{"id":928,"date":"2022-06-09T00:18:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T00:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/tropical-behavioral-ecology-lab\/?page_id=928"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:22:47","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/tropical-behavioral-ecology-lab\/about-our-lab\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id928_d8bae5-32 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id928_d8bae5-32 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id928_d8bae5-32 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id928_d8bae5-32 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all 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.kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active{border-top-color:#444444;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#444444;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#444444;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#444444;border-left-style:solid;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-accordion alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-id928_4982ca-5c kt-accordion-has-3-panes kt-active-pane-0 kt-accordion-block kt-pane-header-alignment-left kt-accodion-icon-style-basic kt-accodion-icon-side-right\" style=\"max-width:none\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-inner-wrap\" data-allow-multiple-open=\"false\" data-start-open=\"none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-1 kt-pane928_4d21a3-69\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">a. Acacia ants behavior<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S., &amp; Wcislo, W.T. 2021. Nestmate interference in acacia ants varies with colony size and task specialization.&nbsp;<em>Animal Behaviour<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>181<\/em>, 151-163.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anbehav.2021.08.026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anbehav.2021.08.026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S. 2019. Plant killing by Neotropical acacia ants: ecology, decision-making and head morphology. Biotropica 51: 692\u2013699.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/btp.12695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1111\/btp.12695<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S. &amp; Mueller, U.G. 2017. Ability to re-orient is weakly correlated with central-place versus non-central-place foraging in acacia ants. <em>Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology <\/em>71: 43. DOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s00265-016-2262-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1007\/s00265-016-2262-4<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S., Gronenberg, W., Wcislo, W. &amp; Mueller, U.G. 2015. Specialization and group size: brain and behavioural correlates of colony size in ants lacking morphological castes. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B.<\/em> 282: 2014-2502.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2014.2502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1098\/rspb.2014.2502<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S. 2012.<strong> <\/strong>Behavioral responses of acacia ants correlate with age and location on the host plant. <em>Insectes Sociaux<\/em>. 59: 341- 350. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00040-012-0226-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1007\/s00040-012-0226-x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S. 2008. Spartan defense in the Thermopylae pass: Strategic defense by aggregations of <em>Pseudomyrmex spinicola<\/em> (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on the trunk of <em>Acacia collinsii<\/em> (Mimosaceae). <em>Insectes Sociaux<\/em> 55: 241-245.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00040-008-1000-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1007\/s00040-008-1000-y<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-2 kt-pane928_faee7d-fe\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">b. Ant-plant interaction<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S., Gonz\u00e1lez, Y., Guevara, M., &amp; Gijsman, F. 2022. Scaling of indirect defences in Central American swollen-thorn acacias.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Tropical Ecology,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>38<\/em>(6), 386-392. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-tropical-ecology\/article\/scaling-of-indirect-defences-in-central-american-swollenthorn-acacias\/00A7F6008CD028D749D212D16C92C639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1017\/S0266467422000293<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gijsman, F., Gonz\u00e1lez, Y., Guevara, M., &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2022. When Ants Depend on Plants and Plants Depend on Ants. <em>Frontiers<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/kids.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frym.2022.811444#:~:text=A%20close%20relationship%20between%20two,It%20is%20a%20great%20deal!\">https:\/\/kids.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frym.2022.811444#:~:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kids.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frym.2022.811444#:~:text=A%20close%20relationship%20between%20two,It%20is%20a%20great%20deal!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">text<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kids.