Costa Rica fieldcourse 2014 – Harvestmen

Harvestmen (Opiliones) represent a diverse group of arachnids, with more than 6,500 species described worldwide; see here for a complete list. Everyone seems to be familiar with these animals which have an oval/round body and long-long thin legs; this why their English common name: ‘daddy-long-legs’. However, there are short-legged species as well. The harvestman fauna…

June, 2014

The fascinating Harvestmen of Costa Rica → Veragua Rainforest

June, 2014

Publications - SEXLAB

PDF) Macroecology of parental care in arthropods: Higher mortality risk leads to higher benefits of offspring protection in tropical climates

Araneae

Systematics and biogeography of the Atlantic Forest endemic genus Juliomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): A test of diversification hypothesis using mitochondrial data

Araneae

PDF) Relationship between parental care and resting metabolic rate in Phodopus campbelli: testing parental care models for the origin of endothermy

Systematics and biogeography of the Atlantic Forest endemic genus Juliomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): A test of diversification hypothesis using mitochondrial data

PDF) ITAPOTIHYLA LANGSDORFFII (Ocellated Treefrog). DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR