Identifacation of critical points of incidents with fauna and recommendations for their conservation in the canton of Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica.
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2022 |
| Descripción: | [Introduction]: Between 2010 and 2020, the Sarapiquí Fire Department in Costa Rica dealt with 1,926 fauna related incidents predominantly pertaining to the rescue of bees, snakes, crocodiles, and sloths. [Objective]: To determine the spatio-temporal distribution of these rescue services by identifying critical points (districts), as well as the years and months of greatest attention to cases. [Methodology]: The database of fauna attention/incidents from 2010 to 2020, supplied by the firefighter's brigade of Sarapiquí was refined. This information was georeferenced by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identify the spatial distribution of the four fauna groups registered: bees (Apidae), crocodiles (Crocodylidae), sloths (Megalonychidae) and snakes (Viperidae/Elapidae). Regarding the temporal distribution, a descriptive analysis was realized which led to determining the months and years with the highest incidences. [Results]: Most of the incidents were recorded in 2018 and 2019 (total of 505), April and May were the months that concentrated the highest incidences (241 and 197, respectively); incidents involving bees received the most attention. At the spatial level most of the cases were attended in the districts of Puerto Viejo, Horquetas and La Virgen. [Conclusions]: The results of this research are basic for the establishment of recommendations for fauna conservation strategies. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/17129 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/17129 |
| Palabra clave: | Conservation; fauna; fire brigade; rescue; spatio-temporal distribution. Fauna; conservación; Cuerpo de Bomberos; bistribución espacio-temporal; rescate. Conservação; corpo de bombeiros; distribuição espaço-temporal; fauna; resgatando. |