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frym.2022.811444#:~:text=A%20close%20relationship%20between%20two,It%20is%20a%20great%20deal!\">=A%20close%20relationship%20between%20two,It%20is%20a%20great%20deal!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gijsman, F., Gonz\u00e1lez, Y., Guevara, M., &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2021. Short-term plasticity and variation in acacia ant-rewards under different conditions of ant occupancy and herbivory.&nbsp;<em>The Science of Nature<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>108<\/em>(4), 1-12. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00114-021-01738-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1007\/s00114-021-01738-w<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S., Dyer, J., Arnold, N., Cavanaugh, L., &amp; S\u00e1nchez-Brenes, E. 2020. Acacia trees with parasitic ants have fewer and less spacious spines than trees with mutualistic ants.&nbsp;<em>The Science of Nature<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>107<\/em>(1), 1-5. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00114-019-1647-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1007\/s00114-019-1647-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S. 2012. Plant killing by mutualistic ants increases the density of host species seedlings in the dry forest of Costa Rica. <em>Psyche<\/em>. <em>Special Issue: Advances in Neotropical Myrmecology <\/em>2012: 1-6. DOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1155\/2012\/491592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1155\/2012\/491592<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-3 kt-pane928_14a4cd-79\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">c. Other organisms associated with acacia ants<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Cort\u00e9s-Romay, R., &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2024. Horse-hair fungus used in bird nests alters the behaviour of acacia ants.\u00a0<em>Animal Behaviour<\/em>,\u00a0<em>216<\/em>, 73-83.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anbehav.2024.07.019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anbehav.2024.07.019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador\u2010Vargas, S., &amp; Porras\u2010Brenes, K. 2022. Three neotropical bird species shift nest\u2010site preferences from swollen\u2010thorn acacias to other sites in human\u2010altered habitats.\u00a0<em>Biotropica<\/em>,\u00a0<em>54<\/em>(4), 1071-1080.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/btp.13138\">doi.org\/10.1111\/btp.13138<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S., Orribarra, S.V., Portugal-Loayza, A. &amp; Fern\u00e1ndez-Mar\u00edn, H. 2021. Association patterns of acacia plants with three ant species and related organisms in a dry forest of Panama. Biotropica 53 (2): 560-566. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/btp.12899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1111\/btp.12899<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coronado, J., Sol\u00eds del Valle, M.,  &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2020. True bugs living on ant-defended acacias: evasion strategies and ant species preferences, in Costa Rica and Panama. Revista de Biolog\u00eda Tropical 68: 415-425.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scielo.sa.cr\/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442020000200415&amp;lng=es&amp;nrm=iso&amp;tlng=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.15517\/rbt.v68i2.38505<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xtHn0eMznWYMHs8oOkuKZXBq6a20onIT\/edit#heading=h.yr281144tniu\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barrantes, G, Valverde-Hern\u00e1ndez, J.C., Vargas-Rodr\u00edguez, A., &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2018. Another one breaking through an ant plant mutualism. Bolet\u00edn de la Sociedad Zool\u00f3gica del Uruguay 27: 11-13. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26462\/27.1.4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.26462\/27.1.4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S. 2012. Run, robber, run: parasitic acacia ants use speed and evasion to steal food from ant-defended trees. <em>Phys. Ent.<\/em> 37: 323-329<em>.&nbsp;<\/em>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1365-3032.2012.00844.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1111\/j.1365-3032.2012.00844.x<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-2 kt-pane928_032971-af\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">II. Plant studies <br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S., Dominguez, M.,  Le\u00f3n, G., Maldonado, B., Murillo, J., &amp; Vides, G. L. 2014. Leaf-folding response of a sensitive plant shows context-dependent behavioral plasticity. <em>Plant Ecology<\/em> 215: 1445\u20131454.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11258-014-0401-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1007\/s11258-014-0401-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farji-Brener, A.G., Chinchilla, F.A, Magrach, A., Romero, V., R\u00edos, M., Velilla, M., Serrano, J.M.<em> <\/em>&amp; Amador-Vargas,<em> <\/em>S. 2009. Slope orientation enhances the nurse effect of a paramo shrub, <em>Hypericum irazuense <\/em>in Costa Rica. <em>J. Trop. Ecol.<\/em> 25: 331-335.DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s0266467409005999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1017\/s0266467409005999<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-3 kt-pane928_f54b98-b3\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">III. Arthropod behavior<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Quesada-Hidalgo, R., Eberhard, W.G., &amp; Barrantes, G. 2021. Complex behavioral plasticity is not reduced in spiderlings with miniature brains. <em>Plos one<\/em>, <em>16 <\/em>(6), e0251919.