Abstract：
:The venom of female spiders (Aphonopelma seemanni) induces necrosis of skeletal muscle in mice. This effect was demonstrated by histology and by the increase in the plasma levels of the enzyme creatine kinase (CK).
journal_name
Rev Biol Tropjournal_title
Revista de biologia tropicalauthors
Herrero MV,Gutiérrez JMsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-06-01 00:00:00pages
173-5issue
1eissn
0034-7744issn
2215-2075journal_volume
32pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Bothrops cotiara is a venomous snake sporadically found in the province of Misiones in Argentina, South of Brazil and Paraguay. Data on the clinics of the envenomation produced by its bite and on its venom are scarce. There is no information on the neutralizing capacity of the antivenoms available. In this study, the ...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A list of the species and taxa of some pelagic animals from a tropical upwelling region, based on collections made off the coast of Costa Rica is presented. The list includes a total of 224 species, 53 genera and 11 subspecific forms in Cnidaria, Annelida, Mollusca, Artropoda (Crustacea), Chaetognatha and Pisces. ...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fifteen species of Nereididae (Annelida: Polychaeta) belonging to nine genera are reported from the subtidal and intertidal of the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. A new species, Nereis costaricaensis, is described. Laeonereis brunnea Hartmann-Schröder 1959 is removed from synonomy with L. culveri (Webster 1880) while Per...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Gastropods are one of the most abundant groups within the Caribbean mangroves, however, little is known about the distribution of particular species at a regional scale. With this aim, we studied the geographic distribution of Littoraria (Littorinopsis) angulifera and Neritina (Vitta) virginea within the Darién Ecoreg...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Humoral response of paracoccidioidomycosis sera in hamsters with different Venezuelan isolates. Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a progressive systemic mycosis caused by the fungus Paraccocidioides brasiliensis (Pb), endemic to Venezuela and Latin America. In this study, eight different Venezuelan isolates obtained fro...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v57i3.5471
更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The study presents an interactive descriptive tool (MONRATE) for calculating and predicting reinfection rates and time of Ascaris lumbricoides following mass chemotherapy. The implementation was based on the theoretical equation published by Hayashi in 1977, for time-prevalence: Y=G [1-(1-X)(N-R)] as modified by Jong-...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v55i3-4.5951
更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A four year study was conducted on a natural population of immature stages of Aedes aegypti after the re-invasion of Argentina by this vector in 1987. Thirty six plastic containers with 700 ml of dechlorinated water were placed in the La Plata Zoological Garden, La Plata, Argentina. A strip of filter paper around each...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The impacts of forest fragmentation on both reproductive biology and genetic diversity of native plant species is hardly understood, despite some studies have analyzed this current worldwide problem. Since this constitutes one of the main threats to seasonal semi-deciduous forests in Southeastern Brazil, we investigat...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Daily emergence of mayflies in Neotropical rivers and their causes have been poorly studied. In temperate zones, this process is better known and attributed to several factors. In this work, we studied the daily emergence of subimagines of several Ephemeroptera genera in La Picón River of a Venezuelan Andean cloud for...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v64i1.17919
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Arecaceae is a family rich in species and provides resources for the subsistence of human groups in the tropical regions. The aim of this work was to assess the richness, diversity, composition, and use patterns of the family Arecaceae in three communities of the Medio Atrato, Chocó, Colombia, in order to obtain usefu...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:There is great concern about the effect of climate change in arid and subarid areas of the tropics. Climate change combined with other anthropogenic activities such as deforestation, fires and over-grazing can accelerate their degradation and, consequently, the increases in losses of biological and economic productivi...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In India, freshwater environments are experiencing serious threats to biodiversity, and there is an urgent priority for the search of alternative techniques to promote fish biodiversity conservation and management. With this aim, the present study was undertaken to assess the fish biodiversity within and outside a riv...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v61i1.10942
更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The spatial distribution of individuals is a fundamental property of most species and constitutes essential information for the development of restoration and conservation strategies, especially for endangered plant species. In this paper we describe the spatial distribution of different size classes of the endangered...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v61i3.11981
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Philopotamidae is a large caddisfly family with 20 extant genera comprising about 1000 described species worldwide. Alterosa contains 22 described species distributed in South and Southeastern Brazil. Adults of the genus are very similar in general structure, but are remarkable for their wide variation in male genital...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v60i2.3915
