system, 301, 308 ARCAS. See Asociación de Rescate y Conservación de Vida Silvestre Ardeidae, 156 Area de Conservación Arenal, 117 Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), 8, 9, 81–82, 117, 119, 308 carnivores in, 87 climate of, 83–84 environmental education for, 158 geology of, 83 insect migration in, 87–91 map of, 82 physical setting of, 82–85 rainfall in, 83, 84 rainy season in, 83, 85–87 temperature in, 83, 84 tourism in, 272 Area de Conservación Tempisque (ACT), 8, 9, 117, 119 tourism in, 272 wildlife management plan for, 273–74 Arenal-Corobici-Sandillal Hydroelectric Project, 7 Arenal Lake, 117, 271 Arenal River watershed, 7 Arenal Tempisque Irrigation System, 7 Ariidae, 139 Ario River, 7 Armadillo, 56 Army ant, 70 Arremonops rufivirgatus, 150 Arribadas, 195, 196, 204 Artibeus hirsutus, 161, 162 Artibeus inopinatus, 161, 162 Artibeus jamaicensis, 52, 53 Artibeus lituratus, 53, 162 Artibeus phaeotis, 52, 53 Artibeus spp., 167 Artibeus watsoni, 53 Artiodactyl, 49 Ascia monuste, 107 Asociación de Rescate y Conservaci ón de Vida Silvestre (ARCAS), 196 Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Ostional (ADIO), 204 Astronium graveolens, 210, 270 Asturina nitida plagiada, 150 Atalea butyracea, 55 Ateles geoffroyi, 50 Atelopus varius, 187 Atherinidae, 139 Atta spp., 70, 74, 90 Authority, identifying, in conflict resolution, 241–42 Avalanches, 7 Avicennia bicolor, 137, 138, 139 Avicennia germinans, 137, 138, 140 Avifauna. See Birds Azteca ant, 70, 74 Azuero Peninsula, 178 Bactris major, 55 Bactris minor, 55 Bagaces Centro para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, 250 flowering phenology in, 18 volvanic aquifer in, 6 Bagatzí, 121, 260 Baird’s tapir, 50 Bait traps, for ants, 72 Balantiopteryx plicata, 49, 54, 161 Ballestero, Jorge, 203 Banded Wren, 154 Bare-throated Tiger Heron, 149 Barra del Colorado Biological Corridor, 296 Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, 286–87 Barranca River, 117 Barro Colorado Island (BCI), pollination of dry-forest tree species in, 32, 33 Basiliscus basiliscus, 183, 184, 186 Basilisk lizard, 183, 186 Bat Conservation International (BCI), 167 “Bat houses,” 170 Bat pollination systems, 163–64 in cloud forest, 23–25 in dry forest, 22, 23, 35, 40 Bat roosts, 168–70 Bats, 160–73 biodiversity of, 49, 50, 52–55, 160–61 biological control of insect pests by, 165–66 climate change and, 171–72 conservation concerns, 161–62 deforestation and, 166–67 endangered, 51, 52, 53–55, 162 environmental education for, 172–73 global warming and, 172 habitat alteration and, 166–67 habitat destruction and, 167–71 in lowland rain forest, 49 migration of, 162...
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