The birds from the Recinto de Paraíso, Cartago, Costa Rica
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| Formatua: | artículo original |
| Egoera: | Versión publicada |
| Argitaratze data: | 2020 |
| Deskribapena: | The habitat loss has threatened the urban avifauna of the Great Metropolitan Area (GMA) of Costa Rica, although university campuses and urban parks serve as a reservoir for hundreds of species. We present a preliminary list of the birds of the Recinto de Paraíso Campus of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), which we generated through census by intensive search and application of citizen science (2015-2018). We detected 120 species (17 orders, 37 families, 94 genera) and a hybrid on campus. We compared our list against others on the UCR campus and urban areas of the GMA through a cluster analysis (Jaccard Index, simple linkage). The Recinto de Paraíso encompass more than half of the richness registered for the Sede Central UCR, and more species than the Sede de Occidente (UCR) and other sites compared. The similarity between the richness of the Recinto de Paraíso versus the other sites was at least 40%. The city of Paraíso presents biogeographical and landscape conditions conducive to a rich bird fauna, but some of its ecosystems are compromised. The UCR must conserve its wetlands and forest fragments, and implement green design, to protect the diversity of birds on its campuses. |
| Herria: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Erakundea: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Hizkuntza: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/41784 |
| Sarrera elektronikoa: | https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/41784 |
| Gako-hitza: | Bird richness City of Paraíso Great Metropolitan Area university campus urban birds urban biodiversity Aves urbanas, biodiversidad urbana campus universitario Ciudad de Paraíso Gran Área Metropolitana riqueza de aves |