更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The genus Histioneis (=Parahistioneis) contains an excessive number of poorly described species, often based on the observation of a single specimen and ignoring the intraspecific variability. In order to investigate the validity of the species and to suggest synonyms, the original illustrations of all known species o...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v55i2.6025
更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Isolation of a field strain of Babesia bigemina (Piroplasma: Babesiidae) and establishment of in vitro culture for antigen production. Bovine b abesiosis, caused by Babesia bigemina, is a barrier for livestock development; it results in high economic loss to Mexican livestock. Control requires adequate antigens for di...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The information on ecological behavior of wild sloths is very scarce. In this study we determined the home ranges and resources used by three adult female three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus) and their four young in an agricultural matrix of cacao (Theobroma cacao), pasture, riparian forests and living fencerows in...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The availability of data sets covering more than a year is scarce for tropical environments. Advances in hardware and software speed-up the re-analysis of old data sets and facilitates the identification of hidden data patterns. From February 1984 to April 1987 (49 sampling dates), core samples (17.7cm2, 15cm deep) we...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In Central America, palm swamps are known collectively as yolillales. These wetlands are usually dominated by the raffia palm Raphia taedigera, but also by the royal palm Manicaria saccifera and -in lower extensions- by the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera. The yolillales tend to be poor in woody species and are char...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We studied fruit availability, diet and habitat use by white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) in Corcovado National Park, southwest Costa Rica, from July 1996 to April 1997. The results show that the availability of important fruits for the white-lipped peccary differs between habitats and climatic seasons. Fruit avail...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Tagosodes orizicolus Muir (Homoptera: Delphacidae), the endemic delphacid species of tropical America carries yeast-like symbiotes (YLS) in the abdominal fat bodies and the ovarial tissues, like other rice planthoppers of Asia. These YLS are obligate symbiotes, which are transmitted transovarially, and maintain a mutu...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v1i2.15414
更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Abstract: The phenotypic structure within and between plant populations is generally influenced by their distribution patterns in space and time; therefore, the study of their divergence is a central issue for the understanding of their microevolutive processes. We boarded the hypothesis that three populations of Espe...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v58i4.5410
更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Six Costa Rican communities of different ecological settings were selected for the study of food intake in children under 5 years of age. Intake was expressed as calorie and protein adequacy. Calorie deficiency was more prevalent than protein defficiency. Practically there were no differences in adequacy by age, altho...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aqueous extract and the essential oil of Satureja viminea (Lamiaceae) were tested. General physiologic effects were assessed through the Hippocratic screening test. Non fasted female Sprague Dawley rats were utilized and 250, 500, 750 and 1000 mg/kg doses were used. Two animals were used for each dosage level and ...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A new species, Cirripathes secchini (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Abrolhos area (Bahia, Brazil) is described and constitutes the first record to this genus from Brazil. Two other species (Antipathes hirta, first record from the Southwestern Atlantic; and Antipathes fernandezi, first record from the Atlantic Ocean)...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Critical evaluation of terminology use in ecology is important to avoid using jargon that helps little to facilitate communication. Here we reply to Monge-Najera’s comment on the use of the terms ensemble and assemblage, we argue for the use of the words ensamble and ensamblaje in Spanish. In addition, both terms have...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 评论,信件
doi：
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The bathymetry of Coco's Island (UNESCO Natural and Cultural World Patrimony), located approximately 500 km from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is not well known. It has a high marine biodiversity and also represents a meeting site for many species traveling throughout the Pacific Ocean. The insular shelf is irregul...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This paper is the first taxonomic account of the hydroid orders Anthoathecatae and Leptothecatae from the Caribbean and Pacific coast of Costa Rica. All specimens are currently stored at the reference collection of the Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica. Sixteen hydroid species are recor...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Egg clutches of the centrolenid Hyalinobatrachium pulveratum were sampled in four lowland locations of Costa Rica. The ontogenesis of the tadpoles of this species is documented by periodical descriptions of the larval stages. Larvae of H. pulveratum change their shape during development because of the non-equal growth...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14912
更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common hereditary illness of the peripheral nervous system. The genetics and the physiopathological aspects of the disease clarified until know, are here summarized. More than twenty genes and ten additional loci have been ...
journal_title：Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.15517/rbt.v1i2.15285
更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