&nbsp; DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0251919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1371\/journal.pone.0251919<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soley, F.G., Rodr\u00edguez, R.L., H\u00f6bel, G., &amp; Eberhard, W.G. 2021. Insightful behaviour in arthropods?. <em>Behaviour<\/em>, <em>1<\/em>(aop), 1-13.&nbsp; DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/1568539X-bja10077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1163\/1568539X-bja10077<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farji-Brener, A.G., &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2020<em>. <\/em>Plasticity in extended phenotypes: how the antlion <em>Myrmeleon crudelis<\/em> adjusts the pit traps depending on biotic and abiotic conditions. <em>Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution <\/em>66: 41\u201347. DOI: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/22244662-20191055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1163\/22244662-20191055<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00e1lvez D., Nieto, C., &amp; Samaniego, P. 2020. Test of the prey-attraction hypothesis for the scorpion fluorescence. Neotropical Biodiversity 6:1, 172-177.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/23766808.2020.1844991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1080\/23766808.2020.1844991<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00e1lvez D., A\u00f1ino Y., Vega C., &amp; Bonilla E. 2020. Immune priming against bacteria in spiders and scorpions? PeerJ 8:e9285. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7717\/peerj.9285\">10.7717\/peerj.9285<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vega-Hildago, A., A\u00f1ino, Y., Krichilsky, E., Smith, A.R., Santos-Murgas, A., &amp; G\u00e1lvez, D. 2020. Decline of native bees (Apidae: Euglossa) in a tropical forest of Panama. Apidologie doi.org\/10.1007\/s13592-020-00781-2. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13592-020-00781-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1007\/s13592-020-00781-2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00e1lvez, D., Garrido, M., Gil, F., &amp; Fern\u00e1ndez-Mar\u00edn, H. 2020. Benefits of living underground: the case of parasite release in the antlion (<em>Myrmeleon timidus<\/em>). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 168: 280-285. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/eea.12895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1111\/eea.12895<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonadies, E., Wcislo, W.T.,<strong> <\/strong>G\u00e1lvez, D., Hughes, W.H.O., &amp; Fern\u00e1ndez-Mar\u00edn, H. 2019. Hygiene Defense Behaviors Used by a Fungus-Growing Ant Depend on the Fungal Pathogen Stages. Insects 2019, 10(5), 130. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/insects10050130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.3390\/insects10050130<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\u00f1ino, Y., Parra-H,A., &amp; G\u00e1lvez, D. 2019. Are Orchid Bees (Apidae: Euglossini) Good Indicators of the State of Conservation of Neotropical Forests? Sociobiology 66(1): 194-197. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.13102\/sociobiology.v66i1.3679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.13102\/sociobiology.v66i1.3679<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quesada-Hidalgo, R., Solano-Brenes, D., Requena, G.S., &amp; Machado, G. 2019. The good fathers: efficiency of male care and the protective role of foster parents in a Neotropical arachnid. <em>Animal Behaviour<\/em>, <em>150<\/em>, 147-155.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anbehav.2019.02.007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1016\/j.anbehav.2019.02.007<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soley, F.G. 2019. A possible role of decorations in spiderwebs as protection devices that distract predators. <em>Revista de Biolog\u00eda Tropical<\/em>, <em>67<\/em>(2), 164-173.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scielo.sa.cr\/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77442019000200164&amp;script=sci_abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.15517\/rbt.v67i2supl.37227<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farji-Brener, A.G., Elizalde, L., Fern\u00e1ndez-Mar\u00edn, H., &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2016. Social life and sanitary risks: Evolutionary and current ecological conditions determine waste management in leaf-cutting ants. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/em> 283: 2016-2025. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2016.0625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1098\/rspb.2016.0625<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farji-Brener, A., Chinchilla, F., Uma\u00f1a, M.N., Ocasio-Torres, M., Chauta-Mellizo, A., Acosta-Rojas, D., Marinaro, S., de Torres Curth, M. &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2014. Branching angles reflect a trade-off between reducing trail maintenance costs or travel distances in leaf-cutting ants. <em>Ecology <\/em>96;510-517. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1890\/14-0220.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1890\/14-0220.1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amador-Vargas, S., Mart\u00ednez, J.A, Giraldo-Beltr\u00e1n, P., Gonz\u00e1lez, R.M., Rifkin, S., &amp; Gamarra-Toledo, V. 2011. Ant body posture: gaster curling increases ant speed. <em>Ecological Entomology<\/em> 36: 663-666.&nbsp; DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1365-2311.2011.01311.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1111\/j.1365-2311.2011.01311.x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farji-Brener, A.G., Amador-Vargas, S., Chinchilla F., Escobar S., Cabrera S., Herrera <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>M.I., &amp; Sandoval, C. 2010. Information transfer in head-on encounters between leaf-cutting ant workers: food, trail condition or orientation cues? <em>Animal Behaviour<\/em> 79: 343-349. DOI:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anbehav.2009.11.009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1016\/j.anbehav.2009.11.009<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-4 kt-pane928_c8cf66-f2\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">IV. Scientific endeavour<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Farji-Brener, A., &amp;&nbsp;Amador-Vargas, S.&nbsp;2023. Collateral damage: has the COVID-19 pandemic more strongly impacted medical research than other scientific areas?.&nbsp;<em>PeerJ<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>11<\/em>, e15436.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7717\/peerj.15436\">doi.org\/10.7717\/peerj.15436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soley, F.G., &amp; Perfecto, I. 2021. A way forward for biodiversity conservation: high-quality landscapes. <em>Trends in Ecology &amp; Evolution<\/em>. DOI:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tree.2021.04.012\">10.1016\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tree.2021.04.012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">j.tree.2021.04.012<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chac\u00f3n, I.S., &amp; Soley, F.G. 2020. Research for decision-making in marine protected areas such as Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. <em>Revista de Biolog\u00eda Tropical<\/em>, <em>68<\/em>, 1-17.&nbsp;DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scielo.sa.cr\/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442020000500001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso&amp;tlng=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.15517\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scielo.sa.cr\/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442020000500001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso&amp;tlng=es\">rbt.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scielo.sa.cr\/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442020000500001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso&amp;tlng=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v68is1.41126<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farji-Brener, A.G., &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2018. Hierarchy of hypotheses or hierarchy of predictions? Clarifying key concepts in ecological research. In: J. M. Jeschke &amp; T. Heger (eds.), <em>Invasion Biology: Hypotheses and Evidence <\/em>(pp.19 &#8211; 22). CABI, Boston, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kardish, M.R., Mueller, U.G., Amador-Vargas, S., Dietrich, E.I., Ma, R., Barrett, B., &amp; Fang, C.C. 2015. Blind trust in unblinded observation in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/em> 3: 51.&nbsp;DOI:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fevo.2015.00051\">10.3389\/fevo.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fevo.2015.00051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2015.00051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farji-Brener, A.G., &amp; Amador-Vargas, S. 2014. Hierarchy of hypotheses or cascade of predictions? A comment on Heger et al. (2013). <em>AMBIO <\/em>43, 1112\u20131114. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13280-014-0549-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1007\/s13280-014-0549-0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-5 kt-pane928_dd96b0-f5\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">V. Vertebrate Behavior &amp; Ecology<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Amador Vargas, S. 2024. A potential wintering site of Swainson\u2019s Hawks (<em>Buteo swainsoni<\/em>) in the North Pacific plains of Costa Rica with notes on their behavior.\u00a0<em>The Wilson Journal of Ornithology<\/em>,\u00a0<em>135<\/em>(4), 575-581.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1676\/23-00026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1676\/23-00026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00e1lvez, D. 2021. Three-year monitoring of roadkill trend in a road adjacent to a national park in Panama Biotropica. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/btp.12995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1111\/btp.12995<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gijsman F. &amp; Guevara M. 2020 Yellow-Headed Caracara as a Cleaner of White-Tailed Deer in an Urban Park.&nbsp;<em><em>Journal of Raptor Research<\/em><\/em> 54 (3): 319\u2013321. doi:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3356\/0892-1016-54.3.319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3356\/0892-1016-54.3.319<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00e1lvez, D. 2019. Predation of a Rock pigeon by a Yellow-headed caracara in a suburban area in Panama. 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